##VIDEO ID:S1IW4-t6HTc## e e e e e call is me to order please adequate notice of this meeting was provided in accordance with chapter 231 Public Law 1975 all right we're going to have location cation but also uh in memory of Monica Mosley I'd like to read the Bible verse of the police officer prayer so we bow our heads please Lord today our brave police women and men go to work am their danger we know their job is risky Lord we fear for their safety in the line of duty as said you heal broken hearts and bind up the wounded May her rest in peace and God bless her family and God bless America because we need all the help we can get from our and this the protection from our police departments thank you okay soon to flag pledge allegiance please commissioner Mar I PL to the flag of the United States of America to the indice commissioner Al here commissioner L here commissioner Sor here commissioner Mar here commissioner Taylor present deputy director rero here director Soo here do I have a motion and second to dispense with the reading of the minutes from the last public meeting second all in favor there's no correspondence have some presentation do the New Jersey State Association of chiefs of police present presentation of cert CER certificate of re accreditation to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and prosecutor's office please step up good evening I first like to say on we of the Jersey State Association she supp polities our thoughts and prayers for the poing officer with that I actually come here to recognize both the uh the sheriff uh the sheriff's office as well as the prosecutor's office you have two incredible uh effective organizations in those two uh agencies in fact their history in accreditation for one is over 10 years and the other one certainly succeeds that I'll be specific as Elizabeth May do it so the uh the sheriff's office has been really accredited for 15 years I mean that's really incredible but the prosecutor's office they have been you know for about almost 10 years so that's a significance because the issue in accredit issue is not a one-time event it's a process you have to maintain it every three years so to that end if you're indulge me for two minutes I'd like to share with you the significance of the achievement so the cumland County Sheriff's Office and the cumland County prosecutor's office once again made a commitment to ading to best practices at the state and National level in a highly regarded Statewide law enforcement accreditation program this program administer to the New Jersey State Association of chiefs of police and the New Jersey Law Enforcement and coration commission has a to transparently demonstrate the professionalism preparedness of state's law enforcement agencies New Jersey State Association Chiefs of police law enforcement accreditation program is purposely designed to enhance professionalism and transparency in the state's public safety system during this uniquely challenging times and a threat to health and safety encouraging law enforcement agencies to follow standardized practices uh and policies is potentially life- saving and cost effective investment with time resources accreditation gives an agency a preparedness plan and verification of Excellence creditation status represents a significant professional achievement in the Comm County Sheriff's Office and the com County prosecutor's office follow best practices become part of their culture is the way they deliver Services I certainly went over the report which I get to review before I submitted to the uh to the commission and this are two u u agencies that are very very involved in their communities they have Outreach programs so their benefit goes beyond what one would subscribe to by definition to what a sher's offic does and what a prosecutor's office actually does so the cumland County Sheriff's Office and the cand County prosecutor's office have received this pretigious re accredited agency status it demonstrates sheres Michael donados and prosecutor Jennifer web mcray firm commitment to maintaining accredited status to remain on track with State and National standards and the contined expectations for Quality professional professional and ethical policing and so to save some time I'm just simply going to go to the uh in closing uh to um uh what I I actually ped from from the report I'll be very brief so under the leadership with Sherry Michael Donado prosecutor Jennifer W Mar the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and the Cumberland County prosecutor's office demonstrate a high level of competence leadership and professionalism it is the opinion of the assessment team which I certainly concurred the Cumberland County Shi office and prosecutor offers are highly professional committed agencies which exemplify all the tenance of law enforcement accreditation at the state and National level therefore for the New Jersey State Association Chiefs of police and the New Jersey Law Enforcement commission congratulate Sheri Michael Nado prosecutive Jennifer W mcra great a managers Sergeant Elizabeth hofman and Sergeant Frank Sabella respectively the members of the cand County Sheriff's Office and cand County prosecutor's office the Commissioners and those citizens that they so proudly serve for having achieved their re accreditation un a very exclusive group of law enforcement agencies in the state of New Jersey that made this firm commitment to excellenc in policing so to all indeed congratulations this is where you get the clap for your [Applause] EK I have the uh certificate for the Sheriff's Office sheriff and I have I should add that this is very rare that I get to actually do to agency at the same time which is fine CU I drove 96 miles to get here so prosecutor congratulations to both [Applause] congratulations thank you very much may I say one thing just very quickly I promise um that's never happens very very quickly I want to thank Mr Delgado for allowing us to go through this process again I want to thank Sergeant Frank Sabella who had another commitment this evening but I can testify to the um importance of this process last week when we learned of the untimely passing of detective Monica Mosley it was almost 11 o' at night when I got that call and obviously because I worked with her every day I was very upset but I was able to call on our policies and what look at our policy as to what we do during that type of Crisis to take action and it was because we took the time to formulate our policies and deliberately think about our policies in times of non crisis that we were able to handle that in a time of Crisis so I thank uh the the association of chiefs of police for the process because it does serve