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GILL HERE.COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND REMAIN STAND FOR MORAL AND SILENCE.
I'M GONNA ASK COMMISSIONER GI TO LEAD US.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS.
INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE REMAIN STAND FOR MOMENT SILENCE FOR THE SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE THAT TAKES PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY.
I HAVE BEFORE ME CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT THAT THIS MEETING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ATTITUDE.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY TRANSCRIPTS TO BE APPROVED? UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THERE IS A CONFERENCE BOARD MEETING, UH, FOR NOVEMBER THE SECOND, 2022.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN BETWEEN HERE? HERE.
NOW I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO MOVED TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT ARI? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
ARE THERE ANY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION? UM, MR. PRESIDENT? VE NONE IN THAT CASE.
LET'S MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
TONIGHT IS THE COMBINED CONFERENCE SLASH BOARD MEETING AND WE'LL VOTE ON EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND THERE WILL BE TIME LATER IN THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY ISSUE AT ALL.
SO, I ASK YOU TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
MY NAME IS DAVID WEINER, PRESIDENT OF CDA LOCAL 10 81, REPRESENTING THE NON-SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES OF THE ESS COUNTY WELFARE WITH OUR VERY LONG NAME
I RISE TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS ON FOR FIRST READING.
I KNEW SHEILA OLIVER WHEN SHE WAS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
I KNEW SHEILA WHEN SHE WAS OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
I KNEW SHEILA WHEN SHE WAS A FREEHOLDER AND WE AT TIMES DISAGREED.
UM, I KNEW HER ALSO AS A ASSEMBLY PERSON IN THE CHAIR.
WE ALSO DISAGREED SUCH AS CHAPTER 78.
BUT I WANNA SAY THAT I HAVE NOTHING BUT TOTAL RESPECT, ADMIRATION, AND LOVE FOR THE MEMORY OF SHELL OLIVER.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE NAMING THE UNIVERSITY AVENUE BUILDINGS.
HOWEVER, YOU'VE MADE ONE ERROR IN THE ORDINANCE.
UH, THERE, THERE WERE NO CLIENTS ALLOWED INTO UNIVERSITY AVENUE IN 2020.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO CORRECT THAT BEFORE YOUR SECOND AND FINAL READING.
ALSO, I CAN TELL YOU THAT SHEILA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HAPPY THAT DFAB DIVISION OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS HAS WAS BUDGETED FOR 832 EMPLOYEES FOR THIS YEAR.
THAT'S ALMOST 10% FEWER THAN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE.
THE CLIENTS ARE STILL WAITING SOME SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR TO RECEIVE SNAP FOOD STAMP BENEFITS AND OTHER ISSUES.
SO WHAT WHAT I, I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO AND OUR UNION WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS TRULY SHOW YOUR RESPECT AND HONOR OF HER.
NOT JUST BY THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT BY HONORING THE CONCERN SHE HAD FOR THE WELLBEING OF THE POOR AND DISADVANTAGED IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.
AND PARTICULARLY IN THE CITY OF NEWARK AND EAST ORANGE FROM WHENCE SHE CAME BOTH.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PASSING OF THIS ORDINANCE IN HONOR OF OUR FRIEND.
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I DON'T WANT HER NAME ON THAT BUILDING AND THE DISGRACE THAT WE ARE IN NOW UNTIL IT'S FIXED.MY SON IS ONE OF THOSE WHO'VE BEEN WAITING SINCE OCTOBER FOR HIS BENEFITS TO BE DONE.
I HAVE A CLIENT TODAY THAT WAS EVICTED BECAUSE HIS TRA APPLICATION WAS NOT PROCESSED AND HE APPLIED IN JANUARY CRIMINAL.
WHAT WE ARE DOING TO PEOPLE WHO NEED THE HELP, THERE IS NO EMERGENCY SERVICE AT THREE 20 AND 3 21 OR WHATEVER THE ADDRESS IS.
THERE'S NO EMERGENCY AT 50 SOUTH CLINTON EITHER.
I AM APPALLED THAT AGAIN, WE JUST PAID ANOTHER FINE TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR FAILURE TO PROCESS THE APPLICATIONS.
YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW THE FAMILIES IN ESSEX COUNTY ARE SUFFERING YOU.
MALIK AND POOKY ARE DOING A LOT OF WHAT THEY THEY DOING 'CAUSE THERE'S NO FOOD IN THE HOUSE.
IF THE EBT BENEFITS FOR PPE HAD NOT GONE OUT OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, YOU WOULD'VE HAD BEDROOM IN THIS COUNTY.
'CAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTY IN THIS CONDITION.
NOW, I KNOW YOU SAW MY ALIVE OUTSIDE, BUT I'M NOT PLAYING.
YOU GUYS DON'T GET THE RAMIFICATIONS OF FAMILIES NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT IN ESSEX COUNTY TO SEND OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL HUNGRY.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I MET, MET, MET, AND I OFFERED AND SENT PEOPLE IN.
YOU GUYS DON'T WANNA HIRE ANY CONSULTANTS SO YOU COULD CATCH UP.
I WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH OVERTIME HAS BEEN PAID IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND WHEN WE PAID THE OVERTIME, HOW MANY CASES WERE PROCESSED.
I BET YOU IT'S THREE WHOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY BENEFITED FROM THE OVERTIME.
BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? THE REGULAR WORKERS DIDN'T 'CAUSE THEY HANDPICK WHO WORKS.
AND I NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO WORK AND DO A MANAGEMENT OF 40 TO 50 CASES IN ONE CITY.
AND THEN I NEED THE SSA SUPERVISOR TO PROCESS THEM.
BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS MR. MCNAMARA IS DOING THE PROCESSING AND THE YOUNG LADY HERE, AND I'M, I'M GLAD I DON'T KNOW HER NAME, SO I'M JUST USING HER FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE HE'S SITTING THERE.
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO GO IN AND PROCESS WHAT MR. MCNAMER DONE AND WHY ISN'T THAT HAPPENING? SO SOME SUPERVISORS NEED TO BE FIRED.
THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS NEEDS TO BE FIRED.
AND AGAIN, YOU WENT INTO THE JAIL, 30 SECONDS, YOU WENT TO THE JAIL.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SAME SITUATION, SAME WEAPONS BEING DONE.
THEY'VE BEEN ON LOCKDOWN AGAIN FOR THREE MORE WEEKS.
WHAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW WHY WORKERS AREN'T COMING.
THEY'RE LIKE, OH, IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
'CAUSE I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING OUT IN FRONT OF THIS BUILDING WITH MY BULLHORN AND GOING LIVE.
AND DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL BECAUSE WITH ME IT'S BUSINESS.
WAYNE, I TALKED ABOUT YOU TODAY ON MY LIVE.
I'M STILL GONNA TAKE YOU OUT TO LUNCH, BUT I GOTTA DO WHAT I GOTTA DO.
MAKE Y'ALL DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.
DID DID YOU TALK BAD ABOUT ME? OH, NOT TOO BAD.
THERE THERE IS A, THERE THERE'S ONE QUESTION THAT YOU, SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT, UH, DFA OR THE COUNTY HAVING TO PAY A FINE TO THE STATE.
I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT WAS.
NO, FROM THE, THAT'S TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
FORTUNATELY FOR ME, I REPRESENT THE, UM, SORRY SUPERVISORS, BUT THEY REALLY DO WORK, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
SO MY NAME IS LISA MADOX DOUGLAS.
I AM THE, UM, PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE SUPERVISORS UNION, WHO REPRESENTS SUPERVISORS, MID-LEVEL MANAGEMENT AND OF COURSE MANAGEMENT.
I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A CONCERNED EMPLOYEE, COUNTY RESIDENT AND A LABOR OFFICIAL WITHIN THE DIVISION OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS, SOON TO BE NAMED, UH, RENAMED TO HONOR A TRAILBLAZER, A CHAMPION GIANT WHO ADVOCATED FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T DO SO FOR THEMSELVES.
WHILE IT IS A DISTINCT HONOR TO WORK IN A BUILDING RENAMED IN HER INQUIRY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMMEMORATIVE EVENT, I'M A LITTLE DISMAYED THAT OUR DIVISION AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHO BY THE WAY, ARE UP FOR REELECTION, HAD REELECTION, HASN'T TAKEN A LOOK INTO THE INEFFECTIVENESS AND DEFICIENCIES WITHIN DFA, UM, IN ITS CURRENT STATE.
I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A DISHONOR TO SUCH A PHENOMENAL WOMAN.
I KNOW THAT OUR SISTER UNION, CWA LOCAL 10 81 AND OUR UNION, OFTENTIMES WE KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP.
WE COPY YOU, LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AS BEST AS WE CAN.
SOMETIMES WE'LL GET A RESPONSE.
VERY FEW TIMES WE'LL GET A RESPONSE.
UM, BUT MOST TIMES WE DON'T HEAR FROM ANYONE.
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THIS.UM, LIKE I STATED, SHEILA WAS A HERO.
SHE'S MY, SHE, SHE ADVOCATED FOR HOUSING.
THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS, UM, IN DFAB, WE'RE INUNDATED WITH HOUSING REQUESTS AND WE SIMPLY CANNOT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE STAFF.
MR. WEINER MENTIONED THAT WE'RE AT 750 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ACTUALLY STAFF HERE OR THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO RELOOK, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER BECAUSE SINCE POST PANDEMIC AND BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING CRISIS, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED EVEN MORE EMPLOYEES AND WE SIMPLY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE MANDATES THAT ARE PUT UPON US.
UM, THE EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY COMPLAIN BECAUSE THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO GET THE FOLKS OFF THE STREET TO MAKE SURE THAT UP THE HILL, MEANING YOU GUYS OR THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES DON'T SEE THE CLIENTS IN THE LINE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
SO WHAT THEY SIMPLY DO IS TAKE THEIR NUMBER, MAYBE THEY'LL CALL THEM IF THEY GET A CHANCE TO THAT DAY BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS IN THE DAY AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
UH, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE BACKLOG STILL, DESPITE RECEIVING, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG.
UM, THE RECENT ISSUE THAT WE SEE IS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 1500 OVERDUE CASES.
AND I COPIED ALL OF YOU TODAY, 900 PENDING CASES FOR OUR AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED POPULATION.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON DIALYSIS.
THEY REQUIRE CANCER TREATMENT AND SOME OF 'EM ARE NURSING HOMES.
SO WE NEED THE ADMINISTRATION TO KIND OF LET, LET, LET'S WORK WITH THIS BUDGET THAT THEY CLAIM THAT THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE HOLD ON THE HIRING OF THE PROMOTIONS.
BUT WE NEED FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE HOLD IS RELEASED SO THAT WE CAN SERVICE THE NEEDS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY? CAN'T HELP MYSELF.
JIM CROW, EC VICE PRESIDENT LODGE 1 0 6, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, REPRESENTING THE SWORN SUPERIOR STAFF AT THE ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
A LOT OF BUDGET INSERTIONS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND IT HAD ME THINKING THAT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I ASKED ABOUT A PARTICULAR GRANT PROJECT THAT THIS BOARD AUTHORIZED THE LEAP PROGRAM, WHERE NEARLY A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS CAME FROM THE STATE FOR THE JAIL TO RENOVATE THE SALLY PORT ENTRANCE.
AND MY ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THE LEAP PROJECT IS FOR K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS.
AND I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING IN HERE.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING RESOLUTIONS TO ACCEPT GRANT MONIES, MAYBE JUST MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK INTO HOW THOSE APPLICATIONS WERE PROCESSED AND SUBMITTED.
WERE THEY TRUTHFUL? WERE THEY HONEST? AND WHEN THE MONIES WERE RECEIVED, WERE THEY USED IN ACCORD WITH THE GRANT ACTIVITY? 'CAUSE AGAIN, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE LEAP PROGRAM HERE AND THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES ALL SAY K THROUGH 12.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY COUNTS AS A K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES I WONDER ABOUT THE MANAGERS.
THAT'S A QUESTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
ED ESPOSITO, PVA 180 3, A SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO I'M UP HERE FOR ORDINANCE ONE, RESOLUTION 1 12 34, 35, AND 36.
ALL THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU FOR THE WELLNESS CENTER FOR THE TURTLEBACK ZOO.
I THINK THE WELLNESS CENTER FOR THE TURTLEBACK ZOO, PROBABLY A PHENOMENAL UNDERTAKING, BUT THIS ADMINISTRATION BUILT AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL IN THE TURTLEBACK ZOO ALREADY IN 2005.
AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN REPLACING IT AT THE COST OF 16 MILLION PLUS DOLLARS.
AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS $5 MILLION MAKEUPS.
THAT MAKES UP THAT PART OF THE MONEY.
AND AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS CAN ALSO BE SPENT FOR SALARY ENHANCEMENTS FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, PUBLIC SAFETY, SANITATION, PUBLIC WORKS, HEALTH CORRECTIONS.
EVERYBODY WHO CONTRIBUTED DURING CO WHILE WE WORKED WITH NO RAISE AND NO INCREASE, THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOTHING AND THE BOARD DID NOT APPROVE ANY EXPENDITURES OUT OF AMERICAN RESCUE FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO USE $5 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE FOR A $16.6 MILLION WELLNESS CENTER FOR ANIMALS.
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ONE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.SO I URGE YOU FOR ALL OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS, ORDINANCE ONE, RESOLUTION 1, 12 34, 35, AND 36, THAT YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION THAT GOES WITH THESE RESOLUTIONS IN ORDINANCE AS I HAVE.
AND YOU READ THROUGH 'EM AND YOU CAN SEE THE CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS INCLUDES THAT SPECIFIC LINE ITEM.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A CHANGE IN, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE VOTING ON.
IT CHANGE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR 2023.
SO I GUESS THEY FOUND THREE POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH BONDING WITH TO, TO REVISE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, BUT YET THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE, WHEREAS THE BASE OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED THE ENTIRE TIME THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN HERE.
ALTHOUGH WE SIT WITHOUT A CONTRACT, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT JUST HERE BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT.
WE HAVE RADIO EQUIPMENT THAT'S IN SERVICE OVER 30 YEARS THAT HAS A FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR, 10 YEAR MAX SERVICE OF A LIFE STILL IN SERVICE TO THIS DAY.
CAPITAL FUNDS ARE NOT PUT TOWARDS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THE WELLNESS THING, AGAIN, A GREAT INITIATIVE FOR THE ZOO WELLNESS.
LOOK AT THE 21ST CENTURY POLICING REPORT COMMISSIONED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA.
WELLNESS IS ONE OF THE SIX PILLARS.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE WELLNESS PROGRAM IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I CAN'T FIND A CORNER OF THE BUILDING TO PICK UP A DUMBBELL IN THAT I COULD EVEN CALL A GYM.
SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING OR THIS BOARD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO FORCE THE ADMINISTRATION TO NOT JUST HIRE AND PROMOTE BECAUSE YOU NEED PEOPLE TO SUPERVISE, BUT YOU NEED TO REINVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, SHERIFF'S CORRECTION ACROSS THE BOARD.
THERE HAS BEEN NO INVESTMENT BY THIS ADMINISTRATION.
AND THE BOARD CONTINUES TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY IGNORING PUBLIC SAFETY.
RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER COOPER.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? ROB SLATER, PBA 180 3.
I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MY COUNTERPART SAID ABOUT ALL THESE RESOLUTIONS THAT YOU APPROVE.
I'M CURIOUS HOW MUCH TIME GOES INTO THESE RESOLUTIONS TO APPROVE 'EM.
I NEVER HEARD ANY OF YOU REJECT A RESOLUTION.
JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW MUCH TIME? I MEAN, WE, YOU APPROVE 30, 40 RESOLUTIONS PER MEETING.
WHO'S TAKING THE TIME TO READ ALL THAT, THAT INFORMATION? 'CAUSE CLEARLY, UH, GOING BACK TO WHEN OUR HEALTH BENEFITS WERE TAKEN FROM US, CLEARLY NO ONE BOTHERED TO READ THOSE RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN WAS CREATED BY THE COMMISSIONERS THAT VOTED TO MAKE A UNILATERAL CHANGE TO A CONTRACT, WHICH WERE HEALTH BENEFITS WERE MANDATORILY NEGOTIABLE.
AND THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME VOTED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
AND THEY, THEY PUT IT BACK ON US NOW AS IF WE'RE PLAYING HARDBALL.
THE UNIONS HAVE WON AT EVERY STEP, BUT THE HARDBALL COMES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE BECAUSE YOU KEEP MAKING APPEALS.
AM I WRONG? YOU ALL SIT HERE JUST LOOKING AT ME.
YOU'RE BREATHING, YOU BREATHING.
WE WE NEED YOUR BREATH TO, TO SUPPORT US A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE AGAIN, ALL THESE RESOLUTIONS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PASS FOR THIS MONEY, THE PEOPLE HERE DESERVE A RAISE.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY? MADAM CLERK, LET THE RECORD REFLECT.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE OUT.
ORDER TO RESOLUTION ONE FROM THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AMENDING THE 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET.
PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, TREASURER MOHAMMAD WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
UH, GOOD EVENING, HUSAM MOHAMMAD COUNTY TREASURER, UH, RESOLUTION, UM, TO AMEND THE CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, THIS IS TO ABLE TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THE BOND ORDINANCE, UH, BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO WE AMENDING THE CAPITAL BUDGET TO INCLUDE IT.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE, THE, UH, THE BOND ORDINANCE, UH, PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE ANIMAL WELLNESS CENTER AT, UM, ESS COUNTY TOTAL BACK ZOO.
UM, THE PROJECT WILL BE AROUND SIX OVER 60.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS, BUT WHERE IS HE AT? THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE IS TO AMEND THE CAPITAL, UH, BUDGET, THE 2023
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CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THE, THE EARNINGS, UH, BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL CAPITAL BUDGET WAS PASSED IN, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.MR. MC, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DISCUSSION.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER COOPER? I THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, HOW IS THIS BEING FUNDED? EXACTLY? THE, THE, THE 4.1 MILLION, UH, THE, THE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY, UM, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS TO FUND IT.
