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THIS SHOW YOU? I'M NOT AT ALL, JUST 30 SECONDS.
THIS SPEEDING OF THE ASES COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS HEREBY CALL INTO ORDER.
THIS STATING IS BEING LIVE STREAMED IN THE, IN ADDITION TO TAKING PLACE IN PERSON.
UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
UH, COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS.
HERE PLEASE STAND FOR THE S OF THE FLAG.
AND I'M GONNA ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER RICHARD TO, TO LEAD IN THE SALUTE PLEASE.
PLED TO LEAD TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO WE LOST, UH, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
IN PARTICULAR FOR OUR VERY OWN KATE HARTWICK, WHO LOST HER FATHER, UH, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE CAME TOGETHER.
I HAVE YOU FOR ME CERTIFICATION FROM THE CLERK.
NOW THIS MEETING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF TRANSCRIPTS.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY TRANSCRIPTS TO BE APPROVED? UH, MR. PRESIDENT? THERE ARE NONE.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION? NO.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, TONIGHT'S MEETING IS A COMBINED CONFERENCE BOARD MEETING AND WE'LL VOTE ON EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THERE WILL BE TIME LATER IN THE EVENING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OTHER ITEMS. SO I ASK YOU PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
I'M WITH THE MONTCLAIR BIKE BUS.
WE ARE A GROUP OF PARENTS IN MONTCLAIR THAT LEAD WEEKLY RIDES TO SCHOOL FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE TONIGHT IS TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 19, WHICH IS CONSENTING TO THE SPEED LIMIT ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN MONTCLAIR.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO ME IN MY TIME WITH THE BIKE BUS IS THAT STREET SAFETY IS A REAL PROBLEM IN ESSEX COUNTY.
UM, IT'S NOT SAFE, UM, TO BE ON OUR STREETS MOST OF THE TIME.
IN PARTICULAR, THAT'S TRUE OF COUNTY ROADS.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE TOWN GOVERNMENT OF MONTCLAIR AND HELPING TO GET THEM TO LOWER SPEED LIMITS ON MONTCLAIR TOWN ROADS, AND WE ASK ESSEX COUNTY TO DO THE SAME, UM, TO PASS A 25 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON COUNTY ROADS WITHIN MONTCLAIR.
UM, NOT UNDER ANY DELUSIONS THAT CHANGING SPEED LIMIT SIGNS WILL MAGICALLY GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN, BUT IT IS A FIRST STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THERE IS NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES ON INTRODUCTION AND FOR PROCEEDINGS.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTIONS, UH, FOR INTRODUCTION OR FOR PROCEEDING? NO.
MADAM COURT, WE MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR LISTING PURPOSES ONLY.
DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE, MADAM CLERK, OR RESOLUTION FOR LISTING PURPOSES ONLY? NO.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE OF RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
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AND PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT? YES.ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH 2024 DASH 0 0 1 ORDINANCE O DASH 2024 DASH 0 0 0 0 2 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH 20 24 0 0 0 3.
COURT, LET'S MOVE ORDINANCE NUMBER O 2024 DASH 0 0 1 AND IT'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
AT THIS POINT, I HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH 2024 DASH 0 0 0 1.
AND IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CREW WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
ANYONE? MR. PAUL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, I HAVE A COMMENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS AT THE, UM, WHEN THEY NAMED THE, UM, TECHNOLOGY ROOM, I WAS THERE AND IT WAS VERY, VERY NICE.
I TRIED THE, UH, THE GOGGLES ON AND, UH, FELT LIKE I WAS REALLY PUTTING ON A ROOF.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY IS, IS VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY IT WAS VERY NICE TO, TO BE THERE WITH HIS FAMILY AND EVERYTHING, AND SAM WAS SUCH A NICE GUY AND HE'S TRULY MISSED.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BROWN.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONS? LET ME RECOGNIZE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER HAS JOIN US.
COMMISSIONER, DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE ZERO DASH 2024 DASH 0 0 0 1.
SECOND, MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM, DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVER AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE? YES.
ROLL CALL MAD COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT HAMA? YES.
I HEREBY DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO, I'M SORRY, OH DASH 2024 DASH 0 0 0 2 OPEN.
AS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME, AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK IF ANYONE FOR THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
MR. PARLO, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON? YES.
UM, THIS IS, UH, A REALLY WONDERFUL THING TO DO FOR MR. MORRIS WHO ACTUALLY PLAYED HOT WARN FOOTBALL IN THOSE FIELDS, AND NOW HE'S THE COACH OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS.
SO JUST A KID FROM NEWARK WHO GREW UP PLAYED IN THOSE FIELDS TO HAVE IT NAMED AFTER HIMSELF IS REALLY, UH, ONE GREW UP PLAYED IN THOSE FIELDS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS.
JUST ECHOING THOSE SENTIMENTS I SHARED AT THE LAST MEETING.
I GREW UP IN WESTWARD IN THE SOUTH BOARD OF NEWARK, AND SO I REMEMBER PLAYING T-BALL AT THIS PARK AND JUST SEEING HOW HOW THE PARK HAS EVOLVED, UM, BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OVER THE YEARS IS NOTHING SHORT OF MAGNIFICENT.
AND SO TO SEE IT BE NAMED AND HONORED AFTER RAHE SOMEONE WHO EQUALLY HAS JUST AS MANY, UH, TIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND GIVES BACK SO MUCH TO OUR CITY AND TO, UH, THIS COUNTRY THROUGH HIS WORK IN FOOTBALL, IS TRULY AN HONOR.
SO JUST, UH, REALLY PROUD OF US FOR THIS WORK AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW THAT PART CAN CONTINUE TO INSPIRE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME 'CAUSE OF HIS LEGACY.
COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU COMMENTS.
COMMISSIONER, DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE ZERO, I'M SORRY, O DASH 2024 DASH 0 0 0 0 2 MOVE.
SO MOVED, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER RICHARDS AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KEL.
THIS, UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROOM.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME MOVER AND SECOND TO AYE.
WE'LL HAVE TO SAY MOVER AND SECOND TO MOVE THE ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU MR. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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UH, COMMISSIONER UH, SIEBEL? YES.COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT OMAS? YES.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
I HEREBY DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING ON COORDINATE NUMBER O DASH 2024 DASH 0 0 0 0 3.
UH, DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, SEEING KNOWN FROM THE AUDIENCE.
MR. PARLA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A COMMENT THAT, UM, THIS FEE SCHEDULE WAS DISCUSSED AT A PRIOR MEETING.
THERE WAS, UH, A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PROVIDED BY REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, SO IT WAS, UH, FULLY VETTED, UH, ON FIRST READING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
DO WE ALSO SET THIS AT THE PARK? MR. JACKSON, CAN YOU ADDRESS THOSE? UM, ACTUALLY I WOULD DEFER TO MR. ZAS.
MR. ZAS MAKING AN EARLY APPEARANCE TONIGHT.
THAT'S COUNTY PARKS, UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT? UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES NOT SET THOSE RATES SINCE THAT'S, UH, THAT FACILITY'S LEASED OUT THE, UH, THE TENANT, WHICH SET THOSE RATES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER GI? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, JUST WANT TO THREE, MR. PRESIDENT, UM, THANK THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, AND THE DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE PROFIT VERSUS NON-PROFIT DISTINCTION, UH, AND THE USE OF OUR FACILITIES AND IN THE RATES, UM, AS WE, UH, CONTINUE TO SEE THE PROLIFERATION OF FOR-PROFIT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO UTILIZE, UH, OUR FACILITIES AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUALLY TO SPEAK UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NONPROFITS, UM, HAVE, UH, EQUITY AND A FAIR SHOT.
THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR SENSITIVITY FOR THAT.
I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE AS A NONPROFIT GUY, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP ANY OTHER COMPANIES.
COMMISSIONER SIEBEL, I'LL MOVE IT ALL.
DO I HAVE A SOMEONE TO A MOVER AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE ZERO.
OWE THAT 2024 DASH 0 0 0 3 MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBEL, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVER AND SECOND TO MOVE THE ORDINANCE? YES.
ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT FERMA? YES.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS AND I'M GONNA TAKE, UH, THIS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER TODAY BECAUSE I'M GONNA MAKE SOMEONE'S NIGHT.
HOW ARE YOU, SIR? I'M FINE, MR. PRESIDENT, HOW ARE YOU? UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO NUMBER 16, 17, AND 18 SO WE CAN MEET MRS. NATE HERE.
YOU GOT ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? YES, I KNOW.
IS THAT PERHAPS NOT HAPPY? NOT A GOOD TAKE, MR. IMPRESS.
ALRIGHT, MR. SO, MR. ZAS, WELCOME.
FOR THE ROGER, PLEASE NAME, AFFILIATION, AND LET'S GO FROM 16 TO 17 AND 18.
UH, JOSHUA ZAS ES COUNTY PARKS, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS LIKE, UH, CHRISTMAS, MY BIRTHDAY, AND HANUKKAH ALL WROTE INTO ONE.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THIS IS THE AGREEMENT FOR BOTH NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE BUDGET INSERTION FOR THE GROVE PROJECT OVER AT BRUNSWICK PARK, AS WELL AS, UH, NUMBER 16, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL AWARDING OF THE PROJECT.
UM, IN A NUTSHELL, THIS AGREEMENT JUST BASICALLY SAYS THAT, UM, GRANTSBURG PARK ALLIANCE IS THE, UH, GRANTEE FOR, UH, THESE GREEN ACRES FUNDS AND THAT THEY'LL TURN THE, THE MONIES OVER TO THE COUNTY ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
NUMBER 17 IS AN AMENDMENT TO A SUB-GRANT AGREEMENT TO THE TWO TH 2020 OPEN SPACE, UH, LOCALLY GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, IF THE COMMISSIONERS CAN REMEMBER BACK, UH, TO 2020, THERE WAS A LOCAL AID, UH, FUNDING CYCLE THROUGH THE ESTA COUNTY RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND.
EACH MUNICIPALITY IN ESSEX RECEIVED $150,000 GRANT.