our agencies well thank you exactly what the prosecutor said no obviously just coming into this in January and getting involved with the process itself um I did do or I was part of the process uh at the prosecutor's office we went through and I know how tedious and the stuff and the time it takes to go in it and the many people that it takes to put it together so um Harry on behalf of the sheriff's department I want to thank you your agency and all the assessors and so forth that put the time in to come out and help everybody like myself and and our office to be to be better so and and I would be remissed if I didn't thank uh Sergeant Hoffman personally she's our accreditation manager she dealt with um was dealing with this when we came in in January and Del with it all the way up until we went through the assessment and went up to North Jersey to uh go through the program um so I mean she's she wears a couple different hats um she's also my internal Affair Sergeant so she does a lot of different things but I just want to make sure that I publicly thank her for all the hard work and the time that she put in to making this process uh happen to for us so thank you everybody do I have a motion and second to open public comment on resolutions only Some Mo second all in favor public comment state your name where you're from good evening I'm Nancy R from Upper Deerfield and Fairfield Township um on on resolution 2024 622 this is a resolution amending a resolution adopted August the 11th 1960 designating certain County Roads as Thor streets it's been a long time coming for this intersection to become I believe it is always stop this is the intersection at Big Oak Road and Simon road which has been a cause of many accidents and I'm grateful for whoever made this possible thank you very much and I'm sure the people that live in that neighborhood appreciate it director just to follow M Ridgeway she's absolutely right I remember getting a few calls that the neighborhood for years was completed they had many accidents and we had a standard that Hadad raised to so it's really up glad that we probably at least have a four-way stop I think they're looking for more but at least a start so very familiar with with the project and um I'm glad that our Public Works can get moving along very quickly so thank you very much John and thank you m reg resolution 2024 626 this is a resolution authorizing the  County Administrator to continue an opt out program for eligible County employees who choose to wave health insurance coverage I'm sure that I'm I'm almost positive that every year I get up here and say the same thing it's a little B bit discriminatory that a single person gets $625 but an employee with a child gets $1,300 that's more than PR of what a single person gets and I really think that should be adjusted thank you anyone else motion to close all in favor do I have a motion in second to vote my consent agenda on resolutions 202 24614 through 2024 630 second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Maran yes commissioner Soro yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes do I have a motion and second to adopt resolutions 2024 614 through 2024 630 I can say can I have some questions D please on a couple I just want a clarification there's two resolutions um 627 and 628 director of Public Works got to ask you this when I was talking to you um they're both the same amount of money are they the same monies with just two different usages it's they're both 2 million uh yes okay you're talking 627 628 yes Mr Mr Whitaker are um are Engineers on the phone if I'm not mistaken he would answer be able to answer that Mr W are you online yes sir uh resolution 627 and 628 that's number 14 and 15 there's a question about the same month correct is it yes um commission yes they are the the one the one for which I believe is 68 is just bringing the money officially into the county budget and then 627 approves the grand with the do for that's all I needed to know thank you very much thank you Mr whiter last one is um 2024 618 the uh what do you call salary college I I would like to table that until I get more on that okay um oh well that's not the college necessarily no that's the that's that's for 4 I would just like to get some clarification on that's all and we can put it up for the next work session do you want do you want to have Mr off clation 68 okay go ah uh so just for clarification this is done every year um those three positions are the agricultural agents at the county um that is their their salaries are shared between recers University and cumberlin County um and their increases are determined through Ruckers um so every year this agenda document is done for the shared service agreement between the county and Ruckers with this this money are there any of it that's grant money that's used on r no I don't know about is paid for through rers well yes oh no I know that you're splitting it okay but I was just wondering if any of it was money on our part on our end no are the phans of question are the PHS in question no no I just want I was worried about the mons that's all I just wanted to know how they came about spending this kind of money are you still looking the table no I'm fine with it I just I need a clarification Cy also involved with that with their Sal too share Salem County has a separate agreement with Ruckers okay very good all right thank you anyone else proceed motion yes second commissioner Al um well I guess we're going to I actually I'm going to stay on 623 so yes okay commissioner M yes commissioner M yes commissioner Sor commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director s yes resolutions 2024 631 resolution correcting resolution 20241 196 resolution authorizing Grant application to the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General for a subgrant under the ffy 23 stop violence against women act grant program do I have a motion and second so move second commissioner alre yes commissioner L yes commissioner Soro yes commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 20246 32 resolution approving budget amendment ffy 2023 stop violence against women grant program 52746 do I have a motion at second motion second commissioner Al yes commissioner loads yes commissioner Soro yes commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 633 resolution rejecting all bids received for interpreter and sign language interpretation services and authorizing the re advertising for request for bids for interpreter services and sign language interpretation do I have a motion in second Mo second commissioner Al yes commissioner lo I just have a question did we not get anybody to respond to it oride of The Bu remember