[Music] [Music] [Music] meeting of the Atlanta County Board of Commissioners is called to order in compliance with the open public meetings Act of the state of New Jersey adequate notice this meeting the Atlanta County Board of Commissioners was provided in the following manner published in the Press of Atlantic City and mailed to the Hamilton cazette and has been posted on the Bolton boards in the county office building in l City Stillwater building in norfield and a county clerk's office in MA Landing have open prayer Heavenly Father guide us that we may be productive leaders of our community direct our our actions and decisions oh God for the service of others amen I please ask that everybody please keep our commissioner Cory in your prayers we'll stand for the FL I pled to the flag of the United States of America and to [Music] theice hey Madam CLK chairwoman commissioner ballis and commissioner Cory are unable to attend today commissioner G is attending virtually thank you fortino here Burns here da here G here Parker pres grizzley here C here Commissioners have had the opportunity to review the minutes from May 7th 2024 entertain a motion to adopt May 7th 2024 minutes as presented some motion second move by commissioner buron second by commissioner bertino any commissioner comments he we have roll call bertino yes Burns yes St yes G yes Parker yes rizley yes turn yes carries anyone attending in person who would like to speak regarding an agenda item or a public comment please C to the podium speak into the microphone state your name and the town where you reside you will provide it up to 3 minutes to speak if you're attending virtually and would like to speak please raise your hand during the P during the agenda item or at public comment at the end I'll call upon your name and or make a request to unmute will be sent please state your name and the time you reside you will be provided up to 3 minutes to speak we now have a presentation Public Health 2024 Community Health assessment survey by Cara Jansen Public Health division director welcome thank you for being here thanks for having me um good evening chairwoman and Commissioners um thanks you for allowing me to speak about the these Public Health initiatives that we're working on for 2024 2025 and um any support you can offer is greatly appreciated um for those that may not know I'm Cara Jansen I'm the division director for public health um I'll just go over a quick overview of the process and plan for the county community health assessment and Improvement plan interesting um so our community health goals are to complete uh these two steps the community health assessment and the community health Improvement plan which are required for local Health departments to complete every four years we'll be gathering data with the community health assessment and we'll be putting together the plan with the community health Improvement plan to address um any factors that we identify that contribute to health risks and poor health outcomes com so with the community health assessment we'll be conducting resident surveys we'll be gathering uh data as well as having through focus groups and key informant interviews and then we'll take that data to create the community health Improvement plan which will be our strategic framework for addressing the identified issues for residents in our community the reason that we um are required to do this and why it's very important for public health to focus on the residents is to make sure our heal Improvement efforts are aligned with Community um values and needs we've already launched the survey and we've started to collect the data we've been using our Health Partners through our Public Health Partnership um to help us with this process they helped us um choose our key informants and what groups we'd like to focus on for focus groups as well as review the survey we currently have 50 representatives from a wide variety of community providers that intersect with public health so that includes the schools the colleges um social service providers um homeless Outreach you name it if you'd like a list I'd be happy to share it with you so the reason we need a community health assessment is to make sure we can Target our interventions um to to address the most pressing issues for the members of our community obviously there's a lot of data out there about United States overall or the state of New Jersey but we are really trying to focus on what do our residents need we want to make sure we're focusing on the pressing health concerns for them whether they're chronic health conditions Access to Health Care um Behavior change or social determinance of Health we also make sure that we are allocating our resources where they're needed making sure we make informed decisions for where we spend our funding our time and where we allocate our person now and we also want to make sure that we can measure um the initiatives that we're trying to input into the community so we know where we are with our Baseline we know what Partners do we need to pull in and we know how to measure this over time and the community health Improvement plan will be our next step so after we've gathered the surveys which we'll probably do through the summer and maybe into the fall we can then put together the plan the plan um will be our strategic strategies for addressing any issues um our community members find to be of concern to them we'll develop a road map and we'll develop um how to effectively ensure we can overtime track any improvements also making sure this is stage where we really map out how we're going to use our funding and our staff and we um we'll pull any more Partners in that we may not have already identified so the last time we had a community