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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER.
THIS MEETING IS BEING LIVE STREAMED IN ADDITION TO TAKING PLACE HERE IN PERSON.
MADAM DE DEPUTY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT POIS HERE.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
IYE COMMISSIONER SERMONS TO LEAD US IN THE SALUTE.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SAINT ONE NATION, UNDER THE INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I'M JUST GONNA ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND HONOR OF THOSE WHO WE LOST SINCE THE LAST TIME WE CAME TOGETHER IN THANK YOU.
I HAVE BEFORE ME CERTIFICATION FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK.
THIS MEETING IS A COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT.
MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, ARE THERE ANY TRANSCRIPTS TO BE APPROVED? YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TWO.
ONE FROM THE JANUARY 7TH, UH, 2025 REORGANIZATION MEETING.
AND ONE FROM THE JANUARY 7TH, 2025.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE IT.
COMMISSIONER DURIAN, UH, MARY THOMAS HAS JOINED US.
UH, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MADAM DEPUTY COURT COMMISSIONER GILL.
PRESENT I THOUGHT COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
AND THAT WAS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE TRANSCRIPT.
HE GAVE SAID HERE AND I WAS LIKE, I THREW EVERYBODY OFF.
MR. PRESIDENT
I THOUGHT WE WERE TAKING THE ROLE AGAIN FOR SOME REASON I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE WERE.
UH, ALRIGHT, SO YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST FOR THE RECORD, LET'S DO THAT AGAIN PLEASE.
SO THAT EVERYONE IS CLEAR THAT WE'RE MOVING THE TRANSCRIPTS THAT WE, UH, WE MOVED BY REGISTERED.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY ZA TO MOVE THE TRANSCRIPTS.
AND HOPEFULLY SINCE WE HAVE VERY MANY AGENDA ITEMS, THE REST OF THE MEETING WILL MOVE A LOT SMOOTHER THAN THAT.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
AND LEGAL IS NOW HAPPY THAT WE DO THAT AGAIN.
LET'S MOVE ON TO TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.
MADAM DEPUTY CLARK, ARE THERE ANY TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION? NO.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
TONIGHT'S MEETING IS A COMBINED CONFERENCE AND BOARD MEETING, AND WE MOVE ON ON EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
SO 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 COMMENT AT THIS TIME TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THERE'S NO ONE WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE ON INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READINGS.
MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE OF RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUCTION OR FIRST READING? YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE ONE ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING.
MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE ONE.
IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
YES, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THIS IS A SALARY ORDINANCE.
UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, THE BOARD PASSED ORDINANCE OR ADOPTED ORDINANCE, UH, OH, 20 25 0 0 0 1.
I DON'T THINK SO, WHICH MADE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR A NUMBER OF TITLES, UH, FOR THE YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2026.
UM, WHAT WAS IN THAT, IN THAT SALARY ORDINANCE THAT DID NOT GET ADJUSTED WAS THE, UH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONER'S CAR ALLOWANCE, WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE ABOUT TWO THOU 2017 OR SO, AND HASN'T BEEN CHANGED IN THOSE, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.
SO THIS, I, THIS ORDINANCE IS JUST TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO, UH, TO THAT EXPENSE FOR
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2025 AND 2026.THANK YOU, MR. NO OTHER SALARIES ARE AFFECTED.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT RIS? YES.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE ON SECOND READINGS IN PUBLIC HEARING FOR LISTING PURPOSES ONLY.
MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY? NO.
DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE OF RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING FOR PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT? NO.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION ONE THROUGH 25, OF WHICH ARE ADVICE AND CONSENT REAPPOINTMENTS FOR VARIOUS BOARDS, AND THEY WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SO FOR THE FIRST 25 ITEMS, THEY'RE JUST, UH, REAPPOINT TO VARIOUS, UH, COUNTY, UH, ADVISORY BOARDS AND AGENCIES.
SO LET ME JUST REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE'VE ALREADY VETTED THESE FOLKS AND THESE ARE REAPPOINTMENTS.
SO TYPICALLY WE JUST MOVE THEM AS ONE UNLESS WE'VE HAD ANY REAL SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, WHICH I DON'T THINK THERE HAVE BEEN ANY SINCE.
WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THESE AND MANY OTHER FINE FOLKS VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO SERVE ON OUR BOARDS.
MR. PARLOVE, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
I KNOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE HEALTH ESSEX COUNTY.
COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE RESOLUTIONS ONE THROUGH 25? YES, I WOULD MOVE BY.
BY MERCADO ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK ON RESOLUTIONS ONE THROUGH 25.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
WE'RE IN NUMBER 26, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ACTION, WHICH WILL BE READ FOR THE RECORD A LATER TIME.
MR. P ACTUALLY FROM, EXCUSE ME, FROM MY OFFICE, MR. PRESIDENT, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
UM, THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
DO WE HAVE SO MANY HERE TO SPEAK ON? NOT OKAY.
FOR 20, YOU SAID FOR 26, CORRECT.
THAT'S MR. MCCOY IS VERY EAGER TO GET UP HERE.
EVERYONE'S SO ANXIOUS TO GET, GET IT GOING.
GO AHEAD, MR. SO I, ITEM 26 IS, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, SO WITH, UH, THREE AGENCIES ASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES, SEA, PAUL, NEW JERSEY, UH, AND WILDFLOWERS, TNR TO PERFORM TRAP NEUTER AND VACCINATE, UH, VACCINATION, UH, SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY, UH, FOR, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025 AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000.
UM, AS YOU THE BOARD MAY REMEMBER, WE STARTED THIS OUT, UH, YEARS AGO WITH LIKE $5,000 AND 50,000, $25 PER PROCEDURE.
AND IT'S REALLY GROWN TO BE, UM, SOMETHING I THINK THAT THE BOARD CAN BE PROUD OF UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
UM, AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY, UM, LAST YEAR DID, UH, 1,127, UM, SERVICES, WHICH WILL PROB, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY RESULT IN SAVING, UH, THE, THE BIRTH OF, UH, ALMOST MORE THAN 6,700 FERAL CATS.
SO IT'S BEEN, UH, REMARKABLY, UH, UH, UH, SUCCESSFUL.
NOW WE'RE GOING FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO $200,000 IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO IT, IT'S GROWING AND IT'S BEEN REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL.
WE REALLY WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND, AND ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE.
UM, WE'VE NOW, WE'VE GROWN TO A THIRD PROVIDER, UM, WILDFIRES, UH, WILD WILDFIRES, TNR FROM, UH, MONTCLAIR.
AND, UH, JENNIFER SHAKY IS HERE TO, UH, TALK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER ORGANIZATION.
UH, WE KNOW, FAMILIAR WITH THE OTHER TWO, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE AT THE T, EXCUSE ME, THE TNR MEETING COMING UP, UH, LATER ON THIS MONTH.
AND SHE'S A WOR APPROPRIATELY WEARING THE RIGHT SHIRT FOR THIS.
SO PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR SHIRT AND TELL US WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO HERE.
UM, I'VE BEEN DOING TNR AND JUST STATE, JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'M JENNIFER CHAKE FROM MONTCLAIR.
SO, UH, WE STARTED WILDFLOWERS TNR IN JULY.