WE HAVE $5 MILLION FROM A RP FOUR POINT.
THIS WILL BE AUTHORIZED AS THE, UH, FOR BONDS AND NOTE, BUT WE WILL NOT ISSUE THE BONDS AND NOTES.
THIS WILL BE, UH, WILL BE FUNDED OVER THREE YEARS FROM OPEN SPACE FUNDS.
SO THERE IS NO ANY IMPACT ON, ON, UH, ISSUING MORE DEBT.
SO WE'RE FUNDING ALL OF THIS FROM OPEN SPACE FUND OVER A THREE YEAR TIME PERIOD.
MR. MC, IF, IF I CAN MAKE A POINT, AS I DID AT THE LEADERSHIP MEETING, THAT THAT THREE YEAR TIME PERIOD THAT THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUNDS ARE GONNA BE REPAID IS WITHIN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION'S TERM.
SO THAT, AND ONE THING THE BOARD USUALLY WATCHES IS THAT ANYTIME WE COMMIT OPEN SPACE TRUST FUNDS TO BEYOND THE YEAR THAT, UH, THE CURRENT YEAR, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, THAT THEY STAY WITHIN THE, UH, THE TERM OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, NOT TO ENCUMBER ANY OPEN SPACE TRUST FUNDS OF POTENTIALLY ANOTHER ADMINISTRATION.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS AGENDA, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER RESOLUTIONS THAT REFERENCE THIS WELLNESS CENTER.
WHAT DO THOSE RESOLUTIONS, HOW DO THEY COMPLIMENT OR JOIN WITH THIS? THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY THE FUNDING SOURCE.
THAT'S THE, UH, UH, COMING OUT OF OPEN SPACE, THE 3.6 TO BE PAID OVER THREE YEARS PLUS ANOTHER 500,000 OUT, UH, FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT, OUT OF OPEN SPACE.
THEN YOU'VE GOT ALSO 7.5 MILLION COMING FROM THE STATE AS A GRANT.
UH, UH, AND THEN 5 MILLION FROM THE A RB UH, A RP.
SO THAT, THAT MAKES UP TO 16.6 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT.
THE CONTRACT TOO? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M ADDING UP TO THE CONTRACT AMOUNT.
I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
SO, SO THE TOTAL BUILDING COST IS $16 MILLION.
AND SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE FINANCING THAT, THAT REACHES THAT AMOUNT.
WELL, YOU, YOU'RE GIVING ME WHAT I'M, WHAT I WANTED.
YOU'RE EXPLAINING TO ME WHAT ALL THESE OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE AND HOW WE ARRIVE AT
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT $16 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT WITHIN THIS AGENDA ALSO CONSTRUCTION.
UM, MR. MCINERNEY WENT OVER WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE, UH, O SPACE TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD MEETING ON AUGUST 23RD.
UH, MY FIGURES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON, ON, ON THIS THOUGH, BECAUSE THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WAS 17,045,000.
YOU GAVE A DIFFERENT, I'M I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY ITSELF.
THE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS FOR 16.6.
AND BUT WHAT YOU SAID THE OPEN SPACE APPROVED 445,500.
500,000 FOR THE FUTURE, AND OVER THREE YEARS, 3,600,000.
THE, AND THEN THERE'S A GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR 7,500,000.
THAT'S THE GRANT FROM THE STATE AND THEN A 5 MILLION GRANT FROM AMERICAN RESCUE, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT WE APPROVED AT THE MEETING.
AND ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS TURTLEBACK ZOO TO MEET THE INCREASING A ZA STANDARDS AND THE USDA CONTINGENCY PLANNING.
AND WE DISCUSSED ALL OF THAT, THAT IT'S REALLY NEEDED.
AND WE'RE LIVING UP TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF A ZA AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOVE? IN A SECOND? I'LL MOVE IT.
MR. MILLER MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SEBO, SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
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COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.LET'S MOVE THE ORDINANCES ON INTRODUCTION.
DO WE HAVE ANY? UH, YES, MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE TWO.
MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE NUMBER ONE, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
OSA, MOHAMMAD COUNTY TREASURER.
UM, THIS, THE ORDINANCE, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANIMAL WELLNESS CENTER AT THE
UH, AUTHORIZING, UH, FOR, FOR FOUR 1 MILLION, 4,100,000, AUTHORIZING 3.6 MILLION OF BONDS AND NODES, UM, FOR, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT.
UH, LIKE WE DISCUSSED THE THREE POINT, THE 500,000 COMING FROM OPEN SPACE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THE 3.6 MILLION WILL BE COMING FROM OPEN SPACE FOR THE REST IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
SO THERE IS NO, ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL DEBT WILL BE, WILL BE, UH, INCUR ON THE COUNTY SIDE.
JUST A ME I'M GONNA ASSUME THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OUT FOR BONDS ON THE 3.6, THAT THESE ARE GONNA BE NOTES THAT'LL BE PAID OFF OVER THE THREE YEARS.
UH, ACTUALLY OUR SAN MOHAMMAD COUNTY TREASURER, OUR INTENTION IS FINANCE IT FROM THE OPENING SPACE AND NOT TO ISSUE BONDS ON NOTES.
SO YOU'RE GONNA JUST APPROPRIATE THE MONEY IN, IN THE CURRENT BUDGET.
HOW IS THAT GONNA BE PAID? THIS, THIS WILL BE, UH, IT'LL BE THE, THE FUNDS WILL BE MOVED FROM OPEN SPACE TO, TO THE CAPITAL FUND.
TO REDUCE THE AUTHORIZATION, THE BONDS, AND ALSO OBLIGATION.
AND THEN WHO, WHO PAYS IT BACK TO OPEN SPACE? IT'S ACTUALLY APPROPRIATED FROM OPEN SPACE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TAX REVENUES FROM OPEN SPACE.
COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
YOU'LL HAVE A MOVER IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MECADO.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO.
UH, THIS IS, UH, AN ORDINANCE, UH, RENAMING OR NAMING ESSEX COUNTY, UH, DIVISION OF FAMILY AND BENEFITS BUILDING AS THE ESSEX COUNTY, SHEILA Y OLIVER, DIVISION OF FAMILY ASSISTANT AND BENEFITS BUILDING.
UM, AND I CERTAINLY COULDN'T ADD TO WHAT MR. WEINER AND MS. JACKSON AND MS. DOUGLAS SAID.
SO I WILL JUST LET THEIR COMMENTS SPEAK FOR THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THIS, UH, ORDINANCE.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL MOVE IT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR LISTING PURPOSES ONLY.
DO WE HAVE ANY MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE NONE.
LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING OF PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE ANY MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE NONE.
MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS TWO THROUGH 25, WHICH ARE COUNTY BUDGETER INSERTIONS ITEMS AND REVENUE, AND THEY WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AS A LATER MR. JACKSON.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, AN INSERTION, UH, FOR OUR DIVISION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,225,938 TO SUPPORT TANF AND SNAP AND GENERAL ASSISTANCE, UH, CLIENTS FROM JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH, UH, JUNE 30TH, 2024.
UM, UH, SIMILAR FOR OUR DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,362,581 FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, VOCATIONAL SKILL AND CORE SKILL TRAINING.
UH, AND THERE IS NO, UH, COUNTY MATCH ITEM FOUR, AGAIN, SIMILAR FOR OUR DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.
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AGAIN FOR WORKFORCE, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR YOUTH.AND I SHOULD HAVE HAD IT, EXCUSE ME, FOR NUMBER THREE.
THAT WAS FOR, UM, FOR ADULTS AND THERE'S NO COUNTY MATCH FOR ITEM FOUR AS WELL.
UM, THE ITEM FIVE ALSO FOR OUR LEARNING LINK PROGRAM THROUGH OUR DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.
THIS PROVIDES FOR ADULT LITER LITERACY SERVICES, UH, ESL, WORKPLACE LITERACY, CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS, ET CETERA, AT OUR 50 SOUTH CLINTON LEARNING LINK.
ITEM SIX, UH, ALSO DUE TO OUR DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, $12,971.
UH, THIS IS A GRANT THAT'S, UH, USED FOR OUR, UH, WE OWE, WE OWE A DATA, UH, REPORTING AND ANALYSIS ALLOCATION.
THIS GRANT COVERS THE COST TO USE THE SYSTEM, UM, AGAIN FROM JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2024, NO COUNTY MATCH.
UM, ITEM SEVEN, UH, DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, $8,025.
UH, THIS IS GONNA PROVIDE FUNDS FOR COUNSELING AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SMART STEPS PROGRAM.
UM, THIS IS, UH, ENABLING PEOPLE THE SMART STEPS PROGRAM, UH, FOR ELIGIBLE PEOPLE, UH, WHO HAVE THE OPTION OF RECEIVING BENEFITS WHILE GOING TO SCHOOL FULL TIME.
AND AGAIN, UH, NO COUNTER MATCH.
ITEM EIGHT, UH, FROM THE DIVISION OF, UH, UNIVERSITY DIVISION OF, UH, ELECTIONS TO OUR BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $780,901 AND 87 CENTS.
THIS IS FOR, UM, REIMBURSEMENT FOR STAFF HOURS AND OVERTIME.
POLL WORKER PAY SOFTWARE, SOFTWARE SUPPORTIVE PRINTING, UH, NO COUNTY MATCH.
ITEM NINE, ALSO TO, TO OUR BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE 2022 PRIMARY ELECTION, EARLY VOTING ON THE AMOUNT OF 316,000 9, 730 $7 AND 35 CENTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT FOR STAFF HOURS AND OT, POLL WORKER PAY, SOFTWARE SUPPORT AND PRINTING WITH NO COUNTY MATCH.
ITEM 10, ALSO TO OUR BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $48,910.
THIS IS TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 2020 BOARD WORKER ONLINE TRAINING VIDEO, UH, DOWN DONE BY THE DIVISION, UH, BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
UH, ITEM 11, UH, ALSO TO OUR BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THE AMOUNT OF $47,269 AND 20 CENTS.
UH, THIS IS TO COVER THE COST RELATED TO, UM, UH, REQUIRED PPE, UH, DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UH, WITH NO COUNTY MATCH.
ITEM 12, UH, FUNDS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
UH, THIS IS THE $7.5 MILLION, UH, GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FOR PARTIAL FUNDING OF THE NEW ANIMAL WELLNESS CENTER AT THE TURTLEBACK ZOO.
UH, AND THERE'S NO COUNTY MATCH.
UH, ITEM 13, ALSO TO OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 391 390 $9,400.
UH, THIS IS FOR LOCAL ARTS PROGRAMS. UM, WE'RE GRANTING TO APPROXIMATELY 44, UH, UH, AGENCIES.
UH, THERE'S DIRECT FUNDING OF $305,200 WITH NO MATCH.
AND, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF, UH, $86,200 TO COVER, UM, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
AND THERE'S A ONE TO ONE-TO-ONE, UH, REQUIREMENT FOR A MATCH THAT WE DO THROUGH SALARY AND WAGES.
ITEM 14, UH, AGAIN, TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $72,500.
UM, THIS IS FOR OUR COUNTY HISTORY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
UH, DIRECT FUNDING OF $67,500 WITH NO COUNTY MATCH AND $5,000 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF $5,000, WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A THREE TO ONE MATCH FOR, UM, WHICH WE MEET THROUGH, UH, OPERATING BUDGET, SALARY, AND WAGES.
ITEM 15, UH, AGAIN TO PARKS FROM THE NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR FISCAL 24 INCLUSIVE HISTORY GRANT.
UM, THIS, THIS FUNDING ANY AMOUNT OF $5,000.
UM, THERE'S A TWO TO ONE MATCH THAT WE, AGAIN, MEET THROUGH SALARY AND WAGES.
THIS, THIS IS TO PROVIDE FOR RESEARCH AND LAND USAGE OF PROPERTY BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE EXA COUNTY PARK SYSTEM.
UM, UH, AGAIN, ANY AMOUNT OF $5,000 EITHER.
ITEM 16, UH, GOES TO OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, UH, FOR IT TO SUPPORT OUR COUNTY HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM FOR 2024 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,891,179,
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UM, TO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES FROM, UH, TWO A ED DEVICES IN ALL OF OUR PARKS AND, AND, AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. UM, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED YOGA MEDITATION PROGRAMS, CONTINUATION OF OUR VACCINATION PROGRAM.UM, WE ARE CREATING AN ISOLATION ROOM WITHIN THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND A HOST OF OTHER, UH, UH, INITIATIVES.
AND THERE IS NO COUNTY MATCH FOR THIS PROGRAM.
ITEM 17, ALSO GOING TO OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HEALTH AND REHABILITATION AND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000.
UM, THIS IS FOR ENHANCING OUR LOCAL PUBLIC AND ENHANCING OUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, UH, IN CASE OF, UH, PREPARING US IN CASE, UH, GOD FORBID THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, HEALTH EMERGENCY.
UM, THIS IS FROM OCTOBER, 2020 3, 20 22 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2024.
AND THERE'S NO, UH, COUNTY MATCH, UH, 18, ALSO GOING, GOING TO, GOING TO OUR DIVISION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH.
THIS IS SUPPORT FOR, UH, SUPPORT FOR TREATMENT OF OPIOID OPIOID USERS, UH, DISORDERS ON THE AMOUNT OF $465,313 89 CENTS.
UM, AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE NATIONAL, UH, OPIOID, UH, SETTLEMENT.
UM, THERE'S AN INITIAL PAYMENT OF, UH, $306,150 AND 41 CENTS.
AND THEN ADDITIONAL, UM, PAYMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY, I THINK IT'S 150,000, 156,000 FOR 1716 PAYMENTS AFTER THAT.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO MATCH.
IT'S TO OUR DIVISION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH.
AGAIN, UH, THIS IS HELD FOR SPECIAL CHILD AND EARLY INTERVENTION HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $272,361.
UH, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT TO THE, UM, UH, THE AMOUNT THAT WE RECEIVED.
UH, AND IT WAS ASSERTED IN THE BUDGET IN JULY THAT THAT AMOUNT WAS $2,398,679.
AND THIS MONEY IS USED TO PROMOTE EARLY IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT OF, OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
UH, ITEM 20, UM, HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
THIS IS GOING TO THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF AND THE AMOUNT OF $7,000.
UM, AND THIS IS FUNDED TO USE, UH, TO HOPEFULLY REDUCE PEDESTRIAN INJURY CRASHES WITH NO COUNTY MATCH.
ITEM 21 GOES AS, AS FUNDING GONE TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOR A CHILD ADVOCACY UNIT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $358,182.
UM, THIS IS FOR A GRANT PERIOD OF JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2024.
IT ENABLES OUR PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE ITS EFFORTS TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN.
AND THIS GOES TO SUPPORT THE SALARY INFRINGE BENEFITS OF TWO ASSISTANT PROSECUTORS, ONE DETECTIVE, AND ONE, UH, INVESTIGATOR AID.
UH, ITEM 22, UM, UH, THE OFFICE OF, UM, THE PROSECUTOR.
UH, THIS IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE JERSEY OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UM, UH, FUND FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2024.
AND THIS PRO FUNDS ARE USED TO OPERATE A SERVICE PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OPIOID DEPENDENT AND SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL ARREST AND ARRANGE TREATMENT AND IN LIEU OF INCARCERATION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO COUNTY MATCH.
ITEM 23, UH, GOES TO OUR DIVISION OF, UH, SENIOR SERVICES FROM THE, UH, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, FROM JULY, JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
THIS FUNDING IS USED TO ENHANCE, IMPROVE, AND EXPAND WITH THE ABILITY OF THE A PS TO IDENTIFY, INVESTIGATE, AND RESPOND TO ALL ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABLE ADULTS IN THIS COUNTY.
UH, IN, AGAIN, THE AMOUNT OF $295,765 WITH NO COUNTY MATCH.
UH, ITEM 24, UH, FROM THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, UH, GOING TO OUR DIVISION OF SENIOR SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $58,000.
UM, THIS IS A STATE AID REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANNUAL NON-FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
UM, AND FOR ANY COSTS, WHICH OURS R FOR OVER $160,000, THE INVER, THE REIMBURSEMENT IS $58,000.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE, WE MAXED OUT ON THAT, UH, ON THAT PROGRAM.
THERE'S, UH, NO, NO COUNTY MATCH.
AND, UH, FINALLY, UM, UH, FOR $58,000 NUMBER 25
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SIMILAR, UH, PROGRAM.THIS IS FOR, UH, FY 22 STATE A REIMBURSEMENT OF, UH, OF THESE FUNDS.
AGAIN, UM, WE HAD OVER $160,000 OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
SO WE WEREN'T REIMBURSED 58,000 BUCKS.
UM, FOR MOST OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, UM, THESE FUNDS WILL BE EXPENDED.
WHAT ON TRAINING, UH, UH, TYPE SERVICES? IS THIS WHERE WE GO OUT AND HIRE VOCATIONAL TYPE OF, UH, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST? UH, THE, IT IS, IT IS SORT OF A HYBRID, UM, MR. YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THERE'S SOME WORK THAT'S DONE BY OUR INTERNALLY AND ALSO EMPLOYING, UM, THIRD PARTIES TO ASSIST.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE ONE WHERE WE MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF IT.
UM, THERE'S USUALLY ONE WHERE WE WERE EXPENDING LIKE $4,000 FOR A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR AN INDIVIDUAL AND TRYING TO SEE IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS ABLE TO GET EMPLOYMENT AT SUCH POINT IN TIME.
UH, THIS, THE, THIS IS PART OF THAT, CORRECT? THAT IS PART OF THIS, I SHOULD SAY? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
UM, AS FAR AS, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE 2 58 THOUSANDS, THE, THEY WERE, UH, THE 2 24 AND 25 MM-HMM.
