* 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. UH, EVERY [00:00:01] YEAR IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, UH, SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DO. EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE, STUDENTS QUALITY EDUCATION THAT THE INVEST IN. AND ALRIGHT, YOU GOT THE PROMISE. YOU CAN'T SPEND IT BEFORE THE DAY TAKES OVER. OKAYAND, WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO VERY RELAXED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MORE FORMAL RULES FOR OUR MEETING. THIS IS THE, I THINK, THE NICEST PART OF THE JOB. AS COMMISSIONER, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FIRST PART OF THE JOB HERE. YOU GET TO CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE, SO THAT AS A DAD THREE AND MONEY IS ONE, UH, CATCH UP ON, UH, YOU KNOW, PARENT, RIGHT? ALL OF THE PARENTS HERE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY PROUD MOMENT. YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, FROM DAYS OF CHANGING DIAPERS TO GETTING EM OUT BED AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET INTO THE RIGHT SCHOOLS AND MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL OR WHEREVER YOU MAY WANT GO. SO, UM, TECHNOLOGIES AND ATTENDING NIT AND SPEAKING OF P TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE ELI GET STARTED. LET'S OUR FIRST RECIPIENT, EDWIN, LET'S UP HERE. LET'S STEP RIGHT HERE. WE'RE GONNA TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM. UH, SO EDWIN'S RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FROM THE ANDROID FOUNDATION AND HE'LL BE ATTENDING K UNIVERSITY STUDY ENVIRONMENT CELEBRATION. THAT'S AWESOME. OBVIOUSLY YOUNG, HARD WORKING. AND WHILE RON IS GONNA DEMONSTRATE FACTOR IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, SURE YOU ALL DO. UH, HE APPROACHES THE DOCUMENT DEDICATION TO BEST EFFORT IN ALL OF HIS ABILITY. HE IS ALSO ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS, BUT PARTICIPATING IN BOTH SOCCER AND TRACK. THIS REFLECTS HIS DISCIPLINE, TEAMWORK, AND ABILITY TO BALANCE MULTIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES SUCCESSFULLY AND TRADE ON TEAM WATCHING. SO, UM, HE'S ALWAYS READY TO LEARN THE HOUSING STRONG WORK ETHIC. YES. PETITIONERS CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS FOR C AWARD AND YOU SUCCESS. WE'LL BE TAKING A WHOLE BUNCH OF PICTURES AFTERWARDS. SO WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? WE MOVE THE, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ALL THE PICTURES. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR OUR SECOND FOR SIT TODAY IS JAMIE . I THINK TO, UH, HOW'D YOU, UH, UH, MY KIDS. SO, AND UH, YOU PARTNER. SO, UH, I'M GOING CROSS. OKAY. ENTERPRISE. SO LEMME BRAG ON THAT FOR A SECOND. YOU DAD, DAD AND I. SAME YEARS. A YEARS YOU RIGHT. AND WE, WE LOVE MORE CARS AND, UH, WE HAVE ALL THINGS TAKE AND HE MARRIED VERY WELL. BETTER THAN, BETTER THAN THE FELLOWSHIP THAT, SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT SEEKING A SCHOLARSHIP. INTERNATIONAL. HE'LL BE ATTENDING NJIT TO STUDY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. AWESOME. HE'S BEEN A SUCCESS DEDICATED STUDENT [00:05:01] WHO HAS COMMITTED TO BOTH HIS ACADEMICS AND HIS TECH CURRICULARS. FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, HE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER ROBOTICS TEAM WHERE HE HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE TEAM'S SUCCESS ACADEMICALLY HE HAS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED AND A AVERAGE COURSE WORK SHOWING DISCIPLINE, GENUINE DESIRE HIMSELF JAYDEN'S, WHO DETERMINATION AND GIVES HIS FULL. SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD COMMISSION, CONGRATULATE YOU IN YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN RECEIVING AWARD AND YOUR GREAT SUCCESS IN FUTURE. THAT'S PRETTY PARTIAL. AND MY ALMA MATER. SAME SPEECH, RIGHT? SO WE'RE MOVING UP, UM, FOR OUR NEXT HONORARY, PLEASE WELCOME JAMES HERNANDEZ OF THE PODIUM. UH, JAMES IS HIS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION AND PK TECHNOLOGIES, UH, STUDY JUNIOR JAMES IS A HARDWORKING AND DEDICATED STUDENT WHO WILL CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATE THE STRUGGLE, INVOLVE HIS ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL GROWTH. HE HAS BECAME A PART-TIME JOB FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WITHOUT AND SHOWING EXCEPTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR RETIRE NEEDS. HE ACTIVELY INVOLVED APPROVAL BIAS PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO BUILD SKILLS. HE IS MOTIVATED ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE THE COMMISSIONER. WE CONGRATULATE THE CHIEF, CHIEF RECEIVING THIS ALL MOVING A LAW. UH, MADELINE, JOHN, I WANNA SAY THIS, MY APOLOGIES. RECEIV HER SCHOLARSHIP FOR FOUNDATION AND AMAZON. SHE'LL BE ATTENDING, BE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY TO STUDY NURSING, WHICH SPECIAL TO ME WITH MY MOM, MY SISTER. I COULDN'T. HERE, I'M HERE. I'M SHE EXCEPT HARVARD AND DEDICATED STUDENT. SHE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATE A STRONG C OF EDUCATION AND IT'S ALWAYS GIVEN US, GIVEN US STUDIES VERY BEST. A FRESHMAN. SHE CHALLENGED HERSELF ACADEMICALLY AND SHOWING UP PASSION. SHE'S PART IN SPORTS. IT'S WORTH HOW JOB SHE'S, MAN, THIS IS GOOD. LIKE THIS IS THE BIG WAY. THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO WATCH ALL DAY LONG. THIS STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE, MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE, YES, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT RIGHT. I, UM, ALRIGHT. SO IT IS VERY CALLED VERY TALL WAY. . EVERYONE'S CALLED, UH, UH, DANIEL IS RECEIVING A, A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE N FOUNDATION IN . HE WILL BE ATTENDING NGIT STUDIES, CIVIL ENGINEER. HE IS AN EXCELLENT STUDENT OR BRINGS POSITIVITY TO THE SCHOOL EVERY DAY. HE MAKES IT A POINT TO GREET OTHERS WITH A SMILE. HE WAS SMILING, TRAINING, A WELCOMING AND ALSO UPLIFTING ENVIRONMENT. DANIEL WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS, INVOLVED IN VOLLEYBALL AND SOCCER WITH LOTS OF TEAMWORK AND DEDICATION IN CLASSROOM WAS VERY HARD. HIS BEST EFFORT, PEERS SHOWING NESS AND LEADERSHIP AND ALLOWS THEM TO CONNECT WITH A DIVERSE AND SUPPORT ON CONGRATULATE MY BAD JOB. SO I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, WITH MY GOOD FRIEND COMMISSIONER GIVES SOME [00:10:09] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT. SO, UH, LET LUCIANO, YES, I I GUESS LISTEN, AT LEAST IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS SINCE I'VE HAD THE LONGEST TENURE ON THIS BOARD, WE ARE A BOARD OF NINE. UH, ONE OF OUR HAS BEEN IN REHAB. SHE HAS BEEN HERE WHO IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST STANDING COUNTY OFFICIAL OR ONE OF THE LONGEST STANDING COUNTY OFFICIALS IN THE STATE. SHE'S BEEN ON THIS BOARD 34 YEARS. UH, IF I'M HERE 34 YEARS, THEN THERE'S DEFINITELY A, A PROBLEM. PROBABLY SOMETHING GOING ON BECAUSE I'M ALREADY FALLING APART. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD 15 YEARS. I LOVE WHAT I DO. I'M NOT REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT STANDUP COMEDY LIKE CARLOS IS. HE HAD A SHORT STINT FOR A FEW DAYS WHERE HE WAS A STANDUP COMEDIAN AND THEN HE REALIZED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU BETTER STICK TO GO GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS . UM, BUT TO THE STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE, HERE, YOU GUYS ARE THE FUTURE. UM, I, I WAS A 12 YEAR SCHOOL TEACHER, TWO YEAR PRINCIPAL. UH, I DO WORK NOW FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UH, ON TOP OF BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, WHICH IS FULL TIME HOURS, JUST NOT FULL TIME DAY. UM, BUT I SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PART OF THE JOB THAT I REALLY LIKE BECAUSE WE ARE SO, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US, RIGHT? THAT WE SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN ESAS COUNTY. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE THAT IT WAS YESTERDAY. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IT GOES BY FAST. AND SO WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU DECIDE, YOU KNOW, TO LIVE, UH, WHETHER YOU RAISE A FAMILY OR WORK, UH, HAVE A CAREER. UH, HERE IN NEW JERSEY IN PARTICULAR, WE HOPE THAT YOU CHOOSE ESSEX COUNTY COUNTY. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW, KNOW LIFE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, PASSING CYCLICAL. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM AND JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WANTED THIS SAID, SAID MY EST YOU KNOW, SUPPORT NOT JUST THE STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE, BUT TO THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND THE RELATIVES. 