UH, AT THE TIME, CALDWELL WAS AWARDED THE GRANT FOR THE HARRISON SCHOOL FIELD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
LATER ON THAT YEAR, CALDWELL REQUESTED THAT THE PROJECT SCOPE BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE AN ACQUISITION.
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ACQUISITION IS NO LONGER FEASIBLE.SO CALDWELL, UH, HAS REQUESTED THAT THE SCOPE BE MOVED TO THEIR ORIGINAL, UH, GRANT APPLICATION, WHICH WAS THE HARRISON FIELD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
SINCE THESE MONIES WERE ALLOCATED FROM THE TRUST FUND, UH, THE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD HAD TO FIRST APPROVE IT, AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT TO THE COMMISSIONER BOARD.
NUMBER 18 IS A AUTHORIZATION TO USE THE ESSEX COUNTY RECREATION OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND TO FUND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000.
UH, THIS IS A ALLOCATION WE'VE REQUESTED IN THE PAST.
UH, BASICALLY IT'S TO, TO HANDLE, TO BE THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR VARIOUS LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS THAT THE PARK SYSTEM, UM, HAS VENDORS FOR, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE PAST.
AND MOST LIKELY THIS TIME IT'LL BE USED FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AT BRANCH BROOK, BROOKDALE, GLENFIELD, PRESBY ANDERSON, YCA MONTE IRVIN, ORANGE PARK, VETERANS PARK.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
MR. PARLO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST ONE JOSHUA DOING OF THE YEAR, UM, GREEN ACRES PROGRAM GRANT WITH A, UH, A, UH, UH, WITH A PARK ALLIANCE OR A CONSERVANCY GROUP.
COULD YOU JUST GO THROUGH THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD SURE.
UM, SO BASICALLY WHEN GREEN ACRES ANNOUNCED THE FUNDING CYCLE, THERE'S TWO POOLS OF MONEY.
ONE POOL OF MONEY IS FOR GOVERNMENTS, AND THE SECOND POOL OF MONEY IS FOR NONPROFITS.
UM, OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS COME UP WITH, UH, A GREAT PLAN WHERE WE CAN, UH, APPLY FOR MONIES, OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE COUNTY, AND THEN, UH, WE PARTNER WITH VARIOUS NONPROFITS SO WE CAN GO AFTER THOSE NONPROFIT DOLLARS AS WELL.
UH, ONCE THOSE GRANTS ARE AWARDED, WE ENTER INTO A, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE VARIOUS NONPROFITS.
AND BASICALLY, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S BASICALLY JUST SAYING THAT ONCE THE PROJECT'S COMPLETED AND THE NONPROFIT IS REIMBURSED THE MONEY, UM, THEY WOULD TURN THE MONEY OVER TO THE COUNTY.
UM, NUMBER 17 AND 18 WERE FULLY DISCUSSED AT THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD MEETING ON JANUARY 25TH, AND WE TOTALLY AGREED WITH THESE PROJECTS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT SO THAT IT COULD COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER? MR. PRESIDENT? COMMISSIONER MECADO? YES.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR JOSH.
THE, THE BRANCH GROUP PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE STEVE ABADO COMPLEX AND THE ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATUE? UH, JOSHUA S EIGHT S COUNTY PARKS, UH, THREE.
UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS OR THE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT? NUMBER 16, THE IMPROVEMENT? UH, YEAH.
NUMBER 16, THIS IS FOR, UH, WHAT'S AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE GROVE OVER IN BRUNSWICK PARKS SPECIFICALLY.
IT'S, UH, THE CORNER OF HELLER PARKWAY AND BRUNCHWICK PARK DRIVE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE ALTHEA GIBSON, UH, TENNIS COURTS.
THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO JUST A, JUST A MESSAGE TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT, UM, THE STEVE ABADO COMPLEX NEEDS SOME ATTENTION AS WELL AS THE STATUE OF ROBERTO CLEMENTE, WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIALIZED, UH, I GUESS CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE.
AND IF THEY CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, IT WILL BE MUCH DEPRECIATED.
UH, MR. Z, CAN YOU BRING THAT MESSAGE BACK TO, UH, CERTAINLY.
I, I WILL DEFINITELY BRING IT BACK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER, DO I HAVE A MOVER FOR 16, 17, AND 18? COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD.
SO MOVE, UH, COMMISSIONER MERCADO.
NINE O'CLOCK ON 16, 17 AND 18.
COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
THANK YOU FOR THE EARLY NIGHT WITH ALL THE FREE TIME YOU HAVE MAY, YOU MAY HAVE TIME TO POND THE WITH YOUR FAVOR.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
LET'S, UH, LET'S DO NUMBER ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADDED STARTER.
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MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.UH, ITEM ONE IS AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE CITY OF NEWARK FOR THE COUNTY TO, UM, UH, PRO PROVIDE FOR ITS, UH,
THIS IS GOING TO OUR DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AND THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $500,000.
AND THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS, UH, AID, WE'RE ABOUT 30 CLIENTS.
UH, ITEM TWO, UH, ALSO TO OUR COMMUNITY DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION.
THIS IS, UH, $384,321, UH, TO THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE THE, THE CONTRACTS FOR LATER.
UM, THERE'S $308,000 THAT'S GOING DIRECTLY TO THE ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY $76,000 THAT COMES TO THE COUNTY FOR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
ITEM THREE, UM, TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, $500,000 THAT, UH, MR. ZAS WAS REFERRING TO, UH, EARLIER.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE, UM, THE GROVE PROJECT, AND WE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTING THIS, UH, FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $844,000 THROUGH OUR, THROUGH THE, UH, A RP, UH, FUNDING.
UH, ITEM FOUR, UH, TO OUR COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION, SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTIONS.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, UH, AN AGREE, UH, UH, AN AGREEMENT OR TEMPORARY MERGER APPROPRIATION FOR SEAL ASSET TRACKING MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TRACK VOTING MACHINES AT ALL OF OUR ELECTION LOCATIONS.
UM, AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL RE REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND THERE IS NO, NO COUNTY MATCH.
ITEM FIVE, UM, ALSO ARE THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK.
SIMILARLY, THIS IS FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR 2023 GENERAL ELECTION, UH, UH, EXPENSES, UH, AND THIS IS A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $48,798 AND 30 CENTS.
UH, AND THERE IS NO MATCH ITEM SIX, UH, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AS WELL, AND THE AMOUNT OF $33,313 AND 69 CENTS.
THIS IS REIMBURSEMENT FOR PRINTING AND POSTAGE FOR THE 2023 VOTE BY MAIL, UH, NOTICE AND AGAIN, NO COUNTY MATCH.
UM, ITEM SEVEN, UH, FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,434 AND 53 CENTS.
THIS IS FOR, UH, BODY ARMOR, AND THIS WILL PROVIDE ABOUT, UH, SEVEN, UH, VEST.
UM, JUST AS AN UPDATE, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT, UH, VEST AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, FOR OUR JUVENILE DEF DETENTION CENTER.
UH, TOTAL OF 104 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN FITTED AS OF THE 5TH OF FEBRUARY.
THE REMAINING OFFICERS, 38 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO REPORT TO ATLANTA UNIFORM, UH, THIS PAST WEEK.
AND THERE THAT'S MOVING AHEAD AND THE FINAL ORDER WILL BE DONE ON, UH, TWO NINE ON TODAY, 2 9 24.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ORDERED APPROXIMATELY 140 VEST OUT OF ITS OWN BUDGET.
UM, THIS WAS WHERE ALL THE OFFICERS WHO WERE PASSED DUE, UH, WHO WERE PASSED THE FIVE YEAR EXPIRATION POINT.
UH, AND THERE'LL ALSO BE NEXT, UH, OUR NEXT MEETING.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A GRANT, UH, INSERTION ON, ON THEIR NEXT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER MEETING PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
THIS GRANT WILL COVER, UH, SEVEN NEW VEST, AS I MENTIONED, AND ANOTHER 40 VESTS WILL BE PURCHASED THROUGH THEIR, UH, THE PROSECUTOR'S TRUST ACCOUNT.
UM, ALL VESTS, UH, WITH USEFUL LIFE.
OTHER VESTS HAVE USEFUL LIFETIME FRAMES, UH, REMAINING OUR CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT.
UH, I THINK THERE WERE, I, I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME.
UH, IT WAS LIKE A HUNDRED AND 150 WE'RE DONE.
UH, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED THEIR, UM, VEST, REFIT, REFITTED WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ATLANTIC AS WELL TO GET THOSE REFITTED.
SO WE'RE PER, I WOULD SAY WE'RE UP TO DATE ON, UM, NEW VEST.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY RUN OUT OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
UH, THEY WILL BE REFITTED AND REPLACED.
AND MRS. JOHNSON, YOU STATED THAT AS A GRANT INSERTION FOR THE NEXT MEETING? YES.
THERE'LL BE A, THERE'LL BE A GRANT INSERTION.
UM, I'M NOT, UH, WHERE IS THAT? THAT'S FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THAT'LL BE COMING UP FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PRETTY UP TO DATE WITH THAT.
UH, AND FINALLY, ITEM 52 IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,114,480.
THIS IS, UH, MONEY FROM THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE GFK PARKWAY CULVERT OVER THE PASSAIC RIVER AND THE BLOOMFIELD AVENUE CULVERT O CULVERT OVER THE, UH, PASSAIC RIVER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND 52? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND 52? SEEING NONE, DO I HAVE A MOVER MOTION, SIR? SECOND VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON.
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CALL CLERK COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT OMA? YES.
OKAY, MR. JACKSON, WHY DON'T WE DO EIGHT THROUGH 11? THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, SIR.
MR. MCCOY WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. GOOD EVENING, MR. MCCOY.
TERRENCE MCCOY, DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION.
I'M HERE BEFORE YOU SEEKING APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION TO CONTRACT FOR OUR RENEWAL OF OUR THREE SUBCONTRACTED AGENTS ENTITLEMENT AGENCIES THROUGH OUR CSBG CAP SERVICES TO FOR CONTINUED SERVICES FOR THIS YEAR FOR OUR IMPOVERISHED, UH, CONSTITUENTS IN ESS COUNTY, EXCLUDING NEWARK TO CONTINUE THESE SERVICES ON WITH THE THREE CAP AGENCIES OF EIGHT, UH, EIGHT, NINE, AND 10.
