e e e e e e the order adequate notice of this meeting was provided in accordance with chapter 231 public wall
1975 we're going to have a moment of silent meditation biggest thing is we just want to make sure everybody gets home safe tonight going to try to do the meeting quickly still get everything in so just take a moment of s meditation
everybody please stand and salute to the flag and Allegiance will beissert United States of America and the for stands one nation under God indivisible Li and call please commissioner Al here
commissioner Au commissioner Romo here commissioner commissioner Taylor deputy director Maron here director SAR here before we continue with the meeting I just want to make two announcements one for the county um we will have a 2hour
delay for tomorrow for the safety of our employees I request all the department heads division heads whatever please contact your employees to let them know I know it's last minute but this is the best we can do it'll get on Facebook also but I
just want to make sure everybody knows that tomorrow uh all the Commissioners were on board with this I not just one person I asked everybody what they thought and again want to make sure that the employees in the county are safe so there'll be a two-hour delay for
tomorrow second announc is due to the snowstorm the plinary state development and Redevelopment plan meeting scheduled for tomorrow which is February 12th has been moved to February 13th 6:00 p.m. at
the Luciana Center and at the r college so just to let everybody know so if you want to be there again it's at 6 o' the time's the same but instead of tomorrow Wednesday it'll be Thursday okay um I need to do is have a
motion to open up public comment second all in favor so anyone from the the public you can come up and comment on anything resolutions news whatever you seen fit just please
state your name and where you're from uh Sandy ASO Upper Deerfield Township um I had planned to discuss again the need to reinstate the second public comment item on the agenda but a
couple um more pressing items came across in my email today so I'd like to address those um I thought I saw a copy of something about a lawsuit with the clerk's office um I guess it's two-part my question is
two-part does the lawsuit come from the clerk's County budget or the funds that they receed from fees Etc and second uh do we know what the other terms are in the case I'm not familiar
I'm somewhat familiar with it but not familiar that there was a lawsuit and whatnot um second a concerned citizen um emailed me today and said that they made a call to
uh representative V Andrew's office with concerns over the unelected officials uh being able to to access and possibly copy citizens private information on the hard drives and remove this information from Social Security and uh Medicare
offices the caller stressed that uh this uncertainty has many people panicked and the thought of these benefits being interrupted um at the thought of the benefits being interrupted um the screener assured the caller that the rep
that representative Andrew would not let this happen since this is such an important topic for a lot of Cumberland County residents and representative Andrew has helped with many other local issues such as the
South Avenue Culver veterans issues he's his concerns about green energy along our Coastline and the sewer project in commercial Township um I guess they were wondering could these grants concerns about their their social
security information and things like that be passed along in a resolution from this board to representative Andrew um you know on behalf of the citizens of of cumland County thank
you not yet question no we'll do that after after public comment so thank you you're welcome that was a billion dollars we got today good evening come Nancy rway from Upper Deerfield and Fairfield
townships on resolution 2025 113 this is a resolution appointing County Administrator this appointment is for three years
it's been said by this board that nobody gets a contract for three years and personally I'm asking you to table this resolution this particular person has only been on a job for less than a
year he's only been [Music] intern administrator for a month the first resolution was he was to be intern administrator until June the
20th he was in charge of the Department of Public Works when he first came on board last summer he approached me after a meeting in the lobby he said I want to come to your
property and see what your problem is he took my name phone number and my address he told me he was going on vacation for two weeks and he would get
a hold of me when he came back I went home and worked for two weeks to get my property safe enough for him to be on my property without falling through sink holes or getting ticks all over him
he never showed he never called I come to another meeting here and I asked him why didn't you come he said I didn't have to because your property is all bogy and Soggy now if he can treat me a taxpayer
like that how's he going to treat the rest of the citizens from this County I think he should remain on probation and see how work out before you give him a threeyear appointment thank you anyone else from the public wish to
come up seeing none motion to close uh discussion second all in favor first what I'd like to do is celest I know that you would like to be
