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I'M WAYNE RICHARDSON, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, AND I WELCOME YOU TO OUR CEREMONY HONORING THE ESSEX COUNTY RECIPIENTS OF THE 2023 NJ FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS.
EACH YEAR, THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS FROM TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WHO PLAN TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH PARTNERS INVESTORS BANK, AMAZON, P-S-E-N-G, AT TSHI INTERNATIONAL AND THE NJ FOUNDATION AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SIX STUDENTS FROM ESSEX COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
WE ARE PROUD TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO THE HALL OF RECORDS TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THIS GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COMMISSIONER RUFUSS JOHNSON, WHO IS THE, UH, N JACK REPRESENTATIVE, ALONG WITH MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER GILL
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH N JACK FOUNDATION DIRECTOR JOHN DIO, AND WE ARE THANKFUL THAT HE'S HERE TONIGHT.
MYSELF, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND COMMISSIONER GILL, WHO IS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, ARE PROUD TO SERVE AS OUR COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NJA, UH, DIRECTOR DONADIO.
PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
AND I GOT TWO ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE, SO I REALLY, I, I DON'T GET THAT IN OTHER COUNTY, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO, UH, TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
I, I ALWAYS LOVE COMING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
I, I FEEL LIKE I'M, I'M, I'M COMING HOME.
UM, AND IT'S JUST A, IT'S AN HONOR AND, AND THANK THE BOARD FOR GIVING ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES TODAY.
I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE FOUNDATION DOES THIS YEAR ALONE BECAUSE OF THE GENEROSITY OF ALL THE COMPANIES THAT WERE MENTIONED BY, BY PRESIDENT, UH, RICHARDSON.
UH, THE N JACK FOUNDATION IS GIVING AWAY $90,000 TO COUNTY VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL STUDENTS WHO ARE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
SO THOSE COMPANIES, I THINK, NEED A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEIR, FOR, FOR THEIR GENEROSITY.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO CONGRATULATE JUST AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF STUDENTS.
THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO IN YOUR, IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREERS.
AND I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AS YOU MOVE ON TO, TO, UH, TO COLLEGE.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE PAST OUR FIRST RECIPIENT.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON HER TO ARRIVE, BUT WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO MR. PRESIDENT AMI.
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, SO YOU CAN DO YOURS.
AND TO YOU PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
BEFORE I CALL UP THE HONOREES, THE NEXT HONOREE ALLOW ME TO CONGRATULATE THE YEAR THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR JOINING US.
TONIGHT WE ARE HONORED TO MEET AND RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE FINEST STUDENTS IN ESSEX COUNTY.
AT THIS TIME, I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR NEXT HONOREE, BRANDON BRANTLEY OWENS TO THE PODIUM.
I HAD TO SHOW HIM HIS WAY IN HERE 'CAUSE UH, HE, THEY WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE NUMBERS ON THE DOOR.
BRANDON IS RECEIVING HIS 2023 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FROM THE N JACK FOUNDATION AND A T AND T ALLOW ME TO SHARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS ACCOMMODATIONS.
IF YOU DON'T MIND THE, BRANDON, COME ON, PUT A SMILE ON
BRANDON OWENS GRADUATED FROM DONALD M. PAYNE, SENIOR SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND WILL BE ATTENDING NJIT IN THE FALL STUDYING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
HE IS A DETERMINED, HARDWORKING, AND
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OUTSTANDING STUDENT WHO IS CONSTANTLY STRIVING TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF HIMSELF.HE HAS SHOWN DEDICATION NOT ONLY TO HIS CLASS, BUT ALSO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
HE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ROBOTICS CLUB AND THE LEAD, AND LEAD THE TEAM IN COMPETITION.
YOU THAT SHOT, MAN, YOU GIMME A POUND ON THAT.
BRANDON, DEDICATES SO MUCH OF HIS TIME AND HIS PASSION IN EVERYTHING HE DOES, THE ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEREBY CONGRATULATE YOU AND, AND ON YOUR RECEIVING THIS AWARD AND WE WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS.
COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM SOME CONGRATULATIONS.
STEP BACK A LITTLE, AND PRESIDENT, MY PLEASURE.
HERE'S THE CERTIFICATE OF AND JACK.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR CHECK IS INSIDE.
NOW LOOK AT THAT CHECK WHEN YOU GET BACK THERE.
I WANT YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
UM, OH, I THINK MY MOTHER AND MA
UH, SHE'S BEEN TO SUPPORT ME ALSO.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR NEXT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT.
AND I'M GONNA SAY IT RIGHT? YEAH.
DID I SAY IT RIGHT? HEY, COME ON.
WELL, BALU IS RECEIVING THE HIS 2023 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FROM THE N JACK FOUNDATION AND THE SHY INTERNATIONAL.
HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS COMMENDATION.
GRADUATED NEWARK SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND WILL BE ATTENDING MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL STUDYING ENGINEERING.
HE HAS WORKED HARD TO BE A PART OF THE TOP 10% OF HIS SENIOR CLASS WITH STRAIGHT A'S THROUGHOUT HIS SENIOR YEAR AS PART OF THE DUAL ENROLLMENT FO FA SORROW HAS, UH, UH, HE HAS OBTAINED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
ALSO, UPON HIS GRADUATION OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, HE IS ONE OF THE CAPTAINS OF THE NEWARK NORTEX TRACK TEAM.
HE'S A HURDLER AND A SPRINTER.
THE BOARD OF OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CONGRATULATE YOU FOR RECEIVING THIS AWARD AND WE WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS.
NOW WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THE PROCLAMATIONS.
THIS JOHN, I'M GONNA PUT THIS, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE.
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I WANNA RECOGNIZE ANOTHER COLLEAGUE, PAT SIBO IS HERE.
HERE'S YOUR BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE FROM ESSEX COUNTY.
AND THEN A NICE CHECK HOPEFULLY ON THAT.
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CONGRATULATIONS.OH, BEFORE YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
MY BROTHER, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT UNTIL, UH, MY MOM TOLD ME I GOT IT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COUNSELOR, MR. TURNER, 'CAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT NOMINATED ME FOR THIS.
ALSO, I WAS LIKE, SAY THANK YOU TO NEWARK TECH BECAUSE HIGH SCHOOL WAS REALLY FUN THIS PAST FOUR YEARS, THANKS TO THEM.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN THE PROGRAM BACK OVER TO OUR PRESIDENT, WAYNE RICHARDSON.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
I AM FIGHTING, AH, A COLD AND I'M NOT WINNING.
BUT MY NEXT, THE NEXT HONOREE IS AMELIA, WHO IS RECEIVING HER 2023 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FROM THE NJ FOUNDATION AND AMAZON.
ALLOW ME TO SHARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT HER COMING UP.
AMIL LOPEZ GRADUATED FROM THE DONALD M. PAYNE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND WILL BE ATTENDING MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL.
SHE HAS PERSEVERED THROUGH MANY OBSTACLES AND SHE NEVER LET THAT STOP HER FROM PURSUING HER DREAMS. SHE'S AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT WHO HAS CONTINUED TO STAY LEVEL-HEADED AND PUSH THROUGH CHALLENGES TO REACH HER GOALS.
SHE APPROACHES EVERYTHING SHE DOES WITH COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION.
THE ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEREBY CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECEIVING THIS AWARD.
AND WE WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.
AND IS, UH, PROCLAMATION COUNTY CERTIFICATE FROM N AND THEN A CHECK FOR $20,000 FOR, ALRIGHT, JOB.
YOU, YOU CAN COME UP OVER, WOULD LIKE TO, TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR MY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR 'CAUSE SHE'S THE ONE WHO PUSHED ME TO DO THIS, TO APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP.
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY MOTHER WHO ALSO PUSHED ME.
SO THANK YOU ABSOLUTELY FOR YOU.
SO I WOULD NOW LIKE TO WELCOME OUR SECOND RECIPIENT, OUR NEXT RECIPIENT, ANTHONY TORRES.
ANTHONY IS RECEIVING HIS 2023 SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE NEC FOUNDATION AND INVESTORS BANK.
YOU GOING INTO BANKING
ALLOW ME TO SHARE A FEW DETAILS ABOUT HIM.
ANTHONY GRADUATED FROM WEST CARDWELL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND WILL BE ATTENDING RUTGERS NEW BRUNSWICK IN A FALL STUDYING AEROSPACE ENGINEERING.
ALRIGHT, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOOD AT MATH.
HE'S, HE'S A DEDICATED MODEL STUDENT WHO HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY AND HAS BEEN POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR HIS PEERS, INCLUDING WORKING WITH AND SUPPORTING UNDERCLASSMEN ELL STUDENTS.
HE IS AMBITIOUS AND WORKS HARD TO SEIZE ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS TAKING DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES AT ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE.
THE ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEREBY CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECEIVING THIS AWARD, AND WE WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.
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ANTHONY.I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO SAYS CONGRATULATIONS.
A GREAT PLAQUE CERTIFICATE WITH CHECK FOR FIVE.
IF BABY WANTS TO KNOW WHERE IS THIS GUY
I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE, TO MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY MOM WHO ALWAYS SUPPORTS ME, MY FRIENDS, AND ALL THE PARTNERS THAT I HAVE IN MY FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS IS A MOMENT THAT I WILL ALWAYS CARRY IN MY HEART THAT WILL HELP ME WHERE I WANT TO BE.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF US WHO ARE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE EDUCATION AT WAS CALWELL SCHOOL.
CAN, CAN WE GET THE FIRST, UH, HONOREE BACK UP? COULD YOU COME BACK UP? WE JUST NEED TO TAKE ONE, ONE OTHER PICTURE WITH OUR COLLEAGUE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
THIS IS, I'M LISTENING TO THOSE DIRECTIONS.
THANK AT THIS TIME I WILL TURN ALL, I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES THE HOW PROGRAM AT THIS TIME.
I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN WELCOME.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE TWO REMAINING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WHO UNFORTUNATELY WERE UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, WHICH IS BRENDA PIERA AND ZAIDA LA LARA LARA.
MS. PIERA IS RECEIVING THE 2023 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FROM THE NEC FOUNDATION AND INVESTORS BANK.
BRENDA GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE.
SHE WILL BE ATTENDING MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL.
MONTCLAIR STATE IS VERY POPULAR AS YEAR.
SHE HAS ACHIEVED HONOR ROLLS THROUGHOUT HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND IS ACTIVE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING VOLLEYBALL, THE YEARBOOK COMMITTEE, STUDENT COUNCIL, AND SENIOR MENTOR PROGRAM.
SHE IS ALSO IN A SMALL GROUP OF SENIORS IN NEWARK TECH'S DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM WHERE SHE WILL EARN HER ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE.
ALONG WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
SHE CARESS DEEPLY FOR THE WELLBEING OF OTHERS AND WITH GREAT CONCERN AND COMPASSION FOR HER CLASS AND TEAMMATES, SHE HOPES TO BE AN HONOR COLLEGE NURSE ONE DAY.
LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MS. PIERO.
SO MS. LAGARES IS RECEIVING HER 2023 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FROM THE NEC FOUNDATION AND PSE AND G ZEDA, WHO GRADUATED FROM WEST CARDWELL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, WILL BE ATTENDING RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL AND STUDYING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
SHE'S A DRIVEN AND INTELLIGENT STUDENT WHO WORKS DILIGENTLY AND EXEMPLIFIES LEADERSHIP QUALITIES.
SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A COOPERMAN SCHOLAR FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMICS.
SHE HAS BEEN STUDYING ROBOTICS AND ENGINEERING THROUGHOUT HER HIGH SCHOOL, DEMONSTRATING STRONG PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
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AND A LOVE OF LEARNING.MS. LAGARES HAS BEEN A MENTOR FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS IN A LOCAL KINDERGARTEN CLASS TO HELP TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO TELL TIME.
LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MR. THE ES COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEREBY CONGRATULATE BRENDA ZAIDA AND WISHES THEM SUCCESS IN THE FALL AND THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS TODAY.
BEFORE WE CONCLUDE, LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, TEACHERS, MENTORS, UH, WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE.
ALRIGHT, PARENTS, YOUR GUIDANCE CREATED THE FOUNDATION FOR THESE STUDENTS PAST SUCCESS IN THEIR INCREDIBLY BRIGHT FUTURE.
WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION RECIPIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
PLEASE STAY IN THE CHAMBERS BRIEFLY SO WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PHOTO AND CONGRATULATE YOU AND BEST WISHES TO ALL.
LET'S PLEASE ALL UP YOUR ACCOMMODATIONS.
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ON SPEAKER.IS THAT, LET'S GET FRANK THAT'S GETTING PICKED UP ON THE MIC.
NO ONE EVER ACCUSED OF BEING STEAL IS THAT ST.
JOHN AND KINER ACTING UP IN CLASS.
KYLE, ARE WE READY TO GO? MR. PRESIDENT? WE ARE READY.
THIS MEETING OF THE ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEREBY CALLED THE ORDER THIS MEETING IS IN, IS BEING LIVE STREAM AND IS AN ADDITION TAKING PLACE IN PERSON ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PORES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
I WANT ASK COMMISSIONER JOHNSON TO LEAD US THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE REMAIN STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THE SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENS IN THIS UNITED STATES AND NOWHERE ELSE.
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THANK YOU.I HAVE THE BEFORE MEETING CERTIFICATION FROM THE CLERK THAT THIS MEETING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY TRANSCRIPTS TO BE APPROVED? UH, YES.
MR. PRESIDENT CONFERENCE BOARD MEETING AUGUST 8TH, 2022.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE TRANSCRIPT? MOVE IT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MERCADO.
CLERK COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
ABSENT, UH, COMMISSIONER COOPER? ABSENT, UH, COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON HERE.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION? IS THAT YES, MR. PRESIDENT? YES.
I'M BATTLING SOME HERBAL ALLERGIES, ALLERGIES, AND I'M LOSING.
UM, WE, WE HAVE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
UM, IT IS, UM, IT IS ON, UM, AN, AN ITEM AND AN INITIATIVE THAT, UH, ARE ADVOCATING FOR.
SO WE INVITED, UH, MR. ALRICH WITCHER AND HIS ORGANIZATION FROM THE ES CHAPTER OF NEW JERSEY TOGETHER TO SPEAK TO THE RESOLUTION 94 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA CHAMPION AN INITIATIVE TO ASSIST IN INCARCERATED DEFENDANTS FLOOR IS YOUR GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS AL WITCHER AND I'M AN ORGANIZER OF JERSEY.
WE'RE A BROAD BASED I'M PARTISAN COALITION OF ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND NON-PROFITS THROUGHOUT HUDSON, ESSEX, AND MORRIS COUNTY.
ON MAY THE 24TH OF THIS YEAR, WE LAUNCHED ESSEX TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE BROAD BASED, WE'RE NON-PARTISAN, AND I BROUGHT A COUPLE OF MEMBERS FROM OUR ORGANIZATION TO JOIN ME AS WELL TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES INDIVIDUALLY.
GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS MINISTER DR. DONNA BECK.
I'M FROM BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH IN NEWARK.
HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA BREEDER.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RETURNING CITIZEN SUPPORT GROUP IN ESSEX COUNTY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR THIS INFORMATION.
WE SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS AND WE INVITE YOU TO STAY UNTIL THE RESOLUTION IS PASSED VERY SHORTLY IN OUR MEETING AND WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SESSION.
TONIGHT'S MEETING IS A COMBINED CONFERENCE BOARD MEETING AND WE WILL VOTE ON EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THERE WILL BE TIME LATER IN THE EVENING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OTHER ITEMS. SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
DONNA JACKSON, NEWARK, RESIDENT, NEW JERSEY.
HA RAISER, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE.
UM, WE ARE STILL OVER 45,000 SNAP BENEFIT RECIPIENTS WITHOUT THEIR STAMPS.
UM, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE WITH THIS $545,000 BUDGET INSERTION.
UM, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS HOW FAR BEHIND WE ARE? I'VE OFFERED MY HELP.
15 TIMES HASN'T BEEN TAKEN AND FAMILIES CONTINUE TO NOT HAVE THEIR BENEFITS.
WE ARE THE ONLY COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY WE COULD TALK ABOUT.
WE NUMBER ONE, Y'ALL MIGHT BE ONE ONES IN THE PARKS, BUT YOU'RE THE WORST IN SOCIAL SERVICE.
AND THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO I WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE WITH THAT.
UH, THE SECOND ONE IN SEARCHING THE REVENUE FOR THE
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DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.AGAIN, ANOTHER PROBLEM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PROCESSING THESE APPLICATIONS WHEN PEOPLE ARE APPLYING FOR FOOD STAMPS, THAT PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE LESS THAN A WEEK IN ESSEX COUNTY IS TAKING SIX MONTHS.
YOU GUYS ARE SENDING PEOPLE FOOD STAMPS RIGHT NOW.
YOU OWE THEM A YEAR, A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF WORTH OF STAMPS.
YOU SENDING PEOPLE 6,000, $8,000 WORTH OF FOOD STAMPS.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE FAMILIES WERE GOING THROUGH? WHILE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT, MY SON AMPUTEE ONE YEAR NO BENEFITS.
HE'S BEEN OUTTA WORK SINCE JANUARY.
YOU STILL HAVEN'T PROCESSED THIS, UM, APPLICATION.
AND I'M HIS MAMA AND I DONE CUSSED BAD, BORROWED.
NOW WITH THE FEDS TO COME IN BECAUSE SOMETHING'S GOTTA BE DONE.
YOU GUYS CAN'T KEEP NOT KNOWING WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTY.
AND I KNOW WE NOT ON THE JAIL NOW.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND A BUDGET ITEM FOR THAT SO I CAN SAY SOMETHING, BUT I'LL COME BACK AGAIN.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION.