THAT'S TIED INTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR THE BUDGET INSERTION.
THE, UH, FIRST AGENCY IS OUR IRVINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION OUT OF THE IRVINGTON TOWNSHIP.
THE SECOND AGENCY IS JOYCE ANGEL, LOCATED IN EAST ORANGE, AND NUMBER 10 IS MONTCLAIR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LOCATED IN MONTCLAIR.
THESE AGENCIES ARE VERY WELL EQUIPPED WITH PROVIDING THESE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE DONE VERY WELL OVER THE YEARS.
AND THIS WILL BE JUST THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING, AS I WILL BE MOST LIKELY.
WE BE BACK IN BEFORE YOU IN MAY OR JUNE TO AMEND THEIR GRANTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THESE AGENCIES.
AND MR. JACKSON, ARE YOU DOING NUMBER 11? UH, YES.
UH, THIS IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CITIZEN SERVICES.
THIS IS A 24 MONTH EXTENSION OPTION, UH, TO DELIVER TO FURNISH AND DELIVER VETERAN FLAGS TO THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $31,464.
AGAIN, THIS IS A TWO YEAR EXTENSION.
UM, IT'LL PROVIDE FOR 16,500 FLAGS, UH, PER YEAR, UH, WHICH COMES OUT TO 95 CENTS PER FLAG.
UM, AND, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, THESE FLAGS ARE MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ACTUALLY ASSEMBLED IN NEW JERSEY.
I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THEM BEING MADE SOMEWHERE.
UH, MR. POLL YOU ANY QUESTIONS ON EIGHT THROUGH 11? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS ON EIGHT THROUGH 11.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE GREAT JOB THE DEPARTMENT RELATED SERVICES PROGRAM UNDER, SO I APPRECIATE THAT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT ONE ORGANIZATION HAD THE CHALLENGES YOU GUYS HAVE UPON SOMEONE ELSE AND YOU DID THAT SOMEONE COMMIT YOU OR GOING, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? SEEING NONE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
WROTE CALL CLERK ON EIGHT THREE ELEVEN.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT REMARKS? YES.
MR. JOHNSON, LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 12.
MR. MARTINEZ WILL HANDLE, UH, THIS ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR ESSEX COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES COMMISSION.
TODAY WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR A CONTRACT WITH NEWARK MUNICIPAL, UH, COURT FOR THE, UH, TRUANCY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM AND FOR THE AMOUNT OF 87,444, WENT 4 44 $1,000, AND FOR THE CONTRACT YEAR OF 2023.
BACK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, MR. MARTINEZ, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A, UH, FUNDING FOR A PROGRAM RUN BY THE NEWARK MUNICIPAL COURT, BUT, UH, IS THERE ANY COUNTY PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THIS? NO, SIR.
QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 12? DO I HAVE A MOVER? SECOND.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT SECOND BY.
COMMISSIONER GRAHAM ON THE SECOND ROLL CALL, NOT QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS? YES.
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RICHARDSON? YES.COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
LET'S MOVE ON TO 13 AND 14, WHICH FOR ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK MR. PRESIDENT.
MR. DELGAUDIO WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. GOOD EVENING, MR. DELGAUDIO.
UH, FRANK DELGAUDIO, UH, COUNTY RISK MANAGER.
UH, RESOLUTION, I BELIEVE IT'S RE RESOLUTION 13.
UM, RESOLUTION 13 IS THE RENEWAL WITH AFFILIATED FM INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE PROPERTY COVERAGE ONLY AT THE ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
UM, THEN RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, 14 IS A RENEWAL OF THE EXCESS FLOOD INSURANCE.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, UM, BACK DURING HURRICANE SANDY, THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SUFFERED A LITTLE OVER $8 MILLION IN FLOOD DAMAGE.
SO THE PRIMARY POLICY THROUGH AFFILIATED FM ONLY COVERS UP TO 5 MILLION.
SO TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIVE AND 10 MILLION, WE WOULD GO OUT AND BUY EXCESS FLOOD COVERAGE.
UH, ON THIS RENEWAL, MR. DELGAUDIO, IS THERE AN INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEAR ON ON BOTH OF THESE? ABSOLUTELY.
THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, IT WAS KIND OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
IT'S REALLY HOW MUCH TIME, UM, UH, SO FOR THE MAIN PROPERTY COVERAGE, SO WHAT HAPPENED IS EVERY YEAR YOU GO OUT FOR RENEWAL, THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION INCREASES, INFLATION GOES UP.
SO ALL OF THOSE FACTORS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, I BELIEVE, ON OUR BEHALF, SINCE WE REALLY ONLY HAD ONE MARKET THAT CAN HANDLE THIS CAPACITY.
UM, THE VALUES FOR THE JAIL WENT UP BY 2.6%.
SO THE TOTAL VALUE OF THAT WE ARE INSURING AT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS 485,000,304 $459.
SO THAT HAS GONE UP ORIGINALLY FROM AN ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION COST THAT WAS DOWN IN THE 300 MILLION RANGE.
UM, SO OVERALL WITH BOTH COVERAGES COMBINED, IT, IT REPRESENTS A 7.8% INCREASE.
THE MARKET'S BEEN SEEING ABOUT A 10% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, A LITTLE LESS OF AN INCREASE WE SAW ON THE ACTUAL PROPERTY COVERAGE, A LITTLE MORE INCREASE ON THE FLOOD BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO BRING IN A SECOND CARRIER TO PICK UP THE SECOND LAYER OF THE 2.5 MILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS ON 13 AND 14? DO I HAVE A MOVER? I'LL MOVE.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER VOTE.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT OMA? YES.
LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 15, WHICH IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, SIMPLY A TIME EXTENSION ONLY REQUEST FOR, UH, 11 PROJECTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THESE, UH, THESE, UH, PROJECTS, UH, STARTED ANYWHERE FROM 2018 TO 2022.
ALL STARTED, UM, BUT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO FINISH.
UH, THERE'S $1.8 MILLION IN GRANTS INVOLVED OF WHICH, UM, UH, POINT $800,000 HAS BEEN SPENT.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER MILLION DOLLAR, UH, BALANCE.
UH, BUT THESE PROJECTS ARE MOVING ALONG IN DUE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND OTHERS, THEY JUST NEED MORE TIME TO COMPLETE THEM.
UH, MR. JACKSON, IS IT CORRECT THAT THIS IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF TIME, NOT ADDITIONAL MONEY INTO THESE PROJECTS, UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 15? DO I HAVE A MOVER MOVE BY COMMISSIONER BOL? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT OMA? YES.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, NUMBER 19 THROUGH 22 AT 53 RULE 55.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. ANTONIO IS GONNA HANDLE THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 19 IS, UH, RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO AN ORDINANCE APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTCLAIR, WHICH REDUCES THE SPEED LIMIT ALONG UPPER MOUNTAIN AVENUE BETWEEN JEROME PLACE AND
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THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY OF LITTLE FALLS.FROM 30 MILES AN HOUR TO 25 MILES AN HOUR, THE COUNTY WILL INSTALL THE NEW SPEED LIMIT SIGNAGE ALONG THIS SEGMENT OF UPPER MOUNTAIN AVENUE.
ITEM NUMBER 20 IS AN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO CN CONSTRUCTION TO CONSTRUCT THE GROVE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN BROOK PARK IN THE CITY OF NEWARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,344,000.
CN CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE SIX BITS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROJECT'S ADVERTISEMENT.
THIS PROJECT WILL LAST 270 DAYS.
UH, AMONGST THE SCOPE OF WORK OR ITEMS LIKE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCLUDE STONE AND ASPHALT PAVING, UH, STONE STEPS, UH, FIELD STONE WALLS, UH, WITH STONE COPING.
UH, THERE WILL BE CUSTOM STONE AND METAL SITE FURNISHINGS AS WELL AS, UH, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS IN AWARD CONTRACT TO HAGUES SERVICE CORPORATION TO PERFORM THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT 50 SOUTH CLINTON STREET IN EAST ORANGE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $331,000.
THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT EXCEED 180 DAYS HA SERVICES CORPORATION SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE FIVE BIDS RECEIVED.
MR. TOM SOLOMON OF HAGUE SERVICE, UH, WILL INTRODUCE HIS FIRM AT THIS TIME AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SUPPORT MAY HAVE.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGER FOR HAGUE SERVICE CORPORATION.
UH, WE'RE LOCATED IN ROUTE 22 IN GREEN BROOK, NEW JERSEY.
UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOR 30 YEARS, UH, AND WE'RE AN ALARM CONTRACTOR WORKING FOR VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES.
SOMERSET COUNTY, OCEAN COUNTY, COUNTY, AT VARIOUS POINTS IN TIME AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE VENDOR HERE.
UH, MR. BECK, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE VENDOR? I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE VENDOR WHILE HE'S HERE? THANK YOU.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 22 IS A CHANGE ORDER TO JOHNSTON COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS EXISTING CONTRACT TO INSTALL THE ACCESS CONTROL RELEASE UPGRADES AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN NEWARK.
THIS CHANGE ORDER WILL NOT EXCEED $21,139 AND WILL INCREASE THE TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT TO $170,681, WHICH IS ABOUT A 14% INCREASE OVER THE ORIGINAL AWARDED CONTRACT.
THIS CHANGE ORDER IS REQUIRED FOR ADDITIONAL WORK, INCLUDING PARTS AND LABOR NECESSARY FOR THE UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACCESS CONTROL RELEASE SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE DOOR RELEASE, UH, HARDWARE AND THE, UH, FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS. NUMBER 53 IS A, UH, MODIFICATION TO THE 2021 ANNUAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IN ORDER TO FUND PROJECTS NOT LISTED IN THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM PROJECT LIST WITH ALLOWABLE UNUSED MONIES.
THE PROJECT TO, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE AMENDED LIST IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT VALLEY STREET AND ARNOLD TERRACE IN SOUTH ORANGE.