able to give answers to the lawsuit going on with it so good evening everyone there is um on the agenda tonight a payment of a lawsuit that um was so there was a um
Andy C sued all of the county clerks um last year in the primary because of the ballot layout and um he won his lawsuit for the Democratic ballot and then subsequently um the after the primary the case went
forward and there was an agreement that all primary ballots both Democrat and Republican would be office block layout he then um asked all the county clerks to pay his legal fees of which um we challenged that because we you know
that's what you do and we lost and so every county clerk in the state of New Jersey is paying the legal fees for the Andy Kim ballot challenge and that's what we're doing tonight we were supposed to pay it um 30 days uh in October but we went back and forth with
challenges and so we are finally done and so it's our responsibility financially that's it and the budget that it comes out of is the election budget from last year the clerk's election budget from last year primary legal
fees any other questions I and I gave you also budgets um what the county clerk did in just January this year uh the revenues that we generated so we gave back to the county $
29,257 and we gave to the state of New Jersey $559,900 we um in January processed 779 passport applications not only in this office in the Brion office but mostly in our County store in the
Cumberland Mall and that made that's a 60% Revenue increase from 2024 um and I will I was asked by commissioner alricks to show as we go on to comparison that's not a problem I can
show you but our recording fees are also up a third too so the office is working hard to generate the income you know do the job we're supposed to do any questions director how much is the
clerk's office pay the law how how much are you pay 32,000 it's right in the resolution 32,600 something doll resolution that a order it's a
court order yes which we tried to avoid but they came after us so thank you you're welcome thank you all right the second question about a three-year contract first of all the
County Administrator is the statutory position that correct that's correct director so njsa 4A col 9-42 calls for a statut sentence no I'm
sorry you might not be wrong on that first part three four or five years three four or five years that's correct so we pick the lower theow that's and that's the reason why
there's a contract that this came up during last year's negotiation with the ccia and it's between that and also I believe the uh the CFO is that correct that's correct that's also County Council County counil okay these are
done by law so that's the reason contracts no one else has the contract that being said what I'd like to do is now continue with the meeting uh excuse me director there was um the
other question that Mrs oo had about doing a resolution to Van Drew um that we didn't well then I what I would recommend is to contact van what position he's going to take on
this speak for for him and I'd really like to know a lot more before I make any kind of resolutions from this board D was she ask hold director wasn't this ask it for us to take a yes and I
said I would like to know more from the congressman to determine whether or not we should have a resolution well can I make a comment about that not I I feel that you you alluded that somebody made a request or somebody said that it's been all the news this
issue it's kind of vague to how you say it and I I'm on this side I'm Assa it because finally I'm I'm happy that someone's looking at the waste that's occurred in the federal government over the time and and I think there's a clock
going on right now how much money's been saved it's over $60 billion doll and and more every day so I to say that compared to the last Administration bothers me that finally some that this ad is actually look this is way above our pay
because it's Federal but it's finally actually doing something to cut the waist in Washington and the that this may happen because this guy may have access and it's been it's been argued that he doesn't and bring it here under the guys someone complain makes me
insults me so I just want to say that director thank you okay anyone else on youe resolution 2025 109 resolution authorizing the award of a non open
contract for software support main servare for the county office dotion second commissioner Alo yes commissioner Al yes commiss Romero yes commission Lo Taylor yes deputy director Mar yes director SAR yes resolution 202-10
resolution member to the county Insurance Fund commission do I have a motion and second so move second commissioner Alo yes commissioner Al yes commissioner Romero yes commissioner Lo commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Maran yes director Sor
yes resolution 2025 d111 resolution authorizing the appointment of Southern Coastal Regional employee benefits fund Commissioners and Alternate fund commissioner do I have a motion in second second commissioner Alo yes commissioner Al yes commissioner rero yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner
Taylor yes deputy director Maran yes director SAR yes resolution 25-12 resolution exercising first and final renewal option to renew contract for the lease of County owned farmlands located near the crumland county manner bid number 2409 do I have a motion in second
