in order for June 16, 2026. Can I get a roll call, please? >> Commissioner Taylor >> here. Vice Mayor Cot here. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> present. >> Commissioner Kamoon >> here. >> Mayor Dixon >> here. If you would all join me as Pastor Brian Robinson leads us in invocation
and the salute to the flag. >> Would you pray with me? We thank you for this city, God, that we love so much. As we approach our nation's 250th anniversary of independence, we are grateful for the blessings of liberty which with you with which you've endowed
us. We are grateful for the men and women of our city government who protect us, aid us, keep our parks and streets clean, and keep our city functioning. Bless their work. We thank you for the families who have chosen to make this community their home. Please bless each
one of them. We thank you for those business owners who have invested in this city. May their work serve the common good. For our city commissioners, we ask that you grant wisdom and insight in the discussions and decisions that are made. As they work for the people of
Mil Millville, keep them mindful that you have called them for a time such as this. May their judgments be filled with mercy and justice for the least and the last as much as it is for those who have much. We pray for the peace, prosperity, and well-being of our whole city. that
Milville might be a place where all of its people flourish. It's in the name of your love we pray. Amen. >> Amen. >> Let me 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 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. Madame Clerk, are there any changes to the agenda? >> Yes, mayor. Since our budget was state approved this afternoon at the last minute, we have a resolution to read the
municipal budget by title only prior to the public hearing. Thank you, Madam Clerk. >> Could you repeat that, please? >> Sorry about that. Um, we're just adding a resolution to read the municipal budget by title only since it was state approved late this afternoon
prior to the public hearing. >> At at this point, we have now reached the public comment portion on agenda items only. Anyone who would like to address the commission, please go to the podium, state your name and address, and please limit your comments to approximately 5 seconds.
>> Seeing no one at the podium, I will close public comments to agenda items only. Madame clerk, do we have any presentations? Yes, we have a presentation on the new mass notification system for the city of Milville. >> All right. So, for you guys that don't know me, uh my name is William Stanick.
currently serve as the city of Noble Municipal um emergency management coordinator. Um tonight we're going to talk about the new mass notification system that we had just put in place and uh we're excited to roll out here. A little bit of history about how we got here. Um in the
past the city has relied on the county OEM to uh for our mass notifications to go out. Uh one of the problems with that is it did come with a cost. So some of sometimes they charged us to put out the notifications and that cost was uncontrolled by us and could be put at
whatever pretty much price dollar they wanted depending on how many people we were trying to reach. We recently learned that the county no longer has that ability to put out the mass notifications. Um they they're currently working with a company to try to get that back. However, we decided to go ahead and
bring this back inhouse so we can do it ourselves. That way we can notify our our community and our citizens what's going on within our city and not have to rely on any outside entities to do so. All right. So, as we did the research,
we ended up going with Civic Plus, which was a company that we were already working with. They are the ones that host our website, and they do a couple other things for us. Um, we found out that obviously like I said, they do our website and it allows us to go when we
push out a mass notification, the integration between the mass notification system goes to our website as well as social media pages. So with one click, we send it out to the public, we send it to our website in multiple
places on the website, and we can send it out to all of our social media platforms all at once. So there's no going sitting there having to log in to different systems to send it all out. One click, it goes out everywhere. So that was one of the big benefits with going with Civic Plus.
All right. So for the for the citizens and the public, when we go to send out an alert, we can send it out in several different ways. It'll go out via text message. We can select to send it out as a voice message, email. Um, there's an app you can download and you'll get an
app notification and in an emergency alert then we can actually have it call landlines in the area for those people that still have landlines. It'll hit businesses. Any landline that is registered still in the networks, it'll send out there as well. We do have the
option of selecting which ones we want to send out at any given time. So like I know the school board if they have something going on with the schools, they send it out via voicemail. uh voice message, the text message and the email. We have that same ability now. Um we,
like I said, we can also just bring it down to just a text message and email if it's not something that is super pressing to where we feel that you need to be notified via a voice call as well. Um it is a generated message. It's not somebody actually sitting there talking or calling you. So just like the
schools, um it's an AI voice that creates the message based on what we put into it. Um, with this system, we can also target what areas the alert goes out to. So, if we have, say they're doing road construction and replacing a water man in a certain area of town, we
can alert those citizens in that area of town that they're going to be out working in their area. There might be an outage of their water for a certain period of time during the day as they're hooking in the new water main. Obviously, we can send it out citywide, but like I said, we can sit there and
target different areas of the city depending on what the need is. All right, so different uh kind of alerts we're going to be sending out um police, fire, and emergency activity. Um I just want to note that this is not going to be a police blotter type thing.
