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PUBLIC OFFICEROLD TIME FOR THE PARTY TO START MY GLASSES TODAY.
UM, SO WE'RE TAKING A 13 THROUGH 16.
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THANK YOU FOR SHOWING WE GET YOU READY TO GO.THIS MEETING OF THE ESTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER.
THIS MEETING IS BEING LIVE STREAMED AND IN ADDITION IS TAKING IN ADDITION TO BEING TAKING PLACE HERE TODAY LIVE.
UH, MADAM DEPUTY COURT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
HERE, COMMISSIONER LEONARD LUCIANO.
COMMISSIONER A DORIAN MURRAY THOMAS PRESENT COMMISSIONER WAYNE RICHARDSON.
HERE, COMMISSIONER PATRICIA SIEBEL.
ABSENT, COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT TMI COOPER.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT CARLOS EZ.
UH, PLEASE STAND FOR THE SLU OF THE FLAG.
I'M GONNA ASK COMMISSIONER GRAHAM, LEAD TO THE PLEDGE.
MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SENDS ONE NATION UNDER DATA INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL.
I'M JUST GONNA ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHOSE LOST SINCE OUR LAST THANK YOU.
HEY, I HAVE BEFORE ME CERTIFICATION FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK THAT THIS MEETING IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT.
MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, ARE THERE ANY TRANSCRIPTS TO BE APPROVED? NO.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION? NO.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
TONIGHT'S MEETING IS A COMBINED CONFERENCE BOARD MEETING AND WE MOVE ON TO 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 AND STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THERE WILL BE TIME LATER IN THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OTHER ITEMS. SO I ASK YOU, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME TO AGENDA ITEMS. GOOD EVENING, JOSEPH.
JAMES TROI, VICE PRESIDENT, FOP 1 0 6, REPRESENTING THE SWORN SUPERVISORY STAFF AT THE ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RESOLUTION 10 PURCHASE ORDER FOR BODY ARMOR 367 PROTECTIVE VESTS AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY $429,000.
THE VESTS ARE MOST DEFINITELY NEEDED.
BUT HOW IS IT THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN ALL OF NEW JERSEY WENT FROM EVERY OFFICER BEING FITTED IN 2018 TO WELL OVER HALF THE DEPARTMENT BEING ILL FITTED OR HAVING A STAAL DATED VEST 2024 ILL FITTED AND OUTDATED BEING TERMS WE BELIEVE USED IN A LETTER SENT BY A LAWYER TO THE COUNTY THREATENING CIVIL ACTION WHEN AN OFFICER IS INEVITABLY INJURED OR KILLED.
WE CAN'T FIND ANY INDICATION IN THE COUNTY EXEC'S BUDGET PROPOSAL ANTICIPATING THIS MORE THAN $400,000 EXPENDITURE.
SO, QUESTION, HOW IS IT THAT THIS NEED WASN'T ANTICIPATED RESOLUTION? 11 TRASH COMPACTORS FOR THE JAIL.
AGAIN, NO ARGUMENT AS TO NEED.
THE LAST PAGE OF THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION ASKS WHAT THE VENDOR DOES TO EMPLOY ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS QUOTING THE VENDOR'S RESPONSE.
AS WE ARE A CANADIAN CORPORATION WITH NO PHYSICAL OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES.
WHY IS IT THE ONLY RESPONSIVE BIDDER FOR TRASH COMPACTORS IS FROM A VENDOR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.
RESOLUTIONS 15 AND 16 STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE GRANTS.
THE ESSEX DOC HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE SCAP PROJECT WITH US GOVERNMENT SINCE AT LEAST THE MID 1990S.
IT'S NOT A NEW CONCEPT NOR A NEW PROGRAM.
AWARD LETTERS FROM THE US ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ARE DATED AUGUST 30TH AND NOVEMBER 21ST, 2023 RESPECTIVELY.
THE COMBINED AWARD EXCEEDS $297,000.
COUNTY EXEC'S BUDGET PROPOSAL WENT PUBLIC JANUARY 12TH.
IT WAS PREPARED WEEKS OR MONTHS PRIOR.
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WE HERE ON MARCH 6TH? LOOKING AT EMERGENCY INSERTIONS AND APPROPRIATION FORMS? RESOLUTION 20.PENAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TODAY, MARCH 6TH, MARKS 11 MONTHS THAT THE ECCF HAS BEEN WITHOUT A WARDEN DURING THAT TIME, THE LARGEST CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN NEW JERSEY HAS HAD MULTIPLE PRISONER DEATHS.
HUNDREDS OF INSTANCES WHERE WE BELIEVE PRISONER CIVIL RIGHTS MAY HAVE BEEN VIOLATED.
CONTRABAND AND SAFETY ISSUES THAT WOULD LITERALLY TAKE DAYS TO ELABORATE ON MOST RECENTLY, THROUGH NO FAULT OF HIS OWN AND IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE AN IMPACT ON HIM.
THE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN ILL AND INCAPACITATED FOR TWO WEEKS OR MORE WHILE HE'S BEEN OUT.
NOTHING HAS BEEN ACHIEVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
IF WE HAD A WARDEN OR A PROPERLY TITLED AND EMPOWERED DEPUTY DIRECTOR, THE DIRECTOR'S UNDERSTANDABLE NEED TO RECUPERATE WOULD BE FAR LESS IMPACTFUL TO DAY-TO-DAY.
ESTABLISHMENT OF A LABOR UNION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, FOP 1 0 6 WELCOMES THE FORMATION OF THIS COMMITTEE.
WHICH FOUR COMMISSIONERS ARE APPOINTED TO IT AND WHEN IS OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THEM? THANK YOU
AND AS OUR POLICY, WE'LL HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? OKAY.
THE RECORD REFLECT THERE IS NO ONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE OF AND INTRODUCTIONS OF FIRST READING.
MADAM DEPUTY CLARK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING? NO.
DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY ORDINANCE OF THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING? MRS. PURPOSES ONLY? NO.
MR. PRESIDENT MME. CLARK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE OR, I'M SORRY, LET'S, UH, MY APOLOGIES.
MME. CLARK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTIONS FOR SECOND MEETING IN PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT? NO.
SO LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND 53, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
AND WE'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, MR. ZAS AND, UH, MS. FAZIO ARE GONNA DEAL WITH THESE, UH, ITEMS. THIS HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF MISTAKE.
CURRENT, UH, COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT FOR MOVING ME UP.
UH, NUMBER ONE IS A NEGOTIATED CONTRACT AWARD WITH PENN VETERINARY SUPPLY, UH, TO FURNISH AND DELIVER MEDICAL SURGICAL SUPPLIES, PHARMACEUTICALS, 20 MORE FOUR MONTH CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.
WE DO HAVE OUR ZOO DIRECTOR HERE, UM, IN CASE THE BOARD HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CONTRACT.
BUT BASICALLY, UH, IT'S A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY WHO PROVIDES MEDICATIONS FOR OUR ANIMAL POPULATION, BUT, UH, THE DIRECTOR COULD TELL US A LITTLE MORE.
UM, THE ZOO HOUSES 143 SPECIES.
WE HAVE 1400 INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS.
UH, THIS BID WILL COVER MEDICAL PHARMACEUTICALS FOR ALL OF THOSE SPECIES AND SOME OF OUR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AS WELL.
S EIGHT S COUNTY PARKS NUMBER TWO IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE GRAPHIC ARTS VIDEO DESIGN WITH IRISH COMMUNICATIONS, A ONE YEAR CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $151,050.
THIS IS FOR ALL THE DESIGN OF ALL THE, THE VARIOUS, UH, PAMPHLETS, UH, BANNERS, UH, THE SPIRIT OF ESSEX MAGAZINE, T-SHIRT DESIGN, POSTCARDS, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, BARBARA FROM THE COMPANY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
BARBARA BOCES, OWNER OF IRIS COMMUNICATIONS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, AND HAVE HAD THIS CONTRACT.
WE ARE A WOMAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS AND WE REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY.
IF YOU GO TO TURTLEBACK ZOO, YOU'LL SEE ALL OF OUR WORK ON THE BANNERS, AND IF YOU WALK THROUGH THE ZOO, EVERY SIGN IN THERE, PRETTY MUCH AT THIS POINT, I KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT AN EAGLE, A PENGUIN, UM,
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I ALSO BROUGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR, UM, FROM THE SPIRIT OF ESSEX MAGAZINE, UM, THROUGH ALL OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE INTO CHERRY BLOSSOM 2024.
YOU GOING TO PASS THAT OUT? YEAH.
CAN WE GET THOSE, ADAM, DO WE ADD THAT PASSED OUT? OKAY.
AND INCLUDED IN HERE IS ONE OF OUR LATER THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST DONE, IS FOR THE TEEN ARTS FESTIVAL AS THIS COUNTY.
