* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS [00:00:01] IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER. THIS MEETING IS BEING VIEWED LIVESTREAM IN ADDITION TO TAKING PLACE. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER GIL? YES, DEAR COMM. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO. HERE. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. HERE. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT? YES. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD. HERE. COMMISSIONER SERMONS HERE. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT EZ. HERE. PLEASE STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG. I'M GONNA ASK COMMISSIONER GIL TO LEAD US IN THE SALUTE, PLEASE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, A DIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I'M JUST GONNA ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND HONOR OF THOSE THAT WE'VE LOST SINCE THE LAST TIME WE CAME TOGETHER AND THESE CHANGES. THANK YOU. UH, BEFORE ME, CERTIFICATION FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK THAT THIS MEETING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETING. UH, OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY TRANSCRIPTS TO BE APPROVED? YES. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE THREE FROM THE JUNE 12TH, OCTOBER 10TH, AND OCTOBER 23RD. CONFERENCE BOARD MEETINGS ALL FROM 2024. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I MOVE. SO MOVE, MOVE BY MERCADO. DO I SECOND, SECOND. SECOND. BY SERMONS. I WAS GONNA SAY GRAHAM, BUT I CAUGHT ON ROLL CALL. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO? YES. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES. SO MOVED. MOVING ON TO TOPICS OF DISCUSSION. MADAM DEPUTY CLARK, DO WE HAVE ANY? NO. MR. PRESIDENT. WE DO NOT RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS? UH, ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION. TONIGHT'S MEETING IS A COMBINED CONFERENCE BOARD MEETING, AND WE WILL VOTE 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 LET ME YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME TO ONLY AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, DESPITE THE FULL HOUSE, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THERE'S NO ONE ELSE MOTION AT SPEAKING AT THIS TIME. AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON, UH, AT THIS POINT SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE SOME IMPORTANT PEOPLE FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, UH, THIS TIME OF YEAR, UH, THAT WE HOST STUDENT INTERNS AND EXPOSE INTO THE VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCES WHERE THEY LEARN ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND WORKING IN THE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE COUNTY'S GREAT ATTRACTIONS LIKE TURTLEBACK ZOO AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THESE SEVEN YOUNG, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE JOINED US. AND I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO STAND. AND PLEASE, UH, JUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED. SO PLEASE, OUR, OUR INTERNS, PLEASE STAND UP. I LIKE TO CALL. I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I KNOW ASSEMBLYWOMAN GARNET HALL IS HERE. UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THOSE INTERNS BELONG TO YOU? SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES, I WOULD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THESE INTERNS HAVE INSPIRED ME, AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT HOPE IS ALIVE. THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT. UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE TERM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE SUMMER, SAYING THAT THEY ARE INTERNS TODAY. THEY SAID, MY TURN TOMORROW. I'M SO EXCITED. THAT'S GOOD. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING THREE DIFFERENT INTERNS FROM THREE DIFFERENT, UM, COMMUNITIES, LEGISLATIVE, BLACK CAUCUS. I HAD THE MAPLEWOOD. AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU ONE MOMENT ABOUT, UH, MY MAPLEWOOD PERSON. SHE CAME TO MY OFFICE, SLIPPED HER RESUME UNDER THE DOOR WITH A PERSONAL NOTE AND SAID, I'M ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. I'M HOME FROM COLLEGE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO WORK FOR YOU. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. I WAS GONNA HIRE HER ON THE SPOT, BUT THEN HER RESUME CAME, AND EACH OF THEM DOUBLE MAJORS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, WANTING TO VOLUNTEER. SO WHEN WE START TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS WORLD TODAY, JUST TAKE A LOOK BEHIND YOU BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE THE ONES THAT'S GONNA LEAD US OUT OF THERE. WE'VE SURVIVED EVERYTHING BEFORE, AND NOW WE HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT'S GONNA TAKE US INTO THE NEXT CENTURY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SENATOR. VERY WELL SAID. I KNOW, UH, AN INTERNSHIP CHANGED, OF COURSE, IN MY LIFE, WAY BACK, AND, [00:05:01] UH, YOU KNOW, DROVE ME INTO THE MUSEUM CAREER. OTHERWISE, I'D HAVE BEEN A LAWYER. NO OFFENSE. SO OUR LAWYERS IN THE ROOM, AND I, IT, IT WAS THE MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCE FOR ME, AND I STILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN THAT ONE. I'M NOT SERVING AS COMMISSIONER. I'M GONNA PUT HER ON THE SPOT. BUT MADAM DEPUTY CLARKS, YOU'VE BEEN, WE WANT, WE OWE YOU OF GRATITUDE FOR MANAGING THE PROGRAM. SO, WOO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ON THE INTERNS THAT YOU AND THE STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I DO APPRECIATE THIS TIME. AND, UH, I ECHO EXACTLY WHAT, UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN, UH, HALL HAS, UH, SAID THAT WE HAVE A, A GREAT GROUP OF INTERNS THIS YEAR. I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD, UH, OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND, UH, I AGREE THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT AND THEY'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER, UH, WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO I DO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BEING WELCOMING TO OUR INTERNS, INTO EXPOSING THEM TO EXPERIENCES, UH, REAL LIFE WORK EXPERIENCES. SO, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS TIME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU MADAM DEPUTY CLARK. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ECHO MR. JACKSON, UH, YOU GREAT. OF, UH, THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS FOR BEING SUCH GRACIOUS HOSTS TO OUR INTERNS. UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES HERE WE COME TO THESE CHAMBERS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND WE HEAR SOME TOUGH THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, WE, SOME OF THE THINGS WE WORK ON ARE PRETTY HARD, BUT TODAY'S NICE TO START THE MEETING. WE HAD SCHOLARSHIPS EARLIER BEFORE THE START OF THE MEETING. UH, WERE SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS, GIL, UH, SIEBOLD AND MARY THOMAS JOINED US FOR THE AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS. UM, AND CERTAINLY NOW TO START OFF WITH OUR INTERNS. SO THANK YOU ASSEMBLYWOMAN FOR JOINING US TODAY, AND MR. JACKSON FOR YOUR, YOU AND YOUR DIRECTOR'S HOSPITALITY, AND TO OUR VERY OWN DEPUTY, UH, MA'AM, DEPUTY CLARK, FOR THE, UH, GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND TO OUR INTERNS. THANK YOU. UH, YOU KNOW, AS A PROFESSOR, WHEN I DO THAT AS WELL, I'M GONNA SAY KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR MENTORS BECAUSE THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT COULD, WE ARE ROOTING FOR YOU. YES. AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD OPEN SOME DOORS FOR YOU. AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE RETIRE OUT, WE KNOW, WE KNOW WE LEFT THE WORLD AND, AND IN GOOD OR MAYBE EVEN BETTER HANDS. AND THAT'S THE GOAL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. ALRIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE OF RESOLUTIONS AND INTRODUCTION OF FIRST READINGS. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY? UH, YES, MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE ONE. OKAY. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE NUMBER ONE FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. GOOD EVENING. MR. JACKSON, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE ORDINANCE? GOOD EVENING. THIS IS PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UH, CHIEF MCGUIRE FROM THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE WILL EXPLAIN, UH, THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. EVENING PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS MITCHELL MCGUIRE. I'M THE CHIEF OF DETECTIVES WITH THE S COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE ORDINANCE. THE ORDINANCE IS IN SUPPORT OF THE ESS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, AS WE TRY TO BETTER, UH, THE COUNTY, WHETHER FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE HAVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICERS OUT THERE, UM, DOING CONSTRUCTION OR ROAD JOBS, IF YOU WILL. UH, WE ARE OFFERING OUR SERVICES TO BE ABLE, IN SUPPORT OF THEM. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FILL EVERY JOB THAT THAT COMES IN. AND AS A PILOT PROGRAM, WE WANT TO SEE IF OUR DETECTIVES CAN, CAN SUPPORT THE, UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THAT ENDEAVOR, MEANING MAKING THEM AVAILABLE. IF A SHERIFF'S OFFICER IS NOT ABLE TO FILL IT, THEN WE WILL FILL THE JOB AND SUPPORT THE COUNTY AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT. COOL. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. MR. B, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T. MR. PRESIDENT, MR. MCINERNEY, ANY QUESTION? YES, I DO. SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A SIMILAR TYPE OF, UH, IF NOT THE SAME TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT'S USUALLY OFFERED AT, NOT ONLY IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, BUT THROUGH OUR, OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES. AND, UM, WHAT IT DOES REQUIRE, AND I'LL ASK THE ADMINISTRATION JUST TO, UH, CONFIRM THAT, THAT THIS WILL BE SET UP IN A DEDICATED FUND, UH, WHERE IT'S NOT CO-MINGLED WITH ANYTHING DEALING WITH, UH, THE COUNTY BUDGET. WHERE, WHERE I'M ASSUMING THAT THE, UH, THAT, UH, THE OFFICER WILL BE PAID THROUGH THE PAYROLL PROGRAM TO, THROUGH THE COUNTY PAYROLL SYSTEM, BUT THAT THOSE PAYROLL WILL BE DESIGNATED AS OFF-DUTY, UH, OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT. AND AS A RESULT, THAT MONEY WOULD, UM, YOU, YOU WOULD BILL THE CONTRACTOR FOR THAT. THAT MONEY HAS TO COME IN. USUALLY IT'S MANDATED THAT MONEY IS IN OR RELEASE A DEPOSIT IS IN PRIOR TO THE SERVICES BEING RENDERED IN THIS. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SITUATIONS WHERE THAT ACCOUNT CAN GO NEGATIVE. SO WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING OUT THE PAYROLL OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND THE CONTRACTOR HASN'T PAID THE BILL YET AND THE COUNTY'S ALREADY FOOTED THE PAYROLL. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT. AND I'M GONNA ASK THE ADMINISTRATORS JUST TO CONFIRM THAT THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT AT LEAST MONEY COMES IN FROM THE CONTRACTORS PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE. AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY THEN, UH, THE, UH, IT GOES INTO A DEDICATED FUND AND [00:10:01] THE PAYROLL IS CHARGED TO THAT DEDICATED FUND. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE ALREADY HAVE A DEDICATED FUND SET UP FOR THIS, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO DO A DEDICATION BY BYRYDER IN ORDER TO GET THAT. UH, I WOULD, I'LL DO, I I'LL LET MR. UH, CHIEF MCGUIRE ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OKAY. BUT ALRIGHT. SO, SO, SO THAT WOULD'VE TO BE DONE. ME, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, YOU ALREADY SAID THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE POLICE, AFTER THE SHERIFF'S COMPARTMENT IS NOT ABLE TO FILL THOSE RANKS OR THOSE NEEDS. THEN THE PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATOR ARE PROSECUTORS, INVESTIGATORS UNIFORMED. THEY DO HAVE UNIFORMS. OKAY. PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE. OKAY. SO, SO THEY WOULD WEAR THE UNIFORM. I'M ASSUMING THEY WOULD ABSOLUTELY WEAR THE UNIFORM IN THE OFFICE. AND REGARDS TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION IS WE WILL FOLLOW THE SAME RULES AND REGULATIONS FROM A, A PAYROLL PERSPECTIVE THAT THE SHERIFF WOULD, THIS IS JUST A PILOT. OKAY. UM, SO MY PROSECUTORS', INVESTIGATORS WILL BE HANDLED BY WAY OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THEY WILL BE THE SAME SYSTEM THAT THEY USE. WE WILL USE UNDER THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND FOLLOW THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS. ALRIGHT. THEN IT MAKES SENSE THEN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SET UP THIS ON A SEPARATE BASIS. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. MCINERNEY. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? SEE NONE. I HAVE SOMEONE TO MOVE IT. I'LL MOVE IT. MOVED BY SERVICE SECOND BY SIEBOLD WILL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GI? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO? YES. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. YES. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIBO? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES. SO, UM, MR. PRESIDENT? YES. IF I MAY ONE MORE POINT, MR. MACON. GO AHEAD. JUST, JUST TO, UH, ADD TO THAT, UH, TO THOSE COMMENTS. UH, JUST TO CHECK THE INSURANCE LIABILITY AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL NOW INCLUDE IF IT NEEDS TO EVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, BE SO THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE THE PROSECUTORS, INVESTIGATORS AS PART OF THE, THE EMPLOYMENT FORCE. THAT, THAT WILL ALSO BE PERFORMING THESE SERVICES. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. MR. JACKSON, CAN WE SEATED? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE AND RE UH, ON SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING EN LISTING PURPOSE OF THE MATTER. AND DEPUTY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY? NO. MR. PRESIDENT? WE DO NOT. ALRIGHT. MOVING ON. DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE OF RESOLUTIONS? SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING? YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TWO. ORDINANCE NUMBER OH, 20 25 0 0 0 0 9 AND OH. 20 25 0 1 0. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE O 20 25 9 WOULD BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. I HERE I HEREBY DECLARE THAT PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER O 2025 DASH 0 0 0 9 IS OPEN. IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. GOOD EVENING, DR. EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MS. JACKSON, EVERYBODY, UH, DONNA JACKSON, NORTH NEW JERSEY. UM, IN REFERENCE TO PROTECTIONS AND SAFETY IN THE PARK, I THINK WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER WITH SOME SEMBLANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS. I'M VERY UPSET THAT PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK ARE USING OUR PARKS WHILE OUR CHILDREN HERE AND ESSEX COUNTY ARE BEING DENIED USE OF THESE FIELDS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS HAVE PERMITS APPROVED FOR NEW YORK TEAMS TO PLAY OVER HERE. THAT'S A PROBLEM. I NEED TO KNOW WHY. RUTGERS HAS CONTROL OVER TWO FIELDS INSIDE WEAK WAY PARK. WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOTBALL TEAMS, WE HAVE ENOUGH SOCCER TEAMS, WE HAVE ENOUGH CHILDREN IN NEWARK, URBAN IRVINGTON, EAST ORANGE, CEDAR GROVE, MAPLEWOOD. I DON'T, I DON'T CARE WHEREVER IT IS THAT CAN USE THESE FIELDS BEFORE WE HAVE OUTSIDE FOLKS COMING IN. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A FEE. I KNOW THE COUNTY GENERATES MONEY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE SEGREGATING PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN THESE MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THESE PARKS ARE AND SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITY, THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME. THAT'S A PROBLEM. I I, I GOT A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT. I GOT A BIG PROBLEM WITH ALLOWING UNIVERSITIES TO DOMINATE OUR FIELDS. AND THAT IS HAPPENING. 'CAUSE I'M OUT THERE WHEN THEY, AT WEST SIDE PARK ON THE 16TH AVENUE SIDE FROM UPSELL COLLEGE AND OTHER, WELL, NOT THERE NOW, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. KING COLLEGE AND OTHERS USING, I GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT. WHEN WE ARE DENYING NEWARK TEAMS, IRVINGTON TEAMS TO USE THESE SAME BIG PARKS, IT NEEDS TO STOP. IT NEEDS TO STOP. UM, THE SPEED. WE DO NEED TO DO THAT. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE THE OFFICERS. SO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS, THERE'S NOBODY SITTING IN THE PARK WHILE PEOPLE AROUND THROUGH THE PARK. 30, 40 AND 50 MILES AN HOUR. THERE'S NOT, I TRAVEL TO PARK OFTEN. I HAVE TWO GRANDCHILDREN. ONE OF 'EM IS AUTISTIC. I USE THE PARKS ALL THE TIME. WASES PARK, BRANCHWOOD PARK ALL THE TIME. AND PEOPLE ARE FLYING THROUGH THERE ALL DAY LONG. AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COVER THAT. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPEED, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARK RESERVATIONS. YOU CAN GRILL IN, UH, BRANCHWOOD [00:15:01] PARK. I MEAN, YOU CAN GRILL IN WHEAT PARK, BUT YOU CAN'T GRILL IN WEST SIDE PARK. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT'S THE ISSUE? WHY, WHY IS THERE SO MUCH UNEVENNESS? YOU NOT TELLING THE PEOPLE TO SEE THE GROWTH. THEY CAN'T GRIP YOU SURE NOT. SO SO WHAT IS IT? IS IT AN URBAN VERSUS SUBURBAN THING? SERIOUSLY, YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK AT THE PERMITS THAT ARE BEING GIVEN. WHO THEY'RE BEING GIVEN TO. WHY ARE SOCCER TEAMS, WHY YOUR BASEBALL TEAMS FROM OTHER STATES, OTHER STATES COMING IN HERE. I'VE GONE TO THE SOCCER AND, UH, BASEBALL GAMES AT WEST SIDE PARK AT WHEAT WAY PARK AND THEY'VE BEEN FROM NEW YORK. THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME. SO WE SHOULD HAVE FIRST PREFERENCE ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS. I'M NOT GONNA SAY JUST NORTH ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE FIRST PREFERENCE 30 SECONDS. WE DON'T, Y'ALL NEED TO CHECK THIS PERMIT PROCESS. YOU NEED TO CHECK WHY PEOPLE ARE BEING DENIED. PERMITS YOU BEING, YOU NEED TO CHECK WHO'S BEING GIVEN THEM. AND YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER THIS FROM THE COUNTY OFFICE THAT DOES THE PERMITS, WHO HAS APPLIED AND WHO'S BEEN DENIED AND FOR WHAT REASON. BUT THERE'LL BE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THAT COMES UP TO SPEAK TO IT TONIGHT THAT'S BEING TOLD THEY CAN'T GRILL IN WEST SIDE PARK. WHY YOU GOT GRILLING IN WHEAT WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. JACKSON. IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WILL WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ORDINANCE SCENE? NONE. MS. CHABA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, THERE ARE NO, WE WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN COMING. I'M SORRY. SORRY MR. CHABA. NO PROBLEM. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. YES. HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME IS ANTHONY HAM. GOOD SIR. AND I WAS RAISED HERE, BORN AND RAISED IN NEW NEW JERSEY. AND I SUBMITTED MY PAPERWORK TO TRY TO GET A PERMIT TO DO A COOKOUT, FAMILY AND FRIENDS COOKOUT WHERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE NO BUSINESS OUTSIDE. WE DON'T HAVE NO BUSINESS OUTSIDE. WE PUT ALL THE MONEY TOGETHER OURSELVES TOGETHER. AND WE DO A COOKOUT. WE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM YET. WE DID TWO COOKOUTS ALREADY. SO I EMAILED MS. JACQUELINE MATTHEWS AND SHE NEVER GOT BACK TO ME. THE COOKOUT IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST THE NINTH, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME. SO MY THING IS THAT ALLS I'M ASKING FOR IS A PERMIT TO COOK. WE DON'T HAVE TO COOK A GRILL. WE CAN'T PUT A GRILL IN IF WE CAN'T PUT A GRILL IN THE PARK. LISTEN, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. MY COUSIN LIVE ACROSS THE STREET. WE PUT THE GRILL BY HIS HOUSE. MY THING IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO, I NEED TO GET A PERMIT 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT THE COUNTY TO COME IN THERE AND SHUT IT DOWN. THAT'S EMBARRASSING. I DON'T WANT THE COUNTY POLICE TO COME IN THERE AND SHUT IT DOWN. I DID TWO COOKOUTS UP. WE DID TWO COOKOUTS UP THERE. AND ALLS I'M ASKING FOR IS A PERMIT TO DO A COOKOUT ON AUGUST THE NINTH. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR. AND I PLAYED BASEBALL, SEMI-PRO BASEBALL IN THE PARK FOR FOUR YEARS, YEARS. BORN AND RAISED HERE ALL MY LIFE. AND I'M 67 YEARS OLD. AND I PLAYED BALL IN THAT PARK ALL MY LIFE. I LEARNED HOW TO PLAY BALL. I LEARNED HOW TO BOX. I LEARNED ALL THIS RIGHT HERE IN NEWARK. I GOT INDUCTED INTO A HALL OF FAMES IN NEWARK JERSEY RIGHT HERE. SO I DID ALL THIS STUFF, MAN. THE PARK IS OUR, OUR PLAYGROUND. THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW. AND ALLS I'M ASKING FOR IS THE PERMIT FOR, TO DO THE COOKOUT, THE GRILL. DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE PARK. I'M, I'M, I'M OFF THAT GRILL STUFF BECAUSE WE CAN GRILL SOMEWHERE ELSE. I JUST WANT TO HAVE THE COOKOUT IN THE PARK ON AUGUST THE NINTH. THAT'S NOT ASKING TOO MUCH. HOPEFULLY I CAN GET IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. A ADAM IS IN THE BACK. ADAM, CAN YOU JUST, UH, CONNECT WITH THEM CON GET THE CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE'LL FORWARD YOUR REQUEST TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME REGARDING THIS WARRANT ORDINANCE? I DIDN'T YOU SEE ANY? NONE. MS. SHABAZZ, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, YOUR HONOR. I'M YOUR HONOR. ? NO. RON? NO. MR. PRESIDENT. I'VE REVIEWED THOSE ORDINANCE AND THERE ARE NO, UH, LEGAL ISSUES. THANK YOU. UH, MR. MCINERNEY, NO QUESTIONS. YOU DIDN'T SAY YOUR HONOR. YOUR NOT YET. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR SOMEONE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT IN A SECOND? SO, MOVE. I HAVE MOVED BY MERCADO. SECOND BY SEABOLD. DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVER AND SECOND FOR MOVING THE RESOLUTION? YES. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL. YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO? YES. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. YES. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ. YES. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON, UH, TO THE OTHER RESOLUTION. UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE O DASH 2025 DASH 0 0 10. IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. I HEREBY DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE O DASH 2025 DASH 0 0 10 IS OPEN. AS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THIS SPECIFIC ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. SEEING [00:20:01] NONE. MS. SHABAZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, NO. MR. PRESIDENT'S NEVER REVIEWED NO ISSUES. THAT'S TO LEGALITY. THANK YOU, MR. KINER. ANY QUESTIONS? NO COMMENTS. NO COMMENTS. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? DO I ASK SOMEONE TO MOVE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS? SO MOVE, MOVE BY MERCADO. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SERMONS. DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVER AND SECOND TO APPROVE? YES. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL. YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO? YES. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. YES. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ. YES. SO MOVED. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS ONE AND TWO. RECOGNIZING VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS ONE AND TWO, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT. AND WE'LL BE READY TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. MR. JACKSON? UM, YES. UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UM, SAMANTHA BRITO IS GONNA COME AND ADDRESS THESE TWO ITEMS. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BRITO. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MAYA HARLOW. SHE IS CURRENTLY IN SAN DIEGO PRESENTING OUR GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM, RECEIVING AN AWARD AS WE SPEAK FOR ESSEX COUNTY. UM, SO GREAT ALLAH, WE NEED TO CONGRATULATE THE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. NOT TOO SHAY OF A DEAL BEING SAN DIEGO EITHER. ALRIGHT, . UM, SO THE FIRST RESOLUTION IS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY. UM, SO FOR THIS, WE ARE SOLIDIFYING AN ACADEMIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY HEALTH AND MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY. THIS WOULD BE SOLIDIFYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE UNIVERSITY TO SOLIDIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE TWO MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY INTERNS. AS WE ALL SPOKE ABOUT TODAY, I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE INTERNSHIPS THAT I HAD ALONG THE WAY. WE ARE CURRENTLY REALLY ALLOWING THESE STUDENTS TO LEARN WHAT IT IS TO BE AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PUBLIC HEALTH AND IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. SO WITH THIS, IT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO, ONE, CONTINUE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN THESE INTERNSHIPS, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO USE THE RESOURCES THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAS TO OFFER US, SUCH AS RESEARCH EQUIPMENT STUDENTS AND OFFERING THEM EVEN EMPLOYMENT DOWN THE LINE. SOUNDS. ANY QUESTIONS? IF YOU GUYS HAVE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ONE, THEN WE'LL DO QUESTIONS. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION. OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT, UNIFORM SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ESSEX REGIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION. JULY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025. AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 218,000. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS A YEAR BEHIND BECAUSE THE CONTRACT TOOK THIS LONG, SO I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT. THANK YOU MR. BAZ. ANY QUESTIONS OR WANTED? TWO? UH, NO, THE QUESTION WAS ANSWERED. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. MCINERNEY, NO QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS ON ONE AND TWO. I'M GLAD, DELIGHTED TO HEAR YOUR INTERNSHIP PAID OUT AND, UH, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND THANK YOU. LET THE RECORD REFLECT OUR INTERNSHIP. TAKE NOTE OF THAT. SO AS WELL, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE A SECOND. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ON A SECOND VOTE ONE AND TWO. ROLL CALL. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO. YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO? YES. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. YES. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ. YES. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION THREE AND FOUR, BOTH FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT CAN BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. MR. JACKSON, UH, DIRECTOR SORES WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. GOOD. EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING. JOHN SORES, DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE REQUESTING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL FOR OUR SUBMISSION OF THE ESSEX COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 20 25 1 YEAR ACTION PLAN TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,216,482, THE HOME INVESTMENT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,199,356 AND 9 CENTS. AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $464. I MEAN 400 460 $4,006. MR. B, ANY QUESTIONS ON 3 0 4? NONE THAT IN THE MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS. MR. PRESIDENT? I'M SORRY. YES, GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER MARY THOMAS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING, UH, EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WANNA BEGIN BY FIRST ECHOING THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WE MADE EARLIER, UH, TO TWO GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY. ONE ARE INTERNS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING EXTRAORDINARY JOB THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY [00:25:01] OF ESSEX ACROSS. COULD GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ABSOLUTELY. UM, AS ASSEMBLYWOMAN HALL SAID, MY TURN TOMORROW, OUR TURN TODAY, OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE FUTURE IS IN GREAT HANDS WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF YOU. AND SOME OF YOU I KNOW VERY WELL. SO I JUST CONGRATULATIONS. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE, I THINK, ONE OR TWO OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS FROM EARLIER WHO ARE HERE TODAY AS WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, TO ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS FROM. AND JACK, SHOUT OUT TO MY COMMISSIONER, COLLEAGUE GIL, UH, FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THAT PRESENTATION EARLIER, AS WELL AS PRESIDENT PALMAR. UH, BUT ON TO THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, I'M, I'M SPEAKING OF, YOU KNOW, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS SUPER ESSENTIAL TO THIS DEPARTMENT'S WORK IS GRANTS LIKE THIS THAT COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND AND CERTAINLY EARLIER IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS AROUND WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE PASSED THROUGH CONSIDERING ALL THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT HAD BEEN PUSHED, UH, AT THE TIME. AND SO I'M WONDERING BOTH FOR THE CBDG GRANTS AND THEN ANY OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS THAT THE COUNTY IS POISED TO RECEIVE OR SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE THIS YEAR, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONCERNS AROUND A FEDERAL FOLLOW THROUGH GIVEN, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL? OR DO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD PLACE AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN THIS MONEY, UH, IS AFFECTED, IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES, OUR EVERYDAY CITIZENS. SO ANY UPDATES WE HAVE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, IN REGARDS TO THESE GRANTS? IF EVERYTHING GOES THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO, WE SHOULD HAVE THE MONEY BY SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER. MM-HMM . WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE TAKEN BACK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE NEVER KNOW. THANK YOU. AND DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF ROUGHLY IN THIS DEPARTMENT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR GRANT FUNDING OR RATHER RATIO IS FEDERALLY SUPPORTED? DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THAT THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT? WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, IN DIVISION OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT FEDERALLY FUNDED. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT? COMMISSIONER, MAYOR THOMAS. THREE AND FOUR. DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. SECOND. SECOND. MAYOR RICCA WILL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK. ABSOLUTELY. I'M SORRY. ONLY FOR RICK. UH, WE'RE ONLY MOVING THREE. ROLL. UH, MOVE BY MURRAY THOMAS. SECOND BY MERCADO. ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO? YES. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. YES. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EREZ? YES. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT, LET'S DO NUMBER FOUR NOW. ITEM FOUR. UH, DIRECTOR RICHARDSON GREEN WILL HANDLE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING THROUGH YOU. MY NAME IS VALENTINA RICHARDSON GREEN. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT HERE FOR A CONTRACT WITH UNITED COMMUNITY CORPORATION TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE, OPPORTUNITY ACT OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH SERVICES FOR ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS. RECIPIENTS APRIL 1ST, 2025 THROUGH MARCH 30TH, 2030. AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $360,000. UH, LOOKING FOR SERVICES FOR ACADEMIC REMEDIATION, ENHANCEMENT JOB READINESS, LIFE SKILL DEVELOPMENT, WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES, FINANCIAL LITERACY AND EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING. THANK YOU MR. VAZ. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. THAT'S A LEGALITY. MR. KINER. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? NUMBER FOUR. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. QUICK QUESTION. HOW DO KIDS GET TO THIS PROGRAM? ARE THEY REFERRED, MANDATED TO, UH, BE PART OF THE YOUTH WE OA PROGRAM? THEY CAN BE WALKED IN. UH, IT'S A WALK-IN SITUATION. THEY CAN BE REFERRED OVER. THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY, GO THROUGH ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION IF FOUND ELIGIBLE AND THEY GO THROUGH WEO SERVICES. THEY GET THEIR INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND THEN PLACEMENT THROUGH THEM. CAN YOU JUST AS A FOLLOW UP EMAIL, PLEASE SEND TO THE OFFICE THE LOCATION WHERE THIS IS SO THAT I CAN REFER SOME YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE MET RECENTLY? OH, ABSOLUTELY. UH, FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT, IF YOU COULD DO THE REFERRALS THROUGH THE 50 SOUTH ONE STOP. OKAY. 50 SOUTH ONE STOP. WHAT, WHAT HOURS CAN WE GO THERE? WE HAVE, UH, WEOA WEDNESDAYS EVERY, UH, WEDNESDAYS FROM 10 TO 12 WHERE WE GO OVER ORIENTATIONS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT ANY YOUNG PERSON AT ANY GIVEN TIME CAN COME INTO THE ONE STOP AND WE WILL PROVIDE SERVICE AND REFERRALS TO THEM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, MAYOR THOMAS? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS ISN'T A QUESTION, BUT JUST A, A COMMENT. I'VE BEEN, UM, A, A FAN AND SUPPORTER OF THE WORK OF THE UNITED UCC [00:30:01] UNITED COMMUNITY CORPORATION FOR SOME YEARS. UM, IS THIS, IS THIS GONNA BE AT THE WEST SIDE PARK LOCATION OR IT'S GOING TO BE A, A COUPLE OF, UH, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. BUT, UM, THE WEST SIDE PARK LOCATION IS LIKE RIGHT BY MY HOUSE. I GO FOR RUNS IN THE PARK AND JUST TO KNOW FIRSTHAND THE WORK THAT UCC, BUT CERTAINLY WE WILL MORE BROADLY, AND BOTH OF THEM IN CONCERT HAVE DONE MY OWN ORGANIZATION HAS HAD WW STUDENTS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND AS SOMEONE WITH A CAREER WORKING WITH OUTTA SCHOOL YOUTH, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS WORK IS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND, UM, I KNOW IT'S AN HONOR OF THE BOARD AND THE COUNTY TO SUPPORT THIS VERY NECESSARY WORK. 'CAUSE IF WE'RE NOT INVESTING IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, WE'RE NOT INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE OR OUR RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN I INVITE EVERYONE HERE IF YOU WANNA COME DOWN TO WE OWE OR WEDNESDAYS, JUST SO YOU GET A, A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MURRAY? THOMAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT? SURE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VICE. YOUD LIKE TO SECOND ONE? YES. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL MATTER. DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO? YES. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. YES. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES. SO MOVED. LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS FIVE THROUGH 12 AND ADDED STARTER 94 AND 95. ALL FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. MR. ZA TO MS BACK FROM MISS HIATUS. WE'LL BE HERE TO PRESENT, I ASSUME JOSHUA ZAS. ESA COUNTY PARK. UH, GOOD EVENING BOARD. UH, NUMBER FOUR IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO LANDTECH GROUP TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE REPAIR INSPECTION. LEMME JUST CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD. NUMBER FIVE. I'M SORRY. NUMBER FIVE. OKAY. I'VE BEEN UP HERE 30 SECONDS. I ALREADY MESSED UP. YOU'RE RUSTY. YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE. , UH, NUMBER FIVE, UH, WITH, UH, LANDTECH GROUP FOR THE SYNTHETIC TURF ATHLETIC FIELDS, EXERCISING THE 24 MONTH OPTION NOT TO EXCEED $386,200. UH, AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND INSPECTION OF ALL THE SYNTHETIC FIELDS THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM. THEY DO AN INSPECTION ANNUALLY AND THEN BUILT WITHIN THE CONTRACT IS A $250,000 ALLOWANCE FOR TIME AND MATERIAL. NUMBER SIX, A CONTRACT AWARD TO THE TWO LOWEST BIDDERS ON A UNIT COST BASIS TO FURNISH AND DELIVER MEDICAL SURGICAL SUPPLIES AND PHARMACEUTICALS. 12 MONTH CONTRACT, UH, NOT TO EXCEED 185,000. THIS IS A NEW CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE. UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS BEFORE. THIS IS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS, UM, THROUGHOUT AND MEDICATION THROUGHOUT THE, UH, POPULATION OF THE TURTLEBACK ZOO. UH, IT WOULD BE FOR JUST ABOUT ANY OF THE SPECIES IN THE ZOO. NUMBER SEVEN IS THE AUTHORIZATIONS USING S COUNTY RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND TO FUND RIVERFRONT PARK IMPROVEMENTS. AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 813,300 $895. UH, NUMBER SEVEN AND NUMBER 11 ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR NUMBER 13. NUMBER EIGHT IS THE AUTHORIZATIONS. US COUNTY RECREATION OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND, UH, TO, FOR THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 250,000, $20. AND NUMBER EIGHT IS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR NUMBER 15 ON THIS EVENING'S. AGENDA NUMBER NINE IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO USE THE SES COUNTY RECREATION OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND FOR, UH, FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE WEAK WAKE PARK BASEBALL FIELD. IMPROVEMENTS AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $96,850. AND THIS IS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR NUMBER 16. NUMBER 10 IS, UH, THE ACCEPTANT EXECUTION OF A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE BURG COMMUNITY CONSERVANCY, FORSBURG PARK. THIS IS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING THE BURG PARK, UH, CONSERVANCY AS THE STEWARD OF THE PARK. THAT'D BE THE OFFICIAL NON-PROFIT FOR THAT PARK. WE HAVE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM, A HANDFUL OF SIMILAR CONTRACTS, UM, SUCH AS, UH, THE BRANCHFORD PARK ALLIANCE, UH, THE WEST SIDE PARK CONSERVANCY, VERONA PARK CONSERVANCY. SO THIS WOULD BE THE, UH, THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED FOR BURG. NUMBER 11 IS THE AGREEMENT AND INSERTION OF ITEMS OF REVENUE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GREEN ACRES PROGRAM FOR RIVERFRONT PARK, UH, AMOUNT NOT TWO. IT'S, UH, FOR $1,588,275. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, NUMBER SEVEN. AND THIS NUMBER 11 ARE THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR 13, UH, OF THE 1.5 MILLION. THE $813,895 WOULD BE USED AS A MATCH FOR THE OPEN SPACE ALLOCATION. UH, AND THEN THE BALANCE OF THAT GREEN ACRES ALLOCATION WOULD BE USED FOR A FUTURE PROJECT. NUMBER 12 IS, UH, SIMILAR. IT'S A BUDGET INSERTION FOR WATS ASSESSING PARK IMPROVEMENTS. UH, THIS IS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.6 MILLION. AND THIS IS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR, SORRY, MY PAPERS ARE OUT OF ORDER FOR NUMBER 14. FUNDING SOURCE FOR NUMBER [00:35:01] 14. AND THEN NUMBER 94 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO AQUA MIS IRRIGATION FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS FOR VARIOUS PARKS FACILITIES. 12 MONTH CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $445,442 AND NINE AND 50 CENTS. AND, UH, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, STARTUP AND IN THE SPRING STARTUP AND THE WINTER SHUTDOWN OF ALL THE FOUNTAINS AND AERATORS THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM. AND FINALLY, NUMBER 95 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO THE 10 LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID BIDDERS, UH, FOR GOLF COURSE MATERIALS. 12 MONTH CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 300,000. AND THIS IS FOR THE VARIOUS SPRAYS, PESTICIDES, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, TO MAINTAIN THE GRASSES OVER AT THE COUNTY'S GOLF COURSES. UM, YOU NEED A SPECIAL LICENSE TO SPRAY SPRAY THESE ITEMS. AND, UH, WE HAVE STAFF ON SITE AT THE GOLF COURSES WHO HAVE THOSE LICENSES. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MS. CHABA. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UH, FIVE THROUGH 12 AND THEN 94 95. UH, NO QUESTION AS TO THE LEGALITY OF THESE RESOLUTIONS. THANK YOU MR. MCINERNEY. YEAH, ON, I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE ANSWERED THIS, JUDGE ON SEVEN AND 11 ARE RIVERFRONT AND IT EXCEEDS 13, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. WHAT, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE REPRESENTING? SO, SO, UH, YOU'RE CORRECT. UH, JOSHUA ZAS, UH, ES COUNTY PARKS, UH, THREE, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU'RE CORRECT, MR. MCINERNEY. SO NUMBER SEVEN AND NUMBER 11 ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR NUMBER 13. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN, IN NUMBER 11, WE'RE INSERTING THE WHOLE 1.5 MILLION FROM GREEN ACRES. UH, THAT GREEN ACRES ACRES GRANT REQUIRES A MATCH. SO YOU CANNOT USE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT ON THE PROJECT, THEREFORE THE EIGHT 13 IN, UH, NUMBER SEVEN PLUS WE'RE GONNA TAKE EIGHT 13 OF NUMBER 11 WOULD GIVE YOU THE ENTIRE AMOUNT FOR NUMBER 13. ONCE YOU TAKE THE 8 13 9 8 95 OUT OF THE 1,000,588 THAT'LL GIVE, THAT GIVES ME THE ONE CORRECT MILLION SIX. AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE OTHER 8 MILLION? THE, THE BALANCE WOULD JUST BE INSERTED AND THEN, UM, WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT SPECIFIC TO RIVERFRONT PARK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN UPON THAT. SO THAT'S GONNA BE HELD IN RESERVE SPECIFICALLY? YES. IT HAS TO BE USED AT RIVERFRONT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU NY COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD, AGAIN, I REPEAT MANY OF THESE ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, AND EVERYTHING WAS REVIEWED CAREFULLY AND WE WERE IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. AND THEN COMMISSIONER GI. I, YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER GIL, COMMISSIONER GI, UM, DID NUMBER, WHICH ONE WAS THE, UM, THERE WERE SO MANY AND THERE WAS LIKE A ION AGAIN, I'M SORRY. WE'RE SORRY. MICROPHONE. THERE WAS LIKE A, THERE WAS LIKE A NN DIAGRAM TO FOLLOW WHICH ONE WAS CONNECTED TO WHICH WE LIKE TO KEEP THE BOARD ON THEIR TOES. EXACTLY. YOU NEED, YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT A WHITEBOARD FOR THAT. BUT, UM, THE, UM, NUMBER FIVE, UM, UH, SO G CAN YOU GM MAX TESTING, CAN YOU JUST EXPAND ON THAT? UH, IT'S BASICALLY THE ELASTICITY OF THE, UM, TURF FIELD. OKAY. UM, AND, UM, IS, OR THERE'S NO ONE HERE FROM THE, WE DON'T HAVE A VENDOR HERE, RIGHT HERE. NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY. SO, UM, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, UM, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A, YOU KNOW, THESE, UH, THE USE OF SYNTHETIC FIELDS. UM, AND, UH, AND, AND LET ME PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I AM IN NO WAY SUGGESTING THAT THESE FIELDS ARE NOT SAFE. SO LET ME START THERE. BUT, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, THE USE OF THESE SYNTHETIC FIELDS, UM, AND, UM, THEIR OVERALL EFFECT POTENTIALLY ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN LIGHT OF, UM, CLIMATES THAT ARE CHANGING QUICKLY, UM, HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF PUBLIC REPORTING, UM, LATELY IN, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM, VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, THROUGH MR. PRESIDENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE KEEPING UP TO SPEED ON, UM, THE OVERALL SAFETY OF THESE FIELDS OF THE TURF SINCE WE'RE TESTING THEM AND WE'RE DOING THIS TYPE OF, I GUESS, ACTIVITY MORE GENERALLY. UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, UM, HOW THESE FIELDS REACT TO THE EXTREME HEAT THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, HOW THESE FIELDS, UM, WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE SYNTHETIC TURF ? UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I'M, I WANNA BE CLEAR, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE FIELDS AREN'T SAFE. I'M JUST SAYING THAT, UM, THERE [00:40:01] IS, UM, A LOT OF DEBATE RIGHT NOW THROUGHOUT ESSEX COUNTY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, UM, ABOUT, UM, ABOUT SYNTHETIC TURF AND ABOUT ITS ROLE IN, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR OVERALL PUBLIC HEALTH MM-HMM . AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AGAIN, ON THE RECORD, THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN AND SHOULD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. AND SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE AWARDING A CONTRACT, UH, FOR SOMEONE TO DO, UH, MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND I GUESS INSPECTION, UM, THAT, THAT IS, THAT PIECE OF THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE INSPECTION OF THOSE, UM, FIELDS. SO THANK YOU. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF, I GUESS MORE OF A, A STATEMENT THAN A COMMENT, BUT IF FEEL FREE TO RESPOND AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN LEAVE IT THERE. SO, UH, JOSHUA ASAC COUNTY PARKS, UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEWER, UM, PRODUCTS OUT THERE THAT DEAL WITH THE ACTUAL INFIELD. UH, I SHOULD, YEAH. INFIELD MATERIAL. THAT'S, UM, THE MATERIAL IN QUESTION IN OLDER FIELDS. SO THE TYPICAL LIFESPAN OF A SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD IS BETWEEN EIGHT AND 15 YEARS, DEPENDING ON USAGE. UM, BEING THE POPULARITY OF THE FIELDS IN THE PARK SYSTEM, WE'RE MORE CLOSER TO THE EIGHT TO 10 YEAR, UH, RANGE THAN THE 15 YEAR RANGE. BUT I DO KNOW AS NEWER PRODUCTS, UH, BECOME AVAILABLE, I KNOW OUR PARKS DIRECTOR AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR HAVE BEEN, UH, UPFRONT AND, UM, ON BOARD WITH EXPLORING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE DO NEED TO REPLACE THE FIELDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. SO FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ARE WE REQUIRED TO DO AN ANNUAL INSPECTION OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT GOING ON? UH, JOSHUA IS AX COUNTY PARKS. UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S SOMETHING THE COUNTY, UM, DOES ON ITS OWN. I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE OF ANY REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING, SINCE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUNG ATHLETES, YOUNG LEGS ON THOSE FIELDS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. AND IF WE FIND THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, WE REPAIR IT OURSELVES OR DO WE GO BACK TO THE VENDOR? IT WOULD, SO, SO THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE INSPECTION AND THEN THE REPAIR, IF THERE'S A REPAIR NEEDED. SO WE DO IT OURSELVES. ALRIGHT. OH, IT WOULD BE DONE THROUGH, THROUGH THE SAME VENDOR. THROUGH THE SAME VENDOR, YEAH. ALRIGHT. I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ITEM SEVEN 11 AND I THINK 13. THAT IS A GRANT THAT REQUIRES A MATCH. COMMISSIONER, VP, JUST PUT THE MICROPHONE CLOSER. THANK YOU. THERE'S A, I USUALLY GOT A REALLY BIG MOUTH, UM, ITEM SEVEN 11 AND I THINK 13. YOU SAID THAT THERE'S A, DOES A GREEN ACRES GRANT THAT REQUIRES A MATCH, BUT WE'RE NOT USING THE ENTIRE GREEN ACRES GRANT. WE'RE ONLY USING 50% OF IT AND WE'RE HOLDING THE OTHER 50% UNTIL YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT READY. DID I GET THAT RIGHT, UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT? THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE HAVE TO INSERT THE ENTIRE AMOUNT, UM, PER GREEN ACRES, BUT SINCE WE CAN ONLY, WE CAN ONLY USE HALF OF IT, UM, BECAUSE YOU DO REQUIRE A MATCH ON THAT SPECIFIC ONE. SO JUST, JUST TALKING IN GENERALITIES ABOUT, UM, GREEN ACRES GRANTS. SO IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED TO A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION SUCH AS THIS ONE, IT'S AWARDED TO A SPARK, THERE'S A NEWARK BASED ORGANIZATION. IF THEY AWARD THE GRANT TO A NONPROFIT, THERE'S A 50% MATCH. IF THEY AWARD THE GRANT TO A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, OBVIOUSLY SUCH AS ESSEX COUNTY, THERE IS NO MATCH. THAT'S WHY YOU'D SEE FURTHER DOWN THE AGENDA. THERE'S NO MATCH FOR THE ONE FOR UM, UH, WHAT IS IT? WATTS ASSESSING I BELIEVE. UH, WEEK WAKE. I'M SORRY. NO. WAT SING? YES, WA THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO MATCH REQUIRED FOR THAT ONE. SO WE CAN INSERT THE ENTIRE AMOUNT AND THEN USE IT. SO FOR ITEM 12, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL OVERVIEW OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT WEST SING PARK, PLEASE? SURE. JUST BEAR WITH ME ONE SEC. UH, JOSHUA, YOU, YOU ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT NUMBER 1212. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE THE VENDOR HERE FOR WHEN IT, UH, COMES UP WITH PUBLIC WORKS IF THEY'D LIKE TO STEP FORWARD. BUT I DO HAVE A PROJECT SCOPE. IT COULD WAIT THEN IF THE VENDOR IS HERE, THE VENDOR CAN GIVE THE OVERVIEW FOR, FOR LATER. SO I'LL HOLD THAT QUESTION TO LATER. UM, LAST COMMENT FOR ITEM 10, I WANT TO, UM, EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND TO DIRECTOR ANTE AND KATE FOR WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUP. I KNOW MS. PAM HAS BEEN LABORING FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THEY FINALLY, FINALLY HAVE GOTTEN THEIR PAPERWORK TOGETHER TO BRING FORTH THE CONSERVANCY BECAUSE THERE ARE ACTIVE GROUP THERE TO ENSURE THAT THE LOVE AND CARE IS STILL MADE FOR THAT PART. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE FINALLY MOVED THIS ALONG TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THEM THE WAY THAT WE DO WITH WEEK WAG AND BRANCH PARK AND THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE PARTS IN THE COUNTY SYSTEM. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S IT MR. PRESIDENT FOR ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU WANT SOMEONE TO MOVE? COMMISSIONER SIBO? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THAT PLEASE? COMMISSIONER [00:45:01] VP WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND. SECOND, YES. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, THIS IS FOR UH, FIVE THROUGH 12 AND 94 95. COMMISSIONER GI? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO? YES. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. YES. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 13 THROUGH 20 AND ADD STARTER NUMBER 96, WHICH IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. THEY'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. ANTONIO HERE TO PRESENT THESE ITEMS. GOOD EVENING. UH, GOOD EVENING. DAVID ANTONIO, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM NUMBER 13 AWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RIVERFRONT PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT TO SHORE TOP CONSTRUCTION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,600,000, I'M SORRY, $1,627,790. SHORT OF CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE SIX BIDS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY. THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE THE RESTORATION OF THE TENNIS AND BASKETBALL COURTS PLUS THE BASEBALL FIELD, ALONG WITH OTHER IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS NEW WATER FOUNTAINS, PARK BENCHES, FENCING, TREE TRIMMING, AND GRAFFITI REMOVAL. MR. SCHMIDT OF SHORTSTOP CONSTRUCTION IS HERE THIS EVENING. HE WILL ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE BOARD AND OF COURSE, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. MR. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT, UH, SCOPE OF WORK FOR YOU. MY NAME IS GEORGE SCHMIT. I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF SHO TOP CONSTRUCTION. UM, WE'VE DONE, UH, QUITE A FEW JOBS FOR ESSEX COUNTY, UM, INCLUDING COURTS AT QUA PARK AND IVY HILL AND GLENFIELD PARK. UH, I BELIEVE THIS JOB CONSISTS OF LIKE, UH, DAVE SAID THE MORE TENNIS AND BASKETBALL COURTS, THE BASEBALL FIELD AND OTHER PARK AMENITIES. AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY. WHERE ARE YOU BASED AND THE EMPLOYEES? WE ARE FROM FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY. DO UM, A LOT OF COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS, SPORT COURTS IN GENERAL ALL OVER THE STATE. DO YOU EMPLOY ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS? UH, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY, BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING TO HIRE SOME FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. BAZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO LEGAL QUESTIONS. MR. MACKIN, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE MEMBER? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE VENDOR? OKAY. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. ALRIGHT, MR. ANTONIO'S NUMBER 14, DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM NUMBER 14, IT'S AN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO ERNO ANO CONSTRUCTION TO CONSTRUCT THE PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT TO THE WA PARK PLAYGROUND IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,589,000. ERNO ANO SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE FOUR BIDS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY. THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE FOR THE PLAYGROUND LOCATED AT THE WESTERNMOST SIDE OF THE PARK ALONG GLENWOOD AVENUE, NEAR THAT STREET IN EAST ORANGE. IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE A NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, RUBBERIZED SURFACES, FENCING, BENCHES, WATER FOUNTAINS, AND ALSO INCLUDED WILL BE A REFRESH OF EXISTING WATER PARK. WE DO HAVE MS. NINA VERA OF PI ANO ALSO HERE THIS EVENING ALSO WANTS TO INTRODUCE A COMPANY AND OF COURSE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SUPPORT MAY HAVE. NINA, GOOD EVENING. PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION. TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY AND THE PROJECT. HI, NINA. VERA PISANO GIARDANO CONSTRUCTION. UM, HERE TO ACCEPT THE AWARD FOR WATTS SING PARK. UM, NOT ACCEPTING. TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY. SURE. WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED, YOUR EMPLOYMENT. WE'RE LOCATED IN KENWORTH, NEW JERSEY. WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1974. IT'S OUR 50TH YEAR LAST YEAR. AND UH, WE EMPLOY THREE ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS. WE ARE A LOCAL, UH, UNIONIZED COMPANY IN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 55. OKAY. UM, AND WE'VE DONE SOME OTHER WORK IN THE COUNTY. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. BAZ. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. MCINERNEY, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FOR THE MEMBER? NO QUESTION. COMMISSIONER. QUESTIONS FOR THE VENDOR? YES, COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT. UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. SO FOR WAS ASSESSING PARK, I THINK YOU JUST SAID THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CHANGES MADE TO THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND TO THE WATER PARK. WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE CHANGES? ARE WE EXPANDING, ADDING MORE STUFF? YOU KNOW, THAT AREA IS HEAVILY USED. YES. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A LOT DURING THE SUMMERTIME. MY KIDS LOVE THE PLACE. YES. IT WON'T WORK FOR ME. I'M TOO BIG FOR IT, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. MAKE IT BIGGER SO WE CAN MAKE IT BIGGER. SO I CAN GO THROUGH TOO. . SO ACCORDING [00:50:01] TO THE DESIGN, THE PLAYGROUND'S BEING COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED. THE WATERPARK IS BEING REFURBISHED. SO WE'RE PAINTING THE SHADE STRUCTURE AND POWER WASHING AND PAINTING THE, UM, EXISTING SURFACE AND SOME OF THE WATER PLAY EQUIPMENT. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THIS? THE, ONCE THE EQUIPMENT'S ORDERED IT'S ABOUT TO 10 TO 12 WEEK LEAD TIME. SO, UH, I BELIEVE AT PRECON WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS WHEN THEY WANT US TO ACTUALLY START DEMOLISHING BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE PARK IS SO HEAVILY USED. RIGHT. SO, SO WE WERE TRYING TO TIME IT SO THAT WE'RE DEMOLISHING AND THEN STARTING CONSTRUCTION IMMEDIATELY AFTER. SO THAT'S, UM, GONNA BE A CRITICAL QUESTION FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. WHEN IS THE TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE GONNA START THIS? I WOULD IMAGINE AFTER SCHOOL STARTS WHEN THE USE, UM, DROP OFF GREATLY. UM, YES. ALRIGHT. SO I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT WE POST IT PUBLICLY BIG INFORMATION THAT WHEN WE'RE TAKING THAT PARK OUTTA SERVICE. YEAH. MAYBE MR. ANTONIO COULD ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TIMELINE. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S MORE OF AN ENGINEERING DECISION. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS, SURE. UM, THE CHANGES THAT WE MAKE TO THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, ARE WE GONNA INCLUDE SOME LIKE A DA EQUIPMENT, LIKE THE WAY THAT WE HAVE AT THE PARK THAT'S OVER OFF OF BLOOMFIELD, UM, AVENUE? I'M JUST GONNA LOOK AT THE DRAWINGS FROM MY PHONE FROM THIS WAS DESIGNED BY REMINGTON VERNICK, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH GAME TIME AS THE MANUFACTURER, THE EQUIPMENT IS A DA ACCESSIBLE. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE LARGE RAMPS THAT THE OTHER PLAYGROUND AT WATTING HAS. UM, BUT IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN IN A WHEELCHAIR BY USE OF THE TRANSFER STATIONS, THE A DA TRANSFER STATIONS. ALRIGHT. IF YOU, IS IT POSSIBLE IF YOU CAN SEND US, UM, YOUR DESIGN IS ALL DONE FOR THIS, RIGHT? CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE ASK LIKE YOU GUYS SEE THAT'S ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES, RIGHT? WHEN WE MAKE IT REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND PUT IN ALL THESE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT OTHER PLACES AND THE PART GETS HEAVILY USED, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN INFUSE SOME OF THOSE SAME THINGS. AND SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS, THERE'S A LOT OF INCLUSIVE, UM, COMPONENTS ON THE STRUCTURE, WHETHER IT BE MUSICAL PIECES, SENSORY PIECES. I HAVE A, I HAVE A ADULT SPECIAL NEEDS SON WHO'S SEVERELY AUTISTIC. SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WOULD SEE ON A PARK FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE OF SPECIAL NEEDS. ALRIGHT. SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO POP BY TO SEE THE DRAWINGS FOR THIS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE VENUE? GREAT, THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GOOD EVENING. MR. ANTONIO, CAN YOU JUST ADDRESS A GENERAL TIMELINE? I THINK COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT'S, UH, POINT ABOUT TIMING OF THAT IS IMPORTANT. I MEAN, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT STARTING AUGUST I WOULD IMAGINE. DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, AS NINA MENTIONED, THERE IS LEAD TIME ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT MUST BE PURCHASED. OF COURSE. UM, IT'S ALREADY JULY, SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE FALL. OKAY. AND WE WOULD BE POSTING SIGNAGE. OKAY. UH, THE PLAN AREA ADVISING PARENTS OF ANY POTENTIAL CLOSURE AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF THAT CLOSURE THROUGHOUT THE FALL. YEAH. SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE GOOD ON THE TIMING WITH THIS THING WELL INTO FALL AND, UH, NO USE OF THE WATER TRUCK IN THE FALL. SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GI. UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. WHAT WAS THE, UM, LABOR LOCAL THAT THE CONTRACTOR WAS WORKING WITH? THANK YOU. IT WAS, UH, DAVID ANTONIO OF BURN PUBLIC WORKS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 55. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 15. UH, DAVID ANTONIO, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM NUMBER 15 IS AN AWARD CONTRACT TO SUBURBAN CONSULTING TO PROVIDE THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES REQUIRED FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE TRAILS AT THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION IN A AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,020. SUBURBAN CONSULTING SUBMITTED THE SOLE PROPOSAL IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROJECT'S ADVERTISED. RFP. THE PROJECT WILL REPAIR GRAVEL, WORKWAYS AND ACCESS POINTS, RENOVATE PATHWAYS THAT CROSS CULVERTS, MINOR REPAIRS TO EXISTING PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, RECONSTRUCTION OF WASTE WALKWAYS, NEW FENCING, EROSION MITIGATION, REGRADING LANDSCAPING, AND OF COURSE A NEW PICNIC SHELTER. IN ALL, THERE ARE ABOUT 9,000 LINEAR FEET OF TRAIL THAT WILL BE IMPROVED. WE HAVE MR. JOE PERELLO OF SUBURBAN CONSULTING ALSO HERE THIS EVENING. ALSO WANTS TO TALK TO THE BOARD AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. GREAT, JOE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION AS YOU AS YOU'VE BEEN HEARING. TELL US ABOUT THE PROJECT IN YOUR COMPANY. UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MR. BOARD PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S JOE PERELLO. I'M VICE PRESIDENT AND A PRINCIPAL AT SUBURBAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS. UM, I'M A LICENSED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND LICENSED PLANNER. WE, UH, WE UH, SUBURBAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 38 YEARS. SINCE 2011. WE'VE DONE SEVEN PROJECTS [00:55:01] FOR THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. UH, WE EMPLOY FIVE COUNTY RESIDENTS. UM, IN OUR COMPANY, WHICH CONSISTS OF 164 EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE OVER 1,100 WE 19 PROJECTS IN ESSEX COUNTY. WE'VE WORKED FOR OUT OF THE 22 MUNICIPALITIES, WE'VE WORKED FOR 14 OF THEM IN THE LAST, UH, 11 THROUGH 12 YEARS. UM, YOUR PROJECT, UH, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DESIGNING, UM, AS MR. ANTONIO SAID, TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS, EROSION GRADING, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ENTRY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, A PICNIC, SHELTER, LANDSCAPING, UM, AND OTHER, UM, AMENITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE TRAIL SYSTEM AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION. UM, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I NEED TO COVER. THANK YOU MR. BASS. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE VENDOR? COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT? UM, THANK YOU. IT JUST WENT AWAY. POOF. YES IT DID. ALRIGHT, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. . ITEM NUMBER 16, DAVID ANTONIO, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN, AN AWARD CONTRACT TO FRENCH AND ELLO TO PROVIDE THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES REQUIRED TO IMPROVE THE BASEBALL FIELD IN WHEAT CREEK PARK IN NEWARK IN AMOUNT NOT TWO EXCEED $96,850. FRENCH AND ELLO SUBMITTED THE HIGHEST RATED PROPOSAL, THE FIVE RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROJECT'S ADVERTISED RFP PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE REGULATION SIZE, SYNTHETIC TURF, BASEBALL FIELD, NEW LED SPORTS LIGHTING, TWO SPECTATOR BLEACHERS, UH, NEW DUGOUTS, NEW WALKWAYS, TRASH RECEPTACLES, BENCHES, DRINKING FOUNTAINS, UH, NEW FLAGPOLES, AND OF COURSE A NEW SCOREBOARD. ITEM NUMBER 17 AWARDS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO THE THREE LOWEST BIDDERS TO PROVIDE PARTS AND SERVICES FOR SPECIALTY OFF ROAD VEHICLES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $181,325. IN THE AGGREGATE, THE THREE VENDORS ARE ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, NORTH JERSEY, BOBCAT AND JESSICA INCORPORATED. THIS CONTRACT WILL ALLOW, WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TO MAINTAIN ITS SPECIALIZED VEHICLES MADE BY JOHN DEERE AND BOBCAT AS REQUIRED ON A AS NEEDED BASIS. AND NUMBER 18 AWARDS SIEMENS INDUSTRY, THE TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO MAINTAIN AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM AT THE COUNTY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER BUILDING. LOCATED AT 50 SOUTH CLINTON STREET IN EAST STORAGE IN AN AMOUNT THAT TO EXCEED $129,850. THE BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM AT 50 SOUTH CLINTON STREET ALLOWS FOR THE CENTRALIZED AUTOMATED CONTROL OF THE BUILDING'S CORE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS, WHICH IMPROVE COMFORT AND SAFETY FOR VISITORS AND OUR EMPLOYEES. AND NUMBER 19, MODIFIES THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH MOD MCDONALD TO PERFORM THE DESIGN ENGINEERING OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LABEL STREET CULBERT OVER TONYS BROOK IN MONTCLAIR IN AN AMOUNT OF $294,365 TO A NEW TOTAL, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $309,365. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF $15,000 OR ABOUT 5% OF ORIGINAL CONTRACT. THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING AND SERVING WORK, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO SATISFY N-J-D-E-P AND O PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS, ACCOMMODATION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND, UM, UNFORESEEN ADDITIONAL SUB STRUCTURAL REPAIR. AND ITEM NUMBER 20 IS THE CONSENT RESOLUTION TO THE PROPOSED SEWER SERVICE AREA MAP AMENDMENT, WHICH WILL ALLOW FUTURE WASTEWATER FLOWS FROM A CURRENTLY UNSERVICED 112 ACRE SITE IN FAIRFIELD, IN NORTH COWELL TO BE SENT TO THE TWO BRIDGES SEWER AUTHORITY. THE NGD. THE NGDP HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED, UH, AMENDMENT IS COMPLIANT WITH APPLICABLE STATE REGULATORY CRITERIA DONE TO THE EP IS NOW FINALIZING THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND SEEKS CONSENT FROM ALL IDENTIFIED GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE COUNTY OF ETHICS. AND ITEM NUMBER 96 IS THE AWARD OF A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO [01:00:01] WB MASON TO PROVIDE BOTTLED DRINKING WATER AND THE RENTAL OF WATER DISPENSERS IN AN AMOUNT THAT TO EXCEED $181,689. WB MASON SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE THREE BIDS RECEIVED. THIS CONTRACT COVERS THE COST OF PROVIDING DRINKING WATER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY'S MANY FACILITIES. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MR. ANTONIO. UH, MR. BOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REMAINING ITEMS THAT WE COVERED? UH, THROUGH YOU THREE, MR. PRESIDENT? UM, NUMBER 19, HOW MANY CHANGE ORDERS? UM, IS THIS THE FIRST ONE? THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS ONE. ALRIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. PRESIDENT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. P. MR. MCINERNEY, ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOVER FOR 13 TO 20 AND NUMBER NINE, SIX. UH, BOL SEABOLD ON THE MOVE. HAVE A SECOND ON THIS SIDE. SECOND. SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER, WE'LL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES. THANK YOU. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT, LET'S UH, MOVE ON. OH, I'M SORRY. MR. GOOD. CAN I, MR. ANTONIO, A QUESTION? MR. ANTONIO, CAN YOU JUST TAKE ONE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT? IT'S, IT'S AN ITEM NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING THAT WE JUST ADOPTED. QUESTION. ARE WE PLANNING ON MAKING ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BATHROOM FACILITIES AT WAS ASSESSING PARK? UH, THAT IT'S NOT PART OF THIS CONTRACT DEFICIT BEFORE EACH OF THAT, SO, BUT DO WE PLAN ON DOING IT IN THE FUTURE? I KNOW IT'S NOT A PART OF THIS CONTRACT. OH, I UNDERSTAND. BUT CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION. I WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY IMMEDIATE PLANS, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY HAVE A DISCUSSION. SO CAN YOU GET BACK TO ME? AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION RELATED TO SOUTH MOUNTAIN, UM, RESERVATION IS I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DOG PARK. ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE DOG PARK? THAT, TO MY SURPRISE, IT'S, IT GETS A LOT OF USE. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. UM, APPARENTLY THE PLACES THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE RUNNING WATER ISN'T WORKING. UM, AND THE GRASS NEEDS TO REALLY BE CUT AND, AND TAKEN CARE OF THERE. NOTED. I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THIS AND MAKE SURE I SHARE IT WITH, UH, BOTH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND PARKS DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. ANTONIO. LET'S MOVE ON. THANK MR. PRESIDENT. YOU GOT IT. LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 21 AND ADD THE START NUMBER 1 0 2, WHICH ARE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CAN BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. MR. JACKSON, UH, DIRECTOR CHARLES WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR CHARLES, PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD. GOOD EVENING. UH, RON CHARLES, DIRECTOR ARREST IS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CORRECTIONS. UM, THE DEPARTMENT HAS TWO ITEMS ON CONSIDERATION ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. FREE FOR THE BOARD. UM, THE FIRST ONE, ITEM NUMBER 21, IS FOR THE EXERCISING THE TWO YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION, UM, FOR KEITH COMMISSARY, WHICH PROVIDES COM COMMISSARY SERVICES AT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. AND 1 0 2. AND 1 0 2 IS FOR A CHANGE ORDER TO THE GOURMET GD DINING, WHICH PROVIDES, UH, CORRECTIONAL, UH, FOOD SERVICES AT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. AND THE REASON FOR, UH, THOSE CHANGE ORDERS IS TWO TWOFOLD. ONE, UM, THE REFRIGERATOR SYSTEM, UM, IS BEING, UH, UPGRADED, RIGHT AND REPLACED. AND NUMBER TWO IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE PAROLE VIOLATOR PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED, UM, WE'VE SEEN AN IN A LARGE INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF INMATES THAT WE ARE NOW HAVING, UH, IN OUR CUSTODY FROM THE STATE AND FROM THE PAROLE BOARD. UM, SO THOSE NUMBERS WEREN'T ACCOUNTED FOR. UM, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T START THE PROGRAM UNTIL AFTER JANUARY. SO, UM, THE REVENUE'S EXTREMELY UP, BUT ALL THE EXPENSE OF OF HAVING TO FEED THEM AND PROVIDE FOOD SERVICE, IT HAS. SO IT'S INCLUDED IN, IN THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. BAZ. ANY QUESTIONS ON 21 AND 1 0 2? NO QUESTION MR. PRESIDENT. MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS ON 21 AND 1 0 2? MR. VICE PRESIDENT? THANK YOU. UM, DIRECTOR, QUICK QUESTION FOR ITEM, THE COMMISSARY ITEM. MM-HMM . DO WE MONITOR, I'M CURIOUS, DO WE MONITOR THE PRICES THAT THEY CHARGE? YES. UH, WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS ON WITH KEITH COMMISSARY, UM, THAT GOES OVER IF WE'RE GONNA PICK UP ITEMS, DROP OFF ITEMS. AND WHAT THE PRICE INCREASE. WE, THEY HAVEN'T HAD A PRICE INCREASE IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. UM, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF MANAGING THAT. ALRIGHT. SO YOU DO YOU HAVE TO, DO THEY HAVE TO DO A REVIEW WITH YOU AND GET YOU APPROVAL? CORRECT. BEFORE THEY CHANGE ANYTHING OR CHANGE ANY PRICES? ANYTHING THEY HAVE TO HAVE TO ADD ON? THEY WANT TO ADD ON ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DROP OFF OR ANYTHING? THE PRICES, THEY HAVE TO COME FROM MY OFFICE FIRST. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOVED BY COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK FOR 21 AND 1 0 2. COMMISSIONER [01:05:01] GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES. SO MOVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING. LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 22 AND 23 FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, WHICH WILL BE READ UNTIL THE LATER TIME. MR. COL, ARE YOU PRESENTING MR. PRESIDENT? UH, YES. THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD, THE AAA FACILITY SOLUTIONS, LLC, LOW RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. UH, THIS IS A 24 MONTH CONTRACT FROM DATE OF AWARD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THIS IS 3030 $3 PER MONTH TOTAL OF $72,792 AND $27,208 IF NEEDED FOR CLEANING SUPPLIES. AND NUMBER 23 IS A CONTRACTOR WHERE FRANK TRUCK, TRUCK CENTER L UH, INC. UH, AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $170,716 FOR 2 2 25 GMC YUKON FOR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. EACH VEHICLE IS $85,358. THANK YOU MR. BASS. ANY QUESTIONS ON 22 AND 23? NO QUESTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT. MR. MCINERNEY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. NO. COMMISSIONERS. MOTION. WE HAVE MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER SECONDED BY SERMONS. ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK ON 22 AND 23. COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES. SO MOVED. RESOLUTIONS 24 5 AND 26 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO NUMBER 27. AND ADD IS STARTING NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, OFFICE OF PURCHASING. AND THAT'LL BE BROUGHT TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. MR. COL, IS THAT YOU? THAT'S ME AGAIN. MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS, UH, WITHDRAWAL OF AMELIA GROUP, LLC TO PROVIDE PRINTING SERVICE. UH, THEY WERE ONE OF THE AWARDED BIDDERS AND THEY'RE NO LONGER LOOKING TO PARTICIPATE. OKAY, MR. VAZ, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. MR. MCINERNEY, DID THEY EVER START, DID THEY EVER COMMENCE? NO, THEY NEVER PARTICIPATED FROM DAY ONE. I SAW THE LETTER IN THE, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTATION. SO I GUESS THAT THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. QUICK ONE. UH, MR. CORY. WE HAD ANOTHER PERSON, RIGHT? ANOTHER ENTITY. THEY, THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE, RIGHT? CORRECT. THEY'RE MULTIPLE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO 98. WE'LL TAKE THOSE TOGETHER. 98. MR. COLTS, I, YOU AS WELL? I BELIEVE SO. MR. ALL YOU'RE ON CONTRACT, UM, AWARD AUTHORIZE A COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING PROCESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE VARIOUS HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS FOR SSIC COUNTY EMPLOYEES. UH, WE NEED THIS JUST IN CASE IN THE FUTURE, WITHIN ANY TIME, ONCE YOU AWARD A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT, IT'S GOOD FOR THE FUTURE, BUT NOW WITH THE PRICES OF HEALTH BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, WE MAY NEED THIS FOR THE FUTURE. OKAY, MR. CHABA, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS TO PRESIDENT. MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS ON 98? COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. SO THIS MEANS WE ARE PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, OR NO, THIS IS JUST ALLOWING US, IF WE WANT TO GO OUT TO LOOK FOR VARIOUS VENDORS AND HEALTH HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, WERE ALLOWED TO DO IT. AND IT GIVES YOU AN OPTION TO AWARD IT UP TO FIVE YEARS. WHEN DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT? I WAS READING AN ARTICLE AND HAVE YOU READING THE ARTICLES ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT. I'M GONNA REFER TO THE COUNTY MINISTER . UH, WE ARE GONNA, MR. JACKSON? YEAH, WE ARE GONNA GO OUT. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE, EXCUSE ME, FOR OUR CLAIMS HISTORY FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WHICH WE HOPE TO GET IN MAYBE TWO WEEKS. OKAY. AND THEN WITH THAT EXPERIENCE THEN WE'LL GO OUT AND, AND, AND SEE WHAT WE GET BACK. BUT WE REALLY CAN'T GO OUT UNTIL WE GET THE EXPERIENCE. UNTIL YOU GET THAT BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT WE'LL, WE WILL DEFINITELY GO OUT OKAY. TO BE DETERMINED AND CONTINUE. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? DO I STILL MOVE? 27 AND 98. MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER SECOND VICE SERMONS ROLL CALL MATTER. DEPUTY FOOT COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT [01:10:01] COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POMEZ? YES. SO MOVE, LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 28, WHICH IS FROM THE DIVISION OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS. IT CAN BE ADDED, IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. MR. JACKSON? MR. COLTRANE, THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO, UH, PRETO CAFE TO PROVIDE CAFETERIA CONCESSIONS AT 3 23 21, UH, UNIVERSITY AVENUE. WE ARE AMENDING THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. WHEN THAT CONTRACT WAS AWARDED, WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE CONDITIONS AT THE, UH, FACILITY. SO WE'RE NOW AMENDING IT TO INCLUDE A PAYMENT TO THE VENDOR OF $500 PER MONTH FROM JULY 1ST, 2025 TO JUNE 30TH, 2026 FOR $6,000. AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THERE WILL BE NO PAYMENT TO THE VENDOR. AND THE FOLLOWING THIRD YEAR, WE WILL RECEIVE PAYMENT FROM $450 PER MONTH OR A 1% GROSS REVENUE, WHATEVER IS GREATER. THANK YOU. MSBA. ANY QUESTIONS ON 28? NO QUESTION MR. PRESIDENT. MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS. SEE NONE. I MOVE IT. MOTION MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. SECONDED BY LUCIANO. ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO 29 THROUGH 33, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL. COULD BE READ TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT JEROME, ST. JOHN COUNTY COUNCIL NUMBER 29 30 AND 31 ARE FOR THE RETENTION OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY IN LAW AGAINST DISCRIMINATION CASES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST THE COUNTY. UH, 32 IS, UH, THE ACT, THE, UH, RETENTION OF AN OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY IN THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 39 COMMERCE COURT, VERONA, WHICH WE ARE ANTICIPATING CLOSING, UH, MR. JACKSON AND I HOPE NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK. SO WE'LL GET THAT, WE'LL GET THAT ONE DONE. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, 33 IS THE RETENTION OF AN OUTSIDE SERVICE, UH, TO DO INVESTIGATORY WORK FOR US ON BEHALF PRIMARILY FOR EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU MR. CHABA. ANY QUESTIONS OF THESE ITEMS? UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT? UM, AS TO THE NUMBER OF 31, UM, THIS IS, UH, A RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE, NOT TO EXCEED, BUT I'M UNCLEAR IS IT INCREASE IT TO 150,000? HOW MUCH IS, HOW MUCH IS IT BEING INCREASED? I'M SORRY. NUMBER 31. NUMBER 31. HOW MUCH IS THE INCREASE? HOW MUCH IS THE INCREASE? UH, $75,000. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MR. RESIDENT. MR. MCINERNEY, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? I'LL MOVE IT. MOVE BY BOL DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLARK. THIS IS 29 THROUGH 33. COMMISSIONER GI? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES. SO MOVE. WE'RE IN THE HOME STRETCH. EVERYONE HANG IN THERE. HANG IN THERE. WE SHOULD SERVE COFFEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. WE'RE GONNA DO RESOLUTION 34TH OR 39, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. THIS IS GOOD NEWS. RIGHT, MR. JACKSON? THAT'LL BE BETTER FOR THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. YES. ACTUALLY, MR. COLTATE IS GONNA HANDLE 34. OH, YOU KEEPING A VISIT TODAY? I'M ALL THAT. I'M SORRY. ONE, ONE MOMENT. ONE MOMENT. I'M SORRY. MR. PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER GIL. I'M SORRY. MR. PRESIDENT, UH, IN RECORDING NUMBER 31, COULD YOU RECORD PRESENT, NOT VOTING? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. LET'S MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. YOU GOT THAT? YES. OKAY. YES, MR. MY APOLOGIES. MR. CORAN. GO AHEAD. YOUR ALRIGHT. MR. PRESIDENT IS THE RESOLUTION HARMONIOUSLY NAMED, UH, FRANKLIN AVENUE AND NUT AND BEVILLE AS A DR. FRANK FRANK OLA JUNIOR BOULEVARD, YOUR HONOR, OF DR. FRANK OLA JR. GRAHAM MARSHALL OF THE 2025 NUTLEY BELMONT COLUMBUS STATE PARADE. HE'S A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF NUTLEY AND ENTIRE CAREER HAS BEEN IN EDUCATION. YOU GONNA KEEP ROLLING? HE'S JUST DOING, I'M DOING DO YOU WANT ME TO, YOU WANNA KEEP GOING? YEAH, I, I SAID, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I WAS GONNA DO 34 THROUGH 39. OH, I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT. THAT'S OKAY. SO 35. UM, YOU SEE WE NEED COFFEE, RIGHT? . AS, AS WE DISCUSSED IN, [01:15:01] IN LEADERSHIP, WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME VERY GOOD, UH, RENEWALS FOR, UH, UH, SOME OF OUR INSURANCE POLICIES. UH, ITEM 35, UH, IS, IS OUR, UH, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND LAWYER LIABILITY. UH, INSURANCE. WE HAVE A, UH, AN AMOUNT OF $207,873 AND 20 CENTS, WHICH REPRESENTS, UH, A 9% INCREASE. UH, ITEM 36 IS OUR PRIVACY POLICY. UM, ANY AMOUNT OF 100,000, $6,666 AND 83 CENTS. UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY A 26% REDUCTION, UM, FROM, UH, WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR IN KUDOS TO, UH, CARL HUNT AND HIS TEAM FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DID THERE TO GET US, UM, REALLY, UM, MANIFEST ITSELF IN A, IN A, THAT'S SO SEE OPTION, A REDUCTION LIKE THAT IN INSURANCE. UH, QUITE COMMENDABLE. YEAH. UM, ITEM 37 IS OUR, UM, UH, POLLUTION INSURANCE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UM, NO INCREASE THERE FLAT NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR. AND FINALLY, UH, ITEM 38, UM, A SMALL INCREASE FOR OUR, OUR, UH, GOVERNMENT CRIME POLICY AND CASUALTY, UH, ASSURANCE FROM, FROM TRAVELERS, I SHOULD SAY. UM, AND IT'S A SMALL INCREASE THAT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL POLICY OF $5,000 AND IT'S A 300,000, $300, UH, INCREASE OF 6.7%. SO I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO, UH, OUR RISK MANAGER, FRANK DELGAUDIO AND, UH, TISHA BROOKS, WHO ON HIS TEAM, WHO WORK TO, UH, GET US THESE, UH, VERY, VERY, UM, COMMENDABLE NUMBERS FOR, UH, NEXT YEAR. AGREED. CAN YOU, UH, TAKE 39 AS WELL AT THIS POINT? IS THIS YOURS? UH, YES. UM, THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH, UH, PRINCETON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UH, FROM JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, UH, 2030. UM, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000 FOR THAT FIVE YEAR, UH, PERIOD. SAME NUMBER, UH, AS LAST YEAR. AND THIS GROUP, THIS, UH, COMPANY DOES LOBBYING SERVICES FOR US, UH, AND, AND REPRESENTING US IN OUR RELATIONS WITH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. THANK YOU, MR. VA. ANY QUESTIONS ON 34 THROUGH 39? UH, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. UM, ARE THESE, UH, INSURANCE, UH, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME TO HOW THEY'VE BEEN IN THE, IN THE PAST YEARS? AS FAR AS THE COVERAGE? YES. COVERAGES AND, AND ALSO OUR, UH, DEDUCTIBLES ARE THE SAME. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. ALRIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. PRESIDENT? THANK YOU, MR. ER. UH, WE WENT OVER A DETAILED, UH, WITH MR. DIO AT THIS, AT THE LEADERSHIP MEETING. I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON HIM. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? SO I'M GONNA MOVE 30, 40, 39, MOVE BY SEABOLD. SECOND. SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. ROLL CALL. MAD DEPUTY COOK. COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO RESOLUTIONS 40 THROUGH 46, WHICH ARE COUNTY BUDGET INSERTIONS OF, UH, ITEMS OF REVENUE FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. THEY'LL BE RIGHT INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS, UH, $819,636 GOING TO OUR DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM. UH, THIS PROVIDES, UH, UH, UH, SERVICES FOR HOUSING AND OTHER SER SERVICES THAT, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AS TARGETED TOWARD PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, UM, AND PROVIDES FOR STAFF SUPPORT AND REQUIRES A 25% MATCH IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, ROUGHLY $205,000, WHICH WE PROVIDE THROUGH, UH, FRINGE BENEFITS FROM OUR STAFF THAT WE PAY. UM, LET'S SEE. ITEM 41 IS $705,044 AND 13 CENTS GOING TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. THIS IS, UH, REIMBURSEMENT FOR BOARD WORKER PAYROLL FOR THE 2024 SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. UH, AND THERE'S NO, EXCUSE ME, NO COUNTY MATCH ITEM 40, UH, 42, UH, GOING TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR, $250,000. THIS IS FOR THE, UH, INSURANCE FRAUD PROSECUTOR, UH, UH, REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. AND THIS IS TO, UH, FUNDS TO ALL AUGMENT AND ENHANCE THE INVESTIGATION PROSECUTION OF PERSONS COMMITTING INSURANCE FRAUD. UM, AND IT PROVIDES, UH, FOR ONE ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR AND ONE INVESTIGATOR, NO, NO. COUNTY MATCH ITEM, UH, 43 IS $48,485. GOING TO THE DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR, UH, WHO SPOT, WHO SUPERVISES THE, UH, YOUTH INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, YOUTH WHO ARE BEHAVIORALLY CHALLENGED AND THE CAREGIVERS ARE GIVEN THE SUPPORT THAT THEY ARE, THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO, UH, THROUGH OTHER, UH, AGENCIES. AND THERE'S NO COUNTY MATCH [01:20:01] ON THIS ONE. ITEM 44, UH, TO OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, $181,207 AND 50 CENTS. THIS SUPPORTS OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ACTIVITIES, UH, CARRIED OUT BY N-J-T-P-A, UH, AND THAT WE DO IN COOPERATION WITH, UH, NGIT. UH, ITEM 44, GOING TO 45, I SHOULD SAY. GOING TO THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH 277,270 $277,207. THIS IS FOR FY 96 CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. AND THIS PROVIDES, UH, COORDINATION OF SERVICES TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS FROM BIRTH TO 21 YEARS OLD. UM, AND WE PROVIDE A COUNTY MATCH, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $132,504 THAT WE MEET THROUGH, UH, FRINGE BENEFITS AND FACILITY COST. UM, AND, UH, ITEM 46, UH, IS AN INSERTION OF $162,894, UH, TO THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF TO PROVIDE FOR 150 BULLETPROOF VEST, UM, UH, THROUGH A DONATION FROM DR. UH CESAR, UH, DE PACO. UM, AND WITH THIS, UH, DONATION AND THESE 150 VESTS, THEY WILL BE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, SUITED UP, SO TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT, MS. CHAVA, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. MR. PRESIDENT, MR. MACKIN ON ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO QUESTIONS. MR. COMMS, ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE 40 THROUGH 46 MOTION. ALL RIGHT. MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. SECOND BY SERMONS WE'LL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES. SO MOVED ALL. LET'S MOVE THROUGH RESOLUTIONS. THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. WHERE WE MOVE 47 THROUGH 93. 100. 101 AND 103, WHICH ARE IN MEMOS, COMMENDATIONS, PROCLAMATION, RESOLUTIONS. AND THEY'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? SIEBEL? I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH. NUMBER 65. WOULD IT BE TOO LATE FOR ME TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS COMMENDATION? UH, THAT WAS, UH, THROUGH HONORING CHARLES. 'CAUSE THAT'S FINE WITH ME. COMMISSIONER GIL. THANK YOU. UM, SORRY. COMMISSIONER SIEBEL. I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS. IT IS GETTING LATE. HE DIDN'T GET THE CCOMMODATION. HE HE DID GET IT. BUT WE COULD GO DOWN OFFICIALLY AS ALRIGHT, YOU'RE IN THERE. THAT WAS ABOUT, UH, THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO. OH, OKAY. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS. SEE NONE. SOMEONE TO MOVE HIM. MOTION. SECOND MOVE, UH, BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. SECOND BY SERMONS WILL CALL MADAM DEPUTY COURT COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO. YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SEABOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS. YES. SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE, UH, MADAM DEPUTY STARTERS. UH, YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TWO REMAINING RESOLUTIONS. 97 FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND NUMBER 99, WHICH IS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. ALRIGHT, LET'S DO NUMBER 97, WHICH WE GOT READ INTO THE BACK OF AT LATER TIME. MR. JACKSON, MR. COLTRANE, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THIS IS A OFFICE OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE PUBLIC INFORMATION CONTRACT TO THE LAST EXIT ASSOCIATE TO PROVIDE WEBSITE CONSULTANT EXERCISING A 12 MONTH CONTRACT EXTENSION AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $195,600. UH, THE SERVICE COULD COSTING $145,600 AND 50,000 FOR REDESIGN OF THE, UH, IF NEEDED. THANK YOU, MR. BAZ. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS. DOES SOMEONE MOVE IT? I'LL MOVE. MOVE BY SEABOLD SECOND BY, UH, SERMON. SORRY, . I GOT TOO MANY NAMES IN MY HEAD FOR YOU TODAY. UM, ROLL CALL. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK FOR NUMBER 97. COMMISSIONER GILL. YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MURRAY THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER SEABOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ. YES. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 99. YOU'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD LATER TIME. MS. SHABAZ. UH, RESOLUTION 99, UH, MR. PRESIDENT IS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD, UH, ENGAGING IN PROFESSIONAL [01:25:01] SER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH RANDOM ACCESS ENTERTAINMENT. THIS WAS AWARDED, UH, VIA A FAIR AND OPEN PROCESS. UH, THERE WAS A COMPETITIVE EVALUATION PROPOSAL AND THIS RESOLUTION IS APPROVED AS LEGALITY. THANK. AND THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. MR. MCINERNEY. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THIS. COMMISSIONERS. SOMEONE MOVE. MOTION. MOVE BY BY VICE PRESIDENT COOPER. SECOND BY SERMONS. ROLL CALL. MAD DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER GILL? YES. COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES. COMMISSIONER MERCADO. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MARIE THOMAS. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER BOL? YES. COMMISSIONER SERMONS? YES. COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT COOPER? YES. COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT POIS? YES. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. WE'D LIKE TO THANK MR. TRE FOR ALL OF YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH, UH, SOME NAVIGATING THE WEEDS. . ALL RIGHT. SO, SO THAT'S, THAT DOES IT FOR THE RESOLUTION. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REPORT BOARD COMMITTEES, UH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS? SEEING NONE. DO WE HAVE ANY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS? DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? ANY NEW BUSINESS? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER? PLEASE CUT TO THE MICROPHONE. STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION. YOU WILL HAVE, UH, FOUR MINUTES TO SPEAK. USE THEM WISELY. NO. GOOD EVENING. DOWN TO JACKSON. AGAIN. JUST A COUPLE. MS. JACKSON, JUST IF YOU CAN JUST MOVE THE MICROPHONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. GRAB IT. THAT'S GO RIGHT THERE. THAT'S GOOD. DOWN THIS WAY. MATT? MATT, CAN YOU GET THE SYSTEM? THANK YOU. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS BACK. OTHERWISE THE PEOPLE WHO TRANSCRIBE GET MAD AT ME. OKAY. GOTCHA. UM, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. UH, JUST A A POINT OF CLARIFICATION HERE. UH, I KNOW SOME TIME AGO, MAYBE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT A CPC, UH, ESSEX COUNTY PARKS COMMISSION. I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHY THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND MONEY IS NOT BEING USED DURING THE SUMMER FOR OUR CHILDREN. WHY AREN'T THERE ANY SUMMER CAMPS FOR FREE IN THE COUNTY PARKS? WE DOING ALL THIS FIXING ALL THIS RENOVATION AND THERE'S NOWHERE FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GO. THERE USED TO BE THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. I DON'T, NO DISRESPECT TO THEM. THE COUNTY OF ESSEX OWES SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO OUR CHILDREN. AND IT USED TO BE THAT WAY. I USED TO GO TO CAMP AT WEEK WAY, PARK TENNIS, EVERYTHING. I WANNA KNOW WHY THAT IS NOT HAPPENING NOW WITH ALL THESE RENOVATIONS THAT WE ARE DOING. I SPOKE WITH THE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS DOING THE RENOVATION TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK. UM, WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT. I'M WELL, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO HEAR THAT SHE'S A SPECIAL NEED PARENT AND UNDERSTANDS THE NEED. UM, THE LITTLE SMALL PIECE IN WASES PARK, UH, THAT'S BETWEEN THE BLOOMFIELD LAB AND THE DODGE STREET. THERE IS A SMALL SEMI SENSORY PIECE THERE. THERE'S ONLY TWO AUTISM SWINGS THERE. THE ROUND ONES. UM, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT SOME MORE, I THINK WE NEED TO EXPAND THE SPACE, BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE AND I TALK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A SPOT FOR OUR SENIORS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH AUTISM. I'M, I'M SORRY, WHO ARE GOING THROUGH DEMENTIA AND THOSE OTHER KIND OF THINGS. YOU NEED TO HAVE A CLOSED IN SPACE. UH, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WHEN IT'S AUTISTIC, AUTISTIC, SENSORY DISABLED, WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE GATES WHERE THEY CAN BE CLOSED. MY GRANDDAUGHTER, EIGHT YEARS OLD IS A RUNNER. I CAN CATCH, CATCH HER. I'M IN THE BEST OF HEALTH, BUT I CAN'T CATCH IT. SHE RUNS AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT. SHE'S CHUNKY LIKE ME, BUT WHEN SHE GET TO RUNNING, I CANNOT. SO I HAD TO GET THE KIDS FROM BASKETBALL PARK AT WEST SU. I WAS LIKE, I NEED HELP, GRANDMA. I NEED HELP. AND THEY CAME AND HELPED ME. SHE ALMOST MADE IT TO, UM, THE PARKWAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW BIG THAT PIECE IS. THAT'S HOW FAST SHE GOES. I COULDN'T GET IT. I MEAN, SO I JUST WANT US TO LOOK AT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. UM, AND I KNOW WE JUST DID THAT PART OF THE PART THAT SHE'S DOING. I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF IT. IT LOOKS GOOD. LET'S GET THOSE BATHROOMS DONE, THOSE WATER FOUNTAINS DONE. AND THEN LET'S AGAIN TALK ABOUT HIRING SOME PEOPLE TO BE IN THOSE PARTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SECURE. WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE. WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE OUT THERE. SO WHY NOT A BATHROOM ATTENDANT? THAT COULD BE A SUMMER JOB. HOW MANY STUDENTS DID WE HIRE FOR THE SUMMER? LIKE TO KNOW, UH, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? ARE THEY IN GOOD SPOTS? ARE THEY INTERNING AT THE LEVEL THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE? WE SHOULD HAVE COMPETITIVE STUFF HERE WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE TAKING IN SKILLS DURING THE SUMMER. UM, LASTLY, LET ME SAY THAT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, FAMILY SERVICES, YOU GUYS STILL NEED TO GO IN THERE. IT'S HORRIBLE. I HAVE A 74-YEAR-OLD RIGHT NOW THAT'S WAITING FOR HER FOOD STAMPS SINCE MAY. THAT'S CRIMINAL. EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN IN TWICE. 'CAUSE I TOOK HER MYSELF. SHE'S STILL WAITING FOR HER STAMPS. WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING IN FAMILY SERVICES. IT IS HORRIBLE. UM, AND YOU NEED TO GET IN THERE AND YOU NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AND YOU GUYS NEED TO HAVE A DATA BANK IN CLOSING OF SEEING WHAT WORKERS PROCESS WHAT. [01:30:01] 'CAUSE THEY CAN GIVE YOU THAT. EVEN IF THEY DATA BANKING, THEY CAN TELL YOU EVERY WORKER. AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW IN THE EIGHT HOUR SHIFT, IF THEY CAN'T PROCESS MORE THAN 15 CASES, EVEN IF THEY DIFFICULT, WE NEED TO LET THEM GO. YOU NEED TO HIRE SOME PEOPLE THAT WANNA WORK. THANK YOU MS. JACKSON. YOU'RE WELCOME. IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WILL WISH TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? OKAY, MADAM DEPUTY CLERKS, WE HAVE ONE MORE. WE HAVE, I BELIEVE THE FAMOUS MAMA MEOW IS COMING TO THE SAY. I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE PARLA BECKY ON INSTEAD. MAMA MAYOW, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME ON THE MICROPHONE. WE GOTTA DO THE RULES. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO STATE YOUR NAME. MAMA MAYOW. CHARLOTTE C CHARLIE GALA. OKAY. NOW FROM IRVINGTON, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT THAT BECKO IS TERRIFIC IS 22 YEARS THAT HE PUT IN SERVICE FOR THE ESSEX COUNTY. AND UH, I KNOW HIS, UH, I GUESS HIS OTHER PAR OF THAT DEAL IS THEY'RE TERRIFIC PEOPLE AND CONGRATULATIONS. VERY NICE. AND QUESTION MEOW MEOW. UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO COMMISSIONER COOPER THAT IS TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE VARIOUS, IT TAKES BABY STEPS, BUT SHE'S MAKING CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY CAT CENTER AND WE APPRECIATE HER VERY MUCH. YOU WANT GIVE HER AN EXTRA ME JUST FOR THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. COOL. YOU GOTTA ALWAYS GET THAT BECAUSE , THANK YOU CHARLOTTE. WE APPRECIATE IT. I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE A RESOLUTION MAKING CHARLOTTE A ESSEX COUNTY TREASURE . GOOD IDEA. LIKE A COUNTY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL TREASURES. I THINK THE CAT LADY OF ESSEX COUNTY. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTION. SEEING NO MORE. LET THE RECORD REFLECT. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER, COMMENT SESSION. COMMISSIONERS. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER GILL. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. UH, FIRST, UM, BOTH TO CHARLOTTE AND TO DONNA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED, UH, PARTICIPATION, UM, AND KEEPING US ON OUR TOES, NOT JUST ON OUR TOES, BUT ALWAYS BRINGING REALLY, REALLY VALID ISSUES. [01:35:41] AND I'M SURE IT DOES AT ANOTHER LOCATION. SO, UH, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THOSE GREENWAY EFFORTS WELL UNDERWAY SO THAT WE COULD ALL ENJOY IN PERPETUITY. 'CAUSE UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CERTAINLY, UH, YOU KNOW, MISSING IN MANY AREAS. AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE BOTH OF THOSE. PLUS WE HAVE THE LENAPE, UH, TRAIL AS WELL, AND OTHER ASSETS THAT CONNECTS HISTORICAL, ARTISTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL LOCATIONS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT ESSEX COUNTY. AND I MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY, UH, SOMETHING PEOPLE THINK ABOUT 'CAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK SO BUILT OUT. BUT THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT TREASURES OUT THERE, A LOT OF GOOD GREEN SPACE AND ESSEX COUNTY THAT WE HAVE TO, IT'S, IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF THE HARD WORK YOU'VE PUT IN OVER THE YEARS. I THINK FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, UH, IN MY PRE-COUNSELING DAYS OF BLOOMFIELD, YOU WERE ALREADY ADVOCATED FOR THAT. AND I WAS PUSHING YOU FOR THE MORRIS CANNOT GREEN BAY. AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT BROUGHT US TOGETHER. THANK YOU. YOUR LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THAT. FOR THE, FOR THE GREENWAY. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. UM, COMMISSIONER, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT. UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT TO MS. JACKSON. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S STILL HERE. PLEASE REACH OUT TO US WHENEVER YOU COME ACROSS THOSE RESIDENTS WHO, UM, HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME SO THAT WE CAN EQUALLY REACH OUT. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT, ALLEGEDLY TWO MONTHS TO GET SOME SERVICES, UM, THAT, THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ACCESS TO. SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO US. MY MY COMMENT IS I WANNA THANK THE ADMINISTRATION, THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND RECREATION FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL DO WITH PUTTING ON AND SUPPORTING ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT HAPPENED IN THE COUNTY PARKS. THAT IS NOT AN EASY, EASY, UM, JOB TO DO. UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND, THERE WERE TWO REALLY BIG EVENTS BACK TO BACK AT ORANGE PARK. ONE, UM, WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE OTHER. THE SATURDAY PROGRAM WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD WAS THERE WAS ONLY ONE PORTA POTTY AND THE BATHROOMS WERE OPEN, BUT THEY CLOSED ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE O'CLOCK IS MY UNDERSTANDING. THEY WERE CLOSED BECAUSE THE BATHROOM BECAME DIRTY. AND WHEN I INQUIRED WITH THE TOWNSHIP OF WARRENS WOULD HAPPEN, THEY SAID THERE WAS NO AT ATTENDANT IN THERE CLEANING IT. SO, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA USE THE PARKS AT THE LEVEL THAT WE ARE, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH GETTING SOME BATHROOM ATTENDANCE IN BECAUSE THAT ONE PORTA POTTY FOR AT LEAST FOUR OR 500 PEOPLE WASN'T ENOUGH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN, IN CASES LIKE THAT, YOUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HAVE TO WORK DOUBLY HARD TO CLEAN UP AN EVENT LIKE THAT. AND THEN ON SUNDAY IT WAS ANOTHER REALLY BIG EVENT, PROBABLY THREE, FOUR TIMES THE PEOPLE THAT WAS THERE, THEY HAD A HANDFUL OF PORT-A-POTTIES. NOT A WHOLE LOT, BUT I WANT US TO, UH, MR. JACKSON, IF WE CAN VISIT WHAT THE CLEANUP FEES ARE THAT WE CHARGE THAT. IT WAS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM FOR WHAT I HEAR. BUT THE END, THE GARBAGE THAT WAS LEFT OVER WAS BY MY STANDARD OUTTA CONTROL. IT WAS WAY TOO MUCH. AND I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE EAST ORANGE AND ORANGE WHO WORKED REALLY, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP TO MANAGE THAT CROWD. IT WAS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR STANDARD FEES ARE THAT WE CHARGE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO AMEND THEM WHEN WE HAVE CROWDS THAT HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT FORTH WITH, BECAUSE THESE ARE BECOMING ANNUAL PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DOING AND SOMEHOW PUT MORE PORTA POTTIES BECAUSE ORANGE PARK IS, PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE PLAYING SOCCER NINE, 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. AND THINK ABOUT IT, IF THE BATHROOM FACILITIES ARE CLOSED, WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GOING? SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT TO, TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, THEN THERE'S A GROWING PROBLEM, MR. PRESIDENT THAT I NEED YOUR SUPPORT WITH AROUND TMVR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOTTEN EMAILS FROM THE FOLKS. I THINK IT'S BELLVILLE. I HAVE NOT, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM BELL T ALARM. ALRIGHT, SO I WILL, I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. UM, MAMA OW HAS REACHED OUT, AND I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ADAM, THAT WE, UM, MAY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, WE MAY NEED TO DO SOME MORE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AROUND OUR TN VR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AND THE THINGS THAT WE SUPPORT TO GET MORE MUNICIPALITIES ONLINE TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE THAT THE COUNTY IS FUNDING. IF YOU ALL RECALL, WE HAD DID THAT PROGRAM. WE INITIALLY STARTED OFF WITH $50,000 AND NOW WE'RE FUNDING IT TO THE TUNE OF $200,000 BECAUSE OF MAMA MEOW AND ALL THE OTHER ADVOCACY THAT THE OTHER GROUPS HAVE DONE. AND [01:40:01] I WON'T, DON'T WANT TO SEE AN, A MUNICIPALITY NOT PARTICIPATING, MAYBE BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE. UM, IF MR. JACKSON, YOUR OFFICE CAN JUST REMIND US ALL WITH THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE MADE, THE NUMBER OF STRAIGHT CAST THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MINIMIZE BY DOING THAT. JUST IF WE CAN, IF YOU CAN INDULGE ME THAT ONE MOMENT. MATT, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT NUMBER IS? THE NUMBER OF CATS MAGIC MAP WITH THE NUMBERS FUNDING THAT WE DID SO THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES CAN UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE IS ABOUT, UM, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STRAY FERAL COMMUNITY CATS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND LAST I WANNA THANK MICHAEL FOR ALL HIS WORK AND SUPPORT WITH THE BOARD. I'M GONNA MISS HIM. HATE TO SEE HIM GO. UM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT NEW ENDEAVOR. SO MATT, IF YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER, IF, IF YOU JUST HAPPEN TO REMEMBER IT, MATTHEW DOOLEY, OFFICER OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, GO BY A LITTLE BIT OF MEMORY HERE. UH, IT IS, I BELIEVE FOR EVERY FEMALE CAT WOULD HAVE, UH, ABOUT THREE LITTERS PER YEAR. FOUR CATS PER LITTER, SO ABOUT 12 CATS. SO IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY THE, APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBERS WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, THAT'S ALMOST ABOUT 4,500 CATS PREVENTED PER YEAR OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND THE NUMBERS INCREASING EVERY, THE NUMBER'S INCREASING EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO LEAD WITH TO GET THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INITIATIVE IS ABOUT AND WHY WE HAVE PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS TO SUPPORT THIS. BECAUSE WE WANNA REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY CATS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. OH, BEFORE I FORGET, COMMISSIONER GILL, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR DOING THEATER IN THE PARK. THAT WAS AN AWESOME, AWESOME PROGRAM IN MONTCLAIR. UM, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING IN THE PARK. SO THAT WAS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. HOPE, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT. UH, WE DO BRING IN THE TFNR, UH, AT THE MAYOR'S MEETING, MONTHLY MEETING THAT, UH, I PARTICIPATE IN AND EVERY MONTH I BRING IT UP AND AS A, AS A, IT'S AN ONGOING REMINDER. SO I KNOW THAT THE MAYORS OR THEIR DULY APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE CERTAINLY DO HEAR FROM ME. AND, UH, ASMAR, GERBER MICHAAL HAS, DI HAS FORWARDED TO THE, AT LEAST TO THE CLERKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I KNOW IT'S GETTING AROUND. IF WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH COMMUNICATIONS, MAYBE IT MAY BE AROUND THE FRIENDS GROUPS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I AM HAPPY TO HELP EXPLORE ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC MEETING THAT MAY JUST WELCOME MAYBE THE, THE, THE VENDORS THAT WE CONTRACTED COULD BE AVAILABLE ON A, YOU KNOW, CAT MEETING NIGHT OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WANNA HAVE AND, AND BELLEVILLE THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, WELCOME ANIMAL GROUPS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. COMMISSIONER GILL, THANK YOU, UH, FOR INDULGING ME AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR, UH, ARTS PROGRAM. NO, THA THANK YOU. NOTED. THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER COOPER FOR, UH, AND IT REALLY, UM, UH, WAS NOT MY, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS A TEAM EFFORT AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT. SO, UH, FOR SURE. BEAUTIFUL. UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT AND THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, UM, AND THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WOULD LOVE TO, UM, EXPLORE FURTHER, UH, THE AMOUNT OF PO THE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT WAS SOME, WHICH WAS SOMETHING NEW, WHICH WAS HAVING OUTDOOR THEATER, UM, IN OUR PARKS, WHICH I DON'T, AT LEAST IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, REMEMBER A TIME THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, UM, BEFORE. SO IT ALSO, UM, OCCURRED, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFITS WHO MAY HAVE THE SAME INTEREST AND, AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE, UM, STAGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE HAVE, I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE DOING A LOT, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, BUT, UM, THE PARTICIPATION IN THAT AND WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. IT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, THE ACTS THAT WERE SHOWN THAT DAY. UM, AND SO THANK YOU, UH, TO OUR COMMISSIONER STAFF WHO WERE PART OF THAT. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU MR. JACKSON FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THE HELP OF THE, OF THE, OF EVERYONE ON IT. BUT, UM, PROBABLY MAYBE SOMETHING FOR A LONGER TERM CONVERSATION TO TALK ABOUT SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO THAT MORE. 'CAUSE THERE, THERE DEFINITELY WAS THE, UM, UH, DEMAND MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, FOR IT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR SURE. UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MAYBE EVEN SOME OF, I KNOW IT'S DURING THE SUMMER, BUT MAYBE, UH, EVEN SOME OF OUR, UM, UH, UH, EDUCATIONAL, UM, ARTS AND THEATER GROUPS MAY HAVE INTEREST IN ALSO DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUTDOORS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE, DURING THE SUMMER. SO THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. OF COURSE. MR. MR. PRESIDENT IF I MAY, MR. JACKSON, PLEASE. I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON ONE OF THE POINTS THAT, UM, UH, VICE PRESIDENT COOPER RAISED WITH RESPECT TO PORTA-POTTIES AS PART OF THE PERMIT. UM, THE ORGANIZATIONS [01:45:01] MAKE REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT SECURING THEM. I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S, YEAH. SO, UM, REPRESENTATIONS WERE MADE ABOUT WHAT THE NUMBER AND THERE WAS NO FOLLOW THROUGH. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY BEEN A PROBLEM IN OTHER, SO I WON'T GO TOO MUCH HERE, BUT, UM, SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT, UM, UH, YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. SO, BUT, BUT I, TO AND TO YOUR OTHER POINT, WE'LL HAVE TO, UM, I, I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CHEAP. IT'S CHEAPER TO JUST PAY US THE LATE, THE, THE FINE FOR NOT CLEANING UP THAN IT IS TO CLEAN UP. SO IT'S LIKE, OKAY, I'LL JUST PAY THE, PAY THE, THE FEE. I THINK IT'S ONLY $250, SO, YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO IT, IT, WE, WE HAVE TO RE RE-LOOK AT THAT AND, UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO OKAY. WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ON THAT ONE. ALRIGHT. SHALL DO THAT COMMISSIONER AT THE END OF THE QUESTION. CHARLOTTE, YOU ONLY GET, GET ONE CRACK AT IT. SORRY. YOU CAN'T, IVE WITH THE MONTCLAIR CHARLOTTE, I JUST WANT, I FORGOT TO SAY IT. PLEASE FORGIVE ME, CHARLIE. IT'S, UH, GIL'S FATHER MADE A, IN MONTCLAIR, THEY HAD A, A BOOK SIGNING. CHARLOTTE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT BECAUSE TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU ONLY GET ONE CRACK AT PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THAT IS NOW OVER. OH, I'M SORRY. 'CAUSE I THAT, THAT'S OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. I KNOW YOU GOT EXCITED WHEN HE MENTIONED ABOUT MONTCLAIR. YOU KNOW, WE, I KNOW BRENDAN GI EXCITES A LOT OF PEOPLE. FORGIVE ME, I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICIZE HIS I LOVE YOU, BUT WE COULD ONLY DO IT ONCE. WE CAN ONLY DO IT ONCE. IT'S OKAY. WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL GOOD. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION. MOTION IS MADE BY COOPER SECOND BY LUCIANO. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.