what was the sign language interpreter for the sign langage interpreter is John I'm not real that's a Dos interpreter we Ed inter we use all languages sign language we have we have to have that service provided to all so is there not a sign Lang interpreter at this time so right now we use um a vendor that I believe we use and it's open bid so we all have to go out to bid and I I don't know the the all of the details because I'm not involved in the purchasing end but I think that we haven't either had enough or the the you know the correct bids come in I'm not sure if it's a budget issue again because it's not just 91 for clarification motion it's my vote so I mean I guess it's going back out for bid yes then my vote is yes commissioner Soro yes commissioner Maron yes commissioner tayor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 634 resolution awarding Baron o professional service contract for providing survey services for the cumberton County planning board and engineering Department RFQ number 24-38 do I have a motion in second move second commissioner Au just just a statement real quick I hope that uh we you there's a big list there that we use I'll say this to the administration that we use uh U spread the wealth around for this service that's all I ask so yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Sor yes and by the way there is a long list yeah which is good commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 635 resolution approving change order number one to contract for providing comprehensive credible messenger youth G anti-gang identifi identification notification and mentoring program for the cumland County prosecutor's office RFP number 22- 52 resubmission do I have a motion in second second commissioner Al no commissioner Lo yes commissioner Soro yes commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 636 resolution approving change order number two to contract for providing Security Guard Services for the Cumberland County Department of Social Services the Cumberland County Library and various locations as needed bid number 2239 do I have a motion in second so move second commissioner alre yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Faro yes commissioner Maran commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero director Soo yes resolution 2024 637 resolution authorizing purchase of two reconfigured icon brand Archer with installation for County Fairgrounds under bid number e cnj 24251 contract number 65 MC ccps do I have a motion and second so move second commissioner AU yes and I I'm glad I hope this is a start of many other structures we're going to do these the fair GRS and different which we are which is great so oh one question do we have a a a design yes okay I'd like to see some by the way Matt did we uh change the elevation on that Archway so that Machinery can get underneath um most most Machinery can get underneath it there may be some vehicles that will okay very good thank you commissioner LS my vote is yes and I just want to say that I'm happy that we're moving forward with several steps in um improving our and fair grounds commissioner Soro yes commissioner Maron yes so this is definitely another step that we're making with the fair grounds I know that's been a priority for this board and I'm glad to see once again other steps being made towards it so my votes yes commissioner yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 638 resolution designating representatives to accept bid pricing regarding of auctions do I have a motion and second no second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Soro yes commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director director SEO yes resolution 2024 639 resolution authorizing purchases from New Jersey state contract vendor for 240 oplex from Factor plus PC and 120 Dell 24 monitors for the kland County division of Social Services do I have a motion in second move second commissioner alre yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner SAR commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero director Soo yes resolution 2024 640 resolution authorizing purchase the New Jersey state contract vendor for the axon interview room proprietary system with 5year warranty for the count prosecutor's office do I have a motion in second I move second commissioner albre yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner SAR commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 641 resolution correcting resolution 2024 561 do I have a motion in second so move second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner sorrow yes commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes yes director s yes resolution 2024 642 resolution approving change order number one to contract for providing Security Guard Services for the cumland County division of Social Services the cumland county library and various locations as needed bid number 2239 do I have a motion in I make the motion second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Soro yes commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor deputy director Romero director SEO yes resolution 2024 643 resolution approving budget amendment njsl capital projects fund Community Center digital connect Grant award $3 million do I have a motion in second commissioner Al I just want to say that this is a long time cover and I really do appreciate this commission it's going to really be something special when it's built um I think it's going to push the envelope as far as some of those statistics that we always de to be 21st in I think this is this says to this Comm this commissioner has made a commitment to uh improving this uh those statistics in an area that needs needs this facility and uh I think the library has a challenge the library director has a challenge that she has a a deadline to be at the school right along with it I don't be the state's deadline our own deadline on improving the library service in this County and it's not just liary service it's a a multifaceted attack of the uh this County's literacy and and I think that you know this thank you this is great so say was hands commissioner Lo commissioner Sor commissioner Maran commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 644 resolution canceling expired contracts for October 2024 covering material services and supplies do I have a motion in second move second commissioner Al yes commissioner loads yes commissioner Sor commissioner Maran commissioner Taylor deputy director director C resolution 2024 645 resolution authorizing purchases from State contract vendors do I have a motion in second move second commissioner Al yes commissioner L yes commissioner s commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo 646 I have to resolution 2024 646 resolution authorizing Award of a non-fair and open contract for custom trailer repairs for the cumland county Department Public Works do I have a motion and second commissioner Al yes commissioner loads yes commissioner SAR commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes commissioner deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes I have a question are you upating from 645 or 646 646 okay that's the one we're on now oh I'm sorry you jumped one ahead I just wanted to clarify that I was reading it it that's fine I just want to clarify resolution 2024 647 resolution exercising second and final option to renew contract for providing a full service third party administrator to provide medical benefits management for the cumland county Department Corrections RFP number 2243 do I have a motion and second move second just to Clare we we required to do this right this is all part of the settlement type uh right okay is that is that he asking if we're required to do this so this is all part of reir has to happen so okay yes just that I want to make sure people understand that it's noral okay right yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Sor commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor deputy director Amo yes director Soo yes resolution 24- 648 resolution the first option to renew contracts for providing transportation services for adolescent clients for the kland county alcoholism and drug abuse Services office bid number 2347 do I have a motion and second second commissioner Al just a question how every year we seem to do this this is can't we incorporate this into the cat our cats system our transportation system for future this is$ 41,000 more dollars that could be into our budget just just stated that so that would have to be something I asked by most and well out the bid okay M if you want to make a comment real quick on sure sure so that's a good question however the youth are a specialized population and they cannot be served by cat because they have to there's a lot involved in trans 4 for years they have to uh we have to pick them up either at school or at home and if there's just a lot involved in it believe me if we could find another way to do it we would um and I know it's expensive and costly but it's not something that be able to do in the trans of theth of us doing it ourselves which we can't because we don't have enough staff to do it and plus I would have to have two staff members because I would ow a staff to transport a client alone for safety reason that's what just ask so actually it's cheaper to contract it out right that makes more sense to me is this because they have of of sorts and therefore that we have maybe possibly an insurance issue as well um an insurance issue yeah they have to have additional Insurance um to to be with the youth um they have to have child mation insurance as a I don't know if you call that a rider but there is that requirement um there's just a lot that's involved and and and we would love to have more Transportation providers whenever that goes out to bid we would love to have more Transportation providers respond to the bank um and there there's also you know that's another problem that we have is we don't have that many Transportation providers it's it's it's really a it's a challenge Melissa correct me if I'm wrong can't mix the two different pack that's what you right correct we can't even have um we cannot operate so we serve age 12 and up so the youth are in the building between 3 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. we're not allowed to have adult clients in the building when the youth are in the building for their safety because you know you might have a sex defend or you don't even you know just for their safety we cannot mingle them we definitely cannot transport them makes makes perfect sense okay thank you yeah thank you yeah you're welcome commissioner Alber yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner s commissioner Mar yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director s yes resolution 2024 649 resolution authorizing approval to exercise renewal of a grant agreement with the New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of mental health and Addiction Services for the community peer Recovery Center grant program number 25- 95880 do I have a motion motion second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner SAR commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor deputy director Romero director Soo yes resolution 2024 650 resolution exercising first option to renew contract for providing uring drug screening and on-site testing supplies for the Cumberland County alcohol and drug abuse Services office and the Cumberland County Department of Corrections bid number 23-25 resubmission do I have a motion and second move second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner SAR commissioner marshan yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director SEO yes resolution 2024 651 resolution approving budget amendment Community peer Recovery Center $ 36,4 186 do I have a motion in second move second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Soro commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor deputy director Romero director Soo yes resolution 20246 52 resolution authorizing agreement with the New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Family development for ffy 2025 title 4-D reimbursement do I have a motion second second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner s commissioner marshan yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero director select resolution 2024 653 resolution authorizing purchase of Contex Systems Incorporated hosted Vo telephone services equipment for the county department of Information Technology in accordance with New Jersey Cooperative purchasing Alliance contract number ck4 subcontract number 24-38 do I have a motion in second move second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo commissioner s commissioner Maran commissioner Taylor yes Deputy SEO yes resolution 2024 654 resolution amending resolution 2024 455 authorizing the award of a non-fair and open contract for 107 gift cards in the amount of $200 for the kland County division of employment and training do I have a motion and second second commissioner alre yes commissioner loads yes commissioner s commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director rero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 655 resolution authorizing the award of a non-fair and open contract for $82 $25 gift cards for the County