SAME THING WHEN PARENTS ARE COMING IN FILLING OUT THEIR PAPERWORK FOR PROGRAM FOR PARENTS.
YOU GUYS ARE THE WORST SIX MONTHS.
WE GOT THE WORK, THE READY PROGRAM.
YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THE PARENTS TO WORK BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THE KID TO THE DAYCARE WITH THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
SO I'M JUST ASKING, YOU GOT ALL THESE BUDGET INSERTIONS AND I'M SO SORRY THIS AGENDA IS SO LONG.
I WOULD'VE GOT HERE A LITTLE LONGER, A LITTLE EARLIER, 30 SECONDS.
BUT ALL OF THIS, YOU GUYS NEED TO FOLLOW THE MONEY AND YOU GOTTA FOLLOW UP WITH THE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING WORK.
NOW THIS IS THE ONE LAST THING I WANNA SAY ON THE FOOD STAMPS.
I NEED YOU TO TELL ME HOW MANY PHONE CALLS AND HOW MANY COMPUTERS WERE USED DURING COVID.
THE SAME THING WE DEMANDED OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WENT WITHOUT THIS ALL BACKED UP FROM COVID.
NOT ONE PERSON WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH, NOT ONE APPLICATION WAS PROCESSED ON THOSE COMPUTERS THAT YOU GUYS GOT.
I WANT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THIS MONEY.
YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IN WRITING.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU GAVE US AN ADDRESS OR AN EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT WE CAN SEND YOU THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION.
MEMBERS OF, UH, SS COUNTY, I'M HERE TO JUST PRESENT IT.
PLEASE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
RESIDENTS IN NEWARK IS BEEN AN ISSUE GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE, UH, UH, UH, THE COUNTY.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY THEIR RENT.
THEY HAVE THE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM.
BY THE TIME YOU GO TO COURT, THEY CALL THEM, THEY WON'T SHOW UP.
BY THAT TIME, THEY ALREADY GONE.
I'M ASKING THE, UH, THE FREE HOLDER MEMBERS TO TAKE A LOOK INTO THIS.
IT'S NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
SOME OF THEM WORK FOR THE STATE AND THEY DON'T WANNA PAY JUST BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE LIST.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU COME DOWN HERE, YOU NEED THE HELP.
MAYBE I KNOW THE CHAIRMAN RICHARDSON.
I KNOW, UH, UH, MR. RUTHFORD, THAT'S IT.
BUT WHEN ELECTION COME VOTE FOR A LINE, A WHEN I CALL, UH, CHRIS DAWKIN, OH, HE'S BUSY.
I'M SITTING DOWN TWO HOURS LATER, NO SHOW, NO CALL.
I LEFT MY PHONE NUMBER, NEVER EVEN, UH, UH, BUT TO CALL ME TO ASK ME WHAT IS GOING ON.
SO WHY WE VOTE IF WE CAN GET NO HELP, IT'S NOT RIGHT NOW.
MOST OF THE CASES MOVE TO OCEAN COUNTY.
BEFORE WHEN I CALL HERE, THEY SAY STATE CONTROLLING.
NO, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
TORTURE YOU UP AND DOWN UNTIL SOMETHING A TRAGEDY HAPPENED.
THEN YOU WILL SEE ALL LATER OFFICIALS FROM EVERYWHERE, EVERYWHERE COME UP.
OH, WHY THIS, WHY THIS? BUT AGAIN, WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP AND WE ARE NOT GETTING IT.
I'M ASKING YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AND TAKE ACTION WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.
THE NEXT THING THEY WILL LEAVE ME IN LIMBO AND GO.
BUT DID THEY WORK? SCHOOLS AND THE STATE.
AS A FOSTER PARENT, YOU GET ABOUT $10,000 A-A-A-A-A WEEK OR MONTH.
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WANT ME TO CUT THE GRASS WITH THE DOG FISHES.WE ARE LIVING THE LAW OF, UH, UH, A LAW COUNTRY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
JAMES TROI, REPRESENTING FOP 1 0 6, WHICH REPRESENTS THE SUPERVISORS AT THE ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RESOLUTION.
WELL, TOPIC OF DISCUSSION ONE.
NUMBER ONE, WE SUPPORT THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE ADEQUATE STAFF AND OPERATIONAL SUBSTANCE DOWN AT THE JAIL AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
ANOTHER GREAT PROGRAM THAT MAY NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY RESOLUTION 16 TO 24.
ALL THE RENEWALS OF THE INSURANCE POLICIES.
AS A TAXPAYER, I'M GLAD WE HAVE INSURANCE BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING OUT MILLIONS TO OUTSIDE LAW FIRMS AND LITIGATION THAT WE LOSE CONSISTENTLY.
AS ONE EXAMPLE, THE COUNTY AT OUR LAST CALCULATION HAS SPENT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1.7 AND $2 MILLION TO A LAW FIRM TO FIGHT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
THOSE SAME NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE KEEP HEARING MANAGEMENT'S WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT.
JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, LAST WEEK PERC ANOTHER FIVE ZERO RULING IN THE FAVOR OF THE UNIONS WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSING THE HEARING EXAMINER'S FINDINGS THAT THE COUNTY VIOLATED THE LAW WHEN IT SWITCHED TO STATE HEALTH BENEFITS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LAWYERS WE HAVE IN COUNTY COUNSEL.
I DO KNOW THAT CONSISTENTLY, AS I SAID AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, THEY DROPPED THE BALL.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SUPERVISORY STAFF THAT FOP 1 0 6 REPRESENTS THAT ARE ON THE HOOK IN COURT.
THAT WE HAVE TO USE OUR LAWYERS TO TRY TO GET JUDGMENT UNDONE.
NOT THAT IT WENT BEFORE THE COURT AND THE FACTS WERE HEARD AND THEY LOST.
COUNTY COUNSEL JUST WAS UNRESPONSIVE OR MISSED DEADLINES.
AND THE JUDGE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? DEFAULT.
SO AT WHAT POINT DO THE MONITORS OF THE PURSE START PAYING ATTENTION TO THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING WASTED? I'LL BE BACK UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS LATER.
AND, AND AS IS OUR POLICY, YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IN WRITING IF WE HAVE SOMEWHERE TO SEND THEM TO.
ALL RIGHT, JUST A REMINDER, FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR.
MY NAME IS CAPTAIN EN ESPOSITO.
I REPRESENT PBA 180 3 A, THE SUPERVISOR'S UNION FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO MY QUESTION IS ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 96, THE, UH, RESOLUTION, I'M SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE.
THE, UH, RESOLUTION CHAMPIONING THE INITIATIVE TO ASSIST INCARCERATED DEFENDANTS.
AGAIN, WE THINK THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN IN FRONT, IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY.
I'VE WRITTEN DOWN MY NAME AND MY EMAIL ADDRESS.
I'VE YET TO RECEIVE A SINGLE RESPONSE.
AND MY QUESTION AGAIN IS VERY SIMPLE AND VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS.
IT'S UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO THAT.
YOU COULD EASILY PASS A RESOLUTION CHAMPIONING THE ADMINISTRATION TO NEGOTIATE.
THEY'RE IN FACT NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW, BY NOT NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH.
THE PERK DECISION AS MY BROTHER FROM THE JAIL JUST SAID IS FIVE ZERO IN FAVOR OF THE UNIONS NOT IN FAVOR OF THE COUNTY.
THE HEARING EXAMINER WROTE IN THEIR DECISION, IT IS A TAKE IT AND LEAVE IT NEGOTIATION THAT THE COUNTY ENGAGED IN.
THE COUNTY CONTENDS THAT THEY DO HAVE A SIGNED AGREEMENT.
YOU CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY ON COUNTY COUNCIL GOING TO OUTSIDE FIRMS. THIS BOARD APPROVES IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO.
AND THAT'S TAXPAYER MONEY THAT CONTINUES TO GET APPROVED BY THIS BOARD.
SO I KNOW YOU DON'T NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACTS, BUT YOU DO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE MONEY OF THE TAXPAYERS THAT COMES THROUGH THE COUNTY THAT'S BEING SPENT ON OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND IS GOING NOWHERE.
WE'VE SPENT PENNIES TO EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU'VE SPENT AND YOU'VE LOST EVERY SINGLE STEP OF
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THE WAY, THE NEGOTIATIONS.AND HERE WE SIT WILLING TO NEGOTIATE.
AND IT TAKES TWO PARTIES TO NEGOTIATE.
WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO NEGOTIATE.
WE'RE CONSISTENT IN OUR MESSAGE.
YOU HAVE LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS GOING ON.
WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF COUNTY COUNCIL THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY.
AND WE WERE DENIED A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE ISSUES.
WHAT HAPPENED? IT'S NOW ENDED UP IN LITIGATION.
WE DON'T WANNA BE IN A SITUATION WHERE IT GOES TO LITIGATION.
I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD.
BUT WHAT'S ON OUR SIDE IS THE LAW, WHICH REQUIRES GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE UNION.
AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR.
AND YOU COULD PASS A RESOLUTION 30 SECONDS CHAMPIONING THAT SAME EFFORT.
AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING OF YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU KEEP SPENDING GOOD TAXPAYER MONEY AFTER SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NOT HAD A SINGLE VICTORY ON.
AND I REQUEST THAT YOU ASK COUNTY COUNCILS AND THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE THAT MONEY'S GOING.
I AND, AND TO TO THAT POINT YOU JUST ASKED THEM AND SO YOU SHOULD GET SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM THEM BECAUSE YOU ASKED A QUESTION.
SO ALL QUESTIONS THAT COME IN THIS CHAMBER SUPPOSED TO BE ANSWERED BY THE CORRESPOND, WHOEVER IT'S, UH, IN THE ADMINISTRATION OR EITHER THIS BOARD IN WRITING.
SO IT SHOULD GET BACK TO YOU IN WRITING.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I'VE ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
I'VE YET TO EVER RECEIVE A RESPONSE AND I'VE ALWAYS PROVIDED MY EMAIL ADDRESS.
OKAY, SO WHAT YOU DO FROM HERE ON OUT, IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A RESPONSE IN LET'S SAY IN A WHAT IT, SEVEN DAYS, TWO WEEKS.
IN TWO WEEKS, REACH OUT, REACH OUT TO THIS BOARD AND LET US KNOW.
ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR? YEAH, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT IT AS NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCES ON INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES OR RE RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUCTION OF FIRST READING? UH, MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE NONE.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR LISTING PURPOSES ONLY.
UM, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE NONE.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT? YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE THREE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER OH DASH 20 23 0 0 0 13 ORDINANCE, UH, O 20 23 0 0 0 14.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE O 2023 DASH 0 0 1 3 AND IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
I DO HEREBY DECLARE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER O 2023 DASH 0 0 0 1 3 OPEN.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING AT ESPOSITO PBA 180 3 A.
AGAIN, ORDINANCE NUMBER ONE, THE INCREASE IN THE UTILIZATION OF OFF-DUTY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
I KNOW THAT THE BOARD IS AMENDING THE ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE FEE THAT'S COLLECTED AND ALSO TO INCREASE THE SALARY OR THE COMPENSATION, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THESE ASSIGNMENTS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS AGAIN, AN EXCELLENT INITIATIVE.
AND I APPLAUD THIS BOARD FOR, FOR GOING THROUGH WITH THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT'S LONG OVERDUE, THE RAISE TO HAVE PARITY WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES.
BUT I DO THINK THAT OUR BASE PAY AND OUR REGULAR SALARIES SHOULD ALSO BE IN LINE, JUST LIKE YOU'RE DOING WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
WE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY UNDERPAID.
IF YOU LOOK AT STATEWIDE AVERAGES, IF YOU LOOK AT COUNTYWIDE AVERAGES, IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER
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SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, YOU LOOK AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTION, YOU CAN COMPARE IT ANY WAY YOU WANT.AND I KNOW THE SLOGAN IS PUTTING ESSEX COUNTY FIRST, BUT YOU'RE SURELY NOT PUTTING ESSEX COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST.
AND OUR SALARY DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE OR THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTY.
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR PROFESSION ARE MAKING.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE ASKING.
YOU'RE TAKING THE STEPS TO DO IT WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE REGULAR BASE PAY.
THESE JOBS ARE ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF WHAT OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS DO TO GET COMPENSATION.
IT IS NOT THEIR REGULAR DAY-TO-DAY PAY.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE A PERK DECISION UNANIMOUS IN FAVOR OF THE UNIONS AND OUR POSITION AGAINST THE COUNTY.
AND WE RECOMMEND AGAIN THAT YOU PLEASE ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY DUE TO THE SAME THING THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
AND THAT'S TO LOOK AT THE SALARIES AND INCREASE 'EM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN LINE WITH OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE COUNTY BUT WITHIN THE STATE.
AND AGAIN, LOOK AT OTHER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OTHER DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPARE US TO THE HIGHEST PAID MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR A REASONABLE SALARY FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND THE JEOPARDY THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN OUR DEPARTMENTS AND FOR ALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THIS COUNTY.
WE JUST WANT THE SAME FAIR PAY THAT EVERYBODY ELSE GETS.
JUST LIKE THE SALARIES WERE CHANGED FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND CERTAIN PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
THE SALARY RANGES WERE ADJUSTED AND THEN THE RAISES WERE GIVEN ON TOP OF THAT TO BRING THEM IN LINE WITH OTHER SALARIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT AGAIN, WE APPLAUD YOU FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
HOPE I GET THE ANSWER THIS DONALD.
WE ARE INCREASING THE COLLECTION TO 8%.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT COLLECTION RATE? WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE FEES WHEN WE BRING THEM IN? HOW IS THAT CALCULATED? I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE A THOUSAND PERCENT WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.
AND THAT'S COMING FROM THE PUBLIC.
WE ARE LOSING EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THE PAY HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY AND NORTH, LOWEST IN THE STATE.
AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT PAY, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS COMPARABLE.
MAYBE THE OFFICERS WON'T HAVE TO WORK FIVE DAYS A WEEK DOING OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT.
IF WE WERE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
THIS IS NOT, SHOULDN'T BE THEIR BONUS CHECK THEIR CHRISTMAS CHECK.
THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THEIR KIDS' TUITION CHECK.
THEIR REGULAR CHECK SHOULD DO THAT.
THIS SHOULD BE TAKING MY KIDS TO THE BEACH.
THAT'S WHAT THAT MONEY SHOULD BE.
UM, WHEN I GET THE RESULTS BACK, THEN I CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF FEES IN THIS COUNTY.
YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR A TAX INCREASE, EVERYTHING GOING UP.
BUT TO PAY EVERYTHING AND WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT, YOU NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT WHY AND ASK WHEN THESE OFFICERS ARE RESIGNING.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS SAME THING IN NEWARK, THEY SAID THE OFFICER'S NOT RESIGNING.
I JUST GOT A TEXT IN MY PHONE RIGHT NOW AND I'LL SHARE WITH NEWARK MUNICIPAL COURT, THREE OFFICERS AGAIN JUST RESIGNED FROM THE CITY OF NORTH.
AND I BET YOU WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK YOU'LL HAVE THREE SHERIFF OFFICERS RESIGN.
'CAUSE THEY ARE LEAVING, THEY'RE TRANSFERRING.
AND WE SHOULDN'T BE LOSING GOOD PEOPLE BECAUSE OF MONEY.
I CAN'T STAY STAGNANT WITH THE SAME PAY FOR EIGHT YEARS, 10 YEARS.
THESE GUYS ARE SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT A CONTRACT.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T MAKE THE DECISION, BUT YOU CAN'T SIT THERE LIKE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND AND HEAR WHAT THESE FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH THE COUNTY SOCIAL WORKERS.
YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAN'T INCREASE THE FEE AND THEN KEEP THE PAY ON THE OUTSIDE AND NOT DO ANYTHING ON THE INSIDE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PREVIOUS FEE WAS AND NOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH THE 8% AND ALL THAT EXTRA MONEY BEING COLLECTED.
WHOSE POCKET IS THAT GOING IN? THANK YOU.
JAMES TROIS, THE FOP 1 0 6, REPRESENTING THE SWORN SUPERVISORY STAFF IN THE ESSA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON THIS ORDINANCE HERE.
HONESTLY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT OPEN TO CORRECTIONS.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAIR SALARIES, EQUAL PAY PARITY, ALL THOSE WORDS THAT THE COUNTY LIKES TO THROW OUT
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DOESN'T APPLY TO CORRECTIONS.SO WITH THAT SAID, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SALARIES, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXTRA WORK, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MANDATED OVERTIME, CIRCLING BACK AROUND TO INSURANCE CARRIERS AND COUNSEL, THERE'S A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DECIDED THEY JUST WEREN'T GONNA PAY OVERTIME FOR SIX MONTHS.
I DON'T MEAN THEY DIDN'T OFFER OVERTIME.
I MEAN, PEOPLE WORKED IT, THEY WERE MANDATED.
COUNTY JUST DECIDED THEY WEREN'T GONNA PAY IT.
SOME INVESTIGATION INTO 600 OFFICERS.
SO THAT'S IN FRONT OF A FEDERAL JUDGE RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THAT ONE TOO.
AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY DOUBLE OF WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAID IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS COORDINATE AT THE TIME.
THIS WAS DISCUSSED, UH, IN SOME DETAIL AT THE, UH, INTRODUCTION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
MR. MCINERNEY
I'M MOVING TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE OH, 2023 DASH 0 0 3.
DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVER IN A SECOND? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE OH 20 23 0 0 0 1 4 AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
I HEREBY DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER OH 2023 DASH 0 1 4 OPEN.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK THE RECORD.