We're not going to be sending out every little thing that police and fire is doing. This is going to be for more of the bigger incidents that may be prolonged activities that we may need the citizens to know or to avoid the areas um larger road construction closure
projects like I said you know if they're doing water main stuff like that you know if we have any updates from the bridge something like that we can send out um severe weather alerts if you guys download the app that's actually automatically built in it'll automatically just start sending them
out obviously if there's something massive major coming in our way, then we can send it out ourselves as well. Different kind of city events. Um, so if there's any changes to any city events coming up or like said, you know, sewer main breaks, something like
that, we can send it out as when it's them. And one thing that we found during the snowstorms is a lot of people worry about their trash and recycling pickup when there's some kind of big weather event. So, we have a section dedicated just for that that you can sign up for where if the trash is going to be
delayed, we can send it out. We have that broken down into what day your trash is picked up. So, if it's just going to affect Monday's trash pickup, just the people that have Monday's trash pick up will get the alert or like I said, we can send it out citywide if need be. All right, there's three different ways
to sign up for this for the citizens. First way, and the most recommended is actually through our website. Um the QR code will actually take you right to the alerts and notifications page if you guys want to u scan that and try to sign up right now. This allows you to go ahead and pick what kind of alerts you're going to get from the emergency
alerts to the city alerts, the trash, the parks, everything. You can pick and choose which one you want if you don't want them all. The secondary one is through the app. It's called My Alerts. It's available on both platforms uh Apple and Android.
This one will allow you to receive all the emergency alerts and anything that is targeted into your uh general area depending on what you choose as far as your address or if you leave your GPS allow that your location allow that to talk to the app. It'll pull up wherever
you are. One thing with the app is this will work nationwide. So, if you go out on vacation to Oklahoma and they're having some kind of severe weather alert and you have and they use the system, then that app will actually alert you for the area that
you're currently in. So, it's not just based in mobile. And the third way is you can send a text message to uh 38276 with one of those um codes. Each one you say is for a different thing. Um, the
caveat to this is is pretty much just registering your phone number. So, you're only going to get it if we choose one of those categories. You won't be grouped until a mapping thing because it doesn't know where you are. So, I said that's pretty much just for getting the phone phone alerts, text alerts, and all
that. It doesn't have a spot for your email or anything. So, and again, we can't give you a locationbased alert if you just text into it. All right. Um on the table here is the uh flyer that we created to push this
out. We're going to start working on getting this out to the city buildings and different public areas. That way we can advertise it to the citizens. Try to get as many people as connected as possible. All right. And that's pretty much what I have. Like I said, there's the two uh main ways to sign up if anybody wants to scan the QR code one last time or
anything. And with that, if anybody has any questions. Thank you, officer sir. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Bill. >> Madame Clerk, is this where we are going to read the resolution? >> Yes, we have a resolution to read the
municipal budget by title only. >> Like to make a motion. A second. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Vanelloo, >> no. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes.
All right, let's move to the budget. Madam Clerk, >> we have the public hearing on the budget. Go. >> So, uh, we're now have it's now time for a public hearing on the budget. If you'd like to make comments on the budget, please approach the podium and state your concerns or your comments.