I'VE BEEN DOING TNR FOR SIX YEARS IN ESSEX COUNTY, AND WE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WERE MORE LOCATIONS, MORE CATS TO GET THAN THERE WERE SURGERY APPOINTMENTS FOR.
THAT WAS THE BIGGEST SHORTCOMING.
UM, WE MADE A CONNECTION WITH A MOBILE, UM, VETERINARIAN.
SHE BRINGS HER VAN TO US ONCE A MONTH.
NOW WE CAN GO TO TWICE A MONTH
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ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, GET OURSELVES, UH, GOING AND, UH, ALL OUR PROCESSES IN ORDER.UH, WE DID 34 CATS AT THAT VAN IN JANUARY AND 39 IN FEBRUARY.
UM, AND, UH, WE, THE DOCTOR, SHE'S ONE DOCTOR WITH A TEAM OF TECHNICIANS THAT COMES AND AT ONE TIME SHE WILL DO UP TO 48 CATS.
SO WE'VE, WE, WE ARE GETTING THERE.
WE'VE GOTTEN UP TO 39, UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO, SHE'S OFFERED US OTHER DATES TO COME, UM, WHEN WE'RE READY TO DO TWICE A MONTH AND IN THOSE BIG NUMBERS.
UM, SO, UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS NOT TNR, UM, WHERE WE HELP PEOPLE GET THEIR PETS NEUTERED BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY DOING TNR ALL THESE YEARS.
THAT IS WHERE THESE CATS ON THE STREET COME FROM.
PEOPLE THAT LET THEIR CATS OUT OR THEY MOVE AND THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR CAT BEHIND AND THEN THEY'RE UN NEUTERED AND THEY REPRODUCE, AND THOSE KITTENS BECOME THE FERAL CATS.
SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHEN WE CAN, WE, UM, THERE'S A STATE PROGRAM, NEW JERSEY STATE PROGRAM THAT FOR PEOPLE IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CAN GET THEIR CAT NEUTERED AT CERTAIN VETERINARIANS.
SO THOSE APPOINTMENTS ARE VERY HARD TO GET.
WE, UH, WORK WITH A CLINIC IN PENNINGTON, NEW JERSEY TO GET BLOCKS OF APPOINTMENTS WHEN WE CAN, AND WE'LL TAKE 10 OR 12 CATS AT A TIME FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHEN THE FUNDS ARE THERE,
AND WE'VE ALLOCATED A GOOD AMOUNT OF FUNDS THIS TIME AROUND.
SO IT'S BEEN A PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
WHAT WAS THAT, MATT? UH, MR. DOOLEY WHO REPORTED WITH, AND MR. JACKSON, 1100 CATS WERE SPAYED OR NEUTERED, WHICH PREVENTED ABOUT 6,700 OR SO, UH, CATS INTO THE COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS A PHENOMENAL NUMBER.
AND IT JUST GROWS EXPONENTIALLY.
AND THE MORE WE DO, THE BIGGER THE IMPACT GETS.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, AT THE MAYOR'S MEETING THE OTHER DAY WHERE I JOINED, UH, CHIEF EIA AND ALL THE MAYORS OF ESSEX COUNTY BELLVILLE HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST AS WELL IN PARTICIPATING.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS WON'T BE A GOOD SECRET TO KEEP.
WE, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP THIS GOING ON AND ALL COMMUNITIES CAN PARTICIPATE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND UH, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON THAT.
UH, MR. PARLOVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
MR. MCINERNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.
DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO MOVE IT? SO MOVE, MOVE BY MERCADO.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
AND, UH, ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE DUE TO ILLNESS, SO I HOPE SHE FEELS BETTER.
WE DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VICE PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP IN THIS COMMITTEE.
I KNOW I SERVED ON IT WITH, UH, THE COMMISSIONER MERCADO.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY PROUD TO, WE CAN ALL DO THIS AS A BOARD AND HAVE SUCH GREAT IMPACT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN, GUYS.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 27 2 34, WHICH ARE FOR THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AND THEY CAN MOVE BACK INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, MR. EGER TE TERRANCE MCCOY
I'M WITH THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION.
I'M HERE TO SEEK AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL FOR SEVERAL OF OUR GRANTS.
NUMBER RESOLUTION NUMBER 27 IS A RENEWAL OF OUR CODE BLUE GRANT THAT WE ARE RENEWING THREE OF OUR SUBCONTRACTED AGENCIES TO CONTINUE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE 2025 YEAR TO CONTINUE SHELTERING OUR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS DURING THE COLD INCLEMENT WEATHER.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 28, 29, 30 AND 31 ARE CONSIDERED AS ONE WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT.
WE ARE RECONTRACTING WITH OUR CONTINUED SERVICES FROM THE AGENCIES THAT WE CONTRACTED WITH EACH YEAR.
WE HAVE FOUR, UH, OF OUR SUBCONTRACTED AGENCIES THAT WE SELECT THROUGH A APPLICATION PROCESS THAT IS, UH, IRVINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE GONNA BE RECEIVING AN AMOUNT OF $93,000.
UH, WE HAVE SUBCONTRACTED AGENT LEADS AGENCY, MONTCLAIR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING A TOTAL OF 67,500.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR SUBCONTRACTOR AGENCY, JOY'S ANGEL, WHO IS SUBCONTRACTED AT 87,500 AND C.
TIME OUTREACH IS CONTRACTED AT 60,000.
SO THAT'S UNDER OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT FOR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR, NOT OUR LOW INCOME CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, FOOD, AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS FOR OUR LOW INCOME POVERTY STRICKEN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
NUMBER 32 IS AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.
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AS WE KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN, IT IS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED COLD, COLD SPELL WHERE THE COLD, WE HAD COLD BLUE THROUGHOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS.THESE AGENCIES HAVE REALLY BEEN STRETCHED THIN.
HOWEVER, THE YMCA HAS BEEN A VERY ASTRONOMICAL AGENCY BY HELPING US PROVIDE HOMELESS, PROVIDE SHELTERING FOR ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN ENDING IN THE COLD THAT ARE HOMELESS.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND OUT OF OUR HOMELESS TRUST FUND CODE BLUE TO CONTINUE THOSE SERVICES FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO FOR US.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, JOYCE ANGEL, ONE OF OUR AGENCIES, JOYCE ANGEL, WE ARE GONNA PROVIDE THEM WITH THE 2024 $15,000.
ONE OF OUR AGENCIES DID NOT SPEND ALL OF THEIR MONEY IN THE 2024 YEAR.
SO WE TAKE THAT, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA SEND MONEY BACK TO THE STATE.
SO WE FOUND AN AGENCY THAT CAN'T UTILIZE THAT $15,000 LEFT OVER FROM 2024.
AND THAT AGENCY IS JOY'S ANGEL, UH, AND NUMBER 34 IS ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT WE CAME BEFORE THE BOARD IN, IN JANU, NO, I'M SORRY, IN DECEMBER.
WE MISTAKENLY HAD THEIR NAME INCORRECT ON THE FORMS AND IT WAS NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE SAID IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NORTH OF JERSEY.
SO WE JUST WANT TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD TO GET APPROVAL TO HAVE THAT CHANGED.
