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Part 1 (Video ID: fUy-DpE9K1A):
- 00:02:05: Meeting Call to Order, Pledge, and Roll Call
- 00:04:44: Holman Freny and Allison Budget Presentation Introduction
- 00:06:19: 2026 Budget Overview, Revenue, and Expenditure Details
- 00:11:36: Health Insurance, Corrections, and Juvenile Detention Cost Drivers
- 00:14:51: Impact on Taxpayers and Assessed Property Values
- 00:17:30: Open Space Assessment, Board Questions and PowerPoint Access
- 00:20:20: Resolution 2026-289; Budget Introduction Discussion & Vote
- 00:26:55: Public Comment: Previous Brokers & Grant Budget Purposes
- 00:28:18: Public Comment: Tax Impact & Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs
- 00:29:30: Answering Public Questions: Broker Services and Grant Purpose
- 00:30:34: Board of Election Department Comments & Early Voting Update
- 00:35:23: Resolution 2026-290; Increase the County Tax Discussion & Vote
- 00:37:13: Resolution 2026-291; Sheriff's Office Budget Cap Vote
- 00:39:25: Resolution 2026-292; Surrogate's Office Budget Cap Vote
- 00:41:03: Resolution 2026-293; Board of Elections Budget Cap Vote
- 00:41:34: Consent Agenda: Resolutions 2026-294 Through 2026-306
- 00:42:39: Resolution 2026-307; Microsoft Office 365 Licenses Vote
- 00:42:56: Resolution 2026-308; Adolescent Transportation Services Vote
- 00:43:13: Resolution 2026-309; Employee Benefits Brokerage Services Vote
- 00:43:45: Resolution 2026-310; 911 System Interface Module Vote
- 00:44:01: Resolution 2026-311; State Health Insurance Assistance Vote
- 00:44:17: Resolution 2026-312; Share Service Agreement Amendment Vote
- 00:44:33: Resolution 2026-313; Prosecutor's Office Agreement Vote
- 00:44:48: Resolution 2026-314; Recycling Enhancement Act Grant Vote
- 00:45:21: Resolution 2026-315; Ethernet Services Purchase Vote
- 00:45:37: Resolution 2026-316; Veteran Transportation Services Vote
- 00:46:11: Resolution 2026-317; Inmate Medication Assisted Treatment Vote
- 00:46:26: Resolution 2026-318; NJ Transit Grant Program Vote
- 00:46:42: Resolution 2026-319; Transportation Initiative Grant Vote
- 00:46:58: Resolution 2026-320; Temporary Road Closures Consent Vote
- 00:47:13: Resolution 2026-321; Casino Gambling Expansion Opposition Vote
- 00:48:30: Approval of Treasures Report and Payment of Salaries
- 00:49:02: Public Comment: Sound Quality & Resolution 2026-317 Service
- 00:50:02: Public Comment: County EMS Service Inquiry & Concerns
- 00:53:12: Answering Public Questions: Matt Funding & EMS Request
- 00:57:17: Commissioner Reports: Election, CCT Tech, and Students
- 00:59:34: Commissioner Reports: Memorial Day Parades, & Veterans Home
- 01:00:55: Commissioner Reports: Load Honoring, Parades, Complete Care
- 01:02:03: Commissioner Reports: Veterans, CCT, and Man From Heaven
- 01:03:56: Commissioner Reports: Department of Aging & Drug Program
- 01:06:12: Commissioner Reports: RCSJ Graduation and Memorial Day Events
- 01:07:54: Commissioner Reports: USDA Meeting and Grant Availability


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Can I join you? Call the meeting to order 1975. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. >> Commissioner Capazola here. >> Commissioner Garcia here. Commissioner Alino here. Commissioner Sorrow here. >> Commissioner Romero here. >> Deputy Director Mar >> here. >> Director Taylor present. Do I have a motion and second to accept and dispense with the reading of the minutes from the

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last public meeting? >> Move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I correspond dated April 23rd, 2026. The Southern New Jersey Development Council notified the board of commissioners with proposals to authorize casino gaming expansion into North Jersey and

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requested opposition to expansion by correspondence dated April 27th, 2026. The board of commissioners were advised of an order of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities issued April 22nd, 2026, further suspending increases, changes, or alterations in rates for

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service until August 27th, 2026 in the matter of the petition of South Jersey Gas Company for approved increase base tariff rates and charges for gas service, changes to depreciation rates, and other tariff revisions. OAL docket number PU 002192026S

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BPU docket number GR2511 0627 by correspondence dated May 7th 2026. The board of commissioners received notice of filing and public hearing in the matter of the bank city electric company for approval of rate adjustment pursuant to its empowering of future

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programming. At this time, we're going to have the budget presented for 2026. Joe, would you please introduce yourself? >> Absolutely. Absolutely. Let's see if we can get the uh screens up here. I'm Joe Sarno. Um working for the firm Holman Freny and

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Allison. We have been contracted by the by the uh county to assist with the finance office. Um as you some of you may know, they do not have a CFO at the time. So our firm has been asked to assist with these efforts. Uh the acting

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CFO right now is Kevin uh Smiato. So what I plan to do is present the 2026 budget. Um this is just an introduction. Public hearing on the budget will be 28

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days from now on June 23rd. That'll be also the second reading of this. So, but I as we present the budget um today, I will go through a bunch of slides and what we're looking at and what they'll be voting on to introduce.

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>> Thank you. Yeah, I'm on it. >> Give me a moment as we connect onto the uh big screen here. >> And again, I let that go. There we go. Now we have my screen up here. That's a good thing.