Seeing no one approach the podium, I will close the the uh public comment portion, a public hearing portion on the budget and we will move to the resolution. >> All right. Uh just to uh go over the history of that that budget real quickly. Um like I said, a lot of time
was spent with the CFO. She went through every single department. Uh she spent time doing um uh auditing of our uh the way we do things, clean up a lot of things. Um, spent a lot of hours. Uh, our CFO
never went home. And I'm not kidding. Uh, emails 11:30. Uh, this budget does not show growth. This budget does not show growth at all. This budget shows us just trying to maintain where we're at. Uh, we did have
to use surplus as we do many years uh, to balance it. Um but all five commissioners were involved in their departments. Uh some was more involved than others. I know uh Commissioner Reinella was really
involved in uh this budget process. Um it could have went worse. Uh some commissioners really wanted a higher budget because of the lack of growth. Um but we came to what we thought we
weren't happy but we thought you know what we could do to get through the this budget coming up. Um then we all passed a resolution uh same budget uh passed uh two meetings ago. All five voted yes. Um
nothing's changed since then. So what happens is it goes up to the state to get an auditor assigned. So everybody, every municipal uh municipality goes through it. It's nothing. It's just normal business. Ours didn't get signed until last week. And
the problem with that is they usually have questions that come in and usually they're just standard questions, clarifications, and then they go back and forth with our CFO and they get answered. And in this case, they did. Um but we didn't get the final stamp of
approval till about 3 or 4 hours ago. So luckily we were able to get it because we already publicized a public hearing. So we were going to have the public hearing regardless um because we already publicized 28 days afterwards. So that's why we had the public hearing. We were
lucky enough to get it done in 3 hours ago, maybe four hours ago. Uh so now all we're doing is approving the exact budget we you know the resolution we approved um 28 days ago. So, that I'd like to make a motion to uh adopt that resolution.
>> I just wanted to >> Oh, yeah. Discussion. >> Um, just days ago, we learned about the intent to pursue a $15 million grant for the NAB Avenue Extension. Uh, and I believe that that has uh changed uh here. I haven't been provided with a
clear cost estimate, funding plan, or agreement outlining the city's financial responsibilities. If the project moves forward, if we're considering if we're seriously considering a project of this scope, I believe that those details should be known before adopting a
budget, not after. Approving a budget while while simultaneously discussing a major project with significant unknown costs, uh, in my opinion, doesn't provide the level of financial clarity the public deserves. I'm hoping we actually come up with more
projects throughout the year. So, I'm excited about more projects. >> Well, Vice Mayor, yeah, this was a uh this was a opportunity to apply for grants for NAB Avenue, which I think is is something that if if we're being honest,
uh focuses two and three of the CRP. Um, I think 1.3 million square ft of manufacturing warehouse space that's going out to our industrial park is contingent on Nav Avenue avenue. Um, we
were called by the congressman's office uh late last week and told us that they would support us with the New Jersey D or not New Jersey DOT infrarant if we were to apply to it, which uh is a
considerable amount of money. And that is what we're talking about. We're talking about applying for a grant um the INDOT infra grant that could fund a major portion of this. Um our
we are are taking a very strong approach to getting grant money that will take care of all of Nav Avenue hopefully. And the congressman is in our corner. Uh he's going to promote this. He's going to push it. He's going to not only give us a letter of support, but behind the
scenes, he's going to really help us get this grant. And I think uh I'd be hardressed to say that this is a necessity. If we want Milville to grow, uh we can't afford to have hundreds and hundreds of more trucks going through the center of town.
>> Well, even even with that being said, this is for the budget. So, anything that would come out of that would have to have certification of funds anyway. There also has to be a resolution for that. So no matter what's going the budget, >> we're not talking till next year anyway
on all this, you know, by time this gets really going. I mean, we're talking um you know how things move, the progress that of things that move uh the speed at which things move. We're not talking till next year until constructing NAB Avenue. We're probably
18 months away at least. So, I don't know that for sure, but uh >> but once again, anything that's over above this budget would have to come with certification of funds and resolutions in order. >> So, yeah, the budget and NAV, maybe those are apples and oranges. I I don't know why they're being conflated with
each other. Uh I can't explain that. Uh it's the first time I'm hearing it, but uh yeah, we don't even know what what type of grant we're getting yet. It's like uh it feels like the the cart is putting the cart is getting put way ahead of the horse here and uh we're
worried about things that uh we don't have answers to yet. We're just in the beginning stages of applying for this grant which uh I think is a terrific thing. I think that the the uh I keep saying governor, the congressman's support um on this is phenomenal
>> and it's an opportunity to do something that they've been trying to do for 20 years and we'd be foolish not to jump at the opportunity. So, um I don't think there's, you know, to complate the budget with uh grant opportunities. I don't understand it. Maybe I could get
some clarification, but uh I don't understand it. >> My me my motion is to adopt the budget. All right. Do we have a second? I >> I just have one comment. Sure. >> So, um, Commissioner C made a statement that there were commissioner there was a
commissioner that didn't like the budget. That was me. I'll be honest. I didn't like the budget. I don't think the tax raise is high enough. It does not give public safety any leeway, any movement. It makes it stagnant.