ITEM NUMBER 54 APPROVES AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2022 ANNUAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, WHICH ADDS FOUR NEW PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED WITH AVAILABLE UNUSED FUNDS.
THE FOUR PROJECTS ARE FIRST THE INTERSECTION OF GOULD AVENUE AND MOUNTAIN AVENUE IN NORTH CALDWELL.
THAT WILL BE A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
UH, SECOND, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT WATCHING AVENUE PARK STREET AND WATCHING PLAZA IN MONTCLAIR.
THIRD WOULD BE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT VALLEY AND ARNOLD IN SOUTH ORANGE, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL FUNDS AS THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT.
AND FINALLY, TWO CULVERTS WOULD BE, UH, INCLUDED WOULD BE THE BUFORT AVENUE CULVERT OVER TO PACIFIC RIVER TRIBUTARY AND LIVINGSTON, AND THE BLOOMFIELD OVER THE PACIFIC RIVER TRIBUTARY IN WEST CALDWELL.
AND ITEM NUMBER 55 IS THE EXERCISING OF THE TWO YEAR EXTENSION OPTION ON THE EXISTING CONTRACT TO PROVIDE MECHANICAL SERVICES FOR THE REPAIR OF SES COUNTY FLEET VEHICLES.
THIS CONTRACT EXTENSION WILL NOT EXCEED $400,000 IN THE AGGREGATE AND WAS ORIGINALLY AWARDED
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TO THE FOUR LOWEST PITTERS, WHICH ARE ROUTE 23 AUTO MALL, TNA AIR BRAKE AND EQUIPMENT FERRARA TRANSMISSION, AND A LAMBO CAR AND HEAVY REPAIRS.THAT CONCLUDES, UH, QUESTION MR. PAUL.
THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 19 TO 22 AND 53 THROUGH 55? NO QUESTIONS FOR ME.
QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON, I HAVE A QUESTION ON, UH, NUMBER 20.
SO THIS CONTRACT IS ZN CONSTRUCTION.
OR AT THIS MOMENT? THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT HERE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, DO THEY EMPLOY ANY ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENCE? UH, I CAN CONTACT THE CONTRACTOR AND GO BACK TO THIS ADAM, TODAY DURING THIS MEETING.
SO LET'S MOVE, LET'S PULL THIS ONE OUT.
ALRIGHT, LET'S HOLD NUMBER 20 AND SEE IF MR. UH, YEAH, HE, HE SHOULD BE HERE PERHAPS MRS. TOKO.
NO, LET'S, LET'S HOLD THAT UP FOR A MOMENT.
IS THIS A NEW VENDOR? NO, IT'S NOT A NEW VENDOR.
I HAVE CAN I DON'T EXPECT IT TO KNOW PRECISELY.
CAN YOU GIVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY TIMES WORKING FOR FIVE OR SIX? FIVE OR SIX.
ANY, ANYTHING RECENTLY? UH, THE NEW SHERIFF'S, UH, COMMAND FACILITY OVER ON, UH, UP HERE AT PAIN SCHOOL? YEP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER GILL.
AND WHY DIDN'T YOU, UH, GO AHEAD.
UM, JUST, UM, UH, WORKING BACKWARDS ON THE, UM, ON THE EMERGENCY.
52 WAS IN THE BATCH THAT WE JUST, THERE WERE TWO CULVERTS, BUT WAS WAS 50, WAS 52 ADDRESSED? 52? I THINK IT WAS JUST A BUDGET.
UM, JUST ALTHOUGH IT'S A BUDGET INSERTION, ONE QUESTION, UM, PRETTY MUCH PRESENT.
IS THAT THE SAME, WE, WE HAD JUST DONE SOME, SOME WORK IN THAT, I BELIEVE, IN THAT AREA OF BLOOMFIELD RECENT.
IS THAT THE SAME CULBERT THAT WE WERE WORKING ON WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO? OR IS THIS A SEPARATE OR IS THIS AN EMERGENCY PROJECT? NEW PROJECT? IT'S A NEW PROJECT.
UM, MOVING TO, UM, MOVING TO NUMBER 19.
UM, SO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE ADMINISTRATION FOR, UM, FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE REQUEST OF THE, OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTCLAIR ON THIS.
ONE, UH, FOR FOLLOW UP, UH, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, UM, MONTCLAIR'S CURRENTLY, UM, UH, UNDERGOING A, A VISION, UM, ZERO, UM, PROCESS AND, AND PROGRAM, UM, WITH THE GOAL AND HOPE, I BELIEVE IT'S OUTSIDE OF WEST ORANGE, IS THE ONLY OTHER MUNICIPALITY THAT'S, UM, ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, WITH THE GOAL OF MAYBE DUPLICATING, UH, WHAT WAS ABLE TO BE DONE, UM, IN THE CITY OF HOBOKEN, WHICH WOULD BE TO BRING, UM, UH, ROAD FATALITIES DOWN TO ZERO, UM, BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, UH, TO ROAD, UH, SAFETY, UH, AND MANAGEMENT.
THE, I BELIEVE, UH, THAT THE ORDINANCE THAT CREATE THE LOCAL ORDINANCE, I BELIEVE THAT CREATED THAT.
UM, I, I SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
I BELIEVE THAT IT CALLED ACTUALLY FOR TWO COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES.
AND I DON'T THINK CURRENTLY WE HAVE A SECOND COUNTY REP.
SO THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, IF THAT'S THE CASE.
AND I, I, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S THE CASE.
I'M GONNA HAVE MY OFFICE DOUBLE CHECK, BUT IF THAT IS THE CASE, WOULD, UM, LOVE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OR ENGINEERING TO SERVE, UM, UH, ON THAT, UH, COMMITTEE AS WELL.
UM, OF COURSE, UM, UH, COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY SUPPORT THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, WANT TO COMMEND, I KNOW WE HEARD EARLIER FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, OF THE, THE BIKE BUS.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE BIKE BUS PROGRAM, IT'S, IT'S A TREMENDOUS PROGRAM, UM, UH, THAT, UM, ORGANIZES, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY RIDE OR WALK TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNINGS THROUGH CENTRALLY LOCATED POINTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, IS NOT JUST THAT IS DONE IN MONTCLAIR, BUT YOU KNOW, IS DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND COULD BE HOPEFULLY DUPLICATED IN, IN PLACES, UM, UH, ACROSS, UM, ACROSS OUR COUNTY.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND YOUNG PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM, UH, IN THIS SMALL STEP WE'RE TAKING TODAY, I THINK WILL ABSOLUTELY HELP, UH, IMPROVE, UH, THE OVERALL SAFETY, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR COUNTY.
UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JACKSON.
I KNOW IT'S STUCK AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT IT ALSO, WHICH WOULD
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BE ANOTHER THING IS THAT OUR, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT LIGHT AT WA HUNK AVENUE, WHICH, UM, SEEMS TO BE STUCK AT, UM, THE STATE LEVEL.UM, I MIGHT KNOW A STATE REP THAT I CAN CONTACT
UH, BUT, UH, I ALREADY HAVE, UH, CONTACTED THAT OFFICE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, ANYTHING WE COULD DO, UM, AT, ON THE, UM, ADMINISTRATION LEVEL TO TRY TO MOVE TO, OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE COULD DO AS A BOARD TO HELP TRY TO ADVOCATE THAT.
PLEASE, UH, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO LET US KNOW.
UM, AND, UH, AND, AND AGAIN, UM, UH, THANK AND VINCE, UH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS WORK IN THIS AREA.
UH, WE CONFER WITH YOUR, UH, WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND FOR YOUR GOOD WORK, UH, IN MONTCLAIR.
I REMEMBER IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT WE HAD A FATALITY.
I THINK IT WAS ON GROVE STREET.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE EFFORT TO SLOW THAT, THAT SPEED OF IT DOWN AND, UH, CERTAINLY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
SO I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE ON THAT.
MR. JACKSON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE, IN YOUR RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER GILL WITH RESPECT TO THE SEATS AT THE, UH, AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, IF YOU DON'T MIND COPYING MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER, SO WE CAN STAY IN THE LOOP OF THIS AND JUST KEEP IT POSTED, UH, COMMISSIONER GILL WITH WHATEVER ELSE WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOUR, UH, THANK YOU OFFICER.
MR. NOW I BELIEVE, UH, JUST BY LOOKING AT THIS POINT, LET ME, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN A MOMENT.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE Z NNN AT THIS POINT, UH, WHO JUST ARRIVED.
BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER, ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE? WHICH WOULD BE, AGAIN, YOU MAY REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY.
19 THROUGH 22, 53 TO 54 COMMISSION OF VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT FOR ITEMS 53 AND 54, I SEE THAT THERE, UM, ROADWAY RESURFACING, IS THERE LIKE A MATRIX OR, UM, SIMILAR TO LIKE THE OPEN SPACE REPORT THAT DETERMINES WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE THAT YOU DO YEAR OVER YEAR? LIKE WHAT STREETS GET, GET SURFACE? YES.
I'M SORRY, MR. PRECEDENT THERE IS SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE USE.
AND THEN, UM, IS THAT A DOCUMENT THAT'S LIKE POSTED ONLINE OR IT'S JUST INTERNALLY WITH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT? IT'S INTERNAL, I BELIEVE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LOOKED AT CENTRAL AVENUE? UM, FROM, UM, THE SURFACING, BUT ALSO FROM THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE AND NOT JUST IN THE EAST ORANGE APARTMENT TWO, LIKE THE SPEEDWAY POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON, UM, THE STREET IS DIFFERENT FROM TOWN TO TOWN.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I RECENTLY GOT A TICKET, UM, AND THE TOWN, LIKE, SO LITERALLY I SURVEYED FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP AND OBSERVE THAT.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW LIKE, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAKE A DETERMINATION OF HOW WE EVALUATE INDUSTRY, UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS, UM, IT SEEMS TO ME AT LEAST THAT THIS WILL HOLD FOR A, UH, SOMETHING LARGER THAN A SPOT FIX FOR THE CORRIDOR LONG STUDY AND ANALYSIS TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, NOT JUST ONE OR TWO INTERSECTIONS.
