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yeah the meeting of the Atlantic County Board of Commissioners is called to order in in compliance with the open public meetings Act of the state of New Jersey adequate notice of this meeting of the land County Board of Commissioners was provided in the following manner published in the Press of Atlantic City and mailed to the Hamilton Gazette and has been posted on
the bulletin boards in the county office building in Atlantic City The Still Water building in Northfield and the county clerk's office in MA Landing um at this time I'm going to ask for a moment of silence for detective Sergeant Eric Weise from the Atlanta County prosecutor's office
thank you is is there a prayer lead us oh God that we may be leaders of our community and continue to guide us in the decisions we make for the service of others amen amen amen please face the
flag attention salute I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands One Nation God indivisible andice roll call
please chairman Commissioners bertino commissioner Cory and commissioner G are all attending virtually today right thank you bertino Burns here Cory pres
G here burn here Parker pres rley here rafio here da here MERS have had an opportunity to review the minutes from the Fe February 4th 2025 meeting I will now entertain a motion to adopt the February 4th minutes as presented move
second second and please call the role bertino Burns yes Cory G yes burn yes Parker yes rley yes rafio yes da
yes anyone attending in person who would like to speak regarding an agenda item or at public comment please come to the podium speak into the microphone state your name and the town where you reside you will be provided up to three minutes to speak if you are attending virtually and would like to speak please raise your hand during the agenda item or a
public comment at the end I will call upon your name and a request to unmute will be sent please state your name of the town you reside you'll be provided up to three minutes to speak all right this time we have a presentation for the uh employee health benefits strategy by the difference card
and Marsh mcclinon agency Tony Mahone Marsh mcclenon agency and Chris Cerone the difference card thank you uh commissioner uh Tony Mahon the Executive Vice President of Sales here at Marsh mclenon I'm going to
uh put up our deck but before that uh just wanted to do some quick intros of the folks that are on the call uh of course myself from Marshall mclenon agency also I have Derek Daly who is Executive Vice President of New Jersey public entities on the phone with us
Scott ravenstein who is a senior client executive uh with Marshall mclenon agency uh from the difference card we have Chris Calderone who is the chief sales officer we also have Ashley duie who is the senior director of East sales
we have Megan prudi who is a senior consultant of New Jersey markets and we have uh Cecil mamette uh who is a senior account executive thank you uh real thank you uh real briefly before I put up the deck
just a little history I've been working uh with our team at Marshall mclenon with uh your Administration uh in working on the uh health benefits and trying to find alternatives to be able to help help offset some of the rising costs that are
happening with the State Health Benefit Plan the Administration has been just fantastic stws in helping us uh get information and to be able to give various ideas on um how they need uh the
benefits to be able to work but also we've been working with them on other uh Alternatives that have been uh we've been finding success with in other counties around the state that are us utilizing the State Health Benefit Plan we had sought several um um Alternatives
outside of the State Health Benefit Plan we've worked together with your union representatives to be able to um discuss whether or not these other Alternatives were going to be something that their membership would be interested in
pursuing um we've had multiple uh meetings with them and where we found ourselves is actually back to the State Health Benefit Plan and installing what's called an HRA or a health reimbursement account on top of the State Health Benefit Plan uh design
Chris Calderone will go into more detail about that design in just a moment uh just so you know also the history on this is that we had actually talked about doing this before and and had uh fairly significant Union support in
moving forward with this alternative we did however have some uh hiccups with the state with regard to um some um Provisions that they were uh putting on to it that were making it less
attractive uh since that time the state has relaxed some of those Provisions but we've also had the um benefit of being able to see several other counties uh within the state utilizing this plan uh over a period of time and have had
positive uh results and have given positive feedback to your administrative staff so that kind of gives you the history of of where we are um with uh this presentation so kind of everything old is new again we're back to uh making
this same presentation that we had made before but uh there are some uh some some good uh caveats that are now in there that we uh think I think the Commissioners will find very uh beneficial uh one last note is that we
have uh in addition to meeting with the administrative staff we have been meeting with the administrative staff and all the union representatives from the various unions that are at Atlantic County we have had um meetings with those representatives and now we are