However, I recognize the time and effort that the financial department has put into this budget and I do not want to take the chance of
voting no for this budget and having it reduced because right now it's literally we are trying to keep the city afloat. So, we need this budget. So, there's a motion on the floor.
>> Mhm. >> I'll second the motion. >> Can we get a roll call, please? >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> no. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes.
Motion passes. U Madam Cler, let's move to bills. >> Yes. We need a motion to approve the bill list. >> I'll make a motion. I'll second the motion. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Coun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon,
>> yes. >> Move to reports of commissioners. Let's move to Commissioner Taylor. >> I apologize ahead of time. My report this week is a little lengthy. >> Speak as long as you like, Commissioner. >> But I feel that the public has a right
to know what's going on with public safety. I feel that public safety is due a little more respect than uh some of the departments get and I'm tired of seeing here and there that public safety isn't doing anything. That's a load of
crap and it's, you know, it's just enough is enough. Um I do have one uh statement first. Um the July 4th uh parade for the
July 4th event uh is being cancelled due to the low number of participate participant signups, the cost of police manpower because of the holiday weekend, and the large number of intersections that need police direction and coverage. We have come to the decision to cancel
the parade portion of the July 4th celebration, only the parade portion. Uh this will only affect the parade portion of the festivities. All other events being held at Lakeside Fields are still on as scheduled. Uh we want to
thank those few that did sign up for the parade, but the logistics of that portion of the evening are just not able to be held. Uh we want to encourage the public to still come out to Lakeside and enjoy the evening filled with vendors, food trucks, activities, and ending the
event and the evening with a spectacular fireworks display. Again, we are sorry for any convenience this this may have caused, but it is uh it was out of necessity. Uh departmental reports uh fire and EMS
fire department had 139 total calls for the month of May. Their top five call categories were 32 motor vehicle accidents, 18 malfunctioning alarms, nine accidental alarms, nine true actual alarms, and eight EMS cardiac arrest
assists. Actual fire categories. They had three structure fires, five trash fires, three vehicle fires, two grass or vegetation fires, six gas leaks or odors of gas. Fire
department just doesn't put out fires. They just don't put the wet stuff on the hot stuff, right? They have other duties that they do. They have other things that they have to do. They do inspections and permits, realer certifications, public education, staff training and education, smoke detector
installs, vehicle maintenance, and recruitment. And that's just a few. BMS division had 634 total calls for the month of May. Their top call types, 264
transported by BLS. BLS is basic life support. They had 157 refusals of care. They had 91 BLS, ALS, which is advanced life support treats. Only one time did we need mutual aid to
come into the city of Mobile and assist. Their other duties are training and certification upkeep, vehicle stocking and upkeep, licensing and standards, recruitment, and public education, just to name a few.
the police department. 3,547 total calls for the month of May. I try to limit that to five top calls, but they do a lot more than that. 824 assist
agency calls, which means officer to officer calls where one officer assists one or more officers assist the other. 206 motor vehicle stops, 161 UEZ patrols, 159 suspicious circumstances,
127 unwanted persons, 117 motor vehicle citizen complaints, 109 noise complaints, 108 animal control calls, 106 property calls, 96 alarm calls, 95 check on well-being calls, 81
motor vehicle accidents, 81 domestic violence, violence calls, 62 parking complaints, and 57 juvenile complaints, car burglaries. Facebook and social media is not the place to report your car burglaries. If
you don't call the police department about your car burglaries, we're not going to know about them. Of the 11 total reported calls for car burglaries, of those reported, three were forced entry, which means the doors were pried or the windows were broken. Eight were
unlocked vehicles, which means they left the vehicles unlocked and the person or persons enter the vehicle without doing damage to them. Lock your cars. One of the last things I do when I go to bed at night, I check
all my doors, all the windows. make sure the dogs and cats are in and then I lock my cars. Other duties of the police department, community policing, public outreach, homeless services, mental health services, social services, recruitment,
juvenile activities, and public education. And that is a very small list of the extra stuff that they do. OEM and coordinator Stadnik championed the mass notification project. I went to
him. I asked him, I said, "Do you think you can handle the bill?" He goes, "Oh, I can handle it." Absolutely. I said, "Will you?" And he did. He spent countless hours on it. And he should be commended.