SO IT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING WE WOULD START WITH THE STUDY AND, UH, ANALYZE IMPACTS OF PERHAPS DECREASING OR INCREASING OR NORMALIZING, UH, THE SPEED LIMIT ACROSS THE CORRIDOR.
AND, AND, UM, IT'S THE SAME QUESTION FOR SCOTLAND ROAD AND EAST ORANGE.
I MEAN, NOT EAST ORANGE AND ORANGE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED VARIOUS TRAFFIC HOME FEATURES, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH THAT STREET ALMOST LIKE A HIGHWAY.
IT'S A MAJOR INTERSECTION FOR KIDS TO CROSS BACK AND FORTH ON.
AND ALTHOUGH WE'VE INSTALLED SOME THINGS, PEOPLE STILL AREN'T SLOWING DOWN.
NOW, WHEN I MOVE INTO THE SOUTH ORANGE AREA, UM, OF THAT SAME STREET, WE PUT SOME DIFFERENT KIND OF MEASURES IN.
WE PUT IN VINEYARD SPEED PUMPS TO SLOW THE PEOPLE DOWN, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE STREET IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER VERSUS IN THE ORANGE SIDE IS A FOUR LANE, TWO LANES, TWO LANES ON EACH SIDE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE SIX LANES, I GUESS IF, IF YOU CALL IT.
SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN, ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU COME OVER MAIN STREET ON THE STOP CONTINUING OVER.
IF YOU GO THROUGH THERE WHEN KIDS ARE GETTING OUT SCHOOL, LITERALLY PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY DOING LIKE 45 COMING OVER THAT.
UM, I, AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER STREET THAT I DRIVE PRETTY CONSISTENT.
AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S QUITE ABOUT, SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW WOULD WE EVALUATING SOME OF THAT, LOOKING AT THIS ANNUAL, UM, RESURFACING THE OTHER TRAFFIC THAT WE'RE DOING BASED UPON THE RENT FUNDING THAT WE'RE RECEIVED.
SO, UH, FOR YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, UM, THE, THE, THE LAST CONCERN YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT STAFF MAINE, UH, AND SPEEDING, UH, THAT'S MORE FO UM, UH, IT'S MORE FOCUSED
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SPECIFIC AREA, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT HAVE A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FOLKS GO OUT THERE RIGHT AWAY AND START LOOKING AT AND COMING UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS THAT ARE EITHER IMPLEMENTABLE IN THE SHORT TERM AND PERHAPS EVEN LONG TERM, BIGGER SOLUTIONS AS WELL.BUT IT STARTS WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STAFF, UM, SERVING AND, UH, IDENTIFYING WHAT THE PROBLEM REALLY IS.
COMING BACK TO NUMBER 20, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE, SO PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND THEN I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.
WHY DON'T YOU TO COME UP, TELL US ABOUT HIS COMPANY, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, FOR ADAM.
NUMBER 20, REPRESENTING CN CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE MR. KOKI, UH, HERE TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MAY HAVE AND PERHAPS EVEN TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE SCOPE OF THE WORK OF THE PROJECT.
UM, OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN, PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME, I'M SORRY, UH, AND YOUR AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
FLACO CHESKY WITH CN CONSTRUCTION.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR NINE YEARS.
UM, FINISHED COUPLE OF PROJECTS WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE.
THIS ONE, UH, PARTICULAR PROJECT INCLUDES, UH, STONE AND ASPHALT PAVING, UH, STONE STEPS, UH, METAL RAILINGS, UH, BEAUTIFUL NATURAL BOULDER, UM, BENCHES AND TABLES.
UH, NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM ON BOTH SIDES OF, UH, GREENBURG PARK DRIVE, WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN GRAFTON AND UH, HELLER PARKWAY.
UM, ALSO INCLUDES, UH, CONCRETE PAVING REPAIRS AND STONE, UM, CRITICAL ROOT ZONES OF EXISTING NATURAL, UH, NATURAL TREES.
UM, MOSTLY THE, THE, THE PROJECTS, UH, THE PROJECT INCLUDES LANDSCAPING, AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, UH, NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM, BOTH SIDES OF THE, OF THE PARK.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, OVERVIEW.
SO, MY QUESTION, SIMPLE QUESTION, DO YOU EMPLOY, DO YOU EMPLOY ANY ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENCE? YES.
UH, PUBLIC COURTS ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF IT, UH, TO ENFORCE THAT, UH, REQUIREMENT.
SO YOU HAVE FOLKS IN YOUR EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS DIRECTLY FOR YOUR COMPANY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE, THE MEN MEN REPORT YET AND THE, AND THE PLAN, BUT, UH, WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PERCENTAGE IS IT'S, UH, AND WHAT IS THAT PERCENTAGE? I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 25%, IF I'M NOT WRONG.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RICHARDSON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
SO IN A MOMENT, I WILL ASK FOR A MOVER FOR 19, 20, 21, 22, 53, 54, AND 55.
DO I HAVE A MOVEMENT? COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT OMA? YES.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 23 AND 24, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, MR. JACKSON.
UH, ITEM 23 IS A, IS A CONTRACT WITH ATLANTIC TACTICAL TO PROVIDE FOR, UH, AMMUNITION FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $128,840 AND 70 CENTS.
AND THIS VENDOR COMPLIES WITH THE 2014 ORDINANCE, UH, OF THE COMMISSIONER'S, 2015 ORDINANCE.
UH, ITEM 24, ALSO WITH ATLANTIC TACTICAL IS TO PROVIDE, UH, FOR THE PURCHASE OF, UH, DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY, UM, WITH THE LENDING CAPITAL, THE AMOUNT OF $6,484 AND 10 CENTS.
AND THIS IS, UM, FOR VARIOUS, UH, CANISTERS OF PEPPER SPRAY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON 23 AND 24? DO I HAVE A MOVER? NO.
MOVE BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK ON 23 AND 24.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT OMAS? YES.
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ON THROUGH 25 THROUGH 30 OF WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION OF FINANCE.IS, UH, ARE WE MISSING SOMEBODY HERE TODAY TO WHO WOULD NORMALLY BE PRESENTING THESE? UH, YES.
HE'S RECOVERING FROM, UH, EYE SURGERY.
HE IS MISSED MY FIRST TWO MEETINGS.
WE'LL SEND HIM GOOD WISHES BY WAY OF ENTERING.
UH, ITEM 25, UM, IS, UH, AN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE, TO INSTALL AND OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ATM MACHINE FOR VARIOUS COUNTY BUILDINGS.
THIS IS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION GOING THROUGH, UH, MARCH OF, UH, THE END OF MARCH, 2026 IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,050.
UH, ITEM 26, UH, IS A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR PARKING FOR THE ESSEX COUNTY COURTS AT 2 61 UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
THIS IS FOR 52 SPARK PARKING SPACES FOR JUDGES, UM, $200 A SPACE, UM, OR $10,400 A MONTH PAID FOR THROUGH OPERATING FUNDS.
UM, I HOW FAR DID, WAS I SUPPOSED TO GO FIRST? 32 30.
UM, UH, TH 27 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO WB MASON TO FURNISH, DELIVER AND INSTALL, UH, SHELVING AT THE, UH, AT OUR NEW FACILITY AT 35, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING, UH, BOULEVARD, UH, THE AMOUNT OF $236,640.
UH, THIS IS 40 SHELVING UNITS.
UH, AND FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF THOSE, THERE'S ALSO A $10,000, UH, ALLOWANCE.
ITEM 28 IS A CONTRACT WITH HUDSON COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES TO PROVIDE BATHROOM AND LITTER, UH, PATROL SERVICES AT, AT THAT SAME FACILITY, 35, UH, UH, UM, 35 VIRGINIA AVENUE.
UH, 35 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD.
UM,
UH, THIS IS, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO BUSINESS WITH THEM QUITE A BIT.
THIS IS A SHELTERED WORKSHOP, AND, AND IT'S FOR ABOUT $1,200 A MONTH.
UH, ITEM 29, UH, SIMILARLY WITH, UH, HUDSON COMMUNITY.
THIS IS TO PRO PROVIDE FOR BATHROOM AND LITTER PATROL SERVICES AT THE ESSEX COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, 12 MONTH CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,720.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, I'M NOT SURE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD RECALL THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP WITH OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AT THE FACILITY.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE THAT AMELIORATE THAT, UH, PROBLEM.
UM, ITEM 30, UH, IS AN AUTHORIZATION TO USE, UH, AS A REQUEST FROM OUR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT TO USE THE COM, THE COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING PROCESS TO PROVIDE FOR CONSULTING SERVICES AND GRANT WRITING FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON 25 THROUGH 30? UH, YES, SIR.
JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON NUMBER 30.
UM, JUST A REMINDER ON COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING PROCESS HAS TO BE FIRST APPROVED BY THIS BOARD BEFORE THAT FOR CAN BE UTILIZED FOR, UH, UH, FOR PROCUREMENT.
IT DOES GIVE SOME ABILITY TO GO OUT FOR LONGER TERM, BUT IT FIRST HAS TO BE APPROVED HERE.
UM, AND MR. JACKSON, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON NUMBER 26, THE PARKING RENTAL.
UM, IS THAT, UH, ONE OF THE TYPICAL ONES WE RENEW OR THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST? THAT WE'VE HAD THIS? YES, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THEY PARK THERE AND THEN GO TO THE VALTER BUILDING.
IS THIS A SHORTER TERM THAN WE NORMALLY HAVE? DO WE NORMALLY DO IT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OR IS IT ALWAYS ANNUAL? WE DO, NOR YEAH, WE HAVE DONE IT FOR A LONGER PERIOD.
UM, BUT AS WE CAN THINK ABOUT OUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND SO FORTH, IT'S, IT'S A MORE PRUDENT, UM, CHOICE AT THE MOMENT, AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO RELOCATE THOSE 52 SPACES WHEN, WHEN THE NEW BUILDING'S UP.
AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF LEAVING OUR OPTIONS OPEN.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
IN REFERENCE TO ITEM 30, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING THIS FOR GRANT WRITING? UM, I, I'M NOT FOR SURE FOR ALL GRIT WRITING FOR, BUT FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THIS PURPOSE, YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GLAD TO SEE NUMBER 29 IS UP HERE BECAUSE I, UH, KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS AT THE CENTER AND THAT THE, UH, MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED SYSTEMATICALLY.
SO I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US TODAY IN A TIMELY MANNER.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE WELL ON THE WAY IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED RECENTLY.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
IN REFERENCE TO NUMBER 29, CAN YOU GIVE US, JUST GIVE US AN EMAIL STATUS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS?
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UH, YES.I THINK WE DID SUBMIT SOMETHING TO THE BOARD, UH, UH, WITH REGARD TO ALL THE, THE ITEMS, THE, THE WATER MITIGATION, THE, UH, DOOR, THE ADDITIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOORS.
UM, UH, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE THERE, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF THINGS.
I THINK THEY HAVE ALL BEEN, BEEN DONE, BUT I WON'T WE'LL, WE'LL SEND IT, WE'LL SEND IT OUT.
IT WAS MY RECOLLECTION THAT IN OUR CONVERSATION, THAT LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED SOME OF THESE THINGS.
PERHAPS IT WAS THE PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP MEETING THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE ATTENDED, COMMISSIONER COOPER.
AND, UH, WE HAD DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF THESE THINGS.
I JUST SEE THAT THE WARDEN IS HERE, SO IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE CAN, UH, DIRECT, UH, WE CAN DIRECT THE QUESTIONS TO THE WARING.
DIRECTOR WARDEN, CAN YOU COME ON UP TO JUST GIVE US A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND PERHAPS YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL IF, IF NECESSARY.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY HERE FROM YOU DIRECTLY.
WHAT IS SOME OF THE, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION RECENTLY AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS? UH, GOOD EVENING.
WARREN BARLAND, ESSEX COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN REFERENCE TO MITIGATING SOME OF THE CONCERNS, UH, IN TERMS OF THE WATER LEAKS THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S BEEN WORKING THERE FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, UH, WEATHER PERMITTING.
THEY'VE BEEN POINTING THE BRICKS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE EVERY DAY THAT THE WEATHER HAS PERMITTED.
DURING THE LAST STORM, WE SAW A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
HARDLY ANY WATER ACTUALLY CAME INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
TARGETED AREAS, THEY ARE, UH, CONTINUALLY WORKING.
THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED, BUT WE HAVE SEEN, UH, A BIG IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA.
IN, UH, REFERENCE TO CLEANING UP, UM, THE EXTERIOR OF THE PERIMETER OF THE FACILITY.
UM, THE, UH, CONTRACT THAT WE'RE REFERENCING, UH, FOR LITTLE PATROL, THE DETENTION CENTER SITS IN BETWEEN, UH, SUSSEX, DICKERSON HECKLER AND DO, IT'S ALSO SURROUNDED BY THE SHELTER.
SO OVERNIGHT THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT BUILDS UP.
SO, UM, THIS CONTRACTOR, UM, I ACTUALLY MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
THEY ARE GOING TO, UM, SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK TO, UH, REMOVE THAT DEBRIS THAT BUILDS UP OVER THE NIGHT, UM, INTO THE NEXT MORNING.
UM, IN REFERENCE TO, UM, THE EXTERMINATION ISSUE, UH, WE'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN SUBMITTING, UH, THE EXTERMINATION, UH, REPORTS, UH, FROM THE VENDOR.
AND EACH REPORT THAT THEY'VE LISTED FOR THIS YEAR, UM, THEY'VE ALL STATED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ZERO TRACES OF INFESTATION, UH, INTERIOR OF THE FACILITY.
THERE WERE CONCERNS OF DOOR SWEEPS BEING ADDED, UM, TO THE EXTERIOR DOORS OF THE FACILITY.
MIND YOU, THE FACILITY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN NINE SEVEN.
UM, WE IN, UH, WHEN THE MATTER WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, CALLED THE COMPANY OUT THE DOOR SUITES WERE INSTALLED WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE COMPANY COMING OUT.
THAT ISSUE'S, UH, BEEN ADDRESSED, UH, FITTED, UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF WITH THE PROTECTIVE VEST.
UM, THEY'RE SCHEDULED, UH, FOR THE LAST FITTING THIS WEEK, AND THEN WE'LL SUBMIT THE FINAL QUOTE TO, UM, PURCHASE THE VEST.
OH, THE SCHOOL TO DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM.
SO, UM, OUR SCHOOL FLOOR, UH, PRIOR TO IN INSTALLING THE DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM, THE RESIDENTS HAD THE ABILITY TO ENTER AND EXIT THE DOORS AT WILL.
SO WITH THIS NEW MAGNETIC, UH, DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM, THERE'S A CONTROL ROOM THAT NOW HAS THE ABILITY TO CONTROL, UM, THE TREE NEXT IN OUT OF ALL THE AREAS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE, UM, MAGNETIC FOBS THAT ALLOW THE OFFICERS TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS IN OF THE CLASSROOMS AS WELL AS THE HALLWAYS AND SOME OF THE, AND THE CAFETERIAS AS WELL.
WE ALSO, UM, PLACED DOORS IN THE FACILITY.
UM, WE HAD SOLID DOORS WHERE YOU COULDN'T SEE INTO THE CLASSROOMS. UM, WE PLACED THOSE SOLID DOORS, UH, WITH DOORS THAT HAVE LEXI SOUND SO YOU CAN SEE IN OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
SO WE HAVE A CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT TO OBSERVE WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE ALSO PLACED TWO DOORS IN OUR SOCIAL SERVICE AREAS THAT WERE SOLID DOORS, AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, UM, VIEW THE RESIDENCE CLEARLY AS THEY'RE SITTING INSIDE DURING THEIR PROFESSIONAL BASIS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF PROGRESS FOR SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
COMMISSIONER MACCA, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE WARDENS? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE WARDEN.
DO YOU HAVE AN OMBUDS PERSON AS PART OF YOUR STAFF HERE AT THE, UH, FACILITY? SORRY, COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN A LITTLE LOUDER? IS THERE AN OMBUDSMAN POSITION AT THE FACILITY? SO WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE,
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UM, A, A RESIDENT ADVOCATE, UM, WHO ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE RESIDENTS.IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE ADVOCATE, WE HAVE THREE SOCIAL WORKER SUPERVISORS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SOCIAL WORKERS, WORKERS THAT, UH, WORK IN THE FACILITY.
IT'S DIFFERENT TITLE, BUT THANK YOU.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF WORK AND A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND WE, UH, WOULD ASK THAT YOU KEEP US POSTED ON, THERE IS STILL ONGOING WORK THAT IS, UH, UNDERWAY, SO PLEASE KEEP US POSTED AT THE NEXT MEETING.
PERHAPS YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE AS WHERE WE STAND WITH THIS AND UNTIL WE'RE ALL DONE WITH EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
AND NOW WE SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
CAN I HAVE A MOVER FOR 25 THROUGH 30? MOVE BY COMMISSIONER SAL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT PALMARA.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 31 AND 32, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
ITEM 31 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO AXON ENTERPRISES FOR THEIR DA DATA STORAGE PLATFORM UNDER THE NEW JERSEY STATE CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $270,000.
UH, OFF, UH, ITEM NUMBER 32 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO SHI INTERNATIONAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF CELLEBRITE UED LICENSES UNDER THE BERGEN COUNTY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.
UM, THIS IS A, JUST A LICENSE RENEWAL AND THE AMOUNT IS, UM, $205,906 AND 92 CENTS.
AND I SHOULD ADD THAT, UM, ITEM 31, WHICH WAS $270,000 IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT BEFORE.
AND ITEM 32 ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE PROSECUTOR'S TRUST FUND.
DO I HAVE A MOVER MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MERO.
UM,
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT OMA? YES.
LET'S GO THROUGH RESOLUTIONS 33 THROUGH 51, WHICH ARE, UH, COMMENDATIONS AND THE MEMO COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOVER? MOVE IT.
COMMISSIONER GRANT, SECOND COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS ON I SECOND ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK ON 33 THROUGH 51.
I COMMISSIONER MELO, WOULD YOU BE OPPOSED TO MOVING NUMBER 39 AS BY ACCLIMATION? THIS IS THE HONORING THE PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE.
WE HAVE A MOVER AND A SECOND ROLL CALL.
ALL 43 HONORING THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
PREVENTATIVE COMMITTEE OF IRVINGTON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE ARE, WE HAVE A MOVER AND A SECOND FOR 31 THROUGH 50.
33 THROUGH 51 WILL CALL MADAM CLERK COMMISSIONER SIEBEL.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
BELIEVE WE HAVE ALL THE ADDED STARTERS COVERED, CORRECT? UH, YES.
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PRESIDENT.SO LET'S MOVE ON TO REPORT OF BOARD COMMITTEES.
DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS? UH, COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
UM, MR. JACKSON, DID WE, UH, PUT TNBR? I WAS ASKED VIA EMAIL.
DID YOU? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY AWARDED IT TO, UM, THE TWO, TO THE TWO ENTITIES.
I THINK IT WAS LAST MEETING, MATT.
SO IT WAS THE SAME TWO GROUPS FROM BEFORE, RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER KEPT IT CONSISTENT.
AND WE ALSO INCREASED FUNDING.
I SAW THAT THAT FUNDING FOR THE SAME TWO GROUP.
SO, UM, MR. PRESIDENT, WE'LL BE SCHEDULING A MEETING THIS QUARTER, UM, FOR TMV.
I KNOW
SO IT'S SAME, I BELIEVE THAT WAS RAISED.
WAS THAT TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS? IS THAT WHAT IT WAS RAISED TO? RIGHT.
I THINK MR. DOOLEY IS NODDING HIS HEAD.
THAT'S CORRECT, MR. PRESIDENT.
AND I THINK WE GAVE SOME REALLY INTERESTING STATS THAT, UH, UH, THE NUMBER OF CATS THAT WERE SPED OR NEUTERED JUST, OR NEU UH, SPAYED, I GUESS LAST YEAR WOULD'VE, UH, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, UH, GIVEN WAY TO, TO 6,500 KITTENS IN ONE YEAR'S TIME AND IT WAS ASTRONOMICAL.