health assessment or a community health Improvement plan was prior to covid we were in the process of collecting data in 2019 and we had a final report at the beginning of 2020 but we didn't actually create any strategic plans due to um our new focus of addressing uh the covid-19 pandemic so when we look back at our past um goals for the sorry back um our past goals for the uh Community Health Improvement plan residents were looking for um availability of health care services and preventative care and also how to change their Lifestyles to improve their health but really what has happened in the past six years is many different things so we do anticipate there'll be some changes to this so as we all know our Health Care Systems in the area have expanded that's a plus but also you know as long as people can get into to get appointments um that would continue moving that in the right direction covid-19 impacted social determinance of Health for all of our residents whether it was their income maybe their Health Care status changed supports in their Community where they may have had to relocate to um advances in technology um for online information though you can Google anything and get anything posted by anyone um you may not be making the real changes to change your behavior and reduce your risks and Affordable Health Care coverage um there have been many changes over the past six years that have impacted how many people do and do not have insurance so where are we right now in this process we're gathering information um through the survey if you live in Atlantic County you're eligible to participate we've got postcards at the door here as well as on the website we have them all around the county at our partners um there'll be posters up in the libraries we're asking even some businesses where people gather such as a laundromat if they'd be willing to put a poster up for us we have a QR code it's also on the sign out front um so this will this is my push I guess to say anybody and everybody that you may access and have access to we want to get as many voices as possible we want to make sure that we know who's in our community and what their needs are so we want to make sure that every voice is heard and that's why we need everyone um to be participating it's critical for public health to understand the ways in which the social der determinants of Health increase or decrease the risks related to poor health outcomes by measuring Health disparities and inequities will be better prepared to meet people where they are and provide them with resources they'll actually use so we want to develop relevant Services through promoting Equity we want to make sure the people who are living and working in Atlantic County and the people that are actually growing our communities have access to what they need to improve their health outcomes we want to address complex health health issues um we know that the pathways to to individual and Community Health are interconnected with your social structure and your social economic status and we want to create Innovative and inclusive Solutions diverse experiences will provide us the data for understanding population health and developing solutions that support real change currently the survey is going to be AA is available in five languages English Spanish Vietnamese Bengali and Chinese simplified we currently have the English and Spanish postcards we're using grant funding for um translating it into the other three languages and we have a very um helpful intern this year from Stockton who has made some other suggestions for um translations so we'll work with our vendor on um getting the survey translated into other languages and then make the handouts as well so you know I think the best part of this survey is you can start it you can skip responses it is completely Anonymous there's no personal data collected um so I I encourage everyone to just at least give it a try and see what information we are trying to gather does anybody have any questions no I I think uh Cara I mean this this is great because I you know some of the meetings I attend especially through uh you know the mental health Advisory Board these numbers are so important especially for funding they don't have a lot of this data you know about realizing just filling out the forms getting the data getting the numbers really can affect our funding as well for these most important you know health issues that they have so great Kudos and let's get the message out there as much as we can great thank you yes M chair yes chair yes am commissioner um two two questions for Cara um number one how long is the survey open What's the collection period um we can have it open as long as we want we're definitely keeping it open to the fall but if we need to that we can okay and then how does a business or an entity who do they get in touch with if they want to you know maybe have materials or even the count present as an at an event to um yep you can um contact me and I can put them in contact with our health planning unit and our health educator so that would be um 609 645 5935 great thank you sir thank you thank thank you okay that bring us right into our ordinances with Bond ordinance number two for the first reading Bond ordinance providing for various Capital Improvements for fiscal year 2024 by and for the Atlantic C Community College appropriating 3,882 1899 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 3,882 1899 bonds or notes of the county of Atlantic state of New Jersey for financing such appropriation the principle of an interest on the aggregate principle amount of which will be entitled to State a pursuant to chapter 12 of the laws of New Jersey of 1971 first reading second mooved by commissioner Martinez