--------- And I'd like to call the work session meeting to order. Roll call, please. Mayor Ramenik, here. Commissioner Hwitt, here. Commissioner Suie, here. Vice Mayor Watson, here. Commissioner Kasaboon, here. May you please rise to 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, with liberty and justice for all. This meeting is being conducted in accordance with the open public's meeting act of 1975. Was advertised,
posted, and made available to the public as required by statute. The municipal clerk is directed to include a statement in the minutes of this meeting. Madam clerk, are there any changes to the agenda? There are none, mayor. Presentations. Yes, we have a presentation by Refusion Recycling. Uh, you get to the podium, please.
Is it coming up on the screen? Is that what it's going to do? I don't know. It's coming up on the screen. I think we just have physical. It's gonna be just So, hi. Thank you everyone for coming and make this uh facilitating this meeting. And I'm going to start um with
who I am and uh uh where do I want to you know who I want to be, right? Because I mean I'm over 40. I kind of uh I've been in the recycling business for uh 17 years. And so who I am is I came to the states in 1990s as a from
Shanghai. I was born in Shanghai. I was uh you know came with my parents at first I went to New York City at age of 12 and uh somehow you know I didn't do well in school so I start my own business when I was 19 so I start very
early you know I've been in 10 different industries and uh there's a you know a lot of you know make a lot of mistakes lose a lot of money but uh there's two business actually I'm doing pretty well one is e-commerce another one is um
recycling cycling. So I was uh so I I think a little bit background I mean it's we we we were like tackling the printing supply recycling matter because in 2006 we feel this uh e-commerce is
going to boom and uh you know everyone paying for the ink cartridges the price is just too high when we anybody go to the you know Best Buy buys ink cartridges they charge us like $18. $1 and there's very little ink inside right with that plastic shell and you can't
even refill them. So we feel like you know what let's um let's in the initial stage we came out with a compatible cartridge. So we kind of go around their patents and we make the ink cartridge you can refill them and also you can reset the circuit boards. So with that
saying you know we sold for two years and absent kind of like pounding us with the lawsuit saying we have injur uh patent infringements and which I have a lot of public information. I mean fortune 500 company have su me uh uh based on the recycling part because I
was trying to recycle their original court and to refill the ink. So my belief is number one these giant corporate companies they only produce waste they don't care about how to deal with them the end of life. So we came
about a lot a lot of technology to remanufacture them basically is you know we manufacture them and refill the refill the ink cartridges and reset the chips. So I think you know those are the things I'm very proud of. Actually I was
at that time we were working with the New York City uh economic development it's EDC and uh our facilities in Brooklyn army terminal so New York City give us like starting like 20,000 square feet in 2009
and they charging us 20% of the rent of the the space but they asking us to create uh uh 20 jobs right so at the end uh three years the operation we ended up creating 250 jobs at the location. So
they kind of give me uh you know some some type of honor because but you know it it but in the seven years of manufacturing you know it really I felt in recycling it changes you how like you
know you you just do the right thing and as in manufacturing it kind of changed you a person because in manufacturing it's not running a business not doing a trading company just endless of right problems you have tackle along with 250
employees, you know, you you become not a small businessman, you become with a individual with a tremendous of of you know, pressure because there's 250 families actually working with you. So I'm just giving you guys a little bit background why I have to achieve in New
York City. So we focus in printing supplies even we have our you know company doing right now is called Easy Inc. right? We still have the facility in Brooklyn Army Terminal and we have a warehouse in uh 107 Trumble Street which
in Elizabeth. So you know that business we almost it's been 20 years since 2006. Yeah 2006 we start the business and um and I want to tackle a new problems. I want to tackle a new problem is the printing supply is shrinking the the the
market is shrinking due to the you know the technology the whole digital scans uh all the PDF online emailing so I feel you know I want to tackle a new new problem which is the the solar panel recycling and so for the past 20 years
I've been focusing on printing supply now I want to focus on renewable energy so solar panel will be the first uh uh material and the product I want to tackle on recycling and second one I want to focus on the EV charging uh EV
charging battery recycling why um because 90% of the solar panel is going landfield right now as actually in New Jersey PSNG they just dump into Pennsylvania so that's why Governor Murphy had a commission like a solar
recycling commission established and to facilitate and expedite the the permitting issue and encouraging business to recycle the solar panel instead of sending to Pennsylvania and put it in the landfill. And for solar panel, I mean, if you I don't know if
you guys know, but I bought a small sample. So, basically is we have aluminum frames, right? That's metal and we have tempered glass and we have solar cells in the middle and we have a layer
of EVA, another of layer of back sheets. It's more like a sandwich laminated together by high heat. So with that this type of structure and also we have a junction box which is the connection for the electricity. So the problem is the landfill
that's not going to dissolve this not going to you know the even though I mean I I think a lot of uh we just spoke spoke to the county level uh the waste management uh and they say it was brutal when they have to process some solar panels. They trying to take off the
metal because these aluminum especially aluminum and copper right now is strategic right to our country is it's precious I mean it's not it's strategics metal right we have to utilize so they trying to take out the frame and the the stuff the sheet with the tempered glass
there's no way because everything is laminated right so hard so just imagine that material if we put it into a landfill it's not going to do it's not going to budge because glass and the plastic everything bonding together it's
gonna stay here stay there for hundreds of years maybe thousands it's just maybe deterate a little bit but it's just because the whole solar panel manufacturer is you sandwich together airtight to