THESE, UH, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ALL BEEN WITH US FOR SOME TIME NOW.
SO WE HAVE VETTED THEM ALL AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER.
THEY'VE COME TO THIS BOARD ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
MR. PAR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T.
UH, MR. NEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
IS ANY QUESTIONS ON 27TH THROUGH 34? COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS.
AND THANK YOU MR. MCCOY FOR THE ALWAYS THOROUGH PRESENTATIONS.
I REMEMBER, UH, LAST MONTH, PERHAPS IT WAS A MONTH BEFORE, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST MONTH, YOU AND A DIRECTOR RAMOS PRESENTED.
THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ORIGINALLY AROUND THE BLOCK GRANTS AS FAR AS IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE RECEIVED, WHAT WOULD BE DELAYED, ET CETERA.
IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE KIND OF MOVING IN THE UP AND UP AS FAR AS, UM, RECEIPTS.
BUT I AM HEARING JUST FROM DIFFERENT CIRCLES, UH, DIFFERENT CONCERNS AROUND DISBURSEMENTS, ET CETERA.
SO JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S THE LATEST YOU ALL ARE HEARING FROM YOUR CONTEXT AT THE HUD OR, UM, THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND WHAT SUPPORTS YOU ALL NEED AT THIS TIME THROUGH YOU, COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT, WE ARE STILL AWAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE FOR OUR HUD GRANTS, BUT FOR THE STATE TO STATE SAYS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET AN AMENDMENT CONCERNING OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT.
THEY HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE FEDERAL YET REGARDING THAT.
SO WE ARE AT, WE STILL AT A STALEMATE RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THAT WILL CHANGE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP IN THE END OF MARCH TO DISCUSS THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT? YES.
SECOND BY MERCADO, WE'LL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY FOR THE RECORD, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMMISSIONERS WITH THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE GET GOTTEN RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL TO MOVE THESE GRANTS ALONG TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO SPEND AND SUBCONTRACT OUT TO GET THESE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT HELP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 35, WHICH IS ON THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH.
WE'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UM, MR. MR. PRESENT WITH YOUR PERMISSION? UM, MR. TORRES IS NOT HERE, UM, AT THE MOMENT.
IF WE COULD MOVE ON, UH, THEN WE COULD COME BACK.
UH, WHEN HE COMES BACK IN, JUST FLAG ME SO I CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WILL COME BACK TO IT.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, 36 THROUGH 40, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
AND THAT WILL BE RIGHT INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
UH, JOSHUA ZAS, CHESTER COUNTY PARKS.
UH, COMMISSIONER WOOD NUMBER 36 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO THE NORTH WARD CENTER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $138,666 AND 72 CENTS FOR RECREATIONAL SERVICES OVER AT BROOK PARK.
UH, SPECIFICALLY, THIS CONTRACT WOULD RUN FROM MARCH THROUGH OCTOBER IN 20 25, 20 26, 20 27, UH, AT A COST OF $5,777 AND 78 CENTS PER MONTH.
COMES OUT TO $46,222 AND 24 CENTS A YEAR.
IT'S TO RUN VARIOUS RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, UH, IN BRUSWICK PARK, INCLUDING A SUMMER CAMP, UH, OBVIOUSLY IN THE SUMMER
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FOR THE YOUTH.UH, NUMBER 37 IS A CHANGE ORDER WITH IRISH COMMUNICATIONS TO PROVIDE GRAPHIC ARTS AND VIDEO DESIGN SERVICES, ADDING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,210.
THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS $151,050 AND THIS ADDITIONAL, UH, CHANGE ORDER WILL BRING THE CONTRACT UP TO $181,260.
NUMBER, 38, 39 AND 40 ARE ALL ALLOCATIONS FROM THE EST COUNTY RECREATION OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND NUMBER 38 IS, UH, 500,000 FOR VARIOUS LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THE PARK SYSTEM HAS, UH, ROUGHLY SEVEN LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS TO MAINTAIN OUR PARKS.
UM, AND THIS WILL HELP, UH, PAY FOR SOME OF THOSE SERVICES.
NUMBER 39, AGAIN, FROM THE OPEN SPACE STRESS FUND IS $168,800 FOR THE DESIGN OF THE TURTLEBACK ZOO GIBBONS MESS REPLACEMENT.
UH, SPECIFICALLY IT'S, UH, TO REPAIR THE HANGING ELEMENTS WITHIN THE EXHIBIT AND, UH, THE REPAIR AND REPLACE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE OUTDOOR EXHIBIT AND THE OUTDOOR HOLDING SPACES.
UH, AT A FUTURE MEETING, WE'LL BE COMING TO THE BOARD WITH THE ACTUAL CONTRACT, BUT THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO, TO FUND THAT CON THAT CONTRACT.
AND FINALLY, NUMBER FOUR 40 IS THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $577,400, UH, FOR USE, UH, TO FUND THE WAKE PARK SOCCER FOOTBALL FIELD AND TRACK IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS NUMBER 1 21, UH, LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
UH, MR. H ON 37, THE CHANGE ORDER WITH IRIS COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THERE'S, UH, LARGE BANNERS OVER AT THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN RECREATION COMPLEX.
THERE'S 16 OF 'EM, AND EVERY ROUGHLY SIX TO EIGHT YEARS, UH, WE HAVE TO REPLACE 'EM.
AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO LINE UP IN 2024 THAT THEY NEED A REPLACEMENT.
I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE, UH, IRIS WAS HERE.
IRIS COMMUNICATIONS WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT THAT WAS FOR THE 2025 CONTRACT.
THIS IS NOT AN AMENDMENT OF WHAT WE PASSED TWO WEEKS AGO.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. PRESIDENT, GO AHEAD.
UH, FEBRUARY 7TH WE HAD AN OPEN STATE TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD AND A NUMBER OF THESE ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED AND WE WERE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, HAS ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL, I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT.
ANYONE HAS ANYONE ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.
SO WE HAVE IT MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBEL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ HERE? UH, YES.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, WHAT TIME IS IT?
I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT'S 5 34.
MR. RICHARDSON, ANY COMMENTS? JOSH? THERE'S NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED,
WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING, BUT IF, IF CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR NUMBER 35, I WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE LATER.
SO
UH, RESOLUTION 41 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS 42 43 AND ADDED STARTERS.
1 21, 22 AND 1 23, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEY COULD BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
UH, NUMBER 42 AWARDS AB CONTRACTING A CONTRACT TO PERFORM THE RENOVATION OF THE TULIP SPRINGS PICNIC AREA AT THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION IN MELBOURNE IN THE AMOUNT TO EXCEED $1,376,441.
AB CONTRACTING SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE SIX BIDS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY OF ESSEX IN THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT EXCEED 180 CALENDAR DAYS.
UH, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT INCLUDES A DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING PICNIC PAVILIONS REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF MASONRY PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES.