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Again, you know, let's take a look at the budget. Okay. Um, prepared by me. I'm a licensed CFO here in the state of New Jersey. And that's our firm. We are located in uh in Lakewood and we have extensive uh municipal experience throughout the

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state of New Jersey. Um, what I want to do is present this year's budget, give you guys a transparent view of everything that you're looking at. um what's driving revenues, appropriations, and how that affects the uh amount to be raised by taxation, essentially your

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levy. Um you know, high level, the budget's going to be $118 million. It's a 2% increase on the rate. We'll get into that in a more in a second. Um the directives, and this goes for just about every county in New Jersey, all 21 of

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them. You know, we have statutory obligations. your pensions and and you know your health benefits, debt servicing. Um you know, we also maintain county services. We hear that over and over again. And that's and that that's what this budget does. We maintain our

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services whether it's um in terms of corrections and the jail. Um social services we keep in line DPW all across the board. Um these services are not being cut or changed any in any one bit.

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Um so I just want to make sure we present a clear picture today. Um if you look at like what I wanted to do in this slide, okay, is I wanted to take

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um out of every tax that's being paid out of everybody like what portion is actually um county taxes. And in Cumberland County, it's like kind of it's spread out. Probably close to

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uh 30 to 35% of your uh tax dollars go to county. Um another third will go to municipalities and all your municipal taxes that funds your police and what have you. And then the other piece of it will go to your schools. Um, so it's a

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bit of a even breakdown, but um I want to at least show um where your dollars go in terms of where you pay your taxes. And now let's get into um where we are on this. So

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again, the total budget is 192 million, right? That's everything. Uh the levy itself, where is where's the taxpayers contribute to that is $118 million. That's an 11.2 $2 million increase from last year.

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Okay. And that's about a 10.5% increase year-over-year on the levy. Um, one interesting piece of this, you see the net valuation taxable there. See, it's 13.7 billion. The year before was 12.7 billion.

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meaning that the assessed values across in you know across the states not just here have gone up and in Cumberland County they went up about 8 and a half%. That's why when I say the levy is going up 10 12% and the assessed values are

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going up um 8 12% that difference is about 2%. That's what's affecting the tax rate, the amount that we tax on uh each one of your households based on the assessed value that you get from your municipality. Um here we go. Things to take a look at

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of here's just the revenue piece of it, okay? Year-over-year and the percentage change that you see. And what I did is I strip out the grants when I do this kind of analysis because grants come throughout the year. you know, you kind of start off with, you know, you ended last year with about $36 million in

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grants. You're about 10 right now, but those are going to keep coming in throughout the year and they're in and out. Like you have a revenue and an appropriation. So, it makes sense to strip it out and say, "Okay, what's left, you know, and what's making up what's going into the budget, right?"

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So, I said before 118 million um you know, you're seeing the state aid is down year-over-year. uh some of the local sources is very similar, social welfare, those services are very similar and we are using a little bit more of our fund balance or

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surplus. Uh same thing you this year you know again as we look at this there are some you know we have to take a look at the structure of how we're doing it um because you're using some kind of surplus uh to uh get this budget um able

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to be passed. Um, and let's look at the expenditures. Okay. At thisund um 19 or $182 million budget, we have 42 million in salary and wages. That's

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only going up 4.9% year-over-year. Okay, that's kind of an industry standard, I'll say. Um, the big driver of this, and I'm going to get into each individual piece of this. um you know, you see that 10% increase on other expenses. I'm going to talk

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about what's really driving this to go 10% each year. Three things I'm going to point out and it's going to be I think it's the next slide. There it is. I'll go right into it. Um health insurance is up $3.6 million year-over-year.

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You know, um corrections, we pay contracted services. We do um work with other counties and other vendors. Yeah. Go ahead. >> Can you make that larger? It's very hard to read. >> Okay. Let me see if I can How's that?

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>> Is that better? >> Or one more? >> I can zoom in more. >> That's better. >> There you go. >> Thank you. >> Oh, no worries. So, you're saying yourself, health insurance went up that much money? I think we've all seen this across the board. It's not

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unique just to Cumberland County. This is the case in every county, every municipality, and every school board across this across the state. Um the state health benefits plan, right? We're not in that, but I want to use it as a baseline example for the state of New

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Jersey. That's where every municipality will go if they can't get private health insurance. That makes sense. They'll go into the state plan, as they call it. That's up 36%. This one's up about 27% year-over-year. That's driving a big number here. And

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that's why you're seeing 3.6 million. I'm going to just move it over a little bit. You know, year-over-year. Um when we talk about um corrections and contracted services, I mean, Kevin will tell you when he's out here, you know,

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looking around saying, "What options do I have?" They're very limited on where you can go and how much help you can get. And look at the last piece in juvenile detention. There's only what, six counties in the in the rest in this entire state that will take any excess

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um juveniles that are in detention centers. And what's the rate, Kevin? $1,100 a day. >> A day per >> per person, not just for the Yeah. So when I you see this number, you're like, wait a minute, that's up 2.8 million.

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>> There's your 11 million just about. Okay. you have >> tell them what it started out at 350. >> You know, it's it's kind of wild and I find that the the the counties that do have juvenile detention centers are using that to their advantage. Right. This is we send them to Essex County

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right now. And that number used to be three times smaller, only a short number of years ago. >> It was $350 >> that started off in the beginning of last year. In the middle of the year, it went up and now it even went up even higher. You know, I it's a it's a tough

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scenario. All of this that I'm painting here, it's a lot of this isn't discretionary decisions, I think, made by your by your board here. Um, you know, but I think when you look at this long term, they're going to have to look at what do we do with our corrections? What do we do with our jail? Those

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questions will probably have to be answered. What do we do with capital? What kind of investments do we do? Um, but right now where you are, I mean, you're between a rock and a hard place to put it lightly. Um, if I can get to the next page. One,

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two, three. There we go. This next slide will show you the impact of what this budget means. And I could zoom in here. I know this is going to be like brutal a read. Um, but I'll quietly go across the screen and pan. So

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what I did here is I did the county impact on $150,000 residents assessed value, you know, and what share that each municipality takes. Obviously the largest will be Vand here at the bottom followed by Millville and then kind of

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fills in the rest between Upper Deieldfield and here in Bridgton and the taxes and the increase across the board and who's going to be you know taking the larger shares of these increases the pie generally doesn't change here but I