Our camera project for public safety, it's still progressing. There's a little snafu here and there. However, the company that we're dealing with, LVT, has agreed to allow us to use one of the units that we are
going to be purchasing for the city to deploy the unit ahead of our contract to assist the security measures before and during graduation this year. A unit like the ones we are purchasing for the city will be deployed and monitored in cooperation with the board of education.
This is a joint effort. Board of Education came to us and said, you know, you think you can help us secure in the stuff. And we're like, let's see if we can get one of our cameras. The company has agreed to do that at no additional cost. Now, I want to get on the soap box for a
little bit. I want to restate what I stated at one of our first commission meetings. I said that I would support and have the backs of every man and woman that work in public safety until the day I leave this office. I continue to stand behind that
statement and will till terms end. The men and women of the public safety give their heart and souls to their jobs every day. Most of them give more than is required of them and go above and beyond what is required. Whether it's police, fire, EMS, or emergency
management, they have the same mission. protect and serve the citizens of the city of Milville to the best of their ability, do what is asked of them, and most important, to survive and get home to their families at the end of their shift. Without public safety, where would this town be? What kind of chaos
or tragedy would we deal with? There are towns that don't have their own police department, fire department, or EMS. The call is made. Whatever the professional is doing, they drop and respond. Why? because that's what they have been trained to do. That is the
mission they choose and have chosen to be part of. Right now, every department of public safety is doing a lot more with a lot less. Some departments, this hits a little harder than others.
Personnel, equipment, budget cuts. I have said this before, this budget hits public safety hard. Real hard. But one thing for certain, public safety is resilient. We don't quit. If we falter, we get up, brush it off, rub some dirt
in the wound, and get back to work. We don't quit. We don't walk away. We do it with what we have. And we look for the other money. I want to commend Chief Wetstein, Chief Hoffman, Coordinator Stadnik, and all of
the men and women of the public safety divisions for not giving up, for staying the course, for finding the new route to take, and for diligently working night and day on grants and other funding sources to get public safety back to where it needs to be.
I want all of you to know that public safety sees that the public sees your passion, hears your concerns, and is behind you as well. There are a few that just like to be the negatives, but the majority of this town is behind you
110%. And I want to thank you all for a job well done and your continued hard work and determination. With that, Mr. Mayor, I yield. Thank you very much, Commissioner Sherman. >> Would you like to
report? >> I would like to uh file and receive the reports. >> I'll second it. >> I'll get a roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Casabun? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo? >> Yes. >> Mayor Dixon? >> Yes. >> All right. Let's move to Commissioner
Reinelloo for your report. >> Okay. Uh I'd like to start with a report from the sewer utility. Um, between May 1st and May 31st, the department responded to 20 sewer calls and five station calls, completed 11,800
ft of mainline maintenance, and performed two manhole restorations. They also completed a number of additional projects beyond routine operations with a full list of about 20 items available for review. I met with S last Tuesday at
the uh sewer plant to review progress on the third clarifier and other ongoing work. I'd really like to recognize that the men and women of this department work very hard every day for our city and we do appreciate their efforts.
On June 6th, the parks department held its fishing tournament and we'd like to congratulate the winners. It was a really hot morning and those kids were really committed. Um, in the 5 to9 age group, Barrett Harden caught the most fish and Timmy Wade Wills caught the
biggest fish. In the 10 to 14 group, Matt Wade Wills caught the most fish and Noel Blair caught the biggest fish. In the 15 to 18 group, James Harris caught the most fish and Ethan Wade Wills caught the biggest fish. It was a great
event and it must have been really good bait donated by Big Dave's Tackle because two of the kids caught 13-inch bass that morning. So, thanks again to Big Daves for always coming through and supplying the bait for this annual event. Um, I'd like to give a few updates from our parks department. We've
been continuing to address lighting improvements on Broad Street, including broken globes and issues with the decorative black light poles. Uh, as noted before, this is more than just bulb replacement, and I appreciate, uh, this lighting being treated as a
priority at the Union Lake bowl field. Uh, unfortunately, we had to respond to some vandalism. It wasn't reported, uh, but discovered by staff when we got there. The field was found with bases displaced and second base was missing. Uh, second place has now been replaced
and everything else has been repaired. Our crews have also been maintaining grass cutting schedules consistently despite the heat and I want to recognize that effort as well at the RRCA building. Uh it's becoming a long-standing issue now is finally being