ONE NEW PAVILION FOR 150 FOLKS, ANOTHER ONE FOR A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
NEW SIGNAGE, PICNIC TABLES, GARBAGE CANS, BENCHES, SELF-CLEANING RESTROOM, NEW PATHWAYS, CURVING AND PAVING,
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UH, REPAIR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TREE PRUNING AND LANDSCAPING SECURITY CAMERAS AND UPGRADES TO LIGHTING.BUT WE DO HAVE MR. ANDREW BE UP HERE, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE HIS COMPANY AND PERHAPS EXPAND UPON THE SCOPE OF WORK AND OF COURSE, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SUPPORT MAY HAVE.
PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY AND THE PROJECT.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UH, WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FOR THE COUNTY BEFORE.
UM, WE PARTICULARLY LIKE WORKING WITH ESSEX COUNTY OUT OF ALL THE COUNTIES WE WORK WITH.
I THINK THEIR ENGINEERING IS BY FAR THE MOST PROFESSIONAL.
UM, I BET YOU SAY THAT TO ALL THE COUNTY ENGINEERS, DON'T YOU?
I BELIEVE IN MR. ANTONIO, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ON THE RECORD TOO.
UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS YOUR COMPANY BASED HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY? UH, I LIVE IN NUTLEY, BUT MY COMPANY'S BASED OUTTA WHARTON IN MARS COUNTY.
AND HOW MANY, UH, WHAT ROUGH PERCENTAGE OF YOUR FOLKS WORK? UH, LIVE IN, UH, ESSEX COUNTY.
WE'RE ABOUT 20 OR 25 PEOPLE AND I WOULD SAY 15 TO 18 OF THEM ARE FROM OKAY.
ALRIGHT, MR. PARLOVE, YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 43 IS AN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO 4G AT TRINITY ELECTRIC TO CONSTRUCT TRAFFIC, SIGNAL AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FRANKLIN STREET AND WAT SING AVENUE IN BLOOMFIELD IN AN AMOUNT THAT YOU EXCEED $643,885 FOR GEO TRINITY SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE FOUR BIDS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.
AND THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF NEW LED TRAFFIC SIGNALS, PULSES, ARMS, PUSH BUTTONS, INDICATORS, UH, THERE WOULD BE NEW PEDESTRIAN COUNTDOWN SIGNAL HEADS, NEW HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS, NEW REGULATORY SIGNAGE, MILLING AND RESURFACING, AND OF COURSE, NEW PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND STRIPING.
MR. ANTHONY ALI IS ALSO HERE THIS EVENING.
HE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HIS COMPANY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS PORT MAY HAVE.
LET'S SEE IF YOU THINK YOU'RE HIS FAVORITE ENGINEER AS WELL FROM ESSEX COUNTY, PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY IN THIS PROJECT.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF JI TRINITY ELECTRIC.
UM, I'VE BEEN DOING TRAFFIC SIGNALS FOR 30 YEARS THIS YEAR.
UH, I'VE DONE MULTIPLE PROJECTS FOR ESSEX COUNTY.
UM, WE'RE A COMPANY THAT HAS SIX EMPLOYEES, TWO OF WHICH LIVE IN ESSEX COUNTY.
UH, WE'RE BASED OUTTA SCOTCH PLAINS.
UM, THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, AS DAVID SAID, UM, INCLUDES NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UM, NEW UNDERGROUND FACILITIES, MILLING PAVEMENT, STRIPING, UH, RETROFLECTIVE SIGNS, UM, THEY'RE ADDING SOME CROSSWALKS.
UM, THEY'RE MAKING IT A LOT SAFER THAN WHAT IT IS NOW.
I ACTUALLY DID THIS INTERSECTION 25 YEARS AGO.
SO I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN THIS AREA.
DOES THIS IMPACT THE, UH, STREET IN TERMS OF CLOSURES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, OR WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? IT'S PRETTY WIDE, SO THE CLOSURE SHOULDN'T BE THAT, UH, SHOULDN'T IMPACT ON YOU ON THE TRAFFIC TOO MUCH.
ALRIGHT, MR. BECK, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, MR. ANTONIO, WE'RE MOVING ON TO, UH, 1 21.
UH, DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 1 21 IS AN, A AWARD CONTRACT TO AMERICAN ATHLETIC TRACK AND TURF TO CONSTRUCT THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WHEAT CREEK PARK FOOTBALL, SOCCER FIELD, AND TRACK IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,577,400.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC TRACK AND TURF SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE FOUR BITS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY.
THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE REMOVAL, INSULATION OF THE SYNTHETIC TURF AT THE FOOTBALL, SOCCER FIELD, AND ALSO THE SURROUNDING TRACK.
UH, THERE WILL BE, UH, NEW, NEW SURFACES FOR BOTH THE SPORTS AND THE TRACK FIELD.
THERE WOULD BE SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIR, REPARATION OF, UH, ANY BROKEN, UM, FENCE, NEW CHANNELING, FENCE PRUNING THE TREES AND LANDSCAPING.
AND WE DO HAVE MR. BRIAN SHANAHAN, ALSO OF AMERICAN ATHLETIC TRACK AND TURF, WHO WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE
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SOME TIME TO INTRODUCE HIS COMPANY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SUPPORT MAY HAVE.PLEASE JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS YOU'VE SEEN THE OTHER FOLKS DO, AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY AND, UH, WHAT YOU PROPOSE TO DO.
BRIAN SHANNON FROM AMERICAN ATHLETIC TRACK AND TURF REPRESENTING, WE WILL BE, UH, RIPPING, REMOVING THE TURF FIELD AS WE WERE SPOKE.
WE'RE STARTED IN 1983, HAS BEEN NEW JERSEY.
WE'RE COME OUT OF VINCENT TOWN, NEW JERSEY AND BURLINGTON COUNTY.
WE WILL BE RIP REMOVING THE, THE TURF FIELD.
WE ACTUALLY BUILT THE ORIGINAL QUAC PARK.
RIP, REMOVE, RIP, REMOVE THE SURFACE OF THE TRACK, REINSTALL A TURF FIELD, REINSTALL A ALL WEATHER TRACK, AND DO ALL REP IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WALKWAY DRAINAGE.
MR. PARLO, YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
AND I HAPPENS TO BE COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON'S HOME COURT COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON, ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO ASK? YEAH.
HOW MANY, UH, ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS DID YOU EMPLOY? NONE AT THIS TIME.
HOW LONG IS YOUR COMPANY? 50 EMPLOYEES? YEAH, 50 EMPLOYEES.
THIS YOUR FIRST, SO YOU SAID YOU DID THE ORIGINAL TRACK.
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU DID SOME WORK FOR ESSEX COUNTY? WE DID BROOKDALE PARK.
WE'VE DONE A FEW DIFFERENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE TIME.
THAT'S THE MOST RECENT ONE I KNOW OF.
AND YOU HAVE NO ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS WORKING FOR? NO.
NOW WE DO HAVE THE LOCAL 1 72.
WE WILL INSTALL THE, WE WILL INSTALL 1 1 72.
AND THEY'RE OUTTA WHERE? THAT'S A, THAT'S A INSTALLED GROUP.
AND THAT'S DOWN IN SOUTH JERSEY.
SO WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS 1 72 IS, IS FROM, IT'S COMING FROM LAND LAND TECH WILL BE DOING THE INSTALLATION OF THE TURF FIELD.
THINKS ABOUT TIME TO GET SOME ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS.