conducting meetings uh educational meetings with uh uh with the various members the Union reps after hearing our meeting all agreed that they would like to see this as an alternative to be offered to their membership this offer
is being made on a voluntary basis not on a mandatory basis so uh we had a lot more um a sympathetic year with that type of approach and that's the same approach that's been used in other counties um throughout the state so um
unless there's any questions on what I just brought up I'd like to uh turn it over to Chris Calderone and I'm going to begin sharing the deck thanks Tony you're welcome um I just before we get started is uh can all the
Commissioners uh see the deck that is up on the screen excellent okay Chris over to you all right thanks Tony why don't we jump into the problem that we are are attempting to solve for which is the high cost of
health insurance in the State Health Plan and the increases that we've seen over the past three years are incredibly high in comparison to what has historically happened within the New Jersey State Health Plan
44% combined is just unaffordable and we're talking about another 16% that went into effect for 20125 the cost for a family in the direct 10 plan one of the more expensive options has breached $50,000 per year per family so you can
kind of see where the driver of Health Care cost is those high cost plans especially are incredibly expensive and what we have done is find a solution to lower the cost of Health Care by purchasing lower cost options but
delivering equal to or better than coverage to your staff and that's what we're going to talk about today is this HRA solution which allows us to purchase a much lower cost plan from the state but still deliver equal to or better than coverage to your
membership and last time we were all together I think it was 2003 we had done this successfully with hunon County so Tony on the next slide let's just talk about some of the case studies just just a point of clarification Chris it's
2023 not 2003 2023 that's right that's right and and also o just a a note to the Commissioners I saw a hand raised uh on the uh on virtually I I I figured we would go through the entire presentation and then be ready for some questions
that could come after is that okay with the Commissioners yes okay thank you all right good good correction Tony 2023 when we had uh met at that point uh hunon County was the only New Jersey
County that had uh utilized this strategy and years for over 15 years now we've had New Jersey public entities that have utilized the difference card but they have been doing it outside of the state plan and then in 2003 that's when uh hunen was the first that got
approval within the State Health Plan with all the work that the marsh team did to Lobby to get that done um and they've had tremendous results utilizing the difference card HRA strategy within the State Health Plan subsequently I think it was January of uh 2024
Gloucester County moved into the strategy um so they've been with us for a few years now Ocean County followed quickly after they've had tremendous results and got a big chunk of their population to participate and they've had uh significant savings almost five
million of savings annually using this strategy and then the newest County to to join this strategy Essex County joined as of January 1st 2025 they've only been doing this for a month and a half but they are the newest uh member to join this
solution so let's talk about how the solution impacts the membership and where the savings comes from what we're suggesting is that we utilize the 2035 plan option as the base plan which drives down the cost of health insurance
for the county but also for all of the membership that participate in the health plan and in terms of the exact savings well it depends on where the employees are located so this is the percentage savings and if they're in the
direct 10 plan right that's the most expensive option well they get the most savings their cost is the highest today they get the biggest benefit here they get a 24% reduction in payroll costs utilizing that um 2035 strategy so the
chapter 78 rates would be reset off of the 2035 plan instead of the direct 10 plan similar savings for the direct 15 uh chunk there they've got a 21% reduction in premium uh if they utilize this
strategy and then we know you've got a big group of people that are in the direct 2030 plan option it's a 133% savings so still double digit savings for all of the uh membership that has historically taken the 2030 plan to go
to that 2035 it's about a 133% reduction in cost now although they're getting the premium savings associated with the 2035 plan we don't expect them to have to pay those higher co-pays and higher deductibles associated with that plan that's where
the difference card HRA comes into play it will pay all of the co-pays and deductibles so that they don't have to so this example is just showing the direct 10 plan today amazing benefits $10 copay for Primary Care and
specialist $75 ER and no deductible today what we're suggesting is you utilize that 2035 plan that's the plan that would drive down the cost of the premium and then the HRA card the difference card sits on top of the 2035
plan so for those that elect it it's voluntary if they choose to elect this combination of 2035 plus HRA well they get the reduction in premium and the HRA actually pays for their co-pays their deductible their Pharmacy so they get an
amazing benefit this is actually better than what we had uh proposed last time because we had to make some adjustments based on the state's uh feedback and this is the new solution that the state has approved it's an amazing benefit no cost in terms of co-pays or deductibles