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THANK YOU.ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY TO THIS, UH, VENDOR? THANK, UH, SORRY.
DID YOU DO WHAT, UM, UM, ACTIVITIES DID YOU DO FOR US LAST YEAR? ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, THE SIGNAGE LAST YEAR? MM-HMM.
UM, WELL, WE DID ALL OF THE TEEN ARTS, WHICH WAS THEIR FIRST YEAR.
UM, AND WE DID THEIR PROGRAM AND WE DID THEIR, WE DESIGNED THEIR LOGO THAT YOU SEE OUT, UM, AS IT'S COMING AROUND.
WE DID FOUR, UM, SERIES OF THE, UM, SPIRIT OF ESSEX.
WE DID ALL THE 2023, WE DID ALL THE CHERRY BLOSSOM.
WE DID THE LAST CHERRY BLOSSOM, UM, INCLUDING THE BANNERS AND, UM, IN THE ZOO ITSELF.
I'M GONNA LOOK AT JIMMY AND SAY, OH, I, LOTS OF GRAPHICS.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I ASKED, BECAUSE YOU'RE IT.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS YOU.
IT WAS REALLY NICE WORK LAST YEAR.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL WORK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH LAST YEAR.
UM, WE'VE, I THINK I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY NOW FOR ALMOST 12 YEARS, SO WE TAKE OUR WORK REALLY SERIOUSLY WITH THE COUNTY.
IT'S, IT'S MY FAVORITE PLACE TO BE.
UM, AND I TRULY, IT'S A WOMAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS.
WHEN I STARTED MY COMPANY, UM, ESSEX COUNTY WAS THERE FOR ME.
AND, UM, HERE I AM 12 YEARS LATER.
AND I LIVE IN THE COUNTY AND I, I LOVE MY ZOO AND I LOVE THE COUNTY FOR THE PARKS.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AS A VENDOR TO PRESENT ABOUT THE WORK AND THE THINGS THAT YOU DO HERE FOR US.
IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE A WOMAN.
I LOVE WOMEN VENDORS ESPECIALLY.
YOU GOT A SOFT SPOT, BUT YOU DO REALLY GREAT WORK.
THE MATERIALS AT THE ZOO, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE ZOO WITH MY KIDS
SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE WORK.
AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT YOU POURED YOUR HEART, UM, REALLY PARTICULAR IN, IN TURNING OUT THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU'VE DONE.
OKAY, JOSH, MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE.
JOSHUA ZA CHESTER COUNTY PARKS NUMBER THREE IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO TRAFFIC SAFETY SERVICE, THE LOWEST AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR THE RENT OF A PORTABLE DIESEL LIGHT DIESEL LIGHTING TOWERS 24 MONTH CONTRACT, NOT TO EXCEED 126,600.
THIS IS FOR ALL THE LIGHT TOWERS THAT WE USE THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM.
UM, BE IT FOR, UH, UH, THE CHERRY BLOSSOM EVENTS, UH, BE IT FOR, UH, OVERNIGHT OR LATE NIGHT ZOO EVENTS.
UM, THIS, UH, WOULD TAP INTO THOSE NUMBER FOUR CONTRACT AWARD TO EASTERN ARMOR SERVICES, THE SOLE RE RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER TO PROVIDE ARMORED CAR SERVICES.
IT WOULD BEGIN MARCH 15TH OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN MARCH 14TH, 2026.
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $220,000.
THIS IS FOR THE ARMORED CAR PICKUPS FROM, UH, THE VARIOUS, UH, REVENUE GENERATING FACILITIES IN THE COUNTY.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THE ZOO, UH, THE GOLF COURSES, UH, CODY ARENA AND SO FORTH.
THIS IS TO, UH, TRANSPORT THE MONEY FROM THE FACILITY TO THE BANK.
NUMBER FIVE CONTRACT AWARD TO GREEN VALLEY LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE.
UH, TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AT KIPPS CASTLE AND GRASS PARK.
IT WOULD BEGIN APRIL 1ST OF THIS YEAR THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2026.
THIS IS A FIXED CONTRACT, UH, MONTHLY IT WOULD COST $1,900.
AND AGAIN, UH, THE TOTAL CONTRACT AWARD, WHICH INCLUDES AN ALLOWANCE IS 45, IS UH, 55,600.
AND FINALLY, NUMBER 53 53 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO PREFERRED OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE.
THE SOLE RESPONSIVE BIDDER TO PROVIDE CANADIAN GEESE CONTROL.
IT WOULD BEGIN MARCH 15TH OF THIS YEAR, UH, RUN THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST.
UH, IT'S A 15 MONTH CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $90,350.
AND WE DO HAVE, UH, THE VENDOR HERE IF THE THE BOARD HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
UH, MY NAME IS JOSEPH BELLO, MANAGING MEMBER OF PREFERRED OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE.
WE OWN THE NORTH JERSEY FRIEND, UH, DIVISION OF GEESE CHASERS.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU DO IN TERMS OF CHASING GEESE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE ARE THE EFFECTIVE HUMANE SOLUTION FOR CONTROLLING GEESE.
WE USE TRAINED BORDER COLLIES TO SCARE THEM OFF OF BOTH LAND AND WATER.
UM, WE ALSO USE A, UH, RC BOATS AND, UM, WE USE, UH, UH, A LASER, UH, FOR EVENING, UH, CLEARS ON BODIES OF WATER WHERE IT'S NOT SAFE TO GO INTO THE WATER.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER RICHARDS? DO YOU, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, SO WHAT LOCATION WILL YOU BE CHASING THESE GEESE OUT OF
UM, WE ARE DOING GROVER CLEVELAND, UH, VERONA
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AND, UM, UH, UH, ORANGE.THAT WAS ADDED IN LAST YEAR THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
I THINK THE LAST TIME THAT THIS, UH, CAME BEFORE US, I ASKED ABOUT WEAK PARK AND I SEE IT'S BEEN SKIPPED OVER AGAIN.
UH, JOSHUA ZA S COUNTY PARKS, UM, UH, IT'S NOT BEEN SKIPPED OVER SINCE THE PARK IS SO CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT.
UM, BUT THOSE GEESE ARE MANAGED THROUGH THE PORT AUTHORITIES CONTRACT, NOT THROUGH THE COUNTIES.
SO THEY COME TO THE PARK AND MANAGE THE GEESE.
IT'S A CONTRACT THROUGH THE PORT AUTHORITY.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TALK TO THEM.
WE, WE WILL DEFINITELY GET BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU MR. UH, COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS FOR THE LISTENER WHO DOESN'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GE MODERATION AND CONTROL, ET CETERA.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ANIMAL FRIENDLY WAYS THAT YOU GO ABOUT DOING YOUR WORK THAT IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO GOOD TO THE ANIMAL? WE LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTROLLING NATURE WITH NATURE.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY EUTHANIZATION.
WE'RE NOT GASSING AND, AND KILLING FLIGHTLESS FAMILIES THAT, UH, THERE'S THE OTHER LETHAL METHOD DOES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, OUR, WE REALLY TRIGGER A RESPONSE IN THE BIRD.
UM, BY THE WAY, OUR DOG HERDS THESE, THESE CROS DOWN AND MIMICS THAT PREDATOR.
UM, WE GET THE BIRDS UP, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE BIRDS UP IN THE AIR.
AND IF THERE IS A HURT BIRD, UH, WE HAVE, UH, RAPTURE TRUSTS WE'VE DEALT WITH BEFORE.
WE'VE ALSO DONATED OUR TIME TO SAVE DOMESTIC DUCKS THAT PEOPLE DROP OFF IN PONDS.
UM, THESE RESCUE GROUPS HAVE MY CONTACT AND MY WIFE'S CONTACT NUMBER, AND WE'LL GET, BECAUSE PEOPLE DROP DOMESTICATED DUCKS IN THE PONDS AND THEN THEY DON'T LAST.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UH, DEFINITE TO LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THESE BIRDS.
UH, WE KEEP THE FAMILY UNIT TOGETHER.
THEY, THEY STAY TOGETHER FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
AND JUST WANNA ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON'S POINT TO ABOUT THE PORT AUTHORITY.
I LIVE IN MY DISTRICT AND SO I ALSO GO RUNNING AND WALKING IN WEAK WAKE PARK AND THERE'S A LOT OF GEESE AND A LOT OF GEESE RESIDUES.
THIS WAS BROUGHT UP ON THAT ABSOLUTELY YOUNG PARKS DEPARTMENT AND, UH, WE, WE TRIED TO GET, I GUESS YOU LOOKED FURTHER INTO IT.
UH, JOSHUA
WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT TO WHATEVER CONTACTS WE HAVE AND THANK YOU, SIR.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER, MR. PRESIDENT.