prevent like 25 years 30 years of right harsh harsh weathers so they're going to stay I mean landfield definitely is going to you know it's not going to it's not going to do anything, right? So, so this is the problem I want to tackle and
I feel, you know, being in the recycling business for 20 years for printing supplies, uh, you know, it's kind of a you you kind of like you're the person like want to tackle some problems in your capabilities and I guess my capability and interest is still in the
recycling and you know and so this is the problem and I want to be laser focused as well. I kind of want to focus, you know, the next maybe I'm getting older, I'm 50 now, maybe another 20 years into the solar panel renewable recycling. I hope I can accomplish some
results and have some contributions. And um so this is who I am. Uh to add on like other who I am is like you know I kind of like manufacturing. I'm like a
a techsavvy guy. I like to kind of because I like to do R&Ds. I like to innovate and uh to to really have like you know mechanic automations and uh developing machines and to
process better process safer process. Um so yeah I I I you know you know with the you know with the uh with the uh printing supply business I think we are the I think there's two
companies. One is called Clover Technology. They are the world largest uh solar panel I mean I mean printer cartridge recyclers and they work with us as well. I think we are the second largest in the United States. So basically not much people doing it but
we are the only few uh doing that but the markets shrink significantly. So that's why again I'm pivoting to uh solar panel recycling and okay let me see who uh what else what about me. So yeah I'm you know
I'm also very comm uh community driven at the co time. Uh, I mean there's a if you go Instagram and stuff, you're going to see some of the photo. Uh, we uh we and Brooklyn Angels, we teamed together. We raised $800,000
for the PPE for the front line of police offic uh policeman's officers and also for the EMS and for fire departments. And at that time we have a big challenge. It was the dangerous time. Uh nobody wanted to store, no warehouse
wanted to open. So the 800,000 PPE we have no place to put and no place to distribute. So what I did which I with my family support with my wife and my kids I clear out all my garage in Brooklyn house in the back and I store 800,000 PPE in my
garage and all the EMS fire department police uh officers they was lining up in my backyard and picking up the stuff because at that time nobody feel no everybody is panicking you know nobody wanted to see anyone so I mean there's some Instagram if you guys look it up on
the PP sheet I mean Brookke an angel and you guys going to see me with a mask in the back with my G Brooklyn Brooklyn house garage doing that. So I I you know for me like I think family comes first, community comes second and uh you know if you do the those two things right if
you know if you do the right things I think um you know you're in the right place doing the right thing you know it's you know it's going to pay off one way or another. So I I think I just like to tackle problems. I tackle the industry problems and if you create value in the industry and value, you
know, you're going to make money as a business. So yeah, I guess yeah, that's pretty much who I am, why I didn't I where I want to go and the reason I want to add one more thing. The reason I want to come to Milville is, you know,
because I actually bought a property in Vinland because I have, you know, you know, I have residential properties in in Brooklyn and there's a lot of, you know, you know, policy and because I moved to uh East Bronx in the Middle Sex. So, I feel like, you know what, for
I'm not a good landlord because I am busy with business. And when I say I'm not good with landlords, you know, people just doesn't pay the rent and the New York law just doesn't enforce it. So I figured that's not my, you know, so I'm like, you know what? Let me let me sell the property. So I have do did a
1031 exchange. I I I bought a a a a commercial property in Vinand. The reason I picked Vinland and Milville, I even went to Bridton. I did a lot of research because you know you know here we have a glass community which there's
a a big right. They they they create bottles and our solar like um I mean let me open this. You know the material we recover from a solar panel. I mean I don't know if you guys can see
it but this is the glass and the glass in the solar panel is extremely high quality. The reason why is it's pure white because they want the light to be reflect and directly hit the solar cell to generate power. So
I can if we set a recycling facility here and they're sending to bottling company or like if they put it in the furnace melt it down to make another glass product. Number one this is definitely reduce the carbon footprint. Second we can reduce the logistic part.
So we don't have to you know ship like uh glass pallets from California to to vinand or to Milville. We can just do on the spot. And another reason, you know, I like, you know, um the 200G, you know,
um the place is because it was a glass manufacturer. And I look at the the the moment I step in, I look at the power substation. I'm like, "Okay, this is where I want to be." The reason why is I had a I had a deal, didn't go through,
you know, I'm not blaming anyone, but it's in Ohio. It's in Lauren. It's uh we were supposed to sign a 25-y year lease agreement with uh Republican steel. It's right next to US steel. So at that time
you know Japan wanted to acquire um US steel and uh all of a sudden few months later I was mainstrange president said we're going to put a tariff on the steel. So at that time we've been negotiating with Republicans still in
Lauren signing the 25 years lease. We even had a a partner tenant which is Oracle because half of the space we're going to give rented to Oracle for their data center because the all the AI generation because we have 300 megawatts
of sub uh the substations. So we we already like have you know the the subtenants everything is on but the moment the moment the president said you know we have a steel tariff and I think they just pull the plug because they might want to re-engage the steel
industry before they was trying to decommission all the machines and uh you know we going to rent it. So my initial we even have like a manufacturer lined up because I have other partners. We want to make Lorine and that they have
500 acres. They even have their even ports. They have a lake, they have ports and we wanted to make a clean tech renewable energy industrial park. So we have investors in the renewable energy doing solar panels, we doing battery
packs, you know, uh people doing the uh tempered glass, we have the power to do furnace, we can make the flow glass, we can temper them and we can it's like close the loop system. So I'm like I be the recycler, you guys be my downstream
and my client and we make the new m uh product and we recycle them at the same spot to eliminate the logistics. It just make total sense and we even negotiate uh with the uh electric power to four cents per watt per kilowatts in in Ohio.