REFLECT AS NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
NO COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECOND TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE? OH, 20 23 0 0 0 1 4.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MECADO.
DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVER AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE? YES.
ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK COMMISSIONER SIEBEL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMAR.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
AND WE'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
HEREBY DECLARE A PUBLIC HEARING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER OH 2023 DASH 0 0 0 1 5 OPEN.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT AS NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING HONOR, DO I HAVE A, UH, MOVER AND A SECOND TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE? OH, 2023 DASH 0 0 0 1 5.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MERCADO.
YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME MOVER AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
CLERK COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA MOVE, UH, A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.
I WANNA MOVE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 94, WHICH IS FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
AND WE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
SO THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE VOTING ON TODAY.
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WE'LL ENSURE THAT ALL INCARCERATED DEFENDANTS IN ESSEX COUNTY WILL BE INFORMED OF THEIR OPTION TO RESOLVE MATTERS SUCH AS COURT FEES, FINES, AND WARRANTS WHILE THEY ARE STILL INCARCERATED, WORKING WITH THE ESSEX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, ALL UNDERREPRESENTED DEFENDANTS IN THE COUNTY WILL BE MADE AWARE OF AND PROVIDED WITH THE INCARCERATED DEFENDANT REQUEST FOR RELEASE FORM.DEFENDANTS CAN THEN COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THIS FORM TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO REQUEST RELIEF OR MODIFICATION OF THEIR CASE IN SOME WAY AS IT RELATES TO RESOLVING THESE FINES AND FEES.
THIS IS A COMMON STEP, A COMMON SENSE STEP THAT WILL HELP RESIDENTS SMOOTHLY REJOIN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND REGAIN THEIR LIVELIHOODS AFTER INCARCERATION, SAVING THEM AND OUR COURT SYSTEMS TIME AND MONEY, AND REDUCING RATES OF RE-OFFENDING AND REINCARNATE REINCARCERATION.
I'D LIKE TO THANK NEW JERSEY TOGETHER, A COALITION OF RELIGIOUS AND NON-PROFIT LEADERS FIGHTING FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND WORKING TOWARD A SOLUTION WITH US.
THEY RECENTLY LAUNCHED A LOCAL CHAPTER, ESSEX TOGETHER, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE FROM THEM IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE JOINED BY A NUMBER OF THEIR LEADERS.
UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT AT THIS TIME? MR. ALRE WITCHER, ORGANIZER FOR THE NEW JERSEY, UH, TOGETHER IN ESSEX.
TOGETHER, PLEASE COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS AND BRING YOUR GROUP WITH YOU.
WE WANNA REALLY THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON, UH, COMMISSIONER GILL FOR MEETING WITH US TO KICK THIS THING OFF AND GET IT STARTED.
UM, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN HELPING RESTORE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY SO THAT THEY CAN COME HOME AND GET A SOLID FOOTING AND BE ABLE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT HOUSING WITHOUT HAVING THE STRESS OR BURDEN OF UNNECESSARY FINES, FEES AND OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.
DETAINERS LOOMING IN THE BACKGROUND.
UH, I HAVE WITH ME ALSO, UM, MINISTER DONNA BECK.
I HAVE JESSICA BRADER AND EDWARD ORTIZ WITH ATTORNEY CITIZEN SUPPORT GROUP.
AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW MEMBERS OF ESSEX TOGETHER.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US AND FOR SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION.
HAVE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTIONS I'D LIKE TO GIVE TO YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I SAW YOU, YOU SAW THAT RIGHT?
I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING.
THE GROUP CAME, THEY CAME TO ME.
WE MET IN MY OFFICE, UH, ABOUT THIS ISSUE, WHICH I HAD NO IDEA.
I'M SURE MANY, MANY OTHERS HAVE NO IDEA THAT THIS, UH, RELEASE RELIEF FORM EVEN EXISTS.
AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE INCARCERATED.
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS WHILE YOU, YOU MAY HAVE, UH, SOME PENDING CHARGES IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY WHILE YOU'RE SERVING, SAY, ESSEX COUNTY, AND WHEN YOU'RE RELEASED IN ESSEX COUNTY, THEY PICK YOU, THEY PUT A HOLD ON YOU AND TAKE YOU TO THE OTHER COUNTY.
SO THIS IS A WAY TO CIRCUM TO, TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING.
IT ALSO COUNTS IN OTHER PLACES.
SO IT'S JUST A COMMON SENSE APPROACH.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ENDING RECIDIVISM.
THIS IS ONE STEP TOWARDS, UH, THAT GOAL.
SO I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR CHAMPIONING THIS AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE A PART OF IT.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
MR. NER? NO, UH, NO QUESTIONS MR. PRESIDENT, PERMISSION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I COMMENT
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MR. PRESIDENT.COMMISSIONER MECADO, I, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS, UH, RESOLUTION.
AND IT'S, IT'S ALIGNED WITH, UM, THE RECENT LEGISLATION INVOLVING, UM, JUVENILES, UH, UH, RECENTLY.
UH, THE LEGISLATURE, UH, UH, PUT INTO LAW THAT JUVENILES WHO ARE, UH, WHO OWE MONEY, THEY CAN OWE MONEY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE FINES.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN OWE MONEY FOR, UH, THEY USED TO HAVE THESE, UM, THESE, THESE DRUG FINES, DERE FINES THAT WOULD, I MEAN, KIDS WOULD COME OUT AND THEY WOULD HAVE 2, 3, 4, $5,000 THAT THEY OWE.
UM, AND, AND THIS RESOLUTION IS IN LINE WITH THE STATE'S, UH, UH, NEW, UH, UH, LEGISLATION THAT, UM, THAT WAIVES THOSE FINES FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY COME OUT.
SO THEY GET A FRESH BEGINNING, UM, AND A SECOND CHANCE WHEN THEY GET RELEASED FROM, UH, SECURE CARE.
SO I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT, UM, RESOLUTION.
DO I HAVE A MOVER? IN A SECOND? I MOVE IT.
I'LL SECOND MR. MOVE BY COMMISSIONER MERCADO.
SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT PORE ROLL CALL MA'AM.
CLERK COMMISSIONER COOPER? ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PORE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS ONE THROUGH 15 AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM AS ONE.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, ITEM ONE IS A, AN ASSERTION FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $545,455 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, UH, OVERTIME AND SALARIES RELATED TO PROCESSING SNAP APPLICATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND RE-CERTIFICATIONS.
UH, ITEM TWO IS, UH, THE SAME FROM A DIFFERENT, UH, POT AND AMOUNT OF $288,974 FOR THE SAME, UH, PURPOSE ITEM THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF 14 $1,450, UH, IS FOR THE, UM, COMMUNITY ACTION AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE INCOME PROGRAM.
UH, EACH APPLICANT PAYS $33 PER APPLICATION, BUT THE APPLICATION FEE IS NOT PAID BY THE APPLICANT.
IT'S PAID FOR BY THE PROGRAM, AND THIS HELPS PEOPLE, UH, WITH TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE WITH PAYING THEIR GAS OR ELECTRIC BILLS.
UM, ITEM FOUR, UH, DIVISION OF FAMILY FROM THE NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF, UH, HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES.
UH, THIS IS FOR SPECIAL CHILD AT EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,398,679.
THIS PROGRAM PROMOTES EARLY IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, FROM BIRTH TO THREE YEARS OLD.
UH, ITEM FIVE, UH, FROM THE SAME DIVISION, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,386.
WE ORIGINALLY RECEIVED $275,000 AND THIS IS, UH, JUST SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
ITEM SIX, UH, UH, THIS IS FOR SPECIAL CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CASE MANAGEMENT FROM OUR DIVISION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND THE AMOUNT OF $283,347.
THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE COORDINATION OF SERVICES TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO HAS SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, FROM BIRTH TO 21 YEARS.
UH, OLD ITEM SEVEN, UH, DIVISION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH.
UH, THIS IS FROM DIVISION OF THE DISABILITY SERVICES FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
UH, THIS IS FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND OVERSIGHT, UM, SERVICES PROVIDED TO PHYSICALLY DISABLED, UH, ESSEX COUNTY ADULTS AGES 18 THROUGH 70.
ITEM EIGHT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,419 IS OUR DIVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE RIGHT TO KNOW.
UM, AS YOU, ESSEX COUNTY IS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR RIGHT TO KNOW ACTIVITIES IN ESS COUNTY, AND THIS PROVIDES FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. ITEM NINE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $294,845 IS, UH, FUNDING FOR OUR PUBLIC FASCINATION PROGRAM.
ITEM 10, UH, OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, UH, FOR, UH, ANOTHER YEAR FOR YEAR TWO.
OUR NEXT GRANT, TOTAL NEW GRANT TOTAL IS $990,000.
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SUPPLEMENT TO THAT ORIGINAL $900,000 GRANT.UH, ITEM 11 IS $600,000 FROM THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY FOR TURTLEBACK ZOO OPERATIONS.
UM, UH, AGAIN, $600,000 AND IT PAID FOR $150,000 QUARTERLY PAYMENTS.
ITEM 12, UM, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CULTURAL AFFAIRS, $76,000 FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE NEW JERSEY, UH, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
AND THIS IS FOR PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS AT INDEPENDENCE PARK.
ITEM 13, UH, OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND PREPAREDNESS, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $372,231 AND 41 CENTS.
UH, THESE PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE SUSTAINED THE COUNTY'S CAPABILITY TO PREVENT, DETECT, DETER, RESPOND TO, UH, UH, INCIDENTS OF TERRORISM.
UM, IT PROVIDES FOR, UH, TRAINING AND SHARING OF, UH, OF DATA, INFORMATION AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT.
ITEM 14, UM, UH, HERBA, UH, INITIATIVE
THIS IS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, $129,754.
OUR ORIGINAL AWARD WAS $378,000.
AND THIS IS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.
THIS IS INCREASED FUNDING FOR PAPR, POWERED AIR PURIFYING, RESPIRATOR CANISTERS, AND BATTERIES.
ITEM 15, UM, IS FROM THE OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
UH, ANY AMOUNT OF $90,000, THE THIS, THE ORIGINAL AWARD WAS $307,000.
AND THIS IS, UH, INCREASED FUNDING FOR MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT PREPAREDNESS KITS FOR HOSPITALS.
WITH REGARD TO NUMBER, UH, RESOLUTIONS NUMBER ONE AND TWO, HAS THAT OVERTIME ALREADY COMMENCED? UM, YES.
SOME, SOME OVERTIME HAS COMMENCED, UH, TO, TO TO ADDRESS THE CHOICE? YES.
SO, SO THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD RETROACTIVELY ALSO CORRECT.
SO THE COUNTY WASN'T WAITING ON THIS MONEY.
IN ORDER TO START, START PROCESSING, UM, ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 11, IT'S $600,000, UH, FROM THE, UH, ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY.
IT, IT SIMPLY STATES USED FOR TURTLEBACK ZOO IN THE, IN THE DECISION MEMORANDUM.
WAIT, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY, IS THIS MONEY USED TO OFFSET ANY OF THE ZOO'S, UH, BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET? OR IS THIS IN ADDITION TO FUNDS? THIS, THIS US THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS $600,000 IS ASSUMED THAT OUR 2023 BUDGET IS REVENUE.
THIS IS ALREADY IN THERE? YES.
THIS IS IN, THIS IS IN OUR BUDGET OR IN THE GRANT BUDGET OR IN THE GRANT FUND? UM, THAT I'M NOT, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
YEAH, PROBABLY IN THE GRANT FUND.
I THINK IT'S IN A GRAND FORM, BUT I'M, BUT IT'S ALREADY THERE.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN ANTICIPATED.
'CAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS THE ACCEPTANCE.
SO THE RECEIVABLE PROBLEM WAS THERE.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO YOU'LL HAVE A MOVER IN A SECOND TO TAKE RESOLUTIONS? ONE THROUGH 15 AS ONE MOVE BY COMMISSIONER SIBO.
SECOND MOVE BY VICE PRESIDENT POMAR IS ROLL CALL BACK.
CLERK, UH, MR. PRESIDENT SIEBEL AND OMA? YES.
ONE, TWO, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ALREADY DONE.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION 16 THROUGH 25, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
AND BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, MR. DELGAUDIO WILL HANDLE ITEM 16 THROUGH 24 MS. GOOD EVENING.
UH, FRANK DELGAUDIO, DID YOU SAY 60 HANDLING RISK MANAGEMENT SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF, UH, MR. WALKER LAST MONTH? SO I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS FROM THE INSURANCE RENEWAL
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FOR THE POLICY YEAR, STARTING JUNE 1ST, 2023 THROUGH, UH, MAY 31ST, UH, 2024.SO, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 16 IS A RENEWAL OF THE COUNTY'S, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE.
UM, THE NUMBER REFLECTS A 21% INCREASE OR $282,000.
UM, REASON BEING IS THE COUNTY HAS INCREASED ITS INSURABLE ASSETS BY OVER $58 MILLION, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
AND ALSO IT'S BEEN A VERY HARD PROPERTY MARKET.
I MEAN, ACROSS ALL THE INSURANCE LINES THE MARKETS HAVE KNOWN IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY, HARDENING MEANS INCREASED PRICING.
MR. DEL, JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I, I, I HAVE TO TAKE A, I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF SOMEBODY.
UM, RESOLUTION 17 IS THE RENEWAL OF THE COUNTY'S, UM, IT'S EXCESS GENERAL LIABILITY, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES AUTOMOBILE, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY.
AND THIS IS WITH, UM, BRITT OR, OR JEN KNOWN AS GENESIS.
THIS REFLECTS A, UM, INCREASE OF $82,862 OVER THE EXPIRING PREMIUM.
UM, AGAIN, A VERY DIFFICULT MARKET FOR US TO FIND WITH THE RETENTION LEVELS WE HAVE.
WE THINK, UH, OUR BROKERS ON THIS DID A GOOD JOB TO GET THESE NUMBERS WHERE THEY ARE.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OUTSTANDING CLAIMS WHERE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE PUTTING UP LARGE RESERVES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE SOME PAYMENTS.
BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL DEFENDING THESE CASES.
RESOLUTION 18 IS THE RENEWAL OF THE COUNTY'S, UH, EXCESS WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE.
AND PLEASE REPORT IT'S A DECREASE OF $176,903.
UM, EVEN IN THIS CASE, THE, THE EXPOSURE IS ENORMOUS IN THIS COUNTY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DOING VERY HAZARDOUS WORK.
AND I SEE A DECREASE LIKE THIS IN THIS MARKET.
UM, AGAIN, IS A VERY GOOD JOB ON OUR INSURANCE BROKERS PLACING THIS COVERAGE.
MR. MCINERNEY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION IF WE'LL GO DISCUSS.
DISCUSS, IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I, I ASK QUESTIONS.
ON EACH ONE OF THESE, UM, WORKERS' COMPENSATION RATES ARE PRETTY WELL FIXED BY THE STATE, AREN'T THEY? FOR THE MOST PART.
SO IS ANY PART OF THIS 28% RATE DECREASE BECAUSE OF THE FACTORS THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT GO INTO THAT CALCULATION? UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, SINCE IT'S A, UH, IT'S BASED ON, IT'S A CLAIMS MADE POLICY AND WHAT HAVE YOU, THE STATE RATES REALLY DON'T DETERMINE THE INCREASE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER FOR US.
IT'S ALL BASED ON LOSS HISTORY.
SO IN COVID-19, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT $7 MILLION OUT THERE ON COVID, 19 CASES FROM WORKERS' COMPENSATION, ONE CASE TAKING UP THE MAJORITY OF THAT $7 MILLION.
TO SEE A DECREASE LIKE THIS WITH THAT HANGING OVER OUR HEADS IS, IS GOOD JOB.
UH, SO THAT $7 MILLION IS, IS A POTENTIAL CLAIM, UM, CORRECT.
AND WITH THE LONG COVID AND SOME OF THE CASES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID ON THE COVID-19, IT'S GONNA TAKE YEARS TO, UH, REMEDY.
AND, AND JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION, YOU'RE SAYING THESE ARE BASED ON EXPERIENCED, UM, FACTORS AS OPPOSED TO SET RATES, UH, THAT ARE SET BY RISK? YEAH.
YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE, WE TAKE ON THE FIRST MILLION DOLLARS OF LIABILITY.
SO IT'S NOT A DOLLAR ONE INSURANCE WHERE THE RATES ARE SET.
IS THERE, UH, WHERE ARE WE NOW WITH THAT $1 MILLION DEDUCTIBLE FOR THIS AB SAME, IT'S SAME FOR THE RENEWAL.
IT, IT'S THE SAME, BUT I MEAN, HAVE, HAVE WE, HAVE WE EXCEEDED THAT 1 MILLION OURSELVES UP TO THIS POINT IN TERMS OF CLAIMS? WELL, IT'S ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, SO, UM, I MEAN, WE DO A GREAT JOB ON A MEDICAL MANAGEMENT 'CAUSE WE HANDLE IT IN HOUSE.
THAT'S WHERE ALL YOUR EXPENSES ARE.
WE, WE STILL USE THE DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL.
SO MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, THE INCREASED COST OF MEDICINE IN GENERAL DRIVES UP COSTS AND DRIVES UP PREMIUM.
BUT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY, AND I THINK THE INSURERS SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE, WE SEE CLOSE TO 2000 EMPLOYEES A YEAR IN OUR EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC.
SO THE $1 MILLION, IS THAT AGGREGATE OR IS, OR IS THAT ON AN INDIVIDUAL? IT'S AN AGGREGATE.