so second commissioner Alo yes commissioner Al yes commissioner Romero yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Mar dor Sor yes resolution 2025 d113 resolution appointing cumland County
Administrator do I have a motion in second motion second commissioner altino yes commissioner Al question director as asked the solicitor was there was there any other
bids on this delay before we renew this uh request can okay okay we're going back on okay let's move forward hold off on that till the very end and then then address your because now you're asking a question on something that's not the
resolution which one are we on right now 13 apologize we can we can answer the question but let's look at it finished commissioner Al yes commissioner Romero yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director marshan yes
director SAR yes resolution 202- 1114 resolution accorting a member to the cumland count author do I have a motion a second motion second a second second commissioner Alo yes commissioner Al director just I'm very pleased to far
we have backup track that people from the service area Beed back to the utility so Ved yes commissioner Romo yes commissioner Lo yes commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Maran yes director
yes resolution 202115 resolution authorizing and approving settlement in the litigation matter of Andy Ken at all Ry in her official capacity asland County CL at all US District Court for the District of New Jersey case number 34-
cv-19 znq tjv do I have a motion in second motion second second commissioner atino yes commissioner Al yes commissioner Romero yes commissioner LS yes
commissioner Taylor yes deputy director Maran just to be very clear I'm not happy about this all for several different reasons but in the advice of our County Council if we don't vote to approve this we could be facing sanctions so I begrudgingly vote Yes
director s i Echo his remarks yes resolution 2025 116 resolution authorizing payment of bills do I have a motion in second second commissioner Alo yes commissioner Al yes commissioner Romero yes commissioner L yes commissioner Taylor
yes deputy director Mar yes director s yes looks like we're going to review AGA resolutions 79 resolution auth oh wait I'm sorry you had a question apply for this this
far I didn't accept the bid so I wouldn't know that answer but I can find out for you make sure you tomorrow nobody else direct we start could could I ask this
board reconsider the idea and you as a director the idea of adding back in the uh the public after the Motions are made very few people make comments the second part but it's there just in case
I like how you brought it the first part which a lot of people speak about more things it's actually I thought it made it pro much better but there are people that I thought in the end if they did have questions particular after we make a comment or after we vote that they
gives them the opportunity to make a I thought that was a a easy request a case of transparency easy so I just request director I also request that this board consider that have that second one put back
in second public okay thate get an answer to his first question if you like it now the third time at charm they were the only applicant back when it was put out and this was renewal under that first application nobody else that is accurate
all right thank you thanks 5729 resolution authorizing application to grant funding from the Attorney General's office for the state fiscal year 2025 alternative responses to reduce instances instances of violence and escalation together
critical incident model grant program 15808 resolution authorizing purchase from New Jersey state contract vendor for Microsoft licenses for the kland county department information technology 15811 resolution authorizing shared services agreement with the city of
noble to provide senior citizen meal assistance 15812 resolution authorizing agreement with the New Jersey Judiciary Cumberland boster sale and Visage for the provision of Youth juvenile Youth Services 15813 resolution authorizing transfer or conveyance of Per County
Sheriff's Office patrol and narcotics detection K9 known as cash to Lieutenant darl myers8 five resolution approving change order number one to contracts for providing various youth services for the Cumberland County Youth Services advisory Council R number
24-10 resol 15816 resolution approving change order number one to contract for providing various youth services for the Cumberland County Youth Services advisory Council RFP number 24-10 15817 resolution approving change order number one to contract for
providing various Youth Services forland count services Council RFP number 24-10 resubmission 15818 resolution exercising option to renew contract for providing plumbing repair services the county of crumland and the crumland County
cooperative contract purchasing system identifier number1 CC ccps bid number 23-6 resubmission 15819 resolution authorizing approval to submit Grant application and execute a grant contract with the New Jersey Department of
Transportation for the CR 670 over Mar structure Rehabilitation project 15820 resolution authorizing and approving additional temporary budget Appropriations in the amount of $171,500 15824 resolution approving change order