SO THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT IS PHENOMENAL.
AND FOR MAMAMIA, WE ACTUALLY MEOW UP HERE FOR YOU LAST TIME, JUST SO YOU SHOULD NO BAD.
UM, ANY OTHER REPORTS ON BOARD COMMITTEES? DO WE HAVE ANY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS? ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS? UNFINISHED BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS COMMISSIONERS.
OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, COMMENT ON ANY MATTER.
PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND AFFILIATION.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
AND SOAR SAYS THE COMMUNITY CATS WITH THEIR REQUEST.
UH, ALTHOUGH WE ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE, JUST FOR THE RECORD, STATE YOUR NAME, NAME AND NOTICE.
I DO HAVE MY BELOVED SHEILA OLIVER.
I'M THE CAT LADY OF NEW JERSEY, BUT THE COMMISSIONER COOPER THE VICE PRESIDENT, HAS MADE ME VERY HAPPY.
THE ONLY THING IS PLEASE JUST STAY UP.
MAMA MAY STATE YOUR, YOUR NAME.
MAKE THIS QUICK SO SOMEBODY ELSE CAN SPEAK.
I NEED YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME.
THE THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS WE NEED TO GET OUR TEAMWORK, UH, TEAM, BECAUSE WE HAVE 22 MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, RULES, REGULATIONS.
AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS START POLARIZING THIS GROUP THAT WE MAYBE AN ESSEX COUNTY GROUP THAT LIKE, THAT WILL BE ABLE TO TELL EACH, LIKE YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE T AND R COMMITTEE.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY WHO HAS PROBLEMS, WHO DOESN'T HAVE PROBLEMS, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
ALSO, UH, IF YOU NOTICE THE UNION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAD A PET CARE DRIVE FOR FOOD, THE SENIORS, THE FEEDERS, THE RESIDENTS COULD USE CAT FOOD.
IS ESSEX COUNTY GOING TO STEP UP AND BE LIKE THE UNION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND START TO HELP THE VARIOUS PEOPLE THAT NEED IT? BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, ESSEX COUNTY IS FIRST.
UNFORTUNATELY, UNION COUNTY DID IT FIRST
SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S OVERRIDE THEM AND PROVE THAT WE COULD BE THE ROLE MODEL BECAUSE I WANNA CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY OUR SOUTH WARD REPRESENTATIVE.
MARY THOMAS, I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT.
SHE'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SHE'S DOING VERY WELL SO FAR, SO APPRECIATE HER.
'CAUSE SHE SAID, WHO'S THIS? WHY LADY? THIS CATS, WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT? COMMUNITY CATS.
BUT I KNOW SHE'S GONNA HELP ME WITH THE YOUTH BECAUSE WE NEED THE YOUTH ABOVE.
I'M GONNA LET OTHER PEOPLE SPEAK.
I TRULY APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE, ESPECIALLY MY GRAM.
SHE, SHE PROMISED GRANTS 30 SECONDS.
THAT ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU NEXT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND A AFFILIATION FOR THE BACK.
YOU MAY WANT TO LIFT THE MICROPHONE UP A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN SPEAK CLEARLY, BUT WE'LL GET ADAM FIX UP FOR YOU.
I'VE BEEN A VENDOR FOR ESSIS COUNTY, LOCATED AT
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ONE 10 SOUTH MU AVENUE, EAST SERGEANT NEW JERSEY FROM MULTIPLE YEARS.AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SERVE ESSEX COUNTY.
I'M HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMPLAINT.
WE HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS THAT ARE BODIED OR EMBODIED IN A MORTUARY THAT IS BUILT OF, UM, I I GUESS A, A TRACTOR TRAILER IS AN ATROCITY.
I HAVE INVOICES DATED BACK FROM JANUARY 5TH, 23.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF BODIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT OVER OR FORGOTTEN.
AND, UM, I I, I CALLED MANY MEMBERS OF THIS BODY.
I'VE ASKED FOR SUPPORT, WE'VE ASKED FOR HELP.
AND I'M ONLY ASKING FOR A MERE $60,000, $3,000 TO BURY AN INDIGENT BODY OF ESSEX COUNTY THAT HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BODIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT 2019.
WE'VE HAD A PANDEMIC AND WE'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT MEMBERS THAT LIVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A VOICE TO DO EVERYTHING.
AS A CATWOMAN HAS SAID, I KNOW SHEILA OLIVER, I KNOW MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK BY WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN ENABLE AND WE CAN BURY SOMEONE.
I ONLY TO TELL THE TRUTH, TO SHARE THE TRUTH.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR US TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN THIS CLIMATE IN 2024 WHEN WE HAVE BODIES THAT HAVE BEEN BURIED YEARS LATER, FAMILIES HAVE BEEN CALLING US, THE CORONER'S OFFICE HAVE BEEN GIVING US THE RUNAROUND.
THERE'S HUNDREDS OF BODIES THAT ARE EMBODIED IN A CAMPER RIGHT ON BERGEN STREET IN NEWARK.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? 30 SECONDS IF WE CARE ABOUT HUMANITY, IF WE CARE ABOUT UKRAINE, IF WE CARE ABOUT ISRAEL, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FRONT YARD.
ESSEX COUNTY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? HERE IS A MEMO TO YOU.
SO IT'S, YOU MADE A STATEMENT, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO RESPOND IN WRITING, WHICH IS OUR POLICY, WE NEED A QUESTION.
SO I BELIEVE WHAT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT YOU ARE ASKING US FOR WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM.
THEN YOU SHOULD POSE THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION AND OTHER VARIOUS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO US.
AND THEN OUR POLICY WILL BE IN WRITING TO RESPOND TO YOU.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD TRIGGER A RESPONSE.
SO JUST SO THAT FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, IT, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT A BACK AND FORTH WHERE WE SIT AND DEBATE THIS NOW.
SO THE REASON WHY I MENTION THIS IS SO THAT YOUR INQUIRIES AND YOUR CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED.
SO IF YOU POSE THE QUESTION OF, UH, HOW CAN ESSEX COUNTY ASSIST, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THEN WE CAN RESPOND TO YOU IN WRITING.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR HEARING MY VOICE.
SO IN THE COMMUNITY OF ESSEX, IF YOU DO THAT, THEN WHAT YOU DO IS YOU COMMUNICATE WITH ADAM HERE WHO IS IN OUR OFFICE.
HE IS OUR INFORMATION OFFICER.
HE WILL TAKE YOUR INFORMATION AND YOU QUERY, AND THEN WE WILL RESPOND TO YOU IN WRITING, WHICH IS THE POLICY THAT WE DO.
AND THEN WE CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING AT LEAST TO GETTING, UH, I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS AND IT'S NOT BY FORTE.
I I DO HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S IN THE BUSINESS, BUT I DON'T DO THIS.
SO WE WILL TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON IT TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT CAN BE DONE.
IF THAT'S A STATE ISSUE, A COUNTY ISSUE, A MUNICIPALITY ISSUE, OR EVEN A FEDERAL ISSUE.
I DON'T, I COULDN'T TELL YOU, BUT IF YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS, WE CAN BEGIN TO ADDRESS IT WITH AN ANSWER.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BROWN.
UH, I'LL SEE TO THE COMMISSIONER, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BROWN AS WELL.
SO MR. BROWN, SO MR. JACKSON IS THE ADMINISTRATOR, MR. ROBERT JACKSON FOR THE ESSEX COUNTY.
MR. JACKSON WILL, UH, I'LL HAVE A MOMENT TO SAY WHAT, I KNOW COMMISSIONER HAD A QUESTION.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD? LET ME, LET'S START WITH YOU.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO COMMISSIONER GRAHAM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, YOU MENTIONED $60,000 AND YOU HAD AN INVOICE.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU BURIED, UH, 200 FOLKS IN AND THAT YOU DIDN'T GET PAID OR, OR I'M, I I MIS, I I MISUNDERSTOOD THE THREE, THE 60,000.
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MR. ROBERT JACKSON, I'M ROBERT BROWN.AND WHAT WE DID FOR THE COUNTY IS WE PREPAID THESE BURIALS BACK IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND I HAD TO COVER THE COUNTY'S DEBT, WHICH I'M NOT A BANK OR A DEBT COLLECTOR.
AND IF I WERE BE TO CHARGE INTEREST, MY ACCOUNTANT TOLD ME IT WOULD BE $20,000 INTEREST BASED ON THE WORK AND THE TIMEFRAME THAT THE COUNTY PAID MR. BROWN IN CHAPELS OF EDEN.
SO IT SEEM, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT WHAT YOU SHOULD GET TO US IS WHAT AUTHORIZATION YOU MAY HAVE HAD TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK.
NO, WE, WE, WE HAVE A COUNTY CONTRACT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.
OR SO WE'RE GONNA NEED, SO OBVIOUSLY, SO LISTEN, WE CAN'T GO BACK AND FORTH ALL NIGHT ABOUT THIS RIGHT HERE.
SO WHAT WE NEED ARE DETAILS OF THAT.
WHAT YOU COULD DO IS A, ADAM WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE QUERY, PAINT THE SCENARIO FOR US SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND, AND THEN WE'LL FORWARD IT TO ADMINISTRATION SO WE CAN GET BETTER CLARITY AND THEN WE CAN RESPOND IN WRITING.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU, MR. JACKSON? IS THERE ANY UH, YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M STILL NOT SURE THEY UNDERSTAND.
HAVE THE, THE BODIES HAVE BEEN BURIED.
WE, WE'VE BURIED THESE REMAINS THE HUMAN REMAINS THROUGH THE ESSEX COUNTY INDIGENT CONTRACT.
AND, AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN PAID.
I NOT, WE HAVE 17 MORE BODIES TO PICK UP THIS WEEK.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN PAID SINCE JANUARY FOR MAYBE THE REMAINING 15 THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
SO NOW WE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE.
SO ADAM, PLEASE, UH, GATHER MR. BROWN'S INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO IT AND ADDRESS COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
HE, UM, MR. JACKSON COVERED IT.