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at least want to point it out um you know the impact on 150,000 I mean I Bridgeston will have a if you had $150,000 assessment here, it's a 300 a $300

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um increase on your taxes is what that generally means. The only one that had a slight decrease or practically even would be commercial township. All right, I touched upon this before. So, I talked about valuations going up

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across the uh the the state and in Cumberland County. Now, we're at 13.7 billion. Last year is about a billion less and that increase is about I said 8 and a half, but I'm 8.2%. Um,

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you start to see the uh expenditures um that increase as well. And then there's the median household going up 8.39%. On that so the average house average home annual tax will go up $189

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a year. Um which you know if we break it out monthly it's not the not the worst thing you know in the world but it's still a tough one to swallow. I mean, we're in a tough economy, very a lot of uncertainty, but um you know, I just know that these guys

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are working very hard at with the hand that they were dealt and saying, "Okay, what what do we have to do here?" They're navigating um some labor negotiations as well as the best they can and trying to present a budget that keeps everyone in mind.

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Um yeah, this is this is pretty standard. um open space. It's a that's assessed at a penny on your excess value. Um you know, and you know, 23,000 plus acres

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preserved since its inception in '94. Um that'll conclude my uh presentation of the budget introduction. Public hearing on the budget will be June 23rd. I plan

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to be back to help assist answer any any questions on the budget. Um, but you know, I want to at least open to the board if I can answer questions prior to intro questions you may have. I know I talked

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to a lot of you um in your individual committees and whatnot, but I just wanted to see if you had um any questions, follow-ups, things that I can answer for you. Not at this time. Thank you. >> Well, I I appreciate the opportunity. I

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don't like giving uh news like that, but I I mean, we're doing the best we can, and I'm you know, >> director. >> Thank you. >> Um, is there a way to get a copy of that? >> Absolutely. >> In paper. >> In paper format. >> Yeah. >> I could PDF it to Kevin and he could

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circulate it and get it out to all you guys. >> And what you what we got sent in email, we couldn't open that. >> Okay. So, I tried to open it a few times and I thought maybe because I was at school that and I can't open it. >> No problem. I I You probably got a PowerPoint copy from me >> and I have maybe a different version or

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something and I apologize. I didn't mean to keep anyone excluded. So, what I'll do is I'll um PDF the presentation you just saw tonight and make sure that uh each one of the board members >> and just so everybody was saying, it's 10.4%, right? So, we 10.4% >> on the levy itself. Yes.

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>> Okay. And that has nothing to do with municipal taxes because a correct bill is going up 11 cents as well. Somewhere in that range. >> Yes. >> Okay. Just making sure I understand. >> Yes. Absolutely. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. I I I appreciate it, guys. Thank you.

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>> Great. Great help to us. >> Mr. Summer, are you going to stay for a few minutes or are you going to head out? >> I can stay for a few minutes. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. I'll sit uh back here or wherever you want me to sit by me and disconnect here. Good.

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>> Resolution 2026-289 resolution introducing approving calendar year 2026 county budget notes for public hearing. Do I have a motion second? >> So move second. >> Second. >> Commissioner Cazola discussion.

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Um, Madame Director, I have significant concerns about proceeding with the introduction of this budget at this time. For the record, as a new commissioner, I have not been provided with the historical financial information necessary to evaluate the

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proposed 3 and 12% tax levy increase. Given my responsibility to the public, I cannot reasonably assess or justify this increase without that information. Specifically, I'm requesting the tax levy for the past five years, the annual

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surplus for each of those years, the amount of surplus utilized each year, and the established or recommended surplus levels that should be maintained year-over-year. This information is fundamental to the board's obligation to exercise proper fiscal oversight and ensure

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transparency. Without it, I am not in a position to fully evaluate or support this proposal. Therefore, madam director, I move that the county administrator be directed to provide a written report within one week containing this information so this board has adequate time to review it

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prior to the June budget meeting. I believe that it is essential that this information be provided before this board takes further action on the budget. So I understand this is just an introduction but I even at this introduction I have an obligation to

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raise concerns and ensure that we have the information necessary for proper review. I make a motion to ask the county administrator to provide that information to us before we can vote on this next uh that's a no motion that's

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on the floor because there's a motion on the floor that's a no motion on the floor. Is that accurate? >> Yes. Yes. >> Okay. So have to proceed with the motion that's formed for now. Second of

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>> No, >> no. >> No. >> Commissioner Alena, >> no. >> Commissioner, >> we'll have to make a comment. also make sure that when you include all the lawsuits that are involved in this and all the payments we had to make and why

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they have all increased our expenses over the last three years, right? Because that's important uh and the $16 million slap. Make sure that's all included into the expenses that have been incurred over the last 5 years. >> Well, Commissioner Caro, of course, that

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would be included. Well, I'm just making sure that it is all brought out and my vote is yes. >> Commissioner, >> yes. >> Deputy Director Marus. >> So, Commissioner Fino, you're on the finance

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committee, right? >> Well, yes, I am. >> Did you raise any of these concerns to Mr. Sarna when you had your meeting? >> I just had a brief meeting probably no much longer than that just about a week ago. We did. >> Okay. So, you did not raise any of those concerns?

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>> No, but I've been thinking about it. And and so let's see. You had a meeting with Mr. Correct. >> Yeah. I'm a new commissioner appointed uh elected and took my seat in January. I had a 20 30 minute maybe 20 or 30 minute meeting over the weekend. It's a

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holiday weekend. I'm reviewing this. It's a lot of information to review and it's not my responsibility to go back five years. So I want to know the history of the surplus, what we've spent, what the tradition is, what the um what the tax levy has been in the last 5 years to see how we acted to get

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to this point. So to make this decision on this budget, I can't make a decision without seeing the last four or five years. >> Did you request information? >> I did not. I studied this weekend this budget. I was trying to understand what we were presenting. A half an hour meeting wasn't sufficient time. We should have had this in April to be honest.