Obviously that's the lowest what they can go. So you know so you know unfortunately that that didn't go through but I I I did find from the you know um the 200G they have a 100 megawatt um power substation. So I I think you know it's not as significant
as 300 megawws but I I still believe there's you know other strategics you know investor I can kind of pull in if the town likes it right what we do it's a clean tech renewable I think it's still a right it's it's it's a it's it's
a trending future for us right regardless of uh you know uh you know nuclear or like um you know you know I I think you know you know what can be better right if from sun can generate power like there's a no-brainer so to me
I think I you know with 100 mega megawatt uh substation I think there's few of the investor I kind of can go back the same investor in um in Ohio so back then the the business model is very simple it's like I be the recycler they
do individual like products and I just facilitate to you know on the you know on the because a lot of investor come from international and sometimes they don't feel comfortable getting to a new area and they just worry about compliance they worry about a lot of
other issues and I told them you know what I be the sample of going there first set up the place making sure everything's okay you guys can come along so I think you know at that time in Ohio we estimated with all the solar panel EVA all the aluminum frames all
the glass we come to 2,000 jobs we can create in Ohio and uh you know the state side give us 30% on the equipment cost as a not like a rebate but tax incentive but so again like maybe here I'm looking
at 200g I I don't know the like a how many acres but I comfortably think you know I think we can bring at least like over 1,000 jobs like at least half right I I I think it has like over 200 acres I I see I don't see the borderline because
there's some different sections. So, you know, that's that's you know why I you know why you know why I think it's possible. So, I I just want to hear the you know the council members and right the mayor and see what you guys how you likes view uh solar panel recycling. So,
it's bas basically a class D. So, in my in my printing supply what we need a certification is called R2. R2 is called stands for responsible recycling. So with R2 we have to have ISO 9000 we have to have Asha for safety and you know it
basically like a you know a standard type of a set of you know certifications you have to kind of achieve to uh obtain the R2 certifications. So in the in Jersey that's for uh New York but in Jersey I see uh we have this class D. So
I I guess you know we're going to obtain the class D. So we're going to focus on solar panels first and we're going to uh you know at this a lot of solar farms we do have inverters as well. So we're gonna you know obviously we're going to um recycle the inverters and also we're
gonna you know recycle the um the racking systems and racking system they have trackers which they follow the sun some of them are fix and also we um you know they they have cables so this type of thing and I you know from our team
and uh working with D and EPA so it falls under a class D permit. So basically I mean I I guess on the Tom level perspective you know I guess who we are is the class D recycler I guess. So I just want to to share that with you.
Um anything else you want to add? I mean I I mean this is my first time you know and I'm getting a little bit nervous but I'm trying to trying to answer like you know tell you guys who I am you know you know but you know I mean I you know
I mean you guys if you guys can you know there's a different material we recycle I mean I can put it here if you guys any you know there's copper right and there's copper there's aluminum and also there's um silic silicon powder Right.
The silicon powder in the solar panel it's 69 purity. So everyone knows like what uh the pure gold is what? How many nines? The pure gold is three nines. Right. The p like normally like the ring the gold. Yeah. So so it it in the silicon powder
is semiconductor material. So semiconductor material the chipsets in our phone is 12 9s. The purity is 12 nights. In the silicon wafer what we call is a wafer or silic cell is six 9s. So it's still a considered a
semiconductor material. So like these are the powders we from separating it and uh inside that silicon powder it has silver. So obviously recovering silver right it's it needs obviously we have
like like a downstream we send it to temp but I'm just saying this because because these are the crit critical minerals like if we want to build our own supply chain for the US we got to do it you know we got to do it in the US
recycle our own material number one as a new New Jersey state level we should pick up our own right srack SRA, you know, we have a SRA uh um program for solar incentives. So, there's a lot of SRA is going to hit the
time within two years. So, it's going to expire and there's a wave of solar panel is going to be recycled and I don't think we're going to we should send it to Pennsylvania and put it in the landfield. We should do it oursself and we are capable doing oursel and we just need to do you know you know more
efficiently and more like um you know a better way and to recover the purity and a lot of you know a player in the recycling I'm I'm not pointing fingers but there's a lot of recycling company in the US right right now for solar panel they just doing tradings I'm
telling you they just buy in they they sell it to the downstream sell it to Africa as a they wipe it clean and nobody's doing the real thing and I don't know I mean I I know why because it's a quick money. It's just you don't need to really get dirty or maybe get I
mean it's not that dirty but I'm just saying it's a clean tap recycling but nobody want to work that hard but if they can just swap and clean it and let off people to deal with it you know I do I want to do that yes I would like to inspect them and I would like to you
know if the if the solar panels still have right 65 70 five of efficiency if we have the lifespan. Yes, we want to reuse them. Maybe not sell it, right? Maybe we can donate to right in some church around the community first.
That's what right. Let's let's work with the community what we need and that's we think elsewhere later on. So I I think you know definitely there are a reuse part for the solar panels but I think we should kind of I mean I don't know like I I feel like if we're going to do the
recycling in Milville I mean there's a lot of treasures you know we can maybe just lower the electric bill as you know as being a you know one of the solution for energy like reducing energy consumptions. So, so yeah, I mean I just want to point
that out and uh you know obviously these critical minerals like silver tin uh you know copper you know it's it's it's it's valuable it's it's critical and uh we need to build rebuild our you know some we build some supply chain and the again
the reason here is the glass it's heavy once I take it off I can just ship it to the it's high quality glass I can get it off pretty easy and that's the reason why I pick bridge den And you know, I I look several places. I look at Bridgetton, the Seven Up building. I
don't know if you guys know. I look up uh the city. Bridgetton city has a recycle plan. They was on fire. They were talking to me, want me to invest over there. Um Vin, I bought a property. Yeah. I mean, you know, and uh you know, I just my you know, one of my friend
just introduced this 1200G. They said they have big powers because I every everywhere I go I just ask how what is the capacity of the substations because because not only me being there because I you know I want to build a closed the
loop um industrial park. I wanted to attract you know people you know everyone in the same industry. we can kind of close the loop. So we can reduce the material logistic that reduce the carbon footprint by right one glass
shipping all the heavy glass to another state another state ships to the EVA to right South Carolina go to Florida then you know it's just a lot I I think you know it should be one product it should be on make under one roof and maybe recycle under one roof and you reuse
under the one roof but I mean that's the carbon footprint um you know and we're also actually trying to I You know James is going to a deop event in uh seven war trade tomorrow. So we have the high education how many school we have like we have ruckus you know we
have all the MITs. So we trying to engage all the high education schools trying to do a a blockchain uh material trace. So basically from a solar panel as a new panel. So they have a barcode when they use when they decommission
when they separate the uh the frames the material where do they go you know it's kind of like the whole track of material because you know we kind of wanted to you know not only do the recycling right we also wanted to show the carbon
footprint of what we achieved. We want to show data what you know what we have achieved how many because for aluminum you know from mining right from mining making aluminum to make a new aluminum versus we recycle
the aluminum it's 92% carbon reductions that means what we only need to take 8% of the energy to make a recycled aluminum just think about that right that's massive that that's a massive energy and that's a massive waste Right.