UM, ONE WAS FOR 2021, REIMBURSEMENT 24, AND ONE WAS FOR 2022.
AND IT, THERE'S JUST A, AN INCREDIBLY LONG LAG TIME BETWEEN APPLYING FOR THE DOLLARS AND, AND YOU GOT IT.
AND IF YOU, IF ON RESOLUTION 16, THE QUESTION, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THOSE EXPENDITURES FOR THE MILLION ONE? A MILLION? 8 91, 1 79 MM-HMM.
UM, I, THEY ARE A, A NUMBER OF THINGS.
UH, UH, MR. MCRAY, ONE AGAIN, TO INSTALL, UM, TWO AD DEVICES IN EACH OF OUR, UH, COUNTY PARKS AND PROVIDE CPR TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR A PARK PERMIT.
WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE SOME COMMUNITY-BASED YOGA AND MEDITATION PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS THROUGHOUT CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS, UH, CONTINUATION OF OUR VACCINE PROGRAM.
UH, AS ALSO TOO IN OUR, UH, JUVENILE DEF DEFENSE DETENTION CENTER, WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALL, UH, INSTALLING AN ISOLATION ROOM THAT PROVIDES FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE TO, TO HELP TO PREVENT THE SPREAD UP COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, INSTALLING A ROBOCALL, UH, SYSTEM FOR HEALTH MESSAGING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND, UM, ALSO TO FUND THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ADDRESS THE GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED.
DO YOU REMEMBER WE DID A 20 20 22.
WE DID A HEALTH ASSESSMENT, UM, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OUR ABILITY FOR US TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUTTA THAT, UH, ASSESSMENT.
AND THIS IS ALL RUN BY THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, MR. JACKSON, FOR ITEM NUMBER 16, DID YOU JUST SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON PUTTING SOME A ED EQUIPMENT IN SOME OF THE PARTS? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, SOME DONE AL ALREADY.
UM, THERE ARE, WE'VE INSTALLED 24 ALREADY IN, UH, 23 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
UH, AND I, I BELIEVE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT MAP TO THE BOARD.
YEAH, WE PROVIDED THE LIST TO THE BOARD THAT'S ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED, AND WE WILL BE DOING MORE, UH, AS A RESULT OF THIS, UH, GRANT.
AND THESE ALSO TO KNOW TOO, WE PUT A, WE PUT A BUNCH AROUND, NOT ONLY IN THE PARK FACILITIES, BUT HERE, UM, IN, UM, MLK ALL AROUND OUR OTHER FACILITIES AS WELL.
AND HAS THE STAFF BEEN TRAINED ON HOW TO USE THIS EQUIPMENT? UM, MORE.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN, THERE'S BEEN SOME TRAINING THERE, BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND ALSO, UM, UH, UH, DIRECTOR JONES AND UM, UH, DIRECTOR LODO ARE GONNA BE WORKING ON A PROGRAM TO TRAIN, UH, OUR STAFF, STARTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THEN MOVING DOWN THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY DO THAT ONLY WHEN THEY ARE IN THE ACADEMY.
AND ONCE THEY LEAVE THE ACADEMY, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A PROVISION FOR, UM, TO KEEP UP THAT TRAINING.
YOU KNOW, AS WE GO ALONG, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARNED 20 YEARS AGO AND IF YOU HAD TO USE IT ON THE SPOT, YOU KNOW, COULD WE, LIKE, I'M CPR CERTIFIED AND IF I HAD TO USE IT NOW, I, YOU KNOW, WOULD NEED A REFRESHER COURSE TO FEEL CONFIDENT, UM, WITH, WITH, WITH DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DATE ON USING THIS A ED EQUIPMENT AND WITH THE SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE WE WE'RE PUTTING ALL THIS WONDERFUL EQUIPMENT
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OUT THERE.WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF CAN USE IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN WHO PASSED AWAY, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE MOTHER TALKED ABOUT WHEN SHE CAME TO THE, UM, PODIUM HERE.
I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF GRANTS IN HERE FOR TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME CROSS POLLINATION WHERE WE'RE TRAINING FOLKS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED RIGHT NOW? WE KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO TRAIN THEM TO BECOME GAINFULLY EMPLOYED.
CAN WE PERHAPS USE SOME OF THEM TO HELP WORK ON THE BACKLOG, UM, FOR THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT? UM, I KNOW TWO MONTHS AGO, THREE MONTHS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM, I THINK THE COVID DOLLARS THAT WE USED THAT WAS GONNA FILL SOME OF THAT BACKLOG.
UM, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? CAN WE, I MET A PERSON RECENTLY WHO APPLIED FOR WELFARE SERVICES IN MAY, AND THEY ONLY JUST GOT A RESPONSE TWO OR THREE DAYS AGO.
AND A PERSON WHO'S LOOKING FOR HELP FOR SERVICES THREE MONTHS IS TOO LONG TO WAIT TO GET AN ANSWER BACK ON THE STATUS OF FOOD STAMPS, YOU KNOW, ON MEDICAID, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO TO THE HOSPITAL, YOU CAN'T GET ANY SERVICES IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO GO.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF WE CAN CROSSPOLLINATE WITH SOME OF THIS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DOLLARS TO HELP BRING DOWN THE BACKLOG THAT WE'RE STILL EXPERIENCING OVER IN WELFARE, UM, THROUGH YOUR PRESIDENT.
I'LL ASK, UM, DIRECTOR, UH, RICHARDSON GREEN TO SEE FOR A REPORT ON THE BACKLOG, BUT ALSO I, I KNOW THERE'S SOME FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ON WHO CAN WORK ON MM-HMM.
UM, NOT YOU, NOT EVERYBODY CAN.
SO I, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL ASK HER TO, TO EXPLORE THAT AS WELL.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE HIPAA AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF, BUT IF WE COULD CROSS MATCH, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF OUR UNEMPLOYED ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS TO HELP DEAL WITH SOME OF THAT BACKLOG.
I THINK THAT'S A WIN WITH HELPING THIS PERSON EARN, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A TEMPORARY POSITION, EARN SOME DOLLARS TEMPORARILY WHILE WE COULD DRIVE DOWN THAT BACKLOG.
BECAUSE IF THAT, THOSE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, THAT THE LADY WAS AT THE PODIUM EARLIER AND TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S STILL A REALLY BIG NUMBER COMPARED TO TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF CO COMMISSIONER? VICE PRESIDENT FOR MORRIS? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
I DID GET THE INFORMATION THROUGH YOU AND THROUGH MR. DOOLEY ABOUT THE DEFIBRILLATOR LIST.
AND COMMISSIONER, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
'CAUSE IT WAS A QUESTION THAT WE, UH, RAISED AND DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT AT LENGTH, UH, AT THE LEADERSHIP MEETING, UH, BECAUSE, UH, UH, WE WERE OF COURSE, UH, I CHAIRED THE MEETING THE NIGHT, UH, PRESIDENT WAS, WASN'T HERE WHERE THE FAMILY OF THAT CHILD PASSED AWAY.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE WE MADE PROGRESS VERY QUICKLY ON GETTING THE EQUIPMENT AND ALLOCATION AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WHAT, WHAT, UH, IS THE ROLL OFF FOR THE TRAINING FOR NOT SO MUCH FOR STAFF, I KNOW WE'LL GET TO THAT, BUT FOR THE GROUPS WHO WILL BE APPLYING FOR PERMITS, WHO WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE TO US THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TRAINED TO USE THE EQUIPMENT.
I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE, I GUESS, SEASONAL BECAUSE DIFFERENT SPORTS ARE COMING ONLINE AT DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
DIFFERENT GROUPS COME ONLINE DIFFERENTLY.
WE WE'RE GOING TO ASK, UH, EVERYBODY WHO APPLIES FOR A PERMIT, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE WHO'S TRAINED ON, ON YOUR TEAM WHO WILL BE AT EVERY PRACTICE OR GAME? UM, UH, IF YOU DO NOT, WE WILL PROVIDE AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE, UH, TRAINING THAT WE WILL PROVIDE FOR FREE.
BUT THIS GRANT WILL ENABLE US TO DO SO.
I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO, AND, AND THIS IS, I I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I'M GETTING FROM DI DIRECTOR SAVANTE, THAT, UM, THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE APPLYING FOR PERMITS DO HAVE, ARE NOW EVERYBODY'S GOT RELIGION AND, AND, AND REALLY STEPPING UP IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, THERE'S SOMEBODY ON THEIR TEAM THAT'S TRAINED AND, AND, AND, AND AVAILABLE.
BUT I CAN GET MORE SPECIFIC, THE REPORT.
SO TO SOME DEGREE, GROUPS ARE TAKEN IN UPON THEMSELVES TO MEET THIS NEED BECAUSE OF THE VERY UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST WHETHER WE'RE VOIDS, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA PUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT.
WE'RE GONNA PUT IT IN THEIR FACE.
THAT THE TRAINING IS READILY AVAILABLE.
UM, THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO GET TRAINED ON, ON THE, ON, ON THE, ON THE EQUIPMENT.
AND I, AND, AND I'M, UH, GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE GROUPS ARE TAKING IT UPON THEMSELVES TO OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, UP THEIR GAME WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.
COMMISSIONER SIEBEL, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, COULD WE EACH GET A COPY OF THE LIST? I SEE THAT COMMISSIONER ARI HAS A COPY.
I, I, I BELIEVE MR. JULIE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE SEND IT TO THE BOARD, RIGHT? IT MAY HAVE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET IT TO MADAM CLERK AND, AND, AND SHE CAN DISTRIBUTE IT.
THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, IF YOU CAN, MR. JACKSON, IF THERE'S, ARE THERE POSTED DATES FOR TRAINING? 'CAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND THE TRAINING MYSELF.
UH, IF THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR JUST THE STAFF FOR, UH, FOR THE A ED.
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THE DIRECTORS WE CAN, WE WOULD INCLUDE THE BOARD MEMBERS, CERTAINLY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR RESOLUTION IS TWO THROUGH 25, HEARING NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOVER? MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BY VICE PRESIDENT POMAR IS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
MS. MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 26 THROUGH 28, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH HACKENSACK MERIDIAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TO PROVIDE NURSING STUDENTS, UH, AT OUR, UM, ESSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL.
UH, IT'S A TWO YEAR, UH, AGREEMENT, UH, AND PROVIDES THE STUDENTS WITH CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE CARE OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS.
IT'S A, IT'S A MUTUALLY A BENEFICIAL AGREEMENT AND THERE'S NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
UH, ITEM 27, UH, FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, THIS IS APPROVING THE, UM, THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, UH, ESSEX COUNTY MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE CONTRACTS FROM JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2024, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 272 UH, THOUSAND $380, UH, IN DIRECT PROGRAMS. UH, THE GRANT IS FOR 3 43, UH, FOUR 14, UH, WHICH SOME GOES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
THERE ARE, UM, 18 MUNICIPAL ALLIANCES.
UH, 19, UH, COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE, AND CALDWELL AND WEST CALDWELL, UH, HAVE FORMED AN ALLIANCE.
SO THERE'S, UM, THOSE TWO ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THERE.
SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 18 ALLIANCES, UH, UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
UH, ITEM 28 IS A SIMILAR, UH, UH, PROGRAM, UH, BUT IT'S FOR, UM, A MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE, UH, YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONTRACTS FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME IN THE AMOUNT OF $97,381.
UM, THERE ARE 14, UM, UH, MUNICIPAL ALLIANCES.
THE THREE COMMUNITIES THAT DIDN'T PARTICIPATE, UH, IN NUMBER 27, WHICH WERE ESSEX FELLS, NEWARK, AND ORANGE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND THERE ARE ANOTHER, UH, FOUR COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, DECIDED NOT TO, UH, PARTICIPATE.
CEDAR GROVE, IRVINGTON, MONTCLAIR AND VERONA OPTED OUT.
SO THERE ARE A TOTAL OF, UH, 15 COMMUNITIES, UH, PARTICIPATING.
AND AGAIN, WEST CALDWELL AND CALWELL HAVE AN ALLIANCE.
SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 14 MUNICIPAL ALLIANCES IN THIS PROGRAM.
COMMISSIONER THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 26 THROUGH 20.
DO I HAVE A MOVE? IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
ROLL CALL MADAM COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 29 THROUGH 35, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
AND MR. ZAS, MR. PRESIDENT? I'M SURPRISED HE'S UP ON THE AGENDA SO EARLY.
IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY ON THE AGENDA FOR PARKS.
UH, NUMBER 29 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO DOWNS TREE SERVICE AND DO JETS TREE EXPERTS TO PROVIDE TREE REMOVAL, TRIMMING STUMP GRINDING SERVICES, EXERCISING THE 20 MORE FOUR MONTH CONTRACT EXTENSION NOT TO EXCEED $900,000.
UH, SPECIFICALLY DO JETS WOULD BE, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TREE REMOVAL.
AND THEN DOWNS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TREE TRIMMING AND STUMP GRINDING.
NUMBER 30, CONTRACT AWARD TO LAMB TECH LOWEST RESPONS BIDDER TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE REPAIR INSPECTION.
GMAX TESTING OF SYNTHETIC TURF ATHLETIC FIELDS, 24 MONTH CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $386,200.
UH, THIS IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM TO CONDUCT, UH, SEMI-ANNUAL FIELD INSPECTIONS.
SEMI-ANNUAL FULL DEEP GROOMING, AND THEN THE ANNUAL GMAX TESTING ON, UH, THE VARIOUS FIELDS.
UH, THE INSPECTION INCLUDES, UH,
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INFIELD LEVELS, UH, BASED ON SPORTS PLAYING THERE.SO IT'S A SOCCER LACROSSE CHECK IF THE INFIELD LEVELS ARE LOW, INSPECT THE SEAMS. THE DEEP GROOMING INCLUDES BRUSHING OF EACH SYNTHETIC FIELD, VACUUMING OF THE FIELD, A MAGNETIC, MAGNETIC SWEEP OF THE FIELDS.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UH, EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES IF NEEDED.
NUMBER 31 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO DAVID, FRED DEVELOPMENT CORP TO FURNISH DELIVER AND INSTALL AND REMOVE THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS OVER AT THE ESSA COUNTY TURTLEBACK ZOO.
12 MONTHS NOT TO EXCEED $170,000, UH, THIS YEAR.
THE HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW OVER AT THE ZOO IS GONNA OPEN ON NOVEMBER 17TH, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE ON DECEMBER 31ST.
AND, UH, THIS IS FOR A VENDOR TO COME IN AND, UH, PROVIDE ALL THOSE LIGHTINGS.
NUMBER 32 IS A CONTRACT AWARD WITH METROPOLITAN GOLF SOLE RESPONSIVE BIDDER TO PROVIDE A MANAGEMENT OF STUDENT INTERN GOLF PROGRAM, UH, AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40,000.
AND, UH, THIS IS TO, UH, THIS IS TO PROVIDE INTERNS FOR THE THREE GOLF COURSES OVER AT THE COUNTY.
UH, THE STUDENTS WILL PERFORM, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE NEEDS SINCE IT'S SEWING OF SEEDS, REPLACING OF SOD, REMOVAL OF WEEDS, UH, RAKE SAND TRAPS.
AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE WILL PAY METROPOLITAN GOLF $8 PER HOUR PER STUDENT.
AND THEN METROPOLITAN GOLF IS RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE TO GET THE STUDENTS TO MINIMUM WAGE.
NUMBER 33 IS, UH, APPROVAL OF A GRANT DISTRIBUTION FOR THE 2024 INCLUSIVE HISTORY GRANT WITH NEW JERSEY HISTORIC COMMISSION AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,000.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS INSERTED, UH, PREVIOUSLY.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE RESEARCHER TO, UH, TRACE THE USAGE OF THE LAND THAT, UH, EVENTUALLY BECAME WEAK.
QUAKE PARK, INDEPENDENCE PARK, MONTE IRVIN, ORANGE PARK, VERONA PARK, AND HILLTOP RESERVATION NUMBER 34 IS THE AUTHORIZATIONS U SSA COUNTY RECREATION OPEN TRACE TRUST FUND FOR THE NEW ANIMAL HOSPITAL WELLNESS CENTER AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 500,000 AS DISCUSSED EARLIER.
THIS IS THE DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, AND THEN NUMBER 35 IS THE, UH, THREE YEAR COMMITMENT OF 3.6 MILLION THAT WOULD PAY OFF THE, UH, THE BALANCE.
UH, BOTH NUMBER 34 AND 35 ARE PARTIAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR NUMBER 36.
AND WE DO HAVE OUR ZOO DIRECTOR HERE JUST TO GO OVER SOME DETAILS OF THE NEW ANIMAL WELLNESS CENTER.
SO I'M GONNA ASK HER TO COME UP.
HELLO, JILLIAN FAZIO, ZOO DIRECTOR TURTLEBACK ZOO.
UH, THE N ANIMAL WELLNESS CENTER WAS DESIGNED IN RESPONSE TO OUR ACCREDITATION HEARING LAST YEAR IN 2022.
UM, WE WERE CITED BY THE A ZA, OUR ACCREDITATION BODY FOR A MULTIPURPOSE USE OF OUR CURRENT HOSPITAL.
UH, WHEN IT WAS BILLED 20 YEARS AGO, I DON'T THINK THE ADMINISTRATION ANTICIPATED THE ZOO GROWING AT THE PACE THAT IT DID.
AND WE HAVE OUTGROWN THAT SPACE IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THE 450 ANIMALS THAT WE HAVE ON SITE.
UM, WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED THREATENED ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
AND THE NEW HOSPITAL WILL GIVE US THE SPACE THAT WE NEED TO CARE FOR THEM WITH THE INCREASING STANDARDS AND BE ABLE TO MEET USDA CONTINGENCY PLANNING, UM, AS IT INCREASES WITH, UM, WEATHER EVENTS BECOMING MORE REGULAR AND WHATNOT.