next by commissioner rley any commissioner comments see hearing none bertino yes Burns yes St yes G yes Parker yes grizzley yes K yes motion carries cap number supplemental Capital ordinance providing for various countywide HVAC improvements and storm water improvements in and for the county of Atlantic state of New Jersey an appropriating 13,890 6774 therefore Grant from Grant proceeds proceed pursuant to the federal American Rescue plan Act of 2021 to pay for the cost thereof first reading second move by commissioner rley second by commissioner D commissioner com see hearing none we'll have aoll call bino yes burs yes yes G yes Parker yes grizley yes yes motion carries guarantee ordinance number one for first reading guarantee ordinance of the county of Atlantic state of New Jersey fully unconditionally and irrevocably securing the payment of the principle of an interest on County guaranteed revenue bonds or project notes Aviation Park Project based two to be issued by the Atlanta County Improvement Authority for the purpose of providing additional security therefore consenting to such financing and determining certain other matters in connection therewi first reading second by commissioner Parker second by commissioner bur Comm hearing none Callo yes pleas yes G Parker yes rley yes turn yes motion carries ordinance number four please for the final reading ordinance consenting to ordinance number 6 of 2024 of the city of Summers Point entitled an ordinance enacted under authority of njsa 394-9727 1 schedule 1 a and repealing all ordinances here to for adopted the provisions of which are inconsistent here with final reading move second move by commissioner grizzley seconded by commissioner burn any commissioner comments see hearing none anything from the public he we have a roll Callo yes Burns yes yes G yes I'm pleased record a yes vote for the prior item I couldn't get off of mute okay Parker yes grizley yes K yes motion carries ordinance number five to the final reading ordinance cons sending to ordinance number 2122 of 2023 of the township of Galloway entitled an ordinance repealing and revising portions of section 31935 bus stops final reading move second move by commissioner d by commissioner rley and or comments I just want to say that I spoke with M PA of gall about this phone the the second item and there's I think a third item um for Gallow as well and there 100% on board the bus stops is just I guess a change the State Department transportation thank any other commissioner comments none anything for Theo yes Burns c g yes Parker rley yes yes motion carries ordinance number six for first reading ordinance revising speed limits along Old New York Road County Route 575 and 610 in the city of Port Republic and Township of Galloway first reading move second move byley by commission any commission com ntino yes burs yes yes Parker Grizzly yes yes motion carries resolution 255 251 R Grant application and acceptance from the New Jersey Department of Children and Families division of the children system of care for the youth services coordinator Grant amount not to exceed 42612 move second move by commissioner Burn seconded by commissioner Parker any commissioner comments hearing 9 anything from the public have Rollo yes burs yes Shadow yes Parker yes grizley yes yes motion carries resolution 252 Grant application acceptance from the United States Department of Justice through the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office for the Liberty Mid-Atlantic high-intensity drug trafficking area task force Grant amount not to exceed $177,000 second move by commissioner Maro second by commissioner Burns any commissioner comments see hear none anything from the public roll call Batino yes Burns yes G yes Parker yes grizzley yes F yes motion carries resolution 253 curent application and acceptance from the United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice assistance for the state criminal alen assistance program amount not to exceed $185,800 move second move like commissioner Parker second by commissioner days any commissioner comments see hearing none anything from the public we have aoll call Cino yes Burns yes St yes Shadow yes Parker yes grizzley yes C yes motion carries resolution 254 for an application and acceptance from the New Jersey Department of Health for the tanning facilities registration and inspection project amount not to exceed $3,000 second move by commissioner Martinez second by commissioner Burns any commissioner any commissioner comments seeing hearing none any from the publico yes Burns St G yes Parker yes grizzley yes turn yes motion carries resolution 255 Grant application and acceptance from the New Jersey Department of Health for the Medical Reserve Core State territory and tribal Nations representative organizations for Next Generation MRC strong Grant amount not to exceed $34,200 move move by commissioner Parker second by commissioner bino any commissioner comments see hearing none anything from the public think we talk patino yes Burns St yes G yes Parker yes grizzley yes turn yes motion carries 256 Grant application and acceptance from the New Jersey Department of Health for the childhood Le exposure prevention Grant amount not to exceed $262,500 move second move by commissioner burs seconded by commissioner Parker any commissioner commment see hearing none anything from the public okay bino yes Burns face yes G yes Parker yes Grizzly yes turn yes motion carries resolution 257 please competitive contract with Landing prevention resources for the gun violence prevention program amount not to exceed $40,000 move second move by commissioner Parker second by commissioner days any commission comments see hearing none anything from the public roll call