SO HOW LONG ONCE YOU RUN THEM OFF OR YOU HEARD THEM AND THEY'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THE AIR, HOW LONG DO THEY STAY IN THE, HOW LONG DO THEY STAY AWAY? WELL, THE BEHAVIOR OF THE BIRD CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
UM, I LIKE TO SAY FOUR HOURS TO FOUR DAYS.
UH, WE'RE SEVEN, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
SO, UM, WE HAVE AM VISITS AND PM VISITS.
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP 'EM UP IN THE AIR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND HOW MANY DOGS DO YOU HAVE? UH, OUR DIVISION HAS 19 WORKING RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE ALL THEM ARE ESSER COUNTY RESIDENTS TOO.
HE'LL NEVER BE AT THE FRONT OF THE MEETING AGAIN.
JOSH, IF YOU WANT TO BE AT THE FRONT OF THE MEETING, UH, MAYBE WE COULD TALK AFTER THE MEETING.
SOME POLITICAL ADVICE ON HOW TO HANDLE
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
UM, WHAT'S THE TIME OF YEAR THAT YOU, THAT YOU DO THIS IN THE FREQUENCY? MARCH 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH.
UM, YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE CHOSEN THAT, UM, WINDOW, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING WATER.
A LOT OF OUR PLACES WANT TO STEER 52 WEEKS OUTTA THE YEAR.
UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES MONEY ISN'T ALLOCATED FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE GROUNDS DURING THAT TIME OF YEAR.
IT GOES TO SNOW OR GOES TO WHEREVER ELSE IT GOES TO.
UM, SO YEAH, IN, IN THE SPRING WHERE THEY'RE CHASING MOTHERS AND CARRIAGES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, BABIES, UH, WE'RE THERE IN THE SPRING.
THAT'S REALLY THE BEST, UM, THE BEST TIME YOU, YOU WANNA START.
YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO, UM, TO HAVE FULL RUN, UH, OF THE PARKS WHERE THE PARKS ARE GETTING AS BUSY AS THEY GET WHEN IT GET, WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT IN THE WARMER WEATHER.
JOSH, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE, UM, UM, IMPACT THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH USING THIS GROUP? LIKE, HAVE WE, LIKE, IS IT BEEN AN IMPROVEMENT, LIKE IN TERMS OF AN IMPROVEMENT, THE REDUCTION OF BEASTS, UH, JOSHUA'S HS.
COUNTY PARKS? YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY AN IMPROVEMENT.
UM, AS, AS, UH, JOE HERE WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.
BUT, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY A BIG IMPROVEMENT OVER, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS TIMES WHEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE A CONTRACT LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE I KNOW AT ORANGE PARK, I GO TO ORANGE PARK, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VICIOUS.
AND, UM, I LIKE TO SAY, UH, SIGNAGE IS ALWAYS GOOD.
ANYTIME YOU, YOU PUT US UP, START A PARK, YOU HAVE SIGNAGE, IT SAYS DON'T FEED WATER FOUL.
UH, THE ALLURE OF THE FOOD IS, UH, IT'S, IT'S HARD.
IT'S HARD FOR THE BIRDS NOT TO WANT
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TO COME BACK RIGHT AWAY WHEN THEY'RE GETTING FED AT THE SAME SPOT EVERY DAY.UM, WE REALLY DON'T CONFRONT THEM.
THEY'RE USUALLY NOT INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU JUST EDUCATED ME THAT IS HAPPENING THERE IN THE PARK BEFORE FEEDING THEM.
YEAH, I, I TAKE PICTURES AND SEND IT TO OUR POINT OF CONTACT WHEN WE DO RUN INTO A SITUATION.
JOSH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SIGNAGE IS THERE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IF WE CAN REVIEW AND MAYBE PLACE SOME OF THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE, PEOPLE ARE AFTER FEEDING THEM IN THE MORNING.
UH, SOME, SOME LOCAL CONSTABLES OR SHERIFFS CAN, CAN IMPLEMENT A $250 LITTERING FEE.
UM, WHEN THE HUDSON COUNTY PARK SYSTEM THAT WE DO, UH, BRADDOCK PARK HAS A LOT OF FEEDERS AND, UM, THEY, THEY'LL DRIVE A SHERIFF THROUGH THERE WHEN IT GETS A LITTLE HEAVY, WE, WE TELL 'EM WHAT'S GOING ON.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ONE THROUGH FIVE OF 53? MR. PAR? NO QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOVER? I'LL MOVE IT.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER, ROLL CALL.
AND DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GI ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS PRESENT? YES.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
ALL RIGHT, MADAM DEPUTY, BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LIMITED TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
MR. ANTONIO WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. GOOD EVENING, MR. ANTONIO.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, IT'S AN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO SHORE TOP CONSTRUCTION, UH, TO UNDERTAKE THE TENNIS COURT IMPROVEMENTS AT IRVINGTON PARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $438,570.
SHORT TOP CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE FOUR BIDS RECEIVED FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN 90 DAYS.
THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL PROVIDE FOR NEW PLAYING SURFACES FOR TWO TENNIS COURTS AND TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS, ALONG WITH NEW FENCING, ACCESSORIES, LANDSCAPING AND SITE LIGHTING UPGRADES.
ROBERT RUBBO OF SHORT TOP CONSTRUCTION IS HERE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE HIS COMPANY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SUPPORT MAY HAVE.
UM, MY NAME'S ROBERT VO, R-E-V-O-I-R WITH SHORT TOP CONSTRUCTION.
UM, WE'VE DONE MANY JOBS HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY.
THE LATEST ONE I CAN THINK OF IS THE GROVE OVER CLEVELAND, THE TENNIS COURTS THERE.
TELL US ABOUT THE PROJECT YOU'RE DOING NOW HERE.
I BEG, PARDON? TELL US ABOUT THE PROJECT YOU'RE GONNA WORK ON NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO RESURFACE THE, THE, THE TENNIS COURT'S GONNA BE MILLED AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE A LAYER OF PADDING DOWN AND THEN BE RESURFACED WITH NEW ASPHALT.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE ONE OF THE TENNIS COURTS INTO TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS, AND THEN IT'LL BE REPAINTED AND THEN THERE'LL BE NEW NET NETS AND POSTS.
AND THEN THE, THE 10 FOOT FENCE, THE PERIMETER FENCE WILL BE PUT, THE BRUSH WILL BE CUT BACK FROM AROUND THE EXISTING BRUSH WILL BE, AND THEN THE LIGHTING'S UPGRADED ALSO.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS MR. PACO? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON, DO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE'S YOUR COMPANY LOCATED? IT'S IN FARMINGDALE.
DO YOU EMPLOY ANY ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENCE? WE HAVE A FATHER AND SON FROM THIS AREA THAT WORKS WITH US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER SEVEN.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSENTS TO THE NEW JERSEY DE PER DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE NORTHEAST WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AREA OF THE LIVINGSTON WATER PLANT TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF ABOUT HALF AN ACRE OF THE SITE KNOWN AS COLLINS BROOK ESTATES LOCATED AT 4 57 4 64 SOUTH LIVINGSTON AVENUE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF LIVINGSTON.
MR. PARLO BACK, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, JUST TO COMMENT ON THIS.
'CAUSE I HAD, I HADN'T SEEN, UH, A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS BEFORE AND IT'S REALLY TO, TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MR. ANTONIO SAID.
IT'S TO SERVICE AS A NEW PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S NOT, UH, WHEN I READ IT, I SAID A WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING MASSIVE, BUT IT'S JUST TO INCLUDE THE NEW, UH, SANITARY SEWER LINE TO SERVICE THIS NEW RESIDENTIAL PROJECT IN, UH, IN LIVINGSTON.
UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, DEP HAS DETERMINED THAT IT'S COMPLIANT WITH THEIR
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REGULATIONS.SO, UH, UH, AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS.
DO I HAVE A MOVER FOR SIX AND SEVEN? MOVE IT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
THANK YOU, MR. OKAY, MADAM DEPUTY COURT, LET'S MOVE ON FOR RESOLUTION EIGHT, NINE, AND 52, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON, I'M ASSUMING MS. LODO IS HERE TO PRESENT.
UH, MS. LODO IS GONNA HANDLE ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE.
MAYA LODO, HEALTH OFFICER, UH, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT.
UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, WE ARE APPLYING OR ASKING FOR APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2004 LETTER OF INTENT FOR THE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, GRANT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS OUR SEAHAWK GRANT.
THIS SEAHAWK GRANT ALLOWS US TO MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SUCH AS NOISE, AIR, WATER, POLLUTION, PESTICIDES, ALSO SOLID WASTE REGULATIONS.
THUS SOLID WASTE REGULATIONS ARE OUR INSPECTORS GO OUT AND DO INSPECTIONS OF OUR, UH, RECYCLING FACILITIES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.
