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AN ADDITION TAKING PLACE HERE IN PERSON.MA MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ROLL.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT PAUL HARRIS.
PLEASE STAND FOR THIS MOVE TO THE FLAG.
I'M GONNA ASK COMMISSIONER GI TO LEAD US IN THE SENATE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND PLEASE JUST STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND HONOR THOSE THAT BE LOST SINCE YOU LAST CAME TOGETHER.
I HAVE BEFORE ME CERTIFICATION FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK THAT THIS MEETING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF TRANSCRIPTS.
MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY? NO, WE DO NOT.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
TONIGHT'S MEETING IS A COMBINED CONFERENCE BOARD MEETING.
WE WILL VOTE ON EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WILL 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 OTHER ITEMS. SO I ASK YOU PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY AT THIS TIME.
MY NAME IS, UH, WINIFRED VICTOR HINES, AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HICK PARK ASSOCIATION.
I HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF, UM, COMMENTS AND, UH, QUESTIONS CONCERNING, UM, THE BUDGET, UM, BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS, I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT TOO LATE, I GUESS MY FAULT, I'M NOT BLAMING YOU, BUT, UM, JUST AS A SUGGESTION THAT, UM, OTH OTHER NEW JERSEY TOWNS, YOU KNOW, COUNTIES LIKE MORRIS COUNTY AND ALSO UNION COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THEY INTRODUCED THE BUDGET, ADOPTED THE BUDGET.
THEY HAVE MONTHLY, MONTHLY LINE ITEM REPORTS FOR EVERY MONTH.
CAPITAL BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, ANNUAL AUDIT AND DEBT STATEMENTS, ALL AS FREE DOWNLOADABLE PDFS ON THEIR PUBLIC WEBSITE GOING BACK OVER THE, THE A DECADE.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF, IF YOU DO HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IT WAS REALLY HARD TO FIND.
AND IT'S ALSO FOR RESIDENTS TO GO TO THE HALL OF RECORDS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, NINE TO FIVE AND THEN SEARCH THROUGH IT AND THEN HAVE TO COME TO THE HEARING, YOU KNOW, LIKE SHORT NOTICE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH IT.
BECAUSE I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I REALIZED THAT THE TAX LEVY HAD BEEN, UM, INCREASED 1%.
I FORGET THE NUMBER I HAVE OR I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTES, BUT EVERY, SO I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REVENUE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE GAPS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE FUTURE FOR YOU TO KNOW TO GIVE US AMPLE TIME TO GO OVER THE BUDGET.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT, UM, THE CONTRACT FOR THE QUA PARK SPORTS AUTHORITY.
SO I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, WAS THIS CONTRACT PUBLICLY ADVERTISED? AND IF SO, WHERE FOR HOW LONG WAS THE RFP POSTED AND HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS AND UH, CAN YOU PROVIDE A LIST? AND, UH, WHAT WERE THE EVALUATION CRITERIA IN SCORING RUBRIC? AND WHAT WAS IT BASED ON? WAS IT COST, EXPERIENCE, COMMUNITY TIES OR
WHAT ARE THE DELIVERABLES OR BENCHMARKS? WHAT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS DOES THE CONTRACTOR HAVE AND WILL THEY BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? AND WHO WITHIN THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING COMPLIANCE?
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AND THIS IS THE LAST ONE.UH, WITH THE BUDGET SUPPORT AND INDEPENDENT AUDIT, I MEAN, WILL THE BOARD, SORRY, WITH THE BOARD SUPPORT AND INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THIS CONTRACT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND FAIRNESS.
AND IF, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A WRITTEN RESPONSE.
HEY, MADAM DEPUTY CLARK, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK.
SO LET'S GO TO ORDINANCE OF RESOLUTION, INTRODUCTION OF FIRST READINGS.
DO WE HAVE ANY? UH, NO, WE DO NOT.
LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR LISTENING PURPOSES ONLY.
AND WE'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, OUR TREASURER OF MR. MOHAMED WILL HANDLE THIS ITEM.
JOSE MUHAMMAD, UH, UH, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO IS THE, TO AMEND THE 2020 BUDGET.
WE HAD TO DO SOME CHANGES AFTER THE BUDGET WAS INTRODUCED.
AND THIS JUST TO BE REFLECTED IN, UH, IN RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE BUDGET.
UH, THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE THE ADVERTISING FOR SO MANY DAYS.
UH, WE, IT WAS NOT QUALIFIED FOR THAT, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THE AMENDMENT AND ADOPT IN THE SAME NIGHT.
MS. SHABAZZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS PRESENT.
DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO MOVE IT? MOVE IT.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 66.
AUTHORIZING THE 2026 BUDGET TO BE READ BY TITLE.
PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
MR. JACKSON, MR. HAMED, UM, JOSE MOHAMED, THE DIRECTOR, FINANCE THIS RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE US TO READ THE BUDGET BY TITLE ONLY.
IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW FOR THE BUDGET TO BE READ IN FULL AND THIS RESOLUTION TO GIVE US THE, THE ABILITY TO ONLY READ IT BY TITLE.
MS. SHABAZZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO LEGAL ISSUES.
DO I HAVE SOMEONE MOVE IT? MOVE IT.
LUCIANO WILL CALL MAD DEPUTY CLERK FOR 66.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
OKAY, LET'S, UH, MOVE BACK TO ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM DEPUTY CLARK, DO WE HAVE ANY? UH, YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE FIVE RESOLUTION R 20 26 0 0 1 8 9.
ORDINANCE NUMBER OH 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 2.
ORDINANCE NUMBER OH, 20 26 0 0 0 0 3.
ORDINANCE NUMBER OH, 20 26 0 0 0 0 4 4.
AND ORDINANCE NUMBER OH 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 5.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER R 2026 DASH 0 1 9 FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2026 BUDGET.
IT'LL BE READ TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
I HEREBY DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R 2026 DASH 0 1 9 OPEN.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU ARE THREE MINUTES OF SPEAK.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT SIR? THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE RESOLUTION.
MS. SHABAZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION R 20 26 0 0 180 9? YES.
DO I HAVE TO SAY MOVER AND SECOND TO APPROVE? YES.
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MERCADO? YES.COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
THE DEPUTY CLERK AND I'LL READ A STATEMENT, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, THAT THE BUDGET HEREIN BEFORE SET FORTH IS HEREBY ADOPTED AND SHALL CONSTITUTE AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSES STATED OF THE SUMS THEREIN SET FORTH AS APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE AMOUNT OF $468,435,000 FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.
THAT IS THE COMPLETION OF THE STATEMENT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE NUMBER O 20 26 0 0 2.
IT'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
I HEREBY DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 0 2 OPEN.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MS. SHABAZZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEE NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON O DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 0 2.
MOTION MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT SECOND.
DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVER AND SECOND TO APPROVE? YES.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER SERMONS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE O DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 0 0 3.
IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
I HEREBY DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 0 3 OPEN.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THIS ORDERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MS. SHABAZZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEE NONE.
DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO MOVE AND SOMEONE A SECOND? THE CLOSING OF THE HEARING FOR ORDINANCE O DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 0 0 3.
SECOND BY LUCIANO, DO I HAVE TO SAY MOVER AND SECOND TO APPROVE? YES.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER SERMONS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH 20 26 0 0 0 4.
IT'LL BE READ TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
I HEREBY DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH 20 26 0 0 0 4 OPEN.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MR. BA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.
SETTLEMAN TO MOVE AND THE SECOND TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE O DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 0 0 4.
DO I HAVE TO SAME A MOVE TO APPROVE? YES.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE O DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 5.
WE'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME AND HEREBY DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH 20 26 0 0 0 5 OPEN.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MS. CHAVA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
MR. MACKINERNY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SCENE NONE.
DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO MOVE? AND SECOND, THE CLOSING OF PUBLIC HEARING.
ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 0 5.
DO I HAVE THE SAME FIRST, UH, MOVER AND SECOND TO APPROVE? YES.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER COOPER.
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COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES.COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S, UH, MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION ONE, WHICH IS THE NOMINATION FOR THE, UH, FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT COULD BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, JAMES, UH, MOONY ERIE IS BEING NOMINATED FOR THE, UH, TO POSITION ON THIS, THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.