Latino yes Burns yes St yes G yes Parker yes Grizzly yes K yes car resolution 28 competitive contract of Landing prevention resources for the gun violence prevention program for seventh and eight grads amount not to exceed $5,700 move again second by commission Parker second Again by commission days any commission comments hearing none anything from the Poli have a roll callino yes Burns yes face yes G yes Parker yes grizley yes yes motion Carri resolution 259 competitive contract with Jewish Family Services for the provision of heads case management amount not to exceed $174,200 second move by commissioner Bera seconded by commissioner Burns any commissioner comments see hearing none anything from the public a roll callino yes Burns yes B yes Shadow yes Parker yes grizley yes K yes motion carries resolution 260 competitive contract with Jewish Family Services for the provisions of a head step down program amount not to exceed $12,000 move second mooved by commissioner rley seconded by commissioner days any commissioner hearing none anything from the public anyo yes Burns St yes G yes Parker yes grizzley yes K yes motion carries resolution 261 alternate method contract with Premier Orthopedic Associates for the provision of spinal treatment services to inmates of at the Atlantic County Justice Facility amount not to exceed $100,000 second move by commissioner Parker second by commissioner Burns any commissioner comments see hearing none anything from have roll call fortino yes Burns St yes sh yes Parker yes Grizzly yes turn yes resolution 262 please resolution to comply with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families division of children's system of care is requirement for a standardized board resolution to be filed for the youth services coordinator children's in agency coordinating Council Grant renew move second like Parker second by commissioner ferns any commissioner comments see hearing none anything from the publico yes FS St yes G yes Parker yes grizzley yes K yes motion car resolution 263 business associate agreement between the New Jersey Department of Children and Families division of the children's system of care and Atlanta County government government to be included with the grant renewal for the youth services coordinator children's inner AG agency coordinating Council Grant move second move by commissioner burn second by commissioner Parker any commissioner comments see Callo yes burs St G yes parer yes rley yes yes motion carries resolution 264 please intergovernmental agreement with keep Atlantic Soil Conservation District for the provision of technical assistance on soil conservation projects amount not to exceed $20,000 second move by commissioner Parker second by commissioner rley any commission comments see he none anything from the public any roll call Cino yes Burns St yes G yes Parker yes rley yes turn yes motion carries resolution 265 inter local Services agreement with thean c community college for the Atlantic City infrastructure program amount not to exceed $4,240 and 63 second move by commissioner Parker second by commissioner Burns any commissioner coms see hear none anything from the call bertino yes Burns yes G yes Parker yes grizzley yes yes motion carries resolution 266 amending resolution number 310 adopted on June 7th 2022 an intergovernmental Services agreement with various municipalities for the the purchase installation and operation of flashing traffic signal equipment at various locations along the county rway to extend the term date only no additional post move second move by commissioner bertino second by commissioner Parker any additional um comments from the commission anything from the public any Callo yes Burns yes G yes Parker yes rley yes yes motion carries resolution 267 Ral shared services agreement with the township of Gile for snow removal and law maintenance at the Gile Township branch of the Atlanta County Library System amount not to exceed $10,950 move second move by commissioner Parker second by commissioner days any comments hearing none anything from the public call bertino yes Burns yes B yes Gad yes Parker yes grizley yes K yes carries resolution 268 subcontract with the city of Atlantic City for the provision of environmental intervention in response to Childhood L exposure investigations amount not to exceed $80,500 second move by commissioner Burns seconded by commissioner Parker andion com hear anything from the publico yes Burns yes yes G yes Parker yes grizzley yes turn yes cares resolution 269 renewal inter local Services agreement with the city of Pleasantville for the provision of security services at the Pleasantville branch of the Atlanta County Library System amount not to exceed $55,000 second move by commission Parker second by commissioner days and commissioner comments just one commission thank you uh Sherry does this include all the days the library's open there yes yes it does okay you're open sorry yes it includes all six days correct all right thank you any other comments anything from the public call yes yes St yes yes Parker yes rley yes Fern yes motion carried resolution 270 please resolution to allow payments for a vacation time not taken by Central Municipal Court prosecutors amount not to exceed $4,000 mozley second by commission days any commission comments see heing none anything from the have aoll Callo yes Burns yes B yes G yes Parker yes Grizzly yes yes motion carries this time I'll entertain a motion toine to combine and AD resolution number 271 to 274 159 moved up by commissioner by commissioner bertino any commissioner comments anything from the public any roll call Martino yes Burns yes St yes G yes Parker yes grizley yes turn yes motion cares all entertain a motion to combine and adopt