here. >> Commissioner Huitt >> here. >> Commissioner Suie >> here. >> Vice Mayor Watson >> here. >> Commissioner Kasaboon >> here. >> May please have Pastor Brian Robinson come to the podium uh for invocation. We please stand for invocation followed by the sal flag. >> Lord, as we come to this meeting
tonight, we thank you for this city of Milville that you've blessed us all to be part of. Lord, as as we are just finished with an election season, we thank you that we live in a country
where everybody can voice their vote. Tonight, we especially ask for your wisdom, for your guidance, for your justice, for your mercy, and and all that is said and done, that most of all your will for your
people in this great city would be done. To the name of your love we pray. Amen. >> Amen. >> 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 justice for all. >> This meeting is being conducted in accordance with the Open Public Meeting Act of 1975. was advertised, posted, and made available to the public as required by statute. The municipal clerk is directed to include a statement in the minutes of this meeting. Madam clerk,
are there any changes to the agenda? >> Yes, mayor. We did remove um the ordinance for first reading item number one, which was the bond ordinance for water utility improvements as well as resolution item number three, which was a resolution approving the adoption of the revised employee manual for the city of Milville. And we also need to add
resolution item number nine, a resolution accepting code blue program grant funding from the Cumberland Empowerment Zone Corporation. >> Thank you. Public comment on agenda items only. If anybody from the public would like to comment on agenda items,
please go to the podium, state your name and concerns for which agenda item. Seeing no one, I will close public comment on agenda items only. Presentation. Yes, we have the 2025 best practices inventory as a discussion item
>> and you were sent everything. So, I didn't know if you had any questions or topics, but it's pretty straightforward. >> It was received. >> Yes. >> Anything? >> No. >> Okay. Bills, please make a motion to pay the bills. >> Second motion.
>> Motion to second on bill payment. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Huitt, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun? >> Yes. Yes. >> Commissioner Suie. >> Yes. >> Mayor Romik. >> Yes. >> Minutes. >> We need a motion to approve the minutes for the following dates. Work session and regular meeting minutes dated October 7th, 2025. And work session and
regular meeting minutes dated October 21st, 2025. >> Make a motion. >> Second a motion. >> We have a motion and second and approval and dispense of the following minutes. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Huitt. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Suie? >> Yes. >> Mayor Romnick?
>> Yes. >> Petitions and letters? We need a motion to receive and file mayor's letters of appointment to the planning board. >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> Motion and second for positions letter item number one. Any comments? Roll call. >> Commissioner Hwitt. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson?
>> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Suie? >> Yes. >> Mayor Romnick? >> Yes. Reports of commissioners. Commissioner Hwitt. Go ahead. >> Yes. Thank you. Uh, I want to congratulate all of the winners
of the commission election yesterday. You're going to be taking these seats. Want to wish you luck and uh, looking to the future. I hope this is the last time I have to give these thank yous for the time I'm
left here. As most people know, we had another fire in town the other night. And once again, we had mutual aid from Vinland, uh, Bridgton, and I believe downtown was here.
People, you got to remember your public safety team is working for you. They may be short-handed. Sometimes they may be run down, uh, but they're out there. They're doing their job. fire, police, rescue,
uh, ambulance 30 is now in service and on the road working. And with that, progress, Mayor. >> Thank you, Commissioner Huitt. Commissioner Suie. >> Sure. First, let's get the uh Santa's mailbox is returning on Monday, November
12th until Sunday, December 14th. So you could write your letter to Santa, drop it into his special mailbox in the vestibial at the police station and that leads directly to the North Pole when you don't need any postage. Just make sure that you make the return address
legible so that Santa can write back and you will get a personal letter from Santa. I had the distinct pleasure of delivering the code blue check to the hope center. I guess it was last week. Um,
so I when I uh upon my initial visit there, I found out that the uh hope center hadn't yet received their code blue funding and I was told that the city was holding on to it, which I didn't think was right. So I checked with our CFO and I was able to determine that the funds hadn't been sent from the
county to the city. And even though I wasn't in charge of revenue and finance, I began working to rectify that problem. I even talked about it at meetings here. After about three weeks, we finally got the the money from the county and I was able to hand deliver the check over to the hope center and I
also delivered to the hope center the emails that proved that the city had not yet received the money from the county until we delivered the check. So I was ecstatic that I could fix that problem because that affects a lot of a lot of people. Unfortunately, by the time I accomplished the delivery,
rumors had started and spread through the city that I was intentionally the city was intentionally in my direction withholding of funds, which was obviously not the case. So, you know, I was thanked and I was thanked profusely on social media and by individuals and I appreciate that. But
what I would ask is, and I really hope that those responsible for starting and spreading false rumors, checking the facts, especially when it comes to commissioners, when you think they're doing something, ask them because that affects their reputations and affects the governing body. And when it's not
true, it really makes the city look bad. So really, please be careful when you do that. Check on it first. None of it's true. Hey, say whatever you want. And with that, progress. >> Thank you, Commissioner Suie. Commissioner Kasaboom. >> All right. Streets of Rose for October.