SO THE ANIMAL WELLNESS CENTER, UH, WILL PROVIDE BOTH TREATMENT AND QUARANTINE SPACE FOR OUR ANIMALS.
IT WILL ALSO, UM, PROVIDE SOME GUEST LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WITH VIEWING AREAS.
SO WE'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE TREATMENT OF OUR ANIMALS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THE WELLNESS CARE, UM, THAT WE PROVIDE THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO.
UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, VETERINARY RESIDENTS, INTERNS, AND STUDENTS TO COME IN AND FOR OUR CAMP GROUPS TO LEARN AS WELL.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
MR. VECCHIO, UM, THIS IS THE, TO EITHER OF YOU.
WHERE IN THE ZOO WILL THIS BE LOCATED? WHAT? OH, MY JILLIAN FAO.
UM, SO WE IDENTIFIED THE AREA OF WOLF WOODS, WHICH IS, UM, BACKING UP OUR SERVICE ROAD ON NORTHFIELD AVENUE.
SO IT PROVIDES, UM, DIRECT ACCESS TO NORTHFIELD AND, UH, PREVENTS US FROM HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE ZOO, UM, AND DISTURB
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THE GUESTS WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE TREATING ANIMALS.SE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT OUR ZOO DIRECTOR DOES A FABULOUS JOB OF RUNNING THE ZOO AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE DISCUSSED WITH YOU THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS WELLNESS CENTER.
WE ALL DISCUSSED AT THE ADVISORY, AT THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.
AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY WELCOME.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE ZOO, YOU SHOULD GO THERE AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
AND IT'S A DESTINATION SITE FOR PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE AND EVEN OUT OF THE STATE.
THE TURTLEBACK ZOO IS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN NEW JERSEY, SO GO THERE AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND IT IS PACKED EVERY DAY WITH SO MANY PEOPLE.
AND WHENEVER I DRIVE BY, THERE ARE SO MANY SCHOOL BUSES THAT ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL COMING TO SEE THE ZOO AND TO HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME AND GO SEE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO, COMMISSIONER SBU, YOU WANT TO MOVE THIS? YES.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SIBO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MERCADO
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER MERCADO? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS.
UH, UH, DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 37 IS AN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO SMITH SANDY ASPHALT CONSTRUCTION TO PERFORM THE 2023 ROADWAY RESURFACING PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,165,069.
SMITH SANDY ASPHALT CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE TWO BITS RECEIVED.
THE 2023 ROADWAY RESURFACING PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE FOR THE RESURFACING OF THE FOLLOWING ROADWAY SECTIONS.
EAGLE ROCK AVENUE, FROM PASSA TO BECCA FARM ROAD IN ROSELAND HIGH STREET FROM WEST PASSA AVENUE TO BLOOMFIELD AVENUE, BOTH IN NUTLEY AND BLOOMFIELD.
FROM WALNUT STREET TO OLD SHORE HILLS ROAD IN LIVINGSTON AND MILLBURN, SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE AGAIN, THIS TIME BETWEEN OLD SHORE HILLS ROAD AND NORTH RICHWOOD AVENUE, LIVINGSTON, MILLBURN, AND SOUTH ORANGE.
ALSO CHANCELLOR AVENUE BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD A AND ELIZABETH AVENUE, NEWARK AND IRVINGTON LAUREL AVENUE.
BETWEEN CHUS BURY AND MOUNT PLEASANT AVENUE IN LIVINGSTON, EAST PASSA AVENUE FROM WEST PASSAIC TO CENTER STREET IN BLOOMFIELD MOUNTAIN AVENUE FROM BLOOMFIELD TO GOULD AND CALDWELL AND NORTH CALDWELL HORSENECK ROAD FROM THE COUNTY LINE TO FAIRFIELD ROAD IN FAIRFIELD.
AND LASTLY, PIER LANE FROM PASSAIC AVENUE TO LITTLE FALLS ROAD IN FAIRFIELD.
IN ADDITION, WE DO HAVE MR. SMITH HERE THIS EVENING OF SMITH SMITH SUNDAY ASPHALT CONSTRUCTION, UH, TO HAVE A FEW WORDS ABOUT HIS COMPANY, THE SCOPE OF WORK, AND PERHAPS ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COURT MAY HAVE.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SMITH SUNDAY ASPHALT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE, UH, AGAIN THIS YEAR TO BE THE LOW BIDDER, UM, ON THE ROAD PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 28%, UM, MINORITIES WORKING IN MY COMPANY.
I HAVE ABOUT 22% FROM ESSEX COUNTY.
UM, I REALLY, UM, AS I'VE SAID AT PRIOR MEETINGS, IT, IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK IN ESSEX COUNTY BECAUSE THEY'RE EXTREMELY DEMANDING.
THEY UNDERSTAND QUALITY AND THEY'RE VERY FAIR.
UH, BUT, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK HERE BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES AND, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GREAT.
YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS A LITTLE BIDDER, BUT WHEN YOU'RE FORTUNATE, YOU'RE FORTUNATE.
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THANK YOU.THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER, UH, 38 AWARDS, A ME INCORPORATED THE CONTRACT TO INSTALL UPGRADES TO THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT THE COUNTY FACILITIES LOCATED AT 50 SOUTH CLINTON IN EAST ORANGE, THE HALL OF RECORDS AND THE VETERANS COURTHOUSE IN NEWARK, A ME WAS THE SOLE BIDDER ON THIS PROJECT'S PUBLIC BID.
AND THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT LAST LONGER THAN 240 DAYS.
MR. AMIT PATEL WILL INTRODUCE A ME TO THE BOARD, PERHAPS TOUCH ON, UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
MY NAME'S AMIT PATEL WITH A ME INC.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY.
WE'RE LOCATED IN FAIRFIELD, NEW JERSEY.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 19 YEARS NOW.
UH, WE ARE A MINORITY CONTRACTOR, UH, WITH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
UH, WE INTEND ON EXECUTING THIS PROJECT, UH, WITH UNION LABOR.
UM, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL PROJECTS WITH ESSEX COUNTY, INCLUDING TURTLEBACK ZOO, UH, DPW PROJECTS, UH, VO-TECH SCHOOLS, UH, THE HALL OF RECORDS PROJECTS, ET CETERA.
UH, THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO, UM, CONNECT THE THREE BUILDINGS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UH, RELIABILITY, AND SAFETY.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
OH, MR. MC, I JUST, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PREVIOUS, UH, RESOLUTION.
THE, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, THE, THE FUNDS ARE, IS ALL THAT, UH, MONEY, THE 9 MILLION, IS THAT COMING FROM THE STATE? THE STATE DOT PROGRAM? I'M LOOKING, I LOOKED AT THE COST, SIR.
AND DID WE GET AS MUCH THIS YEAR AS WE GOT LAST YEAR OR MORE? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK WELL, UM, WE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE USE A HUNDRED PERCENT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 39 WILL AWARD MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL, A CONTRACT TO PERFORM THE DESIGN ENGINEERING OF THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE FROM NEWARK THROUGH WEST ORANGE.
MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL SUBMITTED THE HIGHEST RATE OF PROPOSAL OF THE FIVE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROJECT'S RFP.
THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT EXCEED $306,579, NOR WILL IT EXCEED 12 MONTHS IN DURATION.
THE PROPOSED ITS IMPROVEMENTS ON CENTRAL AVENUE INCLUDE AN ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO OPTIMIZE TRAFFIC AND IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
MR. LEMAR ALMANAR OF MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL WILL, UH, EXPLAIN BETTER THAN I CAN THE ITS IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS INTRODUCE HIS COMPANY.
LEO ALMANAR, SENIOR ASSOCIATE WITH MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL.
UM, MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL IS A CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRM WITH, UH, OFFICES IN NEWARK AND HAMILTON.
UH, THIS PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF THE, UH, INSTALLATION OF AN ADAPTIVE SIGNAL SYSTEM, A, UH, VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM, AND A, UH, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT WILL FACILITATE THE INTEGRATION OF THE, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS ALONG THE CORRIDOR INTO A, UH, CLOUD-BASED SERVER THAT WOULD ALLOW REMOTE ACCESS, UH, FROM ANY, UH, UH, ESSEX COUNTY OFFICE INTO THE SIGNALS.
UM, THIS WILL IMPROVE THE, UH, MOBILITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND THE, UH, IMPROVE, UH, AIR QUALITY IN THE REGION.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK? IS THIS SYSTEM GOING TO HAVE THAT CAR DETECTION AT SOME OF THOSE SIDE STREETS THAT COME OUT TO CENTRAL? THAT'S NOT REAL BUSY, WHERE YOU WAIT A LONG TIME THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THAT THIS BASICALLY WE, YOU KNOW, INTERSECTION
SO IT WILL TIME THE SIGNALS BASED ON TRAFFIC DEMAND ON ALL APPROACHES.
THIS IS FOUR, UH, FOUR MUNICIPALITIES.
ALRIGHT, SO THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.
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WILL THIS START? LIGHTS ARE NOW THE DESIGN.DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 40 AWARDS, UH, SIEMENS INDUSTRY, A TWO YEAR MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR THE SIEMENS BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM, PRESENT AT VARIOUS COUNTY BUILDINGS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $168,950.
SIEMENS INDUSTRY SUBMITTED THE SOLE BID RECEIVED.
SIEMENS INDUSTRY HAS THE CURRENT CONTRACT AND IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE COUNTY'S BAS SYSTEM.
ITEM NUMBER 41 AWARDS JOHNSTON COMMUNICATIONS.
A CONTRACT TO OPERATE THE DUAL RELEASE SYSTEM AND THE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AT THE ESSEX COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN NEWARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $149,542.
THE CURRENT DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IS IN NEED OF MODERNIZATION, AND THIS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE FOR A MODERN, NEW SYSTEM.
MR. FAHE SIDIKI OF JOHNSTON COMMUNICATIONS HAS JOINED US AND WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIS FIRM AND PERHAPS ALSO EXPLAIN THE SCOPE OF WORK.
I'M FROM JOHNSTON COMMUNICATIONS.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 45 YEARS, SPECIALIZING IN LOW VOLTAGE TECHNOLOGY.
EVERYTHING FROM INFRASTRUCTURE CABLING TO SECURITY CAMERAS, DATA NETWORKS, WIFI, AND ACCESS CONTROL.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS FOR ACCESS CONTROL IN THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER TO COVER 15 DOORS.
UM, AS, UH, THE DOORS WERE CHOSEN BY THE WARDEN, UH, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE KEYS, THIS ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WOULD PROVIDE THEM AN UPGRADE.
MR. MCINERNEY, WHAT'S THE UPGRADE? UH, NOT A KEY.
IT'S A KEY FOB, A DIGITAL SYSTEM.
IT AND WHEN WILL THESE TAKE, WHEN, WHEN WILL THIS TAKE PLACE? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME ISSUES WITH THE DOORS.
THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE STARTING NEXT WEEK.
UM, AND IT WILL TAKE ONE MONTH TO COMPLETE.
UM, MR. JACKSON, ARE, DO WE ENVISION DOING SIMILAR UPGRADES AT THE ADULT PRISON? UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE NEED, BUT THERE, I, I, I WOULD'VE TO, TO DEFER TO, UH, DIRECTOR CHARLES ON THAT.
WE CAN, I CAN FIND OUT FROM HIM.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 42 ALLOWS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NEW AERIAL BUCKET BOOM TRUCK FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS SIGN INSTALLATION CREW BY AWARDING ALTECH INDUSTRIES, A CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $141,709.
THE CURRENT SIGN INSTALLATION TRUCK, WHICH IS IN USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFECYCLE AND IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT.
ALTECH INDUSTRIES SUBMITTED THE SOLE BID TO THIS ADVERTISED REQUEST.
ITEM NUMBER 43 AWARDS, THE TWO LOWEST BIDDERS, A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE PARTS AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR SPECIALTY OFF-ROAD VEHICLES FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $112,900 IN THE AGGREGATE.
THE TWO FIRMS, NORTH JERSEY, BOBCAT AND JESSICA INC.
SUBMITTED THE TWO LOWEST OF THE THREE BITS RECEIVED.
THIS CONTRACT WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO MAINTAIN ITS SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT SUCH AS BOBCATS, FRONT END LOADERS, BACKHOES, FORKLIFTS, AND BULLDOZERS BY KEEPING THEM IN A STEEL GOOD REPAIR.
AND ITEM NUMBER 45 AWARDS, IRIS ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES, A ONE YEAR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL AND AIR MONITORING SERVICES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000.
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IRIS ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES SUBMITTED THE HIGHEST SCORING OF THE EIGHT PROPOSAL SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROJECT'S.THE SERVICE, THE SERVICES OFFERED BY THIS CONTRACT, OR ROUTINELY NEEDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING MAINTENANCE AT THE OLDER COUNTY OWNED FACILITIES FOR PRESENCE OF LEAD AND ASBESTOS MUST BE DETERMINED PRIOR TO COMMENCING ANY WORK.
AND THAT CONCLUDES ITEMS 37 THROUGH 45 AND 44 WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO, 72 WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON 37 THROUGH 45? COMMISSIONER COOPER, QUICK QUESTION FOR NUMBER 37.
IS THAT FOR PAVING OF STREETS SAND, UH, SMITH SAND? YES.
CONTRACT NUMBER THREE SEVEN? YES, CORRECT.
IT IS, UH, MILLING OR RESURFACING.
OFFICER, CAN YOU GIVE US THE, THE STREETS PLEASE? SURE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TO US NOW.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING NUMBER 37.
UM, YES, THE, UH, THE, THE RESURFACING PROGRAM.
UM, JUST A RECOMMENDATION, UM, BRANCH BROOK PARK MILL STREET, ALL THE WAY AROUND, UM, TO BLOOMVILLE AVENUE AND ALL THE WAY AROUND THE ROAD'S GETTING REALLY BAD.
SO IF SOMEONE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, MAYBE CONSIDER THAT FOR FUTURE RESURFACING.
COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BETWEEN 4 37 THROUGH 43 AND 45? HERE NOW I NEED TO MOVE IT A SECOND.
MOVE BY COMMISSIONER COOPER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL.
CLERK COMMISSIONER COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 46.
MR. MCC, CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? 'CAUSE I KNOW HE'S GONNA LEAVE.
THANK YOU FOR NO, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LEAVE.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 46.
MR. TRE, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A RESOLUTION CEREMONIOUSLY NAMING FRANKLIN AVENUE IN NUTLEY AND BELLEVILLE.
AS MARIA AND VINCENZO DIP PAULO BOULEVARD IN HONOR OF MARIA VINCENZO DIP THE APOLLO GRAND MARSHALS OF 23 2023.
NUTLEY BEVEL, COLUMBUS DAY PARADE, 47.
THAT BE CLEAR, DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OFFICE OF PURCHASING CONTRACT WITH WEST PUBLICATION, UH, TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND LIBRARY MATERIALS FOR, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $500,000.
THIS CONTRACT IS USED BY ANY OFFICE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
UH, NUMBER 48, THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT.
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING ACADEMY BY HIL, HILLARY AND BURNELL NOT TO EXCEED $75,000.
49, OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR CONTRACT ORDER BROWNS MILLS, INC.
TO PURCHASE WEAPONS, ACCESSORIES, AND RIFLE SITES.
UH, THE QUOTATION IS FOR $2,453 AND 93 CENTS.
AND THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2015 BOARD ORDINANCE.
AND NUMBER 50 IS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR.
AGAIN, RESOLUTION, APPROVING PARTICIPATION WITH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY GRANT PROGRAM ADMINISTERED OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY, GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY, ACCEPTING A SUB-AWARD FOR A PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023 TO AUGUST 31ST, 2024.
THIS IS A STATE REQUIRED PARTICIPATION RESOLUTION.
UH, 47 WITH THE WESTLAW, UH, WESTLAW CONTRACT.
DOES THE, UH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AS WELL? ONLY IF YOU SEND ME THE PURCHASE ORDER, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO APPROVE IT FOR YOU.
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COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE 46 THROUGH 50 HEARING? I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
MR. MOVED BY COMMISSIONER MERCADO, SECOND BY VP FOR MARISH ROLL CALL MA'AM.
CLERK COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 51, WHICH IS FROM THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
IT'LL BE READY FOR THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
I THINK WE NEEDED TO DO 49 AND NO, WE DID 49 49.
WHAT, WHAT TIME IS IT? I MUST
UM, OR MAYBE I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO THIS ONE.
ANYWAY, UM, THIS IS A, AN AWARD TO, UM, NIELSEN FORD OF MARSTOWN.
THE LOWEST AND RESPONSE, UH, RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE LITERATURE PROVIDE ONE NEW 2023 JEEP COMPASS LATITUDE, UM, FOR OUR DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THIS CAR, THIS VEHICLE WILL REPLACE A 2006, UH, VEHICLE THAT WAS USED BY THE DIVISION THAT WAS REMOVED BY FLEET BECAUSE OF IT WAS DEEMED UNSAFE FOR ROAD USE.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE GRANT FUNDED THROUGH THE E-S-G-C-V, UH, GRANT.
UH, ITEM 52, UH, DEPARTMENT OF CITIZEN SERVICES, YOUTH SERVICES, UH, DIVISION.
UH, THIS IS MODIFYING EIGHT EXISTING SUBCONTRACT SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENTS, UH, UNDER OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 82,900, UH, $999.
UH, THIS PROVIDES SERVICES FOR YOUTH AT RISK AND COURT INVOLVED YOUTH.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST, UH, PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, FOR EIGHT SUBCONTRACTS.