AND ALSO, UH, THIS CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, UH, HAZMAT, UH, AND US OVERSEEING THE HAZMAT ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
MR. PARLOVE, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
MR. PRESIDENT? UH, COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS.
AND THANK YOU FIRST, FIRST FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THE GRANT WAS RENEWABLE AND THAT THIS IS A PARTICULAR RESOURCE THAT WE COULD ANTICIPATE AGAIN, OR IS THIS A ONE TIME? YES.
WE'VE HAD THIS, THIS GRANT SINCE 1996 HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER NINE.
NUMBER NINE IS, UH, OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT CONTRACT AWARD OF CONCEPT SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CARE PHY FE ABILITY STUDY, UH, CONSULTING SERVICES FOR 12 MONTH AGREEMENT, NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX DOLLARS.
THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY IS, UH, FUNDED BY A GRANT THROUGH THE COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND THE GAPS IN ACCESS TO CARE, ESPECIALLY TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
IT WILL ALLOW US TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM AFTERWARDS.
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT CONSULTING COMPANY, UH, THERE WERE TWO BIDDERS, UH, FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR AND KIND OF NICHE, UH, SERVICE.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY ALSO DID THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ACCESS TO CARE IN NEWARK.
UH, AND SO WE DO, UH, THINK THAT THEY'RE HIGHLY QUALIFIED TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES TO ESSEX FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY AND, UH, CREATE A PLAN TO ADDRESS ACCESS TO CARE GAPS WITHIN THAT COUNTY.
NO QUESTIONS MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. DEIA WILL HANDLE THAT.
I AM THE PROGRAM MONITOR WITH THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION SERVICES.
AND ITEM 52 IS THE CONTRACT WITH INTEGRITY HOUSE FOR THE ESSEX COUNTY INNOVATION GRANT.
REACH FOR RECOVERY FROM JANUARY 30TH, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 IN THE AMOUNT OF $133,153.
UM, THIS IS A MOBILE OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS, UM, TO PROVIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, SPECIFICALLY OPIOID USE DISORDER.
UM, SO WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AGAIN IN COLLABORATION WITH INTEGRITY HOUSE, PROVIDING, UM, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SCREENINGS, MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS, NARCAN DISTRIBUTION, UH, FENTANYL TEST STRIP, AND REFERRALS TO A VARIETY OF SERVICES, INCLUDING TREATMENT SERVICES IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS WILLING TO, UM, BEGIN TREATMENT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I DO HAVE CHRIS ROJAS HERE.
HE IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER, PREVENTION PROGRAM MANAGER WITH INTEGRITY HOUSE.
HAS MR. LES, WHY DON'T YOU COME AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU AGAIN THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR I WAS HERE AS A, BEFORE YOU GO
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FURTHER, JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.EVERY TIME SOMEONE SPEAK, WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UM, LAST YEAR I PRESENTED AS THE DRIVER.
TODAY I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND I DO A VARIETY, VARIETY OF, UM, THINGS YOU COULD SAY WE PROVIDE.
UM, LIKE COLETTE WAS SAYING, UM, WIFI, FIND BAGS, WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT RESOURCES, INFORMATION FROM MENTAL HEALTH, UM, OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS, NA OR AA MEETINGS THAT THEY CAN DO IN PERSON OR THROUGH ZOOM.
UM, WE ALSO COLLABORATE WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, UM, AGENCIES THAT COME OUT AND PROVIDE HIV TESTING, UM, TESTING AND COUNSELING.
THEY ALSO DO, UH, COLLABORATIONS WITH NEWER COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, WHICH THEY COME OUT AND DO LEGAL SERVICES.
UM, SO YEAH, AND COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, JUST GIVING OUT, UM, HATS, GLOVES FOR THE WINTER TIME OR ALSO BLANKETS, HYGIENE KITS, UM, RESOURCES FOR SHELTERS.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DO, UH, MR. PARVE, ANY QUESTIONS ON 52? NO.
COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND MR. ROJAS, IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, YOU SAID LAST YEAR YOU WERE THE DRIVER.
THIS YEAR YOU'RE THE PROGRAM MANAGER.
SO CONGRATS TO YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT INCREDIBLE, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL-DESERVED, UH, PROMOTION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO US ABOUT TWO THINGS.
ONE, JUST THE NATURE OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND, UM, THE OPIOID CRISIS AND JUST FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, UH, THE USAGE OF PRETTY HIGH LEVEL NARCOTICS IS ON THE RISE IN GENERAL.
SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO SOME OF THE PATTERNS THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
AND THEN SECONDLY, WHEN IT COMES TO YOUNG PEOPLE, WE KNOW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE AND WE'RE SEEING BOTH ACROSS NEW JERSEY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, A LOT OF, UH, INSTANCES OF, OF, UH, JUST, JUST REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO YOUTH EXPOSURE UNKNOWINGLY, UM, TO, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRUGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY LEADING TO DEATH, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO, LIKE, ARE YOU SEEING YOUNG FOLKS LEARNING KIND OF COMING TO THE VAN OR COMING TO THE MOBILE TRUCK OR COMING TO INTEGRITY HOUSE TO GET MORE RESOURCES? AND JUST IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE EBB AND FLOW MORE BROADLY AND THEN WITH YOUTH IN PARTICULAR.
SO, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE SEEING, I WOULD SAY FOR THE POSITIVE THAT I, I DO SEE, UM, LIKE TRAININGS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW TO HANDLE CALLS, UM, WITH MENTAL HEALTH, WITH SUBSTANCE USE.
SO THERE ARE POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, UM, TOWARDS THAT.
AND I GUESS FOR THE YOUTH, UM, WE DO HAVE A LOCATION OUT IN NUTLEY WHERE WE HAVE DIFFERENT RESOURCES, RIGHT.
TO KIND OF CATER TO THE YOUTH, UM, AND DIFFERENT, UM, READING MATERIALS SUCH AS VAPING, RIGHT.
UM, AND MARIJUANA USE, NOW THAT IT'S LEGALIZED, HOW DOES THAT, UH, AFFECT THE, THE GROWTH OF THE BRAIN, RIGHT? SO ALSO COLLABORATING WITH, UH, A PROGRAM CALLED CLEAR, WHICH IS KIND OF GEARED TOWARDS THE YOUTH ON GIVING THEM TOOLS ON HOW TO HAVE, UM, CONVERSATIONS.
LET'S SAY IF YOU'RE GONNA, UH, PRACTICE, UM, UNPROTECTED SEX OR IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT, THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, SEXUAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE, UM, WE DO SEE THEM KIND OF COMING A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT, WE CALL THEM, UM, OLIVE, OLIVE BRANCHES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE LIKE SNACKS TO GET YOU TO COME OVER.
AND THEN, UH, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED, UH, TO TAKING SOME MATERIAL ON, UM, THE VAPING RIGHT.
OR MARIJUANA? 'CAUSE NOW THAT IT'S BEEN LEGALIZED, OKAY, JUST BECAUSE IT'S LEGAL DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT MIGHT BE FOR EVERYONE JUST TO, FOR YOU TO MAKE A BETTER, UM, UNDERSTAND, TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND MAKE A BETTER CHOICE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, IS NUTLEY THE ONLY PLACE WHERE IS THAT THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF YOUTH USING, UH, DRUGS? UH, IN YOUR ESTIMATION, YOU SAID THAT'S THE ONLY LOCATION YOU HAVE FOR YOUTH? I WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S THE ONLY LOCATION.
WE DO ENCOUNTER DIFFERENT, UM, YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT, UM, COUNTIES THAT WE GO TO.
BUT BEING THAT NUTLEY, WE ARE RIGHT BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ENCOUNTER A HIGHER VOLUME OF TEENAGERS WHEN THEY COME OUT TO GO FOR THEIR LUNCH BREAK.
SO THAT'S, I GUESS WE, WE GET MORE EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE COLLABORATED WITH DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE'VE PROVIDED, UM, DIFFERENT RESOURCES SUCH AS TREATMENT, BUT WE'VE ALSO, UM, TAKEN THE OTHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS LIKE CLEAR, UM, TO CONNECT THEM WITH THOSE RESOURCES.
SO WE HAVE HAD, UM, HIGHER NUMBERS WHEN WE GO, ESPECIALLY TO, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE SET UP, UH, UH, AN EVENT.
SO I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PLACE, BUT MAYBE 'CAUSE WHEREBY THE HIGH SCHOOL WE ENCOUNTER MORE THERE.
I I I ONLY REFERENCE NUTLEY BECAUSE YOU REFERENCE NUTLEY.
I THINK HE WAS SAYING THAT'S WHERE THEY ENCOUNTER THE MOST YOUTH, RIGHT.
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YEAH.IS THAT WHAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? BECAUSE YOU ENCOUNTER MORE YOUNG PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION? THE LOCATION IN MOST OF THE SCHOOL.