UM, HE IS, UH, AN OFFICER IN THE CITY GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY'RE HAVING SOME STAFFING ISSUES.
SO HE'S ON CALL, UH, THIS EVENING, BUT HE IS A VERY WORTHY, UM, CANDIDATE.
HE'S A GRADUATE OF FORDHAM UNI, UH, GRAD, GRADUATE OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, UH, WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS, AND HE HAS A MASTER OF SCIENCE AND BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE FROM FORDHAM UNIVERSITY.
AND AGAIN, HE'S A MEMBER OF THE, UH, CEDAR GROVE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE, UH, ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECOMMEND HIM.
MS. SHABAZZ, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO QUESTIONS.
SO, MOVE, MOVE, MOVE BY MERCADO OR SECOND? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT PAUL MYERS.
WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO GO TO RESOLUTION 59, WHICH IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OFFICE OF PURCHASING, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. COLTER? MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS FOR A NAME CHANGE FOR THE, UH, COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION, SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTIONS, UH, FROM DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS TO LIBERTY VOTING, USA INC.
THEY PROVIDE AND SUPPORT MAINTENANCE, UH, FOR THE VOTING MACHINES AND PROGRAMMING, UH, FOR THE ELECTIONS.
AND THE NAME CHANGE IS PROVIDED SO NUMBER THREE CAN BE CORRECTED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEE YOU.
MOVE, MOVE BY LUCIANO, SOMEONE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S GO BACK TO RESOLUTION THREE, WHICH IS SOME OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTIONS AND COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION, AND WE'LL READ IT TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
MR. MICHAEL VINCENTE IS HERE TO HANDLE THIS ITEM.
WHY DON'T YOU, UH, MATT, CAN YOU PLEASE LOWER THAT? MATT'S THE UNOFFICIAL MICRO FOR AN ADJUSTER.
JUST PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
MICHAEL VINCENTI APPEARING FOR COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION, PATRICIA SPANO TO, UH, ASK FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE LIBERTY VOTE VOTING MACHINE PROGRAMMING SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE, AND PROVISIONING CONTRACT.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, UH, THAT WE'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH DOMINION VOTING NOW, UH, LIBERTY VOTE FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU IS ROUTINE AND STANDARD CONTRACT GIVES US ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE-ART ELECTION TECHNOLOGY, PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORT 24 7 SUPPORT.
UM, AND, UH, PREFERENTIAL PRICING AFTER HOURS TECH SUPPORT, UH, IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE OUR COSTS.
UM, IT SAVES, UH, THEY HELP US SAFEGUARD OUR CONTINUITY, VOTER CONFIDENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY.
AND AGAIN, I'M, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MR. BAZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, MR. PRESIDENT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEE NONE.
WE'LL CALL MAD W HOOK FOR NUMBER THREE.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
LET'S MOVE ON THE RESOLUTION FORWARD JUST ON THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND WE'LL BE RIGHT INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH ELECTION GRAPHICS, UM, FROM MAY 12TH, 2026 THROUGH MAY 11TH, 2028, UH, FOR ELECTION SERVICES.
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MR. CHRIS WILLIAMS IS THE VENDOR REP AND HE'S HERE TO, UH, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.AND I SHOULD SAY THE AMOUNT IS $229,785.
RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER COOPER HAS JOINED THE MEETING.
PLEASE JUST COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT.
MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS. I'M WITH ELECTION GRAPHICS.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS.
THE PROJECT IS FOR ELECTION NIGHT CERTIFICATION, UH, TALLY AND REMOTE TALLY SET UP AND STATE REPORTING AND CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION RESULTS.
MR. MACKIN, ARE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
SECOND BY MERCADO WILL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLARK.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS FIVE THROUGH NINE AND AT IT START IS 56 THROUGH 58, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
THERE WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. H JOSHUA IS A S COUNTY PARKS.
I WILL ADJUST THE MIC ON MY OWN.
UH, NUMBER FIVE IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO RUSSELL WEED WASTE HAULING AND DISPOSAL SERVICES, UH, DBA MR. JOHN TO PROVIDE RENTAL PORTABLE SANITATION UNITS 24 MONTH, UH, OPTION NOT TO EXCEED $462,189.
THIS IS, UH, FOR ALL THE PORTA-POTTIES THAT WE RENT THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHERRY BLOSSOM EVENTS, SUMMER CONCERTS, HOLIDAY LIGHTS, AND UH, WHAT HAVE YOU.
NUMBER SIX, CONTRACT AWARD TO HARVARD PROTECTION SERVICES.
LOWEST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIVE BIDDER BY SECURITIES SECURITY SERVICES AT THE TURTLEBACK ZOO.
24 MONTH CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $299,547 AND 20 CENTS.
THIS IS FOR OVERNIGHT SECURITY OVER AT THE TURTLEBACK ZOO.
UH, IT WOULD TAKE PLACE OBVIOUSLY, WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS.
THE RATE IS $24 AND 79 CENTS PER HOUR.
NUMBER SEVEN IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO METROPOLITAN GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION FOR STUDENT GOLF INTERN, UH, SHIP PROGRAM.
IT'S A 24 MONTH EXTENSION, MAY 23RD OF THIS YEAR THROUGH MAY 22ND, 2028, AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $42,000.
THIS IS FOR, UH, UNDERPRIVILEGED, UH, YOUTH WITHIN, UH, THE NEWARK AREA.
UH, IT WOULD BE FOR A GOLF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WHERE THEY HELP WITH SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS AT ALL THREE GOLF COURSES.
IT'S TYPICALLY 12 TO 13 INTERNS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE THREE COURSES.
AND, UH, THE WAY THE MONEY BREAKS DOWN IS, UH, THE COUNTY WOULD PAY $8 AND 50 CENTS PER HOUR, THEN METROPOLITAN GOLF WOULD PICK UP $12 AND 75 CENTS PER HOUR, WHICH WOULD PAY, UH, THE, THE, UM, INTERNS A TOTAL OF $21 AND 25 CENTS PER HOUR.
NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE EMERGENCY DECORATION PAYMENT TO SERVPRO DUE THE HENDRICKS FIELD GOLF COURSE, SEWAGE, UH, EMERGENCY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $71,400.
UH, SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS, UH, AFTER THE SNOW HAD MOUNTED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT RAW SEWAGE WAS OVERFLOWING OUT OF THE STORM GRATE ON, UH, NUMBER, THE NUMBER SEVEN FAIRWAY AT HENDRICKS.
UH, THE SEWAGE FLOWED OVER THE FAIRWAY IN ROUGH GREEN GRASS LEAVING BEHIND ROUGHLY TWO INCHES OF SL AND IT KILLED WHATEVER TURF WAS UNDERNEATH.
AND THEN THE, UH, THAT WAS THEN FIXED WITH THIS, UH, EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
SPECIFICALLY, WHAT WAS HANDLED WAS, UH, THE SOD CUT AND STRIPPED, UH, REMOVED.
UH, THE BED SOD ADDED TOP SOIL IS NEEDED DEGRADED, THE GRASS WAS REMOVED.
AND, UH, WE'RE STILL AT THIS TIME WAITING FOR THE SOD TO TOTALLY TAKE, UH, IT'S CLOSED ABOUT HALF OF THAT, UH, THAT SPECIFIC HOLE, UH, WHILE THE SOD, UH, GROWS DURING THE SPRING SEASON.
NUMBER NINE IS A CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER TO THE 10 LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIVE BIDDERS, UH, TO FURNISH AND DELIVER GOLF COURSE MATERIALS.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS FOR, UH, THE VARIOUS, UM, UH, GREEN CHEMICALS THAT WE USED TO GROW THE TURF.
UH, ORIGINALLY THE CONTRACT WAS 300,000.
UH, ADDING THE 20% WOULD BUMP THIS CONTRACT UP TO $360,000.
AND, UH, NUMBER 56, 57, 58 ARE ALL SIMILAR.
THEREFORE, RECREATIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS OVER VARIOUS PARKS.