AND ITEM 53, UH, SIMILAR, UH, UH, FOR OUR DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES, MODIFYING ONE CONTRACT REGARD SUPERIOR COURT, UH, AS EXHIBITION IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,665.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S, UH, MR. MCNA, NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS? COMMENTS 51 THROUGH 53.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRANT ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
UH, MR. ANTONIO DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 36 AWARDS DCO INCORPORATED A CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT THE NEW ESSEX COUNTY TURTLEBACK ZOO ANIMAL WELLNESS CENTER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $16,600,000.
DCO INCORPORATED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE SEVEN BITS RECEIVED.
THIS CONTRACT DURATION WILL BE FOR 330 DAYS.
AND WE HAVE MR. YUSEF QUI OF DCO INCORPORATED HERE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE THEIR COMPANY, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MAY HAVE.
AND PERHAPS BEFORE, BEFORE WE HAVE THEM COME UP, MR. MR. JACKSON, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR DISPARITY STUDY.
UH, WE ARE, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED, WE, WE SET ABOUT 90 DAYS, I THINK, WHERE WERE, WE'RE CLOSE TO THAT GETTING THERE.
AND WE ARE, WE HAVE A, HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM MONDAY.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
SO IF, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD INDULGE ME, EXPLAIN TO FOLKS HERE IN THE LISTENING AUDIENCE EXACTLY WHAT A DISPARITY STUDY IS AND WHY WE DO, UH, THE BOARD DID ONE.
UH, WELL, THE, THE COUNTY DID ONE, UM, EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
I ACTUALLY FORGOT THE DATE, MR. PRESIDENT.
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BUT, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A STUDY.IT'S BASED ON COURT, UH, UH, UH, FINDINGS, UH, ABOUT OUR, UH, USE AND OUR, UH, USE OF MINORITY, UM, WOMEN AND VETERAN, UH, UM, UH, SUB, UH, CONTRACTS AND HOW THAT COMPARES TO WHAT, WHAT WAS VIEWED AS BEING WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AND SORT OF, AND, AND THE COURT CASES.
AND THERE'S SOME, UH, LAYING OUT OF HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHERE WE THINK YOU SHOULD BE.
AND THEN THEY EVALUATE WHERE WE ARE.
THEY LOOK AT OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, UM, THAT'S RELEVANT TO WHERE WE DO BUSINESS.
AND THEY, AND THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT MADE, UH, OF, AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT OUR TARGET SHOULD BE.
AND THEN THEY EVALUATE WHERE WE ARE BASED ON DATA THAT WE'VE DONE OVER CONTRACTS FOR THE LAST, AND I BELIEVE IT'S A THREE YEAR PERIOD THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
SO, UM, WE'VE, UH, ENGAGED MGT WHO'S BEEN DOING THE PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE A WELL KNOWN, UH, FIRM INVOLVED IN THIS, AND VERY MUCH UP TO DATE ON WHAT THE COURT FINDINGS HAVE BEEN.
AND, UM, UH, AT THE, AT THE, AT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD TOGETHER FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO, UH, DO A NEW STUDY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS A, AS AN ENTITY.
UM, AND IT'S, OF COURSE GOT DELAYED SOMEWHAT BECAUSE OF COVID, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO GET INFORMATION BACK.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO, UM, COMPLETION.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL, I THINK WE'RE ALL MEETING WITH THEM ON MONDAY AND WE'LL HAVE A, I'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER HANDLE ON THAT.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING, UM, CLOSE.
WE ACTUALLY, THEY PRESENTED SOMETHING TO US, UM, BUT WE FOUND SOME GLITCHES IN WHAT AND, AND SOME OF THE DATA.
UM, SO THEY WENT BACK AND, AND ARE LOOKING AT IT.
AND SO WE, AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DOCO INCORPORATED.
UH, DOCO HAS BEEN AROUND OVER 30 YEARS.
UH, WE HAD, UH, THE PLEASURE OF WORKING FOR ESSEX COUNTY IN THE PAST AND MULTIPLE NOTABLE PROJECTS.
WE, WE BUILT ADON PAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, WE DID DO THE ADDITIONAL RENOVATION TO THE, THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN WEST CALDWELL.
WE ALSO BUILT A MARTIN LUTHER KING NEW COURTHOUSE BUILDING.
AND WE'RE WORKING IN A FAMILY COURTHOUSE PROJECT, AND WE HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR THE COUNTY IN THE PAST.
UH, WE EMPLOY ABOUT BETWEEN 120 TO 150 PEOPLE.
UH, ABOUT 15 TO 20% OF OUR STAFF, UH, RESIDES IN ESSEX COUNTY.
UH, WE WORK IN, UH, ALL OVER NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND DELAWARE.
UH, WE DO A VARIETY OF FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND STATE PROJECTS.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE DOING THIS PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY.
MS. VIC, UH, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT? WHAT'S, UH, WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WELLNESS CENTER, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA START, WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT ENTAILS.
UH, THE PROJECT IS ABOUT 11,000 SQUARE FEET.
FOOTPRINT OF A BRAND NEW BUILDING CONSISTS OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS BUILDING MASONRY WALLS THAT WILL CARRY THE LOADS OF THE ROOF, UH, MIXED BETWEEN WOOD AND STEEL FRAME JOIST SYSTEM.
IT'S A VERY HIGH TECH PROJECT FOR THE MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL PLUMBING SYSTEMS. IT HAS TWO OPERATING ROOMS, UH, WITH ALL THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED FOR THAT.
IT HAS A VERY HIGH END AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THE PEOPLE AND THE STUDENTS AND CHILDREN IN SOME CASES TO WATCH, UH, SOME MEDICAL PROCEDURES TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT REPRESENTS THE COUNTY'S ZOO OVERALL, WHICH IS LIKE, LIKE THE COMMISSION INDICATED, YOU KNOW, A NOTABLE PLACE IN THE STATE.
UM, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SITE WORK, A GOOD AMOUNT OF DRAINAGE, A LOT OF EXTERIOR SITE IMPROVEMENT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND, AND, AND BENCHES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE SPACE OUTSIDE AND SIT DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD TIME.
UM, THE OVERALL AREA OF IMPROVEMENT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DISTURBING IS ABOUT TWO ACRES IN TOTAL, UH, THAT CONSIST OF, WE'RE DOING A PRETTY BIG GAS MAIN CONNECTION TO THE MAIN ROAD AND PINE BACK ABOUT EIGHT INCH GAS SERVICE THAT WILL BE USED FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND FUTURE USE, UM, TWO, TWO LARGE STORM DRAINAGE UNDERGROUND DETENTION SYSTEM TO ASSIST WITH, YOU KNOW, FLOOD RETENTION AND WATER RETENTION IN CASE OF HEAVY FLOODS.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, NEW PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS THAT MEET LEAD STANDARDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, I, I DON'T, I, IF YOU WANT ME TO GO IN MORE DETAILS, I CAN.
NO, NO, THAT, THAT WAS GOOD FOR ME.
SO, UH, THIS IS REALLY TO THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE.
THIS IS STRICTLY FOR, UH, THE BRICK AND MORTAR.
THIS IS STRICTLY FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.
UM, WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION PLANNING IN TERMS OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT'LL BE UTILIZED BY THE HOSPITAL? THEY'RE GONNA USE WHAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE, UH, NOW, OR, OR IS THERE,
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UH, IS THE BOARD GONNA SEE A CONTRACT FOR, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT? UH, THE, THE PROJECT HAS MIX OF BOTH.SO THERE ARE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT'S COMING IN AND LIKE THE HIGH TECH OPERATING ROOMS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO UTILIZE SOME EXISTING EQUIPMENT THAT ARE ALREADY BEING USED BY THE, THE, THE ZOO STAFF NOW.
SO THERE IS A PRETTY ELABORATE TABLE OF, OF DESCRIPTION OF EQUIPMENT IN THE, IN THE PLANS THAT SAYS THIS IS EXISTING TO BE RELOCATED BY THE CONTRACTOR, OR THIS IS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR.
SO, SO IF I WAS TO WALK IN AN OPERATOR ROOM, I'M GONNA SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT BASICALLY YOUR CONTRACT INCLUDES THE EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY, LET'S SAY, TO DO AN OPERATION ON A, ON AN ANIMAL? YEAH.
WE, WE HAVE LIKE THE, THE SOPHISTICATED LIGHTING SYSTEM THAT, THAT BEING APPLIES IN OPERATING ROOMS. WE HAVE TWO, TWO ROOMS THAT ARE BEING PREPARED FOR THAT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THE, THE PIPING FOR LIKE GASES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT PIPING FOR LIKE, ANESTHESIA SYSTEMS THAT USE THE ANIMALS.
UH, SO WE ARE SUPPLYING A MAJORITY OF THAT STUFF, YES.
SO IS IT FAIR TO ASSUME THAT THE, AND, AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA DIRECT THIS, UM, TO THE ADMINISTRATION OVER HERE.
IS IT FAIR TO ASSUME THAT THERE IS NOT GONNA BE A ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD FOR A MATERIAL AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR THE HOSPITAL? UM, I WOULD, I KNOW IF JULIAN'S STILL HERE, BUT, UH, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S ACCURATE, YES.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, I I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THAT THE BUILDING, THE MLK BUILDING AND THE DONALD PAYNE SCHOOL, YOU DID FANTASTIC WORK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, TO THIS HOSPITAL CENTER.
WHAT YOU BEING HERE, IT, IT PIQUED MY INTEREST MORE TO SEE WHAT THE FINISHED PRODUCT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO I, I HAVE A QUESTION, AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT I ASKED OF YOUR COMPANY BACK IN JUNE, WHICH YOU WEREN'T HERE, BUT A REPRESENTATIVE WAS BEFORE US AND PROMISED TO SEND THE INFORMATION THAT I ASKED FOR AND I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE IT.
UH, DO YOU REMEMBER OR DID HE TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT? I, I, I WASN'T HERE MYSELF, SIR, BUT I HAD A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY AND I BROUGHT HARD COPY FOR YOU.
SO I ASKED A SIMPLE, SO LET'S, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU HAVE.
SOMEBODY GOT GET THAT AND GET THAT TO ME, KYLE.
KYLE, BECAUSE I ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION, RIGHT? BASED ON THE JOBS THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS AND CONTINUE TO GET, HOW MANY BLACK VENDORS OR SUBCONTRACTORS HAVE YOU EMPLOYED, HIRED, AND WHAT ARE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS? IS THAT WHAT I GOT HERE? SO THE LIST YOU HAVE THERE, SIR, IS ALL THE MINORITY BUSINESSES.
I DIDN'T ASK YOU ABOUT MINORITY.
I ASKED YOU SPECIFICALLY, RIGHT? MINORITY COULD BE WOMEN, IT COULD BE ANYBODY, RIGHT? MM-HMM,
MY QUESTION WAS SPECIFIC, HOW MANY BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN VENDORS HAVE YOU HIRED OVER THE YEARS AND WHAT WERE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF WHAT? SIMPLE QUESTION, RIGHT? I DON'T, I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS.
I JUST NEED YOU TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT, SIR.
BUT YOUR, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT HE WOULD SEND IT AND WE WOULD GET IT AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT.
I, I THINK HE MEANT THE DO YOU NEED MORE TIME? NO, NO, NO.
I THINK HE MEANT THE MINORITY.
DO YOU NEED MORE TIME? NO, SIR.
I'M, I'M, I'M ANSWERING THE QUESTION.
WHAT I BELIEVE THEY MEANT IS TO GIVE YOU THE MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE LIST.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED YOU FOR THOUGH.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED.
WELL, WE, WE ALREADY HAVE THIS, SO THIS IS DUPLICATE.
WHAT I ASKED FOR IS VERY SIMPLE, RIGHT? I DIDN'T ASK FOR HOWEVER MANY PAGES THIS IS WITH ALL OF THIS STUFF IN IT.
I ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC THING WE, WE UNDERSTAND, BUT, UH, I, YOU KNOW, UNDER ADVICE OF THE PEOPLE WE, YOU KNOW, GIVE US ADVICES IN THE BUSINESS, WE CAN'T ASK EVERY BUSINESS WE DEAL WITH.
IF THEY ARE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED COMPANY, WE CAN ASK IF THEY'RE MINORITY.
AND MINORITY CLASSIFICATION INCLUDES MULTIPLE ITEMS. IT COULD BE LIKE YOU INDICATED, IT COULD BE WOMAN, IT COULD BE HISPANIC, IT COULD BE AFRICAN AMERICAN.
BUT WE AS A CONTRACTOR HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO RESPOND TO THE COUNTY'S REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
WE HAVE OBLIGATION TO LIST CERTAIN NAMES.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU HIRED ANY BLACK CONTRACTOR? I I REALLY DO NOT.
SOME OF THEM COULD BE, SOME IT COULD NOT.
CHRIS, YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR HOW LONG? AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER HIRED ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS? I'M SURE WE DID, BUT WE JUST DON'T ASK SPECIFICALLY EVERY COMPANY.
ARE YOU OWNED BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN OR OWNED BY HISPANIC, OR OWNED BY A WOMAN? AS
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LONG AS THEY CLASSIFY UNDER MINORITY, WE LIST THEM AS A MINORITY BUSINESS.THAT'S JUST HOW WE, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING, UH, THE, THE GOALS.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS MET OR EXCEEDED THE GOALS.
AND WE WORK FOR STATE, COUNTY, FEDERAL, AND THEY ALL HAVE SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION, SIR.
I REALLY, I'M TRYING, IT DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION.
MY, MY QUESTION WAS MORE FOCUSED AND, AND STREAMLINED.
IT WAS MY, MY QUESTION IS MORE SIMPLE, BUT YOU HAVE, YOU, YOU CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.
I MEAN, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY, WE HIRE TONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS OWNERS.
AH, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID A MINUTE AGO.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
WE DON'T TRACK IT PERCENTAGES.
WE DON'T TRACK PERCENTAGES PER RACE.
WE TRACK PERCENTAGES PER THE CLASSIFICATION, AND IF IT'S MINORITY, WE, WE TRACK IT THAT WAY.
IF IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS, WE TRACK IT THAT WAY.
THERE IS NAMED INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND WE FOLLOW THAT.
WE FOLLOW VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS.
WE FOLLOW, UM, DISADVANTAGE DB DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
WE FOLLOW MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE HAS DIFFERENT BREAKDOWNS.
SO, SO BASED ON WINONA LIPMAN THAT YOU'RE DOING NOW, RIGHT? NO.
LET'S, LET'S GO TO THE DONALD PAYNE SCHOOL.
RIGHT? SO WHAT WAS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT MINORITY CONTRACTORS GOT ON THAT PROJECT? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER HANDY NOW, BUT I CAN, IF, IF I HAVE, JUST TO TALK OFF MEMORY, DONALD PEN WAS COMPLETED FIVE YEARS AGO.
I WAS WHAT WAS THE LATEST PROJECT YOU DID? UH, COMPLETED IN NEW JERSEY? YEAH.
OH, THE MLK, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING.
SO HOW, HOW MANY, WHAT WAS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR MINORITIES ON THAT PROJECT? UH, THE CONTRACT FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ABOUT $75 MILLION, PLUS OR MINUS, I WOULD SAY FOR MINORITY.
I DIDN'T ASK YOU WHAT THE, FOR MINORITY CONTRACT.
MINORITY SUBCONTRACT, I WOULD SAY, AT LEAST IS THE QUESTION AT LEAST 25%.
THAT'S ABOUT, UH, 20 SOME MILLION.
AND THAT'S WOMEN AND, AND, UM, VETERANS AND WHOMEVER ARE VETERANS AND WHOMEVER ARE THAT, THAT THAT'S WOMEN.
UH, UM, UH, HISPANIC, AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESS, ALL MINORITY.
UH, AND THEN WE TRACK SEPARATELY THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES WITH THE SPE.
THAT NUMBER IS ABSOLUTELY OVER $35 MILLION.
SO IF YOU COMBINE BOTH OF THEM BETWEEN THE SMALL BUSINESS AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS, UH, THAT, THAT WE, WE AWARDED OVER $50 MILLION OF THAT CONTRACT TO THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I, I, COMMISSIONER COOPER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, DO WE, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT IS ASKING OF THE VENDOR, DO THE VENDORS HAVE TO PROVIDE THOSE RESPONSES IN THEIR BID BACK TO YOU? UH, NO.
SO THEY DON'T TELL US, OR WE DON'T ASK WHO THE SUBS ARE AND IF THEY'RE BRINGING IN SOME OF THESE MINORITY WOMEN OWNED? WELL, WE, AND, AND THE, AND, AND THE MR. ANTONIO CAN ADDRESS IT.
COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL, THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THIS FOR ADMINISTRATION AGAINST, UH, THE SET ASIDE ORDINANCE.
HOW DOES THAT APPLY TO, TO THESE CONTRACT AWARDEES? UM, ARE WE AS A COUNTY, UM, HOLDING THE CONTRACTORS TRUE TO THE, UH, TO THE SET ASIDE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE? IS THAT, IS THAT, DOES, ARE WE DOING THAT? WELL, WE DO HAVE TO SET ASIDE ORDINANCE, BUT THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS.
THIS WAS DONE A BID AND A SEPARATE BID.
UH, AND THEN, AS MR. COLTRANE NOTED, UM, AND I BELIEVE THE PERCENTAGE WAS 25% CORRECT, WAS 25%.
UM, MINORITY PARTICIPATION WAS A, WAS A STRONG TARGET, IF YOU WILL, IN THAT ORDINANCE.
AND THAT, IN THAT BID AND, AND, UM, UM, DOCO FROM MLK AND ALSO DOCO FROM, UH, THE NEW BUILDING FROM THE WINO LITMAN BUILDING, UH, THEY DID COMPLY WITH MLK AND THEY DID.
AND THEY'RE INDICATING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH, UH, WINO.
SO WHY AREN'T, WHY ISN'T THE SET ASIDES BEING USED FOR THESE PROJECTS? RIGHT.
UM, IT'S ON THE BOOKS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER USED THEM.