Human Services advisory council do I have a motion and second so move second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner s commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 656 resolution correcting resolution 202 24-39 the resolution authorizing application and participation for the state of New Jersey Department of Law and public safety for the ffy 23 victims of crime act grant program County sexual assault Response Team forensic nurse examiner program do I have a motion and second second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Sor commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo absolutely resolution 2024 657 resolution amending resolution 2023 786 exercising second and final option to renew contract for providing Community Support Services older Americans act services for the elderly and disabled for the 2022 2024 area plan contract RFP number 21-50 do I have a motion and second move second just just a question read the it said that it was a building they stopped building is is the buddy you're taking the budy back down the road cuz they they said they sto building or what what did they stop building if I sorry they did ramps they built ramps buil ramps and then not building any more ramps anymore okay if this is what I think it is this um there's been a real problem with actually getting the vendors to perform to build ramps or any ABA type equipment I think is that what I'm speaking to is that is that the same yeah's a very difficult to get people we talked about this yeah yeah um we did actually when they rescinded the agreement because they lost their staff that built the ramps for us and so we put it out the bid twice and with no responses so we're so we're reallocating the money to other services in the office but that building ramps cuz it seems like there's a there's it's not just ramps it's any ADA Compliant type situation whether it be opening up doorways uh putting in just railings every anything that's Ada yeah well this was made this was mainly for a ramp program yeah are you are you to hold this money in reserve in case someone needs a r ramp that out well no because we don't have anybody that can build the ramp so we reprogrammed it into the office for another service we're putting it out to bid soon as I get my 2025 award we're going to put it out this program out to bid again for the next three year cycle so hopefully someone will all right so if anybody knows any licensed contractors that are retiring and want to build some webs I mean this is the kind of problem like to offer a suggestion um I know in my time at habitat for that was always an issue as well people always called to see if we would volunteer to build ramps there is a high need and there are a lot of Builders who don't want to get involved in that small project is there any consideration have we reached out to CCT Tech to see if we could partner with them we haven't reached out to CCT Tech we we have it when as soon as the you know we're going to publish the RFP we are going to reach out to Habitat to see if they want to partner yeah with with that for that program yeah those are going to be my two suggestions reach out to Habitat or the tech to see if there was options for that and if it would meet our requirements as well yeah I know there's sorry I know there's a need that's why so it's just that you just don't have the people to do it right yeah the agency had done it their person retired and because the grant only allows so much money per person doesn't cover the cost for entire rant so it do do you have a criteria of the Builder like so we could put it out that maybe there's some small builders that do these projects do you have like a criteria you need well generally it's a nonprofit organization that um we target through the through the um grant that we get from the state Mr talking about trying to hold a purchasing uh Workshop to try to help contct work so that we can help them help us see a lot of times people don't want to go through the paperwork in order to work in the county I know I did it before so this is very good because it happened two other times and we've got a very good response doing that seminar but again it's because we helped them do the paperwork that that's why they did it so it's one of those things that unless the person really wants to dig in do all the paperwork and get certified for the county a lot of people don't want to do that there it is there's something on the books right now that we've been discussing um with an idea of a vendor Workshop uh sit down either by Zoom or by uh in person uh I'd like to see some type of um uh more important to do it in person I agree I agree so but that's why we're looking at Pro some people hbri because we don't want to rule anybody out right well I I commend you for that solution because I think that's a really fantastic idea and I think it helps a lot of smaller businesses as well I can't take I can't take credit for that the Len county has uh has started that same program and in talking with L County uh myself and John we thought that would a good idea to promote it here in count absolutely so we're on our way to do that too thank you thank you yes commissioner Lo yes commiss commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 658 resolution approving budget amendment ffy 23 v- sart SLB program BS 10623 $1 141,142 24577 authorizing purchase from New Jersey state contract vendor for purchase of survival armor Peacekeeper level two armor for the County Department of Corrections do I have a motion I'll make a motion second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 66660 resolution amending resolution 2022 700 in order to accept a grant extension of one additional year for the hidta grant program do I have a motion motion second just a question this the dates I saw only said the 24th he said one of additional year is that I didn't see 25 but I could have missed it so uh is it for 25 or is it for all this grant 660 yes this is extending it one additional I just see believe it's an extension of one year i' have to look at okay just uh I I just want to make sure to extend it to 2025 right or they behind a year usually when when we can't spend all the money in one year we ask for a onee extension okay so I didn't realize that was on tonight so I haven't looked at the resolution but I believe it's yeah all right just up yes but just I just just say the number that we get another year or just an extension of 24 so this is our high intensity drug traffic organized crime unit commissioner L yes yes yes commission Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director C yes resolution 2024 661 resolution authorizing the award of a non-fair