UH, NUMBER 56 IS WITH THE MONTCLAIR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
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CORPORATION FOR GLENFIELD PARK AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.78,457 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO THE WEAK WAKE SPORTS AUTHORITY, UH, FOR THE AMOUNT OF 88,000.
AND THEN FINALLY, NUMBER 58 IS UNITED COMMUNITY CORP, UH, EXCUSE ME, FOR WEST SIDE PARK AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UH, EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS RUN VARIOUS, UH, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AS WELL AS A SIX WEEK SUMMER CAMP IN THOSE RESPECTIVE PARKS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
MR. BOW, ANY QUESTIONS? NO LEGAL QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS ON THESE.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON.
UM, THANK YOU MR. ZAS FOR THAT REPORT.
AND I WAS PARTICULARLY INTRIGUED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER SEVEN.
UH, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH METROPOLITAN GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION AND THIS, YOU KNOW, EARLY PROVISION OF STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE EARLY CAREER READINESS, UM, INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMING RIGHT THROUGH OUR COUNTY PARKS.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO ONE, HOW MANY STUDENTS MAY BE INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN TWO, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT WAS P PRIORITIZING NEWARK STUDENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WEEK WAKE PARK IS NEXT TO A TON OF HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER GOLF COURSES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE CERTAIN GOLF COURSES IF THE STUDENTS ARE TRAVELING TO, OR ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, IS IT PRIMARILY ONE ET CETERA? SURE.
UH, JOSHUA CHESTER COUNTY PARK.
SO, UH, TYPICALLY THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT.
SO WHEN WE HAD IT, UH, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS ABOUT 12 TO 15 INTERNS DURING THE, THE PROGRAM, WHICH COMES OUT TO ABOUT THREE TO FIVE PER COURSE.
UM, I CAN CERTAINLY GET BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THE REQUIREMENT, THE QUALIFICATIONS WHERE THEY, THEY, UH, TAKE THEY VEST THE PULL FROM.
UM, I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT MY FINGERTIPS.
I APPRECIATE THAT INSIGHT THOUGH, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, THERE WAS, UH, A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT, UM, NUMBER SEVEN AS WELL, AND THERE WERE QUESTIONS, BUT AS I READ THIS, IT'S JUST AN EXTENSION.
THERE'S NOTHING NEW ABOUT THAT.
IT'S JUST AN EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING CONTRACT.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, JOSHUA HS COUNTY BOX TO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT? THAT IS CORRECT.
THANK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT? I MOVE? YES, SIR.
THANK SECOND MEMBER WILL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK.
THIS IS FOR FIVE THROUGH NINE AND 56 AND 58.
AB COMMISSIONER SERMONS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S MOVE RESOLUTIONS 10 THROUGH 12 AND ADD IS START 62, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WILL BE RUNNING TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
DAVID ANTONIO, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 10, AWARDS, DCO ENERGY, UH, THREE YEAR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE HVAC SYSTEM AT THE ESSEX COUNTY, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
JUSTICE BUILDING HERE IN NEWARK IN AN AMOUNT THAT TO EXCEED $3,378,790.
DCO ENERGY SUBMITTED THE SOLE BID RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY.
THIS CONTRACT WILL ALLOW FOR THE FULL LABOR, MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING AND OF THE BUILDING SYSTEMS SUCH AS HVAC.
UH, MR. DAVID DELVECHIO IS HERE THIS EVENING.
HE
GOOD EVENING, PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY AND WHAT YOU PROPOSE TO DO HERE.
UH, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY SINCE THE, UH, SINCE THE JAIL, SINCE THE, UH, BUILDING OF THE JAIL.
AND, UH, FOR YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WE'VE BEEN AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING BUILDING SINCE IT'S BEEN BUILT.
UH, IT'S NOT THAT BOLT OF A BUILDING, BUT WE'VE BEEN THERE.
UH, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 68 AND 25% OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
THERE ARE ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
ALL OF OUR NON-MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES ARE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 68.
UM, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT.
WE, UH, WE, WE ENJOY OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND WE THANK SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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SIR.AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT HAS.
MR. BOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE VENDOR? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE VENDOR WHILE WAS HERE? HOW YOU DOING TODAY? GOOD.
ALRIGHT, MR. ANTONIO, NUMBER 11, DAVID ANTONIO OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 11, AWARDS ELLE NATIONAL, A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO INSPECT, TEST, AND MAINTAIN THE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC FACILITIES IN AN AMOUNT TO EXCEED $1,039,393.
ELLE NATIONAL SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE THREE BITS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY.
THE SERVICE PROVIDE PROVIDED BY THIS CONTRACT WILL ENSURE THAT OUR BUILDINGS FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS ARE COMPLIANT WITH STATE VIRUS SAFETY REGULATIONS.
UH, BOTH MR. OLIVER ISRAEL AND ROB GAVIN OF RAEL ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY AND THE SCOPE OF WORK.
WE ARE A FOURTH GENERATION FIRE PROTECTION BUSINESS.
WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1933, WHICH MY GRAND GREAT-GRANDFATHER STARTED.
UM, WE PROUDLY ARE HERE IN FRONT OF ESSEX COUNTY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR INSPECTIONS, TESTINGS, AND MAINTENANCE FOR YOUR SPRINKLER AND FIRE ALARM IN THE COUNTY.
UM, ALL MY EMPLOYEES HAVE UNION REPRESENTATION.
WE ARE SIGNATORY 95% WITH LOCAL 6 38 AND THE OTHER 5% WITH LOCAL 6 6 9, WHICH WOULD BE THE REPRESENTATION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HERE AT ESSEX COUNTY.
UM, WE HAVE A WAREHOUSE IN DALE, NEW JERSEY.
THE EMPLOYEES FOCUSED ON YOUR PROJECT WILL BE SOLELY NEW JERSEY BASED.
UM, THOUGH WE DO NOT HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE IN ESSEX COUNTY, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GIVING YOU THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE WE CAN.
95 YEAR LEGACY RESTS ON ENSURING WE GIVE THE BEST SERVICE TO IMPORTANT CLIENTS LIKE YOURSELF.
MR. BAZ, ANY QUESTIONS? NO LEGAL QUESTIONS.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU, YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE, UH, REPRESENTED BY THE UNIONS.
HOW MANY ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL YOU EMPLOY? WE HAVE VERY FEW ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS EMPLOYED.
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THREE, UH, WE ARE A 500 PERSON COMPANY WITH THREE ESSEX COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
OUR HEADQUARTERS ARE IN NEW HYDE PARK, LONG ISLAND.
UM, SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SO FEW ESSEX COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
HOW MANY MAN THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, HOW MANY MAN HOURS DO YOU PROPOSE THIS JOB WILL TAKE? HOW MANY MAN HOURS WILL YOU BE PUTTING IN? WE ARE COMMITTING A FULL-TIME CREW HERE, SO OUR INTENT IS TO BE 24 7 SERVICE FOR YOU AS NEEDED.
UM, THE CREW IS, IS FULLY DESIGNATED TO ESSEX COUNTY.
WE ARE DEPLOYING TWO GUYS ON EIGHT HOURS A DAY, 24 7 EMERGENCY SERVICE AS NEEDED.
SO THOSE TWO GUYS WILL BE FROM ESSEX COUNTY.
THEY ARE NOT FROM ESSEX COUNTY, THEY ARE FROM NEW JERSEY.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT'LL BE WORKING ON THIS AT THE MOMENT? NO.
NO ON THAT SAID, IF IT IS A PREREQUISITE, WE CAN HIRE ESSEX COUNTY BASED TECHNICIANS TO DO THIS WORK.
I THINK YOU SHOULD HIRE SOMEBODY FROM ESSEX COUNTY.
COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A CHANGE ORDER, WHICH MODIFIES THE RO GROUP'S SIX EXISTING CONTRACT TO PROVIDE THE DESIGN ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE ELEVATORS OF THE VETERANS COURTHOUSE BUILDING BY INCREASING THE CURRENT NOT TWO AMOUNT FROM 230,000 $175 TO A NEW, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $260,223.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF $29,258, WHICH IS ABOUT 12.7% OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
THE COST, THE COST OF THIS CHANGE FOR ORDER IS DUE TO THE NEED TO CREATE A NEW ALTERNATE BID PACKAGE FOR ELEVATORS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10.