WELL, WE, WE, WE'VE DONE SOME, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE HAVEN'T DONE A, A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, OF SET ASIDES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REQUIRED IS OUR, UM, OFFICE OF MINORITY, UM, BUSINESS HAS TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE THAT CAN HANDLE THIS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THIS, FOR THE, UH, WINONA LITMAN BUILDING, IF WE DID A SET ASIDE FOR THE WINONA LITMAN BUILDING, WE'D HAVE TO IDENTIFY TWO
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MINORITY COMPANIES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, RESPOND TO THE BID RESPONSIBLY.SO IF, IF, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT, THEN WE, DID YOU MAKE AN, DID YOU MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THEM? OH YEAH.
I MEAN, BUT THIS, AND YOU COULDN'T FIND TWO MINORITY SUBCONTRACTING? NO, NO, NO.
TWO MINORITIES WHO WOULD GO, WHO WOULD PERFORM THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
WE, WE WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE, WE DON'T SUB OUT THE, THE, WE, WE PUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT OUT FOR BID.
AND THEN, THEN, UH, DACO AND OTHERS TERMINAL AND OTHERS RESPONDED.
UM, AND WE WENT WITH THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BIDDER THERE.
THOSE, UM, UH, UH, PRIME CONTRACTORS THEN HAVE THEIR OWN SUBS THAT THEY USE TO OBVIOUSLY FINISH THE BUILDING.
AND THEN PART OF THAT SUBCONTRACTOR, UH, UH, POOL, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 25% OF THAT POOL TO, TO RESPOND TO THE PROJECT.
WELL, WE DON'T SUB, WE DON'T SUB OUT.
WE DON'T TELL THEM YOU HAVE TO USE, UH, PLUMBER A OR, OR CONCRETE GUY B OR, OR, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICIAN C WE BASICALLY SAY, HERE'S, HERE'S, HERE'S THE PROJECT.
YOU USE THE SUBS THAT YOU WANT TO USE, THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.
HOWEVER, AS PART OF THAT, YOU HAVE TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE MEETING OUR EXPECTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO MINORITY.
WELL, BASED, BASED ON THAT ONE SECOND, BASED ON THAT, NO NEW PERSON EVER REALLY GETS A, AN OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.
'CAUSE MOST PRIMES HAVE THEIR SUBS ALREADY WHO THEY, WHO THEY USE OVER AND OVER.
SO A NEW, A NEW, UH, UH, CONTRACTOR OR SUB WILL NEVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO THAT DISPARITY GAP, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO CLOSE IF THE SAME PEOPLE ARE GETTING ALL THE WORK AND THEY NEVER, AND THEY ALWAYS USE THE SAME SUBS.
THEN THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW FOLKS BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
WELL, I, THEN I THINK THERE'S, AND AGAIN, I WOULD DEFER TO OUR, CERTAINLY TO COUNTY COUNCIL HERE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE, TO DO THIS BY THE LAW.
SO THAT'S REALLY A CONVERSATION.
CAN, YOU KNOW, CAN'T LEAVE THAT SHOULD WITH THE, WITH THE GOVERNOR AND WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
I'M NOT, NO, I I I DON'T TAKE IT PERSON.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MR. PRESIDENT.
BUT I, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE SAME BIND AS THAT.
WE HAVE TO DO IT BY WHAT THE LAW SAYS.
AND OTHERWISE, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONDING TO OUR BID AND SO FORTH, WOULD SAY, WOULD, WOULD HAVE US IN COURT IN A FIVE MINUTE SESSION.
SO COMMISSIONER MECADO, UH, MR. JACKSON.
SO, SO THE SET ASIDE ORDINANCE, RIGHT, UM, APPLIES TO THE CONTRACT AWARDEES, RIGHT? UM, ONE COMPANY, RIGHT? IT, IT APPLIES TO WHAT WE PUT OUT, COMMISSIONER.
SO LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WANNA PUT OUT FOR THIS BUILDING, RIGHT? WE WANTED TO PUT OUT A, UM, UM, A CO UH, WE WANTED TO DO A SET ASIDE FOR SOMEBODY TO CONSTRUCT THE WINO LIPMAN BUILDING, RIGHT? IF WE HAD TWO, UH, AT LEAST TWO, UH, UH, SUBS WHO, MINORITY SUBS WHO COULD COMPLETE THE ENTIRE PROJECT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A BASIS TO GO OUT FOR A, UM, A SET ASIDE.
IF THERE WAS ONLY ONE, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOW STEERING A CONTRACT TO ONE PERSON, WHICH WOULD ALL GET US ALL IN TROUBLE.
SO WHAT WE TRY TO, WHAT WE'D HAVE TO HAVE IS AT LEAST TWO.
SO WE'D HAVE A, A FAIR BIDDING SITUATION.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IF A TURNER CONSTRUCTION OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO, WE COULD DO, THEN YOU, YOU COULD TALK ABOUT DOING A SET ASIDE FOR, FOR A MAJOR, FOR A PROJECT OF THIS NATURE, BUT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD, WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF DOING SOME SET ASIDES.
THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S MR. PRESIDENT'S.
UH, POINT IS, IS, IS THE SET ASIDE ORDINANCE APPLIED TO THE COMPANY'S, UH, ONCE TO THE AWARDEE TO THE COMPANY, I GUESS TO AWARD AND THEY SUBCONTRACT, RIGHT? IS THAT A SET ASIDE APPLIED TO THEM? NO.
SO THEY PICK ANYBODY THEY WANT, CORRECT.
ANYBODY THEY WANT, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, BUT AGAIN, AS ASSUMING, ASSURING THAT THEY COMPLY WITH OUR TARGET WITH RESECT TO USING MINORITY SUBS.
SO YES, WE WOULD SAY, UH, IN THIS CASE, DOCO, YOU, YOU WON THE PRIME CONTRACT, BUT WE WILL, WE NEED YOU TO DO 25% PLUS WITH MINORITY SUBS.
RIGHT? AND WE, AND, AND, AND, AND WE DO THAT SET ASIDE TO ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE AWARD, AND THAT GETS APPROVED.
THEY DON'T DO ANY, I, I THINK, HOLD ON.
BUT I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE SWITCHING WORDS UP DIFFERENT.
SO SET SET ASIDE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THE 25% REQUIREMENT FOR SUBS.
SET ASIDE IS FOR THE PRIME CONTRACT.
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YOU, MR. COOPER.SO, MR. JACKSON, HOW MANY TIMES IN THIS LAST YEAR DID YOU ALL GO OUT WITH THIS, DO THIS SET ASIDE PROGRAM? UM, UH, THIS YEAR, I DON'T THINK WE DID ANY THE YEAR BEFORE.
I WANT TO SAY ONE, PROBABLY A YEAR BEFORE THAT.
I THINK IT WAS THREE ACTUALLY.
SO WHY DID WE SPEND MONEY BRINGING IN MGT? WE WASTED MONEY.
'CAUSE WE ALREADY KNEW WHAT THE ANSWER WAS.
THAT WE HAVEN'T MET THIS CRITERIA JUST FROM LISTENING TO YOU.
WHAT YOU SAID A MINUTE AGO, I WANNA MAKE SURE I I COMPREHENDED YOU RIGHT.
IN ORDER TO DO THIS SET ASIDE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO GROUPS THAT CAN MEET YOUR CRITERIA THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO CERTIFY AND MEET THE CRITERIA.
THEN YOU ISSUE THIS SEPARATE THING JUST FOR THOSE TWO TO COMPETE.
THAT WOULDN'T JUST BE FOR THOSE TWO.
IT WOULD BE, IN OTHER WORDS, NOW WE HAVE, BUT, BUT I'M SAYING YOU SAID YOU HAD TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO.
WHO MET YOUR CRITERIA? MM-HMM.
AND THEN IT WOULD TRIGGER THIS SET ASIDE PROGRAM, THE 25%.
IS, IS THAT ARBITRARY, OR ARE YOU GUYS MANDATED? WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MANDATE IT'S A TARGET.
IF, IF, IF THE COMPANY UP THERE, FORGIVE ME FOR POINTING, DIDN'T MEET THIS 25% REQUIREMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO DO.
ARE THERE ANY REPERCUSSIONS, ANY PENALTIES? MM, I WOULD, I WOULD DEFER TO OUR COUNTY COUNCIL.
SO THEN IT'S COMPLETELY SUBJECTED TO THEM THAT THEY COULD SAY THAT WE WENT OUT AND WE TRIED TO GET THESE PEOPLE TO MEET THIS CRITERIA.
BUT I THINK THOUGH, I, I, I'M COMFORTABLE IN SAYING THOUGH, IN SITUATIONS FROM THE PAIN SCHOOL TO THE, UH, UM, THE SHERIFF'S, NEW SHERIFF'S BUILDING TO THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE, WE'VE MET IT EVERY TIME.
SO THE, THE FIRST FIRST, THE NEXT TIME THAT WE DON'T MEET, IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME.
I THINK I, I'M, I'M GONNA SPEAK TO PRESIDENT RICHARDSON RIGHT NOW.
I THINK, UM, WE HAVE A SHARED GOAL THAT AT SOME POINT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE MIXED UP VARIETY OF VENDORS BEING THE LEAD, GETTING THE $75 MILLION CONTRACT AND NOT JUST THE SUB.
AND FROM LISTENING TO ME, I, I'VE SAT HERE FOR A WHILE NOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IS THE PERSON THAT'S GOING OUT TO TRY TO IDENTIFY WHO THESE POTENTIAL CONTRACTORS OR VENDORS ARE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE POSITION IS VACANT.
RIGHT? IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, AND THEN PRIOR TO THAT, IT'S BEEN VACANT.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE, THE PERSON WHO UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY, THE NEXT PERSON WAS PART-TIME.
SO HOW SERIOUS ARE WE ABOUT GROWING THIS POOL IF THE POSITION IS PART-TIME? WELL, THE UNFORT, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH SAM, UH, POWER KEY LEFT, AND I MEAN, PASSED AWAY, AND THEN TIM, UH, GOT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
UH, WE HAD, UH, DEBORAH COLLINS IN THAT ROLE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO THERE'S BEEN, UH, PERMANENT POSITIONS THERE.
BUT THERE IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO GO OUT.
BUT ALSO TOO, I WOULD, I WOULD URGE, YOU KNOW, IF THE, IF THE BOARD HAS, UH, INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANIES THAT IT THINKS, YOU KNOW, WILL QUALIFY FOR CERTAIN THINGS, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW AS WELL.
BUT IT'S, UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, UH, UH, IS THERE A DIRECTOR? NOW WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING.
UM, UH, JESSICA, UH, VALIER IS NOW, WHO HAD BEEN, TIM'S DEPUTY IS KIND OF SITTING IN THAT ROLE RIGHT NOW AND CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR PEOPLE.
UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME, UM, DIRECTOR.
SO IT'S JUST ONE PERSON NOW? NO, IT'S, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO.
ONE, THE YEAR BEFORE, UH, MR. WALKER SIGNED UP, I THINK HE SAID 442 NEW, NEW VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS.
AND YOU MEAN TO TELL'EM, YOU COULDN'T FIND TWO OUT OF ALMOST 500.
WHERE WAS HE GETTING THEM FROM? HOME DEPOT.
ANYWAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE NEED A MOTION? MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BOL? I SECOND.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT OMARE? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
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OKAY.IT STARTS AT, UH, RESOLUTION 57 STARTS 57, NO, I'M SORRY, 55.
55 THROUGH 71, 5 THROUGH SEVEN ONE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR HONOR? SO, ACCOMMODATION HONORING, UH, RAY ROBOWSKI MARSHALL OF THE PASSADE CLIFTON ALASKA DAY FOR PARADE OF THE CENTRAL OF POLISH ORGANIZATION.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER GILL ACCOMMODATION, UH, HONORING, YES.
THESE ACCOMMODATIONS AND IMMEMORIAL FROM 55 TO 71.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT FOR MY, OH, I'M SORRY.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
ARE ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS? WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.
I JUST WANNA REPORT THAT I, UM, ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER GRAHAM AND COMMISSIONER MERCADO, WE DID A TOUR OF THE JAIL AND I WANT TO THANK THE DIRECTOR, HIS STAFF FOR, AND, UM, THE FUTURE STAFF, PHIL ELIJAH, FOR JOINING US AND TAKING US ON THAT TOUR.
SO WE GOT TO SEE INSIDE THE JAIL, UM, WE VISITED A COUPLE OF THE BUILDINGS AT THE JAIL.
UM, MR. JACKSON, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS THERE, UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN SOME OF THE ACTIVITY WE DID TONIGHT, IT IS REALLY, UM, KICKING AROUND IN MY BRAIN.
IS THERE A CAPITAL PLAN TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE JAIL? UM, I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW THAT, UM, TO, TO KNOW LIKE, WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PLANS? UM, THEY, FOR, FOR THE JAIL, WHAT'S DONE? UH, I, I WILL GET A REPORT, UH, FROM, FROM, UH, DIRECTOR CHARLES.
BUT REMEMBER, TOO, WE'RE ALSO DOING, UM, DID SOMETHING JUST WITH THE GATE.
UH, WE ALSO JUST DID, I THINK IT'S $8 MILLION ON THE, UM, ROOF REPLACING ALL THE ROOFS THERE.
AND ALSO, UM, THE, UH, FENCING, UH, RIGHT.
BUT I WILL GET A MORE, UH, ASK DIRECTOR CHARLES FOR MORE DETAIL.
BUT, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE AREA THAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THAT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ORIGINAL TO THE JAIL INSIDE.
AND, UM, THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS AND SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS TODAY, IT LOOKED LIKE IT COULD USE SOME MODERNIZATION AND SOME UPGRADES, UM, THAT, THAT SYSTEM.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE MATERIALS FOR THE ROOF AND THINGS THAT, THAT THEY WERE DOING.
UM, AND SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES.
ALSO, IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, WE WILL BE, UH, HAVING A MEETING WITH, UM, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE, UM, PROSECUTOR DELANEY HALL AND THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
SO THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THE CAPITAL, UM, IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT THEY HAVE FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS.
WE RECENTLY TOURED ONE OF THE SHERIFF'S AREAS THAT LOOKED LIKE IT NEEDS SOME LOVE.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU WALKED DOWN THE CORRIDOR, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS LOVELY ON THE OUTSIDE, AND WHEN YOU WENT INSIDE, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS NIGHT AND DAY.
THE, THE AREA THAT, THAT WE LOOKED AT.
WERE YOU IN VETERANS OR, OR LEROY SMITH? YOU, UM, MR. PRESIDENT? YEAH, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE, I KNOW IT WAS, IT WAS HOLES, IT WAS LEAKS, IT WAS LITERALLY ROACHES.
AND I'M A PROJECT KID, AND, AND I WAS VERY SURPRISED AT HOW BEAUTIFUL
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EVERYTHING WAS ON THE OUTSIDE.AND WHEN WE GOT IN THERE, I, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I WAS IN THE SAME BUILDING.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF THERE'S A PLAN, AND I GET IT, THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH OUR DOLLARS SINCE, BUT IF WE CAN DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HERE TONIGHT IN, IN SOME OF THE
JUST LOOKED LIKE IT COMPLETELY GOT MISSED.
UM, COMMISSIONER MERCADO? UH, YES.
ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I HAVE FROM, FROM THAT VISIT WAS, UM, WHEN WE INITIALLY GOT THERE, IT WAS, UM, DEFINITELY, UH, VERY CLEAN.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE VERY ORGANIZED.
UM, UM, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THE, UM, THE EQUIPMENT, UH, YOU HAVE A METAL DETECTOR THAT DETECTS METAL COMING IN.
UM, AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN CONTRABAND IS CONFI IS, IS BROUGHT INTO THAT FACILITY.
UM, IT'S BROUGHT IN BY, UH, EITHER STAFFS CIVILIANS OR, OR OFFICERS.
UM, UH, IS IS THE, IS THE ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERING A MORE UPGRADED, UH, SYSTEM, UH, UH, UH, UH, SECURITY, UM, ENTRANCE, UH, SYSTEM THAT NOT ONLY DETECTS METAL, BUT DETECTS, BECAUSE YOU CAN GO IN THERE WITH A PLASTIC SHAFT AND, AND IF IT'S PLASTIC, IT'S NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DETECT IT.
YOU CAN GO IN THERE WITH, WITH, WITH DRUGS OR WHATEVER.
IT'S NOT GONNA, IT'S ONLY GONNA DETECT METAL.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE A SYSTEM THAT HAS THE CAPABILITY TO, TO DETECT WHAT THAT PERSON HAS ON ITS PERSON.
AND, UM, AND THE, AND LOOKING AT THE, WHAT WE HAD, UM, WHAT THE JAIL HAS, IT'S A METAL DETECTOR, AND WE KNOW THAT CONTRABAND IS GETTING IN.
UM, AND, AND WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE IN A, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE DETECTION MACHINE, YOU KNOW, IS, UM, UH, THERE ARE DETECTION MACHINES THAT, UM, THAT SECURITY FACILITIES USE THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT DETECTS MORE THAN JUST METAL.
IT DETECTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR PERSON.
AND I THINK, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD CONSIDER THAT SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, CONTRABAND COMING INSIDE.
UM, IT IS BEING BROUGHT IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, SO THANK YOU.
PROBABLY SOME OF THE, OF OUR, UM, FRIENDS FROM THE, THE UNION COULD SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY THAN I, BUT I DO KNOW WE HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT MONITORS THE MAIL, UM, FOR FENTANYL AND, AND SO FORTH.
SO I, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST METAL NOW.
I KNOW THAT THE SYSTEM THAT YOU USE TO SCAN THE, UM, UH, UH, INMATES, THE ONES THAT ARE DETAINED, YOU KNOW, THE, I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, THE PEOPLE IN, IN THE JAIL, RIGHT.
INMATES OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.
UM, THERE'S A SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM THERE THAT REALLY LOOKS AT, WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING THAT SYSTEM AT THE GATE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE WANT TO DETECT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT MAY BE ILLEGAL COMING INSIDE.