Appliances have been collected. 98 tires. 312 electronic waste received. 363 street sweeping tickets written. 4625 bags of loose leaves and grass clippings collected. Road repair on Circle Drive completed. Road repair at
Fifth and Broad completed. Road repair at the end of 15th Street has been completed. Road repair at Six and Garrison completed. Road repair in front of the police building completed. Road repair at Lloyd Terrace and Joanne Turn Joanne Drive completed. Emergency
sinkhole repair at 131 Vine Street completed. Lof leaves collection has begun since November the 3. You can place them out until December the 31st. No brush should be out to the curb for collection. Next brush collection will
be May of 2026. Congratulations to the new city commission from the streets and roads department. Wayne Gresman, supervisor. Uh, streets recycle and clean communities. In October, they replaced 21 damaged carts, 12 missing or stolen carts. They deliver carts to four
residential units that previously did not have them. 36 notices of violation were issued in October. Zero tickets issued in October. We have a second group that is in the process of signing up for the adopt a road program. Once this application is complete and
approved, the signs for their road will be ordered and installed. We have purchased cigarette butt receptacles from TK cycle. They will be installed at various cityowned locations to replace the existing receptacles that have keep getting damaged or dumped. They are
recycling in the butts through the terracy for free. The e-waste oil antifreeze and rechargeable battery drop off at 15th Street will be closed on Tuesday the 11th for Veterans Day. Any inter individuals that would like to
adopt a road, neighborhood or drain, please contact Chris Finch with Recycling and Clean Communities 8257000 extension 7612. And just a reminder for the residents, please do not throw your rechargeable batteries in your trash or
your recycle. they can start a fire which they did. And that's it. >> Thank you, Commissioner >> Thank you, >> Vice Mayor Watson. >> Yeah. At the work session, we decided not to approve the water capital bond, but I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank a couple
departments, engineering, our CFO, our business administrator, and our water and sewer superintendent. Uh, you know, a lot of time this year, you know, plans have changed and um, you know, we put a plan together and we couldn't see that through. Uh, also this evening we decided not to do the revisements on the
employee manual. Uh, again, thank you to all those that put in the hard work to try to get this through and uh, up to date. Um, it's unfortunate not to see something through like that. Um, I do want to thank our clerk's office and those that assisted with this past election. So, thank you Emily and your
team. And I was reading through our engineering report and I thought this was kind of cool to share with everybody. Um, little kudos to one of our city employees. Um, in the effort to meet D requirements
as well as to extensively map the city of Mobile's utility and assets, our engineering aid, Shelby Meyers has been working to create a custom GIS or geographic information system for the city using the IRA um GIS software. Since she started, she has created a custom geo database for the city and has
mapped all the city inlets, outfalls, and hydrants. She continues to collect data in the field and acquire data from current projects and she also collaborates with other departments to create and upkeep the map for the city of Milville while carrying out the required MS4 storm storm water mapping.