AND ITEM NUMBER 62 AWARDS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 2026 ROAD GRID RESURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM TO SMITH SANDY ASPHALT CONSTRUCTION IN AN AMOUNT ELECTRIC EXCEED 8,208,000 $147.
SUBMIT ASAL SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF THE THREE BITS.
WE CC BY THE COUNTY SUBMIT SANDY AND THE ASAL CONSTRUCTION WILL RESURFACE
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LIST THE FOLLOWING ROADWAY SECTIONS UNDER THE, UNDER THIS CONTRACT BROOKSIDE ROAD IN WEST ORANGE AND MELBOURNE LIVINGSTON AVENUE IN LIVINGSTON, NORTHFIELD AVENUE STORAGE STEVENS AVENUE IN CEDAR GROVE AND BLOOMFIELD AVENUE IN NEWARK.THERE'S A TOTAL PROJECT LIMITS OF ABOUT 11 MILES.
AND, UH, MID SUNDAY DOES HAVE 16 ESSEX COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND THERE ARE, UH, UH, GONNA BE USING UNIT LABOR THROUGH 4 72 LABORERS AND 6 8 25 OPERATORS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. PRESIDENT.
MR. BAD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER ITEMS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER COOPER, THANK YOU FOR ITEM NUMBER 62.
HAVE YOU SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR THE COST FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR? PAVING? UM, IT'S, IT'S HIGHER.
UH, IT'S WITHIN THE REALM OF TWO TO 3% HIGHER, SOMETHING THAT YOU EXPECT WITH THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, COST OF LIVING, ADJUSTMENTS IN INFLATION.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE, PLEASE? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE.
UM, WE, WE HAVE 10 TO THE 12 AND 62.
DEPUTY CLERK, THIS IS FOR 10, 11, 12 AND 62.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, UM, A YES FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR 11.
UH, I'M GONNA BE A YES ON EVERYTHING AND INCLUDING 11 BECAUSE HE COMMITTED TO HIRE SOMEBODY FROM ME COUNTY.
ABSENT COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 13, WHICH IS ON THE DIVISION OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS.
AND THERE WILL BE BETTER FOR THE RECORD IN LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $371,072 FOR SECURITY THAT OUR, UH, DFA FACILITY 3 3 23 21 UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
UH, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS $1.855 MILLION.
UH, THIS CONTRACT WILL EXPIRE IN JULY 31ST, 26.
AND WE NEED THE EXTRA DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT.
UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS, IS PLACED UPON, UM, THOSE RECEIVING BENEFITS TO REPORT, AND, UH, UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR FACILITY HAS INCREASED, UH, QUITE A BIT.
AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO INTRODUCE A NEW ROOM TO HANDLE CERTAIN ACTIVITIES DOWN THERE.
SO THE NEED FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL SECURITY, UH, HAS INCREASED.
AND THAT'S WHY I NEED THE, UH, THE CHANGE ORDER.
MR. UH, MR. BA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THERE QUESTIONS.
MR. MACK? ANY QUESTIONS ON 13TH? YEAH, HE DID HAVE A QUESTION LAST WEEK ON HIS CONTRACT, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION GOT BACK TO ME TO, UH, TO EXPLAIN IT.
ANY QUESTIONS THROUGH YOU? MR. PRESIDENT? COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU MR. JACKSON FOR PROVIDING THAT CONTEXT.
I KNOW THAT, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, STAFF HAVE BEEN UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE UNDER THE CURRENT, UM, YOU KNOW, CIRCUMSTANCES WITH SNAP, ET CETERA.
SO I DO, UM, APPRECIATE THAT CONTEXT.
UH, I'M, I'M, I'M ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING MORE SECURITY SO THAT PROCESSES CAN BE DONE EFFICIENTLY.
BUT IS THERE ALSO A PLAN TO SEE HOW WE CAN EXPAND STAFF ITSELF TO PERHAPS SERVE THE HIGHER VOLUME OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN THERE? I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH IS TO PERSONNEL IN THE WAKE OF THE INCREASE IN DEMAND AND PEOPLE NEEDING SERVICES.
UH, YEAH, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE ELEMENTS OF THAT.
ONE IS THAT, UM, YES WE ARE, BUT AS YOU MAY RECALL FROM ONE OF OUR, I THINK IT WAS DURING THE BUDGET SESSIONS, UM, THERE ISN'T A LIST FOR FAMILY SERVICE WORKERS.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE LIMITED BY THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LIST.
SO WE HIRE SOME, UH, AND I FORGOT THE, WHAT THE TECHNICAL TERM IS, BUT THEY'RE NOT DIRECTLY HIRED FROM A LIST.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, JERSEY TO, TO PROMULGATE, UM, A LIST SO WE CAN HIRE MORE PEOPLE.
UM, THE BUDGET, UH, ACCOUNTS FOR FULL A FULL STAFF.
SO IF WE CAN HIRE PEOPLE, THE MONEY'S THERE TO DO IT.
UM, AND, UM, BUT YEAH, I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, IN ADDITION TO STAFF, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THIS IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE, UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYBODY WHO COMES IN IS,
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UM, UH, HOW SHALL I SAY, HAS BEST OF INTENTIONS, I WOULD SAY.UM, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERY EVERYBODY WHO COMES IN THE FACILITY, UH, FEELS SAFE, UM, AND PROTECTED.
ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING, UM, AND, AND FORTUNATELY I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A, A, A RESOLUTION TO IT IN TERMS OF THE CARDS, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THE, THE, THE SKIMMING, UH, THING WITH THE SKIMMING OF THE CARDS.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A, THEY PUT IN PLACE A SECURITY ASPECT OF THAT TO HELP OUR, OUR RESIDENTS WITH RESPECT TO THOSE CARDS.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUT A CHIP IN THEM MM-HMM
AND THAT THEY THINK THAT'S GONNA REALLY HELP, UH, WITH THAT, WITH THAT PROBLEM.
SO THERE ISN'T, I, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, THERE ISN'T LIKE A, UM, AN OVERRIDING SECURITY PRESENCE.
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE WALKING INTO ARM CAMP.
I, I, IF I'M, IF I'M READING YOU CORRECT.
UM, IT ISN'T, IT ISN'T THAT AT ALL.
IT'S JUST THAT WE HAD A ROOM NOW THAT WAS AND EMPTY, AND NOW WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THERE WAITING FOR SERVICES AND IT, IT, IT MOVES, IT, IT MOVES QUICKLY.
BUT I, I, I THINK WE MAKE GREAT PROGRESS, IN FACT.
UM, AND I THINK I, LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THAT.
UM, THE, UH, IF YOU DON'T GIMME A SECOND, UH, THE, LEMME SEE IF I HAVE, UH, DO I HAVE IT? I HAVE IT.
UH, NOT THAT I BRING UP WITH ME.
UM, THE, OUR, OUR AGENCY WAS, UM, VOTED TO BE, AND I KNOW I, BY THE NEW JERSEY CHILD SUPPORT COUNCIL, UH, THE SERVICE AGENCY OF THE YEAR FOR 2025.
SO, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR IMPROVEMENT, UM, OVER PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO THEY WERE VERY, VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT.
AND THEN, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE ALSO RECEIVED THE, UH, COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE, UH, AGENCY OF THE YEAR AS WELL.
UM, THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, JERSEY HAS, UH, RECOGNIZED OUR IMPROVEMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
AND ACTUALLY YOU'LL SEE LATER ON GIVING US EXTRA MONEY AS A RESULT OF THAT.
'CAUSE WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IT, IT'S MO MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, AND IF WE CAN, ONE OF THE REASONS THE STAFFING IS FULLY, UH, BUDGETED IS SO THAT WE CAN HIRE MORE PEOPLE, GET MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND YOU KNOW, WE GET TO HEAR FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT EACH YEAR, AND WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE INCREASING, UH, EFFICIENCY AND PROCESSING RATES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE LIKE, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING SERVED AND BEING SERVICED MORE EFFICIENTLY.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING THAT, THAT THE HARDWORKING STAFF OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT ARE ACTUALLY BEING AWARDED AND RECOGNIZED FOR, FOR THEIR HARD WORK FOR CONSTITUENTS.