SO I WOULD CONCUR WITH COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON THAT IF YOU DO A LOT OF BUSINESS IN ESSEX COUNTY, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO INVEST IN ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS BECAUSE THE BOARD AS A WHOLE GENERALLY LIKES TO SEE THAT THE FOLKS WE GIVE BUSINESS TO PUTS RIGHT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR LOCAL UNIONS IN PARTICULAR AND RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
SO I WILL TAKE THAT IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO BUSINESS, BECAUSE I CAN ASSURE YOU IF YOU COME BACK AGAIN.
COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON, WILL WE HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS? YEAH.
SO I, I THINK TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
DO I HAVE, UH, UH, ANY WELL, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TWO MORE.
UH, DAVID ANTONIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 122 IS THE EXERCISING OF A TWO YEAR EXTENSION WITH EXISTING CONTRACT WITH AGES SECURITY TO PROVIDE SECURITY SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY FACILITIES LOCATED AT 3 23 21 UNIVERSITY AVENUE IN NEWARK AND AMOUNT
UH, THIS CONTRACT EXTENSION REFLECTS A MINOR INCREASE OF 7% TO THE PER OFFICER DAILY RATE.
ITEM NUMBER 1 23 AWARDS CONTRACTS TO THE LOWEST EIGHT OF THE 10 BIDDERS WHO SUBMITTED BIDS TO THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICES FOR BOTH LIGHT AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
THIS TWO YEAR CONTRACT WILL NOT EXCEED $700,000 IN THE AGGREGATE.
THIS CONTRACT IS USED BY THE COUNTY'S FLEET MANAGEMENT DIVISION TO AUGMENT ITS OWN RESOURCES DURING TIMES WHEN DEMAND FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ARE, ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, MR. PROSECUTOR.
MR. BECK, ANY QUESTIONS OF 1 22, 1 23 SINCE WE VETTED THE OTHERS? NO QUESTION.
MR. MCINERNEY ON 1 22, THE, UH, THE FUNDING SOURCE HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED.
IT JUST SAYS PROVI WILL BE PROVIDED AT LATER DATE.
WHAT, WHAT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FUNDING SOURCE WILL BE FOR THE 413,472? UH, UH, OPERATING? YES.
ANY QUESTIONS ON 1 22? 1 23? SEEING NONE.
DO I ASK SOMEONE TO MOVE? 42 43.
SECOND BY LUCIANO ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GI? YES.
COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON, I'M GOING TO VOTE
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YES ON ALL.I'M INCLINED TO VOTE NO ON 1 21.
UH, THESE FOLKS GOTTA UNDERSTAND THEY GOTTA COME IN HERE AND THEY GOTTA HIRE SOME PEOPLE FROM ESSEX COUNTY.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON 1 21 YES.
SO IT'S IN AFFIRMATIVE FOR 42 43.
AND IN A NEGATIVE FOR 1 21, CORRECT? CORRECT.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO 44 THROUGH 70 AND ADD START OF ONE 20, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL.
AND HE PROMISED TO BE BRIEFED.
AND, AND, AND JUST, AND, AND JUST A WORD TO THE WISE.
IS IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA ONLY IF THE LIMIT THE QUESTIONS TO THE CONTRACTS AND NOT THE NATURE OF THE CASE BECAUSE THESE ARE PENDING LITIGATIONS AND THAT'S NOT THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AT THIS TIME, UH, UNLESS WE GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION.
SO WE'RE STICKING TO CONTRACTS.
SO, GO AHEAD MR. UH, JEROME TO BE BRIEF.
SO I WAS BORN IN ORANGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
THANK, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
I, I HAVE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU JUST STATED, UH, AND JUST LET'S JUST TURN THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THEM SURE.
SO THAT THE TRANSCRIBER CAN GET THIS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE LOW.
I'M GONNA DISCUSS WITH, WITH YOU ALL.
UM, FIRST RESOLUTIONS, 44 THROUGH 69.
AND THESE ARE THE ORDINARY, UH, APPOINTMENTS THAT WE MAKE EVERY YEAR FOR OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
AND MY BEST PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT OF HOW MUCH THE AMOUNT OF EACH CONTRACT SHOULD BE.
BUT IT'S BASED ON MY OWN JUDGMENT AS TO WHAT I THINK THE LEGAL FEES ARE GONNA BE DOING THIS YEAR.
I, I, I DON'T, UH, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH IN, SOMETIMES I HAVE TOO MUCH IN, BUT THIS IS THE BEST JUDGMENT.
SO MOST OF THESE MATTERS ARE MATTERS ARE ALREADY BEEN LITIGATED.
AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE MATTERS.
OKAY, MR. VEO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 44 TO 70 AND ONE 20 ON THE CONTRACT? HOLD ON.
WERE YOU TAKING THIS THROUGH 69 AND THEN I'M TAKING THROUGH 69.
IT IS, UH, DIFFERENT THAN OUR HIRING OUTSIDE.
SO FOR THE RECORD, LET ME, LET ME CORRECT MYSELF.
ANY QUESTIONS ON 44 THROUGH 69 AND ONE 20 AS WELL? JUST NO, JUST ONE, JUST 69 AT THIS POINT.
UH, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THESE LAW FIRMS ARE FAMILIAR, UH, SHOULD BE FAMILIAR TO THE BOARD IN SO FAR AS THEY'VE BEEN HERE, UH, ON THESE CASES FOR MULTIPLE YEARS IN SOME CASES.
UM, SOME ARE A YEAR OR TWO OLD.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, THE OFFICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL DID PROVIDE ME, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH A MEMO OF, UH, A LITTLE MORE DETAILED MEMO ON SOME OF THE, I'M CALL HIGH POTENTIAL, UH, ITEMS OF LITIGATION THAT ARE BEING HANDLED.
I SHARED IT WITH MR. PRESIDENT.
I COULD CERTAINLY SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
YEAH, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE DETAIL THAN WE CAN DISCUSS ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA JUST STICK TO THE CONTRACT, UH, MATTERS AT THIS POINT.
MR. KINON, ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ON, UH, NUMBER 54? UH, JUST WHAT IS THAT FOR? VARIOUS CONTRACT ISSUES.
IT'S FOR, UH, WHAT IS THIS, WHAT IS THIS CASE ABOUT? NO, IT'S NOT.
IT JUST SAYS VARIOUS CONTRACT ISSUES FOR KYLE FOLEY.
ARE YOU ON, UH, MR. MCKENNA, ARE YOU ON? 64? 54? 54.
UH, THIS IS WHEN, UM, PUBLIC WORKS HAS CERTAIN MATTERS THAT DEAL WITH IMPROPER CULPRITS OR O OTHER TYPES OF MATTERS WHERE WE HAVE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY THAT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WORK THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS DONE.
THEY HAVE USED A, A LAWYER FROM THE CONNE FOLEY FIRM FOR 20 YEARS AND, UH, UH, I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT THAT RELATIONSHIP.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ON HERE.
THIS, THIS DEALS WITH MOSTLY CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS.
THIS IS ALL, 'CAUSE WE HAD PUBLIC WORKS.
WE HAD ONE ATTORNEY, MARK SOMETHING FOR YES, MARK.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S, AND HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB.