It, you know, I I the way I look at it is as New Jersey, I I feel like we should, you know, tackle with our, you know, SRAK programs, all the decommission solar panel. We should do oursel. We definitely don't want to, you know, sniff it and just send it out. And number two is, you know, I'm the
solution. I can't help New Jersey to do it. And I'm confident and I'm working with all the Jersey universities. And you know even you know I mean university from uh there's another university ro r o w e r right there. Yeah, you know,
there's a lot of young generations like, you know, besides besides, you know, because there's a lot of young generations of tech people if they're interesting in clean tech recycling, if they're into machine or automation or robotics, we can definitely work with
the school and create new programs and let new generation have another like interest or passion like industry, right? I mean I I just feel like there's a lot of possibility working closely with the you know community is just a lot of possibility we can do and
contribute to the recycling and tackle the um tackle the solar panel it's going to boom it's going to boom in 2000 to in 20ou 2028 everyone's going to talk about the panel the the landfill trust me all our data
is already shown us and that's why we start ahead of time thank very uh very informative. Thank you. Thank you. I'm a little bit nervous, so I don't know if I say something not supposed to, but No, you're perfectly fine. Uh questions from the board.
Anybody? Thank you for your presentation. Thank you. Thank you. Public com comment on agenda items only. If anybody from the public would like to comment on the agenda items, please go to the podium, state your name, and address your concerns. Seeing nobody, I will close public
comment on agenda items only. Discussion of commissioners. Commissioner Huitt, go ahead. Uh, nothing at this time, Mayor. Thank you, Commissioner Suie. Nothing at this time. Commissioner Cos, nothing at this time. Thank you, Vice Mayor Watson. I think I'll just save it for the
regular regular meeting and I'll follow suit and do say the same thing as well. New business, seeing none, we have now reached the public comment portion of our meeting. Anyone from would like to address the commission, please go to the podium, address, state your name, address your concerns, comment on the refusion
recycling guides if you'd like to. Um, and please limit your comments to approximately five minutes. Mary Messik, go ahead. Yeah, Mary Messi here of Milville. As far as their recycling goes, it sounds like it's a winner. Not just on paper,
not just in a presentation, but in the long run. Because there's been multiple commercials out showing that various products
get recycled and get made into other products. We know that certain products don't dissolve in a short period of time. Sometimes it takes forever.
And none of us are going to be around for that long of a time for it to dissipate and decompose. what they're offering, or at least in my knowledge of what
they've said, they're offering a way of creating jobs, bringing revenue to the city, which we need, which will also give us ratables. Plus, on top of that, we're going to cut
down on fossil fuel. We're creating energy which is something we all need because unfortunately AI is sucking up the majority of our electrical energy
and this would be a way of giving of at least seem to it that we can have the energy so that we can have our lights we can have various things that are generated through energy.
electricity. That's That's all I've got to say to that one. Thank you, mayor. Seeing no one else, I'll close public comment portion. Closing comments of commissioners. Anything further
resolution? Seeing none, do I have a motion for adjournment? Make a motion. Second. All in favor? Hi. Hi. Part: 2
Ready? Ready. Sure. I'd like to call the regular session meeting to order. Roll call, please. Mayor Romick, here. Commissioner Huitt, here. Commissioner Suie, here. Vice Mayor Watson, here. Commissioner Kasaboon, here.
Do we have a pastor in the room by any chance? Oh, please come up to the podium. May we please rise for invocation followed by the saluted flag. Most gracious heavenly father, we just come before you tonight. We're so thankful, Lord God, that you have
invited us in and that you tell us to ask what uh we need. And so, Father, tonight I ask, Lord God, that your presence would be manifested in this place. That your wisdom and your knowledge and your direction and
guidance would be with our commissioners of this city tonight as they make crucial decisions for the people of Millville. Father, I thank you that we can call upon you any time. In the precious name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. This meeting is being conducted in accordance with the open public meeting
act of 1975. Was advertised, posted, and made available to the public as required by statute. The municipal clerk is directed to include a statement in the minutes of this meeting. Public comment on agenda items only. I would like to move that and I will go to presentations
first. Yes, mayor. We have the swearing in of a firefighter. Proceed. Let me not forget that. Good evening everyone. Uh I'm Chief John Wetstein with the Millville Fire Department. And
I just want to say that fire departments across the nation are full of history and traditions. And tonight it is my pleasure to bring a lot of tradition into the Millville Fire Department. My grandfather was the fire
chief and it was special for me when I was sworn in as fire chief in March. My dad was a deputy chief. I'd like to call my brother Patrick Wetstein up who was a current member of the fire department with me
and we're going to call up Patrick Wetstein II who is getting sworn in. Patrick is going to be a fourth generation firefighter with the city of Milville. And everybody always says, you know,
when you come in, someone has big shoes to fill. And when, you know, he finished out the list and everything came out that he was going to get hired to replace someone else that left, I went to him and I pointed to his pointed to my chest and I said, you know, you don't
have shoes to fill. You have a name to uphold. But I couldn't be more proud of him, proud of my brother, my father, my grandfather. And uh welcome Patrick
[Applause] if I can before we get the swearing in done. Uh not much I can say. Thank you, Patrick, for carrying on your family name. I've
got to know you. You're not new to the fire department. He's been a volunteer for plenty of time. Uh top on the list. I see you working in the field. Thank you very much, especially for carrying
on the Wetstein name. Thank you, bud. [Applause] I state your name. I, Patrick, do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support that I will support
the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States in the Constitution of the State of New Jersey the Constitution of New Jersey the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and the governments established
in the government established in the United States in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially and justly and partially and justly perform all the duties of
perform all the duties of the office of firefighter the office of firefighter according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability. So help me God. So help me God. [Applause]
Congratulations Patrick Westin the second. Um, I know a lot of your family members and you know, another long-lasting family name in the city of Milville that you know the weight of and the city knows the weight of to and your uncle I assume uh that you will do a good job as well as all
the residents of the city of know that you will continue to do a good job in the mobile fire department. So, thank you for your service to the city. You want to stay? I got one short thing to say. Go ahead. Folks that are sitting here as everybody's leaving. Uh you saw the
firefighters that came in with their turnout gear on. Uh that's our duty crew for till tomorrow morning. And they came here to support their new firefighter from an accident scene. That's why they were dressed in their turnout gear. Just
wanted to let you know that. All right. And I will now proceed with public comment on agenda items only. If anybody from the public would like to comment on agenda items, please go to the podium, state your name, and address your concerns on the public on agenda items.