number one and final to contract for specifications for 2023 Lial free impact fund Road program two cr650 15828 resolution authorizing an amendment to shared services agreement with commercial Township for resurfacing
of County owned roadway within commercial Township 15831 resolution authorizing Grant application to the FY 26 local program arts program of the New Jersey state Council on the Arts 5832 resolution authorizing Grant
application to the New Jersey historical commissions County Historical partnership program 15740 resolution rejecting all proposals received for preparing the circulation existing conditions report for Cumberland County p number 24-44
15830 resolution authorizing the award of a nonar open contract for annual support and maintenance services for the infare case management for the Cumberland County prosecutor's office 15838 resolution authorizing a board of a non-fair and open contract for board
to provide annual technical maintenance support and enhancements for the d365 propriatary software system for the cumland County division of Social Service Social Services 15835 resolution authorizing the submission of a Grant application to the
New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections for the mail and voter education program Grant there are resolutions that are pending and not completed and the directors ask that we just do not read them due to the pending storm and they're all placeholders any
questions D direct U can we get a uh is there anybody get a report of all the software programs that we are on hook for we move for that that once we buy and they start we're on the hope for for
that on out we know change or if we do if there is a Time bre can we get aort how long especially like number 18 there's a service program not that there's anything wrong but we know that we're buying this have we bought it in the
past how many years we've had it are we looking to upgrade just a list of every Department we have that software is that possible this why we because we're we're on the hook for budget for the next you know whatever amount of years every time
we purchase this so this better be the program they're using for a while then we'll get that out too all right as best as we can also director that U read my not here the U this
BR really is something on number six I I didn't have the resolution number uh this first this advis group F put side up you know couple of
up a lot of lot of MD where we pulled this money from that one particular one of 66% is 20,000 doesn't sound a lot but can we get an account of what that Bud's being used for all they see is they have two events that they're funding but it's
supposed to um provide Outreach to the uh the juveniles or whatever event give them experiences but do we don't we do that with other areas of our budget that we uh I know comes to the prose's office but well I think if we we contact the
department heads they'll be able to give you more information you know I've asked a question in the past and uh and so now we're increasing it even more they of it soel Ser
well there's a thank you sorry about that there are a couple uh y sack ones that see I see what here I mean it's it's 93% it's $14,000 not tons of value but why all a sudden is this being
increase this is seven eight I there's a whole bunch of them so is this hi Melissa hi everybody this is Melissa department head human services so that's a really good question there are quite a few change orders on the agenda from and
the Reon why we're adding money is because the Juvenile Justice Commission has been months behind on schedule approving our upcoming plan so this funding that's going towards to increase
the contract is actually unallocated fund that we had set aside so even though increasing the budget it's not additional we're not adding money to the pot we're utilizing unspent funds we're adding to the doesn't go unspent and the
state has been behind schedule with approving our plan and it just got approved and that's why this is almost like an emergency fund but really unallocated fund add to the so that the keep and is
that does that include additional things you're doing because you have the money is there additional activities like I see H City and Family Center just that that's just giv them the M they didn't get in the p no no so so if we add money to the
contract like for example let's just say h city has a level of service we contracted them to provide services before and after school services for 100 years the additional funds would have to also serve an additional X number of use
but it's not it's not costing the county anymore to add funds to the contract because we already have the funds approved andoc money that were adding into the contract that make sense thank you
Melissa you got it thank you anything else cl cl okay um counselor is so while you had a executive session scheduled this
evening and you always do it at the first meeting of the month it's absolutely possible that you could push that to the meeting at your pleasure director my my contention is that it's not something that's d p pending it is not
okay and I'd rather have people get back to because we would take no action anyway that's correct okay so I'd rather have people be able to get home considering that they have storm we can we talk about this at the next meeting okay any questions here I guess
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