AS TO THE, THE, THE SKIMMING PIECE THAT YOU MENTIONED FROM THE SNAP CARDS, UM, I KNOW FOLKS HAVE COME AND SPOKEN HERE ABOUT THAT BEFORE, AND THEY'VE BEEN A TON OF THINGS ONLINE AS WELL.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT KIND OF CORRECTIVE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, BUT DOES IT INVOLVE FOR PEOPLE WHOSE HEARTS HAD LOST MONEY OR SKIMMED OFF OF, DOES THERE REQUIRE A RETURN OF BENEFITS? OR WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE FOR A FAMILY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SCAMMED OUT OF SOME OF THEIR BENEFITS? THERE WERE, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN, AND I, I THINK THIS IS, THANK GOD THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED, BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU WERE, IF YOU LOST YOUR BENEFITS, YOU LOST YOUR BENEFITS.
AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, UNACCEPTABLE, TROUBLING ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, I, I THINK IT, I THINK THEY'VE RESOLVED THAT NOW.
SO IT'S NOT THAT IF YOU, YOU CAN RECOVER AND THINGS, BUT, UM, YEAH, FOR A WHILE THERE IT WAS IF YOU LOST, YOU LOST AND THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT A GOOD, YEAH.
AND SO PEOPLE COME IN, MORE PEOPLE COME INTO THE AGENCY TO TRY TO GET NEW CARS AND GET THEIR NEXT MONTH'S CARS OR WHATEVER MM-HMM
SO THAT JUST CREATES MORE, MORE, MORE FOLKS COMING INTO THE OFFICE.
AND, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER REASON TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, IT'S, AND THE MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT TWO, TWO PEOPLE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, 20 PE IT'S ONLY TWO, TWO PEOPLE.
UM, MR. JACKSON, A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT'S OUR CURRENT BACKLOG RIGHT NOW? THE TURNAROUND PROCESSING TIME? I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE STAFF WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORKERS.
I KNOW WE ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST OFFICES IN THE STATE, THAT PROCESS.
UM, FOLKS WHO COME IN, IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.
UM, JUST TO, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 2025.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE GOT THE AWARD WAS AS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025, OUR, UM, FOLKS WHO WERE, ARE, ARE PROCESSING.
THAT WAS, UH, UH, OVER 90 DAYS WAS, UH, 49% QUARTER.
AND, AND THE SECOND QUARTER, IT ACTUALLY BUMPED UP TO ALMOST TO 69% FOR THE THIRD.
AND QUA THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS, IT WAS DOWN TO ZERO.
SO THERE WAS A VERY, VERY MUCH IMPROVEMENT, UM, UH, SNAP TIMELINESS, UH, AND AGAIN, I JUST HAVE IT THROUGH FEBRUARY, BUT FOR JANUARY FOR 30 DAYS, IT WAS 83% IN, IN, IN EARLY JANUARY, 81%, UH, THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY
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AND 82 TO 86%, UH, UP TO, FOR THE END OF JANUARY.AND UP TO 95% FOR EARLY FEBRUARY.
OUR SEVEN DAY TIMELINESS ON SNAP, UH, SNAP TIMELINESS WAS 96% EARLY JANUARY, UH, DIPPED A LITTLE BIT THE SECOND WEEK DOWN TO 90%.
UM, UH, AND THEN IT WAS 82%, UH, THE, THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, 81% AT THE END OF THE MONTH, AND THEN IT BUMPED UP TO 90, 91% IN FEBRUARY.
SO IF YOU, I REMEMBER OUR NUMBERS WERE DRAMATICALLY LOWER, SO NOW WE'RE IN THE, IN THE NINETIES.
AND YOU KNOW, I I, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY TROUBLING IS THAT THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL LOOK AT YOUR TIMELINESS AS TO HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GET, UH, TO COVER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE IN A POSITION WHERE THE, THE, THE HUGE HIT THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GET WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET, IN FACT, WE MAY GET, IN SOME CASES, ACTUALLY GIVE YOU MORE IF YOUR TIMELINESS IS GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE STATISTICS.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE PROCESSING AND MOVING AWAY.
SO AT ONE TIME, REMEMBER WE HAD THOSE LONG LINES OUT THE DOOR.
THANK GOD WE DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT ANYMORE.
DO WE STILL HAVE THE MOBILE VAN THAT GOES OUT FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY? OR IS IT JUST STILL ONLINE? DO YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THE OFFICE? UH, IT'S THE, THE, THE VAN IS THERE.
I I CAN'T SAY, UH, COMMISSIONER THAT IT'S FUNCTION.
I, BUT I DON'T WANT TO REPRESENT TO YOU THAT IT, BUT I, I, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S AVAILABLE IF IT'S, IF IT'S HAVING MECHANICAL PROBLEMS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
TODAY, I DON'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT, BUT I WILL, I CAN DOUBLE CHECK AND, AND GIVE BACK TO YOU.
BUT IT, IT, IT IS FUNCTIONING.
BUT I'M CURIOUS IF WE ARE USING THAT, CAN WE POST BETTER ADVERTISE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME THE LOCATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE? LIKE WHERE IT'S, AND QUESTION THAT I, UM, IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT, UM, I HAPPEN TO BRING, BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THAT WAS CONTACTED FOR PEOPLE WHO LIMITED THEIR BENEFITS.
AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM TALKING TO DIRECTOR RAMOS IS THAT THEY NOW HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN LOCK YOUR CARD.
I JUST HAD A RESIDENT WHO APPROACHED ME LAST WEEK.
HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT FEATURE WAS AVAILABLE.
SO I ASKED THIS DIRECTOR RAMOS IF HE COULD SHARE A FLYER THAT CAN POST AND PUSH OUT TO CONSTITUENTS TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY CAN LOCK THEIR CARD TO BETTER PROTECT THEIR BENEFITS.
YEAH, I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EITHER, SO THANK YOU.
SO IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP SO THAT HE CAN SHARE THAT, AND THEN I'LL CERTAINLY SHARE IT OUT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON.
MY QUESTION IS, IS, UH, IN REFERENCE TO REC HIRES ABSENCE, UH, CIVIL SERVICE LIST, SO ARE THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU, THAT ARE BEING DIRECTLY HIRED, UH, PART OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT? THEY ARE.
THEY HAVE TO BE THERE FOR A YEAR.
AND THEN WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEN THEY BECOME, UH, OFFICIALLY APART.
BUT I BELIEVE, AND I'LL, I'LL QUADRUPLE CHECK ON THIS COMMISSIONER, BUT I'M FAIRLY SURE THAT THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINALLY REPRESENTED DAY ONE, BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU AFTER THE YEAR, UM, THEY ARE, BUT I, I WANT TO, I DOUBLE CHECK FOR YOU TO SEE IF IT'S, IF IT'S IMMEDIATE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE TALKING? IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT VERY, UNFORTUNATELY.
COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT? YES.
COOPER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MARIE THOMAS.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT EZ? YES.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 14 AND ADD CHARTER 63, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF.
IT'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. COLTRAN, UH, MR. PRESIDENT CONTRACT, UH, WITH US CORRECTIONS, LLC TO PROVIDE EXTRADITION SERVICES ADDING $30,000.
THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT IS FOR $150,000.
AND THIS CONTRACT RUNS OUT AUGUST 14TH.
SO THEY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SERVICE THE CONTRACT.
NUMBER 63 IS, UH, CONTRACT AWARD TO CROSSROAD SALES INC.
TO PROVIDE 2025 SUN DAM CHARTER, TWO H-T-R-S-E HORSE TRAILER.
IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW MEETINGS AGO, UH, THE SHERIFF RECEIVED FUNDS FROM A INDIVIDUAL TO PROVIDE THE $47,729,000.
SO THIS WILL BE AT NO COST TO US.
I BELIEVE THAT INDIVIDUAL ALSO DONATED BODY ARMOR AS WELL.
UH, MR. BA, ANY QUESTIONS ON 14 AND 63? NO QUESTIONS.