there is an extra step they have to learn how to use this extra card it's a payment vehicle for the health insurance but they get lower uh payroll deductions and better benefits than what they had before so we do get a lot of questions about well what's this card about how does it
work so I'll briefly walk you through that the employee gets a card the spouse also gets a card and we would mail a card to any dependants that are over the age of 18 and are enrolled in the health plan so if somebody has children away at college that child can have their own
card to use for the co-pays and the deductibles so that Master Card difference card is mailed to everyone at home and it is a Master Card so they don't need to ask their provider do you accept the difference card wherever the MasterCard terminal is they'll be able
to use this card and the the network in terms of providers it's the same doctors that they had before so if they were with Horizon it's the same direct network of providers if they had chosen the Etna option it's the same Etna network of providers that they had
before these are the three options that you all have today that most of the population joins there are other plans available we understand there's some people in maybe the Omnia plan but these are the three we're going to focus on today that have the the bulk of the membership the direct 10 the direct 15
and the direct 2030 those would be the members that get the benefit by utilizing this strategy so to look at the side-by-side comparison the direct 2030 the plan where you have a a good chunk of your population today um they would be
purchasing this 2035 plan so instead of taking the 2030 that they've had they would take the 2035 and I think you've got about 570 people in this category out of the Thousand employees that take the plan so you can see some of the
co-pays go up slightly there is a deductible associated with the 2035 plan in network and the out of network deductible is higher so normally people would not elect the 2035 plan because they don't want to pay those higher deductibles or higher co-pays but that's
where the difference card HRA comes in it would be funded to pay those co-pays or to pay those deductibles and for the 2025 plan year the funding that the state requires is about
14,720 and that's enough to cover all those co-pays and deductibles it's really more than enough because that's the most that you could ever get to if you had a a family utilizing the benefit so that amount is an unfunded liability
and you only actually will pay as people utilize the plan and they have co-pays or deductibles that's when the card would actually take money out so in terms of how the card works it swipes for things that are asked for at the point of sale co-pays at the prime
Primary Care first off if it's preventive you don't have to use the card there's no cost for preventive services but if it's a sick visit you've got a kid who's sick and you go to your primary care provider they're going to ask you for $20 the card will swipe for the full $20 you don't have to pay
anything for that and it works the same way for the specialist the Urgent Care the emergency room it'll swipe for the full cost of those co-pays the card is also programmed to work at the pharmacy and it'll pay for the co-pay cost at the pharmacy so $7
for those tier one medications $21 for tier 2 medications and if it's a mail order prescription it's uh $52 for those tier tws and again the card would um would would be there or you can mail in to get that money back but the
difference card in general will pay the full cost for those copays whether it's retail or mail order and you don't have to pay anything as an employee hey Chris I just want to pause for for a moment on since we've just gone through that just could you give just a quick little history to on the
difference card and how long you guys have been doing this and um you know what your experience has been thus far yeah from a experience perspective the difference card was founded in 2001 so we've been doing this for over 24
years years um we have been in the New Jersey public sector market for the last 15 years and the experience within the New Jersey state plan when that was approved in 2023 has been very positive we've gotten great results because it's an amazing
win-win for the membership they get no cost for co-pays their payroll deductions have gone down and there's always some skepticism at first people think ah this is too good to be true I'm getting lower costs and lower Cay is um so what we've seen is usually you get
some of the membership to join in the first year and it grows from there as their peers see how well this program works you get more and more people to enroll in the member in the plan as you get into those open enrollment periods so our hope would be to do a special open enrollment period to get a good
chunk of your population engaged in this strategy saving money to save the county money and then as we get into the regular open enrollment period uh in October you get it and even bigger population to come in and that would save both the county and the membership even more money in the future and just
so the Commissioners know uh Megan prudi who is on from the difference card is the same person who uh has um kind of guided Ocean County through their uh initial um you know enrollment and has been handling it since then and Cecil
mamette has uh been guiding uh hunon County uh through their uh various stages and she would actually be the person too who would be uh working with Atlantic County as we um as we move forward if the Commissioners are