AND JUST A METAL DETECTOR IS JUST NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH.
I THINK, UM, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY TO, TO PROVIDE THE JAIL WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY, UM, AT THE JAIL.
UM, THE ORIGINAL, UM, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
D OTHER AREA THAT WE, UH, WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IS I, I, UM, EQUIPMENT AROUND THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE INMATES AND, AND SO IN THOSE AREAS, WHEN YOU GO IN THERE, MAYBE LIKE IN THE PODS YEAH, YEAH.
SO LIKE, WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW SOME OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S BEING PLANNED FOR THERE AND WHAT, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE, UM, TO, TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, THAT IS IT FOR ME, MR. PRESIDENT.
ONE THING I WANT TO BRING UP FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, WHEN DIRECTOR CHARLES WAS HERE, THEY TALKED ABOUT CHANGING THE KITCHEN STAFF.
DO YOU RECALL THAT? YES, EXACTLY.
THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, HAS THAT HAPPENED? NO.
WELL, AT LEAST NOT WHEN WE WERE THERE.
WE'RE, AND OUR NEXT BID THAT GOES OUT FOR THAT, FOR THAT SERVICES, UM, IT'LL PROB IT'LL WILL INCORPORATE GOING TO, UM, I THINK MR. UH, DIRECTOR CHARLES IS LOOKING AT GOING TO FULL-TIME, UM, EMPLOYEES, UH, TO, TO DEMAND THE KITCHENS AND NOT USING, UH, UH, SOME OF THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE THERE, UM, TO GO TO A FULL-TIME PROCESS OF, OF JUST HAVING EMPLOYEES DO IT VERSUS, OR, OR THE COMPANY USING EMPLOYEES VERSUS USING FOLKS WHO ARE THERE.
SO THAT, THAT MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
BUT THAT'LL BE THE NEXT, UH, CONTRACT.
ANY IDEA WHEN THAT MAY HAPPEN? WHAT IS IT? OBJECT, DECEMBER.
JULIUS POULTRY PURCHASING AGENT, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE WILL
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PROBABLY, THERE'S AN EXTENSION ON THE EXISTING CONTRACT, BUT THE SERVERS WILL CALL THEM EITHER.WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR AN OUTSIDE COMPANY WHO CAN PROVIDE THAT SERVICE OR IN-HOUSE WITH, UH, CIVILIAN WORKERS.
UM, IT'S MORE RELATED TO THE CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICER AND, AND, AND THE OTHER, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, IT'S BEEN IN LITIGATION FOR SOME TIME.
WE, WE KNOW THAT, UM, UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
I KNOW THAT IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, UH, IT'S BEEN JUST, UH, OUT THERE FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO US TO FOCUS AND SEE WHERE THE MIDDLE IS AT, WHERE WE CAN COME TO, SO WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO SETTLE THOSE CONTRACTS.
I THINK THEY'VE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, FAR TOO LONG, UH, FOR, FOR FOLKS TO NOT SETTLE.
UM, AND, UM, I THINK WE OWE IT TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT STAFF.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRIMARY ESSENTIAL STAFF.
THEY KEEP US SAFE, YOU KNOW, SO WE SHOULD DO OUR PART AS WELL TO KEEP THEM, UM, UH, TO, TO, TO GIVE THEM A CONTRACT THAT THEY CAN FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT.
THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S BEEN FIVE, SIX YEARS.
NO, RAISE THAT SIX, SIX YEARS THAT, THAT TAKES HIS TO SEVEN, SEVEN YEARS.
AND, UM, AND, AND I, I LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE AS A COUNTY STAND ON THAT AND WHERE, UH, UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UH, AS I, AS I MENTIONED TO, UM, SOME OF THE, THE, THE REPS, UH, TODAY WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MEETING ON THE 24TH, 25TH OR 30TH OF OCTOBER TO SIT DOWN AND, AND HOPEFULLY HAMMER OUT, UM, UH, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING AND THEN BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING NEW CONTRACTS, UH, UH, STARTING IN, IN, IN NOVEMBER, BECAUSE EVERYTHING RUNS OUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO, UM, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION AND, AND, AND SO FORTH OF OUR, UM, OF, OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, UM, HOLD, YOU KNOW, THOSE INDIVIDUALS BACK THERE, BUT ALSO OUR RANK AND FILE IN HIGHEST RESPECT.
UM, AND SO I'M HOPING THAT, UM, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME CONVERSATION, GOOD CONVERSATIONS, UM, OVER THE, BETWEEN NOW AND EVEN THEN, BUT HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE GET TO THAT POINT, UM, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF THE PIECES IN PLACE AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD MEETING AND, AND GET THIS DONE.
I MEAN, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'D LIKE TO GET IT DONE TOO.
UH, I'M, I'M HOPE, UM, I AM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE IN 2023 MM-HMM.
UM, IT, IT, IT WILL UPLIFT MORALE.
IT WOULD DO A WONDER FOR, UM, FOR ALL OF THEM.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND, AND I WANT TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT.
COMMISSIONER SIEBEL, THANK YOU.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL OF THE FACILITIES.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH DELANEY HALL, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN TO ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES TO GO AND VISIT AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY, AND THEN MAKE THEIR DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THEY SEE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO GO AND SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT EXISTS.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO, UH, THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COMMISSIONER MERCADO REGARDING, UH, THE CONTRACT.
AND, AND I, I APPRECIATE, UM, THE ANSWER, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, BUT I, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, UM, I, I THINK WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE THAN THAT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
WE NEED MUCH MORE THAN THAN THAT AT THIS POINT.
IT, IT JUST, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT, AND I APPRECIATE THIS.
JACK'S NOT A PERSONAL COMMENT AS, AS YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, THIS HAS JUST GONE ON FAR, FAR, UM, TOO LONG.
UM, AND THERE HAS BEEN AN ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED, UM, TO THIS BOARD.
UH, AND I PROBABLY COULD SPEAK FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AND SAY THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD PROBABLY CONSIDERS THEM TO BE PRO-LABOR
WE ARE ALL, UH, COLLECTIVELY, UH, UNION SUPPORTERS IN MANY RESPECTS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A PROUD UNION MEMBER WHO LEADS THIS BOARD.
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WE HAVE, UM, A BARGAINING UNIT THAT'S SITTING OUT THERE FOR YEARS WITHOUT A CONTRACT.MORE, MORE THAN ONE AND MORE THAN ONE.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SHAME ON, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, TAKE SELF RESPONSIBILITY.
IT'S SHAME ON ALL OF US THAT WE HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO CONTINUE TO GO ON.
UH, IT'S A STAIN ON WHAT IS OTHERWISE AN EXCELLENT RECORD OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THIS COUNTY.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED NOW.
UM, AND, AND WE WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON THAT.
BUT, UM, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M PREPARED TO WORK WITH YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE TO, TO, TO, TO EXHAUST ALL OF OUR OPTIONS AS A BOARD.
'CAUSE WE ARE A SEPARATE BODY OF GOVERNMENT
WE ARE A SEPARATE BODY OF GOVERNMENT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CONTRACT ONCE AND FOR ALL, GETS SETTLED, UM, WITH SOME EXPEDITION.
ARE ANY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS, WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS, UNFINISHED BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS? IN THAT CASE, LET'S MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
JAMES TROI, VICE PRESIDENT AND CONTRACT CHAIRPERSON, FOP 1 0 6, REPRESENTING THE SWORN SUPERVISORS WITHIN THE ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
VERY QUICKLY, THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME FOR THE TOUR.
WE'RE VERY SORRY THAT YOU MISSED THE STABBING THAT HAPPENED ON THE SHIFT RIGHT AFTER YOU LEFT BACK IN.
UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS YOUR JULY MEETING.
WE TALKED ABOUT AN OPIATE TASK FORCE.
AND I STOOD AT THIS MIC AND I RECOMMENDED WE START AT THE JAIL.
THE CONTRACT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE, UH, CIVILIANS.
GET THE INMATES OUT OF THE KITCHEN.
JUST WANNA REMIND YOU ALL THAT YOU INCREASED THE GD CONTRACT BY 20% JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.
UM, AS FOR THE EQUIPMENT AT THE ENTRANCES, ABSOLUTELY FULLY AGREE, FULLY SUPPORT IT.
UM, I ACTUALLY DO ACCREDITATION SURVEYS AT JAILS AND PRISONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
EVERYWHERE I GO, THERE'S TWO WAYS IN AND OUT OF ANY JAIL OR PRISON.
ONE FOR INMATES, ONE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOUR STATE OF THE DISTRICTS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, EIGHT ENTRANCES ACTIVE AT ALL TIMES.
SO UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA BUY EIGHT OF THOSE MACHINES AT SIX FIGURES A PIECE, REALLY NOT GONNA SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.
AND IT'S FOUR BARGAINING UNITS, NOT ONE, AND IT'S ONE THIRD OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY WORKFORCE.
JUST WANNA WORK THAT IN NOW TO THE NOTES THAT I BROUGHT WITH ME TONIGHT.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DIRECTIVE, IAPP FROM DECEMBER, 2021, 5.1 0.1.
ALL COMPLAINTS OF OFFICER MISCONDUCT SHALL BE ACCEPTED FROM ALL PERSONS WHO WISH TO FILE A COMPLAINT REGARDLESS OF THE HOUR OR DAY OF THE WEEK.
IN PART, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ESTABLISH SYSTEMS, TO ENABLE COMPLAINTS TO BE ACCEPTED BY TELEPHONE OR BY EMAIL.
WHY WOULD THE UNION BE PUSHING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE COMPLAINTS AGAINST OFFICERS? HAVE ANY OF YOU TRIED TO SEND AN EMAIL TO ANYBODY AT THE JAIL FROM YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNTS? THEY'LL GET REJECTED.
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE JAIL JUST STOPPED ACCEPTING ANY EMAIL FROM ANY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS.
CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THAT MIGHT BE.
LARGEST CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN NEW JERSEY.
ONE OF THE 10 LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN ALL OF NEW JERSEY, NO WARDEN SINCE APRIL 6TH.
FOR SOME REASON, OUR WARDEN GOT MOVED TO THE POLICE ACADEMY ON ONE DAY'S NOTICE AND THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY WAS SHOWN THE DOOR JUST SAYING RESUMES AND CURRICULUM OF IT.
I, FOR A REPLACEMENT WARDEN, WERE DUE BACK BY JUNE 23RD.
AS OF TODAY, AS OF THIS MOMENT, NOT ONE SINGLE INTERVIEW HAS BEEN CONDUCTED FOR A REPLACEMENT WARDEN.
WHO, WHO CONDUCTS THOSE IN? I WOULD ASSUME.
UM, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUTSOURCED TO THE CONTRACT.
UM, NOW I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE RUMORS ARE BEGINNING TO ABOUND THAT THERE MAY BE A RECENT OR SOON TO BE RETIREE THAT'S GONNA BE REHIRED IN JANUARY TO BE THE WARDEN.
AND THAT THIS IS ALL JUST STALL TACTICS.
I REALLY HOPE THOSE ARE UNTRUE.
JUST WANT TO GET THEM ON THE RECORD TODAY SO THAT IF IT DOES HAPPEN, WE CAN SAY, I TOLD YOU SO.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO WITH THE NAME
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RIGHT NOW.UM, AND THEN BEGGING YOUR INDULGENCE.
I FULLY APPRECIATE, AND I, I REALLY WAS GONNA PUT THESE NOTES ASIDE.
BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE CONTRACT.
IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT MANY BELIEVE THE UNIONS ARE PLAYING HARDBALL.
YOUR AUGUST 2ND MEETING, COMMENTS WERE MADE.
AND YET THE FOLLOWING WEEK, GENOVA BURNS THE COUNTY'S OUTSIDE CONTRACTED LAW FIRM, WHICH BY OUR BEST GUESSTIMATE, YOU'VE PAID ABOUT $2 MILLION TO, TO FIGHT THIS.
UH, FILED ANOTHER APPEAL ON THE COUNTY'S BEHALF.
HEARING EXAMINER FROM PERC 2023 DASH SIX, JUST A COUPLE SENTENCES.
PAGE 42, THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE TOOPS PROPOSAL WE DID MAKE A PROPOSAL ALSO REPRESENTED A REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.
THIS APPROACH BY THE COUNTY WAS A QUOTE UNQUOTE TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOPS PROPOSAL THAT WAS NOT COMMENSURATE WITH GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS.
FURTHER DOWN ON PAGE 43, MOREOVER, WHILE THE COUNTY INSISTED THAT FOP ACCEPT WHAT OTHER UNITS ACCEPTED IN EXCHANGE, THE FOP IS NOT BOUND BY WHAT OTHER UNITS NEGOTIATED TO HOLD OTHERWISE WOULD PROMOTE THE NEGOTIATIONS OF A PARITY AGREEMENT WITH OTHER COUNTY UNITS, WHICH IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
THE COUNTY DID NOT FULFILL ITS DUTY TO NEGOTIATE THE CHANGE IN BENEFITS FOR FOP UNIT EMPLOYEES.
THAT SHOULD CHANCE 30 SECONDS.
YOU UNDERSTAND? I WASN'T HERE IN AUGUST.
PER UNANIMOUS DECISION, 2023 DASH 60 ISSUED JUNE 29TH.
COUNTY OF ESSEX IS ORDERED TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM INTERFERING WITH RESTRAINING OR COERCING ITS EMPLOYEES.
B TWO COUNTY IS ORDERED TO CEASE AND DESIST, REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE MAJORITY REPRESENTATIVE OF EMPLOYEES.
I FULLY APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE.
ROB SLATER, PBA 180 3 COMMISSIONERS.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS THIS EVENING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ACTIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO PRESIDENT RICHARDSON, COMMISSIONER COOPER AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON FOR TAKING THE TIME AFTER LAST MONTH'S MEETING TO COME AND TOUR THE SHERIFF'S MUSEUM AND VISIT WITH THE ROACHES.
YOU SEE ALL THESE CONTRACTORS UP HERE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND DISCUSSING THOSE ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACTORS.
I HOPE YOU HAVE THE SAME PASSION WITH OUR CONTRACT THROUGHOUT THIS, ALL OF THIS VETTING THAT YOU DO OF ALL THESE CONTRACTORS.
I DON'T SEE YOU SHAKING DOWN ANYBODY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE SHAKING DOWN WHEN WE TRY TO COME WITH A CONTRACT TO TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
TREAT IT AS FOR BEGGARS WITH THE TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ATTITUDE.
COMMISSIONER LUCIANO'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT HE SENT ME A TEXT MESSAGE THAT I DON'T PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE, BUT I'LL ADDRESS THAT WITH HIM AT A LATER TIME.
HE SAYS THAT HE'S SEEN A CONTRACT AND A PROPOSAL.
NONE OF US HAVE SEEN A CONTRACT, A PROPOSAL.
HAVE ANY OF YOU SEEN A CONTRACTOR PROPOSAL? MR. JACKSON? HAVE YOU? NO.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE COMMISSIONER LUCIANO COME UP WITH THIS INFORMATION.
HE ALSO SAYS THAT HE'S A UNION SUPPORTER.
BUT AFTER A YEAR, WE SHOULD STOP PLAYING HARDBALL.
HE SHOULD HAVE HIS UNION CARD PULLED FOR TALK LIKE THAT BECAUSE HE'S TALKING WITHOUT SUBSTANCE.
HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE FIGHT IS.
'CAUSE HE NEVER READ THE RESOLUTION WHEN HE VOTED TO TAKE OUR HEALTHCARE.
AND FURTHERMORE, UH, THE ISSUES AT THE ZOO, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE ANIMALS ARE GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF.
DO THEY, ARE THEY ENROLLED IN THE STATE HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN?
BECAUSE WE DO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIRAFFE THE LAST TIME YOU GOT A TOOTHACHE.
YOU GOT, WHAT'S THAT? YOU HAVE JOKES? IS THAT WHAT THEY ARE? IT'S NOT A JOKE ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE EVERY MONTH COMING TO YOU.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE POSITIVE TALK, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ACTION.
LIP SERVICE IS NOT GONNA DO IT.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY AND WE'RE NOT GIVING UP.
UH, PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE DETECTIVES.
UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, AFTER THAT MEETING WHEN I DISCLOSED THE PROBLEMS THAT WE WERE HAVING, UH, WITH, WITH THE, UH, THE BUILDING THAT YOU ACTUALLY WENT AND TOOK A TOUR WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, BUT, UH, RIGHT AFTER OSHA WIND UP CONTACTING AND, AND COMING IN BECAUSE IT WAS ASBESTOS EXPOSED IN THE CEILING.
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I WISH I SEE THE ENTHUSIASM THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE ZOO.I JUST WISH THAT THEY WOULD HAVE, YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE THE SAME ENTHUSIASM WITH BASIC, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR BASIC SAFETY, JUST BASIC SAFETY.
OUR PROCESSING ROOM WHERE WE HOLD PRISONERS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OFFICE WHERE THE ATTORNEYS SIT AND CIVILIANS, IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
OKAY? THERE, THERE'S A ONE CELL THERE, AND THEN THERE'S CHURCH BENCHES JUST LIKE THIS WITH, WITH, WITH HANDCUFFS.
AND THE DOOR COULD JUST BE WHY THE, THE DOOR DOESN'T LOCK FROM THE INSIDE.
SO A PRISONER COULD JUST SLIP THE CUFFS AND WALK RIGHT OUT.
AND YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OFFICE WITH ATTORNEYS AND CIVILIANS.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR SOME BASIC SAFETY STUFF.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING THAT WE FEEL WE DON'T DESERVE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING INSANE.
UH, JUST BASIC SAFETY IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE, THE PROSECUTOR TODAY PUT OUT, UM, I'M SORRY.