UH, MR. MCINERNEY? NO QUESTIONS.
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ANY QUESTIONS ON 14 AND 63? MR. SOMEONE MOVE IT.ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK COMMISSIONER SERMONS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 15, WHICH IS IN THE OFFICE OF PURCHASING.
IT'LL BE RUNNING TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. COLTRANE, THIS IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO USE A COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING PROCESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE ESSEX COUNTY OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT.
UH, TERMS USUALLY ARE FIVE YEARS AND THREE YEARS WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONS OR TWO YEAR OPTION.
MR. VAL, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GONNA MOVE IT.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
MOVING ON TO 16 AND 17, WHICH ARE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
THEY WILL BE READY FOR THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. COLTER, THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD, UH, FOR CORRECTIONS TO SDA LAUND TECH, LLC.
THE SOLE RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER TO PROVIDE REPAIR SERVICES FOR THE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT IS A 24 MONTH, UH, FROM DATE OF AWARD AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.
UH, WE HAD ONE BID RECEIVED, PREVIOUS CONTRACT USED UP $240,000, INCLUDING A 40% CHANGE ORDER.
AND IS THAT OPERATING 16? IS NO.
ATLANTIC TACTICAL OF NEW JERSEY TO PURCHASE AMMUNITION UNDER THE NEW JERSEY STATE CONTRACT.
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 157,000 $160.
BARRING 800 CASES OF NINE MILLIMETER, UH, AMMUNITION, THERE'S A 40% DISCOUNT UNDER THE STATE CONTRACT.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONS, QUESTIONS ON 16 AND 17? SAY NONE.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY COOK FOR 16 AND 17.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 18, WHICH IS ON THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
THIS IS A PRETTY MUCH A MINISTERIAL, UH, RESOLUTION.
THE COMPANY THAT ORIGINALLY HAD THE, UH, GOT THE LOAN, THE 332,000, UH, HOME FUNDS LOAN WAS PROJECT ALIVE, UM, INC.
THAT WAS DONE, UM, ON JANUARY 18TH, 2023.
BUT THE, THE ENTITY THAT ACTUALLY OWNS THE PROPERTY NOW IS PROJECT LIVE TWO, WHICH IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, UM, UH, COMPANY.
AND THIS IS SIMPLY TO ALLOW THEM TO, UH, CLOSE AND GET THE, UH, THE LOAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, PRESIDENT.
MR. MCINERNEY? SO THIS IS JUST A CHANGE IN ESSENTIALLY THE NAME.
CHANGE YOUR NAME, RIGHT? OKAY.
CHANGE IN NAME, COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I'M GONNA MOVE IT, MOVE IT, MOVE BY VICE PRESIDENT OR SECOND BY MERCADO.
ROLL CALL MADAM DEPUTY CLERK FOR 18.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MARIE THOMAS.
MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 19, WHICH IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT.
AND IT'LL BE READY TO THE RECORD OF A LATER TIME.
THIS IS AN APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN RUTGERS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL AND DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY IN OUR ESSEX COUNTY, UM, HOSPITAL CENTER.
THIS, UM, WILL SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ESSEX COUNTY STIGMA FREE CAMPAIGN.
IT'S COLLABORATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND TO INCREASE, UM, COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT, UH, TREATMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS, UH, MAT AND THERE'S NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
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QUESTIONS.COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS ON 19? SEE YOU.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE IT, MOVE IT.
SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT FOR NUMBER 19.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 2020 THROUGH 24, WHICH IS WHEN THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR THAT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. COLTER, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A CONTRACTOR AWARD TO AXON ENTERPRISING FOR THE, UH, PURCHASE OF BODY WORN CAMERAS AND EVIDENCE.COM ACCOUNT UNDER NEW JERSEY STATE CONTRACT 17 FLEET 0 0 7 3 8.
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $497,991 AND 63 CENTS USING AN ANNUAL ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOFTWARE AND ACCESS TO MOBILE, UH, CAMERAS.
UH, TOTAL ACCOUNTS WITH EVIDENCE.COM 21 IS CONTRACT AWARD AT SHI INTERNATIONAL CORP FOR CELEBRATE MOBILE FORENSIC SOFTWARE BUNDLED RENEWALS, ELABORATE IN C GUARDIAN AND COLLECTION OF FAX UNIT UNDER THE BURTON COUNTY CO-OP AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $279,536 TO 36 CENTS.
ALSO THE PROSECUTOR, AGAIN, CONTRACT AWARD TO SHI COURT MAG MAGNET FORENSIC SOFTWARE SUIT SUITE SOFTWARE RENEWAL FOR FAX UNIT UNDER THE BERGEN COUNTY CO CO-OP.
AGAIN, AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $186,550 AND 68 CENTS.
UH, NUMBER 23 IS OFFICE OF CONTRACT AWARD TO STEVEN S SMEARING MD PHD TO PROVIDE PSYCHIATRIC EXPERT SERVICES, UH, WHEN DURING TRIALS.
HE'S AN EXPERT WITNESS NOT TO EXCEED 50,000.
THIS WAS A NON UNFAIR AND OPEN CONTRACT.
NUMBER 24, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PARTICIPATION IS THE PARTICIPATION OF, WITH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, A MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
ACCEPTING WARD 24 MHDP SIX FOR PERIOD.
JULY 1ST, 2025 TO JUNE 30TH, 2027.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE? FROM THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE? SEEING NON WILL MOVE, MOVE.
SECOND BY MERCADO WILL CALL MADAM DEPUTY COY FOR 20 THROUGH 24.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S RESOLUTIONS 25 THROUGH 30 AND ADDED START TO 60 AND 61, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL.
THERE'LL BE READ TO THE RECORD AT A LITTLE TIME.
THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT ROME, ST.
THIS IS THE NORMAL ANNUAL RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS WITH OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
WE LIST THE NAMES OF THE COUNCIL NEXT TO EACH NAME, UH, AND IT'S THE, THE NORMAL, UH, RENEWAL OF, OF, UH, OUTSIDE COUNSEL WHO WE GET THROUGH OUR, UH, OUR, OUR OPEN PROCESS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. BAZ, ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE RENEWALS? UM, JUST DID THE, DID THE NUMBERS STAY THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS YEARS? THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT? DID THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT STAY THE SAME FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR? NO, NO, NO.
THE, THE AMOUNTS DON'T STAY THE SAME.
UH, DEPENDS ON THE MATTERS THEMSELVES.
SOME OF 'EM ARE LESS, SOME OF 'EM ARE MORE DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE IN THE, IN THE, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF LITIGATION.
MY QUESTION IS, EACH OF THEM HAVE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED OF 300,000.
I'M SAYING, IS THAT, IS THAT THE SAME NOT AS WHAT IT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS? EACH HAS A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER.
WAS THAT THE SAME AMOUNT AS IT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS? OR HAVE IT NO.
HAS IT BEEN INCREASED? NO, IT'S NOT.
THEY, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE THE, THE STR WHERE WE ARE IN THE, IN THE LITIGATION.
NOW, I SHOULDN'T SAY THEY'RE ALL, SOME OF 'EM ARE SHORT OF THE SAME, BUT, UH, WE LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE IN LITIGATION, HOW MUCH MORE WE THINK HAS TO BE DONE, AND THAT'S THE, UH, NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER THAT WE PUT ON THE MATTER.
SO THESE ARE BASED ON THE OUTSTANDING MATTERS THAT THEY'RE HANDLING AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO SPEND BASED ON WHAT CASES THEY'RE
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HANDLING OR MATTERS THEY'RE HANDLING, HOPEFULLY TO COMPLETE.NOT WHAT'S NECESSARY THIS YEAR, BUT WE, WE JUST DON'T KNOW, AS YOU KNOW.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
MY BRODO, THIS IS 25 THROUGH 30 AND 60.
61 60 AND 61 25 TO 30, 60 AND 61.
AND WE DO HAVE A MOVER AND SECOND.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 31 THROUGH 36, WHICH ARE 2026 COUNTY BUDGET INSERTION OF ITEMS OF REVENUE FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
THERE WILL BE RUNNING TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. PRESIDENT, THE FIRST ONE, ITEM 31, IS FROM THE NEW JERSEY, UH, DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND THE AMOUNT OF $6,264.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, 1 MILLION, UH, 8 12, 4 16 THAT WAS RECEIVED, UH, AND INSERTED ON JUNE 11.