Miss Kir, go ahead. Patricia Kers, I have a question on resolution 19 nine uh the uh building or that property on at Airwork. I just want to make sure that I'm
reading this correctly that we're selling it for $125,000. Is that correct? Correct. Um I would just like to say that I know the building there is old. I'm not an
engineer, so I have no idea what the uh condition is or what has to be done if it can be rehabbed. But the assessed value is 1,166,200. And as taxpayer, I'd like to know why we are selling it for $125,000.
$125. Yeah. And it's almost eight acres of ground. You want me to answer that now? May go ahead. You looked at the building. You you uh realized the state of this repair. The cost of repair is going to be in excess of what its assessed value is. The water
pipes are all shot. The electric is all missing and I think we got an estimate to replace the roof that was over a million dollars. So that's the reason why. Well, I just want to say that I don't think it's fair that the taxpayers are subsidizing
the demolition of the building. I think the price should be higher. Nobody said the building was getting demolished. I know that. But I'm saying I think $125,000 for almost 8 acres of ground is too low.
Thank you. Thank you. Seeing nobody else, I will click public comment on agenda items. Only bills. Make a motion to pay the bills. Second a motion. We have a motion second and bill payment. Roll call, please. Commissioner Huitt.
Yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasabun, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romnick, yes. Minutes, yes. We need a motion to approve the minutes for work session and regular meeting minutes dated September 2nd, 2025 and work session close session and regular meeting minutes dated September
16th, 2025. Make a motion. Second. We have a motion and second on the approval of the work session regular session meeting meeting minutes of September 2nd, 2025 and the work session close session regular session meetings dated September 16th, 2025. Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt,
yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kabun, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romick, yes. Petitions and letters, there are none. Mayor, reports of commissioners. Commissioner Huitt, go ahead. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, first I want to make a motion to receive and file the
police and fire department EMS reports for the month of September of 2025. Second motion. We have a motion to receive and file the police and fire department reports for the month of September 2025. Roll call, please. Commissioner Huitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes.
Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Ramen, yes. Okay, with that, uh, as you see, we just, uh, filled a spot. Uh just so people know, we did not lose an employee to the city uh with the replacement of
the firefighter. Uh we had a police officer move from the police department to the fire department as a paid firefighter and he has elected to go back. He is back and working on the street as a police officer. And as was stated, uh Patrick II
uh was top on his list on on the county list. and uh not sure but I think he's been a volunteer for almost five years now. Uh so uh he knows the department, he's worked with the department for
years and uh he's going to be a great asset to the department. Uh with that being said, just a little bit of numbers uh on the on the reports for public safety last month. The police received
3,418 calls for assistance last month. Fire 116 calls last month. EMS 695 calls.
Uh, everybody's working, folks. Uh, we're hoping to have the ambulance that the commission approved the purchase of uh within a week or so. I'm safe to say. chief uh will be here. Hopefully, it's here tomorrow from the shop from getting
wrapped and uh then it has to be set up with the stretcher and all the equipment and it'll be inspected and that will be on the road. Another advancement in public safety with that mayor progress. Thank you, Commissioner Huitt.
Commissioner Sylvie. Yes. So, on Saturday, September 27th, we had the annual baby show at Coren Park. I had the privilege of judging this show along with Miss Christina Campbell and there was some hard decisions to make there. They a lot of kids to choose from
and it made it difficult. But I want to congratulate the new little Miss Milville, Roman Rogers and little Mr. Millville, Noah Brown. I want to thank everyone that participated in the show. Over the next few weeks, we'll be going through the parts completing our fall cleanups. We encourage the public at any
time to call or email us with issues. We appreciate your input. upcoming in uh events. If you're going to decorate your home for Halloween, and I noticed many have already or business, consider entering our annual Halloween decorating contest, you can sign up with that by
calling 8257000 extension 7394 or email recreation@millvillej.gov. Judging will take place between October 24th and October 26th and winners will be announced on October 28th. Good luck
to everybody that joins that. The Holly City Walking Club will start back up at Lakeside on Tuesday, October 14th and will take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. You must be 18 or older to participate. And remember, if the school is closed that
day, then there's no walking. I want to thank the uh Board of Education for approving our application to once again hold that event. Mystery on High will take place on Friday, October 17th, 600 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. along High Street. Come and join in the spooky fun.
