All right, we're all set. >> I'd like to bring this meeting to order. February 17th, 2026. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> here. >> Vice Mayor Cot >> here. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> present. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> here. >> Mayor Dixon, [snorts]
>> here. Please uh rise and join me with salute to the flagg 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.
>> Please stay standing. Sam from County Community Church within the location. >> Pray with me. Father God, we thank you for this opportunity to gather together. We come to you with humility, with gratitude, acknowledging that that there
is no authority except from from you. Lord, we thank you for the commissioners here, for every person who serves our community. Lord, your word says if any lacks wisdom, let him ask and it will be given. So, we ask today for wisdom that
is clear, courageous, and compassionate. Lord, guide every discussion and decision. Help our leaders to, as Micah tells us, to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with the Lord. Give them discernment to pursue what is right,
strength to do what is difficult, and unity to do what is best. Father, you your scripture tells us that blessed are the peacemakers, and we pray for peace in our neighborhoods, for our homes, and every conversation that may take place this evening. We continue to
pray for protection over our city, over our first responders, our schools, all those involved in that, businesses, Lord, and families. We ask that what is decided, what is discussed this evening would lead to the good of all. We entrust this meeting to
you, Lord. May your favor rest upon [cough] Milville and may integrity and truth guide us. It's your great, holy, precious name we pray. Amen. >> Amen. Thank you. >> This meeting is being conducted in
accordance with the open public meetings act of 1975. Was advertised, posted, and made available to the public as required by statute. The mun municipal clerk is directed to include a statement in the minutes of this meeting.
Public comment on agenda items only. If Just a second. We have now reached the public comment portion for agenda items only. Anyone who would like to address the commission, please go to the podium, state your name and address and your
concerns. Please limit your comments to approximately 5 minutes. >> [clears throat] >> Uh, good evening. My name is Angelica Hamstein from 2319 East Main Street in Milville. Um, I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak today. Um,
[sighs] so um, I wanted to speak regarding the residential poultry ordinance and some clarification for that as well. Um, it's not just a personal concern of mine. Two weeks ago, I spoke at the zoning meeting and I had a petition going to the public that had I'm sorry,
>> this is not an agenda item. You'll have to wait till the public uh comment portion at the end. >> Oh, okay. I'm sorry. >> It's okay. A lot of people get that wrong. It's not a big deal. >> This is just for agenda items only. I'm sorry. >> Hello, city council. Uh, Victor Faust
Milville, uh, I came here and spoke a couple weeks ago when you guys got sworn in. Um, just had a quick little tidbit on one of the agenda items. Um, I noticed that we are looking to hire a city engineer for a total of 200 grand.
Um, just a couple concerns. One, is this going to affect property taxes for this year and the coming years? Two, I noticed uh that the person that is considering to being hired a John Nuke was previously a city engineer. Um now I
don't have all the data on hand about that, but from speaking to people and looking a little bit online, obviously there's been some concerns from the community at large. I guess back in the day he's been rumored to potentially, I guess, engage in not so great activities, maybe drinking, bribery,
things of that nature. >> I'm going to call that out of order. Yeah. And that's that's perfectly fine. Um personal attacks >> and I'm perfectly fine with that. My main concern is I guess yeah really wasn't. That's why I said allegedly. But why I guess are we hiring somebody that
has already been a city engineer and then bringing them back after all these years and for the tune of what the salary of the governor is. And that ties into my question about property taxes because my taxes since moving here have gone up incrementally every quarter.
Every quarter. I think what they were below a certain amount and now we've gone up probably a couple hundred dollars every quarter or so. So that's that's just my main concern about that. I mean I I understand the need for city engineer and whatnot but to the two to 200 grand I mean seems like an awful
amount of money especially since again the same price range is what the governor's getting paid and that's pretty much it. No answer on that or anything or we just waiting for that later on or we'll address it. >> All right, no problem.
[clears throat] >> Hi, my name is Adelfast. Also live in Milville. Um, I also wanted to talk about our future city engineer. I have some concerns as he has been listed as a paid consultant andor employee of
Northeast Precast who is the builders of the golf course and the data center around the corner. We have heard publicly from you guys at your first meeting last month that there would be no data center in Millville. Believe you meant it when you said that. But the
city engineer, I am told, I have read, I could be wrong, has power to divert our water to another municipality in cases of emergency. Vinand is going to be in an emergency situation because of that data center with their water. I'm very
concerned that the city engineer that we're hiring has paid ties to that company. I don't think that that is something the people of Milville would be happy about. It's definitely something I'm not happy about. But I have serious concerns that even if we are not going to get a data center that
our resources are going to be allocated to it. I would really like to prevent that from happening. Thank you. >> Seeing no one else at the podium, we'll close the public comments on agenda items only. Madame clerk, do we have any
presentations? Yes, we have a 2026 Melville Public Library presentation with Courtney Reece, the library director. >> Good evening, commissioners. Good good evening people who are interested in the city of Milville in very whatever very
capacities. My name is Courtney Ree. I am the director at the Millville Public Library and I am here to talk about the library and about the one of the things that makes the library strong is the partnerships that we build and to that
end I'm going to ask Miss Dylan if she'll come up and help me with start with a video to explain one of the partnerships we have with the high school. Right in the heart of our community, something new is unfolding. And it starts the moment you walk through the
new entrance of the Noville Public Library. Step inside and discover a space [clears throat] designed for everyone. [music] In the teen room, imagination meets independence. Whether it's studying with friends, diving into a good book, or
exploring new ideas, this is their space to grow, connect, and create. Next stop, the Lego room. A hands-on world where creativity clicks together one brick at a time. From beginner builders to future engineers, this is
where ideas come alive. And when it's time to gather, the family room offers a welcoming space for clubs, conversations, celebrations, and learning together. Because the community happens here. Milvo Public Library. More than books.