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT INDIANAPOLIS DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE. THE REASON THAT THE STUDENTS ARE HERE BEING AWARE IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUPPORT AT HOME. THEY HAVE SUPPORT IN SCHOOL AND SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU TO, YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M AT IT TOO, I ALSO WANT TO THANK N JACK. I DO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF HERE. I KNOW WE HAVE KATHY BROWN. UH, AND WE HAVE ADAM, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL A TEAM, RIGHT? WE HAVE KELVIN BACK HERE. LISTEN, EVERYBODY SUPPORTS ONE ANOTHER. THAT'S HOW WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE PRESIDENT. UH, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M COMMISSIONER LUCIANO AND IT'S A PRINCIP TO BE HERE AND RECOGNIZE EVERYONE. UH, AT THIS TIME. UH, PLEASE, UH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR NEXT RECIPIENT. AND I HOPE I DON'T WATCH YOUR NAME. I APOLOGIZE. ANGEL ZOELLA. ZOELLA ANGEL. ANGEL HAS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE NJA FOUNDATION, , AND HE WILL BE ATTENDING NJI TO STUDY ROBOTICS AND ENGINEERING. ANGEL IS DEDICATED AND DRIVEN STUDENTS AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF BOTH THE ROBOTICS TEAM, THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ROBOTICS PROGRAM. ANGEL HAS DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT, PERSEVERANCE, AND A GENUINE ENTHUSIASM FOR LEARNING. HIS CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT IN ROBOTICS HIGHLIGHTS NOT ONLY HIS RESILIENCE, BUT HIS LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO PURSUING A CAREER IN THIS AREA. AND FIELD ANGEL'S PASSION FOR ROBOTICS EXTENDS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, SHAPING HIS FUTURE ACADEMIC AND CAREER GOALS. HE REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF INNOVATION, DETERMINATION AND TEAM TEAMWORK. ANGEL, THE BOARD OF CHOSEN COMMISSIONERS. I'M SORRY, I SAID FREE. WE USED, I'VE BEEN AROUND SO LONG. WE USED TO BE CALLED, WE CALLED FREEHOLDERS. AND THEN OUR NATURE JAMES, I CALL US SOME, SOME PEOPLE STILL REFER TO US RIGHT OFF, OFF SELL . UM, ANGEL, THE BOARD HERE CONGRATULATES YOU. I PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR GREAT, GREAT SUCCESS. SO I'M PROUD TO PRESENT YOU WITH, WE WILL TAKE YOUR PHOTO AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT US. NOW I THE MIC. PLEASE JOIN ME. OUR NEXT HONOREE, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA WORK ON, GONNA WORK ON THIS NAME. LOOKS LIKE JORDAN ROSE MEDO. WE HAVE JORDAN ROSE IS RECEIVING HER SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE NJA FOUNDATION AND INVESTORS. SHE WILL ALSO ATTEND NJIT TO STUDY BIO FOR NEW MEDICINE. WONDERFUL. JORDAN RED ROSE IS A STRONG STUDENT WHO HAS MAINTAINED EXCELLENT GRADES WHILE CHALLENGING HERSELF ACADEMICALLY THROUGH [00:15:01] MULTIPLE AP AND ARMS COURSES. SHE'S DEDICATED TO HER EDUCATION AND APPROACHES HER WORK WITH SERIOUSNESS, DETERMINATION, AND DESIRE. SUCCEED. JORDAN HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL LIFE, SOFTBALL, CHEER, AND BARRY'S CLUBS. SHE'S THE KIND OF A STUDENT WHO CONTRIBUTES POSITIVELY LY TO HER SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND LEADING AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE. SHE CURRENTLY, ULTIMATELY HOLD THE TITLE OF MISS PUERTO RICO FOR NEW PARTICIPANT. WELL, LET'S GIVE THAT SHE PARTICIPATED IN MANY PAGEANTS REFLECTING, REFLECTING HER CONFIDENCE, HER POISE TO REPRESENTING HERSELF AND HER COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE, DESPITE OBSTACLES. JORDAN ROSE HAS CONTINUED TO PREPARE WITH STRENGTH AND GRACE. YES, THIS COUNTY BOARD CHOSEN COMMISSIONERS AND MISSIONERS AND MYSELF HEREBY CONGRATULATE YOU, YOU ON RECEIVING THIS AWARD AND WITH SUCCESS. HERE IS YOUR, OKAY, NEXT STUDENT IS NOT HERE. THANK YOU ADAM. BUT WE WILL STILL RECOGNIZE YOU UP FOR PAULETTE. THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, WE DO RECORD THESE MEETINGS AND THEY ARE STREAMED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE TV. SO, UH, WHEN I'M SPEAKING, SO SOMETIMES I'M SPEAKING TO A CROWD THAT'S NOT HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE, UH, WORLD, IN THE WORLD. WE LIVE WITH TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? THINGS ARE ALWAYS BEING