AND THIS PROGRAM PRO WITH WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER PROVIDES INTERVENTION FOR INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO ARE IN THE, THE, THE CRIMINAL, UH, AREA, BUT ARE NOT, BUT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
ITEM 32 IS FROM NEW JERSEY SNAP, UH, TO OUR DIVISION OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS IN THE AMOUNT OF $312,673, UH, FOR JANUARY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026.
AND THIS IS FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, TO COVER ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR INCREASED, UH, CASELOAD AND, UM, HELP US TO CONTINUE REDUCE OUR, UH, ERROR RATE.
AND THERE'S NO, NO COUNTY MATCH.
ITEM 33 IS FROM THE NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF ELECTIONS TO THEIR, TO OUR OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK IN THE AMOUNT OF $396,316 AND 52 CENTS.
THIS IS FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026, AND, UH, NO COUNTY MATCH ITEM 34, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO THE ESSEX COUNTY, UH, DIVISION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,067.
THIS IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE 277,000 THAT WAS INSERTED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, AND THIS PROVIDES FOR SPECIAL CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CASE MANAGEMENT, NO.
ITEM 36, UM, IS FROM THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS.
AND IF THE MONEY'S GOING TO OUR OFFICE OF, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF $70,900.
UM, THIS IS A, A SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, I THINK LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE, OF THE WORK THAT THAT DEPARTMENT'S DEBT OFFICE IS DOING.
THE ORIGINAL GRANT WAS A MILLION DOLLARS, THEN THEY RECEIVED ANOTHER $40,000, AND NOW THEY'RE RECEIVING ANOTHER $70,900 FOR A TOTAL OF $1,110,900, AND THERE'S NO COUNTY MATCH.
AND I ALSO SHOULD ADD THAT THIS IS EXTENDING THE DATE OF THIS CONTRACT, UM, TO, TO, TO USE THE GRANT FROM 6 30 26 TO 7 31 26.
AND FINALLY, UM, UH, AN, AN INSERTION IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO, 2000.
I WISH IT WAS $2,002,000, UH, FROM BARNABAS TO, UH, THE ESSEX COUNTY, UH, OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT.
UH, AND THIS IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE ROAD TO WELLNESS MOBILE FAIR.
MR. BAZ, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER 32, THE INSERTION OF REVENUES FOR THE DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT FOR STATE SNAP ADMIN FUNDING.
IS THAT A STANDARD INSERTION OR BECAUSE OF THE UPTICK IN SERVICES THIS YEAR? THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF AN ANOMALY.
WE, WE, WE GENERALLY, WE, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, RAMOS AND DIRECTOR BRADLEY, HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF, UH, UH, LOBBYING FOR US FOR EXTRA DOLLARS.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS MORE THAN WE GOT IN THE PAST, BUT I, I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING GOOD MONEY AFTER GOOD WORK.
VICE PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THESE 31 TO 36 VICE PRESIDENT?
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PARDON ME? YES, THAT WOULD BE YOU HONOR SECOND ME.COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT PALMS? YES.
LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS 37 THROUGH 55 AND 64 AND 65, WHICH ARE IN MEMOS, COMMENDATIONS, PROCLAMATION RESOLUTIONS, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THESE ITEMS? SEE? NONE.
COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON? UH, YES.
I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO 64 COMM GILL AND, AND, UM,
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MURRAY THOMAS.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT POIS? YES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ADDED STARTERS? UH, THEY WERE ALL TAKEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REPORT OF BOARD COMMITTEES.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING COMING UP RIGHT? I BELIEVE, UM, YES.
WE HAVE A TNR MEETING COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? IS IT THE 24TH? PERHAPS? I THINK 23RD PERHAPS.
WE'LL POST THAT ON OUR, UH, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA.
AT, AT, AT THAT MEETING, WE'RE GONNA CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THE, UM, RESPONSES TO THE PROPOSALS FOR THE, UM, COMPANIES THAT'S DOING THE, THE SERVICES FOR US.
AND I THINK THIS YEAR WE INCREASED THE AMOUNT.
MR. JACKSON, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND WE AWARDED THOSE AT THE LAST MEETING.
YEAH, THAT'S, UH, 300,000 OUT.
SO WE'LL DISCUSS ACTIVITY WRAP UP FROM LAST YEAR AND WHAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN JOIN US.
ANY OTHER REPORTER BOARDS? MOVING ON? LEGISLATIVE REPORTS? NONE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER? PLEASE COUNT TO THE MICRO WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
DID HE EVENING BOARD COMMISSIONERS? MY NAME IS MAGGIE FREEMAN, WEWE PARK SPORTS AUTHORITY CONSERVANCY.
I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE, I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SPOKE, UM, ABOUT THE CLEANUP THAT WE DID ON APRIL 11TH WITH RUTGERS STUDENTS.
WE HAD OVER 20 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP OVER WELL THIS PAST SATURDAY AND WE TACKLED DIVIDEND HILL.
UM, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT WAS THE GOLF COURSE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO, UM, IT INSPIRED THEM TO COME BACK.
UM, BUT IF I HAD TO LOOK AT THE INITIAL REACTION BECAUSE OF DIVIDEND HILL, THEY WERE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD COME BACK.
BECAUSE THINGS THAT WERE FOUND WERE, UM, HUNDREDS OF CONDOMS. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, BOTTLES, TREES THAT ARE ALMOST ON THE EDGE, VERGE OF FALLING DOWN.
UM, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, WE, IT'S AT ITS LAST LAKE.
SO DIVIDEND HILL IS DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE MADE A PRIORITY TO SAVE THE STRUCTURE.
UM, IT'S AT THAT PLACE OF DISREPAIR.
UM, THERE'S JUST A LOT GOING ON THAT THE LEGAL DUMPING IS BACK ON ELIZABETH AVENUE CORRIDOR.
SO THERE IS A TENSION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD ON ELIZABETH AVENUE, AND THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT.
NOT THAT I WAS TIRED OF DOING ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT IT'S JUST NOT BEING TALKED ENOUGH ABOUT WEEK GRAY PARK.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THAT DIVIDEND HILL, IF WE CAN ADD THAT CONVERSATION BACK, UM, TO THE TABLE, IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.
GOOD EVENING, DOUGLAS, UH, THROUGH YOUR OFFICE.
UM, MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO VISIT THE LONG JUMP PIT FOR WEAK WAY PARK.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU UNDERSTAND OR WHERE THAT THE ADDITIONS OF THE FOOTBALL FIELDS, THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND THE UP, UM, KEEP AND THE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO ESSEX COUNTY PARKS HAVE NOW MADE MULTITASK, UM, ATHLETES.
SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY PLAYING BASKETBALL OR FOOTBALL OR THOSE THINGS, THEY'RE ALSO DOING TRACK.
WE WANNA START DOING TRACK MEETS, BUT THE ONLY PLACE WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THEM IS
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INVE SQUARE PARK, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LONG JUMP PIT.I WANT TO REVISIT THAT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A LONG JUMP PIT ADDED INTO WHEAT PARK SO THAT WE CAN NOW START DOING TRACK MEETS INSIDE THE PARK.
WE HAVE NJIT THAT PRACTICES THERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF RUCKER STILL COMES, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF YOUTH THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THESE TRACK, UM, PRACTICES AND THEY GETTING REAL GOOD AT IT.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE NOW TO DO THE LONG JUMP THROUGH YOUR OFFICE.
MADAM DEPUTY KIRK LEFT THE RECORD REFLECT THERE'S NO ONE ELSE TO WISH YOU TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE ON TO, UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMENT SESSION, COMMISSIONER THREE, MR. PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT.
JUST A A, A QUESTION AND THEN JUST SOME COMMENTS.
UM, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE JUST LIFTED.