YESTERDAY, PUT OUT A POST ABOUT HIRING NEW APS AND, AND HE STATED, WE'RE ONE OF 20, UH, 21 PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN THE STATE.
WE HAVE 25 TO 30%, UH, VIOLENT CRIMES.
AND, UM, WE'RE THE BIGGEST AND BUSIEST PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND ALSO THE BEST.
BUT WE, OUR, OUR PAY AND OUR BENEFITS DON'T REFLECT THAT AT ALL.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST THE CLOSE TO THE WORST PAID.
AND, BUT YET WE'RE, WE'RE CALLED THE BEST.
AND I I ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS, IS IS COMPETITIVE.
AND, AND WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR THAT.
SO I, I, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY AND I JUST WISH WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME ENTHUSIASM FOR, FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR OFFICERS.
IT'S JUST BASIC STUFF FOR US AS, AS THE ZOO, BASICALLY.
BUT I, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
WE, WE, WE REALLY GET IT, YOU KNOW, DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND A FAIR CONTRACT.
HOW YOU GUYS DOING? MY NAME IS LISA SUTHERLAND, PBA 180 3.
JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THEM, OUR GUYS ARE HURTING.
OUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE HURTING.
I SEE GUYS WORKING SIX, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THEY CAN'T HANG OUT WITH THEIR FAMILY.
THEY CAN'T BE WITH THEIR KIDS AT SPORTING EVENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY BILLS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WORKING THE JOB THAT WE DO.
AND WE, WE COME TO YOUR EVENTS.
WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SECURE.
AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING, PERSONALLY, I LOVE WORKING YOUR EVENTS.
I HAVE A LOT OF FUN BEING OUT THERE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE OUT THERE LEAVING OUR FAMILIES.
WE TOOK THIS JOB, WE TOOK THIS JOB UNDERSTANDING THAT MAYBE ONE DAY WE DON'T WALK BACK IN THAT DOOR.
BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE THIS JOB UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES.
I GOT GUYS WORKING JOBS OUTSIDE OF THIS JOB, SO NOW THEY'RE DOING DOUBLE TIME.
I, I JUST THINK THAT AT THIS POINT, WITH ALL THESE BUILDINGS GOING UP, ALL THIS STUFF, WE'RE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
NOW IT, IT, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
MY FAMILY'S WORKED FOR THE COUNTY.
THIS IS TO THE POINT NOW WHERE IT'S JUST LIKE, AND I UNDERSTAND, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING IT UP, BUT THE, THE SOON IT'S COMING, WE NEED SOMETHING NOW.
THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN SEVEN YEARS.
THINK ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE EVERYTHING IS.
AND THEN YOU EXPECT A FATHER OR A MOTHER OF TWO, THREE TO AFFORD THAT.
THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN AFFORD IT IS BY NOT BEING THERE FOR THEIR KIDS.
FINANCIAL STRESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
LOOK, OFFICER INVOLVED, SUICIDE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE NEED YOU GUYS THAT JUST GET BEHIND US.
JUST LIKE WE'RE BEHIND THE COUNTY.
WHEN THE COUNTY CALLS US, WE GET IN THOSE CARS.
WE GO THERE AND WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF.
SO NOW WE NEED SOMEBODY TO BE THERE FOR US.
ED ESPOSITO, PBA 180 3 A HAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, AND THE ONE THING I'M ASKING IS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITHIN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.
AND I KNOW I HAVE THREE MINUTES.
AND JUST QUITE BRIEFLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE ASKED RECENTLY.
AND I DO APPRECIATE THE, UH, REMARKS OF YOUR SELF AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS IN SUPPORT OF TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER.
BUT IT IS ALSO MORE THAN THE CONTRACT.
I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND SUGARCOAT AND SAY, HEY, ONCE WE GET A CONTRACT, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HEAR OR SEE FROM US AGAIN.
IT'S MORE THAN THE CONTRACT AT THIS POINT.
WE'VE BEEN IGNORED AS FAR AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INVESTMENTS.
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LITERALLY THE OLDEST EQUIPMENT FOR THE BUSIEST SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.WE'RE TALKING, MOST OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE WORK IN THIS STATE IS DONE IN THIS COUNTY, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO WE HAVE THE LARGEST JUDICIARY SYSTEM.
SO US NOT BEING PROPERLY EQUIPPED NOT ONLY PUTS OUR OFFICERS, OUR FELLOW EMPLOYEES AT RISK, IT PUTS THE PUBLIC AT RISK.
WE HAVE INADEQUATE SCREENING EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE VEHICLES WITH OVER 200,000 MILES ON 'EM.
WE HAVE VEHICLES THAT ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
ALL EIGHT OF 'EM ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
BUT YET WE'RE CALLED UPON TO DO ALL SORTS OF SPECIAL DETAILS, WHICH WE RISE TO THE TASK TO DO ON LITERALLY THE OLDEST MOTORCYCLES THAT ARE OUT THERE OPERATIONAL BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS SIZE.
THERE NEEDS TO BE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INVESTMENTS MADE IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER SEBOLD, YOU SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT THE PROJECT AT THE WELLNESS CENTER AT THE ZOO, WHICH THIS IS A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
I HOPE THEY CAN TREAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICERS THERE
BRAND NEW BUILDING FOR A ZA ACCREDITATION.
OUR DEPARTMENT'S NOT EVEN ACCREDITED.
I WISH WE WERE, BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING ON WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
WE WOULD CONSTANTLY BE HERE SAYING, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO MAINTAIN THE ACCREDITATION.
YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO MAINTAIN STANDARDS.
SO GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN JUST IGNORE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE THERE'S NO HIGHER AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER TO.
SO I JUST WISH THAT WE MAKE SERIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE TO NOT ONLY CORRECT THE ISSUE NOW, BUT TO MOVE US FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.
21ST CENTURY POLICING IS THE MODEL RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING ANY OF IT.
IT'S ON THE INTERNET PUBLIC REPORT COMMISSIONED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA.
WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING, WE'RE NOT PRESCRIBING.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S OPTIONAL.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DEPARTMENTS MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE GETTING NOW.
I KNOW ROUTINELY THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS GET NEW VEHICLES.
WHY AREN'T THE MOTORCYCLE ISSUE BEING ADDRESSED? UH, WE RESPOND TO REQUESTS THAT WE GET FROM, UH, SHERIFF VENTURA.
SO, UH, PROSECUTOR, STEVEN, SHERIFF VENTURA MAKE REQUESTS, UH, TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR ABOUT CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO WE RESPOND TO THE REQUEST THAT WE GET FROM, UM, FROM THE, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE.
SO MATTER CLERK DOING OUR, OUR BUDGET HEARINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING UP IN JANUARY.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THAT ISSUE, UH, OF THESE 20-YEAR-OLD MOTORCYCLES ARE ADDRESSED.
THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME PROPER EQUIPMENT.
YEAH, I, I, I MEAN MEAN THAT'S A SMALL TOKEN, BUT THEY NEED THE CONTRACT IS WHAT THEY NEED.
BUT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, UM, IT'S, I'M NOT TELLING YOU THE BOARD ANYTHING IT DOESN'T KNOW, BUT THEY ARE IN, THEY'RE INDEPENDENT CONSTITUTIONAL AGENCIES.
I'M NOT SAYING, BUT THEY DO SUBMIT AND THAT'S WHAT WE, WHAT WE RESPOND TO, UM, UH, MS PRESIDENT, WHEN WE GET IN, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SAY, BUT I NEED, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE, TWO OF THESE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY CAN SUBMIT AND WE CAN INCREASE, RIGHT? SURE.
THEY MAKE, THEY MAKE REQUEST RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE CAN, WE CAN ADD TO THEIR REQUEST OUTDATED LEADERSHIP
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR THAT THEY ARE AUTONOMOUS AGENCIES AND WE CAN UNDERSTOOD, AND WE CAN ONLY FULFILL NEEDS THAT THEY REQUEST.
IF IT'S WITHIN OUR CAPABILITY.
WE CAN'T DECIDE AS A COMMISSIONER BOARD WHAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WILL OBTAIN.
IT HAS TO COME THROUGH THE SHERIFF TO THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS AN AUTONOMOUS AGENCY AND WE DON'T DECIDE WHAT YOU WILL GET.
IT HAS TO COME TO US, WHAT IS NEEDED, AND THEN WE MAKE A DECISION.
MANY OF YOU HAVE COME BEFORE US TONIGHT, AS AS THOUGH WE COULD DECIDE WE CAN'T.
IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR PREROGATIVE TO DO.
SO IT HAS TO COME THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S AN AUTONOMOUS AGENCY THAT WE RESPOND TO.
JUST LIKE THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS AN AUTONOMOUS AGENCY THAT WE RESPOND TO.
SO YOUR YOUR WHAT YOU NEED HAS TO COME BEFORE US AND THEN WE MAKE THE DECISION.
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WHAT WE CAN DO TO MEET THE NEEDS THAT YOU REQUEST.THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO HERE.
SITTING AS A COMMISSIONER BOARD.
SO YOU, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
HOWEVER, WE CAN ASK THEM TO DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO ASK THEM.
'CAUSE WE'RE AN AUTONOMOUS BODY AS WELL.
THREE CO-EQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY ASK THEM TO ADD ON OR WHY AREN'T THEY ADDRESSING THE OLD MOTORCYCLES? THEY DON'T RIDE AROUND IN 20-YEAR-OLD CARS.
I HAVE A COMMENT ON CAN, CAN ADDRESS.
THANK YOU, MR. COMMISSIONER MCC.
JUST ONE LAST, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND I SPEAK TO MANY, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICERS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, MY WORK HERE.
AND, AND ONE OF THE COMMON THEMES IS VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, UM, DRIVING OLD VEHICLES.
UM, AND, AND PRIMARILY I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND THE INVESTIGATORS.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY VEHICLES WE HAVE IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE, UH, YEAR OF THE VEHICLES ARE AND WHAT THE MILEAGE ARE INTO THOSE VEHICLES, INCLUDING THE MOTORCYCLES.
JUST TO GET A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY CARS ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE OVER 150,000 MILES, 200,000 MILES.
LET'S SEE HOW MANY VEHICLES, UM, THEY HAVE OUT THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE OUT THERE.
UM, AND MAYBE WE NEED TO MAKE A, A A A MORE INVESTMENT IN, IN VEHICLES FOR, UM, FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
WELL, UH, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS OUTDATED LEADERSHIP, BUT STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
DONALD JACKSON, UH, NEWARK RESIDENT, ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENT CONCERNED CITIZEN.
UH, THE PROBLEM IS OUTDATED LEADERSHIP, BUT, UH, THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THAT AUDIENCE RESIDENTS IS TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO COME NOVEMBER.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGING OR LETTING US KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD OUR CONCERNS AND HAVE BEEN A LITTLE PROACTIVE.
UM, I I, I WANNA ADDRESS, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, IF YOU SAID THE JAIL WAS CLEAN, UM, I MUST'VE BEEN SICK THAT DAY 'CAUSE UH, YOU KNOW,
UM, LET'S, LET'S DEAL WITH A COUPLE OF ISSUES ABOUT THE JAIL.
FOR ONE, THE JAIL SHOULDN'T BE WHERE IT IS.
IT'S ON A SUPERFUND SITE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BUILT THERE AND THE JAIL IS SINKING.
UM, THERE'S ALSO ONE WAY IN THE REUSS AVENUE, ONE WAY OUT THE REUSS AVENUE, GOD FORBID A NATURAL DISASTER OCCURS.
WE ARE SCREWED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MAJOR POWER PLANTS WITHIN THE ONE MILE RADIUS.
YOU HAVE A TRAIN TRACK THAT CROSSES TRAFFIC, WHICH HOLDS UP TRAFFIC FOR HOURS.
GOD FORBID THERE'S A CATASTROPHIC INCIDENT.
EMERGENCY SERVICE EMS, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES FOR THEM TO RESPOND TO THAT LOCATION SOMEONE LIVES IS IN DANGER.
BUT AGAIN, NEWARK AND ESSEX COUNTY POLITICS HAVE US WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE JAIL.
PLEASE DON'T CONFUSE ME WITH TELLING YOU THIS WITH THE FACT THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO DO.
AND I GET THAT SOME OF YOU ALL MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THERE OR BEEN A PART OF THE DECISION FOR THE JAIL TO BE THERE, BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD AND WHEN THERE'S GONNA BE, THERE'S GONNA BE A NEED FOR A SERIOUS CONVERSATION.
IF WE CONTINUE ON THE PATH THAT WE'RE CONTINUING ON, THEY'VE JUST BUILT TWO MASSIVE WAREHOUSES WITHIN THAT FACILITY.
THE GROUND IS RAISED AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR FEET WHILE THE JAIL CONTINUALLY DROPS.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD PROBLEMS WITH S STORM SANITY.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA IS CRITICAL, IS GOD FORBID, CATASTROPHIC INCIDENT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CASUALTIES.
THE AIR QUALITY IN THE JAIL SUCKS.
THE ROOF, I DON'T EVEN WANNA GET STARTED ON THAT.
NOT SURE WHAT YOU SAW, BUT WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS THEY CLAIM THEY DID OR FIXES THEY CLAIM THEY DID, WE JUST LEAVE THAT WHERE IT IS.
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SOLID MAJORITY IS WAKING UP.AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S GONNA COME A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE, AND I'M GONNA END WITH THIS.
THIS AIN'T JUST ABOUT THE CONTRACT.
WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF A CRISIS IN THIS COUNTY.
WELL, WELL, WELL, YOU GUYS DON'T GET IT.
DO YOU REALIZE THAT WE HAVE EIGHT COUNTIES IN THAT YOUTH HOUSE.
WHAT TOUR OF YOU TOOK EIGHT COUNTIES IN THAT WE CAN'T EVEN GET HE BEEN GO SMITH STREET.
HOW YOU GOT KIDS FROM GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN ESSEX COUNTY.
HOW? AND WE SIT THERE AND ALLOW THAT 'CAUSE JOE SO GREEDY FOR MONEY.
HOW MUCH MONEY Y'ALL MADE OUT THE OFF THE ICE PRISONERS? YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.
'CAUSE Y'ALL NOT WATCHING NO MONEY.
THAT'S WHY HE WAS CRYING WHEN THE FOLKS FROM OUT OF TOWN CAME IN HERE.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A BIG CHECK FOR JOE.
BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE FEDERAL MONEY Y'ALL BRINGING IN AT THAT JAIL.
FIRST OF ALL, IF I HEAR Y'ALL SAY ONE MORE REPAIR AT THAT JAIL, REALLY SERIOUSLY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO HUG Y'ALL FIRST.
AND WE GONNA FIGHT IN THAT OUT HERE.
THAT JAIL NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN.
THAT JAIL WAS NEVER BUILT PROPERLY.
THE JAIL OVERRUN WAS OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE MAN WHO WAS THE GC, HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AN OVERLOOKED WITH MY SON'S FATHER.
AND WHEN THE JAIL DOORS WOULDN'T CLOSE BEFORE IT EVEN OPENED, I HEARD HIM NEGOTIATING WITH ESSEX COUNTY ON HOW MUCH THE NEW DOORS WAS GOING.
WE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE 'EM PAY FOR THE CONTRACTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL DOING.
DO Y'ALL UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU GO VISIT SOMETHING, THEY TAKE YOU WHERE THEY WANNA TAKE YOU
THEY DIDN'T TAKE YOU IN THE CELLS WITH A BADGE COMING APART OR Y'ALL SERIOUS? Y'ALL DUNNO HOW JOE DO THIS.
AND THEN THE MOMENT YOU VOTE, NOTICE SOMETHING WHICH Y'ALL NEVER DO.
SEE IF Y'ALL REALLY WAS FOR THESE EMPLOYEES OR YOUR UNION.
BECAUSE YOU WOULD'VE VOTED DOWN THIS ENTIRE AGENDA TONIGHT.
BUT YOU WON'T DO IT BECAUSE YOU CONTROLLED.
YOU'RE BOUGHT, YOU'RE BOSS, YOU'RE NOT INDEPENDENT.
I DARE YOU TO SHOW THE RESIDENTS AND I DARE YOU TO SHOW THE TAXPAYERS TELL YOU WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
WHAT YOU THE MONEY THEM FOR SEVEN YEARS Y'ALL PAY.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN GET A CHECK FOR HAZARD PAY $25,000 PER OFFICER.
I GOT TO BREAK DOWN FROM DC 'CAUSE I FILED THE COMPLAINT.
BUT YOU CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS TO PEOPLE.
WHAT ABOUT THE BODY IN WEAK WAY PARK? OH YEAH.
WHEN DID THEY DUMP MALIK IN THERE? WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE RUNNING IN THAT PARK IN THE MORNING.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF SPACE THEY HAD TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? COME ON Y'ALL.
SO LASTLY, I WANT YOU TO GET THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THEY FOOD STAMPS, THE ACTUAL NUMBER.
I WANT YOU TO GET THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FIRST TIME.
BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW IS THEY'RE DENYING PEOPLE BENEFITS THAT APPLIED FROM LAST YEAR.
I'M GONNA END WITH THIS AND THEN MAKING THEM REAPPLY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT RECEIVING THEIR BENEFITS? THE REAL NUMBER.
OKAY, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE NEW PEOPLE.
EVERYBODY JUST, JUST ASK A QUESTION, RIGHT? AND THEN I SEND YOU THE NUMBER, SIR.
FOR YOU TO CALL DCA TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH Y'ALL JUST PAID THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR VIOLATING THE PROCESS AS IS OUR UH, PRACTICE.
YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I GOT YOU.
AND YOU HAVE ANSWERED ME THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES.
THAT WAS MORE SO FOR YOU GUYS TO STOP TAKING WHAT THE COUNTY GIVES YOU AND TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE THAT THAT'S YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT, MADAM COURT, LET THE RECORD REFLECT.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR HEARING NONE? I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.