RECORDED. UH, AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR STUDENT AND PAULETTE THAT'S OUT THERE. WE CONGRATULATE YOU, UM, ON, UH, THE JACK FOUNDATION, UH, OF SUPPORT AND INVEST. AND PAULETTE WILL BE GOING TO THE MIAMI. FANTASTIC. CARLOS. AND I KNOW A LITTLE PRESIDENT DOWN IN MIAMI AND YOU KNOW, AS CUBAN DESCENDANT, UH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HOME AWAY FROM HOME. IT IS A CUBAN . WELL, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I STILL HAVEN'T HAD A PERSONAL INVITE DOWN THERE, BUT ONE OF, ONE OF THESE YEARS, ONE OF THESE YEARS, I'M HOPING TO GET THAT INVITE ON THERE IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. JUST THE TIME TO GET OUT NEW JERSEY, RIGHT? OR SOME GOOD WEATHER. UH, SO MOVING ON, LET'S CONTINUE. I'D NOW LIKE TO WELCOME UP TO OUR, UH, PODIUM, OUR HONOREE HERE, UH, MCKEE MUL TREE. MO MA, I APOLOGIZE. MACKAY IS RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE NJA FOUNDATION AND PK TECHNOLOGIES HE WILL STUDY, ATTEND WILLIAM PATTERSON UNIVERSITY. OH, IT'S A STUDY FOR NURSING. FANTASTIC. FANTASTIC. YEAH. RESPONDERS MACKAY HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC DEDICATION EARNING ALL DAYS THROUGHOUT HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. IN, IN ADDITION TO HIS ACADEMIC SUCCESS, HE'S BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY PLAYING BASKETBALL ALL FOUR YEARS, REFLECTING HIS COMMITMENT, AND HIS TEAMWORK. MACKAY PLANS TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN NURSING, DRIVEN BY HIS PASSION FOR WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND ENSURING THEIR HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELLBEING MOTIVATED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT BY PROVIDING CARE, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED. SO, PERSEVERANCE AND A PURPOSE GUY ON BEHALF, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD CHOSEN COMMISSIONERS AND MYSELF CONGRATULATE YOU. HERE IS YOUR BLESS, BUT NOT LEAST, NEVER LEAST PLEASE. RIGHT. I'M GONNA BRING UP PATRICK SANTOS. PATRICK IS RECEIVING HIS SCHOLAR SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE NA FOUNDATION AND TECHNOLOGIES. HE WILL ATTEND GER UNIVERSITY TO STUDY MECHANICAL AND ENGINEERING. PATRICK EXEM, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. HE HAS DEMONSTR SHOWN COMMITMENT TO SCHOLARSHIP, THE INTEGRITY AND SERVICE, ALL MAINTAIN HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. ALL IN THE ROBOTICS CLUB. HIGHLIGHTS PASSION FOR INNOVATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING, AS WELL AS HIS ABILITY TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY WITH PEERS IN A TECHNICAL AND TEAM BASED ENVIRONMENT. PATRICK IS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HIS CHURCH AND WE DEMONSTRATE [00:20:01] DEDICATION, DISCIPLINE, AND COMMITMENT TO HIS COMMUNITY AND THE ARTS. HE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, SKILLS WHILE GIVING BACK A MEANINGFUL BASIS. PATRICK, I WILL SAY ON BEHALF, YES, COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN COMMISSIONERS, MYSELF, WE HEREBY CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND, AND RECEIVING THIS AWARD. AND WE WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. HERE IS YOUR . SO, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT ROUNDS UP OUR STUDENTS TODAY. UM, LET ME SAY AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU AND EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THESE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE CONCLUDE, LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE, AND I ALREADY DID THIS, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M, I'M GONNA HARP ON IT. LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE ANY RELATIVES, ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, M JACK, PKA, UH, INVESTORS BANK, WHO ELSE I FORGET HERE. UM, YOU OF PK. YES, WE, WE HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF MORE SPONSORS WE WANT. THANK YOU. UM, BECAUSE THIS CONGRATULATORY MOMENT HERE, UH, WOULDN'T BE IF IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR FINANCIAL SPONSOR SPONSORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY, UM, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTUALLY MEETS AT 5:00 PM WE MEET ON WEDNESDAYS, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IN THE SUMMER THOUGH WE ONLY MEET ONE WEDNESDAY A MONTH. UH, BUT WE ARE