uh resolutions number 275 to 276 roadway solicitations move second move by commy second by Comm Parker any commission comments anything from the public any have roll call Martino yes Burns yes St yes SC yes clker yes grizzley yes turn yes motion carries resolution 277 please resolution in support of the NP funding request to develop an advanced air Mobility test sponsor Moran current second move by commissioner bero second by commissioner days this uh just coincides with everything that we're trying to uh do out at the NP um and they have a very extensive road map uh with this plan if anybody wants to take a look at it the n.com it's a national Aerospace research and Technology Park okay any commission comments hope he get some money I hope he get some money yeah because they started um going into this program in 2022 added on to other things that they're doing for research out there um public he we have aoll call bertino yes Burns da yes G yes barer yes Grizzly yes yes motion carries okay that includes the written portion of the evening uh some of us may have received copies of written communication or petitions anybody want to shareing they receive okay uh any reports of special committees mam chair if I may yes Mr Harper I would like to let everyone know that egg Harper councel pal we had over um Alvarez was here doing a presentation with some of his students and on June 8th at 10 a.m. in the stem building in Edy Township there will be a college signing B for pal seniors okay so we are all invited he wanted me let everybody know the braw invited and to please RSVP appr call what's the DAT again that's going to be June 8th at 10:00 a.m. very nice been there before also while I'm here in Ence of time Madam chair if I may absolutely ideal Institute um located in Washington Avenue in Pleasantville 1,000 West Washington Avenue Pleasantville New Jersey right on the border of egar Township on May 22nd at 10 a.m. they're having an inauguration lunch in they partnered with Cent Centenary University so now the students coming out of there will not only be able to work while they're in school and earn money doing real practical applications out here in world but now they will be able to receive a bachelor's degree as well yeah wonderful life is good good work and I think we all have that in our emails too yes than for remind so anyone who wants to go friend want me to know please RSVP for that as well we do have a thank you very much you're very welcome anybody else okay uh any unfinished business any new business any like to sh mam chair yes um on um Atlantic counties U our country is turning 250 years of age in uh 2026 and uh many of us went to the seminars that they had at the Jersey Association of counties and of course one of them was put on by the county of mm and they're doing quite an extensive uh celebration um I don't anticipate that we could even approach their their intensity uh their budget and uh they have a a full-time person uh preparing for this event many which includes many many many events along the year 2026 but I would hope that we could do something here at Atlanta County uh celebrating our 250 years as a um the only battle that we had in Atlanta County was the Battle of chest on neck most most of you know where that is and what Republic area and if you can't sleep some night you can watch me giving a talk on the Battle of CH neck on YouTube but U it's important that you know we as a county celebrate take part in this celebration as well um and I would hope that um maybe Kim Brown could possibly head head something up and get in contact with the um s sons of American Revolution d uh other uh veterans uh groups to see where we can go with this and what we can do here in Atlanta County make it special for us as well thank you thank you follow up on that Gallow Township is 2 years older than the country so this this year is the 250th anniversary of the township and was at a meeting last night and they're talked about all kinds of events in Galloway adding to the incredible Fourth of July parade but they're dealing events all summer while to commemorate Gallow times of 250th anniversary good potentially including fireworks on the fourth first don't hold me to that but okay um but they have a lot of events um planned for that celebration as well oh nice keep this updated mam chair one more thing I guess I'll say as an education School side I want to give a special congratulations to all the new graduates of ACCC a few of the Commissioners were there this young man next to me had a double reason to be there so congratulations to you and your family as well and Dr Gala and everyone at ACCC and let us not uh forget our commissioner G being going into the Hall of Fame at oest congratulations commissioner G very proud of her uh any other uh comments from our commissioners okay that brings us into our public comments anyone attending in person that would like to speak now at public comment please come to the podium speak into the microphone state your name and the town you reside if you're attending virtually and would like to make a public comment please raise your hand I will call upon your name and a request to unmute will be sent please state your name and the town you reside you will be provided up to 3 minutes to speak any anybody from the public like to speak anybody online that would like to speak okay any comments for the good of the order happy Memorial Day to everyone we have a great event as usual on Friday we like to uh at 2:00 Friday out of the veterans and uh we're honoring our dick Squires as well um so everyone enjoy their weekend any other comments for the good of the order okay I'll entertain a motion to adjourn move he we are adjourned all those in favor [Music] [Music] [Music]