IS THAT WHAT IT'S, MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE OUT THERE FROM, OKAY, WE'RE OUT THERE FROM 10 TO THREE.
SO MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE ARE, ARE AT SCHOOLS, UM, KIDS OR TEENAGERS, BUT WE ENCOUNTER A LOT OF THEM MORE 'CAUSE THEY COME OUT FOR LUNCH BECAUSE THERE DO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, ARE THERE OTHER, FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE THERE OTHER LOCATIONS THEN WHERE IT'S BASED OR TO MR. RICHARDSON POINT.
RICHARDSON POINT, IS IT PRIMARILY IN NUTLEY THE HEADQUARTERS? I, I, I, WE COME ACROSS OTHER TEENAGERS.
UM, LET'S SAY WHEN WE GO TO THE, JESUS, SORRY, I'M FORGETTING EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE TOWN THAT I CHOOSE I JUST MOVED INTO.
YOU CAN PERHAPS REFER TO YOUR COLLEAGUES THERE TO GIVE YOU A HAND WITH, UH, SINCE THEY ARE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM AS WELL.
UH, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION PREVIOUSLY, ALSO, ALONG WITH, UH, THE WORK OF THE VAN, THERE'S ALSO COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DIVISION WITH, UH, OTHER PARTNERS WHO DO PREVENTION WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH YOUTH, WITH THE YOUTH POPULATION.
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THAT TAKES GRANT FUNDING, WE DON'T HAVE GRANT FUNDING FOR EVERYTHING WITHIN THE ANGLE.
SO WE WORK WITH A, UH, REGIONAL COALITION CALLED ADAPT, WHICH IS THROUGH A NONPROFIT CALLED FAMILY CONNECTIONS.
AND THEY WORK PRIMARILY DOING THE EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS WITH OUR YOUTH POPULATION.
RIGHT NOW, THEIR BIGGEST ASPECTS OF THE BIGGEST COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH IS IN NEWARK AND EAST ORANGE.
UH, DUE TO JUST THE FACT THAT NEWARK HAS SO MANY SCHOOLS AND THEY HAVE A, UH, MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING WITH THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THEY CAN DO PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT ANY, ANY DISTRICT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH EACH BOARD MEETING, GO AND HAVE COMMUNICATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE SEEING.
UH, STILL UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE SEEING THE AVERAGE, UH, FROM THE DATA THAT WE GET, THE AVERAGE POPULATION IS A 55-YEAR-OLD MALE, AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE RESIDING WITHIN OUR URBAN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH, UH, THE OVERDOSES OR FENTANYL OR AS YOU STATED, UH, WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OTHER DRUGS AS WELL.
THAT'S THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE SEEING AS IT PERTAINS TO THAT.
THAT'S NOT THE POPULATION THAT THEY'RE SEEING WITH THE VAN WHEN THEY'RE DOING OUTREACH, BUT THAT'S WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR WORK, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ALERTS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE INFORMATION AND COUNTYWIDE, WE'RE SEEING, UH, CONTINUOUS, WE GET ALERTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT OVERDOSES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN EVERY MUNICIPALITY HERE IN THE COUNTY.
SO WE TRACK THAT AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO TARGETED EFFORTS THROUGH, UH, LAST MONTH YOU APPROVED OF AN ASSERTION FOR ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH IS A QUICK RESPONSE TEAM TO COLLABORATE WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO DO MORE A RAPID OUTREACH, UH, RATHER THAN, UH, SEEING INDIVIDUALS CONTINUE TO OVERDOSE.
JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER GRAHAM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GET THE ALERT TO KNOW TO GO TO WHEREVER IT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
JOEL TORRES, THREATENING COMMUNITY HEALTH.
UH, SO THERE IS A NOT STATEWIDE COUNTRYWIDE SYSTEM THROUGH WASHINGTON DC CALLED OD MAPS.
OVER THOSE MAPS, WHICH, UH, ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY OR THE, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WHENEVER THERE'S AN OVERDOSE THAT OCCURS, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT THAT OUT.
WE, WITHIN THE DIVISION, HAVE SET UP OUR DIVISION AS A SITE TO GET ALERTS.
SO EVERY TIME THAT ONE OCCURS, I GET AN EMAIL, UH, WHICH LEADS ME TO THE MAP, WHICH I CAN SEE AND IDENTIFY EXACTLY, UH, NOT THE SPECIFIC ADDRESS, BUT FROM A HIGHER LEVEL WHERE THESE OVERDOSES ARE OCCURRING.
AND THEN FROM THERE, IT'S US AS A DIVISION WORKING ON STRATEGIES WITH OUR PARTNERS TO KIND OF DO, UH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH OTHER FUNDED, UH, COLLABORATORS THROUGH THE DIVISION TO DO MORE OUTREACH, TO DO MORE STRATEGIES TARGETED TOWARDS, UH, WHERE WE'RE SEEING, UH, QUOTE UNQUOTE HOTSPOTS WITHIN THE, THE COUNTY ITSELF.
QUESTION TODAY, UM, ON THE RADIO, I, YOU KNOW, HEARD ADVERTISEMENT AND A PART OF IT TALKED ABOUT, LET'S THINK FOR AN EXAMPLE, MARY'S LIFE WAS SAVED BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD SOME KIND OF SPRAY THAT THEY SPRAYED UP THE NOTES.
WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC? BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE ADVERTISEMENT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT YOU CAN GET IT FOR FREE.
HOW DOES, HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ASSIST SOMEONE? THANK YOU.
UH, JOEL TORRES DIVISION COMMUNITY HEALTH, UH, ACTUALLY COLETTE, UH, AND, UH, MR. ROJAS THROUGH THE VAN, UH, THEY HAVE FREE NARCAN.
THAT THE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SPRAY.
SO THAT NARCAN SPRAY, THEY DO DISTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S A WAY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE IN NEED AND NEED ASSISTANCE.
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A TRAINING IN COLLABORATION WITH RUTGERS.UH, WE DO A QUARTERLY BECAUSE OF THEIR, THEIR SCHEDULE, THEY JUST CAN'T DO ANYTHING MORE, UH, CONSTANT WITH US.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ONLY FOR 25 INDIVIDUALS AT A TIME, AND IT BOOKS REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT STRATEGIES TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THAT MORE OFTEN BECAUSE THE NEED IS THERE.
UH, I THINK, UH, AN EMAIL WAS JUST SENT LAST FRIDAY ABOUT IT, AND IT'S ALMOST FULL ALREADY.
UH, SO THIS IS A NEED THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DIVISION.
WE DO HAVE NARCAN THAT WE DISTRIBUTE.
UH, WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO EDUCATE OUR SCHOOLS.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, EACH HIGH SCHOOL, UH, IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY IS REQUIRED WITHIN THE NURSE'S OFFICE TO HOST TO HAVE NARCAN AVAILABLE JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
UH, THE DISTRICTS CAN ALSO UPDATE THEIR POLICIES TO HAVE MORE SCHOOLS OFFER THAT, BUT THE REQUIREMENT IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COLLEAGUES ALSO KNOW THAT OUR PARTNERS WHO GET FUNDING FROM THE DIVISION DO REACH OUT TO US, AND WE DO DISTRIBUTE NARCAN TO THEM AS WELL, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S FREE.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE DIVISION IS COLLABORATING WITH THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOCAL PHARMACIES ARE SIGNED UP FOR A PROGRAM.
SO THE STATE IS DOING AN OUTREACH PROGRAM WHERE PHARMACIES DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR NARCAN.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH OUR PARTNERS, LIKE ADAPT IS DOING OUTREACH TO THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW THEY SIGN UP.
IT'S A FREE SIGNUP THAT THEY DO TO DO A WAIVER.
AND WE ARE PROMOTING THAT RIGHT NOW THROUGH OUR COLLEAGUES IN NEWARK AND OTHER TOWNS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.
CAN YOU, UM, PLEASE, UM, PUT US ON YOUR LISTERV FOR THE DATES WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DOING THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY? UM, SIGN UP BECAUSE, UM, IT, IT'S A REALITY.
IT'S JUST THE REALITY THAT WE'RE IN AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP TO DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION.
I MYSELF COULD SIGN UP FOR WORKSHOPS AS WELL.
AND AFTER LISTENING TO THIS, UM, COMMERCIAL TODAY MADE ME WANT TO SAY, I NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THIS AND MAYBE I NEED TO GET A CAN NARCAN JUST LISTENING TO THIS, UM, COMMERCIAL.
SO, SO PLEASE SHARE THAT, UM, ADAM, IF YOU CAN COLLECT THEIR INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOVER FOR EIGHT, NINE AND 52? MOTION SECOND.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS WILL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GUILD.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT PALM MAREZ.