um uh enjoy what they're seeing here okay Chris I'm gonna go back to you and move on to the next slide yeah another common question we get Tony is well what happens if I forget to use this card am I out of luck can I get the money back what if my
doctor only takes care cash which is pretty rare but it it does happen occasionally and the benefit is still delivered to the member even if they're not able to use the physical Master Card so you can always submit a claim to the difference card by sending us your
receipt your EOB that tells us here's the amount of money that was paid and most people are using their mobile apps so they'll use their phone they'll take a picture of it on the mobile app to submit a claim to us and uh we're processing those claims in about two business days
right now um but they also can mail us claims fax us claims there's lots of different ways to send claims to the difference card if you forget to use your card and that's been a lot of the uh educational uh meetings that we've been having with the various members and
with the Union Reps for them to understand that process and there's been widespread um understanding and uh excitement so a little bit more just about the success rate we've had the member experience because in order for this to
be a long-standing strategy we need to deliver exceptional service to your members so we've got a 4.8 uh star rating out of five over a 51 NPS score a 90% plus retention rate we try to deliver exceptional service and
you've got the A Team here with Megan Cecil Ashley along with the marsh team they've been doing this for years with plenty of other New Jersey public entities so from a member perspective you've got our service team there our average speed of answer if they need to
call us is about 30 seconds right now um the call number is right on the front of their Master Card so they've got that with them if they ever have a question or if the provider is confused they can use that call center as a resource um we're processing claims in two days
right now so if somebody does submit a claim uh it takes about 2 days to process that and normally we'll just send them back the money via direct deposit or they can get a physical check in the mail as well we're doing a lot of in-person education but we also supplement that with virtual meetings we
record meetings we provide this uh micro website where members can share it with their spouse and they can learn about the program at home so a lot of additional resources in addition to what you're getting today so I already alluded to the mobile
application but that is the the primary way a lot of our members are interacting with the difference card they can see their balances on the mobile app they can see their claims um when they're submitting a claim they can see when it's been processed and when they're going to get the money back they can
sign up for direct deposits so a lot of the services happening with the mobile app and then they also can call us on their phone as well and again about a 30second average speed of answer to get to the um call center and speaking of iPhones Chris uh this
card can be added onto your Apple wallet and can be used uh through your phone that way as well correct that's right yeah a lot of people now are not carrying around the plastic so they are adding it to their apple wallet and that's another great way to use this
feature so just to wrap up here uh call center is typically open 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. that's Eastern Time Monday through Friday um they can also live chat with us on the website on differ card.com we're here to help your members
get any of their health care uh benefit questions answered so I think at this point we'll take questions commissioner questions yeah Mr chairman chairman who was that
commissioner Cory yes yeah good good afternoon one and all I just have a uh more of a comment so I was listening to the gentlemen make the presentation I just really wanted to try to get a feedback from them in terms of how they're making out with the unions in
terms of the membership uh they their presidents and them relating the information back to them how is it being accepted uh as he indicated we talked about this in 2023 um you know we get one side of the story and then folks will come to the meeting
and say we didn't have that information we didn't have this information this would to be very clear uh that they have indicated they have talked to the Presidents vice presidents and the membership or some of the memberships uh for the feedback uh and I would take it
or or venture to say uh in order for them to get to this point they have must have had some good feedback and I'd just like to hear that directly from them uh in terms of what was some of the the uh I want to say some of the fears but what
was some of the take back what was some of the gives uh how was the real reaction in in terms to because folks don't like change none of us really don't like change but once you you dive into it it's not as bad as we anticipate sometime and as you know everybody's
across the state is going through the same issue regarding the high cost of health benefits uh and this could set the tone uh for a lot of other municipalities and around Atlantic County if just as a success uh for the employees of Atlantic County so always
keep that in in mind and I just want to see or hear from the presenter uh the interpretation of of the unions yeah and and I'll be happy to take that uh commissioner Cory and thank you so much uh for uh bringing that uh