and open contract for replacement glass of misscellaneous supplies for the cumland County Public Works do I have a motion in second so move second commissioner Al yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner s commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Amer yes director Soo yes resolution 2024 662 resolution authorizing purchase from Amia Partners National Cooperative contract vendor for CCTV equipment and installation for the cumland county department of corrections do I have a motion in second second commissioner Alber yes commissioner L commissioner Sor yes commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Romero yes director CA yes resolution 2024 663 resolution appointing reappointing member to the county Insurance Fund commission do I have a motion second move second commissioner Al just just a question how many Commissioners are on this board this insance three so who who are the MERS of this myself and what about is there another commission the the alterate yes yes all right yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner s commissioner Maran yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director rero yes director Soo yes do I have a motion in second to accept the treasurer report as provided yes motion second all fav do I have a motion second pay of all salary and wages I'll make a motion second all in favor do I have a motion at second to open public comment on new business only so move second all in favor okay okay F comment for new business anybody interested okay good evening again a mancy Ridgeway from Upper Deerfield and Fairfield townships I think I need to make a correction when I stated on resolution 2024 622 about uh changing the road to a four-way stock I want to make it clear that this is C to S to at Big Oak Road to Woodruff Road so Woodruff Road and Big Oak Road will become a four-way stop woodriff Road at Big Oak Road Silton Road and Big Oak Road is already a four-way stop so we're going to have two four-way stops practically back to back okay I want to just make sure everybody understands that okay um talking about streets I want to talk about Crane Street does anybody know where Crane Street is which city well when we first moved into this building we have a little Street out here called Crane Street and at that time when we moved in here it was a two-way street and shortly after we moved into this building it became a oneway street and after our last meeting here I observed a lot of people from this committee going the wrong way down a oneway street and that could be a serious problem because it wasn't long after that that a truck did turn in that street going the correct way so when you leave this office please make sure you use the oneway street in the right direction thank you I also want to say since I still got a couple of minutes left I was so happy tonight to hear that you approved the minutes that included the minutes of the ccia meeting there was a lot of disc discussion since July about the ccia and Jerry vz's contract tonight you approved his his contract it was negotiated and approved last week it could have been negotiated and approved back in July so I didn't have to come to two meetings at 8:00 and 9:00 in the morning where you didn't even serve breakfast or coffee so I'm happy tonight that Jerry got his contract thank you hi Barbara nun director of The Office on Aging I just wanted to make an announcement that our office is holding a fall festival and Symposium on November 7th at the um ween arts in milville uh we are going to have um it's going to be for seniors people with disabilities and they're caregivers it's open to the public it's free um we have a couple presentations our County Council here will be doing a presentation and our office of emergency management will also be presenting on the you know special needs and you know being prepared for seniors and people at abilities the special things they need to do so I just wanted to make the announcement that everybody's invited and the um to to have to make a reservation for our our seniors to call the office at 856 453 2224 um and as of today we have 31 agencies that are registered with with information tables for the public what time 856 453 2224 time also time what's the time the time is from 10: to 2: and lunch will be provided that will be sent to K and it's it's actually on our County website it's on the homepage sent K yep thank you thank thank you see no one else motion to close second all in favor commissioner reports okay let's start with um commissioner Marshall any reports thank you so another busy month here meetings events things like that but what I usually when I when I talk I like to talk about things that are going to happen in the future we got two very important events and dates coming up two weeks from to day it's election day so I just want to encourage everyone out to everyone to get out encourage them to vote exercise your right to vote please do that I'd love to see a huge turnout in Cumberland County and we have a second date coming up which is in relation to this it's Veterans Day is the following week so we have our veterans who fought for our right to be able to vote so I would like to see people go out and exercise that vote like to thank all the veterans it doesn't have to be Veterans Day to thank a veteran but I would like to thank all the veterans and um it's all have commissioner Taylor um I would I would like to thank I'm sorry not thank but I would just like to say that I attended the um ribbon cutting for the new violent Firehouse it's a beautiful facility and congratulate the firemen you know um and wish them all the best also what art said don't forget to go vote it's very important and I um we don't have anything else okay very good um commissioner yeah a couple things the 4 just had their truck Retreat U haed hang ride I guess and I hear the turnout was very very good they did a great job the horse U uh clubs are what actually ran it I'm still worried that each Club does something so I'm I'm getting the H on that so uh so again a a good job a great job because very well tended I also want to salute Al Deerfield because they have brought uh kept the derivative I guess of clar papage but they uh I wish I could remember the name but over $200 million could be spent in the county uh they on the heels of attracting saika another company that's investing in the C County uh that sells all over the Swedish I better not say what kind of company but a company that's a a forign company but uh investing it sells all over the country uh what they invest it was told that their employees the ones they hire stay there until they they're done till they retire that's how good a