USUALLY HERE MOST WEDNESDAYS, UH, FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S A FORMAL MEETING OR TO HONOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OR DO OTHER BUSINESS. THIS CHAMBER, I KNOW, UH, MY COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT MENTIONED HAS A LOT OF HISTORY BEHIND IT. THERE. MAPS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN ES IN ESSEX COUNTY. UH, JUST A LITTLE S FOR THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS HERE. ESSEX COUNTY'S MADE UP OF 22 MUNICIPALITIES. SO THAT'S 22 DIFFERENT CITIES AND TOWNS. UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE, UM, AND THAT THAT WE SERVICE, UH, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE SENSE. AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY NINE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ONE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS JODY VICENZO JR. AND HE SERVES SORT OF LIKE THE MAYOR OF THE COUNTY. AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE LIKE THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY, RIGHT? AND SO WE HANDLE ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND WORK MUNICIPAL COUNTIES, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY OF NEWARK OR THE FIELD OR WEST CALWELL OR ROSELAND OR LIVINGSTON. WE WORK ALONGSIDE THOSE COMMUNITIES, UH, TO SUPPORT ROADWAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. UH, WE SUPPORT PARKS AND RECREATION. UH, WE HANDLE ELECTIONS, WE DO THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, CONCERTS IN THE PARK, UH, ALL DIFFERENT VARIOUS THINGS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER IN ROSELAND. SO WE ARE HERE, YOU KNOW, AS A THREAT OF GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT YOU. UH, AND LAST AGAIN, OF COURSE, BUT NOT THESE, OUR COLLEAGUE, UH, ADOR AND MARY THOMAS WHO RESIDES IN NEWARK HAS JOINED US. THIS IS COMMISSIONER AND I'M GONNA JUST TURN IT OVER TO HER REAL QUICK FOR A POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO MAYBE JUST CONGRATULATE ALL THE STUDENTS WE DID HAND OUT HER AWARDS. YOU ARE HERE JUST IN TIME FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY WORDS ON BEHALF OF THESE RECIPIENTS, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. SO A TODAY IN THE HOUSE, IS THAT GLAM OF Y'ALL GETTING ALL THE YEAH, UM, APOLOGIES OF LATE. ONE OF MY MID KIDS WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IS IN HER EARLY QUARTER LIFE CRISIS. SO WE JUST, SHE PULLED ME DOWN OFF THE SIDE, THE TOP OUT MY LIFE. AND I THINK SHE BE, WHO ARE AMAZING, DONE AMAZINGLY. AND WE CONTINUE TO DO AMAZING AS MY FELLOW SHARED. WE'RE JUST SO, SO PROUD OF YOU AS SOMEONE WHO IN THE HOUSE. EVERY WE, I GOT AN EXTRA, BUT HONESTLY TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF BORN AND RAISED IN CITY, FROM CITY THAT WAS UNDER WHEN I GRADUATED, GOAL [00:25:03] A BETTER PLACE. AND SO FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, WHETHER THANK YOU, YOUR CITIES, YOUR TOWNS, YOUR COUNTIES A BETTER PLACE, RIGHT? BE EXCELLENT, BE GRADUATES FOR BEING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS, GOOD BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS. EVERYTHING ABOUT IS AMAZING. SO PROUD OF YOU. WE'RE FOR YOU. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL THESE. OH, OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. SO WE'RE GONNA WRAP HERE BECAUSE UH, WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES. DO WE WANNA GET SOME PICTURES? SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING IF YOU WILL. VERY FIRST THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING IN TO THE SPONSORS AND, AND ALAN AND ALL THE GROUP THAT GOES ON HERE THAT WE DISCUSSED. OKAY. WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS TAKE ONE PICTURE WITH ALL THE STUDENTS, OKAY. CONDITIONS. SO A GROUP PICTURE, UH, UH, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE, RESPONSE THEM. WE'LL DO THAT SECOND ONE. AND THEN WE'LL DO INDIVIDUALS WITH THE FAMILIES AND MISSIONS, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN DO THAT. WE WILL THEN DON'T WORRY ABOUT GETTING ON THE PICTURES, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. LET US TAKE THE PICTURE. WE'LL POST AND WE'LL SHARE LINK. YOU, YOU CAN TAKE THEM. DOES A GREAT JOB. PHOTOSHOP OFF OF ME AND, ALRIGHT, SO LET'S CONCLUDE WITH CONGRATULATIONS. * 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.