to our attention what one of the we have had really really exceptionally positive uh feedback from um from really all the union reps and uh now as we've been going through the educational process with the members having very positive
feedback uh from them as well I'll share with the Commissioners very briefly uh one uh member came up to me and said uh you know if we're able to do this this is going to be life-changing for me and I said well why is that she said said
that she needed to get a uh surgery done on a on her ankle and one of the things that the doctor had prescribed to her was having uh eight weeks of uh physical therapy on her plan there was a $35 per
week uh $35 per you know visit charge and eight weeks of physical therapy that was that was a high number for her to be able to do it and she was saying I I could only really maybe swing two or three visits and now with this uh
difference card we are I'm going to be able to attend all visits and I explained to her that you know that's a win-win because now you're doing what the doctor has prescribed for you to do and you're probably going to have a more positive outcome for what's happening
with the claim so at the end of the day also the claim is going to be less when you're being able to do all the things that the doctor had uh prescribed for you to do so it was really you know uh kind of what Chris had said a a win-win situation so uh the three you know
larger unions within uh Atlantic County not discounting any of the others but um asme um CWA and uh the teamsters have all um had really positive feedback um for us and
for the administration and uh I'll take a moment and uh and actually ask um uh if Tammy uh Robbins is on or Jerry d ross was there that they might be able to give some feedback as well or art Murray I'm here yeah I'm here um thanks
Tony um I'm fortunate enough to be traveling with these groups to uh present to the uh employees and um after the meetings I'm getting some positive feedback feedback from the members and um the union leadership as well uh we have
PBA meeting tomorrow night uh with their group and I think that's going to go over well I know they're very excited to hear more about this plan option so overall it's been a very positive experience thank you Tammy Mr chair yeah I'm sorry Mr chair maybe just to get a
little bit more to the root of maybe what commissioner Cory was also asking why wouldn't you join this program what what what do you hear from people as the reasons why they won't I'll let uh I'll let Tammy uh answer that question is she's been
somewhat uh you know privy to the uh you know more quiet feedback that that might go towards that but I I would just briefly say before Tammy would speak is that you know really it comes down to um just not understanding it and just
having a a skepticism and also Megan pudi could probably comment on this as well is that what ends up happening is a lot of Word of Mouth gets around after the initial um uh enrollment happens and what we've seen and I know that the
difference card has seen this is a massive influx thereafter of all the folks that kind of were a little hesitant to begin with just because they either didn't understand it or just didn't trust it and now that they've seen their fellow uh members getting the
benefit of it uh there's somewhat of a stampede towards it so I'd like Tammy maybe to comment on that and then Megan if if you wouldn't mind commenting on it also on you know what your um you know what your experience has been um with
the um with Ocean County soy um so one concern that does come back often is the um the process and some of the some of the services that they're receiving they will have to provide an EOB to the
difference card to to um make sure the services are in line with the plan and that that difference card can pay it and Megan go can go into a little bit more detail about this but that's the only concern that some of our employees have had but after hearing the presentation
from Megan and Megan does a tremendous Dr job explaining the plan itself she um they have a better understanding of how it works and and they they walk away feeling better about the process Megan you can come off mute yeah
there you go thanks I was waiting didn't want to interrupt so as Tammy and Tony said yes it it gains momentum as people try it they talk it up to their co-workers because they're saving money in their paycheck then they're saving each time they go their provider they're swiping the card the some people panic
because they think I've got to submit an EOB for everything so but when they attend the meeting they understand we only need an explanation of benefits in network till they get to that $2,000 Max but they keep pay they keep sweeping for the co- payments so once they understand
the process then they embrace it um and I I just the other thing I have to say is is I don't know if this is necessarily the right place to say people keep thinking they keep paying more and more and more that there's a gotcha because it's so good it's almost too good to be true
so it's the fear of you know them taking something enjoying the benefit and then it not being living up to the expectations but your union membership talks to the UN unions in Ocean County Essex County Gloucester County they have wonderful things to say about it and
they feel more comfortable with it lastly just to uh piggyback on that Megan and thank you is that we had um uh Tammy fellow by the name of Fagan uh who is part of the I think CWA with Ocean
County and uh also with here with the Atlantic County and uh he was able to you know speak exactly as to what was happening with the with the membership there in Ocean County and and uh you know he he was a a voice amongst all the