There'll be live bands, face painting, psychic readings, and a lot more. Lastly, in October is our annual pumpkin extravaganza on Saturday, October 25th from 2:00 p.m. to 400 p.m. on Pine Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. There will be pony rides, trunk or
treat, pumpkin decorating, and other spooky fun activities. Progress. Thank you, Commissioner Sui. Commissioner Kasaboo. Okay. from streets and roads. 11 appliances have been collected. 69 tires
collected. 4,375 bags of loose leaves and grass clippings collected. We issued 228 street sweeping tickets have been written. 478 electronic waste were received. We repaired a sinkhole repair at six in Garathan. That's been
completed. Ivory Road and Elf in place have been graded and stoned. picked up 285 tons of brush. Brush collection is over for 2025. If you have brush and you want to dispose of it, take it to the compost at 999 Cedar
Street and they're there Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 7:15 to 2:45. Loose leave collection starts November the 1st to December the 31st. Residents can start placing their leaves out the last week of October.
Recycling. In September, we replaced 32 damaged carts, six missing or stolen carts, delivered 19 residential units that previously did not have any. Uh, nine carts were purchased by residents. 78 notices of violation were issued in
September. Zero tickets were issued. We received a second group that is in the process of signing up for adopt a road program. Once their application is completed and approved, the signs for their road will be ordered and installed. We have purchased cigarette butt receptacles from Terara Cycle. They
will be installed at several various city-owned locations to replace the existing receptacles that keep getting vandalized or dumped. We do recycle the butts, believe it or not, and it's free for us. The e-waste oil antifreeze and
rechargeable battery drop off at 15th Street will be closed on Monday the 13th of October for the Columbus Day holiday. If there's any individual groups that would like to adopt a road, a neighborhood, or a drain, please contact Chris Finch with Recycle and Clean Communities at 8257000
extension 7612. I just have a quick thing that I would like to let all the residents know. Please do not throw out any rechargeable batteries in your trash or your recycle. We had a fire in one of the trash trucks on 106 because there was a rechargeable
battery in someone's trash. Luckily, the ACUA was where it's able to push part of that load out of the truck and put the fire out with extinguishers that are carried on the truck. All dry cell rechargeable batteries weighing less than 11 pounds can be taken to 416 South
15th for disposal. Wet cell batteries or batteries that weigh more than 11 pounds should be taken to the junkyard or contact your manufacturer for disposal options. Thank you. That's all I have. Clean that city up. Thank you, Commissioner Kas.
Thank you, Vice Mayor Watson. Uh we'll start off with the ordinance on the first reading. I just wanted to bring up that uh just a salary ordinance. This was reviewed by the city and agreed upon with council 18. This is the attempt to simplify the salary ordinance to positions currently in use
or that may be in use in the future. These are for basically obsolete positions, right? Correct. Mhm. Uh Fton Street paving was completed on October 3rd from Park Avenue to the project limits. Uh the punch lift is under review now. The punch list is
under review now. Sorry. The engineering department and myself would like to thank the water department uh for the water meter upgrades replacement that are currently in progress. Uh we've seen great improvement. Um the water utility staff is working directly with the installer to resolve issues and assist in coordination and planning. Uh to date
there's 1,700 meters that have been installed. Um prior to the start of the next cycle, uh they'll be working on commercial meters for the solids waste. Um dewatering project um was under review by the trust and there was revisions that need to be
uh made. Um that project has been resubmitted to the trust and I think that's all I have. Thank you, Vice Mayor Watson. I'd like to remind everybody that planning board
will be Tuesday, October 14th in lie of the holiday October 13th. So, Tuesday the 14th for the upcoming planning board. On September 17th, I attended the South Jersey Mayor's dinner. It was hosted by Gloucester and Camden County's
Mayor's Association, and Karland County was invited. I was the only Karland County mayor to be there. As I sat there and watched the people flow in, I did not know a single soul um in the audience. I made friends with Newfield mayor and business administrator as also
the mayor of Pitman and the mayor of Collinswood, New Jersey. Apparently, Collinswood has uh lots of eating options and uh very good reviewed restaurants there as I was uh meeting with the deputy mayor. Um, so you learn to make friends in government and but it
was very eye openening to see that and I checked my email and it went out to every South Kland County mayor and uh I was the only municipality to show up. But it was a uh eye- openening experience with uh the presentations that were given that night um and also creating and making new connections as
well. I'm sure Mr. Horn will talk about the cut international film festival that happened um in September. It was a wonderful turnout on that evening for um the showing of how the Levoy was and
what happened to the Levo um throughout its history and the new bringing of what the Levoy is today and for what it provides. Um so I don't know if there's any areas that the that short film will be showed um more publicly in the future. Um but it was a a a great great
turnout uh that night and I assume for the whole cut international film festival. Ordinances in second reading. Ordinance for second reading item number one. Bond ordinance authorizing various capital improvements and acquisitions appropriating $2,30,000 to pay the cost
thereof. Authorizing the issuance of $1,928,500 of bonds to finance the appropriation and to provide for the issuance of bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the bonds. Make a motion. Second motion. We have a motion second for ordinance in the second reading item
number one. We now open public hearing on this. Anybody from the public like to comment on this ordinance, please go to the podium, state your name, address your concerns, and please limit those concerns to 5 minutes. Seeing no one, I will close public hearing on ordinance or second reading item number one. Any comments?