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>> Pardon? So I guess my point here today is an introduction. My understanding is if we don't get this introduced and get this moving and start getting fined. So my vote right now for those reasons is going to be yes. But I do want to make sure we get that information to you

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and I do want to make sure we have constructive conversation between now and the next meeting so we don't run into these. >> That's why I'm just asking >> and I think that's my concern. That's where our concern is. I my meeting was on Thursday. This is a lot of information to swallow. I couldn't even

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open up the presentation. I'm not going to call people in the middle of Memorial Day weekend. Um I just met the gentleman on Thursday. So we have a lot of information we can swallow and big numbers numbers. >> It's my understanding that typically this budget process begins like in March

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or April and there's meetings and u it's taken over months. We just got this information last week. >> This is only an introduction. All you have to do is you have a whole month to research everything. >> I agree. But that's why >> that's all it is is introduction. >> Yes. That's why we have a finance committee.

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>> Committees comprised of Commissioner Sorrow, Director Taylor, Commissioner RC. >> How many meetings have you had? >> I don't I don't know how many they had. What I'm saying is there was obviously meetings regarding this and then it culminates into the um the meeting prior to the to this.

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I was recently put on the finance committee and that's the only finance committee me and I been to that recent >> continue with the vote >> director Taylor

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so I would like to add we have been advertising for a full-time CFO therefore I do believe that is the reasoning behind you know this being a little later this here. My vote is yes.

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>> So there was a motion made that's now been mooted by the vote. So I presume probably you would withdraw at this point. >> Yes. I still would like the information I requested. >> Nobody's taking that away from you. But to just sort of to clear the record now motion

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if you if you can give them. >> Okay. Do I have a motion and second to open public comment on resol? >> I wasn't sure whether he was going first or not. >> Second.

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>> All in favor? >> Public commen. Yes, open township on resolution 20239. Sir, >> we can hear you. >> Thank you so much. >> Can you repeat the number?

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>> 309. Um, my question is who who was the previous brokers and then um on 318 and 319 um what's the proposed budget for these

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two grants and the um the purpose purpose mainly. Thank you. I hope my reaction is not as bad. The guy on the phone again. >> Okay, they're muted. Okay. Uh, this is

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my question. Darwin Cooper Jr. probably don't need the introduction, but I'll follow the protocol. Uh, this is for the budget introduction. We could speak on that, I'm assuming. Right. Well, just a question as a concerned citizen of Cumberland County. Uh I was

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listening to the introduction. Uh but so the question is with salary increases, health care costs skyrocketing across the state the past two years, especially the past two years. um and the cost of living uh rising

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in the housing of the jail situation. How did the county not raise taxes over the past four years and how are we paying for all those rising costs? Thank you. >> Any other questions? Second favor.

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>> I 309. The the present the present provider of broker services for medical prescription dental vision and life is um

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Associates. That one 318 would be >> you be able to answer that for us. >> I think I can assist a little bit. >> Lisa Williams aging. This is actually

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with the O department, but it is to provide transportation for their workforce uh for development to to get back and forth to college. And I believe the second one is the similar one attached to it. >> Sure. But that's okay. >> Mrs.

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>> Thank you. That'll be the final the final question will be part that'll show all the historical data for all previous any department comments. Good evening. I'm Elizabeth Hernandez, administrator for the Cumberland County

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Board of Elections. Today's the first day of early voting. We have three early voting locations. The All Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey on Burke Street in Bridton. The Milville Women's Club 300 East Street in Milville and the Vinland Fire headquarters at 400 Weston

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Street in Bing. The hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. And the last day of early voting is Sunday, May 31st from 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. Next Tuesday, June 2nd, is the primary election from 6:00

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a.m. to 8:00 p.m. For mail and ballot voters, we ask that you utilize our safe and secure ballot dropboxes. That way, we avoid any delays on our office receiving the ballot since we've been having some issues with the mail service.

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The locations for our 14 ballot dropboxes can be found on the websites of the Cumberland County, Cumberland County Votes, and the New Jersey Division of Elections website. I would like to take some time to thank our staff for their sacrificial time and extraordinary work to conduct elections.

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For this election, we processed 1,538 new registrations, 937 party changes, and over 10,000 voter changes. As of today, 47 192 mailing ballots have been received. 210 voting machines, 110

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tabulators, and 200 electronic poll books have been programmed. 57 polling locations have been inspected for ADA compliance and so much more. Since 2019, we have been advocating for more space.

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All of our rooms are multi-purpose rooms with storage all over. Our lobby has a large election cart that's used for storage. The inner compartments of our ballot dropboxes are lined in our hallway. It takes our voting machine technicians

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one hour to move the voting machines in our warehouse to work on one row of our voting machines. The additional warehouse space at the juvenile detention center is full and unfortunately there is no state funding at this time and we do not anticipate

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any funding in the near future. All procedures for the board of elections office are mandated by law. Many of our laws have significantly increased our workload while decreasing the amount of time to complete the task. For instance, our last official count

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for this election normally was held the second Saturday after the election. Now, we must have our last count completed 3 days earlier by the second Wednesday after the election. This earlier deadline did not change the 8:00 p.m. deadline to receive mail and ballots by

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mail that are postmarked by election day. Therefore, we must work late to receive ballots on Monday after the election. Process any mail and ballots received, process any cure letters received, and finish processing and checking provisional ballots all day

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Tuesday to be ready for the count on Wednesday. And we must work until the job is completed. Our voting technology supervisor, voting machine technicians have not received a salary increase in seven years. They do not receive a cost of living raise. We

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have two open positions that we have not been able to fill because the work is laborous. The hours are long and inconsistent and the pay just isn't enough. We have to borrow additional staff from public works which we are so grateful

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that normally under normal circumstances they're more than willing to help us but unfortunately they are also short staff. So this election we may not have an additional person which means that because we do not have an additional person I will have to go out to deliver

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and retrieve our voting machines for this election. We welcome further discussion with the commissioner board regarding office space and the modest salary proposal that has been submitted with our budget for the past three years. Thank you for your time.