OKAY, MADAM DEPUTY CLAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS 10 AND 11, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARROW AND LIEUTENANT CAMACHO WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, DEPUTY DIRECTOR REGINA HOLMES MARROW DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
LIEUTENANT ORLANDO CAMACHO, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS.
TODAY WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS THE CONTRACT AWARD TO ATLANTIC UNIFORM TO PROVIDE ARMOR EXPRESS BRAND LEVEL BODY ARMOR VEST.
THEY'RE UNDER STATE CONTRACT AND THE AMOUNT IS NOT TO EXCEED $429,628 AND 55 CENTS.
THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO REACTION DISTRIBUTED IN INC.
WHO WAS THE SOLE RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER TO FURNISH AND DELIVER UP TO THREE WASTE QUICK OR EQUIVALENT SELF-CONTAINED COMPACTORS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A 24 MONTH CONTRACT FROM DATE OF AWARD WITH AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $104,994.
MR. PARLOVE, ANY QUESTIONS ON 10 OR 11TH? UH, NO, NO QUESTIONS.
MR. MCNA? ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER, I, I RECALL THAT, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS BACK WE DID VEST AND THE DIRECTOR, UM, WE, WE HAD SENT OUT NOTIFICATION TO THE STAFF.
THIS WILL COMPLETE THE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN NEED OF A VEST, CORRECT? THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT? THAT IS CORRECT.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, UH, THIS PURCHASE WILL ACTUALLY BRING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE VEST.
UH, WE WILL BE PURCHASING THIS
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TO OUR, THROUGH OUR OPERATING BUDGET, ALTHOUGH WE DO RECEIVE GRANTS ON A YEARLY BASIS FOR BODY ARMOR.SO WE ARE PAYING FOR THIS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THIS IS GOING TO OUTFIT EVERYONE THAT NEEDS A VEST.
SO WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATION TO PEOPLE.
WE, WE, WE DID IT SEVERAL WAYS.
COMMISSIONER, UH, WE ACTUALLY POSTED IT THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
WE ACTUALLY UTILIZED, UM, AN INTERNAL LGS SYSTEM, WHICH I BELIEVE WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, WHICH HAS A TEXT MESSAGING FEATURE, WHICH WE SEND OUT A BLAST TO ALL OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
AND WE ALSO ENSURE THAT IT'S READ UP AT LINEUP.
SO WE DID HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT WITH, UH, OFFICERS COMING IN TO GET FITTED.
AND WE ALSO AFFORD THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE VENDOR AND GET FITTED OVER THERE.
AND I DO RECALL THE DIRECTOR, UM, TALKING ABOUT SOME MEMBERS HAD DECLINED TO GETTING INVESTED.
THEY WERE HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY HAD.
WELL, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT THEY WERE HAPPY WHAT THEY HAVE, IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT THEY WANT IS FOR US TO STAY.
WHAT WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THEY ASKED THE DIRECTOR SINCE THE NOTICE, DO YOU WANT NEW VEST? UNTIL PEOPLE SAID NO, THEY DECLINED GETTING A NEW ONE.
NO, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS THOUGH.
SO IF THEY WORK, NO, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY, COMMISSIONER.
SO IF THE VEST IS A FIVE YEAR, UH, WARRANTY, RIGHT? FACTORY WARRANTY.
SO IF THE VEST IS OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY, IT MUST BE REPLACED.
SO THE OFFICERS WILL NOT HAVE A CHOICE TO, THEY CAN KEEP THEIR OUTER CARRIER RIGHT, BUT THE INSIDE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF 'EM WERE EXPIRED.
AND MR. JACKSON, PLEASE CORRECT ME, GO A COUPLE WEEKS BACK.
UM, I RECALL BEING TOLD THAT SOME PEOPLE DECLINED, BUT THE VEST WAS STILL FINE.
UM, MATT, JUST REMIND ME, I THINK THAT WAS, UH, WARDEN IFF WHO MADE THAT COMMENT FROM THE, THAT'S THAT'S VEST.
SO JUST DOUBLE CHECK PLEASE BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY.
EARLIER WE HEARD THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED VESTS, THEY DIDN'T GET VEST, UM, HAVING BEEN TOLD THAT THEY COULD COME GET VEST.
AND, UM, IF THAT IS CORRECT, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CORRECT THAT.
IF THE PERSON IS OUT OF DATE, EXPIRED AND IN NEED OF A VEST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS EVERYTHING LEGALLY THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE, THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TO THEM THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
COMMISSIONER COOPER SAFETY AND SECURITY AS PARAMOUNT.
AND I BELIEVE MR. PRESIDENT, HE HAD REQUESTED FOR UPDATE.
AND I THINK, UH, MR. JACKSON CAN, AT THE LAST TIME I HAD ASKED THAT FOR THIS TIME, YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE STAND WITH THE WHOLE, UH, ALL OF THE VEST.
UH, YES, UH, UH, LIEUTENANT, UH, CAMACHO GAVE A, UH, A A BRIEF ON THE, ON THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT, BUT, UM, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UM, UH, THERE'LL BE 253, UH, VESTS THAT COME OUT OF WARRANTY.
UM, UH, TWO IN 20 24 83 AND 20 25, 84 AND 26, 28, AND 27 AND 56 AND 28.
AND ALL THOSE WILL BE REPLACED ACCORDINGLY.
UH, JDC UM, HAS, UH, OUTFITTED ALL OF ITS, UH, STAFF, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, PAYMENTS BEING PROCESSED, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT $56,000.
THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE PURCHASED 13 BODY ARMOR, UM, NEW BODY ARMOR.
UM, THEY GOT GRANTS AND THEY'RE DOING SOME ALSO THROUGH THEIR TRUST AND THEY WILL BE REPLACING ALL OF THEIRS AS THEY REACH THE FIVE YEAR, UH, TIMEFRAME.
AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ORDERED 140 VESTS OVER THE LAST YEAR OUT OF ITS OWN BUDGET.
UM, AND THEY WILL BE REPLACING, UH, AND, AND THOSE VESTS WERE ALL THOSE WHO WERE PAST THE FIVE YEAR EXPIRATION, AND THEY WILL BE REPLACING VESTS AS THEY REACH THE FIVE YEAR MARK, UH, ANNUALLY.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, MR. JACKSON, WITH ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS AS THEY COME TO THE FIVE YEAR EXPIRATION DATE, THEY WILL BE FITTED AND REPLACEMENT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOVER FOR NUMBER 10 AND 11? MOTION SECOND.
MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON.
MADAM DEPUTY COURT WILL CALL PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER SEABOLD.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
OKAY, MADAM DEPUTY COL, LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 12, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, AND WE'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, I HAVE MR. COTTREY, UH, MR. PRESIDENT YOU TO SPEAK.
UH, THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO HART HALSEY, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS EXTRA DUTY SOLUTION, THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER PER COMMISSION FEE TO PROVIDE OFFICERS FOR OFF-DUTY DETAILED MANAGEMENT, UH, SERVICES.
24 MONTH CONTRACT FROM DATE OF AWARD.
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MR. PARLO BACK YOU.DO I HAVE A MOVER FOR 12? MOVE BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRANT ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK FOR NUMBER 12.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO 13, 14, 15, AND 16.
I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS TO THE MARCH 20TH, 2024 MEETING.
THE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.
WHY ARE WE ADJOURNING? WE NEED SIX COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAVE FIVE THAT REQUIRES, IF I CAN'T, THESE REQUIRE TWO THIRDS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE'RE ADJOURNING THESE INTO, UH, DATE SPECIFIC.
YES, I READ INTO MARCH 20TH, WHICH IS OUR NEXT MEETING.
COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON ON THE SECOND ROLL CALL.
MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 17 AND 18, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING.
AND THERE WILL, THERE'LL BE RECORD RIGHT INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. GO AHEAD, MR. MR. PRESIDENT, I'M BACK AGAIN.
I'M SPEAK ONE MORE TIME AFTER THIS ALSO, MR. PRESIDENT, WELL, LUCKY ARE WE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, UH, APPROVAL OF S-Y-S-F-Y 2024 NEW JERSEY DARK PROGRAM.
10 OPERATING AGREEMENTS WITH THE NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION FROM JULY 1ST, 2023 TO JUNE 30TH, 2024.
THE AGREEMENT IS FOR $683,804.
MATCH 18 IS THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING AGAIN.
AND IT'S A CONTRACT EXTENSION AWARD TO MEADOWLAND TRANSPORTATION BROKERAGE CORPORATION AND SERVICES, ESSEX COUNTY THROUGH THE JT PROGRAM.
JULY 1ST, 2023 TO JUNE 30TH, 2024.
A AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,367,608.
THIS INCLUDES THE ESSEX COUNTY NIGHT OWL ON ROUTE 10 AND FAIRFIELD AND THE WEST ESSEX SHUTTLE.