union reps that was on the call that uh said hey you know there was you know some hesitancy but you know everything that he is has heard thus far has been nothing but positive all right um thank you are there any other commissioner comments or questions at this
time none no I appreciate that presentation I appreciate the time you're spending with our County Employees as well to try to educate them the best that you can um again thank you for everything we're happy to we're happy to
keep doing it and uh really a lot of Kudos goes out to your administrative staff they have been uh exceptional as far as being able to provide information to set up the meetings and to do all that hard uh you know the hard work that
is needed to make sure that we're being able to have effective uh communication sessions so really hats off to them as well thank you Jerry moving forward is there anything that the board would need to do if the employees are willing to
proceed I don't think I don't think there's you don't have to vote on anything we'll present we'll present the finances to the budg okay we'll be doing our budget you know as you know March fourth and then what we'll do is we'll present what what the potential savings
are here so you you'll you'll understand that and then we would as you know with the budget once once we go to uh um the um introduction we'll explain the the budget and how will impact this this
year 2025 budet all right so just just just one one other point just so the Commissioners know is that uh time frame wise we've been doing the work on the education up until the beginning of March uh once the uh Commissioners get
the report from uh Jerry we would then uh notify the state that we're going to offer this um uh this particular um endorsement or attachment on to the State Health Benefit Plan uh we've done this you
know dozens and dozens of times before we would look at a 51 effective date so that's from March to uh the beginning of of May that would then give us 60 days of being able to have more communication with the membership with a final
enrollment happening in the first two weeks of uh April so that's kind of what so you know what the timeline looks like uh on our end great thank you very much I'm sure the budget committee is looking forward to seeing the numbers and you know contining to educate the employees as
well so thank you absolutely thank you thank you to all the Commissioners appreciate you uh taking the time to listen to our presentation thank you thank you thank you all right this time we'll continue on with our agenda start with a resolution 94 application and acceptance from the
New Jersey office of the insurance fraud prosecutor for the county prosec U insurance for all reimbursement program amount not to exceed $228,500 from the New Jersey Governor's Council on substance use disorders for participation in Municipal Alliance for the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse
program amount not to exceed $283,300 Mo second move then second in any commissioner comments any comments from the public call the role patino yes Burns yes
Cory yes Gad yes he yes Parker yes rizzly yes Ru yes da yes resolution 96 Grant application and acceptance from the United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice assistance for the
state Criminal Alien assistance program amount not to exceed yes burn yes Parker yes rizley yes ruu yes St yes resolution 97 for an application and acceptance from the state of New Jersey office of alternative and Community responses for
the arriv together critical incident model program amount not to exceed $15,300 Miss second move than seconded any commissioner comments anyone from the public call the r
bertino yes Burns yes yes G yes burn yes Parker yes rley yes Rio yes St yes resolution 98 Grant application and acceptance from the New Jersey Department of Health for the
tanning facilities registration and inspection project amount not to exceed $3,000 move any commissioner comments anyone from the public all right call the rooll bertino yes yes
corsey yes G yes burn yes Parker yes grizzley yes R yes St yes resolution 99 Professional Services agreement with angels in motion NJ to provide addiction recovery services amount not to exceed
$1,271 second we have than seconded any commissioner comments any comments from the public please call the role bertino yes Burns yes yes corsey yes G yes Kar yes Parker yes rizley yes
rafio yes St yes resolution 100 competitive contract with Holman fenia Allison PC for the provision of auditing Services amount not to exceed $199,900 second any commissioner comments anyone from the public all the
roll fortino yes Burns yes corsey yes sh yes K yes Parker yes grizzley yes Ru yes yes resolution 101 resolution authorizing competitive
Contracting for the provision of interpreter and transcription services for Atlanta County pursuant to njsa 4A col 11-4 moved second moved and second and are there any commissioner comments comments from the public call the RO
Martino yes Burns yes Cory yes G yes K yes Parker rizley yes R yes yes resolution 102 big contract with ocean Construction Incorporated for masonry
maintenance and repairs amount not to exceed $62,400 moved second we've and seconded any commissioner comments anyone from the public right call the rooll bertino yes Burns yes Cory yes
G yes burn yes Parker grizzley yes rafio yes and the resolution 103 which withdrawn uh resolution 104 change order number two a contract with South State Incorporated for the 2022 drainage Improvement project to extend the term date only no additional cost second you