SO HAVE, THAT'S, I GUESS THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
HAVE WE AGGREGATED ENOUGH CLAIMS THAT EXCEED THAT $1 MILLION
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WORTH OF DEDUCTIBLE? CORRECT.THAT'S WHEN THE INSURANCE KICKS IN.
SO WE HAVE EXCEEDED THAT AT THIS POINT.
RESOLUTION 19 IS THE RENEWAL OF THE COUNTY'S PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY POLICY FOR THE ESSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER.
THIS, UH, EQUATES TO A 5% INCREASE.
IT'S JUST THE MARKET AND MANY CARRIERS ARE GETTING OUT OF THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MARKET, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T HAD CLAIMS IN THE LAST, UH, 15 YEARS OR SO FROM THE HOSPITAL CENTER.
UM, AGAIN, WITH THE LONG TAILS AND CLAIMS, UH, ON THESE, A LOT OF THE CARRIERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS, UH, EXPOSURE ANY LONGER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A, A VERY GOOD RENEWAL AT THAT POINT.
UH, RESOLUTION 20, IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION.
GO AHEAD, MR. I'M NOT MR. UH, DOUG.
UM, WHAT IS THE TAIL ON THIS POLICY? HOW MANY YEARS IS THAT? WELL, IT GOES BACK TO, UM, IT GOES BACK TO 1984.
IT GOES BASED ON WHEN THE, UM, INSURED DOCTORS WERE FIRST CAME ONTO THE POLICY.
SO IT DOES, RIGHT NOW IT, IT GOES BACK THAT FAR.
A LOT OF THE COMPANIES, AND WE'LL PROBABLY SEE A CHANGE IN SOME OF THE COVERAGE RATHER THAN A CLAIMS MAY GO TO AN OCCURRENCE TYPE POLICY WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT TAIL.
BUT IT'S GOOD PROTECTION FOR OUR PHYSICIANS.
IS THAT, IS THAT THE YEAR THAT WE CAME OFF THE SELF-FUNDED? CORRECT.
LET'S PUT UP, JUST, UH, HOLD ON FOR A SECOND.
THE PRESIDENT'S, GO AHEAD, FINISH.
YOU WANTED TO COME ON IN, MR. PRESIDENT? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT NUMBER 20.
WE HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FROM SIX TO 20.
UH, MR. UH, MCINERNEY IS PUTTING THIS GENTLEMAN ON THE HOT SEAT IN HIS NEW ROLE.
SO, UH, RESOLUTION 21 IS THE RENEWAL OF THE COUNTY'S EXCESS PUBLIC OFFICIALS EMPLOYEE PRACTICE LIABILITY.
UM, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY TOUGH MARKET.
IT REPRESENTS A 20% INCREASE, CLOSE TO $30,000.
THIS IS COVERAGE FOR, UM, SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES.
I'M WRONG FOR TERMINATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE LIABILITY POLICY.
FRANK, DID YOU DO NUMBER 20? THE, UH, I DID 20 ACTIVE ASSAILANT.
2020 IS A RENEWAL OF THE, UH, ACTIVE ASSAILANT OR ACTIVE SHOOTER POLICY.
UH, THIS REPRESENTS A 9% INCREASE OF $1,300.
ANOTHER VERY DIFFICULT COVERAGE TO PLACE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE MASS SHOOTINGS WE'RE SEEING IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, THIS PROVIDES US COVERAGE FOR THAT TYPE OF EXPOSURE.
UM, RESOLUTION 22 IS A RENEWAL OF THE COUNTY CYBER LIABILITY POLICY.
THIS WAS BY FAR THE TOUGHEST, UM, LINE TO RENEW THIS YEAR WITH ALL THE CYBER ATTACKS COMING FROM OVERSEAS.
THIS REPRESENTS A 42% INCREASE, UH, OVER THE EXPIRING FROM, UH, 2022.
RESOLUTION 23 IS THE RENEWAL OF THE COUNTY'S, UH, CRIME POLICY.
GLAD TO REPORT THIS IS A FLAT RENEWAL, NO INCREASE.
AND RESOLUTION 24 IS A RENEWAL OF THE COUNTY'S, UH, POLLUTION LIABILITY POLICY, WHICH REPRESENTS A 7% INCREASE OR, UM, $1,809, UH, FOR THE, UH, RENEWAL YEAR.
OH, YEAH, LET'S DO, UM, CAN WE JUST DO 25, 24? I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT, SHOULD WE DO 24 ON 25 OR WE DID 24 WAS THE LAST ONE WE JUST DID.
24 WAS THE LAST ONE WE DID, RIGHT? YEAH.
CAN WE DO 25 AS WELL? IS THAT A PART OF THIS? THAT'S NOT THE INSURANCE.
THAT'S JUST WITHIN, WITHIN THE OFFICE.
IF I CAN JUST ASK MR. ONE OTHER QUESTION.
UM, SOMEWHERE I READ WHERE THIS IN TOTAL IS ONLY A 1% INCREASE AND AM I CORRECT IN READING THAT? RIGHT.
OR LIKE IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ALL THE POLICIES AND IT REPRESENT, IT REPRESENTS A 14% INCREASE.
WHAT WAS THE 1% INCREASE? UM, NOTHING.
NO INDIVIDUAL POLICIES WERE 1%.
I MEAN, THE DECREASE WITH THE WORKERS' COMP HELPED.
UM, BUT STILL OVERALL IT'S A 14% OVER THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.
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COMMISSIONERS.ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? MM-HMM.
HEARING DO I HAVE A MOVER A SECOND TO TAKE RESOLUTIONS? FOUR 16 THROUGH 24.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MERCADO.
MADAM CLERK POMAR AND MERCADO? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
SO LET'S DO RESOLUTION NUMBER 25.
THIS IS A, AN AGREEMENT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH C PAW NEW JERSEY TO PERFORM TRAP NEUTER, UH, VACATE AND RELEASE SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2023 YEAR IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, A, A SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH ASSOCIATED HUMANE.
UH, THIS GROUP IS COMING IN TO HELP US TO, UH, BOLSTER OUR EFFORTS, UM, AND, UH, THANKS THE BOARD AND PARTICULARLY TO COMMISSIONER COOPER FOR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.
UM, TO DATE WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR, WE'VE DONE 237, UH, CAP, UH, SERVICES, UH, WHICH COMPARED TO 257 OF ALL OF LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS NUMBER TO REALLY GO UP, UM, UM, OVER THE NEXT RESUME, MIRANDA, THIS YEAR AND ALSO NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, UM, THE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING, UH, DRAMATICALLY.
MR. MECHANISM? NO QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.
COMMERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENT HEARING UNDER, I WILL MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT TOMORROW.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 26 THROUGH 29, WHICH FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, WE'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
JOHN WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
UH, NUMBER 26 IS WHERE THE COUNTY HAS BEEN OBLIGATED TO RETAIN OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REPRESENT, UH, SERGEANT MULLEN IN THIS MATTER.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MATTER IS ABOUT.
THIS IS NOT LIKE THE TYPE OF MATTERS WHERE, UH, SOME UNION REPRESENTATIVES WANT TO HIRE THEIR OWN LAWYERS, HAVE THE COUNTY PAY FOR THEM.
WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL DOING WORK FOR THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL WANTS TO DO THE WORK.
SO THIS IS A MATTER WHERE WE, UH, ARE OBLIGATED TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER COOPER, PLEASE CONTINUE, SIR.
UH, IT, IT INVOLVES, UM, THE, THE MATTERS FOR THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF, UM, WORKERS' COMPENSATION MATTERS.
THEY, THEY'VE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.
AND THAT'S THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE WITH NUMBER 27 AND WITH NUMBER 28, UH, BECAUSE OF THE HUGELY INCREASED NUMBERS OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION MATTERS FILED BY COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
UM, THAT'S, ANY QUESTIONS IN ANY OF THESE? I DO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.
JOHN ON, ARE THESE THE ONLY TWO FIRMS HANDLING WORKERS' COMPENSATION, OR DO WE HANDLE ANY INTERNALLY? WE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER FIRMS THAT DO WORKERS' COMP MATTERS AS WELL.
THESE ARE THE PRIMARY FIRMS THAT DO THAT, DO THE WORK.
AND ARE THEY PAID ON A PER CASE BASIS OR PER CASE BASIS? YES.
SO THIS REPRESENTS THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO, HAS TO, UH, DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST.
MR. MAGNUM, ARE, ARE THESE BASED ON HOURLY RATES OR NO, THEY'RE JUST STRICTLY, STRICTLY PER, PER CASE BASIS.
SO IF NEXT YEAR THE WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS GO DOWN, THE AMOUNT TO THESE FIRMS WILL GO DOWN.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR THEY'VE GONE, GONE UP PRECIPITOUSLY.
AND, AND IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY REASON, I MEAN, WE SAW IT IN THE INSURANCE AS WELL, THE PREMIUM INCREASE, BUT IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON? IS THERE RELATED TO COVID OR MY LIMITED TIME? IT APPEARS THAT, THAT HUMAN NATURE IS THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING WORKERS' COMP MATTERS.
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CONTESTING THOSE WORKERS' COMP MATTERS NOW BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF MATTERS WHERE THE CLAIMS FOR WORKERS' COMP DO NOT SEEM JUSTIFIED, NUMBER ONE.NUMBER TWO, THERE ARE CLAIMS FOR COVID, UH, UNDER, UNDER A STATUTE THAT WAS PASSED.
UH, IF YOU GET COVID, IT IS PRESUMED THAT YOU GOT IT AT YOUR WORKPLACE UNLESS THE EMPLOYER CAN PROVE THAT YOU DIDN'T GET IT AT THE WORKPLACE, WHICH IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
UH, SO THERE ARE COVID CASES THAT HAVE BEEN FILED INCLUDING, UH, LONG HAUL COVID CASES THAT HAVE BEEN FILED.
COMMISSIONER COOPER? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, IS THERE A, DO WE HAVE SET HOURLY RATES THAT THE LAW FIRMS BILL US AT ON, ON THE WORKERS' COMP MATTER? ON ALL OF THEM IN GENERAL? YES.
UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT RATE IS PLEASE? SURE.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY.
THE AVERAGE RATE FOR ALL OF THESE GOOGLE CONTRACTS IS ONE 50 PER HOUR? NO, NO, NOT AVERAGE.
SO IT'S 1 50, 1 50, BUT YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION TO INCREASE IT TO 200 IF IT'S COMPLEX.
IF IT'S A COMPLEX, IF IT'S A COMPLEX MATTER WHERE I FEEL WE NEED REALLY, UH, THE TYPE OF, UH, REPRESENTATION THAT WOULD SERVE THE COUNTY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTRACTS THAT WE PAY MORE THAN 200,000.
AND WHAT WILL FALL INTO THE COMPLEX CATEGORY? THE COMPLEX, UH, LET'S SAY IT IS A FEE SHIFTING MATTER, UH, WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY THE OTHER SIDE'S, UH, LAW, UH, LEGAL FEES.
SO THAT'S A CASE WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY A JUDGMENT PLUS PAY THE OTHER SIDE.
UH, SO THERE ARE MATTERS THAT, UH, HAVE THAT COMPLEXITY OR WE NEED SOMEONE WITH A CERTAIN EXPERTISE.
UH, BUT OUR, OUR, OUR AMOUNT IS, IS 200.
THE WORKERS' COMP MATTERS AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO IF THEY SPEND FIVE HOURS AND THEY SPEND TWO HOURS, THEY, THEY JUST GET THE SAME FLAT FEE.
MR. PRESIDENT, WAS ITEM NUMBER 29 A PART OF THE DISCUSSION OR NO? WE HAVEN'T GOT, WE HAVEN'T GOT IT YET.
WELL, I JUST WALKED IN, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T MISS AN AREA THAT I HAD A QUESTION ON.
THANK YOU AND COMMISSIONER COOPER, TO BE A LITTLE, LITTLE MORE FULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
IT'S GETTING VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO GET FIRST CLASS FIRMS TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY.
UH, I'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.
I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE FIRMS THAT ARE REPRESENTING THE COUNTY, BUT FOR MOST FIRMS ARE FIVE, $600 AN HOUR THESE DAYS.
AS YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THEM FOR ONE, THE VAST MAJORITY FOR ONE 50 AND A FEW FIRMS AT 200.
SO IT'S GETTING VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
WHEN I SENT OUT THE SOLICITATION, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY? WE SET IT OUT TO A LARGE GROUP OF EXTREMELY WELL-KNOWN LAW FIRMS. I DIDN'T GET RESPONSES FROM A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM, SO, BUT I'LL, I'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE.
JOHN, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT'S DUE TO? I JUST THINK OUR RATES ARE, ARE FAR BELOW THE MARKETPLACE.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE FOR, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIRMS THAT HAVE DONE WORK FOR THE COUNTY, LIKE THE COUNTY OR RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY, AND, UH, LOOK AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT AS QUOTE PRO BONO, BUT PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE TO IT.
AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF PROUD TO REPRESENT ESSEX COUNTY.
BUT THERE'S OTHER FIRMS THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE, I I HAVE VERY GOOD FRIENDS THAT ARE AT A LOT OF THE MORE PRESTIGIOUS FIRMS IN NEW JERSEY.
I SAID, COULD YOU, COULD YOU PUT IN FOR, TO, TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY? I'D APPRECIATE IT.
AND NO, WE HAVE A POLICY, WE, WE WILL DO WORK FOR THAT AMOUNT.
SO THAT'S ONE WAY OF SAYING IT SOMEWHERE WORSE.
BUT MR. PRESIDENT, WE'RE GETTING GOOD SERVICE.
SAY YOU WEREN'T GETTING GOOD SERVICE.
I WAS JUST COMMENTING ON THE WAY YOU COUCHED IT.
YOU SAID THAT THEY WON'T WORK FOR THAT LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THERE'S A LOT OF FIRMS THAT WOULDN'T EVEN, SO THE COUNTY ISN'T PAYING ENOUGH.
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WE HAVE THE, UH, NUMBER 29 IS THE, UH, UH, AMENDMENT TO, TO THE LEASE WE HAVE LEASED TO THIS COMPANY FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.UH, THIS IS JUST A RENEWAL TO THE LEASE.
THE, THE, UH, LEASE PROVIDES THAT IT AUTOMATICALLY CAN BE RENEWED WITH THE CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER BOARD.
SO SAME AMOUNTS, SAME TERMS. THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS TO BE CHANGED IN THE, IN THE LEASE ITSELF.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, I THINK MR. PRESIDENT, THAT'S AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION.
WHO DO THEY PROVIDE SERVICES TO? TO THE, TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY? IT'S A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, UH, ORGANIZATION.
THAT, THAT, THAT DRUG THEY ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MATTERS FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY.
ARE THERE THAT, THAT THREE 20, THAT'S WHERE THE DFAB OFFICE IS.
THAT'S WHERE THE D THAT'S D IS.
SO, BUT, BUT IT'S OPEN FOR ANYBODY TO GO TO THE SERVICES.
NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS MR. HUR? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 26 THROUGH 29.
DO I HAVE A MOVE? IN A SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTIONS 30 THROUGH 32, WHICH ARE FROM THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER DATE.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
MR. SORE WILL HANDLE THIS ITEM DIRECTOR.
SO WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. GOOD EVENING.
JOHN HURS, DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
ITEM NUMBER 30, THE DIVISION IS SEEKING YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,167 AND 82 CENTS FOR HOMELESS PREVENTION ACTIVITIES.
THE DIVISION IS SEEKING YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE THE ESSEX URBAN COUNTY COOPERATION AGREEMENTS WITH THE 18 MUNICIPALITIES THAT COMPRISE THE ESSEX COUNTY CONSORTIUM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2026 FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP GRANT, AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAMS. THIS IS A PROCESS THAT IS REPEATED EVERY THREE YEARS.
ITEM 32, THE DIVISION SEEKING YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT TO HUD THE 2023 ACTION PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP GRANT AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAMS, AGREE OF THE RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES WAS SUBMITTED FOR YOUR REVIEW.
MR. ER, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT NUMBER 30.
WE, WE CONTRACT WITH THE ESS COUNTY.
SO THE ESSAS COUNTY, UH, DCAS IS, IS INDEPENDENT, CORRECT? YES.
THEY WERE WORKING OUT WITH US ON, ON THOSE PRO ON, UH, THROUGH MR. PRESIDENT, UM, DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION IS, WILL BE WORKING ON THOSE, UM, ACTIVITIES.
QUESTIONS OF COMMENTS? UH, MR. PRESIDENT, CAN I ASK GO AHEAD.
IS THE COMMISSION OF COMMUNITY ACTION PART OF SES COUNTY YES.
AND WE, AND WE CONTRACT WITH OURSELVES.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, THROUGH MR. PRESIDENT.
IT'S MORE OF A, A WORKING AGREEMENT.
WHAT IS IT? IT PROBABLY HELPS FACILITATE THE GRANT OR THROUGH MR. PRESIDENT.
THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES, THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVE THE CLIENTS, SO, AND IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO HANDLE.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OF COMMENT.
I, I WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING MR. MCINERNEY, WHEN I, WHEN I READ NUMBER 30, I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.
IS THIS GONNA BE DISPERSED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE? OR DO, DO, DO YOU HAVE FAMILY BENEFITS OFFICE THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT? IT'S THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ACTION.
WE, WE, HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS MONEY IS AVAILABLE? DO, DO THEY NORMALLY DO THIS? THROUGH, THROUGH YOU MR. PRESIDENT? THERE HAS, THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS.
THERE'S OPEN APPLICATIONS OUT THERE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SUBMITTED TO,
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UH, REQUESTED FUNDS AND THEY HAVE A LISTING OF CLIENTS THAT ARE IN NEED.AND THAT'S WHERE THIS FUNDING WILL GO INTO.