MR. PARLOVE, YOU ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOVER FOR 17 AND 18? MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
ROLL CALL MAD DEPUTY CLERK FOR 17 AND 18.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
OKAY, MADAM DEPUTY, LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 19, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO MORRIS COUNTY.
PRE, UH, PREVENTION IS KEY INC.
TO PROVIDE CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SERVICES FOR THE OPERATION HELPING HAND PROGRAM 12 MONTH AGREEMENT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40,000.
UH, THE PROGRAM ACTIVELY LINKS INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICE IN LIEU OF CAR INCARCERATION.
40 PARTICIPANTS AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER PARTICIPANT.
MR. PARLOVE, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOVER FOR NUMBER 19? MOVE SECOND.
COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON ON THE MOVE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
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DEPUTY CLERK ON 19.COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
20 THROUGH 51 ARE RESOLUTIONS MOSTLY DEALING WITH OUR BOARD COMMITTEES, WHICH HAS NOT CHANGED A WHOLE LOT.
WE DID HAVE, OF COURSE, THE CHANGE WITH THE COMMISSIONER JOHNSON'S RETIREMENT.
IN ADDITION OF MARY THOMAS, UH, JOINING US, WE ALSO ASK A MEMBER MORIN COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THESE? MOVED BY COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER, WE'LL CALL MAD DEPUTY CLIFF 20 THROUGH 51.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS? YES.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 54, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL ST.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION WHICH WILL IMPLEMENT THE BINDING ARBITRATION AWARD BY THE ARBITRATOR.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
MR. PARLO, BACK, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST, JUST SOME QUESTIONS JUST TO, UM, I GUESS IT'LL START WITH A COMMENT AND THEN IT'LL GO INTO A QUESTION.
THIS RESOLVES YEARS 2018 THROUGH 2020.
SO IT LEAVES PRESUMABLY 21 THROUGH 23 STILL UNRESOLVED OR HAVE THEY BEEN RESOLVED OUTSIDE OF THE ARBITRATION? THEY HAVE NOT.
'CAUSE IN THE, UH, BODY OF THE REPORT, UH, OF THE OPINION, THE ARBITRATOR DOES GO INTO WHY HIS REASONING FOR DOING THAT, BUT OKAY.
SO THAT'S STILL OUTSTANDING? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. PARLOW? NO.
UH, SO THIS, THIS, UH, THIS AWARD, UH, BASED ON INTEREST ARBITRATION IS REALLY, I MEAN, THE BOARD'S APPROVAL IS, UM, I MEAN IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A FAT CON PLEA.
IS THIS CORRECT? IT'S A, IT'S ING ARBITRATION ORDER.
RIGHT? HUH? BINDING ARBITRATION.
HAS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY, UM, INDICATION THAT THERE'LL BE BINDING OUT ARBITRATION FOR THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS? THERE HAS NOT.
UH, THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER MR. PRESIDENT, REPEAT THE QUESTION, MR. MC.
SO, COOPER, UH, THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE SUBSEQUENT THREE YEARS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED ARE GOING TO BE RE HOW HAS IT BEEN DETERMINED THAT THEY WILL BE RESOLVED BY INTEREST ARBITRATION? MR. PARLOVE? UH, I WAS JUST REALLY, UH, COMMENTING ON WHAT MR. UH, UH, MCINERNEY SAID.
IT'S REALLY AUTHOR WHAT THE BOARD'S DOING IS AUTHORIZING THE MONEY TO PAY FOR, TO PAY FOR THOSE THREE YEARS OF, UH, OF BACK SALARIES, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
SO, UM, IT'S THIS TIME PERIOD AND, AND WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT THE OTHER YEARS, HOW MANY OTHER YEARS ARE OPEN? SO THREE MORE.
WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE IN THREE MORE PLUS WE'RE IN A NEW YEAR NOW.
AND WE'LL, WE'RE GOING TO NEGOTIATE THOSE THAT PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL.
SO ONCE WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE US TO IMPLEMENT IT? IT'S, IT'S DONE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE BINDING ARBITRATION.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE WITH THIS.
UH, ALL WE'RE DOING IS FUNDING WHAT THE, THE ARBITRATOR DICTATED.
SO LET, UM, CHANGE MY QUESTION AND ASK IT DIFFERENTLY.
ONCE WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE US TO PAY OUT THE FOLKS AFFECTED BY THIS AS, AS SOON AS WE CAN COMPUTE THE INDIVIDUAL RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS THAT ARE TO BE MADE TO THE INDIVIDUALS, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE DONE VERY SHORTLY.
SO ON AVERAGE, MR. JACKSON, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? AS A MONTH? SIX MONTHS? NO.
UM, I I WOULD SAY, UH, 30 TO 60 DAYS.
AND, AND I'LL, I'LL HOLD THE OTHER QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON, DO YOU,
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MR. PRESIDENT, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHO ARE GONNA BE AFFECTED, WHO ARE WAITING FOR THEIR MONEY? IT'S 90 PLUS.I DON'T HAVE, IF I CAN LOOK, GO THROUGH, I CAN PROBABLY COME UP WITH THE EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU.
SO IT WAS OVER 90, LESS THAN A HUNDRED? YES.
I'M SAYING LESS THAN A HUNDRED.
BUT LET ME, LET ME LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
I'LL GET THE NUMBERS FOR YOU TONIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, MR. MCINERNEY? YEAH, I, I DID SPEAK TO, UM, UH, HAS MOHAMED, UM, THIS AFTERNOON, UH, THIS REPRESENTS ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND A HALF AND $4 MILLION OF RETROACTIVE PAY.
UH, THIS MONEY HAS BEEN RESERVED.
UM, AND WILL BE, UM, PAID FROM THAT RESERVE.
JUST A LITTLE ADDED INFORMATION.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
SO FOR UM, SIMPLISTIC PURPOSES, IT WAS FOUR GROUPS.
WE GOT ONE GROUP COMPLETELY DONE, ONE GROUP HALF DONE.
AND SO IT'S TWO GROUPS THAT REMAIN.
SHERIFFS, RANK AND FILE AND SUPERIORS.
ALL OF THE SHERIFFS ARE AND PROSECUTORS.
YEAH, THE PROSECUTORS AS WELL.
BUT THE MAIN, THE MAIN UNIONS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, UH, OF THE FOUR THAT WE ALL, WE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR MONTHS, TWO CORRECTIONS, TWO SHERIFFS, THE CORRECT ONE, THE RANK AND FILE CORRECTIONS.
THE LARGEST GROUP WAS SETTLED AMICABLY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND THEN THE TWO OTHER UNIONS, BOTH RANK AND FILE SHERIFFS AND SUPERIORS, UH, THEY HAVE FILED FOR BINDING ARBITRATION.
BOTH SHERIFF TROOPS FILED FOR BINDING ARBITRATION FOR ALL THE YEARS AND THE SAME YEARS.
THEY, THEY, THEY FILED FOR ALL THE YEARS.
SO TWO GROUPS NOW FOR ALL THE YEARS, THIS GROUP IS HALFWAY DONE.
AND, AND TO BE, TO BE CLEAR, UH, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A SIX YEAR DETERMINATION BECAUSE REMEMBER THIS TWO YEAR CAP, THEY'RE ASKING FOR, UH, IT TO BE BROKEN UP INTO SECTIONS SO THAT THERE BE A SHORTER CO CONTRACT AND A LONGER CONTRACT.
BUT THAT'S ALL GONNA BE LITIGATED.
AND IS THE, WHAT THEY FILE FOR FALL INTO THAT WINDOW OF 90 DAYS OR SIX MONTHS THAT WE GET A DECISION BACK TO? CORRECT.
IT, IT, THE 90 DAYS HASN'T STARTED TO RUN YET.
'CAUSE THE CASE HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED OUT.
THE CASES HAVE NOT BEEN ASSIGNED OUT TO AN ARBITRATOR YET.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE JUST A MATTER OF DAYS THOUGH.
JOHN AND COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON IN THE BODY OF THE, UH, OF THE, UH, ARBITRATION AWARD, IT DOES SAY THE FOP 1 0 6 UNIT IS COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 80 SUPERIOR CORRECTIONS OFFICERS.
SO THAT'S SPECIFICALLY SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANTS, AND CAPTAINS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. PAR, WHILE YOU WERE TALKING.
'CAUSE I WAS SCROLL, TRYING TO SCROLL AT THE SAME TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE A MOVER FOR NUMBER 54? MOTION.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REPORT OF BOARD COMMITTEES.
DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT OF BOARD COMMITTEES? DO WE HAVE ANY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS? ARE THERE ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS CAPTAIN, ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS COMMISSIONERS, ANY NEW BUSINESS TO DISCUSS? OKAY, MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. TERESA.