we have then seconded any commissioner comments anyone from the public all the rooll bertino yes Burns yes horsey yes G yes burn yes Parker yes grizzley yes
ruio yes St yes resolution 105 change order number one a contract with sou State Incorporated for the Estel Manor Park entrance Paving Improvement project to extend the term date only no additional cost no second move then seconded any commissioner comments anyone from the public please call the
role vertino yes Burns yes corsey yes cow yes Kar yes Parker yes grizzley yes ruio yes St yes resolution 106 change order number two a contract with arak
paven Company Incorporated for the 2022 County Highway Improvement program to extend the term date n increase $353,500 73 second we have been seconded any commissioner comments any comments from the public all right call the role
rotino yes Burns yes corsey yes G yes turn yes Parker yes rizley yes ruio yes pleas yes resolution 107 lease agreement with the Center for Family Services for use of county-owned
premises located at 2011 Southshore Road in the city of Northfield amount not to exceed $68,400 move second move then seconded any commissioner comments anyone from the public all right call the rooll
bertino yes Burns yes Cory yes G yes Kar yes Parker yes rizley yes Rio yes St yes resolution 108 acceptance of Deeds easements from various granter in accordance with Atlanta County Planning
standards second mov then seconded any commissioner comments any comments from the public all the RO vertino yes Burns yes Cory yes G yes burn yes Parker yes rizzly yes R
yes yes resolution 109 agreement with the city of Atlantic City for the Atlantic City Law Enforcement Officers use of Atlanta County police training center no cost no second we have then seconded any commissioner comments any comments from the public
please call the RO fortino yes Burns yes horsey obain G yes burn yes Parker yes rizley yes yes St yes resolution
110 Cooperative agreement between the division of family Development Office of Child Support Services and the Atlanta County Department of Law for the title 4D Child Support Services reimbursement program amount not to exceed $1 15,740 move second move then seconded
any commissioner comments any comments from the public please call the role bertino yes Burns yes Cory yes G yes turn yes Parker rizley yes Ru yes
yes resolution 111 resolution requesting a transfer in the 2024 budget in accordance with the provision of njs 44-58 second move then seconded any commissioner comments any comments from the public
right call the rooll Martino yes Burns yes corsey yes G yes K yes Parker yes grizzley yes ruu yes days yes resolution 112 emergency contract with tri care medical
transportation for the provision of medical transportation for the residents of meoww nursing and rehabilitation center amount not to exceed $5,650 move second moveed then seconded any commissioner comments anyone from the public I please
call the RO Martino yes Burns yes Cory yes Gad yes he yes Parker yes rley yes rafio yes St yes resolution 113 amending resolution number 722 adopt on December
19 2023 an alternate method contract with s Cube Incorporated to provide additional services in the accelo program net increase $133,000 move second move then seconded any commissioner comments anyone from the public call the
role vertino yes Burns yes Cory yes G yes K yes Parker yes rizley yes ruu yes please yes resolution 114 alternate
method contract with Charles Wallace and Associates to provide project management Services Under the work first New Jersey temporary assistance for needy families Innovations Initiative Program amount not to exceed $50,000 move then seconded any
commissioner comments anyone from the public right call patino yes Burns yes Cory yes G yes bur yes Parker yes rizley yes Rio
yes St yes resolution 115 alternate method contract with lanic Coast moving and storage for the transportation of voting equipment for early voting and election day for the primary and general elections amount not to exceed 8,360 move second move then seconded any
commissioner comments any comments from the public anyone from the public no that's sorry uh please call the RO patino yes Burns yes Cory yes
G yes Kar yes Parker yes rizley yes ruio yes pleas yes resolution 116 appointment of Nelson dge to the Atlanta County Human Service advisory Council for a term to expire on January 1st 2027 moved second I moved in second any
commissioner comments anyone from the public is Nelson online all right please call the role rotino yes Burns yes Cory yes G yes burn yes Parker yes rizley yes Rio
yes St yes resolution 117 authorizing consent for a roadway solicitation event by police Community tour Incorporated at the intersection of Jimmy Leeds Road County Route 633 and Pitney Road County Route 634 in the township of Galloway on Saturday March 8 2025 from 8:00 am to 4m
moved second moved and seconded any commissioner comments any comments from the public right please call the rooll fortino yes Burns yes Cory yes
G yes K yes Parker yes grizzley yes Rio yes pleas yes moving on to our commissioner sponsored resolutions resolution 118 resolution supporting the publishing of legal notices on official government website sponsors Morin Kern and John W rley Jr move second we have
then seconded any commissioner comments rley I just want to make a you know Point uh as as we know our our Press of Atlantic City being one of the uh papers that we utilize only prints three times a week so that's one but it is our
fiduciary responsibility to do this it even costs more money to go in and have this printed in the papers and it's our responsibility to make sure that we can come in with the times as John may say yes commissioner rley yes thank you