I'M, I'M JUST THINKING, I MEAN, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING WITH THE GRANT FUNDS.
UH, THAT, AND I, I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THIS AFTERWARDS.
I'M JUST A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT IT MYSELF, BUT, OKAY.
I, I THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN, BEEN EVEN QUESTIONED BEFORE AND I FORGET.
COMMISSIONER SBAR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT JOHN SORES DOES A WONDERFUL JOB AS DIRECTOR OF THIS DEPARTMENT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO I HAVE A MOVER? AND A SECOND MOTION HAS TO BE GRANT SOMETHING.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER COOPER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRANT ROLL CALL, BUT 30 THROUGH 32.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 33, WHICH IS FROM THE DIVISION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.
AND IT'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH METAL LINK TO PROVIDE, UH, TRANSFER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $670,577 AND 69 CENTS.
UH, THIS, UH, ORGANIZATION PROVIDES, UH, TRANS DAILY TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN OUR ONE STOP CENTER AND ALL THE SERVICE PROVIDERS ON A CONTINUOUS LOOP, UH, DURING THE BUSINESS HOURS AND THE SIX FOUR HOUR WELFARE TO WORK.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
CLERK COMMISSIONER COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 34 35, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHAB REHABILITATION.
AND THEY'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
DID YOU DO MR. JACKSON? UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, DIRECTOR LGO WILL HANDLE ITEM 35 AND DIRECTOR DELEO, I MEAN, 34.
AND DIRECTOR DELEO WILL HANDLE 35.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 34, MAYO HEALTH OFFICER, HEALTH DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT.
ENTER AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT SHARED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD TO U TO UTILIZE ESSEX COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER TO PERFORM PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER SERVICES FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD ON TEMPORARY BASIS UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2024.
UM, THIS IS, AS WE KNOW, DURING COVID, THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE WAS VERY, VERY OVERWORKED.
AND RIGHT NOW, AT THE CURRENT TIME, UH, HOLDING A HEALTH OFFICER'S LICENSE, UH, JUST TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S 463, UH, LOCAL OFFICES OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND 171 HEALTH OFFICER LICENSES WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
UH, IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES OF THE HEALTH OFFICER TO BLOOMFIELD.
IT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST MUNICIPALITIES.
AND TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH A LOT OF THE GRANT FUNDING THAT'S COMING OUT, YOU CAN'T GET A GRANT WITHOUT A HELP OFFICER.
SO IN ORDER TO EASE THEIR, UH, AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING AND ALSO TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR SERVICING OF THE PUBLIC, IT IS UP TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY TO SUPPORT BLOOMFIELD.
I, I I DIDN'T HEAR GOLD BLOOMFIELD
I JUST WANT TO, COMMISSIONER MCCAB.
UH, UH, DIRECTOR MAYO HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB, UM, IN THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SHE HAS LED ESSEX COUNTY IN THIS AREA.
AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY, YOU KNOW, COMMEND HER AND THANK HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP, UM, AND MOVING ESSEX COUNTY FORWARD IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
WE ALL KNOW THAT MAYA LDO HAS DONE SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB, AND NOW SHE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF BLOOMFIELD AND SHE CAME TO
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ESSEX COUNTY BECAUSE SHE WAS A HELP OFFICER IN BLOOMFIELD.SO SHE KNOWS BLOOMFIELD WELL AND WILL DO A FANTASTIC JOB AS SHE DOES FOR ESSEX COUNTY.
COMMISSIONER GRAHAM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE SHE ALSO HELPS.
UM, MR. PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
NOW ONE THING THAT I KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT SHE ANSWERS HER PHONE ANYTIME, ANY HOURS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE COVID PERIOD THAT WE WERE IN.
AND IT'S A BLESSING FOR SOMEONE TO, TO STAY ON, TO HELP PEOPLE GET SHOTS, AND WAS ENCOURAGING ME ALSO TO GET PEOPLE TO GET SHOTS.
AND, UH, SHE HELPED ENCOURAGE ME TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER ON THAT TO GET PEOPLE IN TO GET SHOTS.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO EQUALLY JOIN IN AND ACKNOWLEDGING ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
MR. PI JUST WANNA SAY FOR THE RECORD, I SAID YEARS AGO WHEN SHE FIRST CAME ON, SHE CAME PARTY.
I WANT TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN COMMENDING YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND YOU HAVE ANSWERED CALLS FROM ME EARLY IN THE MORNING, LATE AT NIGHT, ON THE WEEKENDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU AND ALL THAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, DO I HAVE A MOVER IN THIS? I'LL MOVE IT.
MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT TOMORROW.
I WAS WAITING FOR YOU, BUT YOU DIDN'T MOVE.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT ARI? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT, WITH HER, WE GOTTA BE QUICK AT, YOU GOTTA GIVE US OH, COMMISSIONER SIBO.
SHE'S, I I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER ON JEOPARDY.
CARLOS DIDN'T LOOK FAST ENOUGH.
UH, FRANK DELGAUDIO, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND REHAB, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 35.
UM, THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH, UH, THE COUNTY FIRM OF MYERS AND STAUFFER.
UM, WE PUT THIS OUT AS A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT THIS TIME AROUND.
THEY WERE THE ONLY, UH, QUALIFIED VENDOR TO, UH, RESPOND ON A FIVE YEAR BASIS.
THIS IS ASKING PERMISSION FOR A, UH, 36 MONTH AGREEMENT WITH A TWO YEAR RENEWAL.
THIS IS FOR THE HOSPITAL FEE PROGRAM.
WE'RE NO LONGER CALLING THIS A PILOT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE.
AND THE PROGRAM HAS HAD AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SUCCESS, NOT JUST FOR THE COUNTY, BUT FOR THE COUNTY HOSPITALS.
SO FOR THE, UM, THE MODEL THAT WAS DONE BY THIS FIRM, MYERS STOFFER, THEY DO ALL OF THE, UH, FEE CALCULATIONS AND MODELS.
AND BILL, ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE THAT THIS BOARD PASSED, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING AN ADDITIONAL $240 MILLION INTO THE COUNTY HOSPITALS TO OFFSET THE LOW AMOUNT OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS.
SO THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY NOT ONLY DOES THE COUNTY BENEFIT, BUT THE HOSPITALS BENEFIT GREATLY.
UM, AND IT'S KIND OF A LIFELINE FOR THEM.
SO I'M REALLY, REALLY PLEASED WITH THE JOB THAT THIS FIRM HAS DONE FOR US.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE OUT OF INDIANA AND THEY CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, BUT, UM, JUST TO JUST TALK AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
FRANK, JUST FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS NICE TO SEE YOU KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE FUTURE ON THE INSURANCE SIDE.
I THINK THAT'S HOW I MET YOU
UM, BUT WITH THIS ONE, SO WHAT ARE THEY DOING? ARE THEY CALCULATING THE FEES AND, AND LOCATING THE FEES OR DETERMINING THE FEES THAT COME BACK TO THE HOSPITAL THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S BASED ON A COST REPORT.
IT'S ALL BASED ON A NUMBER OF MEDICAID DISCHARGES FROM THE COUNTY HOSPITALS.
NOW, NEWARK, BETH ISRAEL BENEFITS THE MOST FROM THIS
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PROGRAM.'CAUSE THEY HAVE THE MOST MEDICAID DISCHARGES IN THE COUNTY, PROBABLY IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, EVEN MORE THAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER, AN ANNUAL BASED NUMBER, ABOUT $60 MILLION BACK TO NEWARK BETH ISRAEL, AND ABOUT $34 MILLION BACK TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
SO WHAT THIS FIRM DOES IS THEY TAKE ALL THE COST REPORTS, ALL OF THE MEDICAID DISCHARGE INFORMATION, AND THEY PUT THAT ALL INTO A FORMULA THAT WE THEN SUBMIT TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THAT FORMULA.
THEN I'LL ALSO BE COMING BACK TO THIS BOARD TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF OUR FUNDS THAT WE COLLECT FROM THE HOSPITALS, WHICH MYERS AND STOFFER ALSO DOES ALL OF THE INVOICING IN THE PROGRAM.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE AND WE DO THE WIRE TRANSFERS TO THE STATE.
THAT'S THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS PROGRAM.
THE REST IS DONE BY, UM, MS. FIRM AND THE COUNTY.
AND DOES THE COUNTY GET AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR THIS? YES.
WE GET, UH, 9%, IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
I 1% GOES TO THE, UM, STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
9% COMES BACK TO THE COUNTY OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD ANTICIPATED.
'CAUSE WE ONLY COLLECTED A FEW QUARTERS FOR 2000, UH, 22 INTO 23.
BY THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, AFTER YEAR THREE, WE ANTICIPATE $19,620,000 BACK TO THE COUNTY.
I THINK, UM, WHAT WHAT HAD HAPPENED INITIALLY WHEN THIS PROGRAM STARTED IS THE HOSPITALS WERE REQUIRED TO PUT UP MONEY.
AND, AND SO THOSE HOSPITALS NOW, UH, HAVE GOTTEN THAT MONEY BACK PLUS.
SO, UM, I, I THINK INITIALLY THERE WAS CONCERN, UH, THAT THAT INITIAL INVESTMENT MAY NOT BE RECOUPED, BUT IT HAS BEEN, I THINK EVERY HOSPITAL EXCEPT ONE, RIGHT? THERE'S NO ONE HOSPITAL THAT REALLY DOESN'T SMALL.
I DON'T, I DON'T THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I DON'T WANNA SINGLE ANYONE OUT, BUT I BELIEVE THINGS WILL BE CHANGING WITH THAT HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY WILL BE TAKING, THEY'LL BE OPENING A PSYCH UNIT THAT'S GONNA BE SOLELY MEDICAID FUNDED.
SO ONCE THAT HAPPENS WITH THE VOLUME THEY SEE, THIS WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT THEM.
UM, I THINK THESE FEES FOR WHAT THEY DO, AND, AND, UH, I, I DID FOLLOW THIS IN THE BEGINNING WHEN FRANK GOT IT OFF THE GROUND, AND, AND A LOT OF CREDIT GOES TO FRANK ON THIS.
UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SAYING THAT, FRANK, FROM, ESPECIALLY FROM THE BEGINNING, UH, OF THIS THING, HE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE, AND THE CALCULATIONS ARE, UH, ARE ALSO VERY INVOLVED.
AND, UH, THIS FIRM DOES AN EXCELLENT, UH, JOB AT IT.
AND I, FOR WHAT THEY DO TO LOOK AT THESE FEES, I'M SAYING THESE ARE EXTREMELY REASONABLE.
UM, BUT FRANK, UH, IF, IF I'M ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING, I, I THINK YOU DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR, FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS, OF THIS PROGRAM TEAM.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, MS. UM, DIRECTOR, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AROUND THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S FOUND MONEY THAT YOU REALLY, UM, ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVES AND FIGURED OUT HOW TO GO GET THAT.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND HARD EFFORT AROUND THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I GOT FROM A CONSTITUENT WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW GREAT YOUR HOSPITAL WAS AND YOUR SERVICES.
THEY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS STRUGGLING, UM,
THAT PERSON HAS NOW TURNED AROUND AND IS CONTINUALLY MEDICATING THEMSELVES INSIDE AN OUTPATIENT PROGRAM.
SO THEY WANT TO BE, TO PASS ALONG, UM, THEIR THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO HELP WITH THEM.
THAT'S, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS TEAM AT THE HOSPITAL CENTER.
I REALLY THINK AS A PUBLIC FACILITY, WE'RE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
COMMISSIONER SIEBEL, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING DOUBLE WORK, HAVING TWO IMPORTANT JOBS THAT YOU'RE DOING SO WELL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
HOW YOU DO IT ALL? I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST STARTED FIRST MANAGER, I WAS ASKED, YOU NEED AN ASSISTANT? I'M LIKE, NO, I DON'T NEED AN ASSISTANT.
AND NOW I HAVE AN ASSISTANT, TISHA BROOKS, WHO'S FANTASTIC.
AND SHE DOES ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THE RISK SIDE.
SO IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT, UM, SCENARIO.
I THINK, I THINK IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE.
UM, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, FRANK, UH, YOU HAD DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB AT THE HOSPITAL AND THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND IT'S A REALLY COMPLEX SYSTEM THAT YOU'VE BEEN NAVIGATING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, UM,
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UH, WITH THE FEDS, WITH THE STATE AND, AND ALL AND, UM, RECRUITING DOCTORS, RECRUITING, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL AND MAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL, UM, DURING DIFFICULT TIMES.SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, YOUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A TEAM, RIGHT? AND, UM, FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY WORK.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, DOCTOR.
DO I HAVE A MOVER TO SECOND? I'LL MOVE IT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MERCADO.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 36 THROUGH 40, WHICH ARE ALL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
MAY BE READ TO THE RECORD AS RELATED TO TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. ZAS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, JOSHUA ZAS ES COUNTY PARKS NUMBER 36 IS THE, UH, APPROVAL FROM THIS BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY BASED DEER MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THIS IS THE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR OUR, UH, UH, PROGRAM OVER IN 2024.
UH, WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT DAN VERNE, OUR DEER MANAGEMENT, UH, SPECIALIST, AND WE ALSO HAVE TARA ELA FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER WHO, UM, MANAGES THE PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE DAN COME UP HERE AND EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM THOROUGHLY.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'LL KEEP THE REPORT BRIEF.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A VERY LONG AGENDA TONIGHT, BUT THE ESSEX COUNTY DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM RESUMED IN 2023 AFTER A TWO YEAR HIATUS DUE TO COVID.
UH, IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
UH, A TOTAL OF 152 DEER WERE REMOVED.
THAT WAS 93 DEER FROM SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND 59 FROM THE HILLTOP RESERVATION.
UM, IN, UH, THE SPRING FOLLOWING THE HUNT, WE DID, UM, SURVEYS OF DEER REMAINING IN THE PARKS.
UH, WE DID A, A SURVEY OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION USE USING, UH, THE SERVICES OF ROY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE USING A, A, UM, AN UNMANNED, UM, AERIAL VEHICLE, A DRONE, UH, WITH AN INFRARED CAMERA.
IT'S, UH, THE MOST, UH, RELIABLE METHOD OF, OF COUNTING GEAR.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THEY ONLY HAD TIME TO DO SOUTH MOUNTAIN, SO WE, UH, WE DID SPOTLIGHT COUNTS, UH, AT HILLTOP RESERVATION AND EAGLE ROCK RESERVATION.
THAT HAS, HAS BEEN OUR STANDARD PRACTICE SINCE 2008.
UM, THE RESULTS OF THOSE COUNTS, WHETHER THEY WERE SPOTLIGHT OR, UH, OR, UH, DRONE SURVEYS, UH, SHOW THAT THE OVERWINTERING POPULATION HEADING INTO NEXT YEAR IN SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 134 DEER, WHICH REPRESENTS A DENSITY OF 42 PER SQUARE MILE.
UM, THE RECOMMENDED DENSITY, UH, ACCORDING TO FOREST ECOLOGISTS NOW TO, UH, ENABLE FOREST REGENERATION IN STRESSED AND, UH, UM, IMPAIRED FOREST, LIKE OURS SHOULD BE 10 PER SQUARE MILE OR LESS.
SO FOR SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION, THAT WOULD REPRESENT 32 DEER AS OPPOSED TO THE 134 THAT WE ESTIMATE WILL BE THERE.
UH, AT HILLTOP, THE, UH, OVER WINTERING POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 84 DEER, WHICH IS 190 PER SQUARE MILE, AS OPPOSED TO THE FOUR DEER THAT WOULD BE THERE IF IT WAS 10 PER SQUARE MILE.
UH, BASED ON THOSE, UM, ESTIMATES I HAVE RECOMMENDED, UM, A PROGRAM AND PREPARED A, AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE, WHICH IS, UH, BEFORE YOU NOW FOR APPROVAL, UH, TO SEEK ANOTHER COMMUNITY-BASED DEER MANAGEMENT PERMIT AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION.
THE, UH, THE, UH, DATA AND FORMULAS THAT WE USE SUGGESTS THAT WE SHOULD BE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE 102 DEER.
OUR, UH, PROGRAM CALLS FOR TRYING TO DO THAT OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE AFTERNOONS, USING 14 HUNTERS AT A TIME IN THE HILLTOP RESERVATION.
UH, WE WOULD BE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE 80 DEER OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN AFTERNOONS USING EIGHT HUNTERS AT A TIME.
UM, I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME MANY TIMES BEFORE, AND WE'VE HAD YEARS IN WHICH WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE WE KNEW THAT THE POPULATION OF DEER WAS STILL GOING TO BE AMAZINGLY HIGH COMPARED TO WHAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD GET OUT IN THAT SEASON.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHERE OUR POPULATION ESTIMATOR HAS US AT A POINT WHERE
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THE NUMBER OF DEER THAT WE, WE WILL TRY TO BE HARVESTING IN THOSE DAYS ACTUALLY ALIGNS, UH, RATHER WELL WITH THE, WHAT THE NUMBER OF PARK VISITORS, THE PARK NEIGHBORS, THE BUDGET AND THE CALENDAR CAN SUPPORT.FOR THIS COMING YEAR, OUR, UH, PLAN WOULD BE TO, AGAIN, CERTIFY 14 VOLUNTEERS, UH, LICENSED HUNTERS AS AGENTS OF THE COUNTY.
AND WE WOULD ALSO CERTIFY TWO ALTERNATES TO FILL IN.
IF WE LOST ANY OF THOSE HUNTERS.
HUNTING AGAIN WOULD ONLY BE IN, IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, THAT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF SECURITY PERSONNEL NEEDED TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM, REDUCES THE COST PER YEAR AND INCREASES THE RATE OF HUNTER PARTICIPATION.