It's a doorway to connection, creativity, and community. [applause] Thank you for that applause. It all belongs to the Millville High School Drama Club and the video club. and their adviserss, they did a really wonderful
job there. They reached out to us and we came up with a project that we could work on together. So, I have passed out and maybe some of you picked up um a little booklet that looks like this. Um the only thing I want to say about this
booklet in the beginning is that as you go through the booklet, remember there are according to the census 28,000 people who live in the city of Milville. And that is the framework you should look at all of these statistics through truthfully. Um I'm not going to read all
these statistics to you. I'm sure all of you can do that all by yourself. There's a lot going on. But what I want to talk about is this little tiny corner right up here.
So, one of the things that they said in that video is that the Milville Library is more than books. And yes, when you think of the library, you think of the traditional literacy. You think of checking books in, checking books out,
that kind of thing. We do story times, we do play times with kids, we do um book clubs and poetry workshops and those kinds of things that all are examples of traditional literacy. But one of the shining stars that we have at
the Millville Public Library is an instructor who will help you get your high school diploma. So, it's free of charge. I write grants every year to keep these high school students getting those diplomas. And she
has helped people from the age of 16, not really a heavy lift, to age 80. She helped an 80year-old woman achieve her lifelong dream of getting her high school diploma. Awesome, right? She's fabulous. She's fabulous. And one of the
ways that she does this is she connects her students with technology. We as part of our grant get laptops for the students to use and study. We can track their progress. They can take their tests and it's a lot. We of course offer
free Wi-Fi. We have the public computers and this is you might not think of this as really a technology thing but one of the things that we do is we help people print things out. They come into us. I need my payub. I need my insurance card.
I need to get a copy of this for soand so they can print from their phones. They can print from our computers. Then they can make copies of things. They can fax them to the various places they need to go. I know you may not think in this room that in this day and age people
really do fax, but they fax all the time. [laughter] All the time. And then we have a notary, which doesn't have anything to do with technology, but he's busy almost every single day as well. So, but again, the shining star of our technology
department truthfully is our computer instructor. He's an Army vet. He is so patient and so kind and he will go over things with people multiple times until they get it and he's really fabulous.
And this last year, um, well, it's going to be this year now in 2026, part of the grant that I wrote was to get Samsung tablets and iPads so that we can start teaching people to use those devices because laptops and desktops, they're
very expensive and you can take that little tablet with you wherever you need to go. So, we're going to start expanding our computer offering class uh computer classes to those kinds of offerings. And what about health literacy? We're all concerned about our health. We're
it's it's a big thing now. And we give out nutrition kits for the fa different families. Um we have families that sign up. We have elderly people who sign up. They come to us and they say, "Can I get a nutrition kit?" And we'll say yes and they say, "Can I get one for my next
door neighbor who she can't leave the house?" And of course, we say yes to that, too. Rowan College did a technology health combination called Golden Bites this last year at the library. From June
to November, they came and they taught people, you had to be 60 or older, how to use a smartwatch. Lots of doctors now are asking people, "Get yourself a smartwatch. I want to track all all your health data through that." And so they taught people how to use those. They
taught people how to use Instacart or to order groceries online and have them delivered from Shopright or wherever they wanted to have that done. And just it it was a really wonderful integration of uh health and technology for us and
we were really proud to be a partner with Rowan. We were one of two libraries only two libraries were asked to participate in that program and we were one of them. And then finally, I also I want to talk, well, not finally, but I also want to talk about civic literacy.
Civic literacy is one of the things that we try to open our library up to. Some of you may have come to chat and chew, which the Holly City Development Corporation put on, especially leading up to the election. I I'm pretty sure I saw one or two of you coming to those
chat and choose. And we open our doors up to all kinds of people. uh the Democratic um young Democratics Democrats come. We're a polling site. So in June and November, we're a polling site for the city as well, helping
people to um do their civic duty. And then I will say finally, [clears throat] I'm talking about financial literacy. Why are people coming to the library right now? They want those tax forms and we help them. If we have them
ourselves, we hand them out. If they need a special tax form, we'll print them out for them. We'll help them find them. And then, of course, after they filled everything out, they can copy it, fax it, fax things to their C uh CPA, whatever they need to do. Bay Atlantic
and the Bar Association in this last year have all come to our library and put on programs about what living wills, trusts, how to um manage your social security and Medicare. They've been great. those classes have been packed
and people are asking us to get them to come back and do more. Um, Atlantic City Electric and South Jersey Gas have both come out to help people understand how to manage their utility costs. So, that's another small piece of what we
can do to help people be more financially literate. So, so many things that we do. I'm not sure whether all of you in this room were aware of all the things that we do and how we can help you. There's a lot more that I could have talked about, but I know I'm
supposed to be on a on a little bit of a time crunch here, but I really appreciate your time and your attention. And I invite anyone anyone in this room to come and visit us at the Millsville Public Library. [applause] >> Thank you, Madam Clerk. We'll move on to
the bills. >> Yes, we need a motion to approve the bill list. >> Make a motion. >> Second the motion. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes.
>> Petitions and letters. >> There are none, Mayor. >> All right. Reports of commissioners. Let's start with uh Commissioner Sherman >> Taylor. I have the uh fire and EMS reports. January
>> police department had uh 3,11 calls. The EMS had 669 calls for January. >> All right. Thank you, Commissioner Taylor. Commissioner Renella. >> Um, yeah. First, I want to discuss some
of our upcoming events. This Saturday, our annual snowflake punch takes place at noon at Union Lake Beach. We encourage everyone to come out and support our friends as they raise money for Shirley Eaves. We also have our spring coloring contest. You can obtain
a copy of the coloring page on our city website, Facebook, or the recreation office. The deadline for entering the contest is March 13th and winners will receive a prize and their artwork will be featured on the Millville Recreation Facebook group. Several people have
reached out and asked about donating plast plastic Easter eggs and candy. Yes, we are accepting donations for our Easter egg hunt in March. Items can be dropped off at 202 South Wade Boulevard. Uh we're truly appreciative to everyone
who makes uh the who takes the time to contribute. So, thank you. Um now, some department updates and some meetings that have taken place. I apologize in advance. This is going to be a little lengthy. The parks department has spent the past three weeks clearing tree limbs and
debris from all city-owned property following the storm. So, we want to thank everyone in the parks for your ongoing hard work and dedication. Last Tuesday, I attended the bi-weekly construction meeting at the sewer department, and I took the opportunity to take a pretty uh pretty thorough
tour. I got to see firsthand just how hard the men and women there work to keep everything running smoothly. It's very eye opening. They truly don't get enough recognition for what they do. So, I want to say thank you to S and everyone in the sewer department for all your hard work and for keeping things
running day and night. A few hours after that meeting at the sewer department, Vice Mayor Kot and I met at the Trinity First Hope Center with several organizations from across the county. These groups are doing important work to support unhoused residents and those at
risk of losing their housing. This wasn't a oneanddone meeting for Vice Mayor and myself. We're committed to coordinating, learning about resources, understanding some barriers, and participating in future discussions to
help find some lasting solutions. Last Thursday evening, I met with local artists, the Millville Historical Society, and the Wildflower Vegan Cafe on High Street for a High Street collaborative gathering. It was a
positive, energetic, really cool meeting focused on fostering relationships, community engagement, and with a focus on strengthening our local economy. I want to emphasize something. Our small businesses really, really need
us. While some storefronts sit vacant, many others run by families that are working very, very hard. They need our support. And if we want our business community to thrive, we need to shop local. So, I'm asking everybody to support our neighbors and friends so
that they can continue to grow in our community. I also want to give an update from our January 20th meeting. Last month, I shared that 119 street lights were out across the city. This past Friday, the mayor and I met with our representative from Atlantic City
Electric, and I'm happy to report that more than half of those lights have already been restored, and work is continuing on the remaining street lights. We were also made aware of programs available through Atlantic City Electric that may benefit our residents. I heard Miss Reese mention Atlantic City
Electric. So, we're hoping to have a representative from ACE present that information to the public very soon. When we get those details together, we'll make sure that the public knows when and where that'll take place. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner. >> Been busy.
>> Commissioner Kiban, >> just a brief uh now now that the sun is out and ice has melted off the roads, but now we have potholes. So, we're aware of the potholes. Our streets and roads is out fixing them. If you know
any potholes, please contact us at 8257000 extension 7388. Christmas trees, if you still have them, you can put them out to the curb until the end of February. Uh loose leaf collection in April, you can start putting those loose leaves to the curb
the last two weeks of March for the April collection. As of today, the street sweeper is back up and running. Be aware, tickets will be issued. If anyone has any other questions or concerns, please feel free to give us a call at 8257000
extension 7388. And again, thank you to those streets and roads, um, sewer department, water department, EMS, fire, police during that storm. They all worked so hard. They were working hours upon hours to get those roads cleared
and finally they're done. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner Casabian. Vice Mayor Cot. >> Uh, yeah. I I just like to reiterate what uh Commissioner Reinelloo said. Uh that was a very eye openening first meeting. Um we got to learn a lot about different organizations throughout the
county that help the unhoused um addiction and mental illness out there and it was uh we learned a lot um and for a first meeting uh we're looking forward to many more. Looking forward to getting anybody involved in County that feels like they can offer uh any
help to us. Uh we would greatly appreciate it. Uh we're working on things as streamlining our fleet. We're working on different things um to make that a little bit more budget friendly and um upgrade and just do some things to our our fleet long term. Um we're
busy filling vacant spots that have been left vacant but budgeted for a long time and just trying to backfill some spots and get caught up. And then I also like to make a motion to receive and file the tax collector's report for the month of January. Second motion.
>> Sorry. [laughter] I didn't turn the page. >> Good. >> Didn't turn the page. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kosaboon. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reinella? >> Yes. >> Mayor Dixon? >> Yes.
>> All right. First, I want to commend our permitting and inspections uh personnel. They are now up to 22 violations for unpermitted work in the city. Um, it's something that we really focused on last month when I came in. I said, I really
want to focus on that because I think people come, developers come and uh contractors come to the city and they they uh they try to get around the system. So, we're up to 22 now um that we found uh violations. So, that's that's great news on that one. Um, we're
having a criminal nuisance property ordinance reviewed by council. You should see that in the next meeting or two. Looking forward to getting that on the books and starting to um really take a look at the properties that are requiring more of, you know, with uh
Commissioner Taylor uh properties that are requiring more and more of our police uh uh services. Um abandoned properties are being uh narrowed down to about five properties. you should see something very shortly. Uh the process is being streamlined to get those
properties uh demolished. Uh and that's all done with grant money. So that's going to happen shortly. Abandoned properties are a nuisance to the community. That's where a lot of uh you know illegal activity happens. It's where drug uh trade happens. It's just something that uh the more abandoned
properties that we can demolish uh usually the better off the city is. The police are very happy when that happens. Um, I want to say thank you to the Chamber of Commerce. Uh, last Wednesday. Uh, we had the state of the city address. Um, it's very heartening to see
the positivity um by the business community in uh in this city. Everyone's very positive and they're looking forward to um the economic development that is happening in the city. I'm very encouraged by by how much the chamber of commerce and the
business community wants to support the city and we in turn want to support them. Uh, one last thing, economic development is moving forward um, very well. Um, every day we probably get three to five new calls for somebody looking to start projects here. Mr.
Couchy um, our economic development director has his hands full. I don't know how he does everything he does, but it's an amazing amount of work he's doing, and I'm I'm happy that he's uh, he's as busy as he is. And uh, the camera project for High Street, Miss
Mr. Uh, Commissioner Taylor and I have been working on that and we are making progress on that. I just like to say uh, you know, I don't like to stay silent on things sometimes. Just want to let you know what we're working on, directions we're heading. So, um, we're we're going to have a bunch of phases that that
camera project is going to uh, roll out on and we're working hand inand to make sure that that happens. So, very excited about that. And, uh, that's all I have for my report. >> You stole my thunder. >> Oh, I'm so sorry. Actually, something else too. I forgot to make a
motion to receive and file the police and EMS reports. >> Second. >> Commissioner Taylor. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo. >> Yes. >> Mayor Dixon. >> Yes. >> All right. Let's move on to regular business.
>> Ordinances for second reading. Ordinance for second reading. Item number one, an ordinance amending the salary ordinance. And there is a public hearing on that tonight as well. >> Like to make a motion. >> Second. Do we have to have a public hearing first?