Roll call, please. Commissioner Huitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romney, yes. Ordinance for second reading item number two. An ordinance of the city of Milville and the county of Cumberland adopting amendment to the redevelopment plan entitled James R. Hurley Industrial
Park redevelopment plan pursuant to the local redevelopment and housing law NJSA4A12A-1. Make motion. Second motion. We have a motion and second for ordinance in the second reading item number two. I'll now open the public hearing for this ordinance if anybody from the public like to come to the
podium. Seeing none, I will close public hearing. Comments from commissioners. Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasabun, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romik, yes. Ordinance for second reading item number
three, an ordinance amending ordinance 18-2025, an ordinance approving an agreement of sale that would authorize the city of Milville to convey a date of easement to the state of New Jersey. Make a motion. Second a motion. We have a motion second for ordinance in the second reading item number three. I will now open public hearing for this
ordinance. Any from the public would like to comment on this ordinance, please go to the podium. Seeing none, I will close public hearing. Comments of commissioners. Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Ramen,
yes. Ordinances in the first reading. Ordinance for first reading item number one, an ordinance amending the salary ordinance. Make a motion. Second a motion. We have a motion second for ordinance in the first reading item number one. Any comments? Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt,
yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romnick, yes. Ordinance for first reading item number two. An ordinance amending Milville Code Chapter 39A, Motor Vehicle and Traffic Regulation Schedules, section 17,
parking prohibit prohibited at all times to remove the designation therein of the east side of Columbia Avenue from Vine Street to Broad Street. Make the motion with an amendment to change the streets from
Columbia of Columbia Avenue from dock to broad. Second a motion. We have a motion second with the amendment noted on ordinance of the first reading item number two. Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes.
Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romik. Yes. Resolutions. Resolution item number one. Resolution to award a non-parent open contract to Gail Corporation. Make a motion. And with that, I do have certification of funds
in the amount of $31,250 signed by our CFO Trisha McGee. It's even in bold, too. I don't want to spend any money. And you're you're on top of it. Second a motion. We have a motion. And you said second very fast. I think you're trying to spend the money. We have a motion to second resolution
item number one. Any comments? Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Ramik, yes. Resolution item number two, resolution author authorizing special assessments due to demolition on fire damaged
property, 271 Nav Avenue. Make a motion. Second. We have a motion to second on resolution item number two. Any comments? Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasabun, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romik,
yes. Resolution item number three, resolution authorizing special assessments due to demolition on fire damaged property, 321 Southport Street. Make a motion. Second. We have a motion second resolution item number three. Any comments? Roll call, please. Commissioner Huitt,
yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romick, yes. Resolution item number four, resolution requesting approval for the insertion of special item of revenue funded from the state of New Jersey urban enterprise zone Authority for the
Millville UEZ fiscal year 2026 marketing and promotions project. Make motion on resolution item number four. Second a motion. Oops. Somebody give it to Commissioner. We got a motion and second on resolution item number four. Any comments?
Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson? Yes. Commissioner Kasaboon? Yes. Commissioner Suie. Yes. Mayor Romnick. Yes. Resolution item number five, resolution requesting approval for the insertion of a special item of revenue funded from the state of New Jersey urban enterprise
zone Authority for the Millville UEZ fiscal year 2026 administrative budget. Make motion. Second a motion. We have motion and second on resolution item number five. Any comments? Roll call, please. Commissioner Huitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes.
Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romik. Yes. Resolution item number six, resolution appointing the Bill Horin Media Group, part of Artsc South Jersey, Inc. for social media, advertising, and print media on behalf of the city of Milville. Move the resolution. I have
certification of funds in the amount of $35,000. Second motion. We have a motion second. Resolution item number six. Any comments? Roll call, please. Commissioner Huitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Casabon,
yes. Commissioner Suie. Yes. Mayor Romnick. Yes. Resolution item number seven, resolution authorizing tax and utility adjustments. Make motion. Second motion. We have a motion to second. Resolution item number seven. Roll call, please. Commissioner Huitt. Yes. Vice Mayor Watson. Yes.
Commissioner Kasabun. Yes. Commissioner Suie. Yes. Mayor Romick. Yes. Resolution item number eight. Resolution of the city of Milville and the county of Cumberland designating 25 Airwork LLC as a redeveloper and authorizing the ex execution of an escrow agreement in
connection with redevelopment of property identified on the tax maps of the city as block 125.01 lot 13, more commonly known as 25 Airwork Street. Make motion on resolution item number eight. Second a motion. We have a motion second on resolution
item number eight. Any comments? Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson. Yes. Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romik, yes. Resolution item number nine, resolution of the city of Milville in the county of Cumberland, New Jersey, authorizing the
execution of a redevelopment agreement and purchase and sale agreement for property identified as portion of block 125.01 lot 13 on the tap on the tax maps of the city with 25 Airwork LLC. Make a motion. Second a motion.
We have a motion second for resolution number nine. Any comments? Yes. So, uh, little history on this building, 25 Air Work Street, approximately 2013, 2014, somewhere in there when I was in office before, we had had an agreement
of sale with Intex Corporation. If any of you remember that company out at the airport, and that was for a price of $450,000. They were subsequent subsequently urged to apply for tax credits and I'm not going to get in on all that but as part of that they had to look around the
different areas to get those qualify for those tax credits. So they looked to Galloway and they moved to Galloway so we lost the whole business. Um this building has been empty for over a decade. It's been off the tax roles for over a decade. It has continued to
deteriorate and is a liability to the city. is constantly broken into. The interior is destroyed. Part of the roof is inside the building. Um, as I said before, the water lines are destroyed. The electrical is all gone, stolen. So, I would uh urge you
guys to vote to sell this and get it back on the tax rolls and get it repaired. Thank you. Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, yes. Commissioner Kasaboon, yes. Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Ramik,
yes. Resolution item number 10, resolution to appoint an acting construction official. Make motion. Second a motion. Motion second on resolution item number 10. Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson? Yes. Commissioner Kasabun? Yes. Commissioner Suie? Yes. Mayor Romnick?
Yes. New business. New business item number one. Motion to authorize the municipal clerk to adver advertise to receive bids for Pleasant Drive reconstruction. Make a motion. Second a motion. We have a motion to second on new business item number one. Any comments?
Yes. Well, this has been a long time coming. Yes. And Paul Decker, I told you so. This was coming soon. Um, but yes, it's been a long time coming. Um, roll call, please. Commissioner Huitt, yes. Vice Mayor Watson, abstain. Commissioner Kasaboon, yes.