SO AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN, THE PROGRAM WOULD BE CONDUCTED ON FIVE TUESDAYS, UH, FROM JANUARY 16TH TO FEBRUARY 13TH WITH THE NEXT TWO TUESDAYS AS POSSIBLE.
UH, DATES TO FILL IN FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER AT THE HILLTOP RESERVATION.
IT WOULD BE THURSDAYS FROM JANUARY 11TH TO FEBRUARY 22ND WITH ONE DATE FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER.
AND OF COURSE, WE SHOULD ALWAYS FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL SURVEYS IN THE SPRING TO SEE THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM, AND WE HOPEFULLY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT COMPLETELY WITH DRONE SURVEYS BECAUSE OF THEIR GREATER ACCURACY.
UM, WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
COMMISSIONER SIEBEL, HOW COME YOU ARE NOT DOING EAGLE ROCK? WE, WE DID A SURVEY, UH, I, EXCUSE ME, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
WE DID A, UM, SPOTLIGHT COUNT OF EAGLE ROCK, AND WE SAW A FEW MORE DEER THERE THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S STILL NOT A LARGE NUMBER OF DEER.
THE, THE ESTIMATOR WOULD ONLY CALL FOR REMOVING 14 DEER FROM THAT PARK AND FOR WHAT IT TAKES TO MOUNT THE EFFORT, PARTICULARLY THE COST OF SECURITY PERSONNEL TO CLOSE DOWN THE PARK, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO JUSTIFY IT FOR THAT NUMBER OF DEER.
HAVE YOU DONE OTHER PARKS IN ESSEX COUNTY, SURVEYED OTHER PARKS? NO, WE'VE ONLY SURVEYED THOSE THREE.
THERE'S NO PROBLEM AT WEEK WAKE PARK OR, OR, UH, UM, BROOKDALE OR BRANCH BROOK? BRANCH BROOK.
I CAN ONLY TELL, TELL YOU I'VE BEEN OKAY.
ENGAGED TO, TO DEAL WITH THOSE THREE PARTS.
UH, AS A RESULT OF THE HUNT, WHERE DOES, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHERE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE, UH, DEER ONCE IT'S, UH, THEY'RE HUNTED? DOES THAT GO TO, IS THAT CALL A HOMELESS SHELTER OR SOME KIND? YES.
THE, YOU EXPLAIN WHERE THAT GOES.
THE VENISON THAT, THAT RESULTS, UH, FROM THESE DEER.
UM, ALL, ALL OF THE DEER CARCASSES ARE SENT IN A COUNTY VEHICLE TO A, UM, A BUTCHER WHO IS, UM, USDA, UH, CERTIFIED, AS WELL AS HIS LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, HE IS ONE OF A VERY FEW NUMBER OF BUTCHERS THAT ARE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE BUTCHERING OF DEER FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
AND, UM, HE PROCESSES THE VENISON, HOLDS IT IN HIS FREEZERS.
WE TAKE BACK A VERY SMALL PORTION OF IT AND GIVE IT TO THE HUNTERS AS A, A THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
BUT IT IS VERY MINOR COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF VENISON THAT IS PRODUCED.
UM, BUT THE BULK OF IT IS PICKED UP BY THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NEW JERSEY DIRECTLY FROM THE BUTCHER AND IS THEN, UH, DISTRIBUTED TO THEIR MEMBER AGENCIES.
UH, THIS PAST SEASON, THE PROGRAM PRODUCED 4,405 POUNDS OF VENISON TO DATE SINCE, UH, 2008, IT HAS BEEN A TOTAL OF 54,000 POUNDS.
NEXT JOSHUA IS EIGHT S COUNTY PARKS.
NUMBERS 37 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION PAYMENT TO MVAC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE REMOVAL OF DEAD FISH FROM WEAK WAKE POND, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $44,125.
UH, BACK IN EARLY JUNE, I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND JUNE 8TH, UH, THERE WAS, UH, SEVERAL DEAD FISH, UH, OVER AT WEAK WAKE POND
UM, IT, IT ONLY SEEMED TO AFFECT CARP.
UM, WE TESTED THE WATER, THERE WERE HEALTHY OXYGEN LEVELS.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE DEP AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE DEP SAID THE INCIDENTS SUCH AS THIS, UH, HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE ON A SEMI FREQUENT BASIS.
UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN ISSUE SINCE THAT JUNE DATE.
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EMERGENCY IS FOR A COMPANY TO COME OUT AND, UH, REMOVE THOSE, UH, THOSE DEAD FISTS.THEY USED A BOAT AND, UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, VACUUM THEM OUT OF THE WATER.
SO MR. ZA HAD ALL OF THE FISHMEN CLEANED UP.
IS THIS AN ONGOING PROCESS? UH, IT, JOSHUA WAS ASEX EXPOUNDING TWICE.
IT WAS, UH, FOR THE, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES THEY WENT OUT, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY EMERGENCY WE'LL NEED FOR THIS SPECIFIC, UH, INCIDENT.
YOU SAID, YOU SAID SEVERAL, YOU SEVERAL THOUSAND.
IT LOOKED LIKE YOU, UH, NUMBER 38, HIS REQUEST FOR APPROVAL EMERGENCY DECORATION TO SERVPRO, UH, FOR WATER RESTORATION, FLOODING OVER AT HENDRICKS FIELD GOLF COURSE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $103,123 AND 38 CENTS.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THIS WAS FOR A WATER MAIN BREAK, UH, OVER ON THE BOARD OF HENDRICKS THAT LEAKED INTO THE CLUBHOUSE.
UH, THESE MONIES ARE FOR, UH, MOLD REMOVAL, ASBESTOS REMOVAL, AND GENERAL FLOOD CLEANUP.
NUMBER 39 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO GREEN VALLEY LANDSCAPING TO PROVIDE PARK LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AT THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN RECREATION COMPLEX.
THIS IS EXERCISING THE 24 MONTH CONTRACT EXTENSION NOT TO EXCEED $604,800.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE COMPLEX, EXCLUDING THE ZOO, UH, FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
UH, GRASS CUTTING HEDGING FLOWER BED BAIT MAINTENANCE.
UH, IT'S AROUND THE ORANGE RESERVOIR.
IT'S OVER AT THE MCCUNE'S BOATHOUSE.
OVER AT THE, UH, MINIATURE GOLF COURSE.
UH, AND THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL $24,000 ALLOWANCE IF NEEDED.
NUMBER 40 IS THE FUNDING, UH, IS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR NUMBER 41.
UH, NUMBER 40 IS AN AUTHORIZATION TO USE THE RECREATION OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND TO FUND THE BROOKDALE PARK SOCCER FIELD AND TRACK IMPROVEMENTS MOUNTAIN ACT TO EXCEED $212,531.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? UH, I HAVE TWO, TWO COMMENTS.
UH, NUMBER ONE, UM, A CONSTITUENT WHO WAS PLAYING GOLF AT HENDRICKS COMPLIMENTED THE COUNTY ON WHAT THE, A GREAT JOB THEY DID IN TERMS OF THE FLOODING.
AND ALSO, UH, NUMBER 40, UM, BROOKDALE PARK SOCCER FIELD AND TRACK IMPROVEMENTS WERE DISCUSSED AT THE JUNE 29TH OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.
AND WE VOTED WHOLLY IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 37.
IS THIS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING THIS? WAS THIS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT RESPONDED? UH, JOSHUA IS
IT IS A, A SPECIALIZED SERVICE SUCH AS THIS.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE DECLARED THE EMERGENCY.
THIS WAS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT, THAT PERFORMED THESE SERVICES.
UM, ON NUMBER 38, WHAT DOES ALLOWANCE MEAN? AT THE, AT THE, AT THE BACK OF, NO, NOT 38.
NUMBER 39, WHAT DOES IT SAYS ALLOWANCE 24,000.
COUNTY PARK TWO, YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
IT'S SIMPLY IF, UH, SO THERE'S A SET AMOUNT PER MONTH, UH, THAT WE PAY THE VENDOR AND IF THERE'S, IF WE NEED THEM TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, IT WOULD DIP INTO THE ALLOWANCE.
IT'S FOR, UH, A SCOPE OUTSIDE THE, THE NORMAL MONTHLY FEE.
COMMISSIONER, I'M MR. MCKINNA.
AND ALSO, IF YOU DON'T DIP INTO IT, THAT GETS REDUCED.
WE, IF WE DON'T SPEND IT, THEN IT JUST GOES BACK TO HAVE A MOVE.
COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER SBO.
I'M TELLING YOU, MAN, YOU GIVE HER, GET HER ON JEOPARDY.
I'M ALWAYS THERE FOR THE PARKS.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON? YES.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY I'M ALWAYS THERE FOR THE PARTS AND I'M ALWAYS THERE FOR JOSH.
AND HE WAITS TO THE END, ALMOST TO THE END.
EVERY TIME I TODAY HE, WELL, NOT THAT EARLY.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
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MR. ANTONIO.DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 41 IS THE APPROVAL OF A CHANGE ORDER TO APPLIED LANDSCAPE TECHNOLOGIES CONTRACT TO UNDERTAKE THE BROOKDALE PARK S FIELD AND TRACK IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS CHANGE ORDER WILL INCREASE THE PROJECT CONTRACT BY $212,530 FROM THE ORIGINAL $1,076,441 TO 1,288,000 NO HUNDRED $71, WHICH IS A NET INCREASE OF 19.7%.
THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NEEDED TO COVER ADDITIONAL WORK DUE TO UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 42 AWARDS CN CONSTRUCTION, A CONTRACT TO RESURFACE THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURT OF BROOKDALE PARK AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,077,000.
CN CONSTRUCTION BID WAS THE LOWEST OF THE TWO RECEIVED, AND THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT EXCEED 90 DAYS.
MR. KOKI OF CN CONSTRUCTION, UH, WILL NOW INTRODUCE HIS COMPANY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COURT MAY HAVE.
HI, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
UH, OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR, UH, ALMOST OVER 10 YEARS.
WE'VE, UH, DONE THREE PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY WITH THE COUNTY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH, UH, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, I BELIEVE THEY'VE BEEN SATISFIED WITH OUR WORK, PREVIOUS WORK ALSO, UM, THE PROJECT IN DALE PARK IS A RESTORATION OF THE EXISTING PICKLE BOARD, UH, PICKLEBALL, UH, COURTS AND TENNIS COURTS.
THERE'S A NEW ACOUSTICAL, UM, SCREENING FENCE AROUND THE WHOLE AREA.
UH, NEW MUSCO LIGHTS, UM, AROUND THE TENNIS COURTS, NEW LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION, UH, BENCHES, BLEACHERS.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, WHERE'S YOUR COMPANY LOCATED? UH, OUR COMPANY IS LOCATED IN, UH, ELMO PARK, NEW JERSEY.
DO YOU EMPLOY ANY ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENCE? YES.
UH, ACTUALLY WHENEVER WE HAVE PROJECTS WITH, UH, ESSEX COUNTY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, THEY ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UH, EMPLOYEES ON THAT JOB FROM ESSEX COUNTY.
WHERE, WHERE'S THIS BEING FROM? WHICH, WHICH GRANT IS THIS? THIS IS ALL GRANT FUNDED.
IS THIS COMING OUT OF OPEN SPACE OR ARP? UH, THROUGH YOU PRESIDENT.
DAVID ANTONIO, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC COURT WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 43 AUTHORIZES THE AGREEMENT WITH ARTERIAL LLC TO PERFORM THE DESIGN ENGINEERING OF STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MAIN STREET IN THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE AND THE TOWNSHIP OF ORANGE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $159,500.
ARTERIAL'S PROPOSAL WAS THE HIGHEST RATED OF THE THREE RECEIVED.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROJECT'S.
RFP, THE COUNTY WAS AWARDED A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM GRANT TO CONSTRUCT THE MAIN STREET CORRIDOR STREETSCAPE PROJECT IN ORANGE AND WEST ORANGE.
BUT THE ENGINEERING AND DESCEND IMPROVEMENTS MUST FIRST BE PERFORMED BY A DESIGNER SUCH AS ARTERIAL.
MR. JAMES RETO OF ARTERIAL LLC WILL INTRODUCE HIS FIRM AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TO PORT MAY.
UH, MR. ANTONIO, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? YEAH.
THE RESOLUTION SAYS, UH, PROJECT IN MONTCLAIR.
ESTA, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S AN ERROR.
IT IS ACTUALLY ORANGE IN WEST ORANGE.
IT'S WEST ORANGE AND ORANGE IN ORANGE.
IT'S, UH, MAIN STREET BETWEEN SCOTLAND.
UH, IN ORANGE TO NORTHFIELD AVENUE AND WEST ORANGE.
UH, MY NAME AGAIN IS JAMES ROBERTO.
I'M THE, UH, PARTNER AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS WITH ARTERIAL.
UH, WE ARE A SMALL BOUTIQUE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, URBAN DESIGN FIRM BASED IN MONTCLAIR.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 10, UH, EMPLOYEES, UH, TWO OF WHICH ARE ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2009.
WE'VE WORKED ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN AND FOR ESSEX COUNTY, UH, INCLUDING
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IRVINGTON AVENUE IN MAPLEWOOD, SOUTH ORANGE AND NEWARK, WHICH IS JUST FINISHING UP.SO PHASE TWO IS JUST BEING COMPLETED.
UH, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT MAIN STREET, UH, IN ORANGE AND WEST ORANGE TO, UH, LOOK AT BOTH SAFETY TO LOOK AT A DA COMPLIANCE ISSUES TO CREATE A MORE ENJOYABLE, UH, PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
ANY QUESTIONS? NEXT? THANK YOU.
BE BEFORE WE, I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT.
BEFORE WE GET OFF THIS, CAN WE, MR. APOLOGIZE, UH, I THINK IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE JUST BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UH, RESOLUTION AND, UM, AND DECISION MEMO AND ALL THE BACKUP, IT AS MONTCLAIR, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REPRESENT IT, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST CORRECT THOSE AS TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, UM, ON THE RESOLUTION, JUST SO IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT MONTCLAIR, THAT IT'S NOTHING AGAINST MONTCLAIR.
JUST SO IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S ORANGE AND WEST, ORANGE GO BLUE THROUGH
IN THIS CASE, DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, ITEM NUMBER 45 AWARDS 19 VENDORS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE ROADWAY SCREENING, PLOWING AND HAULING DURING SNOW AND ICE EVENTS IN AN AMOUNT THAT YOU EXCEED $10 MILLION.
THIS CONTRACT WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 68 SALT SPREADERS, 22 FRONT END LOADERS, AND OVER 200 SNOW CLOUD TRUCKS TO SUPPLEMENT COUNTY FORCES DURING SNOW AND ICE WICK EMERGENCIES IN THE WINTER.
ITEM NUMBER 46 AWARDS, EIGHT VENDORS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE ROADWAY SCREENING, PLOWING AND HAULING DURING SNOW AND NICE EVENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10 MILLION.
THIS CONTRACT WILL MAKE AVAILABLE IN ADDITIONAL NINE.
SO TRUCKS 106 PLOW TRUCKS AND 72 HAULERS.
AGAIN, THIS SHOULD BE USED DURING SNOW AND ICE ROADWAY EMERGENCIES.
AND THIS BID IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO ITEM NUMBER 45.
ITEM NUMBER 47 AWARDS SUGAR PROPERTY SERVICES AT TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO PERFORM HAND WORK SNOWPLOWING AND SALTING OF PARKING LOTS, GARAGES, DECKS, AND SIDEWALKS AT 20 ESSEX COUNTY FACILITIES FOR AN AMOUNT THAT YOU EXCEED $1,605,390.
SUGAR PROPERTY SERVICES SUBMITTED THE SOLE RESPONSIVE BID.
ITEM NUMBER 48 AWARDS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO CONTINENTAL HARDWARE OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ON A PER ITEM UNIT COST BASIS TO FURNISH AND DELIVER VARIOUS BUILDING MATERIALS IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000.
THIS CONTRACT WILL BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S DIVISION OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE COUNTIES VARIOUS BUILDINGS.
ITEM NUMBER 49 IS THE EXERCISING OF A TWO YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION OPTION ON AS ROTI AND SON'S AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE, LEAVE, PICKUP AND DISPOSAL ALONG COUNTY ROADWAYS AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.
ITEM NUMBER 50 AWARDS TIMOTHY BRYAN ELECTRIC, A TWO YEAR AS NEEDED CONTRACT TO PERFORM REQUIRED MAINTENANCE ON THE VARIOUS COUNTY OWNED PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS LOCATED AT VARIOUS UH, BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
TIMOTHY BRIAN ELECTRIC ADMITTED THE SOLE RESPONSIVE BID, UH, AND IT'S THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE BIDDER THIS CONTRACT SHALL NOT EXCEED $79,250.
ITEM NUMBER 51 AWARDS REMINGTON AND VERNICK A CONTRACT TO PERFORM THE DESIGN ENGINEERING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HVAC COOLING TOWERS AT THE LEROY SMITH PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND THE VETERANS COURTHOUSE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $55,235.
REMINGTON AND VERNICK SUBMITTED THE HIGHEST RATED OF THE 11 PROPOSALS RECEIVED FOR THIS PROJECT'S.
RFP ITEM NUMBER 53 AUTHORIZES THE COUNTY OF ESSEX TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND GRANT AGREEMENT TO THE NJ DOT TO UNDERTAKE SCOUR CRITICAL REMEDIATION AT 10 BRITCHES IN AN AMOUNT
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OF $3,142,270.THIS GRANT WILL COVER BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN ENGINEERING.