JAMES TROI, VICE PRESIDENT, FOP 1 0 6, REPRESENTING THE SWORN SUPERVISORY AND INVESTIGATIVE STAFF AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
THE NUMBER 80 THAT YOU JUST SCROLLED THROUGH AND FOUND WAS THE 12 31 20 17 ROSTER
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THAT THE ARBITRATOR WORKED OFF OF.THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OWED MONEY IS OVER A HUNDRED, CURRENTLY 80 TO 90, ACTIVELY EMPLOYED, NOT COUNTING THE RETIREES THAT ARE OWED MONEY.
AS A MAJORITY OF YOU'RE WELL AWARE, OUR MEMBERS, ALONG WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIONS, HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CONTRACT FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS.
LAST YEAR, THROUGH RECOGNIZED EFFORTS OF MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, THE COUNTY FINALLY CAME TO THE TABLE.
THERE WAS A DIM LIGHT AT THE END OF A VERY LONG TUNNEL.
THEN AFTER TWO MEETINGS, THE OFFICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL FILED FOR BINDING ARBITRATION INCONGRUOUSLY.
THAT FILING WAS SOLELY AGAINST FOP 1 0 6.
THE COUNTY DID NOT APPEAL THE DECISION, BUT YOU'LL NOTE RESOLUTION 2054 ONLY COVERED THE THREE YEARS.
WE ANTICIPATE, SADLY, THAT THE OTHER THREE YEARS WILL BE BACK IN INTEREST.
ARBITRATION, WE HAVE ALREADY FILED DEMANDS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COUNTY FOR YEARS 2020 THROUGH 2021 THROUGH 2024.
AND IT REMAINS OUR STANCE THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ITS CHIEF OF STAFF THROUGH THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THROUGH OUTSIDE CONTRACTED ATTORNEYS, CONTINUE THE RETALIATORY CONDUCT FOR US, EXERCISING OUR LAWFUL RIGHTS AND CONTINUING FAILING TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.
AS WAS DETERMINED BY PERC EARLY LAST YEAR.
ONE EXAMPLE HISTORICALLY AROUND OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR ARE MEMBERS SELECT THE SENIORITY PREFERENCE FOR SHIFT DAYS OFF AND JOB ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
A PROCESS THAT WE REFER TO AS AN ANNUAL REALIGNMENT.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, A SENIORITY BASED PRACTICE, A VACATION PICKS IS DONE.
SO THAT COME JANUARY 1ST, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE WORKING, WHAT THEIR DAYS OFF ARE, WHAT THEIR VACATIONS ARE, AND THEY CAN PLAN THEIR LIVES.
NEITHER THE REALIGNMENT NOR THE VACATION PICKS FOR 2024 HAVE BEEN DONE.
SO WHILE MORE THAN 600 OFFICERS FROM PB 8 3 82 WHO CONCEDED, I'LL SAY, CAVED TO THE COUNTY EXECS DEMANDS, THEY'VE HAD THEIR BIDS AND DAY VACATION DAYS AND EVERYTHING SINCE JANUARY, NOT A SINGLE SUPERVISOR DOES.
TO BE CLEAR, THESE MATTERS WERE NOT SUBJECT TO THE ARBITRATION 30 SECONDS, SO SECONDS.
THERE WAS NO REASON TO HOLD THEM OFF.
IT CONTINUES TO BE WHOLLY UNACCEPTABLE.
PERK IN A FIVE ZERO RULING ISSUED EARLY LAST YEAR, DECLARED THE COUNTY'S ACTIONS IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS UNLAWFUL THAT REMAINS ON APPEAL BEFORE THE APPELLATE DIVISION.
DO WE REALLY NEED TO START PURSUING ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE ISSUES? I WILL BE HANDING ADAM A NUMBER OF MY BUSINESS CARDS FOR ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WHO WISHES THEM.
MY EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER ARE ON THEM, AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE LABOR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
MAGGIE FREEMAN QUA PARKS SPORTS AUTHORITY CONSERVANCY.
UM, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON FOR COMING OUT TO THE WEEK PARK TRACK TOUR WITH THE, UM, CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND JUST BEING AN OPEN EAR TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS BEING SAID.
UM, WE ARE ASKING THAT ONE MORE COMMUNITY MEETING BE, UH, COMMENCED BEFORE THE PROJECT ACTUALLY IS UNDERWAY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT CAME UP AND IDEALS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PARK.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL THINGS ARE KIND OF TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE WE KIND OF ACT ON, UM, THE PROJECT, WHICH IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.
UM, ONE THING, SO YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IS YEAH.
YOU REQUESTING ANOTHER MEETING? ANOTHER MEETING, YES.
A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE CAN HAVE.
UM, JUST KIND OF INVITING ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS ALIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE USAGE IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN THE INITIAL MEETINGS THAT WE HAD AND WHERE OUR DEALS HAVE COME INTO, YOU KNOW, FRUITION.
WE'LL FORWARD YOUR REQUESTS TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? JUST MINUTE, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THERE ARE NO OTHER PEOPLE WILLING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
CLERK, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENT SESSION.
THIS IS JUST, IF THE REQUEST THAT WAS IS MADE BY MS. FREEMAN IS FULFILLED, WE CAN JUST HAVE THAT NOTIFICATION FOR THE MEETING GO OUT TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MR. JACKSON, WE WILL, WE WILL FORWARD THE REQUEST TO YOU, MR. JACKSON, AND IF THERE'S ANY ACTION TAKEN, THERE'S A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD TO KEEP THE COMMISSIONERS POSTED ON THAT.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, UM, MR. JACKSON, UM, OR, UM, ATTORNEY, THE ARBITRATION AWARD? MR. ST.
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ST.JOHN, COULD YOU HAVE A SEAT FOR A MOMENT? BECAUSE COMMISSIONER, UH, COOPER IS MAKING A COMMENT, INCORPORATES YOU BACK IN.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, I THINK YOU'RE INSPIRED BY JOSHUA ZAS TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLY, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TIE IT DOWN TO THAT SEAT TO THE VERY END OF THE MEETING.
UM, THE ARBITRATION AWARD, UM, MR. BECKIO JUST POINTED OUT SAID A NUMBER OF 80.
UM, BUT AS YOU, WE WERE ALL TALKING EARLIER, I NATURALLY SAID TO MYSELF, WHAT ABOUT THE RETIREES? ARE THEY INCLUDED IN THIS NUMBER? THEY ARE NOT IN THE, NOT IN THE 80.
BUT IF THEY ARE CORRECT, THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE AWARD.
THEY WILL EQUALLY GET WHATEVER PAYOUT THAT'S CORRECT DUE TO THEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO FILE ANYTHING, NOTICE ACTION OR ANYTHING.
AND, AND TO, AND TO CLARIFY IT EVEN FURTHER, UH, RETIREES ARE COUNTED.
WE, WE INCLUDED PEOPLE THAT TRANSFERRED FROM CORRECTIONS, LET'S SAY TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, AS LONG AS THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, IF THEY TRANSFERRED FROM ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTIONS TO BERGEN COUNTY, THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? YES.
DO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THE DISPARITY STUDY? HAS ANYONE SEEN IT?
UM, COMM
I, IF YOU REMEMBER I SAID FIRST WEEK OF, UH, MARCH OR SO.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.
SO WE HAVE MEETING STILL HERE.
WE HAVE A MEETING, BUT OUR NEXT MEETING ISN'T UNTIL THE THIRD WEEK OF MARCH.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WON'T HAVE IT.
FAIR POINT, POINT, COUNTERPOINT.
I LIKE TO, UH, JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT ON NEXT WEDNESDAY WE DO NOT HAVE A MEETING, BUT WE DO HAVE A CELEBRATION FOR WOMEN AND THAT'LL BE HELD AT THE GLEN RIDGE OR THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF GLEN RIDGE.
WE'LL BE HONORING THE, UH, THE CLUB AND TWO OTHER HONOREES, WELL DESERVING FOLKS.
SO WE'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN AND TO TAKE PLACE AGAIN IN GLEN RIDGE, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF IN GLEN RIDGE, SO IT'D BE NICE TO BE THERE.
AND IT'LL TAKE PLACE FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AND I THINK, UH, WE WILL HAVE THAT POSTED THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL, UH, COME.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE MOTION.
MR. PRESIDENT? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
BEFORE YOU ADJOURN ME, I SAY ONE THING.
I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THERE'S CONTINUUM FOR ALL OF YOU EVERY MEETING.
UH, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE NEXT MEETING.
UH, AND, UH, UH, SO I'LL TRY TO, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GONNA BE HERE UNTIL WEDNESDAY THE 20TH.
AND, UH, UH, THEN I, THEN I GO INTO THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
SO DIRECTION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO COUNSEL.
WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR ADJOURNMENT.