She has also piloted a hydrant inspection application that will allow hydrant inspections to take place through the IRA field maps field maps app which will update her main map in real time and increase the ease of use for the inspector. Uh, I thought that
was something good to share. So, thank you to our engineering department, Shelby, for doing so. And, um, congratulations to all those that won this past election. That's all I have. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. >> Zoning board is canceled for tomorrow. Planning board will take place on Monday
at 6:30. Notices were issued for 242 code enforcement violations in the month of October. Failure notices were issued for 123 rental units with 146 rental units passing. Code enforcement coordinated with the clean communities coordinator known as Chris
Finch to have a camera placed in a new location to identify people engaging in illegal dampening in and illegal dumping. Code enforcement worked with the police department in order to clear people from a home that has been a center of illicit activity to have it
completely boarded and secured. This past Saturday, I attended Veterans Day, the 24th annual Veterans Day ceremony held by Milville's uh Army Airfield Museum. Uh very windy, very cold. Um out at our airport, it is
always windy and that is key for proper flying. I even given the chance to speak, spoke briefly and shortly uh shouted out to Doug Smithson that you know it is perfect flying weather when there is a strong headway for wind. So
well attended by all and even a up and cominging birthday to Mr. Tim Canerney which his birthday will be um later this month and he will be 104 years old. Um so he was one of the I think two or
three World War II vets uh in attendance uh that day. So thank you to the Mobile Army Airfield Museum. Uh next year is a big year for them as it's the 80th anniversary um of yeah the 80th anniversary of the Milville airport
being established Army Airfield Museum Army Airport being established. So exciting things for them in the future. I also would like to uh congratulate you know everybody that did stick their arm out and say hey I want to improve the city of Milville. It's not easy being up
here learning this job, learning how to operate and do our jobs up here every single day throughout 365 days in a year and for doing it for four years. And I congratulate all of us that did that for four years. And I welcome those that did
get elected and you know votes aren't final yet so maybe somebody could potentially get in. Um but it is challenging and it's a rewarding and learning experience. So, I congratulate each and every one of you that did stick your arm out and say, "Hey, I wanted to try and do this." Congratulate those to
those five that did get elected. Um, you'll learn a lot. I guarantee you that. And not every day is going to be easy, but it's all for you and for all of us here in the city of Milville, a betterment for our community. So, thank you. Ordinances in the second reading.
>> Ordinance for second reading item number one, an ordinance to amend the salary ordinance. >> Make a motion. Second a motion. >> We have a motion and second for ordinance in the second reading item number one. I would now open it up for public hearing. Public comment on this
ordinance. If anybody from the public would like to comment, please come to the podium. State your name, address your concerns. Seeing no one, I will close public comment on ordinance in the second reading. Any comments? >> Yes. Um, we decided to amend the salary ordinance to be competitive for a position that
was, you know, posted for quite some time. I think it was maybe close to two years we had that position posted. Uh we did make an offer to a potential candidate. Um didn't work out in our favor, but um I think this is still good to follow through with, you know, in case we do find another potential
candidate as we still have the same object objectives for that finance department. >> Excellent. >> Thank you. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Hwitt, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Suie, >> yes. >> Mayor Romnick, >> yes. >> Ordinance for second reading item number
two. an ordinance amending chapter 52 police regulations of the Millville code to repeal article 7 electric power motor scooters in its entirety and replace it with new article 7 electric bicycles and scooters to establish regulations associated with the operation of both electric bicycles and scooters.
>> Make a motion. >> Second motion. >> We have a motion to second for ordinance in the second reading item number two. I would now open up public comment on this. If anybody from the public would like to comment on this ordinance, please go to the podium. Seeing that, seeing none, I will close public comment, public hearing on it.
Any comments, commissioner, you could explain this brief detail what this is doing. >> Yes, this is uh as we all know, there's situations with now the scooters, standup scooters, electric bikes, some of these things
really get moving. Uh it's going to require helmets to be worn on them. It's going to be requiring them to follow rules and regulations of the road. Uh this is being proactive before
we wind up with another law popping up saying hands off. This is not saying we're going to chase people on these. Uh let's just picture one tanalyzing one of our officers or something or whatever and it's seen and they're on the
sidewalk. Well, we'll have that scooter, you know. Uh that's what this is for. This is being proactive. Commissioner, can I add something to that? The uh ordinance that exists does regulate motor scooters and electric motor scooters. And I think one of the
purposes of this and one of the reasons why it's necessary is we all now have electric bikes. They're all over the place. And the current ordinance really doesn't regulate them. So I think there's a movement across New Jersey to pass ordinances to regulate electric bikes because if you ride an electric
bike, you can go 25 28 mph and they need to be regulated. And these these these electric bikes, not the scooters and much. Uh there are some that'll go faster than that 25 mph. At the 25 mph break point, you see golf carts in neighborhoods and stuff, they have an
LSV tag, low-speed vehicle. They have to be they have to lights and everything else on them. They have to be tagged and registered. Uh which means they have to be insured. Like I said, we're just getting ahead of the game. Uh there are other municipalities around us that have
done this. Uh, it was brought to my attention and this is why we're doing this, >> mayor. Um, so are we allowed are the officers allowed to chase them or No, >> they're not. They're not. They can't chase them. >> Okay. So, >> well, we are in New Jersey. God help us. We have something we're not >> regulating. I'm not going to say they
can't chase them. There's no law made for this. But you know what a chase will turn into? A chase will turn into a major liability lawsuit. But >> I'm just curious. >> I know. I understand, Commissioner. But yeah,
>> thank you. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Huitt, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Monson, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Suie, >> sure. Yes. >> Mayor Ramnik. >> Yes. >> I know this is a public meeting, but I know what we're thinking of. Ordinance
in the first reading. >> That is the one we removed from the agenda. >> Thank you. I have that crossed off, too. Resolutions. Resolution item number one, resolution authorizing an emergency repair due to a sinkhole at 131 East Vine Street. >> Make a motion. >> Second motion.