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UH, COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS ON 44 THROUGH 69? ALRIGHT, SCENE NONE.NUMBER 70 IS AUTHORIZATION FROM THIS BOARD TO PROCEED WITH EITHER ACT STRAIGHT, ACCURATE, NEGOTIATED ACQUISITION OR CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 39, UH, UH, 39 COMMERCE COURT IN CORONA.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNERS.
WE HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT, UH, DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE PRICE THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE PAID FOR THIS.
AND, UH, SO WE, WE WOULD LIKE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE BOARD AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO PROCEED WITH EITHER A NEGOTIATED SALE, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS THE APPROPRIATE WAY OF DOING IT, AND THE EASIEST WAY OF DOING IT, OR WORSE COMES TO WORST.
UH, AND THE DOMAIN, MR. PRESIDENT CAN JUST ASK A QUESTION ON THIS.
JOHN, CAN YOU JUST, SINCE YOU MENTIONED, UM, UH, CONDEMNATION, CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE TYPE OF PROPERTY THAT THIS IS? UH, IS IT RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, ET CETERA? IT'S, UH, IT'S OWNED IN INDUSTRIAL.
IT'S IN, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE IT'S IN VERONA.
IT HAD BEEN, I, I THINK A PROPER PRESCRIPTION.
WE DO GREEN JACKSON STORAGE FACILITY FOR, FOR TRUCKS AND, AND OTHER THINGS AND SERVICING, UH, PASSED OFF BY THE, BY THE PREVIOUS USERS OF THE FACILITY.
IT'S VACANT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA REPURPOSE THE SPACE FOR STRICTLY FOR COUNTY USE.
SO IT WOULD BE FOR, UH, COUNTY VEHICLES.
IT'LL ALSO BE FOR STORAGE OF THINGS LIKE VOTING MACHINES AND OTHER THINGS SO THAT WE CAN, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LEASE PAYMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING, AND WE BELIEVE IT'S IN THE COUNTY'S INTEREST TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY, BUILD A NEW STRUCTURE, AND REDUCE THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES TO THE COUNTY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND END UP OWNING THE PROPERTY, OBVIOUSLY.
SO IF, IF IT'S NOT ACQUIRED THROUGH NEGOTIATION AND THE PROPERTY HAS TO GO THROUGH THE CONDEMNATION PROCESS, THIS IS NOT, UH, DISPOSSESSING RESIDENCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, NO, NO, NO.
AND THERE'S NO, OR EVEN AN ACTIVE BUSINESS.
OR EVEN AN ACTIVE BUSINESS, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, THEN YOU HAVE CERTAIN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
THERE IS, THERE IS NOT, THERE'S NOT AN ACTIVE, UH, BUSINESS, SO NO RESIDENCE THERE.
SO IT REALLY IS JUST A FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING.
WE ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING RIGHT IN THIS CASE, WHEN IT'S REAL PROPERTY.
WE'RE DOING ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING CAREFULLY AS WE OVERSEE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 70? NO COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THIS IS, THIS AGAIN IS, UH, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRM THAT WILL BE, UH, REPRESENTING US ON THIS, ON THIS EITHER NEGOTIATED OR FOR CONDEMNATION MATTER.
MR. BECK, YOU ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
MR. MACKIN, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ONE 20? SEE, NONE.
DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO MOVE? 44 THROUGH 70.
SECOND BY MERCADO, WE'LL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL.
SO MADAM CLERK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE ONE AT A TIME.
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YES.COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 71 THROUGH 73, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PUR OF PURCHASING.
AND WE'LL BE RIGHT INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. COLICK, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THIS IS A CON, UH, NON FAIR AND OPEN AWARDED TO HUDSON COMMUNITY, UH, ENTERPRISE.
AND IT'S TO PROVIDE, UH, BATHROOM AND LITTER PATROL AT A 12 MONTH CONTRACT AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 19,220.
ENTERPRISE WILL PROVIDE BATHROOM AND LIT PATROL AT 31.
NO, 35 MARTIN LUTHER KING, UH, BOULEVARD NOT TO EXCEED $13,112.
SEVEN THREE IS A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT PROCESS AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS TO GO OUT FOR VETERINARY SERVICE, UH, FOR THE ZOO.
AND 74 IS THE OFFICE OF A SHERIFF CONTRACT AWARD TO ATLANTIC TACTICAL, UH, AND J INC.
PUR, UH, PURCHASE AMMUNITION UNDER THE STATE CONTRACT 17 FLEET 0 0 7 3 2 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $71,497 AND 60 CENTS TO BUY 320 CASES OF, UH, 40 CALIBER.
WELL, LET'S, LET'S HOLD ON THERE.
'CAUSE WE WERE, WE DO, WE WERE JUST DOING 71 TO 73.
MR. PARLOVE, ANY QUESTIONS ON 71 TO 73? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SEEING NOT, UH, COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON? YES.
SO THERE'S $19,220 FOR A, UM, 12 MONTH PERIOD.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO THIS? USUALLY THEY COME ONCE, UH, ONCE A WEEK AT 35.
UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING, BILL BOULEVARD, WHICH IS OUR WAREHOUSE.
UH, THE ADDITIONAL LITTLE MONEY IS JUST IN CASE THERE'S SNOW, THEY'LL WIPE IT OFF.
UH, AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY CAME AND THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WAS FILTHY.
THEY COME TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK AT THAT LOCATION, CLEAN UP, UH, MAKING SURE THERE'S NO GARBAGE, NO BOTTLES, ET CETERA.
SO YOU SAY THEY, SO THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
HUDSON MEANING THAT, SO THE COMPANY.
AND AT THAT LITTLE BIT OF THAT LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, 13,000.
AND THAT'S NOT TO EXCEED A YEAR.
AND THEY'RE COME AT TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION.
THEY ONLY COME ONCE A WEEK AT, UH, 35 MLK.
SO THEY COME HOW MANY TIMES A WEEK AT THE $13,000 ONE? THEY COME USUALLY ONCE A WEEK.
SO WHAT DOES THAT EQUATE TO? UH, MAC, UH, THERE WAS A, WHAT WAS IT? 11,000? 13,000.
A LITTLE MORE TWO, LIKE $200 A WEEK, RIGHT? YES.
AND THEY COME AT TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK OR AS ON A NEEDED BASIS.
SO THAT'S LESS THE MINIMUM WAGE.
NOW THEY COME ONCE A WEEK TO 35 ONCE A WEEK.
THE 13,000 NUMBER 72 IS ONCE ONE ONE PER WEEK.
AND 71 THEY COME HOW MANY TIMES? USUALLY? A COUPLE TIMES.
I SO IT'S A LITTLE PERPLEXING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
I, THERE MIGHT, IS THERE ANYTHING THEY DO FROM THIS CONTRACT
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THAT REWARDS THEM SOME OTHER WAY? NO, OTHER THAN THROUGH THIS CONTRACT.AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE, ARE THEY GRANT FUNDED IN OTHER WAYS? DO THEY, DO THEY A SUBSIDY, BUT REMEMBER TOO, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE THERE FOR ALL DAY.