I HAD A SENSE THAT HE MIGHT COVER SOME OF IT, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO DEFER TO HIM FIRST AND, AND THEN, UH, DO THAT.
SO THANK YOU MR. BROWN FOR COMING TO THE MICROPHONE AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN VERY SHORT TIME.
JAMES TROI, VICE PRESIDENT, FOP 1 0 6, REPRESENTING THE SWORN SUPERVISORY STAFF IN THE ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
TODAY MARKS 10 MONTHS THAT THE LARGEST CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN NEW JERSEY IS WITHOUT A WARDEN, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING AT NO LOSS FOR MADE UP NON-CIVIL SERVICE TITLES.
THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO DISREGARD MULTIPLE RULINGS AND FINDINGS BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, PERC AND OTHER REGULATORY STATE BODIES RELATIVE TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS STAFFING.
LET'S BE CLEAR, THE UNION REPRESENTING THE SWORN SUPERVISORS IS DEMANDING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION PROPERLY STAFF TRAIN AND CERTIFY THE IA UNIT.
THE ESSEX COUNTY ACADEMY POLICE ACADEMY PROCESSES MORE RECRUITS THAN ANY COUNTY ACADEMY IN NEW JERSEY, BUT THE BUDGET CALLS FOR ONLY TWO OR THREE FTES TO STAFF IT.
THE PANEL SAFETY COMMITTEE SHOULD ASK COMMISSIONER KUHN OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE, THE OC FOR REASONS AND FINDINGS OF TWO UNANNOUNCED SITE VISITS IN JANUARY BY HER STAFF.
PLEASE CLARIFY HERE ON THE RECORD THAT ACCESS TO THE CIVILIAN TASK FORCE IS TO BE UNIMPEDED.
THAT NO ADMINISTRATOR OF ANY RANK OR LEVEL SHOULD BE IMPEDING ACCESS TO THEIR PUBLIC CONTACT INFORMATION TO INMATES OR FAMILIES THAT NO EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE DRESSED DOWN OR DISCIPLINED FOR MAKING THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
MR. JACKSON ARTICULATED EARLIER THAT CORRECTIONS HAD 150 OFFICERS FITTED FOR NEW VESTS.
WE WELCOME THOSE AS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT LET'S NOT SUGARCOAT THIS.
THERE'S ABOUT 337 SWORN STAFF WEARING ILL FITTED OR OUTDATED VESTS.
IT WILL COST AN ESTIMATED $300,000 TO EQUIP THEM.
QUESTION ONE, HOW DID WE GET TO HALF OF ONE OF THE LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN NEW JERSEY, DOC OR OTHERWISE UNFITTED? QUESTION TWO.
WHERE IN THE 2024 BUDGET PROPOSAL IS THAT $300,000 LISTED? QUESTION THREE, WHEN ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE BUDGET? THE UNIONS WERE TOLD THAT THE JANUARY MEETINGS WERE BY INVITATION ONLY.
WE WANNA THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE INTEREST ARBITRATION THAT COUNTY COUNCIL DEMANDED SOLELY AGAINST FOP 1 0 6 BECAUSE ONE, WE NOW HAVE SWORN TESTIMONY FROM RANKING ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS THAT NO MONIES WERE SET ASIDE OR HELD TO SETTLE OUTSTANDING LABOR CONTRACTS IN ANY YEAR FROM 2018 TO 2023, NOR ARE ANY PROPOSED IN 20 24, 30 SECONDS OF JANUARY 19TH.
THE COUNTY'S PUSH FOR ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL TO USE PERSONAL SICK TIME TO QUARANTINE FOR COVID POSITIVE RESULTS IS NOW KNOWN TO BE BARRED BY LAW.
IT MAY WELL BE THE SUBJECT OF ONGOING REVIEW THAT SINCE THE COUNTY CONTRACTED WITH LGS FOR PAYROLL PROCESSING, IT MAY BE IN BREACH OF EXISTING CONTRACT TERMS. OUR HEALTHCARE REIMBURSEMENT FUND, THE ARBITRATOR IN THIS CASE SAID HE WON'T TOUCH IT.
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ON IT? WE NEVER GOT THAT ANSWER TIME, SIR.SO AS, AS ALWAYS, WE WILL RESPOND IN WRITING.
THANK YOU FOR PAUSING YOUR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT WE COULD RESPOND TO.
LET ME JUST ALSO ADDRESS THAT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE NOT BY INVITATION.
AND WE DID HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED AS WE NORMALLY WOULD.
IT WAS HELD ON JANUARY 29TH AND JANUARY 30TH, BEGINNING AT 4:00 PM AND THAT'S WHERE WE GO THROUGH THE 52 DEPARTMENTS.
AND THAT'S DONE, IT IS ANNUALLY DONE ALMOST EXACTLY ON THE SAME MONDAY, TUESDAY LASTING JANUARY VERY ROUTINELY HAS BEEN DONE AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IT, AND IT IS ADVERTISED ACCORDINGLY.
IF THE CLERK WANTS TO ADD TO THAT.
NO, THAT I WANTED SAY IT'S PUBLIC.
YEAH, IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING SO IT'S NOT BY INVITATION.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR YOU IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU THAT THAT WAS NOT ACCURATE.
AND UM, UH, MOM NOW JUST INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS GONNA BE A COMMITTEE MEETING, SO I'M GONNA KEEP THIS SHORT, BUT UH, I JUST WANT TO BRING UP A COUPLE ISSUES.
UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
UM, I FEED 14, I OVERSEE 14 COLONIES IN EAST ORANGE ALONE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE 75% OF THE CATS WERE TNR AND WE'RE LOOKING TO FINISH IT ALL OFF.
UM, ONE THING THAT HAPPENED IS THAT WE'RE SEEING AN INFLUX OF FRIENDLY CATS APPEARING ON THE STREET.
SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF COVID ENDED.
DURING COVID THERE WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF ADOPTIONS AND ONCE COVID ENDED, A LOT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT ENDED.
SO WE'RE THINKING MAYBE THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY FRIENDLY KITTIES SHOWING UP ON THE STREET.
LATELY WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IS TAKING IN SURRENDERS.
I HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH TIME TO DO TNR BECAUSE THERE'VE BEEN SO MANY, I'VE GOTTEN SO MANY CALLS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T KEEP THEIR CATS ANYMORE.
THEY'RE MOVING SOMEWHERE THAT DOESN'T ACCEPT CATS.
UM, SO I WROTE SOMETHING OUT WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, BUT MY PRINTER DIDN'T WORK, SO I CAN'T GIVE IT TO YOU TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO EMAIL IT, BUT I HAVE A FEW BULLET POINTS OF SOME QUESTIONS, SOME IDEAS.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE COULD REALLY USE IS A SPACE TO RECUPERATING CATS.
WE COULD DO A LITTLE MORE TNR IF WE HAD A RECUPERATION SPACE.
C PAW HAS BEEN DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, BUT THEY'RE OVERLOADED, SO I CAN'T ALWAYS GET, UM, SPOTS WITH THEM AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE A SPACE TO RECUPERATE THE OUTDOOR CATS.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP.
AND UM, THE OTHER THING IS EDUCATION.
IF WE COULD GET THE WORD OUT TO PEOPLE, WHAT THEY CAN DO IF THEY CAN'T KEEP THEIR CAT.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE SHELTERS, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS OPEN AND PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE.
SO THE SHELTERS ARE CLOSED, THEY CAN'T GET ANYBODY.
AND UM, AND SOMETIMES, UH, SO THERE, THERE ARE RESOURCES AND IF WE COULD JUST GET THE WORD OUT TO PEOPLE, THERE COULD BE A LOT LESS OF THESE CATS OUT ON THE STREET.
AND, UM, EDUCATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEHAVIOR ISSUES AND WHY PEOPLE NEED TO SPAY AND NEUTER THEIR CATS.
RIGHT? I WON'T GET INTO IT ALL, BUT THESE ARE JUST BULLET POINTS THAT WE COULD COVER, I THINK WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH THE AMOUNT OF CATS OUT ON THE STREET.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THERE WERE DOGS AND CATS ALL OVER IN EAST ORANGE.
NOW YOU DON'T SEE ANY DOGS ON THE STREET.
I THINK WE COULD DO THE SAME THING FOR THE CATS IF WE COULD JUST 30 SECONDS.
I'M GONNA, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY TALK MORE AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND SO IF YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR INFORMATION WITH ADAM, ADAM CAN GIVE YOU, UH, EXCHANGE INFORMATION.
ADAM CAN GET YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO OUR CHAIR.
WHO'S, UH, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? MM-HMM.
AND UH, AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M ON THE COMMITTEE STILL AND, AND, UH, I FORGET WHO ELSE MAY AND, AND COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
SO, UH, EXCHANGE INFORMATION WITH, WITH ADAM AND WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION FORWARD.
IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? OKAY, MADAM UH, CLERK, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THERE'S NO ONE WILLING TO SPEAK AT OR INTERESTED IN SPEAKING AT THIS TIME.
UH, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS SESSION, COMMISSIONER SAMUEL, COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS, UH, HERE HAPPENING ON THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION.
AN ANNUAL ANNUAL CELEBRATION WHERE WE HAVE HONOREES.
AND ON THE 22ND WE WILL HAVE THE IRISH HERITAGE CELEBRATION, WHICH WOULD BE HELD NOT HERE, WILL BE HELD AT FRENCH BOOK PARK, CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL LOCATION.
SO WE ARE LOOKING THIS YEAR TO TAKE SOME OF OUR EVENTS ON THE ROAD.
NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT WE WILL TAKE SOME OF THESE THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EASIER WITH CELEBRATIONS VERSUS THE MEETINGS.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL TRY THAT AND SEE HOW THAT GOES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION SECOND.
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SO MOVED.I MEAN, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
LISTEN, LEMME SHOW YOU MY, LEMME SHOW YOU MY BEAUTIFUL STAND GUY.
SHE ANOTHER ONE DONE, ISN'T SHE? THE, UH, IS KATHY STILL HERE? WELL, GUESS WHAT? YEAH, SHE DOES.