UM, SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN LIFTING UP A QUESTION OF DIVIDEND HILL AT, UH, WHEAT PARK, WHICH WE KNOW IS A HISTORIC PART OF THE PARK TOO.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WHEAT PARK HERE, PEOPLE THAT I'LL BE, YOU KNOW, REDUNDANT IN THIS, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF, UM, UH, LEGACY AND KIND OF INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY THAT SUGGESTS THAT WHEN THE NATIVE AMERICAN LENAPE PEOPLE FIRST CAME TO NEWARK AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT, UM, THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS THE LAND IN NORTH, IT WAS THERE ON THAT HILL WHERE THE CHIEFS MET WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, ROBERT TREAT AND THE LIKE.
AND SO WE KNOW IT'S A HISTORIC PART OF THE, THE PARK ITSELF.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING LIGHTING, ET CETERA UP THERE.
AND EVEN THE QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT THE, UH, TRACK, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, RESIDENTS SENT PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, THE FORCE AUTHORITY HAS BEEN LIFTING UP SINCE MY TENURE HERE.
SO IF YOU KNOW MR. JACKSON, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT THOUGH, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT PROCESS, THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN WICK PARK AND FOR GOOD REASON, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST USED COUNTY PARK IN THE COUNTY SYSTEM AND 'CAUSE THERE IS SPACE FOR THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SAND PIT, ET CETERA.
WHERE ARE WE AS FAR AS, UM, OUR ABILITY TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT OUR STUDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS SEEM TO REALLY NEED AND DESIRE? YEAH, I, I KNOW MR. MR. FREEMAN HAS BEEN, UM, AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT, AND I SPOKE TO, UH, MR. UH, DIRECTOR SANTE AND, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HARTWICK ABOUT IT.
UM, AND ONE OF THE, AND, AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY'VE FORGOTTEN IT, BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT SEAN TO WRESTLE WITH IS IN THE, A COUPLE OF PLACES WE HAVE IT, IT SOMETIMES TURNS INTO, UM, HOW WOULD I PUT IT, A BATHROOM FOR, UH, ANIMALS.
AND THERE'S SOME OTHER KIND OF, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, THERE WAS A INSURANCE ISSUE OR SOMETHING AT ONE POINT.
UM, SO I I I THINK IT, THEY WEREN'T AS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT AT ONE POINT, BUT WE'LL GO BACK.
I, I, I THINK IT JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND KIND FOR WHATEVER REASON FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
AND I APPRECIATE MR. MR. FREEMAN FOR BRINGING IT BACK UP.
I WILL, I WILL TALK WITH DAN AND KATE, UH, FIRST THING TOMORROW.
UM, ANOTHER THING, AND THEN I DID HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE, THE TRACK ITSELF, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, I GREW UP IN, I LIVED IN EVERY, ALL FOUR WARDS OF NEWARK EXCEPT FOR THE EAST.
BUT LIKE, I GREW UP IN THE SOUTH WARD.
AND SO I REMEMBER WHEN THAT TRACK WAS RED, IT WAS RED FOR YEARS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE REVAMPED IT MM-HMM
UM, VERY RECENTLY IT GOT BRAND NEW MM-HMM
AND A LOT OF THAT CAME FROM THE ORGANIZING AND PUSH PRESSING OF A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE HERE IN THE ROOM WITH US AND BEYOND.
BUT WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH ME, AND I'VE SEEN FROM MYSELF, UH, BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE PARK OFTEN, IS THAT SOME OF THE MATERIAL ON THE TRACK ITSELF, I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE THE WALKING TRACK OR TALKING THE WALKING TRACK, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IT'S ALREADY STARTING TO DISINTEGRATE IN CERTAIN AREAS.
I KNOW IT'S, I'M SURE THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS TO SPEAK TO IT.
BUT I KNOW THERE'S TREES THAT GROW.
UM, AND SOMETIMES THAT MESSES UP THE TRACK.
BUT, UM, I KNOW THERE'S SOME JUST CONCERN AROUND THE QUALITY, UM, AND THE MAINTENANCE.
AND SO I'D LOVE TO MAYBE SET UP SOME TIME, AND IF OTHER, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS LIKE, LIKE TO JOIN ME, I, I'D WELCOME YOU AND EVEN RESIDENTS THEMSELVES FOR JUST A LITTLE WALKTHROUGH TO EVEN TALK TO, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS WHO ARE MANAGING THAT AND SEEING, HEY, OKAY, THIS IS WHY THIS MATERIAL IS AT THIS STATE, DESPITE UPKEEP, DESPITE MAINTENANCE, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE BETTER MOVING FORWARD.
THE COMPANY THAT DID IT ALSO DID THE ONE IN, UM, UH, BRANCH BROOK.
AND I THINK WITH, UH, WITH FRACTURE WEEK WAKE, I JUST THINK IT WAS PUT DOWN WHEN IT WAS TOO COLD.
AND, UH, THEY'RE ON NOTICE THAT THEY, AND, AND THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK AND, AND DO ALL THE REPAIRS WHEN IT GETS WARMER.
'CAUSE IT IS JUST BEEN TOO COLD.
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GETTING WATER, YOU KNOW? AND NOW MY, MY MY MY FEELING IS THAT IF WE'RE GONNA, LET'S WAIT TILL IT GETS REALLY LIKE, WARM SO MAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.SO WHEN WE PUT IT DOWN, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S WARM AND THEN IT'S COLD, AND THEN IT'S WARM, AND THEN IT'S COLD.
SO WAITING A LITTLE BIT THERE, THEY, THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO COME BACK A FIFTH.
IN FACT, UM, COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON, UH, BROUGHT, ACTUALLY BROUGHT A PIECE OF MATERIAL AT TO MY OFFICE TO SHOW ME WHERE IT CAME UP.
SO, UM, WE'RE AWARE OF IT AND IT'S GONNA BE, UH, REMEDIED AS SOON AS THE, IT'S CONSISTENTLY WARM.
IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO SOON, TOO, TOO LONG, I SHOULD SAY.
AND THEN LASTLY, THROUGH YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I DID WANTED JUST DO A COUPLE QUICK SHOUT OUTS TO SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT.
UM, SO FIRST I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE STUDENTS OF MALCOLM X SHABAZZ HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM.
UH, THEY JUST ACHIEVED THEIR FIRST BIG WIN FOR THEIR FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION, AND THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR DEAL.
SO I WANNA SHOUT OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE OVER THERE.
SHOUT OUT TO PRINCIPAL BUCKMAN, WHO'S BEEN DOING HER THING FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
AND JUST, AGAIN, HER, HER ENTIRE TEAM.
AND OF COURSE THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE SCHOOL IN REALLY GREAT DIRECTIONS.
I'M, I'M FROM NEWARK, SO I TRY TO MAKE ALL, EVERYBODY BE FROM NEWARK, BUT LAUREN HILL'S NOT FROM NEWARK, BUT, YOU KNOW, HER FAMILY IS.
BUT I DO WANNA SHOUT HER OUT BECAUSE HER, SHES DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB JUST, JUST RECENTLY, UM, SUPPORTING AND SPONSORING THE FASHION SHOW HAPPENING AT COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO THE STUDENTS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
NONE OTHER THAN MS. LAUREN HILL IS A PART OF THAT.
SO HER AND MACY'S, BLOOMINGDALE'S OF ALL WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE THE ARCHITECTURAL ARTIST FUTURE, UH, OF OUR SOCIETY ARE DOING GREAT THINGS.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SCIENCE PARK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE 2026 EAST COAST SPACE SETTLEMENT DESIGN COMPETITION, WHERE TEAMS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETED TO CREATE THE BEST DESIGN FOR MINING OPERATION ON THE PLANET VENUS.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM AS WELL AS YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE OUR STUDENTS FROM MALCOLM X CHABA HIGH SCHOOL FROM INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL COMMENTS ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCELLING IN SPORTS HERE IN THE COUNTY, AND PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, IN NEWARK AND IN THE SOUTH WARD.
AND THAT'S INCLUDING WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT AT MALCOLM X SHABAZZ.
CONGRATS TO THE STUDENTS AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WHO ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS TOO, THROUGH THEIR NEW DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM AND ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST OUR FUTURE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COMMISSION.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? SEE NONE.
SO MOVE, MOVE SECOND BY LUCIAN.