SCOURING IS THE ENGINEERING TERM FOR EROSION OF SOILS AROUND THE FOUNDATIONS OF A BRIDGE.
THIS COULD INCLUDE PIERS OR ABUTMENTS.
THE 10 BRIDGES ARE THE JFK PARKWAY BRIDGE OVER CANOE BROOK IN MELBOURNE, THE JFK PARKWAY BRIDGE OVER TAYLORS BROOK, ALSO IN MELBOURNE, EISENHOWER PARKWAY OVER WILLOW BROOK IN LIVINGSTON, NORTHFIELD AVENUE OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE ROADWAY RIVER, WEST ORANGE CHU AVENUE OVER THE THIRD RIVER BLOOMFIELD GLEN AVENUE OVER WEST BRANCH OF THE ROADWAY RIVER IN MELBOURNE, EAST CEDAR STREET OVER THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE CANOE.
THE PASSA AVENUE BRIDGE OVER THE PINE BROOK, WEST CALDWELL BROUGHT AN AVENUE OVER THE THIRD RIVER BLOOMFIELD AND THE PASSA AVENUE OVER THE THIRD RIVER IN LEY.
ITEM NUMBER 54 CONSENTS TO MONTCLAIR'S RESOLUTION R DASH 23 DASH 1 24, WHICH APPROVES THE INSTALLATION OF A BUS SHELTER IN THE DESIGNATION OF A BUS STOP AT FIVE 10 VALLEY ROAD IN MONTCLAIR.
THE COUNTY WILL NOT BEAR ANY CAUSE BY CONSENTING TO THIS RESOLUTION.
NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS JUST TO COMMENT, UH, THAT 44 AND 52 WERE WITHDRAWN, CORRECT? MR. MCKINNA? YES.
UM, THIS IS, THIS GRANT, THIS AMOUNT OF 2,000,077 FOR THE PICKLEBALL COURTS IS BEING, UH, FUNDED BY AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE DOCUMENTATION INDICATES THAT, AND I WOULD, UH, I'M NOT LOOKING TO HOLD THIS UP, BUT IF THE ADMINISTRATION CAN SEND US SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS A VALID USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
I MEAN, I'M JUST, I'M LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WE'VE USED THESE FUNDS FOR VARIOUS THINGS, BUT, UM, JUST SO THE BOARD, UH, HAS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, IF LEE, YOU COULD SEND US SOMETHING ON THAT.
I'LL, I'LL HAVE MR. VALLEJO SEND YOU SOMETHING.
THANKS COMMISSIONER DE SIEBEL.
I HAVE A STATEMENT AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU DAVID ANTONIO FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB IN SO MANY DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS.
UM, NUMBER 45, THERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE, UH, UH, FIRMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UH, DOING THE, UH, UH, SNOW REMOVAL, ET CETERA.
IS THIS LIST GREATER THAN THE ONE USED LAST YEAR OR IS IT THE SAME? DO YOU KNOW? UH, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO AN ANSWER, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME 19.
AND ALSO, UM, LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH SNOW, THEREFORE THERE HAD TO BE MONEY THAT WE DIDN'T USE.
AND THIS IS NOT TO EXCEED MM-HMM.
SO IF WE DON'T USE IT, WE DON'T USE IT.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT AND READING ITEMS NUMBER 45 46 TO 47.
UM, THE, THE THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND IS WHERE ARE WE WITH THE DISPARITY IN THE STUDY? UM, BECAUSE FROM LISTENING TO MR. ANTONIO, THAT WAS A QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK.
THAT IS THE SAME FIRM, UM, SNOW REMOVAL HAULING AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT'S LISTED THROUGHOUT THOSE THREE, UM, RESOLUTIONS, I THINK ARE AREAS WHERE WE OFTEN SEE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS DRIVING AROUND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BID, THAT THESE ARE SOME RESOLUTIONS THAT THEY COULD HAVE BID ON.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICE, UM, MRS. TO MR. JACKSON, HOW MANY NEW FIRMS HAVE THEY CULTIVATED TO BRING IN TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SO THAT THEY COULD RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE, UM, BIDS OR PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE ADVERTISED OUT? YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES I'M ALWAYS TOLD THAT FOLKS DON'T KNOW.
I DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE PORTAL TO SIGN UP SO THAT THEY COULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE, UM, AVAILABLE.
I WAS ALSO SURPRISED THAT FOR NUMBER 47, IT WAS, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS THREE RESPONSES.
TWO WERE REJECTED, SO ONE WAS AWARDED AND NUMBER 45, THERE'S 19, UM, BIDDERS THAT WE'RE AWARDING TO, AND ANOTHER EIGHT AND 46 AND ONLY THREE OF THEM PROVIDED RESPONSES TO NUMBER 47
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WHEN IT IS ALL KINDS OF SIMILAR SERVICES, REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE.SO, UM, AND, AND AS YOU JUST SAID A MINUTE AGO, IT'S THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND THE EXPERIENCE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE DOING A WIDE BRUSH OUTREACH TO SOME OF THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE BIDS.
SO, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M GONNA ASK AGAIN ON THE RECORD, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE DISPARITY STUDY? WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE, AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, A FIRMER RESPONSE, LIKE WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, PROVIDED.
MR. JACKSON? UH, YES, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, I ANTICIPATE, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS, UH, DUE TO THE TRANSITION FROM MR. UM, WALKER, UH, LEAVING.
UM, BUT WE'VE GOT THE, THE MEETINGS GOING.
I ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS OR SO TO HAVE THAT SOMETHING AVAILABLE ON THAT REPORT.
MR. KUMA? NO, NO, NO OTHER COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S TAKE, LET'S TAKE RESOLUTIONS.
41 THROUGH 54, EXCLUDING 44 AND 52.
MOVE BY COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT FOR MORRIS.
AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 55 56 AT THE START OF 95, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF PURCHASING, AND THEY WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. COLTRANE.
MR. COLTRANE, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, 55 IS A REQUEST FROM, UH, TO USE COMPETITIVE CON, UH, COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING PROCESS FOR A COUNTYWIDE OPIOID CRISIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
56 IS THE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF PURCHASING CONTRACT AWARD TO SIX LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS, UH, FROM JULY 12TH, 2023 TO JULY 11TH, 2024.
AND THE PRINTING SERVICE IS FOR VARIOUS ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, ET CETERA.
NUMBER 57 IS THE OFFICE OF THE PRO 5 95 95.
IT'S ALSO THE USE OF A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT SERVICE FOR, UH, THE ESSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER FOR PATIENT ACCOUNTING AND BILLING SERVICES.
QUESTIONS OF KIND, COMMISSIONER COUP.
WHAT, WHAT IS, UM, RESOLUTION NUMBER 55? UM, FOR A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE FIRST THING YOU NEED WHEN YOU DO A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE BOARD'S PERMISSION TO GO OUT AND DO ONE.
THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WOULD BE WHEN WE, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH COMES AND PUTS OUT AN RFP FOR THE PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS, BUT I'M ASKING YOU PERMISSION TO, FOR WE, FOR US TO GO OUT AND WHEN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMES BACK, IT'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD AS A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT.
I CAN A LITTLE BIT TOO, ALSO THIS, YOU REMEMBER WE RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT, UH, SEPARATE.
SO THIS WILL HELP US TO, UH, DEFINE OR WHATEVER BETTER HOW WE COULD USE THOSE DOLLARS.
SO WOULD I BE COUNTYWIDE ALL MUNICIPALITIES? YES, SIR.
MR. MOVE BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
ROLL CALL MEMBER CLERK COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PORE? YES.
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PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.OKAY, MADAM COURT, LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 57 58, WHICH FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. TRE, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS, THIS IS A, UH, RESOLUTION FOR WHAT EVERYBODY REALLY KNOWS IS LEXISNEXIS.
UH, IS A 3 36 MONTH AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED 256,000, UH, $28.
AND BASICALLY IT'S FOR, UH, LIBRARY MATERIAL AND BACKGROUND AND CASE STUDIES THAT A LAWYERS USE, UH, WITHIN THE COURT PROCESS.
YOU'LL ALSO REALIZE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WELL, THE COUNTYWIDE ONE, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WILL BE USING IT AND THE OFFICE OF COUNTY COUNSEL AND ANYONE ELSE WHO USES IT.
58 IS AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT FOR AMMUNITION FOR RTSP UNION LLC.
UH, THIS WAS THE EMERGENCY BLUE CAUSE EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MUST GO TO TRAINING, UH, FIREARMS TRAINING NOT TO EXCEED $33,250.
IT WAS FOR AMMUNITION, AND THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE ORDINANCES FROM TWO, 2015.
ALRIGHT, MR. MCKINNA, I HAVE NO QUESTION QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OF COME HEARING NONE.
MOVE BY VICE PRESIDENT TOMORROW.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION 59, WHICH IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
AND WE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO KEITH COMMISSARY NETWORK, THE SOLE AND RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR THE OPERATION OF THE COMMISSARY AT OUR ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
UH, AUGUST 1ST, UH, 2023 TO JULY 31ST, 2025.
UM, THIS IS A, A, A COMMISSION-BASED, UH, BID.
WE, WE WOULD RECEIVE, UH, 15% OF THE, UH, REVENUE RECEIVED.
5% GOES TO THE BENEFIT FUND OF THE, UM, OF THE, UH, INMATES AT THE FACILITY, AND 10% GOES TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR THE VICTIMS OF CRIME, UH, UH, FUNDING.
UM, AND THIS ACCOUNT IS USED FOR, UH, BY THE INMATES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE, UH, PRISONER, THE POPULATION.
ALRIGHT, MR. PAUL? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER COOPER? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, MR. JACKSON, DID YOU JUST SAY THAT THE 15% THAT DOESN'T COME, THE STATE AND SOMEBODY ELSE? YEAH.
10% GOES TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
UH, IF YOU REMEMBER, COMMISSIONER, UH, USUALLY A MONTH OR TWO, I THINK IT WAS A MEETING OR TWO AGO, THE PROSECUTOR OFF OFFERS GETS, UH, THE VICTIM OF PRI ACT FUNDING.
SO PART OF THAT, THAT FUNDING COMES FROM THE SOURCE FROM AROUND THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
SO PART OF THAT GOES TO THE STATE FOR THAT.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER 5% THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE, UH, PRISONER BENEFITS FUND, WHICH IS THEN USED TO PROVIDE FOR, UH, TABLETS, RECREATIONAL SUPPLIES, UM, UM, IT EFFORTS, WHATEVER AT THE JAIL ITSELF FOR THE, FOR THE PRISONERS.
UM, I'M CURIOUS, WHEN, WHEN THESE FOLKS DID, DO THEY HAPPEN TO GIVE YOU LIKE A PRICE SHEET ON THE THINGS THAT THEY SELL? I'LL LET MR.
I ASKED THE QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, I'VE HEARD FROM SOME FORMER INMATES THAT SOME OF THE PRICES FOR SOME THINGS IS REALLY HIGH AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A PRISONER, SO THEY'RE STUCK.
THEY HAVE TO BUY THE ITEMS FROM THIS PLACE.
SO I WAS CURIOUS IF WE GOT LIKE A PRICE SHEET IN ADVANCE TO SEE WHAT THEY CHARGE.
I KNOW SOME YEARS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, THE TELEPHONE CHARGES AND HOW HIGH THEY ARE, UH, WHERE THE TELEPHONE COMPANY CHARGES THE MOST TO FOLKS WHO REALLY CAN'T AFFORD IT, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING, YOU KNOW.
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IF THERE'S SOMETHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THAT.WE, WE, MR. PRESIDENT, WE'LL TAKE A, I DON'T, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHARGES AND WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION FOR YOU.
HOW, HOW, HOW IS THAT CONTRACT CURRENT? IS IT A CONTRACT TWO THAT WE BID ON? I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TELEPHONE SERVICES ARE, HOW IT WORKS, BUT YEAH, PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT AND LET US KNOW.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT OMARE.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 60, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IT OFFICE, AND WE READ IT TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, MR. HUNT THAT EXTENDS HIS APOLOGIES.
HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT THIS IS TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW S SERVER FOR THE HOSPITAL CENTER.
UM, THE CENTER, THE, THE EXISTING CENTER SERVER IS, UM, BEYOND IT'S HEALTHY.
AND SO THIS IS TO REPLACE AND PUT IT A SERVER.
AND ONE OF THAT IS PARTICULARLY GEARED TO, UH, UH, AVOID OR MITIGATE, UH, HACKING.
SO, UM, THIS IS BEING BUILT OVER, BUILT OFF THE STATE CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $305,669 85 CENTS.
PERMISS QUESTIONS OF CURRENT HEARING? NOW I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
MR. P MOVED BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT FOR MORRIS.
CLERK COMMISSIONER COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 61 THROUGH 93.
MR. PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER COOPER, CAN YOU RECORD MY VOTE? YES.
AND THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR RESOLUTION IS 1 25 25.
ONE BEFORE I GOT HERE, PLEASE.
CAN YOU REPEAT? WHAT WAS THE NUMBERS? I THINK IT'S, WHEN DID I GET AT NUMBER 25? I THINK.
YOU HAD JUST MISSED THE, UH, YES.
AND ALL THE NICE THINGS I SAID ABOUT HER.
SO CAN YOU RECORD? OH, HE DID.
JUST THANKING YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THAT BOARD AND THEY GAVE YOU A, A, A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I DON'T, I THINK THAT'S RESOLUTION FOR 25.
I NO, I, I'M GONNA MAKE A NOTE.
YOU HAVE A MOVER TO SECOND COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT FOR MORRIS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT PORES? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY OTHER STARTERS? YES.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UM, ADDED STARTER 96, UM, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES FOR ESS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION NINE SIX, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
UM, UH, THIS, UH, RESOLUTION IS, UH, TO, UH, PROCURE FOR, TO AWARD THIS VENDOR, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROCURE, UM, ENTERTAINMENT FOR A SERIES OF VEST FESTIVALS, UM, THROUGH JULY 15TH THROUGH THE 30TH,
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SEPTEMBER 30TH, AT VARIOUS PARKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SYSTEM.UM, THEY INCLUDE FESTIVALS, MOVIE NIGHT, JAZZ, UM, DRUMS, UM, A WIDE, UH, VARIETY OF CELEBRATIONS.
UM, UM, THAT IS THE SUMMER EVENTS FOR PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
AND, UM, ALL OF THESE EVENTS ARE FREE.
UH, AND YOU CAN FIND DETAILS ON THE ESSAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONER, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES VIA IT, FACEBOOK, UM, INSTAGRAM, AND ON THE WEBSITE.
THE VENDOR IS RANDOM ACCESS, UH, RANDOM ACCESS ENTERTAINMENT, AND THE AMOUNT IS NOT TO EXCEED, UH, $99,000.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HERE? NOW I NEED TO MOVE IT A SECOND.
MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO REPORTS OF BOARD COMMITTEES OR ANY REPORTS? NONE.
ANY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS? I'M SORRY.
UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE.
MADAM CLERK COULD PROBABLY GIMME THE DATE FOR, FOR THE RECORD.
WE HAD A T AND R, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING AND I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES, AND MR. JACKSON AND HIS TEAM FOR ATTENDING THAT MEETING AND PROVIDING AN UPDATE OF ALL OF OUR SERVICES, UM, THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED FOR, UH, LAST YEAR UNDER THE T AND R PROGRAM.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, MR. JACKSON AND MR. COLTRANE FOR REALLY MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND HELPING THEM, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE, HOWEVER WE WERE ADVERTISING AND WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO RESPOND.
SO I THINK AS A RESULT OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL GROUP THAT IS PROVIDING SERVICES AND I THINK, UM, THIS ADDITIONAL GROUP WILL START TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE TOWNS THAT WERE SLOW WITH, UM, RESPONDING AND PARTICIPATING WITH WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETY.
SO, UM, WE HOPE TO SEE ALL OF THE MONEY GET USED, UM, THIS TIME AROUND THAT THERE'LL BE NO MONEY LEFT.
UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT WITH, WITH PULLING THAT TOGETHER FOR THIS GROUP.
ANY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS, ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS, ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? ANY NEW BUSINESS? A REPORT ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY? THAT'S FINE.
WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT NEXT TIME.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS THROUGH YOU MADAM CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS ASKED WHEN CAN WE, OR, OR LET'S GET ON THE BOOKS FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING AND HAVE THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT COME IN.
UM, MR. PRESIDENT, UM, AT OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CLERK OF COURT TO SCHEDULE THAT MEETING.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE TARGETING FOR SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICER AND THEN SOMETIME IN OCTOBER FOR THE DETENTION CENTER.
WE NEED TO PROBABLY GET THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
WE WILL START THE SCHEDULE THOSE THINGS AFTER SCHOOL COME BACK.
MY CONCERN WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HOT, UM, VACATIONS, SUMMERTIME, PEOPLE MAY BE TRAVELING.
SO, UM, HOLD IT IN, UM, SEPTEMBER TO HAVE THEM APPEAR BE FOR US.
SO IN ANY NEW BUSINESS, HEARING NONE IN THAT CASE.
MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON, COMMENT ON ANY MATTER, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
ROB SLATER, PRESIDENT PBA 180 3.
PRESIDENT RICHON, I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE COMMENT ABOUT BRINGING THE SHERIFF TO A PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING.
I'M SURE BY NOW EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THE TRAGEDY THAT NEWARK FIRE DEPARTMENT SUFFERED LAST WEEK IN THE LOSS OF TWO FIREFIGHTERS, CHIEF JACKSON, UH, IN ADDRESSING THE
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PUBLIC IN A PRESS CONFERENCE.HE MENTIONED THE FACT OF TURNOVER WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE LACK OF TRAINING.