>> A motion to second. Resolution item number one. Any comments? >> Yes. Um Dean from engineering. I just want to thank engineering sewer department, our tax collector office, street and roads, our city solicitor um joint effort into uh you getting this problem fixed and
making sure the billing was correct. >> Thank you all. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Hwitt. Yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson. Yes. Commissioner Kasabun. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Suie, >> yes. >> Mayor Romnik, >> yes. >> Resolution item number two, resolution authorizing tax and utility adjustments. >> Make a motion.
>> Second. We have a motion to second on resolution item number two. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Huitt, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Suie? >> Yes. >> Mayor Romnick? >> Yes. >> Resolution item number four, resolution authorizing special assessment of municipal leans for certain properties
incurred by Milville relating to board and secure. Make a motion. >> Second. We have a motion to second on resolution item number four. Any comments? >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Hwitt, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Suie? >> Yes. >> Mayor Ramen?
>> Yes. >> Resolution item number five, resolution requesting approval for the insertion of a special item of revenue funded from the Atlantic City Electric Sustainable Communities Environmental Stewardship Grant Program. >> Move the resolution. >> Second. >> We have a motion to second on resolution
item number five. Any comments? Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Huitt, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Suie? >> Yes. >> Mayor Romick? >> Yes. >> Resolution item number six. Resolution authorizing the city of Milville to join the Southern Coastal Regional Employee Benefits Fund.
>> Make a motion. >> Second motion. >> We have a motion to second on resolution item number six. Any comments? >> We have an emergency meeting uh last Yeah. Friday. Uh we're at a state health benefit plan. Um this is accepting merit health. Uh, you seen the differences in
the cost? >> No, you wear a costume. >> Yes. Thank you. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Huitt, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Suie? >> Yes. >> Mayor Romick? >> Yes. >> Resolution item number seven, resolution authorizing the city of Milville to
enter an indemnity and trust agreement, Southern Coastal Regional Employee Benefits Fund. >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> We have a motion second. Resolution item number seven. Any comments? Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Huitt, yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Suie, >> yes.
>> Mayor Romik, >> yes. >> Resolution item number eight, resolution appointing fund commissioner and alternate fund commissioner to the Southern Coastal Regional Employee Benefits Fund. >> Make a motion. Second. We have a motion. Second. Any comments? Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Huitt, yes.
>> Vice Mayor Watson? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Suie? >> Yes. >> Mayor Rom? >> Yes. Resolution item number nine, resolution accepting co code blue program grant funding from the Cumberland Empowerment Zone co corporation. >> Make a motion. Second motion. We >> have a motion to second. Resolution item
number nine. Any comments? >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Huitt. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Watson? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Suie? >> Yes. >> Mayor Romick? >> Yes. New business? Seeing none, I will now move to public comment portion. >> We have now reach the public comment portion of our meeting. Anyone who would
like to address the commission, please go to the podium, state your name, and address your concerns. Please limit your comments to approximately 5 minutes. Thank you, >> Mr. Soloff. >> Good evening, everyone. My name is Steve Soloff, founder of infortheenj.com.