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>> Thank you. Any other >> problem? Thank you very much. Thank you guys. >> Resolutions resolution 126-290 resolution to increase the county tax% and to establish a cap as permitted by

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NJSA 48. 4515. Do I have a motion in second? >> So move. >> No. This action expands the county's taxing authority beyond the 2% polar limit and authorizes more than 1 million in additional living capacity. It also

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allows any unused portion to be carried forward for the next two years, effectively creating a multi-year tax increase pipeline. At a time when families are struggling with higher cost for housing, food, and basic necessities. I do not believe we should be increasing our ability to tax beyond

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the standard rule for granting expanded taxing authority. We should have a written surplus policy and a multi-year financial plan in place. For these reasons, grounded in fiscal responsibility and long-term long-term stability, I respectfully vote no.

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>> Commissioner Austin, >> I'm voting no because I think we have to really take a deep look at this. a fair. >> Yes. >> Sorry. Commissioner Romero. >> Yes. >> Deputy Director Maran. >> Yes. >> Director Taylor.

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>> Yes. >> Resolution 2026-291. Resolution authorizing the county sheriff's office to exceed the 2% budget cap for the 2026 county budget. Do I have a motion and second? >> Motion. >> Second.

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>> Commissioner Capazola. Yes, >> Commissioner Garcia Blei. >> No, I fully support public safety and the work of our sheriff's officers. However, this resolution permanently raises a sheriff's office taxf funded budget above the 2% statutory cap. It

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authorizes a 3.2% increase, $69,71 beyond what the law normally allows, and it resets the higher amount as a new baseline going forward. I cannot support permanently expanding a department's taxing authority without a clear long-term staffing plan, vacancy

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analysis, or explanation of alternatives. Once we raise this cap, we cannot reverse it, and it compounds in future years. Residents are already facing higher costs for housing, food, and basic necessities before we exceed statutory limits. We should have a comprehensive plan for recruitment,

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retention, and overtime management. For these reasons, grounded in fiscal responsibility and long-term stability, I respectfully vote no. >> Commissioner Austin, >> I'll vote yes. >> Commissioner Sorrow, >> no, I have to say you have if you read

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it, it's 2% for this year and this year only. Uh I think that's what has to be done. Start reading these things uh more explicitly before comments are made. Um if this doesn't happen, how do you pay for this?

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department. So other than that my vote is yes. Commissioner Romero is also yes only 2% and throughout the state was a lot worse and most >> deputy director Maran

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>> yes >> director Taylor >> yes resolution 2026-292 resolution authorizing the county office to exceed the 2% budget cap for 2026 county budget resolution second move Commissioner Cazola.

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>> Yes. >> Commissioner Garcia. >> No. I note no. Um because this resolution permanently raises a surrogate's tax funding budget again above the 2% statutory cap. It authorizes a 6.2% increase 13,329

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beyond what the law normally allows and resets a higher amount as a new baseline going forward. The surrogates office itself submitted a budget that stays within the 2% cap. It is the board choosing to exceed it. Before we permanently expand the department's taxing authority, we should have a

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long-term staffing plan, a vacancy analysis, and a clear explanation of alternatives. Once we raise this cap, we cannot reverse it, and it compounds in future years. Again, residents are already facing higher costs for housing, food, and basic necessities. Exceeding

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statutory limits without a comprehensive financial plan is not responsible for these reasons. grounded of fiscal discipline and long-term stability. I respectfully vote no. >> Commissioner Austin, now >> I'm going to vote yes. If this give the

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authority to do it, doesn't mean it's going to happen. I think it'll give us time in me time to look at the office and see where the budgets are cut. Commissioner Sorrow >> again I have to make a statement this is

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not a permanent it's again read the resolution uh when you do that you'll see it's for this year this year only and next the years following will be addressed when they come at this point in time my vote is yes >> commissioner

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>> my vote is also yes >> director Maran yes >> director Taylor >> yes >> resolution 2026-293 resolution authorizing the county board of elections office the 2% budget cap for the 2026 calendar county budget. Do I have a motion and second?

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>> So move second. >> Commissioner Capola, >> yes. >> Commissioner Garcia, >> yes. >> Commissioner Rosino, >> yes. >> Commissioner Commissioner, >> yes. >> Commissioner, >> yes. >> Deputy Director, >> yes.

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>> Director Taylor, >> yes. Consent agenda. >> Do I have a motion and second to vote by consent agenda on resolutions 2026-294 through 2026-306? >> So move second.

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>> Commissioner Capazola. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Garcia. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Alino. Commissioner Sorrow. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Romero. >> Yes. >> Deputy Director Maran. >> Yes. >> Director Taylor. Yes. Do I have a motion and second to adopt resolutions 2026-294

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through 2026-306 by consent? >> So move. >> Commissioner Capazola. >> Commissioner Garcia. Yes. >> Commissioner Alino. Commissioner Sorrow. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Romero. >> Yes. >> Deputy Director Maran. >> Yes. >> Director Taylor.

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>> Yes. Resolution 2026-307 resolution authorizing purchase from the New Jersey state contract vendor for renewal of Microsoft Office 365 licenses and related software and support. Do I have a motion and second? >> So move second. >> Commissioner Capola. Commissioner

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Garcia. Yes. Commissioner Austin. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Sara. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Romero. >> Yes. >> Deputy Director Maran. Yes. >> Director Taylor. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2026-308. Resolution awarding contract for providing transportation services for adolescent clients for the Cumberland County Alcoholism and Drug

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Abuse Services Office Page number 25-41 resubmission two. Do I have a motion and second? >> So move second. >> Commissioner Capidola. Yes. Commissioner Garcia. Yes. Commissioner O. Commissioner S. Commissioner Romero. Yes. >> Deputy Director. Yes. >> Director Taylor.

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>> Yes. >> Resolution 2026-309. Resolution awarding bar contract for providing employee benefits brokerage services for medical prescription dental vision and life coverage for the county of Cumberland RFP number 26-8. Do I have a motion second? >> So moved second.