chairman it's just a matter of moving in with the times you know I give the example of uh my family used to be in the laundry business people used to send their laundry out to be done and shipped back people no longer do that the times are
moving on and we must move with them and quite frankly I think it'll be a help to uh biders and people in business that want to go online the ease of it and uh check to see what uh rfps and what
what's out forbid from different municipalities school districts and of course our County so that's why I'm in favor of it thank you and it makes it more transparent for everybody it's a lot easier for everybody to see these things as well all right thank you and
John if you wanted to send you our laundry where will be um I told him not to use that analogy by the way sound good um his back away thank you 50s 60s I I agree and this of course uh it's been discussed before but
also was a recommendation from the New Jersey Association of counties yes other Counties have done this recently as well um are there any comments from the public all right coll fortino yes Burns yes Cory yes
G yes K yes Parker yes rizley yes ruu yes St yes resolution 119 resolution authorizing a closed session requested regarding pending or anticipated litigation or contract negotiation and or attorney clate client privilege
requiring confidential Communications second right mve in second and are there any commissioner comments at this time any comments from the public on Executive session all right please call the role bertino yes Burns yes
Cory yes G yes turn yes Parker yes rizley yes rafio yes St yes the board will now into a Clos executive session to discuss the matter noted in resolution number 119 attendees will see executive session in
progress please stand by until the meeting resumes all right I'll entertain a motion to resume the meeting and end executive session move movement seconded all those in favor I all right so that now concludes the written part of our
agenda we've received copies of written Communications and petitions are there any commissioner comments he ring none are there any reports of special Committees of the board ring none is there any unfinished business Mr commissioner Parker I do want to put on the record that I did
share with or had ex Tera to share with and I see that she did we had um one of our teachers in our County who's made some made a you know a post and uh about the president and there's some controversy around that the
only reason I brought that to our attention to the education schools committee because I was contacted to get involved directly my advice to the parties that came to me was that's a local issue School Board School administration makeover Township you
know and so that's where it is so that was that was my response but I thought it was would be necessary or at least a good idea for us to have that information in case you know how our commissioners Board gets sometimes people come to us for any even if we
have no Authority or power so I didn't want us to end up being sidetracked with without having the information so just to receive this information officially we have no role in that situation at all secret service has gotten involved
they're running their investigation we're out of it but I did have I was contacted you know for the commissioner Bo to get involved so that's the reason that receive an email thanks for sharing thank you um I think we're on is there any unfinished
business any new business maybe I'll hold it for the next meeting okay um SP it's double checked any anyone attending person that would like to speak now with a public comment please
come to the podium speak on the microphone state your name in 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 a request to unmute will be sent please state your name in the town in which you reside you'll be provided up to three minutes to speak there
anyone online that would like to speak anyone in attendance all right I'll now entertaining motion to close anybody no I'll entertain a motion to close public
comment second all right all those in favor to move the second all those in favor to close public comment hi hi right are there any comments for the good of the order commissioner Parker um happy black history month and I just want to put these two out there
we've already spoken about the alock commission will be having a summer Institute here in our County think that's a big deal this summer they're going to be staying at the stock Atlantic City Campus and they're going to be going through uh all of our uh
important historically uh black sites uh American sites that we have here uh St James am Church Chicken ball Beach ke betterment and we had a meeting well there's a meeting set up actually this week with Dr Phil Gunther because the
visual arts uh students will be working on filming a virtual field trip of what we're going to be doing in The Institute this summer so look forward to that um also the mck city vment uh history wall
for anyone that's interested please come out it's going to be on the 22nd this Saturday and it's from noon to 2 o'clock please come out and see the unveiling the young ladies that worked on that program are very excited about it and
said that it came out much better than anticipated thank you um any other comments for the good of the order all right I'll entertain a motion to adjourn second hesitation I think he's still not sure if he's holding it for next meeting all those in
favor all right thank you meetings adjourned
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