First, I want to take a moment to sincerely acknowledge everyone who ran in the election. Campaigning is difficult work. It takes time, energy, and courage to put your name on a ballot and commit to public service. And it also gets quite messy if you haven't noticed. I also appreciate the participation of the candidates when
possible with my project. Progress has been made and as should always be the case with public service. I hope the new commission gets many needed things done. With those basic acknowledgements being made and as someone who covered this year's election after being asked
multiple times to help make sense of such a crowded and overwhelming race for the public, I have some serious and immediate concerns that I believe should be brought up and addressed in view of the public sooner rather than later. With one of the top issues in this election basically being how will we
ensure the next commission will actually get along. I am going to unpack some observations but phrased into questions that relate to that basic idea. It should also be acknowledged that I did not set out to cause extra drama for any candidate on any ballot throughout the
county. However, sometimes the drama is plain as day and to not include it in my journalistic processes would be disingenuous. Perhaps take the following observations as an adult, providing feedback and suggestions to help incoming leadership
get off on the right foot. So, on to the actual questions. First, how will this incoming board handle behaviors that amount to censorship both internally among commissioners and externally in interactions with the press or public?
During the campaign and the prior commission's tenure, we observed patterns where legitimate questions were deflected, communication was restricted or blocked, and narratives were tightly controlled. If I or anyone from the public call city hall two months from now, will someone effectively tell us to
go kick rocks? Second, how will this board ensure personal safety, not just physical safety, but psychological and professional safety for anyone attempting to engage in civic dialogue or even basic professional communications. Multiple candidates
expressed concerns to me privately about potential retaliation or intimidation, and I myself have experienced things one could reasonably argue as manipulation. Even the perception of that kind of environment should be enough to warrant a public conversation. Third, if there
were never any genuine safety concerns brought up during campaign conversations, and perhaps they were simply campaign rumors, then what steps will the new leadership take to prevent rumor-driven politics from taking root again? Because rumors can destroy reputations, deter participation, and
corrode public trust faster than many policy failures. Fourth, what will the incoming commission do to uphold basic professionalism and accessibility such as answering emails, setting and following through with appointments, providing substantive answers to
questions, or dare I say not intentionally misleading or lying to people. Too often during this campaign, those basic courtesies went ignored or at least effectively ignored. If some incoming commissioners could not consistently reach that basic standard
during the campaign, why would we believe that behavior will suddenly change on inauguration day? I didn't set out to be a critic. I just wanted to collect campaign information for people to review. For better or worse, the project has shifted some of its focus to how campaigns and current officials
behave because unfortunately that seems to be a recurring theme. So my hope tonight is that the new commission makes a public statement perhaps after some committee style meetings where perhaps they come to agreements about basic cooperation to improve transparency,
communication, and professionalism to not only show the people of Milville that this new era of getting along doesn't come at the expense of accountability, but just as importantly, accountability shouldn't disappear the moment the campaign ends. There has been
a common refrain among candidates. I can't wait until this election is over so we can get past the stress of campaign season. But the reality is for those stepping into office, that luxury doesn't exist. The concerns that arose during this campaign, especially the ones I
mentioned tonight, don't vanish on election day, and they won't be solved by smiling through the first two weeks of meetings. So, in in conclusion, I'll briefly put all this another way. I myself have strong reason to believe that very soon my presence in this room
won't be welcomed just like other rooms in this county despite many despite many voters saying they appreciate my work. So ask yourself this who else might not feel welcome in several weeks the public
press outlets or perhaps some of the commissioners themselves. Thank you. Well, so long as I'm up here. >> Might as well. >> Uh yeah, might as well. Um Joe Southern here as uh first off, I'm here as the
program coordinator of the Melbourne Municipal Alliance Committee. And uh I would like to thank all of you for the support that you have gave us over the last four years. And uh Commissioner Silly, I'd like you to thank you for uh helping me get that
first grant to take uh 16 kids up to peer leadership conference. And Commissioner Watson, I'd like to thank you for helping us this year. Uh we're uh we're starting on our uh volunteer recognition dinner, which will
be December 7th. Uh where we bring uh families with younger children. We have Santa Claus there to get a picture with him. to get some toys to annoy their parents. And uh yeah, we're we're working with the
school. We have uh again, we have a program that uh we brought uh a grant to the board of education to bring uh speakers into the schools uh for uh drug and alcohol prevention.