THEY MAY BE THERE FOR AN HOUR AND THEY CAN JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING AND GO.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE THERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY ALSO ARE A SHELTERED WORKSHOP.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE, WE WERE GIVING THEM AND THEY BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY PROPOSED JUST RICHARD.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY SHOULD BE UNDERPAID.
BUT WE, WE ASKED THEM, THEY SPECIAL YOUR NEEDS AND YOU FRAMED IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
NO, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T BE, THEY SHOULDN'T BE UNDERPAID BECAUSE OF THAT.
I JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT, FIND'S QUESTION, DID THEY GET FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES? AND I, AND I DUNNO THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I KNOW THE SPECIAL DUNNO WHETHER THEY GRANTS FUNDING FROM OTHER PLACES.
BUT I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF THE COMPENSATION WORK ON THAT'S YOUR POINT.
THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WE GO OUT AND WE KNOW THEY'RE WORK WORKSHOP.
WE DO NOT SAY, THIS IS THE PRICE WE'RE SETTING.
WE ASK THEM FOR A PROPOSAL AND THEY GIVE IT TO US.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ALSO ASKING THEM TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL FOR, UH, THE RESTROOMS AT THE ZOO.
THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND THEY ARE GIVING US THE NUMBERS.
WE ARE NOT ASKING THEM THAT THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT YOU MUST PAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
I I MUST ASSUME THAT IT'S SOMEHOW SUBSIDIZED IN SOME WAY.
IF WE CAN INQUIRE ABOUT THAT AND JUST GET BACK TO US AND LET US KNOW.
BECAUSE I, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER RICHARDS.
IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID.
WELL, I JUST, IF I MAY, MR. PRESIDENT.
JUST IF THEY'RE THERE FOR TWO HOURS A WEEK, THAT'S 126,000 HOUR.
SO DO YOU KNOW THAT FOR A FACT TO BE THERE? THEY'RE TWO HOURS.
NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT.
DO YOU KNOW THE TIME, THE ACTUAL LENGTH OF TIME THERE? I CAN FIND IT OUT, BUT I, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT THERE, YOU KNOW, ALL DAY.
BUT THEY COULD BE THERE THREE, FOUR HOURS EVERY TIME THEY COME.
BUT I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE A COUPLE WHEN I WHAT? I BUT YOU DON'T REMEMBER.
I'LL, I'LL VERIFY THAT, BUT I REMEMBER TODD KINDA SAYING THAT.
I'M NOT GUESSING IT'S NOT GUESS I'M, I REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID, BUT I'M, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK.
DREW, YOU MR. PRESIDENT AT THE WAREHOUSE, WHICH I'M IN CHARGE OF, THEY'RE THERE.
THEY'RE NOT THERE MORE THAN AN HOUR UNLESS SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA DUMP MAYBE A MATTRESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE, THEY'RE THERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY DO COME IN AND MAINTAIN THE RESTROOMS WITHIN THE BUILDING AND WHICH ARE ON A LIMITED USE BECAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE GO IN THERE UNLESS WE'RE DOING, UH, FILING AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
IF WE COULD LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DETAILS, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
'CAUSE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS HERE.
COMMISSIONER RICARDO, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DID I GET INTO, ACTUALLY I WAS, UM, HUDSON COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE, UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND THEY HIRE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, UM, WITH A WIDE RANGE OF DISABILITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN COUNTIES, I KNOW THEY'RE AT THE STATE.
UM, THE JUSTICE HUGHES COMPLEX IN TRENTON.
UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE CONTRACTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UM, I, I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER IS, YOU KNOW, SEEMS AWKWARDLY LOW.
UM, BUT ANY INFORMATION WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, I I I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THAT WE AT ANY WAY, YOU KNOW, UNDERPAY ANY PERSONS, UM, WITH DISABILITIES.
AND IF THERE IS A WAY FOR US, YOU KNOW, TO ASCERTAIN WHAT WORK IS INVOLVED AND WHAT'S THE COMPENSATION FOR THE WORK, THAT WE ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
BECAUSE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE AND, AND WE LIKE THEM.
WE LIKE THE FACT THAT YEAH, KANSAS COUNTY EMPLOYS THEM.
BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING PAID PROPERLY.
WELL LET'S LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE PLEASE AND JUST SEND US A MEMO ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT AND THROUGH MR. PRESIDENT WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT DONE FAR AND OPEN FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH THEY HAVE A PROPOSAL IN RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL SEE IF THE REPRESENTATIVE COULD COME.
UH, DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO MOVE? 71 TO 73? MOVE PRESIDENT.
I DIDN'T SEE THE, WE HAVE, JUST SO WE HAVE A MOVEMENT ON THE FLOOR.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON MOVED IT IN SECOND BY MERCADO.
JUST ON SEVEN THREE, IS THAT FUNDED OUT, OUT OF THE BUDGET? YES.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLARK IN SEVENTY ONE, SEVENTY TWO AND 73 RICHARDSON ON THE MOVE.
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YES.COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER ABSENT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO 74 AND 75, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF.
AND THEY COULD BE READ TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. COLTRAN, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR ATLANTIC TACTICAL OF NEW JERSEY TO PURCHASE AMMUNITION UNDER STATE CONTRACT 17 FLEET 0 0 7 3 2 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $71,497 AND 60 CENTS.
THEY'RE PURCHASING 320 CASES OF 40 CALIBER AMMUNITION AT $223 PER CASE.
UH, VENDOR IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BOARD.
RESO ORDINANCE FROM 2015 75 IS AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT THE SUBGRANT AWARD.
UH, THE FEDERAL PHYSICAL YEAR 2024 OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, EMA PROGRAM AND IT IS AUTHORIZATION RESOLUTION.
MR. PARLOVE, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF 34 AND SEVEN FIVE? SEEING NONE.
MOVE BY MERCADO S BY, UH, SERMONS.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
LET'S MOVE ON TO 76, WHICH IS ON THE OFFICE, UH, FROM THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. RE? SEVEN, SIX.
UH, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT DIVISION.
HOW AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXTENSION OF A SUB RECIPIENT AGREEMENT.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT TIME EXTENSION ONLY.
NEW EXPIRATION DATE IS JUNE 30TH, 2025 FOR SIX MONTHS.
MR. PARLOVE, YOU ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS SOMEONE TO MOVE IT.
SERMONS ON THE SECOND ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
WE STILL HAVE 35 TO ATTEND TO.
RIGHT? UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR THAT YET.
CORRECT? I, I, I'LL, I'LL HANDLE THAT ONE, MR. PRESIDENT.
WHY DON'T WE JUST, UH, LET, LET'S GO BACK TO 35 REAL QUICK 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT ONE.
UM, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU MAY AND BOARD MEMBERS YOU MAY REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS LAST MONTH, THAT, UH, LIVINGSTON CAME IN AND SAID WE'D LIKE FOR THE COUNTY TO TAKE OUR, UH, OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS TO USE MORE EFFICIENTLY.
UM, IN THIS CASE FOR, UM, NUMBER 35, WE'RE HAVING THE SAME THING DONE FOR CEDAR GROVE.
SO WE WILL RECEIVE THEIR OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS, UH, NOW AND ALSO ANY THAT THEY MAY, MAY RECEIVE IN THE FUTURE.