THE LACK OF TRAINING MAY HAVE COST THOSE TWO FIREFIGHTERS THEIR LIVES.
I'VE COME BEFORE THE BOARD, I'VE GONE BEFORE THE SHERIFF, I WENT ON NBC NEWS.
OUR DEPARTMENT LACKS TRAINING.
THE CHIEF HAD TO SIGN A CERTIFICATION SAYING THAT THERE IS NO WRITTEN PROTOCOL FOR TRAINING WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICERS TO BE KILLED? I'VE ASKED FOR, AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, I ASKED FOR MINIMUM STAFFING BY EACH DIVISION OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION BACK YET.
THE BOARD APPROVES A BUDGET EACH YEAR FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND YOU APPROVE A BUDGET BASED ON X AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES.
I ASKED FOR A LIST OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WHERE THEY'RE DEPLOYED AT THE LAST MEETING.
YOU WERE SURPRISED WHEN OFFICER, UH, BROWN GOT UP AND TOLD YOU THERE'S ONLY FOUR OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT IN PATROL.
YOU WOULD ALSO BE SURPRISED THAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY THE DEPARTMENT BORROWS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 OFFICERS FROM OTHER DIVISIONS TO COVER THE COURT'S ASSIGNMENT.
SO WHEN YOU APPROVE A BUDGET THAT HAS A TABLE OF ORGANIZATION WITH MINIMUM NO MINIMUM STAFFING, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC'S GETTING THEIR BANG FOR THEIR BUCK? HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU DO IT? I MEAN, EVERYONE SITS HERE, LOOKS AT ME WITH BLANK FACES.
I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, BUT IF ANY ANYONE HERE HAS ANY MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ME.
I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO SPEAK TO ANYONE AT ANY TIME.
UM, PUTTING ESSEX COUNTY FIRST, RIGHT.
UH, WHO REPRESENTS THE VICTIMS? CURRENTLY WE HAVE OVER 5,000 OPEN WARRANTS WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
OUR NARCOTICS DIVISION IS NO LONGER WORKING ON THE STREET AT THIS TIME.
WE USED TO HAVE A NIGHT DETECTIVE GIRL EXECUTING WARRANTS AND A DAY DETECTIVE UNIT EXECUTING WARRANTS.
CURRENTLY, THE DAY DETECTIVE UNIT GOES TO COURTS 30 SECONDS AND THEY NO LONGER EXIST A NIGHT.
SO MR. COLTRANE TALKED ABOUT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR ANOTHER ITEM.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A NEEDS ASSESSMENT DONE BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR A SCOPE OF SUPERVISION.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS YOU REALLY NEED? WHEN THE COUNTY POLICE WERE IN FULL FORCE, THEY HAD 135 IN THE COUNTY POLICE.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 45 50 WITHIN OUR PATROL DIVISION.
THAT'S A LONG WAY FROM WHAT THE COUNTY POLICE HAD OUT THERE.
PATROLLING THE STREETS TIME'S UP.
SO, SO, MR. S SLATER, YOU ARE, YOU ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN, HOW, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
THE BOARD APPROVED, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A GROUP CALLED THE ROGERS GROUP TO COMMIT AND DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
NO POLICY, NO PROCEDURE HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD.
YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK INTO THAT, MR.
WHEN, WHEN THE, JUST FOR FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, UM, WHEN WE DO GET THE INTRODUCED BUDGET, THERE IS A TABLE OF ORGANIZATION FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONLY LABELED BY SPECIFIC, UM, OCCUPATION OF YOU.
SO IT'D BE SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANTS, UH, OFFICERS, AND THEN IT GETS INTO DETECTIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE IS NO BREAKDOWN IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET OF WHAT ASSIGNMENT EACH ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS HAVE.
SO MAYBE DO YOU MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ASK WHEN WE HAVE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING? YEAH.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER CATEGORY TO REQUEST.
A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THOSE OFFICERS ARE ASSIGNED.
IF WE HAVE THAT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, THAT'LL GIVE 'EM PLENTY TIME, TIME TO, UH, ADDRESS IT.
MAKE IT EVERY MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHEN THE BUDGET'S APPROVED FOR THE MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT LISTS AND DICTATES HOW MANY OFFICERS THEY HAVE, HOW MANY DETECTIVES THEY HAVE.
TO WHERE THERE'S WHAT THEIR, WHAT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH? MS. GOOD EVENING.
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MY NAME IS PAMELA MC ELVIN.I ADVOCATE FOR THE FORSBURG PARK.
I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING.
I NEVER GOT ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS I HAD ABOUT IS THE COUNTY RESPONSIBLE OR HAS THEY, DO THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF CHECKING PERMITS, ENFORCING THE PERMITS? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THESE SOCCER PLAYERS.
I SAT IN THAT PARK FROM 1130 TO FOUR O'CLOCK AND IT WAS PEOPLE OUT ON THE TRACK RUNNING, YOU KNOW, JUST ENJOYING THE DAY.
12 O'CLOCK, THE SOCCER PLAYERS CAME IN, TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO LEAVE AND HAD THE NERVE TO SAY, YOU DON'T BELONG HERE.
I SEEN THE, UH, PARENT GO OVER THERE AND I SEEN HIS ARMS WAILING.
SO, AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID, WHAT JUST HAPPENED? WHEN HE TOLD ME, I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T BELONG HERE? SO I WALKED OVER THERE MYSELF.
HE SAID, CAN I GO WITH YOU? I SAID, SURE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THE, THE DIRECTOR WAS IZZY OR AZZY OR WHATEVER, AND HIS NAME WAS, HE WENT COMPLETELY OFF, TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL.
THEY HAD A PERMIT FROM 12:00 PM TO 7:00 PM THREE TEAMS CAME OUT.
HOLIDAYS IS WARE PARK, A COMMUNITY PARK OR SPORTS PARK BECAUSE WE BEING PERMITTED OUT WHEN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY.
AND WHAT RIGHT DO THEY HAVE? EVEN THE BASEBALL, THEY COME OUT, THEY HAVE, THEY THEY DRINKING, THEY GOT THEIR FOOD.
AND NOT ONCE DID THE COUNTY SHERIFF CAR CAME THROUGH.
THEY EVEN HAD GO-KARTS RIDING AROUND ON THE PATH.
THEY JUST DID WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE IN THAT PERIMETER.
THAT WAS TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL.
AND, AND YOU, YOU GOT HIS NAME? I HAVE HIS NAME.
I HAVE, WELL, AFTER I DID A LITTLE VIDEO, SO I HAVE HIS NAME AND I'LL DEFINITELY, UM, BECAUSE WHEN I PUT IT ON FACEBOOK, UH, ONE OF THE GUYS FROM ANOTHER PARK SAID, OH, HE AT YOUR PARK NOW.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, BUT EVIDENTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO KNOW HIM.
BUT HE WAS TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONES HAD TO COME AND CALM HIM DOWN.
BUT MY PROBLEM IS, THEY NOT EVEN FROM NEWARK, THEY FROM OTHER COUNTIES, FROM OTHER STATES.
AND EVERY TIME 30 SECONDS WE TRY TO, EVEN OUR WESTWARD HAWKS, THEY HAVING AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY PERMITTED, EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED OUT.
NOW WE WAS TOLD, I WAS TOLD BY JOE D THAT THE HAWKS WOULD RIDE OFF THE BACKS OF THE DONALD PAYNE SCHOOL AND WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE.
BUT NOW THEY HAVE TO GET PERMITS.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE PEOPLE, THE TAXPAYERS AND THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
SO NOW THE SOCCER TEAM COME AND ALL, EVERYBODY ELSE'S PUSHED OVER TO THE BASKETBALL COURT.
'CAUSE THEY TAKE, THEY JUST TAKE IT COMPLETELY OVER.
JAMES TROIS, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, FOP 1 0 6, REPRESENTING THE SWORN SUPERVISORY STAFF OF THE ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING WAS HELD JUNE 27TH.
UH, NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOLLOWING MR. ERNIE'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE SHERIFF.
YOU WILL FIND THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS NEEDS ASSESSMENT OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
HOW MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE THAT EVERY SUPERVISOR AT THE JAIL HAS NARCAN ON THEIR PERSON AND HAS BEEN DEPLOYING IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE OPIOIDS INSIDE THE JAIL? WELL, LET'S LOOK AT THE TWO WEEKS SINCE THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING.
AT THAT MEETING, DIRECTOR CHARLES REPORTED BIG SLIDESHOW FIVE LINE OF DUTY INJURIES IN 2023.
I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THERE ARE WELL OVER 100, WELL OVER 100, NOT FIVE.
I HAD TO CHECK THAT BEFORE I CAME BACK TO YOU WITH A NUMBER.
JUNE 29TH PERK FIVE ZERO DECISION FOLLOWING A THREE ZERO APPELLATE PANEL RULING FOLLOWING A HEARING, EXAMINER'S REPORT CEASE AND DESIST TO THE COUNTY.
THE ONGOING PRACTICES THAT CONTINUE TODAY FOR GOOD FAITH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IMMEDIATELY REIMBURSED MAJORITY OF OUT-OF-POCKET MEDICAL EXPENSES DATING BACK SIX AND A HALF YEARS.
FURTHER HEARING HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THEY'RE GONNA GET THE SAME AWARD.
JUNE 30TH, ALSO 2D OC SUPERVISORS SUSPENDED PENDING TERMINATION.
ONE OF THEM IS AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS SENIOR INVESTIGATOR.
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WAS A SERGEANT.ONE FOR ALLEGEDLY FALSIFYING REPORTS.
ANOTHER ONE FOR ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
JULY 1ST, CAPTAIN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED AT HIS HOME BY THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
JULY 4TH, ANOTHER STABBING JULY 5TH.
CORRECTIONAL POLICE OFFICER WAS UNABASHEDLY PERMITTED TO RESIGN WITH NEITHER CRIMINAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES WHEN IT WAS UNCOVERED THAT SHE WAS HAVING RELATIONS WITH INMATES.
SO SHE IS NOW FREE TO GO TAKE A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE RATHER THAN FILING CHARGES TO MAKE SURE SHE COULDN'T WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ELSEWHERE.
SO, SO IS THAT A PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE DECISION OR IT DIDN'T MAKE IT THAT FAR.
THEY LET HER WALK OUT THE DOOR WITHOUT EVER, EVEN THE CASE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
RUMORS ABOUND OF ONGOING FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS.
I WILL TELL YOU OPENLY THAT WE ARE COOPERATING WITH THE FBI.
WE'RE DONE PLAYING THE COUNTY GANG POLITICAL INTERFERENCE INTO OPERATIONS AND FALSIFICATION OF OVERTIME RECORDS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INMATE WHO HAS SUED THE COUNTY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
WHO GETS PERSONAL VISITS FROM COUNTY EXECUTIVE DI VINCENZO, CHIEF OF STAFF, BILL ELIJAH, THE MAN WALKS IN DOWN TO THE HOUSING UNIT AND VISITS WITH THE INMATES ON THE HOUSING UNIT.
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR DIRECTOR CHARLES.
HE'S TRYING THE POLITICAL INTERFERENCE.
LET THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO RUN A JAIL RUN THE JAIL.
UH, 1 2 8 SMITH STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 0 7 1 0 6.
THE ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S OWN ACTIONS.
RIGHT? SO WE CAN DO A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THAT WORD.
WE CAN TAKE PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
LIKE I KNOW IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO GET UP IN THE MORNING, GET DRESSED, GO TO WORK, RIGHT? IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET UP, DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY.
BUT THEN WE LOOK AT THE PROFESSIONAL ASPECT OF ACCOUNTABILITY, RIGHT? LIKE, I KNOW I HAVE A JOB TO DO.
I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO, BUT DOES THE ADMINISTRATION REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO? I FIND IT FUNNY THAT DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND ACCOUNTING EXECUTIVE CAN GET TWO PAY RAISES IN TWO YEARS DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
BUT YET YOUR EMPLOYEES AND YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY SECTOR CAN GO SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT A CONTRACT.
I FIND IT FUNNY THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING FOLKS EXPRESSED THE ONGOING ISSUES AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN A STATE OF AN EMERGENCY.
I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED THAT WHEN IT GOT TO, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT ANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT NOTHING WAS ADDRESSED.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THE BOARD DOES THIS, COMMISSION DOES THEIR BUSINESS.
BUT ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS FROM THAT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, DID ANYTHING COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE TO BE DISCUSSED AS TO THE NEXT STEPS OR THE ACTIONS NEEDED TO BE TAKEN BY THIS BOARD? BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE ARE ISSUES.
YOU GUYS MEET WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS, CONSTITUENTS COME TO YOU, EXPRESS ISSUES.
WE'VE COME TO YOU BEFORE THIS BOARD AND EXPRESS ISSUES AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
I I GET YOUR POLICY ABOUT RESPONDING IN WRITING, BUT WHAT IS THE NEXT CORRECTION PLAN THAT THIS BOARD PLANS TO TAKE? IT'S SUMMERTIME.
THE, THE COUNTY THAT YOU GUYS GOVERN, WE ARE NOT DOING SO GREAT.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE STREET.
I GET THE PRESS RELEASES, THE PICTURES, THE, THE, THE NEW FACILITIES, THE, THE, THE, THE NEW, UH, PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, WHICH IS AROUND THE CORNER FROM ANOTHER NEW PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.
BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE TRENCHES 30 SECONDS, HE AIN'T DOING SO GOOD.
WE ARE LITERALLY IN DIRE NEED THE JAIL.
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GOD, AT THIS POINT I'M WAITING FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO STEP IN JUST WITH ALL THE LATEST ALLEGATIONS, ALL THE LATEST ISSUES.WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE? THANK YOU DONNA JACKSON.
YOU GUYS GOT A BIG DECISION TO MAKE.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS MIC ABOUT THAT JAIL.
THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT JAIL HAS BEEN OUTTA CONTROL.
YOU DON'T GOTTA SPEND NO MONEY.
YOU GO RIGHT THERE TO THE ESS COUNTY JAIL.
YOU CAN GO RIGHT TO BROAD MARKET.
YOU CAN GO RIGHT DOWN THE INTEGRITY HOUSE AND YOU GOT YOUR NUMBERS FOR ESSEX COUNTY.
DON'T WASTE NO MONEY, DON'T DO IT.
YOU ADMINISTERING NARCAN IN THE JAIL AND Y'ALL DON'T THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM.
NOBODY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ZOO.
NOBODY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE STREETS.
NOBODY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PAVING.
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE BRIDGE.
LIVES ARE BEING LOST DURING COVID.
THIS COUNTY, BECAUSE WE GREEDY FOR MONEY OPENED UP SUPER VACCINE SITES, FIVE TO KILL PEOPLE BECAUSE NOW THE DATA'S IN AND THE COVID SHOT IS KILLING PEOPLE.
THE IDIOT IN NEWARK MANDATED IT.
WE GOT SOME GREAT PEOPLE WE KILLED FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EVEN FEDERALLY APPROVED.
AND Y'ALL STILL PEOPLE PUSHING PEOPLE TO DO THIS CRAP.
STILL GOT COVID STUFF IN THIS AGENDA TONIGHT.
FOR WHAT? Y'ALL AIN'T DOING NO RESEARCH HERE.
LET'S SAY OPEN UP SUPER FOOD STAMP SITES.
LET'S OPEN UP SUPER SERVICE SITES BECAUSE IT AIN'T HAPPENING AT 3 0 2.
IT AIN'T HAPPENING AT 50 SOUTH CLINTON.
THE LADY IN THAT RENTAL OFFICE, WHO IS ALSO A NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL MEMBER.
OH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR YALE.
WHO YOU TALKING TO? AND THESE PEOPLE COMPLAIN.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES IT TO YOU.
I'M SURE THE SWITCHBOARD IS FULL.
I TOLD Y'ALL BEFORE, NOBODY CAN'T SLIP YOU UP IN THE PARK.
YOU GETTING HOMELESS DOLLARS FOR WHAT? Y'ALL DON'T HAVE NO MONEY UP THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU TURNING NEWARK PEOPLE AWAY AT 50 SOUTH CLINTON.
OH, YOU CAN'T COME HERE IF YOU'RE FROM NEWARK, THEY GOT YOUR OWN MONEY.
GUESS HOW MANY CASES Y'ALL GOT IN LANDLORDS IN COURT NOW.
WE'RE NOW SENDING PEOPLE TO OCEAN COUNTY.
YOU DON'T CARE BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING NOTHING.
DID Y'ALL, Y'ALL BEEN TO THE JAIL YET? NOPE.
30 AIN'T WENT INSIDE THERE DID YOU? WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU WAITING ON? YOU NEED A OFFICER TO GET KILLED.
LIKE THESE TWO FIREFIGHTERS FOR NOT DOING WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO DO.
YOU NEED A SHERIFF OFFICER TO GET KILLED IN THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT.
'CAUSE YOU IN THAT CAR BY YOURSELF.
THE BLOOD WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS JUST LIKE THE BLOOD OF THOSE FIGHTERS.
BECAUSE YOU GUYS ADMINISTER THESE THINGS AND THERE'S NO OVERSIGHT FROM YOU.
THE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS NOW AND I'M TELLING Y'ALL IT'S HERE.
Y'ALL CAN'T KEEP SITTING HERE BEING JOE'S PUPPETS AND NOT STAND UP.
Y'ALL GOTTA START SAYING SOMETHING.
THE COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE CRACK.
START WITH YOUR, YOUR NARCAN OPIOID STUDY RIGHT IN THE GREEN MONSTER.
AND YOU AIN'T GONNA HAVE TO DO NOTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU MS. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER.