##VIDEO ID:Mu0RGBYc6t8## I'd like to call the regular session at 710 to order roll call please mayor ramc here commissioner huitt here vice mayor suie commissioner Watson commissioner rello present I'd like to invite Pastor Jack to give the invocation followed by the Salud of flag may we please stand let us pray dear and gracious father we just thank you for this evening Lord we thank you that we live in the home of the free I just uh ask you to be with these officers that are being sworn in tonight that you will watch over them protect them we thank you for all of our EMS fire and uh police Lord that you just might also continue to watch over them we also think of our youth in our city that you um will protect them and help this be a better place to raise them Jesus name amen I algi to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all yeah know 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 Ed to include a statement in the minutes of this meeting madam cler are there any changes to the agenda uh yes may we had three we had the addition of resolution number 13 appointing a part-time fire sub code official of Jeremy War Burton the addition of resolution 14 Appo appointing Walt canup as part-time electrical subcode official and the third item is the addition of resolution number 15 authorizing an access agreement between the city of milville and gelli Enterprises LLC for property located at 202 South W Bel thank you madam clerk presentations okay we have the promotions for the following officers of the police department Sergeant Daniel SS to Lieutenant officer Sean guy promoted to Sergeant and officer Michael Thompson promoted to Sergeant you ahead chief perfect well it's warm so we'll uh try and get this underway quickly and uh these promotions tonight are due to uh retirements so we had the retirement of Cindy zadroga and uh we wish her well we also had the retirement back in August of Sergeant Rick cot um so these are The Replacements uh we we held off on Rick cot's position because you know it was too big to fill so but we'll start off with uh Sergeant Dan SS come on nice that's on page two Sergeant Dan SS promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Lieutenant SS graduated from Cape May police academy in January of 2010 during his his time as an officer he served in the Department's Patrol Division crime prevention unit and the detective division until his promotion to Sergeant in 2017 during his time as a sergeant SS has served in the Patrol Division the detective Division and was the head of the internal affairs Lieutenant SS will be assigned to the uniform Patrol Division Lieutenant SS resides in milville with his wife Jennifer they have three children son Danny and his family Lauren and Son Leo daughter cour and Son [Applause] Cody repeat after me I state your name I Daniel do Solly swear do that I will support the Constitution support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey state of New Jersey that I will bear true Faith true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and the government's established governments established in the United States of the United States and in the state and in the state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will Faithfully I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties police Lieutenant police Lieutenant to the best of my ability to the best of my ab [Applause] uh Lieutenant would you like to make any words they never do I I tried officer strong guy [Applause] officer guy promoted to the rank of Sergeant Sergeant guy graduated from the vinand police academy in 2005 and was assigned to the Patrol Division Sergeant guy became a field training officer and throughout his career trained several new officers in 2009 he was assigned to the criminal investigations Division and was a detective for 5 years before returning to patrol in 2015 he was was assigned to the evidence unit for 2 years and in 2019 Sergeant guy was assigned to the juvenile unit as a school resource officer where he's a spent where he has spent approximately four years he served on the he has served on the Police Athletic League board and volunteered his time as a coach and mentor to Pal members as well as an adviser for our mville Police Explorers so guy is a lifelong resident of the city of milville where he resides with his wife Ashley and their five [Applause] children repeat after me I say your name I shall not do solemly swear Sol swear that I will support the Constitution that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true and allegiance to the sa to the and the governments established the government establish in the United States States and in the State and State under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will Faithfully I will Faithfully impartially partially and justly per all the duties of police Serge to the best of ability [Applause] congratulations Sergeant guy would you like to say any words no I'm good thank you a lot of sweaty handshakes going on officer Michael [Applause] Thompson officer Michael Thompson promoted to the rank of Sergeant Sergeant Thompson started his law enforcement career with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department in 200 four he graduated from the violent Police Academy class 10 Sergeant Thompson was hired by mville police department in 2005 and was assigned to the patrol division during his time as an officer he served in the Department's Internal Affairs evidence traffic safety and Patrol Division and he's currently assigned to the evidence unit Sergeant Thompson is a milville high school graduate and has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tampa Sergeant Thompson is the son of late milville police lieutenant Thomas Thompson he resides in milville with his wife Julie congratulations your name hi Michael Thompson do solemnly swear doem swear that I will support the Constitution will support the constition of the United States United States and the Constitution Constitution and the state of New Jersey the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith will bear true faith and allegiance of and to the government established the government established in the united states in the United States and in the state in the St under the authority of the people under the authority of the people I will Faithfully I will faithfully impartially and justly andly perform all the duties perform all the duties of police Sergeant police Sergeant according to the best of my [Applause] ability speech speech thank and that's the police portion so should drop a couple degrees here when we get out of here and uh thank you to the commission for uh allowing us to come here thanks thanks chief I know War warm wi waitting for your m drink all your wine coolers I'm already in enough trouble stairs back there how's everybody there a window there's a Jack thank you so much how behind the podium she I always wife [Music] [Music] drinks good man I'll be there we already figured it out elevator break [Music] can you go close can you close the doorstep off a about 3° I didn't notice thank you Samantha presentation item number two okay community service recognition certificates commissioner rello Ashley so Ashley Campbell is a 23-year-old who is actively involved in our community and events I had the privilege of meeting her several times over the summer and I'm grateful to see young people take an active role in our community Ashley is currently in a masters of arts in clinical mental health counseling program at Rowan University with the career goal of becoming a licensed professional counselor she is the founder of one step forward initiative whose mission is to teach students how to identify and articulate their mental health experiences she's had the opportunity to promote her initiatives over 300 times throughout the state of New Jersey since 2019 including under the titles of Miss Cumberland County as the first African-American woman to hold the role Miss gloss County and currently is Miss Coastal Shore 2024 with the Miss America opportunity it's an honor today to award her with this certificate of recognition to thank her for her volunteerism and dedication to mville thank you Ashley appreciate thank you thank you JT Burks this was going to be a long one I had to shorten [Laughter] it I met JT Burks also known as coach years ago when I first arrived in milville he may not remember it but this was my first impression of him we sat with a handful of people who wanted to promote positive things for kids this took place at the pheno Factory he had a lot of great ideas and his commitment impressed me I appreciate his I appreciated his dedication then as I know we all do now JT is the president of the Positive Vibes community group he's been involved in community work and service since he was 17 years old and he began coaching at the age of 19 he's been one of the most active people in our community devoting a lot of his personal time to our youth it is an honor to award him with this certificate of recognition today to thank him for his dedication to milville and all of our [Applause] youths thank you both we really do appreciate it here transfer resolution okay I just need so it's a resolution authorizing a transfer of funds for the various 2024 budget Appropriations move the resolution second motion we have a motion and second on a transfer resolution any comments roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson commissioner vanello yes mayor ramine yes motion carries make a motion to pay the bills second motion motion second to pay the bills roll call please commissioner hwit yes vice mayor suie yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner manelo yes mayor ROM yes any motion carries make a motion to approve and dispense with the reading of the following minutes and proceed with the regular order of business October 15th 2024 work session October 15 2024 close session October 15 2024 regular meeting October 28th special session and October 28 2024 Clos session second motion we have a motion and a second of the approval and dispense with the following minutes roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner reelo yes mayor Ram yes motion carries public comment on agenda items only anybody would like to sorry if anybody would like to come to the podium please state your name comments and concerns please limit your comments to five minutes thank you uh my name is Michael di Ariano I'm with j a d LLC I'm here to apply to ask for a support letter from the township so I can apply to the state to get a micro license to cultivate manufacture cannabis at 1501 Oakland Avenue which is an existing Warehouse uh a microl license allows us to grow two 2500 square feet of canopy space we'll probably be doing 2,000 square ft the benefit to the community is both revenue revenue and jobs uh we estimate 4 million a year uh cannabis is the only industry that local minipa pales get a direct 2% tax sale so that goes directly to the community uh we're going to start with four employees within 12 months we hope to have uh 12 employees by the end of the year odor mitigation our grow areas are in sealed containers 20 ft by 40 ft feet and they use carbon filtering the same is true of the dry room and the Cure rooms Waste Management we follow NJ AC 1730 so any cannabis biomass like the plant itself that is unusable gets get put through an industrial Shredder mixed with 50% non-biomass which is dirt goes into a loot dumpster until it's carted away and for security uh we'll have cameras at every entrance and in the parking lot that has night vision plate reading capabilities in addition we have a magnetic loock at every choke point in the building and only those with authorized cards will be able to uh get critical to get access any questions thank you for being here thank you see no one else I will close public comment on agenda items petitions and letters I just need a motion to receive and file resignation letter from vice mayor Joseph suie from the planning board through U and Housing Authority boards make motion second motion we have a motion to Second for petitions and letters item number one any comments roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor SEI yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner Bello yes mayor romanc yes Mo carries sorry uh reports of Commissioners commissioner HT yes uh as you all know it's it's very dry out there some people I see there's questions there's phone calls smoke in the air yeah there's smoke in the air we have no active fires here around us right now fortunately uh the fires down south of us down Township and stuff they are it's just natural they're going to smolder the roots are smoldering and stuff forest fire is keeping an eye on that entire area they're patrolling it uh this is going to go on until we get some of that wet stuff from the sky uh Public Safety side Public Safety teams have been fire department's been running crazy police department police department is is is they're working hard uh EMTs I just got to thank them all thank all of you for what you do and folks I need you to know your Public Safety team is here for you no matter what with that progress thank you commissioner huitt commissioner Watson I have the report from streeton roads for October 68 tires were collected 19 appliances were collected 378 Electronics were received 311th street sweeping tickets were written 657 bags of loose sleeves were collected sinkhole in front of 2415 shelburn Road was complete the road repair in front of 2417 shelburn road is complete St Co Court repaired and monitored Road repair at Leonard Drive is complete the grading of the Compost Facility for 2024 loc leaves collection was complete uh streeton roads is currently collecting loose leaves uh they began on November 4th and residents can place their loose leaves out till the curb until December 31st 2024 uh if anybody has any questions or concerns please contact streets and Roads at 856 825 7000 extension 7388 um from our clean communities um recycling coordinator uh he was letting us know that in September there was 11 11 damaged carts that were placed uh 20 were actually missing or stolen uh they delivered uh three residential units that PR didn't have them and they exchange one set 113 notice of violations were issued both illegal dumping cam cameras were received on loan from the New Jersey D um and they are installed and operational um we've already have pictures of um somebody trying to Il legally dump um this camera has a notable and a visual uh takes a picture uh and it announces that you are in a um an area that you shouldn't be and your picture was taken uh that person instead of dumping what he had in the truck took off and you know stopped him from you know putting trash where it didn't belong um number five Plastics are now being accepted into the recycle stream uh which is for an examples like yogurt containers ketchup bottles syrup bottles microwave um microwave Plastics and uh prescription bottles uh the county has started a reusable shopping bag recycling program the bags are sent out to be cleaned and sanitized and donated to local food banks uh bags may be dropped off to the streets and Roads office at 4:16 South 15th Street uh between 7:00 a.m. and 300 p.m. Monday through Friday except holidays please remove any tags receipts Etc from bags before drop off uh again uh you we can't stress us enough um there's a new sorting machine at the authority um it has capabilities of determining um you know if there was contamination in recycling bins uh trucks will be turned away and it'll be cautious what you're putting into recycling residents can bring uh TVs computers and other small electronics devices to 416 South 15 Street along with used motor oil and antifreeze that are uh non-contaminated items may be dropped off between 7:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday except for holidays um he also wanted me to report that the third W cleanup on high and Archard uh they collected 4.37 tons of trash 17 bags of recyclables 12 tires 24 TVs multiple appliances two beds and a piano um and a sorted scrap metal five employees I want to thank Chris Robert Joe jeppi and Kyle for attending and we also had two volunteers for 5 hours thank you to those Volunteers Third W clean up Columbia Avenue to Archer 5.6 tons of TR trash collected 21 bags of recycling 36 tires and 18 TVs multiple appliances three beds one pool and a basketball rack uh was collected again five employees attended Chris Joe jeppi Chuck and Kyle thank you and to the seven employees that attended 5 hours thank you to them as well um yeah so that's all I have thank you much was it a baby grand or Yamaha you didn't know what kind of no idea it's a little humor here uh great work by uh streets and Roads uh I know I passed the street sweeper not I think last Monday um good to see that you know we're keeping up top and especially with those uh dumping cameras that seem to be doing their job so thanks for that update commissioner Watson commissioner rello yes on Saturday October 26th we held our annual pumpkin Extravaganza it was a really beautiful fall day we had around 300 people in attendance uh families had a great time to decorating pumpkins enjoying pony rides getting their faces painted uh completing the trunk Retreat uh I want to thank everyone who helped volunteer their time and vehicles for trunk or treat and thank you to everyone who attended our annual Halloween decorating contest also took place and the winners are as follows uh 435 valan for first place uh 37 etti dry for second place 1212 Cedarbrook Avenue uh for third place the judge's Choice was 106 whiteall Avenue and the director's Choice was 115 East Pine Street congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who participated over the last two weeks the department has been able to light back up uh most of the decorative lighting throughout the downtown it looks a lot brighter uh there's still some work to do with lighting but I know that they're working really hard to get that work done upcoming events we still have spots available for our fall craft night which takes place on Thursday November 14th that'll take place at 5:00 p.m. uh going to be creating a pumpkin out of wine corks uh Sam crw is was collecting tons and tons of wine corks uh throughout the summer so thank you to everybody who dropped those off please reach out to the recreation department to sign up Santa's mailbox is coming it'll return on Monday November 11th until Monday December 15th so make sure you write your letters to Santa Claus and you could drop them off in his SM his special mailbox which will be located in the police department's vesle uh it leads straight to the North Pole please make sure uh the return address is clear and easy to read so Santa could write back uh no postage is necessary you don't have to put a stamp on it and Santa will send you a personal letter to your home we're currently accepting entries for our annual holiday lighting contest uh if anybody wants to enter their home or business in this year's holiday lighting contest please please email Recreation milville nj.gov with your home address you must register by December 19th and the winners will be announced on December 23rd uh and lastly uh the annual Christmas parade which we're all waiting for uh will be held on Friday November 29th on High Street and it'll kick off at Harrison and high at 7 p.m. if you want to be in the parade please contact the recreation department if anyone has any questions on any of these events please contact the mil Recreation Department 856 825 7000 extension 7394 thank you mayor thank you re commissioner rello and I'm glad to see that uh Pine Street house uh got your choice cuz I think I alluded to it uh when you announced the contest and uh that is always I don't know if the residents here tonight but you do a fantastic job on that house and I've seen you uh you start super early so uh kudos to the those uh thank you for all things in parks of public property VI mayor Sue yes uh what I'm about to tell you is already been cleared by the labor attorney concerning contract negotiations to give everyone an update so we met in Clos session myself Commissioners Rell Watson and commissioner hwit with the labor attorney the CFO see who else was there Clerk and Mr Russell so my role in that was to have the labor attorney and the CFO present options and during that there was all the screen set up so they could see different effects on the tax rate and how much money everything would cost subject to which plan they pick to offer to the unions so the meeting was about three and a half hours long um the decision was made by Commissioners rello commissioner Watson with commissioner huitt dissenting for which offer to send to the to send to the unions so that was the offer that the unions got so where it goes from there we'll see but that was supposed to be the last best and final offer that may not be the case but we shall see without progress thank you vice mayor sui I'm deeply involved and invested in everything that milville does just wrot on myself but there's circumstances that sometimes I can't control where I have to be and over the past week and so I've been absent from a lot of City duties but I have a great staff I have a great assistant on October 25th my mother suddenly passed away at the age of 65 it was tough it was hard I can't say thank you enough to all the residents all the city officials Police Department Sheriff's Department Fire Department EMS all my Commissioners showed up I have a great loving family I have an even bigger part of loving family friends I just want to say thank you we issued 60 code violations in the month of October 374 rental inspections were conducted in the month of October on boarded an additional code enforcement officer the re the resource will strengthen our efforts to enforce city ordinances and reduce plight as well as provide more time for for closure inspections and for vacant property designation responding to I think everybody should know this and I'm sure we all over uh uh fruit flies have been an issue so a resident responded a complain about regarding inundation of fruit flies due to the proximity of their property to a field that has distributed fruit and tilled into their field the resident indicated The Pest Control service said it was a problem throughout that area worked with the resident Cumberland County Department of Health was issued D was issued and notified and opened up a ticket no further comments from the D at this time um great events I heard from All of You Wish I Was could be there I got great updates you know the pumpkin Extravaganza um and all and look forward to these events that come up in this coming month and then in December it's uh hopefully the weather changes um it's a little warm in here um and I appreciate all the community support um for the pump in the travaganza I know we're looking for a couple extra cars and a couple people stepped up and uh provided their trun or treats so uh it's all it's all for the community all ages and I just appreciate um each and every one of you ordinances in the second reading hey item one is an ordinance amending milville code Chapter 30 land use and development regulations to rezone block 141 lot one to farm land production as originally recommended by the 2017 land use element make a motion second motion we have a motion in a second on ordinance in the second reading ordinance in the second reading item number one there's a public hearing on this if anybody would like to come to the podium to concern this ordinance please come to the podium seeing no one I will close public hearing any comments roll call please commissioner hwit yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor romic yes Comm motion carries item two is an ordinance amending milville code chapter 43 parks and public property on for various sections make a motion second motion we have a motion in second on ordinance in the second reading item number two there's a public hearing on this if anybody would like to come to the podium seeing none I'll close public hearing any comments roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor romc yes hey motion carries ordinances in the first reading okay item one is an ordinance authorizing the city of milville to acquire property known as 700 Buck street block 306 Lot 10 through deed in Li of foreclosure make a motion second a motion we have a motion to second on ordinances in the first reading item number one any comments roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor suie yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor Ramic yes he motion carries item two is an ordinance authorizing the city of milville to acquire property known as 702 Buck street block 306 lot 9 through deed in Li of foreclosure make MO second a motion we have a motion a second any comments roll call please commissioner Hitt yes vice mayor SE yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor romic yes okay motion carries uh the third item is an ordinance authorizing the amendment to motor vehicle and traffic regulations Municipal Code article 10 schedule 21 to add parking reserve for handicap persons at 120 West Main Street Apartment A make motion second motion we have a motion second on item number three roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor SEI yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor renck yes motion carries item four is an ordinance authorizing the amendment to motor vehicle and traffic regulations Municipal Code article 10 schedule 21 to add parking reserve for handicapp persons at 218 West Main Street make motion second motion we have a motion in a second any comments roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor romic yes motion carries item five is an ordinance authorizing the amendment to motor vehicle and traffic regulations Municipal Code article 10 schedule 21 to add parking reserve for handicapped persons at 28 208 South 4th Street make a motion second motion we have a motion second on ordinance in the first reading on number five any comments roll call please commissioner HT yes Vice May sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner reelo yes mayor romanc yes motion carries resolutions please okay um item one is a resolution referring to the city of milville planning board the question of whether or not class 5 cannabis retailer and class six cannabis delivery license facilities should be permitted in certain zoning districts within the city as permitted or conditional uses make motion second a motion we have a motion to second on resolution item number one any comments yes uh the original resolution uh it lacked Clarity and transparency for the public this has been Rewritten to to and the language tightened up based on feedback many members of public seem to interpret the resolution as an approval of cannabis however the intent is to Simply refer the matter to the planning board for their review as we work on updating our our master plan when the discussion comes before the planning board there will be a PL public hearing that will allow residents to speak I'm uh I'm going to add to that I'm kind of interested to hear the planning board's proposals and recommendations all I to all more comments more comments okay obviously the election is over so now this is the first step towards allowing retail sales Economist make no mistake but uh first I try to look at what harm something does so is this going to make it so that you're going to go outside and smell pot when you walk outside no you already do that is it going to make it so you can't get pot or you can't get pot you can already get pot you can get it from dispensary you can get it delivered so it's really going to change nothing as far as how it affects the city other than to get Revenue to the city um that's really the only thing it'll change it'll go through the planning board here and come back to us I'm sure so well that's that's all I have to say roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner manelo yes mayor Ramic yes motion carries item two is a resolution designating properties identified on the tax records of the city as block 124 lot 16.04 16.05 16.06 and proposed future a lot 16.08 block 1 1 35 Lots 1 2 3 4 and 5 block 139 Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 22 25 and 27 and block 141 Lots 3 4 and 4.01 as a non-c condemnation area in need of Redevelopment pursuant to the local development and housing law under njsa 40a col 12 A-1 at SEC make a motion on resolution it number two second a motion we have a motion to second on resolution item number two any comments can somebody explain this for me please it's the buck shoot solar basically they that correct all yeah this is uh uh this is necessary for the uh settlement discussions that we have with the buck shum solar uh facility and uh this would allow uh that settlement agreement to move forward and there also would be I think a contribution towards the uh water extension allall goes through and this has to be approved by the DCA one thing we are doing with redevelopers now so we did this with this one and we're doing it with another one for nap Avenue which hopefully they'll be here to present at the next meeting is using something called a revenue allocation bond which makes a developer pay for certain improvements so in in this case it's improvements to the war project tomorrow L than roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner vanello yes mayor romanic yes motion carries Genie we preparing you for the you know with that long resolution for the uh upcoming you know re reorg where you have the laundry list of items well thanks so much item three is a resolution authorizing a First Amendment to contract with scalo Electric Incorporated for an additional amount of $ 7,314 121 due to additional repairs that were completed prior to contracts expiration make a motion and with that I have certification of funds in the amount of $ 70,3 21 cents to scalo Electric second motion we have a motion to second on resolution item number three any comments yeah I just wanted to clarify what this is exactly uh you'll see that the uh difference for the street lighting amount is $3,814 21 uh this is from incidents prior to the one-year term expiring uh we had had a utility poll uh go down in a storm in January uh at the American Little League and then over the summer uh June we had uh two polls go down in a uh car a car took two polls down at 5 519 North High Street uh so that's that's what this is thank you roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor Sue yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor Ramer yes okay motion carries item four is a resolution authorizing a non-fair and open contract with law soft Incorporated for annual support for LOF CAD RMS for 2024 and support of nibrs interface according to FBI and njsp repository standard services for the police department at a cost of $2,225 for 2000 for 2024 excuse me make motion and without I have certification of funds in the amount of 20,000 $725 signed by Chief Financial Officer Susan canones second motion is that a are you correct with that because the resolution says $2,225 can might be a 20725 as confirmed by the CFO on this certification of funds okay EXC uh second please second motion we have motion Motion in second on item number four any comments roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner Bello yes mayor Ram yes motion carries item five is a resolution awarding a contract to Garrison Enterprise Incorporated for the project entitled Woodland Avenue water main replacement in the amount of $741,000 make a motion on resolution item number five with that I do have certification availabilities of funds uh signed by our Chief Financial Officer Susan konz in the amount of 7 thou $741,000 second a motion we have motion to second on resolution item number five any comments roll call please commissioner hwit yes vice mayor SEI yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor ramc yes motion carries item six is a resolution awarding a contract to Capa Services Incorporated for the project entitled wastewater treatment plant third second clarifier Edition project in the amount of $ 5,938 n0 make a mtion on resolution item number six with that I have a certification availability funds and a contracted amount of 5,000 or 5,938 190 signed by our CFO Susan Quinones second motion we have a motion to second on resolution item number six any comments yes so the secondary clarifiers allow increased capacity or sewer sewer plant um the original Bond was for $11 million that was based on what the New Jersey infrastructure trust fund told us we had the bond for so you can see the Project's only $5 million so good news is it's $6 million less roughly than what we originally thought and what the state thought they control how much we must bond for these projects so that's good news now with with the remainder just for my information for information the remainder of this bond this Bond will uh will not be reallocated somewhere else this was we can apply for other bonding for other projects as long as it's in sewer and Wastewater right well it won't affect our it'll lessen our bonding it our bonding capacity will be more because it's using less right so then we can either we can either do other projects with the infrastructure trust fund including the wastewater treatment plant which we're looking to see how if they will let us do the water deing dewatering of the solids so that will save us even more money when we take the stuff to cro M which we're saving a significant amount of money on that now okay so it's either that or we can apply for other projects that we want to do thank you for the the knowledge we have we have a second right I have both yep okay roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor seie yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello stain abstain okay got you mayor Ramic yes okay motion carries item seven is a resolution authorizing a camera equipment loan agreement between the state of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the City of milville from November 1st 2024 to November 1st 2025 make a motion on resolution number seven second a motion we have a motion second on item number seven any comments see that they're working already um which is good roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor Sue yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor renck yes motion carries item eight is a resolution of support for suitability of cannabis business with J llc at block 484 lot 1501 Oakland Avenue make motion second a motion we have a motion and second on resolution item number eight any comments roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson no commissioner rello yes mayor Ramic yes motion carries item nine is a resolution awarding a contract to South State Incorporated for the project entitled Ireland Avenue Force main replacement in the amount of 1,399 49.91 move to resolution item number nine with that I have certification availability of funds in the amount of 1,399 49 .91 signed by our CFO Susan quz second a motion we have a motion second on resolution item number nine any comments roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor SEI yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner vanello yes mayor RC yes motion carries item 10 is a resolution approving the insertion of an additional item of Revenue in the calendar year 2024 Municipal budget in the sum of $6,6 $60 which is now available as a revenue from the f fiscal year 25 HTS Federal Highway Safety sustained enforcement Grant pursuant to the provisions of the statute make a motion second motion we have a motion in second on resolution item number 10 any comments roll call please commissioner hwit yes vice mayor Sue yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor rck yes motion carries item 11 is a resolution approving the insertion of an additional item of Revenue in the calendar years 2024 Municipal budget in the sum of $336,500 which is now available as a revenue from the state of New Jersey Department of Transportation fhwa Morris River Bikeway Trail Phase 5 we have the resolution item number 11 second motion we have motion second on item number 11 any comments roll call please commissioner hwit yes vice mayor Sue yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor R yes motion carries item 12 is a resolution authorizing adjustments to the tax and utility record move the resolution second motion we have motion to second on item number 12 roll call please commissioner hwit yes vice mayor SEI yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor ramc yes motion carries and we have the last three that were added on a resolution appointing Jeremy War Burton as part-time Fire subcode official make motion second motion we have motion second on resolution item number 13 roll call please commissioner huitt yes Vice May sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor Ramic yes okay motion carries item 14 is a resolution appointing Walt kenup as part-time electrical sub code official make motion second a motion we have a motion second on resolution number 14 roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor SEI yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes May romanic yes motion carries and the last item is a resolution approving and access agreement between the city of milville and gelli Enterprises Al LC for property located at 202 southw Boulevard a motion second a motion we have a motion and second on resolution item number 15 any comments roll call please commissioner hwit yes Vice May sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner reelo yes mayor romanc yes okay motion carries Thank you new business okay just need a motion to authorize the city clerk to advertise for bids for the following professional and nonprofessional services Professional Services for 2025 advertising marketing and public relations and cdbg adviser make motion second motion we have motion second on new business item number one any comments roll call please commissioner huitt yes vice mayor suie yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor ramc yes okay motion carries and the second item is a I just need a motion to authorize the following special event on public lands application pending approvals and that's the Jolly Holly 5K race and one mile run sponsored by our future first on Friday November 29th 2024 starting on High Street from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. make a motion second motion a motion second on new business item number two any comments hope there's lots of participants roll call please commissioner hu yes vice mayor Sue yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor ramac yes motion carries public comment portion we have now reached 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 five minutes good evening Angeline brall milville I have um one question two questions rather um commissioner Su you made a comment about the and I just need clarification was it two cents for Public Safety or 2% I didn't make a comment about cents or 2% for Public Safety you made a comment for the negotiations you had permission for what I said and that's why I clarifi I couldn't hear I didn't say what what the percentage was I said the offer was decided upon by Mr Watson and Mr Moro with off with Mr you desen right but that you said two cents or 2% no there's no numeric Val okay I'll try to look at the video because there was a a comment made don't think I'm that deaf but anyhow what I said was the percentage on the taxes that would be and that's why if that's the clarification I'm just ask various off offers not by how much it was or anything I'm not judging I just I'm asking for clarification what I said so it would be 2% on the taxes as well no that's not what I said I said their decision was based on what was put in front of them the cost for various offers to the union they decided on what offer to make it could be two cents it could be 10 cents it all depends whatever offer they decided to make I I'll try to hopefully YouTu picked it up okay thank you um my other question is um and I understand last week we had this crazy situation going on at City Hall uh police did amazing so kudos to them with the crazy auditor guy um but I can't find our city Facebook page yeah it was uh was uh taken down because of all of the things that were being posted on it right and other city services actually were shut down too because there were telephone calls that were made and some of them were made from outside of the country yeah I get it UND disrupting too so is it coming back yeah it will come back I think uh the idea is to have it shut down for a while uh until we get past this and then have it go back so all of our Facebook posts and all are everything's going to be retained okay okay and will that be accessible to public record any of the comments as bad as they are yeah they'll be public record we had to take screenshots of those we have to retain them okay okay but it will be put back up all the stuff we've all our pictures and stuff like that great thank you for clarifying unfortunate but it is I I I mean I I thought it was awful what happened and you know the guy was not my favorite person you know but um I'm happy that the way the police handled it I think they did great and I just don't want to lose anything that we've paid for behind it you know bad enough we lost a lot in our reputation thank you Miss brumal thank you for participating in pumin Extravaganza thank you thank you for having me was fun uh Joe S in 51 door Side Avenue here is the uh coordinator of the M Municipal Alliance committee and two of the things we're working on right now is our volunteer recog dinner which will be December 8th at uh the alks lodge from 4: to 8 and we're looking at getting uh families with young children to come to it uh they uh now we have some door prizes we give away we uh do uh photos with Santa and stuff like that so we try to get uh as many families with kids uh as we get can get to come to it uh and where we've had our funding cut uh we're we used to be able to do 300 individuals we're down now we're going to try to do 200 this year and we're also working on the New Jersey state Elks youth peer leadership conference which is February 7th to the 9th and that's uh up in Long Branch we're looking for uh students that are from 9th to 12th grades and uh this isn't a this isn't workshops for for youth that have a problem it's uh for for youth that are doing well and that you know they they get leadership skills they get uh refusal skills uh prevention skills and they have uh They al have speakers that they bring in from all over the country to uh to to talk with the kids they uh they keep the kids busy from 8:30 till midnight Friday Saturday and Sunday 7 till noon which means also the advisers that come up get to be busy from 8:30 in the morning till midnight and uh so anybody has any youth that would be interested in doing that they can get a hold of me uh you can contact me at 85635 7693 uh and uh you know I'll be glad to talk to with you about it we pay for every well the the alliance not me the alliance pays for everything the the students don't have to uh to they don't even have to bring a penny with them cuz once they get up there they're not allowed to leave the hotel they're they're at that hotel from the time they get up there until they leave they they can't leave to go down to the movies or McDonald's they have to stay in the building and they have Elks that uh through the whole day and night uh make sure that the kids are are safe and protected the the boys and girls are on different floors of the of the hotel and they have an elk that sits on each floor all night long to make sure that uh the boys stay on the boys floor and the girls stay on the girls floor because they're teenagers and I don't know if you remember when you're a teenager but uh it's a good idea to have those out there so if you anybody is interested in that they can get a hold of me and like I say we pay for everything uh and I think that's all I have thank you very much thank you Joe and the m and I'll plead the fifth to that Cindy Cook valine I do have a funny comment for about the Halloween contest my neighbors took first place I thought I I had left my house to go see the Northern Lights I came back close to my house and I thought I was seeing it it was their lights and anybody that has seen their decorations know exactly what I'm talking about I mean the sky was purple pink every color you can think of um I would like to say if you live in the area you don't have to go any further than the Levoy over for this holiday season for a great group of holiday shows um starting November 8th they're going to have Back Street Boys Nick Carter there beginning Friday the 15th there will be multiple dates for the play Irving Berlin's White Christmas November 30th there's a u Genesis tribute show on December 3rd Jane Lynch will be there with her swinging little Christmas uh December 6 Hot Tuna December 7th is always going to be a fun thing because it's the Polar Express where the kids are encouraged to come in in their pajamas it's the movie December 7th lotus lotus land December 8th the Great American Soul book Christmas December 13th is always a great show it is Debbie Taylor singing the um Carpenters tribute show and she does an amazing she sounds just like Karen Carpenter December 14th Winnie depoo December 15th 12 and 24 it's the holiday Orchestra Monday December 16th it's a Celtic Christmas for a taste of Ireland December 20th is the nut cracker December 21st is Beatles doors and zip Zeppelin tribute December 22nd the movie It's a Wonderful Life it's great to see that on the big screen December 22nd Tim Burton's The Night Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas so we've got a lot to do here in town to start off our holiday season um I mentioned before the milville girls high school hockey team today they won a nailbiter in the second round of the playoffs Our Girls the the fourth seated team it started off it ended the first first game started Ended as a tie it went into sudden death twice my granddaughter made the winning save when the um on the sudden sudden death Sho Al so I just wanted you to know millville's got incredible athletes out there boys and girls we've got a lot to be proud of the next thing I would like to mention is I would like you to keep commissioner mcquade's wife in your thoughts and prayers they're talking about transferring her now to Temple hospital with her COPD and [Music] RSVP and it doesn't it's not good she's she's in pretty bad shape if they transfer her to temple thank you thank you C thank you Cindy and as uh she alluded to the whole calendar of the Levoy the I'll reate her uh the Levoy is a wonderful place to go I try to go as often as possible just as I was looking at the calendar while you were saying on December 21st the Magical Mystery doors is a fantastic show I know one of the musicians personally uh Brendan Maro he's a great great guitarist uh last last time they were here in mville it was a great turnout um by the county community uh all people far and away so um once again I can't be there at night but uh a lot of great things to see at the leev boy thank you Cindy seeing no one else I will close public comment portion of the regular agenda closing comments of Commissioners commissioner huitt yes thank you uh Brock can I make a a comment a question on on our close session that we had that's the way it was put forward or what transpired I think it's a little bit misunderstood on well you can talk about the uh subject matter but you can't get into the contents the vote is what I want to talk about the vote that we took the vote we made for the access agreement no talking about the one with the contract negotiation for the special meeting we had week and a half ago Oh you mean the uh we had a public meeting but it was a meeting that was what was advertised to the public but it was a yeah and then we were right in close session yeah can I make a comment on the vote the way the vote went on that I don't think you should because I think not a v I I did talk to the labor consensus is commissioner Su said yeah because he commented it I just need to consensus he said that was fine to comment about yeah I I just want to make it clear because it doesn't it's got me a little bit uh I'm very you know the attorney client privilege is kind of like being a little bit pregnant because if you uh wave part of it you wave all of it and well we evidently already did uh okay I would I would personally not say anything commissioner H okay that's just my opinion uh again thank you everybody for coming out nobody said it yet a lot of people said it on Facebook congratulations Carol on the election Marissa stay engaged thank you for what you've done that would be it commissioner Watson Pauls for a dramatic effect um just trying to think how I want to put things in the words I would still like to maintain professionalism you know not attack you know a good businessman that brought a lot of development and P put a lot of money into the city um you just disagreement and I respect his you know his thoughts and opinions and I'll refrain from giving mine as far as Union negotiations go I could tell you it's not easy it's very eye openening disheartening and I can tell you that uh I wish the city was in a better situation to offer a lot more we did our best and we did come to decision um you know Kirk was very engaged and had his opinions uh somebody didn't give his opinion I tell you that um you know looking at these different properties you we've been looking at them all year we had multiple presentations we talked about square footage and what was best uh I really did want to move forward with a new build you know and checking off the boxes of all the Department's needs but the situation that we found it's a unique situation where we have time constraints there's uh difference opinion when it comes to you know the political side of things um and trying to get you know the majority vote on one building and use our resources and the money our taxpayer money you know efficiently uh it hasn't been an easy task um you know two potential possibilities called Deli building and a new build uh I mean that's where I lean towards I hope both of those work out very well a lot of time a lot of effort and I really appreciate everybody's opinion and uh you know thank you for hearing me and meeting with me uh giving me guidance um you know as I'm you know new to this field and I'll tell you right now that I'm not the best person for this seat I'll be honest with you and I'm not afraid to say that and I don't really need any praise from anybody and if you if anybody went to that Podium and gave me praise I've always dispersed it through those who helped me uh including commissioner Rella uh the time that you've been here I really respect everything thank you for all your help thank you for your patience thank you for always listening to me I hope I done the same for you I always listen to your opinions and your thoughts and um you know you're really great to work with um I think we might have one more meeting with commissioner is that right it depends on what the uh Board of Elections does okay and the next meeting is Monday not Tuesday correct congratulations to um I think that's all I have thank you thank you commissioner Watson commissioner rello yes um as uh the other Commissioners have stated uh we had our uh special election yesterday and I want to give a uh heartfelt congratulations to Carol kasibu I think that uh you'll be a wonderful addition to the commission um I also want to thank all of the Commissioners that are sitting up here um for um giving me the opportunity to serve these last six months um for the city of mville and I loved every minute of it [Music] um I I got into an amazing Department um who backed me as much as I back them and um they're not going to get rid of me they're still going to see me at all the events just like they have for the last eight years so uh thank you Samantha uh and the uh ladies and gents of the parks department and um thank you everyone for Moville thank you thank you commissioner rello vice mayor suie yes first of all congratulations to miss cbone and thank you for serving Rosa uh second let me clarify my comments in case they were misspoken or misunderstood just in case I didn't mention the tax rate I don't believe the tax rate I couldn't mention and first of all uh the tax rate varies on what happens in the very end so we don't know what happened in the very end yet so the other stuff Remains the Same just so there's no misunderstanding about that and with that progress thank you vice mayor congratulations to all those that got elected whether your person didn't or not elections are tough they're hard they're challenging they're long election night is long uh those that do put their names in the barrel in the Hat on the piece of paper they deserve to all to be recognized but you know the person that wins they did an acceptable job maybe but I want to extend my condol condolences my gratitude to miss Carol cabon um I look forward to sitting up here working with you get to know you more other than being Secretary of the Elks and giving you my application um before the sports frock but uh um it'll it'll be good it's always you know it's a shame to lose rello but faces people change positions change um and we'll continue to move the city of mville forward and it's always progress each and every day even times when we have dark days as uh Miss bro all alluded to um it's it's you know it's always a great day to be a bol um I thank each and every one of you for being here you all have a good great night safe weekend enjoy the weather um other than a little warm today but all be safe I appreciate each and every one of you thank you motion to adjourn make motion second motion all in favor --------- ##VIDEO ID:ic-e6H3UC60## all right here we go I'd like to call the work session meeting to order please roll call Mayor ramik here commissioner hu here vice mayor suie here commissioner Watson here commissioner Velo present can we please stand and salute the flag 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 justice for all 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 municipal clerk is directed to include a statement in the minutes of this meeting Madam clerk are there any changes to the agenda uh no mayor any presentations we have none this evening public comment on agenda items only if anybody would like to address the commission please come up to the podium seeing none I will close public comment on agenda items only discussion of Commissioners okay so we have uh the best practices survey discussion by Susan quona CFO just want to make sure that mic's on yeah that green light should be on no tap all right good evening uh best practice in inventory for 2024 all Commissioners have received a copy uh prior to our last meeting and we adopted resolution 299-2244 D13 was released September 18th of 2024 the best practices survey was due by Friday October 25th uh but a review of this was not required prior to submitt um it's submitted by the fast portal which is the New Jersey divisional local government services reporting portal the best practices inventory must be reviewed with the governing body at a public meeting there were 69 total questions this year 52 were scored 17 were unscored survey for a total possible points of 46.5 points so some of them were half points every entity must have a minimum score of 35 for no withholding of State financial aid the City mville score was of 42 so there's no withholding of State financial aid almost so we have 42 out of 46 and a half which is a very good score uh the only state aid I just want to note that the city of mville would be considered receiving is our energy receipts tax payments in all reality that really shouldn't be considered state aid that's money that should be coming back to municipalities but has been held a little bit more on the state end uh predominantly for a large number of years but that is what they would try to withhold from us the unscored survey questions this year focused on affordable housing and a lot of that was due to the fourth round that was recently just announced uh Municipal owned Broadband Services Leed remediation Ser shared services special Improvement districts and transparency these questions are a tool by the state to Monitor and gain insight into each Municipal entity's activities and accomplishments in these specific areas and question depending on the program and servicing question each year unscored survey questions at times do become scored questions in future best practices one example of that would be questions regarding electric and or hybrid uh vehicles and Municipal charging stations for electric vehicles scor questions focus on areas in which each municipality should already be adhering to regulations already in place or the best practices to ensure that compliance and services to the taxpayers are being upheld so as such each commissioner should thoroughly review the best practices inventory to ensure that we continue to uphold our existing policies and procedures and to be aware of those areas that the state is currently focused on that may need attention in the future yet again a lot of it is dependent on what goes on with the times some of it may go by the way side but some of it might be something that they're looking for and they're going to score in future inventories does anybody have any questions thank you thank you thank you commissioner hwit you have anything nothing just time mayor thank you commissioner Watson uh yeah I do have a discussion I would like to bring up for the 202 South Wade Boulevard property uh it's also in Clos session to discuss some some of the terms um as the agreement was sent over um bringing it to obviously the public and the rest of Commissioners keeping everybody up to date um so we toured this building a couple weeks ago um uh this building has multiple offices has a small kitchen um the building was um put up in 2003 2004 uh has roughly about 12,000 Square ft which includes about 10,000 ft being Warehouse uh has Large Garage Doors uh big enough to even you know put im9 in uh I believe they're about 14 or 15 foot doors um like I said it looks like a really great building uh the owner's been really good to work with uh very very open with Communications readily available uh so thank him for that it's uh it looks TurnKey and it's kind of like tailor made to you know the needs um it definitely checks off a lot of boxes that we discussed previously in the year about the Departments and what each of them need um and like I said it's it's going to be on closed session to to discuss you know the purchase details uh what I would like to do is in the close session get to a certain point uh you know get everybody's opinion and you know maybe get working on the access agreement to allow um you know first phase of environmental uh property listing price is well the price that we agree to is 1.55 so if we already agree to a what are we discussing in close session the negotiations already done they're not done because there's a proposed contract that the commission needs to see they need to indicate whether or not that's something they want to do or not so well and whether the whether any of the terms should be changed right if these terms don't meet the needs of what we have then I don't see move forward with environmentals like any other contract all right so I have a couple other questions first the square footage on other buildings we looked at that 16 18,000 foot wasn't enough but now 12,000 is so I guess our space requirements have changed um second is a price per square foot third I'm I'm a little confused why you're going for an access agreement now and while you only asked engineering today to inspect the building as I have as you know you've been through this before so you know that we need to do environmentals and we need to have the building inspection uh if you guys recall you looked at the building at the at at the airport that you were considered buying after engineer inspected it and found flaws two months later the roof of the building collapsed so what I really kind of have a problem is I'm looking at this email and it says commissioner here's Commissioners addressed to you and commissioner rello here's a purchase and sale agreement for the purchase by the city of the gelli brothers building at 202 South Wade Boulevard that you asked me to prepare pursuant to your instructions I have not discussed this matter with any other commissioner or city official or employee so it's a little concerning that you wouldn't discuss it with the CFO to see if the if what you wanted to do was Financial financially feasible that you wouldn't have previously discussed it with engineering and that uh well I'll just leave it at that so I you know I don't know I hear a lot about transparency I just started a little think about transparency there and when you're telling and you're not disclosing to other city employees and other City officials that you're looking at a building I think that's something to worry about yeah I'll address that uh transparency so originally this building's not listed for sale um it was kind of word of mouth uh as soon as we found out about it I did the research and I got a number I called the regular business number um set up a meeting with him uh said that he would consider you know sailing selling to the city and we put a meeting together uh that week like I said this was two weeks ago uh we went over um commissioner Rell went over with me just so we can have you know a couple of us in the loop get differences of opinion um and the building looked great um but there was a lot of things that we had to work out and we didn't we wanted to make sure that moving forward and using our resources that this was an acceptable piece of property to do that with we understood that the square footage was going to be high and we wanted to compare it to the other options that we've had there was another option that was presented to us about um building on somebody's private land and we were also evaluating that and before we came forward and started getting everybody involved I wanted to make sure that we chose the best way to go and who did know the negotiations negotiations yeah who did the negotiations for the price the original price was 1.6 million and you negotiated it down to that was verbally expressed to us from the seller and when we started talking about comparables to what the other um square footage prices who's wait myself commissioner Rella meeting with Brock okay um we were trying to feel out where he was going to be and the seller came back with that price you guys ever negotiate commercial real estate before just curious no okay all right thank you just wanted to add that I was very excited to see that this uh seller wanted to sell this building considering this was on the list uh given to me by vice mayor uh of buildings uh that were possible to look at and unfortunately it wasn't available for sale at that time so seeing that it was uh now available I was very excited about that so and also it was kind of nice to work out some of the details and to see if the seller was you know available and open to um you know having the city agree to a lease um and a lot of things went in consideration with that including a one-time move uh instead of leasing one property and having our you know hardworking staff using their time um move from one area back to a permanent solution we were trying to cover all the bases and have the answers for you for tonight's meeting okay so did you talk to the CFO about a lease or anything I'm just curious not this time all right thank you okay commissioner Rella no that's all I have V mayor s nothing at this time no lot to talk about in the regular session I do not have anything else any new business uh no mayor we have now reached the public comment portion of our meeting anyone who would like to address the commission please come to the podium state your name and address your concerns please limit your comments to approximately five minutes thank you questions for Mr Watson just to reiterate it have you ever purchased a piece of property before of this magnitude uh have you ever negotiated such a contract and you know what's involved in negotiation these typ of contracts you did a very good job of patting yourself in the back and not to understand the credibility and the understanding and the experience that you have whereby fortifying your resume so you could put forward your experience to basically solidify your statement that you did an excellent deal so do you have any experience or not this is the first time I did my best you did your first time so you have no experience okay thank you Mr wat appr your question I have no problem answering your question sorry one one one person speaking I'm speaking Mr desis please address the commission so you have no experience so you think you're working in the best interest of the city okay Miss renell have you ever purchased a pret property of this size this magnitude no it's the first time so how do you What did you what are your assertions that this is a very good price comps comps I see $125 a foot are you are you looking at what's available on the market or what you closed cuz I know what I purchased in the city of mville which is well over 2 million square ft and I've never ever seen an existing used old building that I was involved the per in into the purchase of for that kind of money I know this this building I mean it's 120 do you know what it cost to put up a new building about 120 to150 so you're going to pay the same price to purchase an old building that probably needs Improvement that probably has his bestes they may have contamination being that it's in the city of milville which Brock could you know reassure and reaffirm my statements that you need to go through definitely a phase one possibly a phase two environmental if they catch it if they don't catch it you're going You're personally going to put the city on the hook for this contamination whereby me as a citizen of milville do you live here I pay taxes here Mr Watson a lot more than you do so yes I do live here would you like to ask that question again yeah would you would you like to compare the taxes that we pay pleas be or the amount or the amount of Investments that I'm making towards what you're doing I respect that sir thank you very much I appreciate your understanding cuz if you want me to leave by any means if any of you want me to leave tell me and I will do so I don't want you to leave no no you want me to leave you're forcing business out because I had you at my office or at your office here actually and we spoke and I said I want I'm here as a citizen of the city and I will do anything I can to help this city MH I purchased properties to put the city on the map I've offered you the space at zero so this gentleman can try to collect some money for the police department the fire department and the EMT and you guys are blowing that money away I want a piece of real estate so I could step up here as did I did not say I'll give it to you for free did I say that yes or no you offered that okay I did offer it for free so I got that much from you zero to no but now you're out there trying to spend the money Kirk has a problem he wants to give the police department DMT a race doesn't have the financing I came up to the table and I offered my help what do you do you spend the taxpayers money every single person in this room is paying taxes and that taxes will go up you want to know why it's going to go up cuz it's the only solution you put forward to pay for those expenses what did I tell you in order for this city to advance you need to end debt financing spending hard- earned people's money on a piece of real estate Mr desis thank you one second Mr desas thank you it's a waste of time and a a waste of people's money would you like me to answer mayor if you me B no no you only have five minutes Anthony that's it here you go it's your choice hold on if it's my choice I think at the beginning of the year you know we started you know publicly when me and Kirk were put in position see no one else I will close the public comment portion of this agenda oh I will reopen the public comment portion of this agenda sounds good sir my name is Barry Campbell I live here in Melville I've been here now for many years part of the reason why I came to the city besides my own business is to offer and try to be an assistance here now a couple of weeks ago I offered and volunteered to be part of the housing authority and was rejected uh I was very surprised because I look around and I see in the city of mville that there are in terms of demographics 60% white so that means the rest of it is non-white but then I look about you for example as to who's managing the city and what I'm seeing is all white people now there's something wrong with that picture I'm asking you are you intentionally discouraging non-whites to participate in the management of the city is that part of your agenda I don't get it sir no no no no I'm I'm bar I don't get it if I may there's been since I've been involved with this city there has been one two three black gentlemen that were privileged of having these seats up here here good the question is what happened now because because couple that ran this election and they didn't get elected that was the choice of the city not the choice of us well I volunteered and that's your choice to say no to me and my question is is your name Barry or or Audrey it's the same thing yes it's odley Barry it's odley bar now I would recognize your name as Barry Campbell sir wouldn't have recognized your name as or I'm sorry is it Aubry or udrey the reason why bar just so you know it's just what you just said many people butcher that first name well I I I don't have it in front of me I'm sorry I wasn't sure what your name was I've been called Audrey Aubrey Audrey I mean so Barry Barry is easier off the tongue okay thank you so here's my issue I even went to the planning board and maybe you know maybe I'm seeing things but it's all white is there an agenda to discourage participation of non-whites is is there and then if you if you turn to the question of qualification let me just say this I came from Wall Street I was an officer in charge of financial management and planning for a $36 billion company besides that besides being college educated I'm a fellow okay that's like a PhD degree I'm I'm I'm curious as to why Mr huitt Watson and ranello decided that I'm not qualified to be part of your housing authority board I I'm just curious as and and then it begs the question okay have you been discouraging or denying other non-whites from participating because it doesn't make sense to me part of the objective of the city as I see it is for diversity inclusion helping the city whoever it is to grow and prosper how do you expect the best of us to help you if you discourage them race shouldn't be a factor should it Mr Campell you this when I put your name on the agenda and I made the motion I fully expected it to be seconded I'm sure the politics got in the way of that at the last meeting so I can tell you that other than that I can't give you an explanation of why you weren't seconded and why you weren't approved you're definitely qualified the the Housing Authority hadn't had a volunteer in two years they're having a hard time getting a quorum so they they all the everybody up here has received another email concerning another gentleman that wanted to be on the Housing Authority I'm not putting anybody else up in fact on tonight's agenda you'll see my resignation from the Housing Authority part of that reason is because I'm not going to put anybody up there I'm sorry to hear that that's I don't go to the I don't go to the Housing Authority meetings anyway so I don't have time for to step up exactly my point but there's another gentleman that put put his name in nobody here put his name on the agenda either I can't explain that everybody got the email so I I I don't know that is exactly my I wish I I wish I had a good explanation for you but I don't if people are being openly discouraged to part participate how do you expect them to help can can you can you answer that pleas I can answer I I wasn't I I can't answer wait for you can't but you voted no I just said I can you can please help me didn't know you're identifying yourself as Barry Campbell publicly there was another name that I because we don't know who we're not going to just appoint people you have to see their qualifications Etc it's a different name sir I see so what we had a problem before we were going to put somebody on the board they didn't want to basically tell us what they thought and how they felt and they got all upset about that when we asked them questions but nobody asked him anything I didn't know I didn't know it was him so well regardless of who it is when you check only one person at a time one person at a time so that's about all I have for that thank you using m i just encourage you you know that thank you for the betterment of the city let's look past race and politics and so on let's try to have people who are qualified and if they try to help you just just give them a chance to do so thank you thank you Mr Campbell good evening angelene Brun home milville uh commissioner suie you said we we tried to interview someone before you tried to interview me I was already a sitting member of the Zoning Board of for reappointment correct I was already a sitting member you you cannot remove a sitting member without cause to interview someone who's already a sitting member was ridiculous which is what I explain to you when you interviewed me had you chose not to go any further that seems like it was a personal attack against me and considering that the uh zoning board and I believe the planning board too but I'll speak definitely on the zoning board fli I would suggest you go check to see how many people Mr suie appointed there in their race now Aubrey Campbell has anyone other than you Mr suie ever heard of an Aubrey Campbell so how how would you know what race they would be thank you Miss bumo I now close the public comment portion of the work session we will now get a closing comments of Commissioners commissioner huitt nothing at this time commissioner rello nothing at this time commissioner Watson debating um you know I think you know after you presented yourself Mr Dan sis uh a couple things stuck to me uh I didn't write anything down when you were talking but uh one of the things that you said was I take credit for everything I do to try to uh you know fulfill my career or whatever it was and uh that's not the fact you know I'm very comfortable where I am for my full-time career I came back to the city uh because it's my home and that's why I'm here trying to you be involved the best I can um as far as you know being open I think um you know there's been many presentations made all year uh trying to you know go through and you know look at the best move that we can for the 15th Street relocation I think that we've evaluated a lot of different building buildings and uh you know just with the time frame and the how this was presented to us you know it's very new and that's why a presentation has been made but uh you know we're trying to be as open as we can with the public um yeah I guess I guess that's it thank you commissioner Watson vice mayor suie nothing now thank you neither do I I will we'll continue on the meeting resolutions please okay we have a resolution authorizing a closed session for the following matter discussion of hardenberg insurance under contract negotiations and attorney client privilege and also the discussion of potential purchase of 202 South Wade Boulevard also under contract negotiations and attorney client privilege make motion second motion we have a motion in a second on resolution 16.1 roll call please commissioner hwit yes vice mayor sui yes commissioner Watson yes commissioner rello yes mayor ROM yes okay motion carries e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e