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>> Commissioner Capole Commissioner Garcia. Yes. Commissioner Commissioner Sorrow. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Romero. >> Yes. >> Director Maran. Yes. Director. >> Yes. Resolution 2026-310 resolution authorizing purchase from New Jersey state contract vendor for equipment and

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professional services to interface test 911 system interface module for emergency management 911. Do I have a motion and second? >> So move second. >> Commissioner, yes. >> Commissioner, yes. Commissioner Commissioner Sorrow, yes. >> Commissioner Romero,

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>> yes. >> Deputy Director Mar, yes. Director Taylor, yes. Resolution 2026-311 resolution authorizing application and grant agreement with the New Jersey Department of Human Services and the Cumberland County Office on Aging and Disable for the Cumberland County State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Do I have a motion and second?

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>> So move second. >> Commissioner Cazola, yes. >> Commissioner Garcia, yes. >> Commissioner Oino, yes. >> Commissioner Sorrow, yes. >> Commissioner Romero, >> yes. >> Deputy Director, yes. >> Director Taylor, >> yes. Resolution 2026-312 resolution authorizing amendment to share service

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agreement between Cumberland County Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office and Salem County Salem County Prosecutor's Office. Do I have a motion and second? >> So moved and second. >> Commissioner, yes. Commissioner Garcia, yes. Commissioner Oino, yes. Commissioner Sorrow, yes. >> Commissioner Romero, yes.

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>> Deputy Director Maran, Director Taylor, >> yes. The resolution 2026-313 resolution authorizing amendment shared service agreement between Cumberland County and Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office in Glouester County Prosecutor's Office. Do I have a motion and second? >> Should move second.

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>> Commissioner Pat, yes. Commissioner Oino, Commissioner Sorrow, >> yes. >> Commissioner Romero, yes. >> Deputy Director Maran, >> yes. >> Director Taylor, >> yes. >> Resolution 2026-314. Enabling resolution authorizing the filing of a brand agreement for 2025

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recycling enhancement acts tax fund grant pursuant to public law 2007 C311 exact here and after the act. Do I have a motion and second? >> So move second. >> Commissioner Capazola. Yes. >> Commissioner Garcia. Yes. Commissioner.

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>> Yes. >> Commissioner Sorrow. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Romero. >> Yes. >> Deputy Director Maran. >> Yes. >> Director Taylor. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2026-315. Resolution authorizing purchase of Ethernet services for the Cumberland County Office of Emergency Management 911 Center under the New New Jersey

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state approved cooperative contract number ES CMJ23/24-9. Do I have a motion and second? >> So move second. >> Commissioner Capazola. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Garcia. Yes. Commissioner Al. >> Commissioner Sorrow. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Romero. Yes. Deputy

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Director Maran. >> Yes. >> Director Taylor. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2026-316. Resolution authorizing green agreement in New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran Affairs for the Transportation Services of Veterans. Do I have a motion and second? >> So moved. Second.

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>> Commissioner Capazola. Yes. Commissioner Garcia. Commissioner. Commissioner Sorrow. Yes. Commissioner Romero. Yes. >> Deputy Director Maran. >> Yes. >> Director Taylor. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2026-317. Resolution authorizing the award in a non-farm open contract for inmate

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medication assistant treatment services for the Cumberland County Department of Corrections. Do I have a motion and second? >> So move second. >> Commissioner Capazola, >> yes. >> Commissioner Garcia, yes. Commissioner. Commissioner Sorrow, >> yes. >> Commissioner Romero, >> yes.

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>> Deputy Director Maran, >> yes. >> Director, yes. Resolution 2026-318, resolution authorizing the submission of a project proposal to New Jersey Transit for NJR grant program. Do I have a motion and second? So move second.

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>> Commissioner Capola, yes. >> Commissioner Garcia, yes. Commissioner Alino, yes. Commissioner, >> yes. >> Commissioner Romero, >> yes. >> Deputy Director Maran, >> yes. >> Director Taylor, yes. Resolution 2026-319, resolution authorizing the acceptance of

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a transportation initiative grant from the New Jersey Department of Human Services. Do I have a motion and second? >> Move second. >> Commissioner Capazola, yes. >> Commissioner Garcia, yes. Commissioner Ostino, >> yes. >> Commissioner Sorrow, yes. Commissioner Romero, >> yes. >> Deputy Director Maran, yes.

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>> Director Taylor, yes. Resolution 2026-320, resolution consent consenting to temporary closing of County Road 616 and County Road 710, Mars River Township on May 30th, 2026 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for the Leburg Volunteer Fire

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Companies 110. Do I have a motion and second? So move. >> Commissioner Capazola, >> yes. >> Commissioner Garcia, yes. Commissioner Oino, yes. >> Commissioner Sorrow, >> yes. >> Commissioner Romero, >> yes. Deputy Director Mar. >> Congratulations

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company 100th anniversary. I plan on being there. >> Director Taylor. >> Yes. Resolution 2026-321 resolution opposing New Jersey Senate concurrent resolution 66 for expansion of casino gambling outside city.

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>> So next commissioner. >> Yes. >> Commissioner. Yes. Commissioner Rosino. Yes. Commissioner. is a very important resolution of this. >> Commissioner Romero, >> yes. >> Deputy Director Maran, >> yes.

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>> Director Taylor, >> yes. >> Do I have a motion and second to set treasures report as provided? >> So move second. >> All in favor? >> Do I have a motion and second for authorizing payment of los salaries and wages? >> So move second.

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>> All in favor? Do I have a motion and second to open public comment on new business? >> Second. All >> in favor? I >> comment. >> Sandy up for Deville Township. Um,

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the sound is horrible on Quinn broadcasting. The It's very difficult to hear it. I guess calls have been made. Um, I'm not sure what we're paying for, but I'm sure sound would have been one of them.