company is so I salute all the efforts that they've done and and all the players that got involved and to make that happen um I also what you're talking about ventur on uh November 2nd is the mar cour ball uh which is open uh please contact the the local Center re detachment if you had never been it's actually uh quite uh something special that if you've gone once uh you you thoroughly enjoy uh and for being around the the rec birthday November 10th and November 11th be Ventures day it really Leeds right into that so uh encourage people to vote please vote exercise your right there's so many ways to do it now so please do it um one second [Applause] got a chance to uh the uh which is a shame and I I say this it's a shame that the uh the uh lious challenge was held in cble count was held over in state of New Jersey uh cble County got again big numbers of people coming down to get their passport checked and they go out to see a building that's closed and shuttered I I urge this commission that we become very proactive because if the DP is uh in charge of it it'll be run into the ground or fall into the ground uh I don't understand when you have a special group that's uh maintaining it making it available used uh would been a very active part and is invol tourism in this County uh that when they take it over they shutter it U that doesn't do anyone good any good uh it's also I think the 250th year of the state of New Jersey so they going around a different historic events we had one agree which uh reenacted the team birning uh uh which was a great event and a week before they had another event uh which U it refects the fairs that were held years ago and gree which so we have a lot of history in this County and we have one of our major tourism destinations shuttered uh I think and I'll say this I think maybe the DP should be shuttered uh for what they've done and what they do um so uh that is story that I out to you and thank you director thank you commissioner commission s uh yes been to a lot of meetings especially with the administration and Public Works which I'm one of one of the Le a on to uh trying to get things worked out there um and I was also at the rib cutting for the uh the new firehouse and B and that was was really great event I thought that was done very well what I want to talk about is uh Saturday went to the uh the national uh Suicide Prevention uh that was put on by Comm count uh great event was well well attended um uh commissioner alre and I were there both we were able to speak um I I think what important that everybody knows is that cing County as far as I understand is the only county in the state that sponsors this particular event most of the time this event is sponsored by a a a trial organization a nonprofit organization okay but cand County step forward and we are doing it and by the way it's the 10th year that c county has done this and I just want to say they did great job they really did and they brought it out to the Forefront about suicide and how you you can't be embarrassed you can't look at as a stigma on on yourself if you are involved in it or a family member was involved in it there's mental health issues when this happens and I truly believe that uh you know we all have cell phones and iPads and I don't know how this is going to sound I do believe that a lot of times these things start a lot of these problems especially with the The Bullying or whatever especially with small kids if you only knew how many young people do this so I really am a big proponent of social workers in schools I think we should have more it's just a shame that uh when there's a budget cut what do they do you think workers they're not teaching my young sister was a social worker in one of the schools in viol and she was the only one at the time for 3,000 kids and what important you they they had that joke you know where you the phone hello Suicide Hotline could you hold please well she actually had to say to a child because she was with two others I have a seat and I'll be with you and a that's unacceptable so this as I said was a great um program I was very very happy to be part of it and I think we have to get the message out that you know don't be afraid to come forward it's very important thank you thank commissioner commo I'm going back and forth as you can't tell all right well I'm just going to pick it back on Art uh you know coming from uh a communist country I want you to realize it's a it's it's a privilege to vote and everybody should go out there to vote this election and there are means of transportation and help that the county gives and uh take advantage of it um I myself uh always took my kids to uh to vote because it's one way of expressing your rights and freedom that we have in this country and and it to me it's a privilege is is it's very a special day that you could go out there and express yourself and put that vote in and you know and that's all I have to say you know but take advantage you know teach your kids from the from the beginning to good you know election day let's go vote Let It Be an event you know so that's memory memory thank you commissioner M um good evening everyone I know that we have already said this but I don't think it can be said enough um that I offer my condolences to the family of Officer Mosley to the prosecutor's office and to this entire Community um um as an educator in the city of Bron for eight years and going through way too many tragedies and hard times here in the city of bridon I know that it affects everyone it that kind of tragedy touches so many lives families children students everybody and I just want to say that I I hope that the city and the community continue to comfort each other in this time um and in this this terrible tragedy um there are no words of comfort um other than please to be patient and kind to one another as we all weather this storm and prosecutor I want to commend you for being a fantastic leader to the community at this time as well and offer my condolences directly to you as well um the second thing I want to say is that when I came on to this board last year um things two things that were really important to me were mental health um Addiction Services and also improving our Recreation here in the county um improving all of those things really is for the health of our our communities for our families um and and to make this a much healthier community and I have to say how proud I am of this board for making that a priority as well and every every meeting we're we're taking more strides in improving our Recreation services improving our County Park system and beginning to develop that beginning to launch that um and also adding more and more Mental Health Services and Addiction Services quite frankly this is an pmic throughout the entire world in our country in our state and especially in our County and we can't offer enough help it has to be as readily available as possible so I just want to commend this board for making that a priority as well um the third thing is yes Doug you mentioned about the Lighthouse challenge and we've been a lot of places in the last month since we've met before but um this year was at the um the 2024 New Jersey Lighthouse challenge and I'm I was so proud to you know whether those storms with East Point Lighthouse and we'll continue to do so I know this board is committed to that as well uh that even when our Lighthouse was closed we still continue to meet and as commissioner Alber said that there were hundreds of people that went down to leeburg and um paid homage to the East Point lith house and are awaiting its return and we will continue to fight to make sure that it's back open um and becomes a beacon of Tourism here in Cumberland County once again uh lastly um it is election season and yes election is November 5th however early voting does begin on October 26th next Saturday and there is uh three locations throughout Cumberland County and I just want to make sure that the public is aware that the Board of Elections has extended uh early voting uh starting October 26th and the hours are Monday through Saturday 10 to 8 and Sundays 10 to 6 and there are three locations throughout the county in bridon at the Bron senior center in milville at the women's at the no Women's Club and in vinand at the Vinland P Center on 6th Street um I know a lot of people travel um also it's a presidential election going to be a lot of lines um so this is a really great option for people who have older family members who are taking them to the polls as well I want to make sure everybody knows that and lastly it's spooky season so um be careful out there the kids are running around and I I wish everybody a safe and happy and fun Halloween very good thank you commissioner I have just a couple little things to say um first of all um kudos to Mayor Krillin for um his due diligence to bring secret Corporation and uh retaining lais uh in compan County he's did some fine work along as an Administration um speaking with him yesterday he's uh did quite a job he's he's a good man and saved a lot of jobs and brought more in so that's something that we need for economic development that's number one um number to um as you probably saw in the press release South Avenue has now been uh signed off by the Army Corp of Engineers we're waiting for permitting and they will we will proceed finally after all these years um it took some hard work and uh patience and some expert and then finally basically just making a phone call to a couple people and an email to a very very uh crucial person at army cor of Engineers and I got what I wanted so that's a something a feather and a cap for this commission right here uh it's long awaited and it's going to be done correctly um which I'm really looking forward to um let's talk about a little other projects and then I want to talk to the prosecutor in a minute um Bay Festival is coming up on the 26th again celebrate our heritage in cin County that's what made cin County great at one time and we will make come in County GRE again number two operation Greenland this is something that's dear to my heart and de with everybody's heart here and pro this again this is a national project by the excuse me the Commissioners across the country just start in 2021 all you have to do is put a green light out I put green candles in my candles in those early kind of candles my wife got out there anyway she puts them out on there and it's it's it shows our support the point is is that it goes along hand inand with mental health and addictions we have a lot of our military when they try to repatriate can't do it they need the help this shows out the awareness that people out here do care you know a shake of a hand when they come home is not enough they need to get repatriated back into our community with their families and into jobs and this is what we're all about this is what we're supposed to be doing um and finally um Monica Mosley I didn't know her well um one of my guys who worked for me um was related to Monica and he is very heart broken um and I also know a couple of other gentlemen one gentleman as I spoke of I would mention names Madam prosecutor but um basically mentored her and brought her into and he's very heartbroken and um those conversations are hard to take because I truly mean what I said about the prayer they protect us well they they're in the streets or not they protect us and I had a long talk with M prosecutor today I went down to her office we were there for about an hour I met with some of the family and um they seem they be taking it okay but I don't think that it's really hit them yet uh there's a lot of things that needs to be said because that's a group there and not just the prosecutor's office it's the cheriff department it's the police departments we need to come together as my grandmother used to do you got comeing together you and uh it it's just something that we need to bring to as a family this County and we've been so separated from many years I saw at the Museum wheels for squeals and I called Ben romic and I called Anthony fi they were together at the Museum and they were speaking together and that's probably the first time in the years that I've been living in Cumberland County that I saw the milville and vland Mayors together bringing it together so with that we have some holiday season coming up we have Halloween coming up be safe with your children make sure they don't take any Wooden Nickel um that's a old expression I should probably said that should my age um but also you know we have other holidays coming up as well and we'll have more time to speak on different subject matters but what Tony said is very important I know I called you Tony because he's a dear friend of mine and that man truly understands what it's like not to have the ability to vote take somebody with you to vote I don't care what side of the aisle you're on I really don't care bring show them that they can't be um apathetic to this if we lose this we lose our country so anyway I want to end this as God Bless America and God bless C County okay God bless you all good night have session second in FA this has been a QBC television production in association with our partners and sponsors QBC broadcast C on Comcast cable channel 22 and live streams its programming on Facebook and YouTube All Rights Reserved by Quinn media and QBC programming that serves the South Jersey Market