Commissioner Suie, yes. Mayor Romick, yes. New business item number two, motion to authorize the following special event on public lands application pending approvals. The Hammer Run Tri County Sportsman MC, Inc., November 2nd, 2025, 8:00 a.m. to 400 p.m.
Make a motion. Second a motion. We have a motion and second on new business item number two. Any comments? Roll call, please. Commissioner Hwitt, no. Vice Mayor Watson? Yes. Commissioner Kasabun? Yes. Commissioner Suie? Yes. Mayor Romick, yes.
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, address your concerns. Please limit your concerns and comments to approximately five minutes. Miss Messik, go ahead. Mary Messi here of Milville. First of
all, I'd like to accommodate the uh EMS's and the police department for the way they handled a situation within my own family that was very, very stressful.
They did it very professionally, courteously, and considerately. The other thing is I apologize to all the residents within the city of Milville that had asked multiple times
to multiple people, where can we meet to find out what all the candidates are about. There will be an event tomorrow at River Riverview East from 6:30 until
8:30 tomorrow night. Unfortunately, it's only for those residents of that building. For that, I apologize. Thank you, Mayor Robert McUade Milville. Um, what she's speaking about was
supposed to been her event and it got taken over by, oh my god, taken over by the housing authority for some reason. I don't know why they did that because we called and get Ferguson court. Unfortunately, they emailed her back and told her they were going to put her high-rise east and therefore it became a
housing authority issue. So, it really it belongs to Mary Messik and Mary Messi was supposed to have done that. So, um I'm late tonight because we had our radio show. So, Commissioner Watson, I was told you're in charge of the water department. Therefore, in front of city
the post office, there is been leaking all summer and it's starting to sink. I've reported it several times. Mary has reported it to the commissioners, but we were told that you're in charge of that. So, it's leaking and the store owners
like itch and the Chinese walk and several other in that area are complaining because it is sinking now. It's been leaking all summer continually wet and it's wet now. So, if you take a ride after the meeting, you might see it. So, I suggest you get that done if
you can. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. McGuade. Steve Solaf from Vinand. Uh, for those of you who don't already know, I'm the guy who runs informed the votenj.com. And with all the rules about
lawn signs and where they're supposed to go and where they're actually going to be enforced, I just want to make sure everybody is aware that the website exists to simply try and gather information for the public so that you
know, as Mary Messik tried to do, get people to know about their candidates. There are 19 people running for five seats. It's a lot of information for people to go over. So, I encourage
anyone who wants to at least have a clue to visit the website. And all candidates are always welcome to contact me and help push the status quo of civic
campaign coverage forward. Thank you. Thank you, Steve. Hi, Tom McGinty from Milville. This is more a public service announcement than anything. Um, the fire truck getting a fire because of a battery. Um, these lithium batteries and other camera
batteries, things like that that you can put in your pocket. Don't do it. If one of those things burns, it is catastrophic. There's a local kid. He had thirdderee burns. They took most of the meat off of the top of his leg. I don't want to mention his name, but he's
in the process of suing somebody because he put a vape thing in his pocket and the battery exploded and so forth. So, it's no joke. Um, if you do have batteries over 12 pounds, like a car battery, you can take them to Advanced Auto Parts or Autozone. They do recycle
them. Auto Advanced Auto Parts, I think, gives you $10 and Autozone gives you seven. Um, as far as as far as other batteries, they contain heavy metals. They're kind of not good to throw into the trash. Um, be a, you know, green
person. You can take those to Radio Shack, which good luck finding one. Best Buy, Staples, Target, Office Max, Lowe's, Home Depot, Sears, Walmart, and Verizon Wireless. So, thank you.
Thank you, Mr. McGiddney. Seeing no one else, I will close the public comment portion. Closing comments of commissioners. Commissioner Hill. Uh, I might as well wing this. Look out, folks. My grandson Nick is on the road.
He's on his permit. It don't seem like it, but I got to give him a nod. You know, he's he's he's doing a good job. Seems like it was just yesterday we had to take custody of him when he was four months old and here he is 17 years old. With that progress,
thank you, Commissioner. You Commissioner Silia, nothing at this time, although the clearest radio shack is in Wilmington, Delaware. Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Kasaboon. First, I want to say congratulations to Patrick II. Um, I've
known him since he's probably been about eight years old. I can't believe he's all grown up. So, congratulations. He is a asset to this city. Definitely will be. I want to thank Mr. McGinty for the additional information for disposing of the batteries. Thank you very much.
And with that, I just have a little quick quest thing. Life is very simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Amen. Amen. There you go. Thank you, Commissioner Kas. Almost called you Carol. Um, yeah, Vice Mayor Watson, you got
anything? Yeah, I just wanted to thank the thank our new CFO and our finance department for getting that uh capital improvement done. Um, been waiting there for a little while. So, we're happy to see the departments can move forward some purchases eventually. Um, and uh, you know, the Wetsteines,
they were neighbors to my grandmom. Uh, I know that family for a long time and I want to thank that family for always checking on my grandmom. Uh, and uh, it was very good to see Patrick, you know, Patrick Wenstein II and congratulations to him and his family uh, you joining the fire department. Good luck to him. That's all
I have. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I would just like to let the public know that St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Ukrainian dinner is being held on Saturday, October 18th. It is first come, first serve, although pre-sales are available. You can contact Brittany D at 8562655419.
It is a delicious meal featuring perogis, kilbasa, stuffed cabbage, sauerkraut, picker roll, and dessert. No substitutions. A donation of $17 each um is accepted. You'll see many signs around the city. Mobile, especially if you travel or traverse caramel road, you'll see where
it's happening at 801 Carmel Road. Uh limit of 200 dinners are being served. So that's why there is first come first serve. But I highly enjoy the food and hope to see you there. Motion for a German make a motion.