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And if I if I may, can I go back to a previous requisition on the agenda? Legal business question. >> What's what service is provided for

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resolution 2026 317? That's all. >> Thank you. Casey, Carolina, Commercial Township. Um, it's been >> You can pick up the mic if you >> Yeah. Sorry, I'm a little tall there. >> All right. So, it's been brought to my

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attention that there have been discussions, albeit somewhat clandestine, about having a county EMS service. Um, it's been brought forth to the board of fire commissioners in commercial township for fire district 3

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that they're looking at wanting us to give them our ambulances. Um, frankly, I haven't heard anything brought forth to the public about it. I haven't seen any kind of anything put on a ballot for it.

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I'm honestly not a fan of the idea of government running that sort of business. I believe in the tenants of capitalism um and having businesses that handle things and having them be contracted by the government. Um I'm just curious to hear if the

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commissioners are aware of this um and what exactly the thought is there. Thank you. Jim Cornetti, Mobile, New Jersey. I'm curious if it is a county EMS, does that make it all county employees?

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Are they going to be paid by the county? Are they going to be receiving benefits from the county, pensions? The current situation that we have at my firehouse, which is Laurel Lake,

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is running very fine. So, I don't know where the Kland County EMS situation's coming from. I don't know who's all involved. If you people are involved, have you even heard of it

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right now? Um, I'm kind of curious on how much money that's going to cost. As a taxpayer, I I think it's going to be outrageous. I cannot see it working. I don't know why it would even be brought up.

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I mean, if anybody can answer that, I'd really love to hear one. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any any other public comment? Motion to close. >> Second. All

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>> in favor? >> All right. >> You going to take care of the Matt part? >> Got I got those. >> Okay. >> Um 317. This is 2026 317. This is for Matt Matt funding of of services in the

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jail. Basically, it's it's related mostly with violent treatment centers to methadone and the like if I'm not mistaken um for those inmates that required as part of their addiction as part of addiction needs.

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Let's go to the next topic and I'll call it the EMS request. There was no county EMS. We were requested to provide assistance and some help and direction uh by multi multiple municipalities. So at this point there

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is no county EMS. They've asked us to help facilitate but it would not be our investment EMS of only those municipalities who are asking for help and there's four three

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>> well there's okay there's three with the possibility of the other two joining in >> and then there's opening up to the rest but the point is it is not a county EMS the townships that came in to ask us for

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our Well, due to the fact of what happened within spear. Okay. Uh this year they wanted to increase it um a considerable amount. So last year when this was brought to

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us, all right, the mayors of those different townships asked us if the county can help. Now, technically, it's not the county's problem, but we wanted to help to see if we can

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alleviate the problem they were having with the townships. So, for about a year or a little over a year, we've been putting we've been trying to put together a formula to make this work. Counties not running it.

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It can't happen because if you're only going to have three or five of the municipalities or the townships being involved in this, how do you tax the whole county? Because the other ones aren't getting that service. So, what the county is doing is helping

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facilitate putting this together. Uh I think is our sheriff here? >> No. Okay. >> Yeah, he is. >> Is he? Um >> where's he at? I can't see. He's right there. >> Uh, can we ask him to come up then?

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>> I I not at this time. I don't think we want to have that discussion at this time. And I think I think it was covered this there's municipalities that are going to lose their service, their ambulance service. They've asked if

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there's some way that the county can help put a plan together. And um so at this time we're you know we're trying to help these municipalities the best that we can and

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there's no plan rolled out. There's nothing more that we can discuss at this at this moment in time. So yeah I I hope that answers your questions. And if I may just there was just to the point of the of the um of the one gentleman I'm not sure if one of

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both of them said that about taking the ambulances. It's it's this is not there's not a matter of taking or confiscating or or declaring imminent debate over anybody's ambulances. It's purely municipalities who choose to try and it's more of an alliance of

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municipalities who need it not a program. >> Right. >> I just wanted to be about that. We they we were approached for for tests. So we're just trying to provide helping guidance at this point.

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>> All right. >> Commissioner's reports. >> All right. >> One of the reports I was going to give was about the uh election. Uh she pretty much said it. and we got all kinds of things going on

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today. Uh but the election board, we have our election coming up and I'm just remind everyone like she said, do not drop your mail and ballots inside uh just the regular mail. You want to put them in their secure boxes. So I want to remind everyone that um I went to uh me

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and Mr. Sara went to a uh meeting at CCT Tech, a board meeting and they were honoring a teacher that passed away, Marisol Gonzalez McCarthy. Uh she was actually my son's Spanish teacher. They played this amazing video that I would have loved to show. We don't have the

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time here because it was kind of long, but they put together this beautiful production, the staff, and they narrated it. So, at some point, I'd like to get it to the commissioners and hopefully we can show it cuz it was amazing. They are going to be starting a scholarship in her honor. Um, so be on the lookout for

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that. Um, I want to say congratulations to one of our commissioners, his two kids. Um, and give a big round of applause. These two kids are in high school. They received their associates degree from RCSJ while they're in high school and

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they both had a 4.0 of GPA and we got to see the schedule. Guilty. >> Yes, should be very proud. It was it was a really cool thing to see that to be a part of it and um what they're doing over there at RCSJ. Uh it's really nice to see all that and it's amazing to have

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high school students to be able to do that while they're still in high school. Um, and I want to thank our prosecutor. I reached out to our prosecutor. She is right there. Um, and she provided me some information to help with um, we have a big problem with in especially in my high school right now um, with the

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kids not going to school and we're just looking for programs to help interdict that and um, I just want to thank you for the information you provide. That's it. >> Good evening everyone and uh, May was a busy month. April and May. Lots of things going on during the springtime.