And again, uh I thank you for that. Then as for me, I don't know if any of you have driven down South Second Street, but if not, you should take a ride down there cuz there are manholes covered
that are this deep in the road and they just took it after the rep. >> Yeah. >> And I mean, it's not I'm not talking an inch. I'm talking three four inches at least >> down there. I ride a motorcycle and if id have come
down there at night and not known they were there, it would have definitely thrown me off my motorcycle. And I know it's a state road, but it's in our city. And I don't know who it is up here that can get a hold of the state
and tell them to get their heads out, but uh I think somebody should see that that road get fixed because even a car hit it. We hit it with one of the the work trucks and this shook the truck. So, uh,
I would appreciate it if, uh, and I'm sure other people would appreciate it if, uh, somebody reach reaches out to the state and ask them to please, you know, >> do a job that a professional would do. I don't know
who did the road, but if that's what a professional does, they're piss poor professionals. Thank you. >> Thanks, Joe. >> Thank you, Mr. So then >> uh Rick Milville. Um first of all, I I'd just like to thank all 19 candidates
that ran, including the three up there that's already had the stress of sitting in that seat and then enduring a long campaign. And anybody who's ran knows that it's it's grueling, right? It's tough. Uh, a lot of things were said, uh, a lot of things good, a lot of things bad, right? And then you got to
figure out how to end that day and somehow get together, right? I I don't know how to respond to that 42page dissertation, but I I will um try to answer some I will be there for you. I'm not saying that I'm going to you might
like my response all the time. Um, I'm hoping that the people that are in will respect anybody who comes up there with a difference of opinion. Um, long as we clean it, keep it nice and respectful, right? Um, but you I mean, you put that
question out to a lot of candidates who aren't there yet. Uh, so you're speaking to um this board and they can't speak for anybody else, too. But I would just like to tell you that if I'm still able to get in after, you know, the final vote, you more than welcome to reach
out. And that goes with anybody, right? You can't run up there. The these five individuals spent four years, one year like getting torn apart, right? We love to sit at the microphone and tell you guys how bad a job you're doing. Um, right? And now some of us are going to
you guys going to be able have the opportunity to to you know tell us the bad job we're doing. Right. Toss a microphone to you, right? I'm sure Kirk will be here. But I do want to thank you guys. I want to thank all five of you guys. Um a lot of you guys take a lot on
the chin and and keep showing up and I do appreciate it. I know we don't always see eye to eye. Um but I just wanted to say that to the 19 people that ran. I met some people I didn't know before. I met some candidates I wouldn't have known six months ago and built some
great relationships. So, there are a lot of positives. Um, but if you can shorten that little little bit when we get in and uh make it easier for us to respond, but um please hold us accountable. Don't stop holding people accountable. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Commissioner Elect. >> That's what we got to start doing now, Rick. >> Commissioner elect. Yeah. Well, it's good. Cindy Cook, Milville, Valene. Um, I would just like to extend my
congratulations to all of those that even participated in the elections, whether you won or whether you lost. We had a phenomenal group of people that were up for election. And my sincerest hope is that those that did not win
still stay engaged with our council. and you know help support us here in Millville. Um it was a very very hard decision as some of those candidates were above and beyond excellent. So I
just want to say congratulations to the winners and also to those that lost for participating. >> Thank you Cindy. Seeing no one else, I will close our public comment portion. Closing comments
of commissioners. Commissioner Hwitt, >> go ahead. >> Uh, I'll be the one to touch on it a little bit, Steve. You know, you hit a point when you said you don't know if you'll be allowed in these chambers. really nobody keep you out. But I think you've already felt the
wrath of a committee of a political committee because I do read your stuff at times. Uh but personally me sitting here and probably others that sit in positions like this.
Uh there are many times that we can't talk to you or somebody that's trying to do what you do and you're putting the effort into it because there's a lot of things that we do that we can't talk about and I'll tell I you and I have
just talked personally at times casually. Uh but it puts an elected official into a position that they shouldn't be put into. Uh, not saying it is wrong. It's
just sometimes people can't talk. Uh, myself, you don't see me at breakfasts and dinners. I didn't have to be invited to not come back. I just saw the writing on the wall.
And I cut it. Uh, that's just my thought there. I appreciate what you do. Uh like uh Commissioner Elect K said just down a little bit. Uh I think that's a general consensus.