>> I would just have it before you vote. >> Have to. >> All right. If anybody like to come to the podium and speak on that issue, please come to the podium now. >> Seeing no one at the podium, I will close comments. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes.
>> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kaspoon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. There are no ordinances in the first reading. On to resolutions. Resolution item number one, resolution awarding a non-fair and open contract for municipal engineer John Nuke.
>> Like to make a motion. >> Second. >> Um I will talk on this because uh Mr. Nuke is in my department and uh I will address some of the comments that have been made. Our previous engineer um I'd
like to our our previous engineer, our city engineer was Wayne Johnson. Wayne Johnson um resigned. So he was uh earning $200,000 a year at $135 an hour. Um Mr. Nuke replaces
um our city engineer at the same uh not to exceed but at $110 an hour. So it's actually uh there's no increase to taxes. There's no increase to you know our cost. It's exactly the same as what it was before.
Um, the one thing that it won't tolerate is people coming up to the podium and personally attacking people. It's not going to happen in this chamber and I'm not going to tolerate it. So, I'm going to say that right off the bat. Everybody has a past. Everybody has a history and
no one's going to come to that podium and say negative things toward people what happened 20, 30, 40 years ago and it's not going to be tolerated in this chambers. Um, as far as data centers go, Mr. uh worked for the city for I believe it
was 19 years and then he went to the county for five years. >> Seven with the county >> and oh I'm sorry 24 with the city. >> Okay. And then you went to uh you were with Northeast Precast for
>> four and a half years. Um it took a lot to get Mr. N to come back to the city. It wasn't like he was knocking our our door to come back. I uh reached out to Mr. Mr. N. Actually, uh, someone from the city reached out to him and, uh, I have heard such good things about Mr. N.
I I've probably talked to 30 people about Mr. N, and I can't find one person, Mr. N, that doesn't love you. So, welcome aboard. I'm real happy to have you and I am not concerned about your loyalties. I know 24 years with the city, this is you've come back to your
first love and uh, we're welcome to have you. You know, we're very happy to have you here. Welcome aboard. Anyone else? >> Yeah, I just like to say too, I worked with John. Um, I was in traffic for a while. Uh, worked with him doing that
just in the city for a long time. Um, always did well for the city. Always uh had the city first. So, I'm excited. I think he brings stability and uh >> institutional knowledge. >> Institutional knowledge that we need right now. >> Yeah, >> definitely institutional knowledge. He's
had a lot of years. He's got a lot of history with the city of Milville. [clears throat] So, we're looking forward to working with him. Thank you. >> And I'll just say I'm no engineer, but I'm not sure, you know, I think with the data centers, people were having problems with their personal wells going dry. I'm not sure how you divert city
water to a personal well. Maybe you can enlighten me, Mr. Noob, later, you know, but uh I don't know how that works, but uh you I'm not an engineer, so that's why Mr. Noob's here because he's the expert. So, would anybody uh like to have roll
call here? >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. >> Resolution item number two, resolution appointing an alternate member to the zoning board. DeAndre Heath.
>> Make a motion. >> I second that motion. [laughter] Is >> that a song? >> I think that is a song. I'd just like to say how how much that made us all smile about your being cheerful for that.
>> Thanks uh Mr. Heath for filling that spot. We appreciate it. >> Yeah, I I interviewed him and he's a uh he's a person going to do a great job. He cares for the city and uh excited for him to start. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes.
>> Commissioner Kaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. Resolution item number three, resolution awarding a non-fair and open contract for municipal court interpreter. >> So the the court needs an interpreter
for uh our Spanish clients that come in and uh I believe we're he's we're just renewing his contract. Correct. >> Yes. So I'd like to make a motion. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot. >> Yes.
>> Commissioner Kasabun? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo? Yes. >> Mayor Dixon. >> Yes. >> Resolution item number four, resolution approving licensed towing operator application for rock towing. >> Uh Rock Towing is one of our long-standing uh tow companies that we use for impounds and uh towing for the
city and they're they do a great job and we're renewing the contract. I'd like to make a motion. >> I'll second it. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. Resolution item number five,
resolution authorizing tax and utility adjustments. >> Like to make a motion. >> Second the motion. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes.
>> Resolution item number six, resolution authorizing the city of Milville to award a non-fair and open contract to Edmonds Gov Tech, Inc. for financial software hosting and support services. >> Like to make a motion. >> I'll second the motion. >> Yes. If this is just our annual contract uh we're renewing forum our software
that we use for payroll along with a lot of other things throughout the city of Mill. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. >> Resolution item number seven, resolution approving participation with the state
of New Jersey in a safe and secure communities program administered by the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Office of the Attorney General. This is a a grant that we have applied for. Um the way the resolution is is written kind of makes it look like the
the numbers are are mistaken, but they're not. It's the way the resolution is written is the way that the uh agency needs the information in there. Um I'd like to make a motion to uh
accept it. >> I'll second it. >> Roll call. Well, just to explain a little bit more, this is not a matching grant. So, this is a grant for I think 65,000. Yes. >> Um, but they require so much salary based off that. So, it's just replacing
salary uh replenishing salary for the officers that are doing certain things that are required by the grant. So, there's no matching funds, but we have to show that uh there's salary for those officers doing it. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot.
>> Yes. Yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo. >> Yes. >> Mayor Dixon. >> Yes. >> Resolution item number eight. Resolution to amend resolution 233-2025 for an additional $27,742 required for final fire truck repairs.
>> Okay. This is to uh finish the uh repairs on the tower which is back and in service which is great news. I'd like to make a motion. >> Second. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes.
>> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. >> Resolution item number nine, resolution authorizing interlocal services between the city of Milville and the county of Cumberland, Office of Aging and Disabled with regard to the Meals on Wheels
program. >> Make a motion. >> Second it. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Casabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. Madam clerk, is there any new business? >> There is none, mayor.
>> All right. We have now reached the public comment portion of the meeting. Anyone who would like to address the commission, please go to the podium, state your name and address and your concerns. Please limit your comments to approximately 5 minutes. Hello again. So, my name is Angelica Hanstein. um
2319 East Main Street um mobile. I thank you all again for the opportunity to speak today. Um I would like to speak regarding the residential poultry ordinance and some clarification. Um it's not just a personal concern of mine. Uh two weeks ago I spoke at the zoning meeting. At that time my petition
that I had started with the public had 290 supporters after just 4 days of starting. It has now grown to around 350 supporters with many local residents. Um, several community members have also reached out to me since going public with the petition. Um, just reaching
out, kind of giving support. You know, they have similar lot sizes, some even smaller, and they also keep their small flocks. Um, some residents have also reached out saying that they faced similar zoning issues with theirs, although they had small amounts on a decent sized plot and were forced to
rehome. Some even said that they've relocated uh due to having to get rid of their chickens. Um, so these stories just kind of demonstrate that it is possible to have them on smaller lots and the importance of the fair ordinance interpretation.
The ordinances that were cited against my personal property were 30-203, which is the home animal agriculture, and 30-117.4, which is medium residential. Um, while we are very committed to compliance, I
respectfully note that these ordinances may not be interpreted consistently or as intended and uh review for some clarity of expectations to ensure fair applications for all residents uh would be appreciated. Um, based on those ordinances, uh, they [clears throat] we have 11 hens
and the ordinance requires uh four square foot per hen uh for their coupe. We have 48 square foot, so we're over that. the run uh which is where the chickens kind of play. The ordinance requires four square foot. We have 112 to 128 square feet for them. Plus, we
have an eight foot roof uh which protects the birds and helps with drainage in case smell was an issue. Our birds are consistently fully contained um similar to like a no leash law. You kind of have your birds in their coupe u in their run um more so just not allowing free range chickens to just fly
all over our town. Um the ordinance also says that there has to be 25 ft between the chickens and our nearest neighbors which we are in compliance with. Um and for reference we have about a half acre. Um so one of the b things uh that people are worried about is like sanitation,
odor, rodents, uh vermin, all those type of things. So sand um has been our best friend. It dries quickly, drains well, it helps because you could just scoop it clean if it does get messy, but from where it doesn't sit wet, uh, you don't have those odor issues. And, you know, reducing odor is like the
biggest thing. You don't want to upset any neighbors. You don't want to smell it yourself. Um, the sand also acts as a temperature barrier, so it doesn't get too hot to burn the chickens during the summer. It also stays warm enough during the winter, though, to their feet don't freeze to it. So, it's uh just an allaround win there. Um, we also use
lime that you sprinkle around. It's very pet friendly. plant friendly. If you have a garden, it doesn't have any type of chemicals that helps to keep away mites, fleas, other nuisance like that. Um, and then, you know, the chickens themselves don't actually bring on vermin and rodents. It's the food
particularly. So, as long as the food is well secured, similar to our bird feeder ordinances that we already have in place and trash ordinances, you know, keeping your lids on and things of that nature, uh, it's not too big of an issue. Um,
so I just I don't want to understand um the ordinance a little bit clearer. Um, from what I read, it was 32 per acre. It doesn't specifically say you can't have any for less. So, because we had half, we went with half of that. Um, just so if we get some more clarity as to if people with smaller lots like myself are
able to have a certain amount. Obviously, not jamming 25 and a half acre or a quarter acre, but if we could have, you know, like six, 10, you know, smaller um, reasonable things. It's just it's becoming a community outreach at this point. Um I'm happy to, you know, provide any answers to any questions
about practices of what we do to help with smell or animals or anything like that. Um just to ease concern, you know, for sake of time, I don't want to go too far into it unless it is a big question. Um, so I just really want to find a way to
work collaboratively to find a solution that balances, you know, the public health part of it, the neighborhood quality of life, the administrative part, and just community interest. So, um, I thank you guys for your time and for listening and any consideration that comes of it, and I'm happy to answer any
questions at any time that anybody has. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. [snorts] uh Lynn Pereka Milville. Um this commission's fallen into a pattern of blaming the problems their problems on the last four years. Milville is where it is not because of the last four years
but years of being reactive instead of proactive. When you blame the last commission for how Milville is, you're also blaming Commissioner Manella and Commissioner Kasaboon as they were both in office and voted how the city should proceed. You're also blaming the employees as it's employees job to talk
to the commissioners and inform them of any issues within their departments and then to implement a plan to fix it. So these are just a few of the initiatives that the last commission did. In the last four year four years, the commissioners and the staff were able to improve the finances of the city to give
you over a $7 million nest egg. $7 million that you're spending on hiring and not improving the city or taking the burden off the taxpayers. In addition, in the last four years, programs were set up to loan businesses money through the UVZ funds. No cost to the taxpayer.
Plans are made for NAB Avenue Extension to aid the development of the airport industrial park. Nothing had been done on that a on that NAB Avenue extension for years. The owners of the strategic properties involved were contacted. Plans were agreed to. It was a
simplified plan unlike the convoluted expensive county plan. A business agreement was also reached with a warehouse developer at the Millville airport to include a revenue allocation bond to pay for the city's NAV Avenue design. Again, saving the taxpayer.
Employers were contacted and asked what skills their workforces needed so their businesses could expand and be successful. The city then contacted the college and were working on programs that could help companies get the qualified employees that they need. NIPRA was part of this and they had
plans to expand their workforce. Meetings were held with the small business association out of Ruckers University and plans were in place for the SBA to come to Millville and council new and potential businesses to work out a business plan to educate potential businesses on available funding and to
help them to be successful. This was a free program. The majority of the property at the airport industrial plant is now under contract and new land was being looked at to expand the industrial park. This industrial park had sat ba vacant for approximately 25 years. When
the contracts close, there'll be over $10 million that will be added to the city's revenue. Work was done on reducing the historical district at the airport, which has hindered redevelopment in jobs at the airport. This was done in conjunction with the DRBA and the Millport Army Museum.
Money was also found for walking patrols and a shared service agreement was set up with the sheriff's department and to improve public safety for the citizens. Again, no tax burden. Upgrades were made to the sewer plant. They were started and are still in progress. Also, the gas
and the electric services to the airport were looked at and they were insufficient. That hindered redevelopment at the airport. These were all upgraded. Plans were begun to run city water to Laurel Lake using revenue allocation bonds. So again, to lessen the burden on the taxpayer, roads were
paved in Laurel Lake that had long been neglected. UE funds were allotted for the paving of Buck Street and improvements to Buck Park. Meetings were reinstated with department heads along with programs to improve the procedures and policies of the city. A dress code was implemented to create a personal
professional atmosphere in the city. So significant groundwork has been set for this commission to succeed by the previous commissioners and staff. So far, it appears that you have chosen to place blame, spend taxpayer money recklessly, and not appreciate all the initiatives that were given to you. You
are taking advice from the very same reactive individuals and politicians that caused Milva to be where we are today. As you move forward, I trust that you will continue the important initiatives that were started for you. And I just have one final comment which
just is a personal pet peeve of mine. Um, the state of the Milville address was given at the Chamber of Commerce meeting and the fee was $45 to go there. I know that several of the employees went to the event and the city paid for that out of taxpayers money. Wouldn't it be better if the event was held for free
at a venue like Lakeside so that all the public could go there and hear what is going on firsthand and get to ask questions? I realize that the speech may be online, but not everyone has a computer, the internet, or they might just prefer to see things in person. by charging the fee. It is not an inclusive
event. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> John Worthington. A month ago, I came here and asked for an update on the lawsuit where both the city and a former commissioner are being sued in federal court for what the developer is charged as deliberate
fraud, claiming they were duped by the commissioner and the city. Whether they were duped or just greedy and foolish is now literally for the courts to decide. What is certain is the taxpayers were duped by the commissioner who said right in this room at a public meeting that
there are no plans for an asphalt plant on that site when the sworn court documents clearly show he was working with the developer to bring the very plans he denied. [clears throat] Since then, the voters unequivocably said they were tired of the backroom deals and the way the city was being
run. Since then, I've been telling people that it seems there was a breath of fresh air in Millville with this new commission. Now, I'm sorry to be here wondering if I spoke too soon. It's been a month since I asked for that update. I was told by the new solicitor, who, to be fair, was just officially appointed
at that meeting, that he did not have the information, but would get it to me within a few days. I was also told by members of the commission that they would get back to me on the matter. I've heard nothing. This is a huge issue that could see the courts ordering the city to allow an asphalt and concrete
crushing plant on a piece of environmentally sensitive land adjacent to hundreds of homes right on the lake. About the worst place you could find to put it. All because public business was done in private in the dark, hidden from the public's view and input. I'm still
trying to cling to my hope for change. So, I'm asking again for an update and for assurances that the city is working to stop this disaster and is committed to ensuring that public business is conducted in the public's view. Thank you. >> Do it now.
>> Yeah, >> Mr. Warrington. U Thank you. Um before we go any further with any more public comments, I'll address your concerns to the best I can. When I was here a month ago, I had literally just been sworn in when you rose to the podium to ask your
questions. And I think I told you back then I could talk to you freely without being concerned at all about giving any attorney client information because I knew nothing about it. That has changed. I can give you an update as to what where that litigation sits today.
Right about the time that I got sworn in, there was a motion to dismiss the city's claims to dismiss the developer claims against the city. It was filed in federal court. to give you a little bit of background. I'm not sure how much you need, but for the benefit of you and anyone else that's here that needs a
little background, I'll give it to you. Originally, the lawsuit was filed in state court. It was then dismissed without prejudice so that the plaintiff, the developer, could file in federal court to alle to bring additional federal court claims. There was a motion
to dismiss on all of the counts that was brought in federal court. Forgive me, I don't have the exact day that the motion was heard, but it was heard, I believe, the Friday after you had rose to the podium to ask your questions. The result
of the motion was this. The federal judge dismissed without prejudice all of the state court claims against the city. And what that means is that for the moment they're not pending, but they potentially could be brought
back later. The judge denied at this time all of the federal court claims that were brought and has ordered the parties to engage in settlement discussions at this time. To my
understanding, there has been no discovery, no formal information that has been exchanged at this time. And the the order for uh settlement discussions is not it's in the judge's discretion and it's not all that uncommon
particularly at this early stage before the parties engage in substantial discovery costs. I hope that's the best I can do for you. The that's the best information that I have at this point. Um
thank you. [clears throat] Good evening, Angeline Broom Hall. I wasn't planning on speaking tonight, but since I'm here, I have fancy pen and I can pose for my next cartoon. Right. [laughter] Okay. Anyway, um
you had mentioned the uh nuisance property ordinance that you're working on. Now, I'm I'm a big proponent of the fifth floor and holding people accountable. I'm vehemently opposed to a nuisance property ordinance. Um, we had one, uh, it was rescended for a reason.
Um, and I want you to consider some of those reasons. I wasn't prepared to speak today, so I'm just shooting off the top of my head. No one should ever be afraid to call for services ever. And I understand you want to hold people accountable. And I understand
and I understand that some properties tend to have more calls than others and they are nuisance properties. But I want you to think about um the domestic violence victim who has to
think twice before calling again. I want you to think about the neighbor who is calling on another neighbor maybe to get them in trouble. I want you to think about uh people
calling for um it it's it's life or death when people have to count how many times they've had to call for service. I'm a taxpayer and I'm willing to send the police as many times as they need to and I don't want
someone to feel afraid to call for the fire department, the police department or EMS for any reason. For any reason. It could be a child calling on their parents for doing something that they
feel is bad outside. Again, for any reason. I'm not prepared. again uh to um show you more examples, but I think it's kind of logical. And at the time when we originally had it, I understood the the
idea behind a nuisance variance. And then when it was rescended, I really got it. And I thought about how many people's lives could be at risk because they have to be afraid to call the police because um they could get
thrown out of their home. They could have their home taken from them. So um I do see that four of you listened and and were very intent. So I appreciate the four of you for doing that. Thank you. >> Thank you.
Uh, good evening, uh, Tamara Davis. Um, I'm just going to ask this question again. Um, I've asked it before. Um, and this is regard only because you brought it up regarding the, um, the abandoned properties, which I think it's great that the the homes are going to be demolished, but again, what is going to
happen with that land? Um the [clears throat] positive about this other than the houses being demolished, it's also decreas um decreasing density which is an issue in this city. We're very dense. Houses are very close together. We had awful fire a year ago or so and the houses were close
together. Basically took down a half a block. So what is going to happen with the land that these houses are on? That has to be part of your planning that you need to start. If you're thinking about already knocking these houses down, it should you should already have an idea what's going to happen with that land. I know that [clears throat] some of the
land might be already considered substandard, but however, that has not stopped anyone a developer coming in [clears throat and cough] from out of town and building something on it. So, you have to think about that, please. It's very important. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. Seeing no one at the podium, I will close public comments, public comment portion. Uh let's move on to comments of commissioners. Let's start with uh Commissioner Taylor.
>> So I'm glad that the uh tower ladder truck is back. Um I'd like to thank the city of Bridton for lending us their ladder truck for the uh time that the tower was out of service. Um, I'll be addressing that with their fire chief and public safety director.
The camera project that the mayor spoke about earlier. Um, we're looking at a phased project. Right now, there's four phases. um depending on the finances um we're looking at where the cameras
are going to go um how they're going to be placed, the type of cameras that are out there. We're looking into also some um mobile camera units that can be placed at special events all through the city. Um
I was today looking at some grants and some funding. Um, a lot of the grants and funding are through the federal government and I'm not sure if they have been frozen not or or not yet. Um, I still have to look deeper into that. Um,
we are going to use some I believe some uee money uh for some of that. um for at least the first phase. Um the phases are broken down into areas of the city like the first phase is um I'll just give you
example is High Street from Maine to Broad and it's including the parking lots on the u back side of Bojos the backside of um
from um Kavanaaugh's Law to Malbury Street and the parking lots behind the warehouse as well as the parking lot at um Sassifrass and Buck Street. Um other phases after that will be including the
different areas on Buck Street, further on High Street and out Broad Street to the uh Memorial School. Um it's a good project. Um it's something that I was looking into before
while I was campaigning. I think uh cameras help in a lot of ways, not just for law enforcement, but um the public perception of security. Um the cameras that they have out there now out there now, I've been
researching some and they are absolutely amazing. Some of them >> [clears throat] >> um they can uh pick movement of a mouse running across the sidewalk. They can catch a bird. They can catch people. they can, you know, identify and store
units. Um, some of them require solar power, not not even electric. Um, and they're all can be monitored in one location. So, uh, that's a project that we're that I'm really trying to get done. I'm going to be working with uh
the parks department, Commissioner Vanelloo for uh the public buildings and public uh areas. um obviously the mayor for uh uee and stuff like that and uh we're going to be moving forward on that as quickly as we can. >> Thank you, Commissioner Taylor.
>> Thank you, >> Commissioner Renella. >> Yeah, I wanted to address [clears throat] some of the comments. Um I wanted to thank uh Miss Paraka, Miss Broomhole, and Miss Davis. And I wanted them to know that I jotted down some of
their notes and uh lot to take in there. Um, my intention was never to speak disparagingly about the commission before the commission before that or the commission. It it it does nothing to move us forward. Uh, as
far as Miss Miss Angela, uh, Miss Angel, Miss Angela with the chicken, the poultry. Yeah, I'm sorry. Um, it appears to me that you I don't know if anybody told you this, but you might want to contact the zoning board for a variance. That's what it sounds like you may need
to me. Um, so if you haven't done that, I would suggest that you go to zoning and ask them how to do that. >> I was considering that. >> I'll gladly speak No, you're fine. I'll gladly speak with you after if you'd like. Okay. Uh, and that's that's really
all I have at the moment. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner Relo. Commissioner Kasabin. >> Well, just want to say thank you to the library um for the presentation. >> Yes. >> Yes. I have been to the chat and chew and it is very informative and unfortunately it's on a Thursday and I
run bingo so but it is if anybody gets a chance it's a great way to meet your neighbors see what's going on in your neighborhood. um historical society. I'm glad to see I hear good things coming out of there for that hope center. They
are very active and I thank them wholeheartedly and if anybody needs any help just see us if you have for you have homeless that you want I have bags that you can be giving out that are compliments of the elks abandoned
property. Yes, I'm glad to see it is going but yes, Mrs. Perka, I agree. We need to see what we can do next with that property. Absolutely. Absolutely. And I think we will take all all that into consideration. I want to welcome aboard Mr. Heath and
Mr. Nuke. I look forward to meeting working with both of them and the ordinance about the Miss Broomal guest. I think we can come up with a game plan that will benefit the city but not deter people from like domestic violence or
anything like that. It we can work that out. I really do believe that. So, thank you for bringing that up. And that's about it for me. >> Thank you, Commissioner Kasaboon. >> Vice Mayor C. >> Once again, I think I learned more about chickens uh in your presentation than I
have in a long time. Um, and my daughter has some and I don't know how she does it, but uh, very well thought out. You take a lot of pride in what you do and um, that's appreciated. I'm sure your neighbors appreciate it. Uh, and I guess
they're a joy. My daughter loves them. I don't see the the the big thing about it, but people love them, right? Especially with the eggs that they give. So, I'll be uh, interested in learning more as we go forward with that. Um, asphalt. Uh, Mr. Mr. Worthington, I hope you you got the comments you were
looking for. Um, I didn't know anybody here was I I don't think anybody here was personally not getting back to you for whatever reason, and I'm not sure. So, I don't want to speak for anybody, but I hope uh our solicitor gave you some information to uh work with. Um,
the nuisance property that that is a little that's a that's a touchy one, right? So, we do have to be careful that we don't over police that, right? Um, but it also, this is just my opinion, there's, it's very valuable to have it on the records for those properties that
don't involve the things you listed. U, but I do see your concern, right? In any law, it can be overused. Um, so we do have to, you know, make sure we do our due diligence in that and I appreciate that. Um, because some of those things you brought up, people might not think about, right? Um, so we do need to look
at that. Uh, I love the ban property, right? We can't just keep putting up four or five houses on the same land. Uh we do need a game plan. We may have that. Um that's more your wheelhouse. Um but it is very dense. Anyway, we can look at making
that area less dense. I I believe in as well. And our employees, we have great employees here. Um we've never knocked an employee here, nor will I ever knock an employee here. We have great employees. In fact, our administrator has been busy going to as many
departments as possible and the departments he's made it to um are very excited to know they're appreciated. >> Um they are we are looking ways to make each department more efficient. Uh find out what they need, find out what they
don't need, find out how we can make things just run a lot better. and the departments we have been working through um are cherishing it. They love the breath of fresh air. They love that people are taking that much stock into
their departments. Um I know a lot of you guys don't see that and and I wish there was a way that we can express it more. Um but there's a lot of work being done behind uh closed doors to make city better. and the chat and chew. They have
probably I don't know in a given time 15 residents. I would love to see a hundred 150 in there. You can literally just sit there and tell them about your neighborhood problems and then they they come and yell at us about them. [clears throat] So, it's a good mouthpiece to have
because it's it's a Holly City Development Corporation who we have a great relationship with and they do not mind picking up the phone call and let us know what you guys say. So, I encourage you to go to those chat and choose. It's just sit, listen, and talk
about your community. And a lot of times we seem like nobody's listening. That's a good spot to feel that you're being listened to. And that's all I have. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor Cot. Um, so when speakers come to the podium, you'll see me furiously making notes. That way, if
there's something I want to address, I can address it. If there's something I don't know the answer to, I can always get back to people. So, if not looking up at somebody, it's because I'm taking notes so I can, you know, either find an answer or get back to people who need an answer. Mr. Worththington, if you'd like
to stop by after, I'd just like to mention a few things to you afterwards. Um, you know, so just to fill in some blanks there on the uh the lawsuit. Um, nuisance property ordinances. Since that nuisance property ordinance
was taken out, the state has come down pretty hard on cities for um enforcing that. There's something called qualifying calls. So when a city looks at the nuisance property ordinance, uh they look at a
property where there's been 10 15 calls to a property in a certain amount of time, those calls have to qualify. And those qualifying calls, if it's domestic violence, doesn't count. Um if it's there's a whole it's a very distinct
list of things that can count toward that nuisance. So, anybody who's calling for domestic violence or for things that don't qualify. It's a very specific list of things that qualify and things that don't. So, nobody's going to be thrown out of their house for uh you know,
domestic violence calls. That's not what it's intended to do. That's not what you can't do that with it because the state has come down on cities that were over overusing it and now they've kind of really narrowed down what you can and can't do with that ordinance. So there's
really no um fear of that happening because you just can't you can't use certain calls uh to enforce that. So it's very specific what you can use it for and uh that's what we plan to follow state law and uh it's it was put in place by the state for just that reason.
Um, I don't know when those changes were made, but I think it was a relatively um recent addition to state law that protects people um who don't deserve to be uh qualified under those calls. Um, state of the union uh state of the city
address. I do believe it's important as a commission to look back and see where we came from. It's not a day goes by in this building where we don't talk about the dumpster fire that was left in
our laps. You don't know where you're going unless you can see where you came from. So from this point forward, we don't plan on talking about the past. We plan on talking about the future. We said that's the last time we'll talk about
the past during that state of the city address. We own the future. We plan on making a future brighter for Milville and the past is the past. We are where we are. Every day we come in here and we try to make this place a little bit
better. So, uh, context is important. The city needs to know where we came from and what we're dealing with. And I think we've done a good job at outlining that. Um, but the future is ours. You know, we're done looking back and now we're looking forward. And this the
future looks bright. And let me make sure there's anything else. And I'll just go along with Mr. Taylor. Uh, Commissioner Taylor, very excited about the camera project. I I I am very impressed with all the hard work that Commissioner Taylor is putting into
this. I have pushed pushed pushed uh for the cameras to the point where I've become nearly annoying with this project. And I think Commissioner Taylor finally got the hint. I think he's doing it just to get me off of his back, but uh I appreciate the zeal in which Commissioner Taylor has taken this
project under his wing and uh is really working hard for this. I think the camera project is one of the pieces that it's not going to solve all the issues, but I do think the camera uh portion of it is a piece to the puzzle. more policing is a piece of the puzzle.
Public safety is the number one goal of this commission right now. Every day we come into this this building and we think of ways that we can increase public safety because without public safety, nothing we plan make is even going to succeed. So, every day we walk
in here, we look for ways to make this city safer. Every time I wake up in the morning, I think, what can we do to make this city safer? And you think I'm kidding or that's hyperbole. It is not. more police. That's a piece of the puzzle. We were just had informal talks about that the other day. Um we're
always brainstorming on what we can do to make this city safer. The wheels of government grind ever so slowly. And I found that out. I'm a very aggressive guy. I've owned a business for 20 years. Everything I've ever done, I've raced a 100 miles an hour to get it done. And I
have been uh mocked online because I I I want to do this in 30 days. I want to do this in city 60 days. Even my fellow commissioners like to tease me about it. But unless you have a plan, an aggressive plan, this city, you walk in this place, it's like a black hole of
time. It sucks your time away. You wind up sitting in meeting after meeting and you you walk out at the end of the day and you say to yourself, "What did I do today?" Because there's so many meetings. That's why I'm so aggressive in in how I push because I am not running again in four years. I've said
that from the beginning. I said that before I was elected. I have four years to make a mark on this city with how we can change it, how we can improve it. And I am pushing. If I can get something done in 30 days, I'm going to push, push, push. Maybe it's going to end up being 90. But you know what? If I didn't
push, maybe it would have been six months or maybe it would have been a year, but I'm pushing. And these commissioners here committed right along with me uh for public safety and for making this city better. And I love serving with every one of them. So, no one can divide us. There's no daylight
between any of us. We are all united in pushing this city forward. Uh it's a pleasure to work with all of you. That's all I have to say about that. And with that, can I get a motion to adjourn? >> Make a motion. Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes.
>> Vice Mayor Cot. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Caspoon. >> Yes. Commissioner Ronaldo.