##VIDEO ID:GaWblwr7a4g## on January 2nd 2025 at 5: PM the meeting is now called to order roll call for the special virtual me uh Madam clerk roll roll call roll call for the special virtual meeting of January 2nd 2025 councilman at laiz present councilwoman cotton here councilwoman daver present councilwoman Mims give councilman colleague is he on yes councilman colleague I don't think he's on he's on he is okay yes okay councilwoman Mims I can come back here okay I'm I'm here Madame thank you councilman um everyone no one else is on councilman Udin is he on no councilman VZ no okay thank you so much um I'm sorry council president I should have called you last I apologize don't worry about it okay okay so we have five five apps uh present and four or absent so the meeting is open thank you uh Madame clerk please read the 48 hour notice and statement of compliance absolutely um statement of compliance with the open public meetings law 2024 2025 January 2nd 2025 at 5:00 pm adequate notice of the meeting was compiled and disseminated in accordance with the open public meetings law in the following manner one the annual notice of regular meetings and workshop sessions of the municipal Council was compiled for the year 2024 2025 on or about July 1st 2024 a schedule of the regular meetings and workshop sessions of the municipal Council for the year 2024 2025 was duly transmitted on or about July 1st 2024 to the north Jersey Herald News the record the Arabic voice the Italian voice the Bay County pulse dominicano news Lisa International LEL the Patterson press the city post news tap into Patterson the weekly bangal Patria in addition to any other publication duly requesting such notices the schedule of the regular meetings and workshop sessions of the municipal Council for the year 2024 2025 was prominently posted in the lobby of City Hall first floor in the place reserved for the announcement of this type the schedule of the regular meetings and workshop sessions of the municipal Council for the year 2024 2025 was duly filed with the municipal clerk a copy of the schedule of regular meetings of the municipal Council was mailed to any person who requested and paid the fee authorized by the open public records act meeting covered by 48 hour notice notice of the time date location and agenda of this meeting was transmitted to the north Jersey heral news the record the Arabic voice the Italian voice the P County Post dominicano news like hisa International Alis speciel the Patterson press the city post news Tapp to Patterson the weekly bangal tra in addition to any other publication duly requesting such notices at or about 11:00 a.m. on December 31st 2024 such notices were posted on the bulletin board in the offices of the city clerk at City Hall council president unmute thank you m CL could you please read the special meeting notice city of Patterson notice pursuant to open public meetings act be advised that the municipal Council of the city of Patterson has scheduled a special meeting for Thursday January 2nd 2025 at 5:00 pm to be held via WebEx Zoom for the purpose of discussing the following matter resolution authorized in calendar year 2025 budget temporary Appropriations January through March 2025 Finance item resolution number 25 col 001 formal action will be taken public portion for those who would like to participate please call 973 3211 1579 meeting ID 8326 press star one to listen to the meeting press star three to be added to the speaker queue or watch the live stream watch live stream online at patteron ad you to Patterson council president council president yes um if I may before um we make a motion um and I just want Corporation counsel to just clarify it for us well for me anyhow and for other council members um the meeting notice was set for 6 o'clock um because I questioned the time that was changed and just make it just clarify for us Corporation counsil how it was be able to change to five o' I just need you to make sure you clarify that to the public May yes yes because this is an online meeting um that permits us to amend the notice as the notice was placed online on our website and make it um one hour earlier which I believe the clerk's office did do yes thank you Corporation counsel okay thank you I just want to make sure you record Corporation Council thank you thank you Council M Madam clerk we'll now take item number one on the agenda please read item one into the record record item number one is a resolution authorized in calendar year 2025 budget temporary Appropriations January through March 2025 it's a finance item resolution number 25 col 001 formal action will be taken moved by councilwoman Mims and councilwoman DAV I get a second please second second by the great Council mccan from the fourth board roll call roll call for item number one councilwoman cotton um Madam CL my vot is yes councilwoman daver yes councilman colleague yes councilwoman Mims yes councilman Udin councilman valz okay council president yes okay the votes are five in favor four absent item number one is hereby adopted Madam clerk will now open the public portion council president before we do that yes ma'am can we just make it duly uh noted on the record to the public that the agenda is now completed um and we're now moving into public portion we have no more items to vote upon on tonight thank you council president thank you Council M for um I mean Council thank you Council Ms for letting us know that we just broke a record for completing the agenda that's led by councilman council president abdelaziz so now we're moving on to uh public and let the record reflect Council mine has uh entered the meeting so we could go to public portion Madam clerk please public portion um we have one we have one speaker council president all right can you just read into the record uh the instructions one more time and then we will proceed with that speaker and go from there for those who would like to participate uh please call 973 3211 1579 meeting ID 8326 press star one to listen to the meeting press star three to be added to the speaker queue we'll take our first speaker to the public this is Deborah hanal go ahead I just have one question question what constitutes a special meeting and there was a budget transfer well I have guess two question there was a budget transfer in the last meeting so why couldn't those two things be done during the same meeting this um Appropriations and the transfer are you finished yeah all right we will answer your questions um at the end um Madam clerk any other speakers no other speakers council president can I get a motion to close when I I'm sorry it said it was 14 speakers when I came in she Madam clerk anymore our first this speaker said they included there are no more speakers so can we make sure the speaker is off now and then we'll proceed with our our motion and then we'll answer the questions of the move to close council president second I got a mo move to close by uh Council men second by councilman Dava roll call please roll call to close the public portion councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman daver yes councilman colleague yes councilwoman Mims thank you City business has been concluded have a great evening everyone my V yes thank you councilman Udin yes thank you councilman valz council president thank you madam clerk uh CFO please be prepared to answer that question before we close the meeting uh from the public speaker so I'm going to vote Yes to close the public uh portion we'll get the answer answer to the public uh Miss Hannibal's question from CFO Silva after you give the vote thank you council president the votes are six in favor three absent public portion is hereby closed thank you Mr Silva briefly um explain or answer that question please yes this is a resolution to fund the first three months of 2025 budget year so it can't be done in the 2024 year it has to be done after January 1st 2025 thank you very much I get a motional close so move moved by councilman dava second counil I was trying a second I had to put my fingers up everyone roll call second by councilman khik and who was the other person cotton cotton okay thank you roll call to close the special virtual meeting of January 2nd 2025 councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman Dava Happy New Year to everyone yes councilman colleague yes councilwoman Mims we came we voted we listen and we're going home Happy New Year looking forward to a great 2025 my vote is yes to close the meeting thank you councilwoman councilman Udin yes and good night everyone thank you councilman council president thank you madam clerk to my colleagues thank you for uh participating in this and making sure that government continues to run for the first three months of the new year and I think uh we just broke a record very efficient and I I commend you all for following the rules and Order of a virtual meeting so my vote is yes happy New Year and good night Patterson thank you council president votes are six in favor three absent the special virtual meeting meeting of January 2nd 2025 is hereby adjourn good night everyone good night everyone and