Uh I I would have said that to you personally, but you asked. Uh with that, everybody have a great couple of weeks. We'll see you back in here and uh hopefully some more of the incumbents will be here and we are
moving on to move on. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Commissioner H. Commissioner Suie. >> Yeah. Um, I I want to put out my respect to everybody that had the courage to run. It's not an easy thing to do. It is difficult. Um, and on that note, a couple things. I was cleared in the
latest investigation, which I'm sure that some of you, whoever wins, will have to endure. So, it's really not that bad. If you work for the police department and you've ever invest been investigated by IIA, as I was in correction several times, and it's just a piece of cake. Just tell the truth. No
problem. and all the nonsense eventually goes away. Uh second, you know, you touched on some stuff that was said during the election, so I double checked with the CFO today so that whoever wins, you know, I know the numbers aren't totally final, but relax,
there is no deficit. That was nonsense. There's no deficit. I'll repeat that again. And believe it or not, the city sends its money to the board of education and we don't have a pile laying around because we didn't send it there. And my final thing is the cartoons will
continue and with that progress. >> Thank you, Mr. Kasu. [Laughter] >> Come on, Vice Mayor. >> I just want to say congratulations to
all everybody that the 19 candidates who put themselves out. It is not easy. It is not easy. You put your heart and your soul into it. And there was a lot of good people and I can't say enough. So just keep on coming back because we do
need you. You have a lot of the knowledge. Uh Mr. Soloff, I can only tell you that you will get respect from me. I cannot speak on the behalf of the other ones that will be sitting up here, but everybody deserves to be respected and listened to. So and
with that, that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner Kaspoon. Thanks, Mayor Watson. Uh again, just like everybody's saying, you know, congratulations to those who, you know, received the votes to be on this uh commission. Uh again, thank you to all that, uh, you know, tried to run,
do their best efforts to try to provide and serve the city. And it's all good stuff. Uh I know when I was, you know, going through it, uh it wasn't easy. Uh I received congratulations and condolences. So I don't know if that that if I would say the same thing. Um,
but to those that you know are potentially going to be sitting in these chairs next year. You know, you're going to be tested. Uh, your characteristics, everything that you were taught, uh, you're going to learn new things. You're going to hear a lot of different people and you're going to be stuck in really tough situations and you're going to
have to pick between a bunch of bad choices. There's not a lot of good ones. Um, so I really do hope that they're ready. Um, I hope that they paid attention. Um, I hope that they read, which I'm horrible at. um you know, keeping up on. Anyway, there's there's
there's a lot of stuff you're going to have to keep up on. Um but congratulations. I won't wish you any condolences, but I have >> Thank you, Vice Mayor Watson. That's interesting. I hear as being the youngest mayor ever and you know second
youngest ever elected here in the city of Milva at 26 four years ago which holy cow uh is I always get meeting new people around just in public elsewhere in the communities South Jersey and they see the shirt or something and and uh I hear all the time I don't envy you and I
never ever expected that at being a young person at all one bit and I'm sure a lot of people don't it is not easy just as you said I didn't I don't think I got condolences Um that's wild. Uh but uh it is you know you have decisions to make between a rock and a hard place and
there is no good but it's no good outcome. It's just the the opportunities that present itself are there and it that's awful. Um you reminded me of some in you know the past four years some difficult difficult times but uh we
prevail you know we work together as a board of commission that we are we are each and every one of us is a commissioner here um some of us hold different titles um but we work together in respect to our own departments and that is how this city operates and um I
don't think it's the greatest form of government I think we have grown past that point but I do congratulate Once again to all that did uh run for middle of city election in 2025.
Um best of luck. Reach out if you have any questions. I'm here to help. Um if the other commissioners want to help, they'll tell you that. But you got a lot to learn in uh basically two months. Um and it's not easy sitting up here and
looking at all these faces that you don't know. Um, I remember January 6, 2022 and these reports that we get from our departments, I'd rifle through it in 30 seconds. And I don't know how many times I got coached, breathe, look up,
read. Um, but it's a definite learning curve and I always say learn something new. Every day is a good day. So, keep your mind open. Uh, thank you to all those that did come up and speak. I do want to remind the public that our next meeting is on a Monday. Today's weird,
but we're on a Wednesday. I think it's Tuesday. Uh, next meeting is on Monday, November 17th. We'll see you all there. Motion for a German, please >> make motion. >> Second. All favor.