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But I want to cong congratulate Complete Care that always does and honors the volunteers who serve um the underserved here in our communities and provides uh health services and health care for our communities who for people who don't have insurance or um cannot afford the

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cost of health care. So kudos to them for all the work that they do. um attended Memorial Day parades yesterday in um Milville and um in Cedarville, which had never attended one in Cedarville. That was really interesting. It reminded me of growing up in Woodbmine where everybody comes out at

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the rut side of the road and Norris >> um and Fort Norris. We attended one the other night as well. So, all nice salutes to our veteran. My father was a Korean War veteran, so I always have great admiration and respect. Many members of my family served. Go Army. um

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and including Marine Corps as well. And I especially appreciate whoever was on the commissioner's board at the time for all the um work they did they do with the veterans home and also my father was a resident there and also for the resting place the beautiful resting place that we have at Cumberland County

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veteran cemetery. So thank you for that whoever was on the board and I truly do appreciate every single day. >> Thank you. Yes, I had the honor along with our director here to attend a breakfast today in violin honor for former

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commissioner load son. It was presented by violin African-American community development corporation honored James loads for his athletic and academic uh outstanding at CC Tech. It was a very

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nice event and it was good to see our young people doing great things. I also attended the parades in Milville and Cedville. Both of them were real well done. It's a shame the weather wasn't better. It kind of cut down on

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the freight participants and the crowd. Complete care. I attended that too along with commissioner Baliki and uh it is a great great organization does help the underprivileged in our county along with manif

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they had that supplies a lot of food for the needy and underprivileged and they hand out you can't believe how much food they they they give out to people and also uh this past Sunday divine parish brunch fundraiser at North Italy

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I attended into that and uh help raise money for charity there and the good things they do. And that's it. >> Thank you, Commissioner S. >> Well, as the other commissioners say, it was very busy. I'm not going to mention all the ones that uh they already

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mentioned. Uh veterans meeting we had this this past month. They're going to propose a day for veterans and they're hoping that uh they started down at the shore and they got I think six municipalities to vote that in

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and hopefully um Mr. Savi is supposed to bring that up to us and see what we can do about having that particular day uh for the county. um the CC which is Cland County Foundation scholarship

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um that was a very interesting event and they honored I don't you were with how many people did they honor uh director it was close 80 >> 80 students um that that night and it was very very

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interesting of all the different students and everything that they have accomplished and we're not going to go into the whole thing but it it was a very interesting It was a beautiful night. Man from heaven, they honored women was at that event. Uh that was a really nice event. The Grove and CCT

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Tech scholarship fundraising was also there. Um that was also a great event. Complete Care Legacy. Of course, that was we you already brought that up, but that was a great event. Uh there they honored Kelly

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>> Don Hunter and Don >> Hunter. Yes, the death dog. >> He's national. He's a national. >> Anyway, that's that's it. Correct. >> Thank you, Commissioner Romero.

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>> Yes. uh went to a few events and uh you know we thank uh Department of Aging on their event that they give us this month and uh the health department also with Megan uh thank you for their for all the work they put into it and for uh Melissa

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Niles with the drug and alcohol program. Uh it was a great event. I they had me walking all around that u that lake. It was uh beautiful. Uh, you know, great singing, a lot of fun. We had all our county representing. We had ice cream

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trucks there. We had all kinds of stuff. Thank you for the great job, Melissa. Uh, hats off to you. So, thank you. That's all I got. >> Can I add something that uh Mr. Romero, something we've brought up in the past is um possibly getting Naran AEDs

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throughout the county. And I just wanted to let you know today I was in the the the violin uh main school and I took a picture. They now are putting Narcan inside of the AEDs. And you know besides someone's heart stopping, we've lost a

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lot of people to overdoses. And we want to try to get Narcan put in all these AEDs. They're in all these public buildings. They're everywhere now. And maybe we can work on some kind of signage besides it saying AED. We can also get, you know, added narcan to that so people know where to find it. God forbid.

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>> Just so you know, Mr. Governor, so we got we order more cabinets. Uh, and we get it for to fill it, Mr. President. >> Something that we get for the state and we we order 15 new cabinets and we and

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we're going to get them distribute. Uh, I order a lot of them for the uh areas like Cherry Street and 17th in V and most of the Spanish stores and where people hang out. >> Let's get them out. >> So, we can get them out there. I was giving away over 30 a month in my place

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of business. So, uh you know, it's uh it's something that we really need out there and uh we got to help those. We got to give people a second chance at life and uh and that's very important to to to have

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it. >> Commission Marsh. Thanks. >> So, uh May, you know, it's been a great month. Um the weather's been hit or miss, I guess, at some points, but I got to say at the ceremony for Rome College of South Jersey, we hit with some great weather that night. Not too hot, not too

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cold. We had over 500 um students were graduating this year. Over 400 walked at the ceremony. So it was really nice to be there. I had the opportunity to speak as mentioned uh my two kids graduated. I actually had the opportunity to uh hand them their diploma. So it really was a it was a nice it was a real special

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event for me and for my family. Um, and then this past weekend, I know it was mentioned already, Memorial Day, and I had the opportunity to attend a number of events, but I got to say, you know, we're really blessed to be here in Carmel County. We're so many events throughout the county celebrating

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Memorial Day, honoring our fallen, and it's just really nice to see that that our our residents here in the county understand the importance of the holiday and that they all come out. And I noticed that at every event that I was at and there was so many events. I'm

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just so proud to be there. It always makes me full so full of pride not only for to be an American to be a a resident of Carmon County. So it was really enjoyable. Now we move on to June and we have some graduations coming up with all the high schools. So um I wish them all the best of luck and then that's you

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know a few weeks away I guess because with all the snow days they got pushed back a little bit. But in any event I'm sure there's many more events coming in June. and we'll report back to you at the end of June. So, thank you. >> When you go last, you have not a lot to say. Everything's pretty much been said,

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but I will say um we had a great meeting with the commissioner from the USDA in the past couple weeks. he came to Fort Nars along with Jerry from the CCIA and we had the opportunity to talk about

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different grant that are available and um so anytime we get anybody from the state that comes to South Jersey I think it's a blessing and it's a good thing that we get to showcase our area. So with that I guess we'll move on to um

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executive session. We have have a need. >> I believe there's no need for executive session. >> Sounds like a motion to adjourn. Motion to do if you have a motion on the floor. >> Second. All >> in favor? >> I. >> This has been a QVC television

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