THE CURRENT, UH, INSTALLMENT IS $23,648 AND 14 CENTS.
AND THIS WILL AGREEMENT, THIS AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE DOLLARS TO SEE THESE DOLLARS AND ANY FUTURE DOLLARS FROM THEIR, UH, OPIOID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS.
YEAH, WE'VE ADDED THAT PRETTY WELL LAST TIME.
MR. UH, BECK, ANY QUESTIONS? AGREE THAT WAS COVERED.
NO QUESTIONS MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON 35? SEE NONE.
DOES SOMEONE MOVE IT? MOVE? I'LL MOVE IT.
MOVE BY BOL SECOND BY MERCADO.
UH, ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY COOKER NUMBER 35.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
SO, ALRIGHT, LET'S GO BACK 77 THROUGH 81, WHICH ARE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.
THEY WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, ITEM 77 AND THE AMOUNT OF $220,000 IS SOME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE.
UM, THE HOURLY RATE FOR WHOLE HOME HEALTH AIDS INCREASED AND THIS $220,000 WILL HELP TO COVER THAT.
AND THERE'S NO COUNTY MATCH IN THIS PROGRAM.
ITEM 78, PART OF OUR RESPIRATE CARE PROGRAM IS ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AND AMOUNT OF $26,516 AND 19 CENTS.
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ALLOW THIS, THIS, UH, PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO ABOUT SIX CLIENTS.AND IT COMES FROM FUNDING THAT THE PROGRAM RECEIVES FOR A CLIENT OR HELP, BUT THEIR INCOME EXCEEDS, UH, UH, 175% OF THE, UH, INCOME REQUIREMENTS.
UM, ITEM 79, UH, UH, SIMILARLY FOR, UM, IS FOR THE CARE COORDINATION PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,322.
THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY PAYS US, UH, $230 IN THE FIRST MONTH AND $153 FOR EACH, UM, A SUBSEQUENT MONTH FOR EACH CLIENT WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM.
UH, THIS HELPS OUR SENIORS STAY AT HOME IN LIEU OF, UH, PLACEMENT IN NURSING HOMES BY PROVIDING CARE MANAGEMENT, ADULT DAYCARE AND HOMEMAKER, UM, UH, UH, HELP AS WELL AS SOME HOME ACCESSIBILITY MODIFICATIONS.
ITEM, UH, 80 IS WITH OUR SENIOR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF $123,200.
THIS IS A PROGRAM INCOME FOR, UH, VANS, UH, FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, FOR VANS AND, UH, TRIPS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND TRIPS.
UM, AND THIS IS REINSERTED BACK INTO THE TRANSPORTATION GRANT.
UH, ITEM 81, UM, IS AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR, UM, THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000, UH, FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH JUNE.
AND THIS HELPS PREVENT, PROTECT AGAINST AND RESPOND TO ACTS OF TERRORISM, NATURAL DISASTERS, AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS.
MR. PARLOVE, ANY QUESTIONS I SHOULD TELL YOU ABOUT? IF YOU DON'T MIND, MRS. WE DO MATCH THIS WITH, UH, I'M SORRY, SALARY AND WAGES.
YOUR QUESTIONS? THE 77 2 81? NO QUESTIONS.
DO I? SOMEONE MOVE? I'LL MOVE IT.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
82 IS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE, THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. PAR, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, I CAN MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS, PLEASE.
THIS IS REGARDING, UH, THE AGGREGATE SALARIES FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S, UH, LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE.
UM, THIS WILL, UH, EACH COMMISSIONER IS, UH, PERMITTED TO RETAIN UP TO SEVEN LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE AND IS ALLOCATED, UH, $40,000 PER YEAR TO PAY ALL OF THOSE, UH, IN THE AGGREGATE.
UH, THIS WOULD BE AN INCREASE TO INCREASE THAT AGGREGATE TOTAL TO 45,000 TO BE USED BY EACH COMMISSIONER.
IT'S THE FIRST INCREASE SINCE, UH, 2000, UH, 21.
MR. MCINERNEY, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL MOVE IT.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS 83 TO ONE 19, WHICH ARE IMS COMMENDATIONS PROCLAMATION RESOLUTIONS, WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEE? NONE.
DO I HAVE SO TO MOVE? SO MOVE, MOVE BY MERCADO.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK ON 83 THROUGH ONE 19.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
MR. PRESIDENT, THEY WERE TAKEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REPORT OF BOARD COMMITTEES.
DO WE HAVE ANY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS? SEEING NONE WRITTEN.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS COMMISSIONERS, NONE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT THEN.
THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE AGENDA.
IT SAYS THAT THE NEXT, UH, UH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONER'S MEETING IS SUPPOSED TO BE WEDNESDAY,
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MARCH THE 19TH.BUT ON YOUR WEBSITE IT SAYS THE NEXT MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH THE 26TH.
IT IT HAS BEEN UPDATED, BUT WE'LL HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.
WE OFFER MEET ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEK, OFTEN SO THAT THE MEETING IS THE 19TH.
WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 19TH.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
WE'LL, UH, MADAM DEPUTY COURT, LET'S JUST REVIEW THE WEBSITE, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UPDATED AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THE CALENDAR INTERNALLY HAS BEEN, UH, UPDATED, BUT LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT UPDATED.
IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENT SESSION COMMISSIONERS.
ANYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO STATE.
I, AT THE NUTLEY IRISH AMERICAN PARADE WE'RE, UH, COMMISSIONER GILL AND LUCIANO ARE VERY WELL RECEIVED.
THEY'RE THE FACE OF THE COMMISSION.
IT WAS A, A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A PARADE, UH, AFTER LAST YEAR'S, UH, ALMOST RAIN OUT AND, UH, IT WAS WIDELY ATTENDED BY PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO NUTLEY ON THE PINE PARADE.
YEAH, I DID ATTEND NACO IN WASHINGTON, DC THIS PAST WEEK, AND IT WAS, UM, REALLY HARD TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO THE TONE AND THE TENOR, UH, OF THE CONVERSATION AND THE FOLKS WHO WERE PRESENTING IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CONFERENCE.
UM, I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF 'EM, BUT THIS ONE WAS DOWNRIGHT DIFFICULT TO LISTEN TO THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AND THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE CLAPPING ABOUT AND, AND JUST, YEAH, IT WAS DISHEARTENING TO SAY THE LEAST.
WELL, IT'S GONNA BE A ROUGH LONG TWO YEARS FOR NOW, SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT.
UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON.
ALSO COMING UP, UH, NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEDNESDAY HERE IS OUR ANNUAL IRISH CELEBRATION WHERE WE CELEBRATE THE PARADE COMMITTEES FROM NUT LEAF, NEWARK, AND WEST ORANGE.
SO WE DO ENCOURAGE THAT IT WILL NOT BE HELD HERE AT OUR CHAMBERS, BUT RATHER IT'LL BE HELD AT THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, UH, PARK HOUSE, UH, THE CENTER THERE, WHICH IS BEAUTIFULLY DONE.
WE COULD EVEN TURN THE LIGHTS GREEN.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE.
SO ALL THE PICTURES HAVE A GREEN HERE AND IT'S, UH, A PRETTY NICE DAY.
ANY, UH, ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? SEE? NONE.