addressed with the facade repairs including the use of screws and caul to seal and stabilize problem areas to prevent leaks. That's a beautiful building. We don't want it leaking. engineering has also conducted a roof water test and assessment and uh I
appreciate Mr. Nuke's uh proactive approach in identifying and helping to resolve these issues before they worsen. If you haven't already noticed the new view of the river from Buck Street, I encourage you to take a look. Uh, one of the points that we all emphasized when
we ran for office was public safety and I specifically spoke about the importance of environmental design in that effort. Uh, visibility is a key part of safety for both residents and our officers in this city. Uh, the overgrown, neglected bushes beside
Captain Buck statue have been removed and they will be replaced with ornament ornamental grasses and low greenery. Uh, this is going to improve the sightelines of our river as you'll see. if you haven't seen yet. It'll enhance the appearance uh of the area, which I believe it's already doing. And it
supports safety by eliminating overgrowth that conceal that can conceal illegal activity. Uh as far as the UE clean team, the clean team has been working really hard since our last meeting. Uh they've completed trash removal from Orange Street to Bluebird
Lane along Route 47. They powerwashed Buck Park. They repainted parking lot lines on Buck Street. Uh in addition, they have been consistently picking up litter throughout their routes being uh between assignments and they've been keeping multiple areas clean and
maintained. Uh update on our hometown heroes banner program. We are still accepting applications to honor Millville veterans and active duty service members through our hometown heroes banner program. We received a
pretty good response. so far, but there are still banner locations available. Each 30 by60 banner will proudly display the service member's photo, name, rank, and branch of service, and it'll be displayed on one of the 36 silver poles
along High Street. Banner locations are available on a first come, first serve basis. I believe that we have uh a dozen who have paid already at this moment. Uh sponsorship is uh $125.
If you'd like to honor a Millville hero, uh please contact Sam Cruz for uh application information. Upcoming events, uh we are very very excited to celebrate uh our Fourth of July at the Tim Shannon Sports Complex behind Lakeside Middle
School on Saturday, July 4th at 6 PM. Uh, as Commissioner Taylor had stated, um, if you haven't heard already, uh, the parade that was intended to lead into the main event has been cancelled. Yesterday, Commissioner Taylor informed
me that the decision was made to cancel the parade due to not having enough participants combined with significant police staffing challenges over the holiday weekend. Um, kind of scrambled there. I could tell you that no alternatives were presented to me
beforehand. Uh after learning about the cancellation, I spent the afternoon working to find a solution that would still accommodate those who were looking forward to participating and who already invested time, planning, coordination,
and money into their floats. I'd like to publicly thank uh Brooke for working with me on communication and coordination with the participants who did register. Uh, and while Sam was away on vacation and received this email, uh, she shouldn't have been getting emails
about parade cancellations while sitting on a tropical island, but that's what happened. Um, any individual organization that planned to enter a float is very welcome and encouraged to display it on the field during our Fourth of July festivities.
While it may not be the parade experience that was originally planned, we want to ensure that your effort, expense, and community spirit behind these floats is still recognized and still appreciated.
So, if anyone intended to create a float and has not yet contacted us, we still want you. Please reach out to Milville Recreation and we are going to make space available for you to display your float. 8568257000
extension 7394. If you have to leave early, there's a gate right there by Genesis Field and you can go out. We're also very excited to remind everyone that the event is going to feature a full lineup of vendors, great entertainment, live music
throughout the day, throughout the evening, and it's going to lead up to an incredible fireworks show. Uh we always do an amazing fireworks show, and this year it's going to be bigger and better. Uh because this year's celebration will be especially meaningful as we come
together to celebrate America's 250th birthday. and I'm really looking forward to it. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Commissioner Reelloo. Commissioner Kovan, >> well, I really don't have a whole lot like you guys have done, so I'll make up
for time. Um, our workers, city workers volunteered their time on Saturday um to do clean communities around town for a little bit. Brush is done with the city of Milville. And I will tell you, this
winter was very, very hard on Milville. We had a lot and lots of brush and debris left over that we need now need to get rid of. So that's all done. We're back to the regular routines. Street sweepers are back is street back out on
the street. Everything's back to normal there. Water department, they're still working on the meters. Uh we're making progress there. They're still also playing catch-up from this harsh winter with a lot of main brakes, repairing those, etc. So, with that said,
um our this winter really was not kind to Milville whatso. But I on a positive note, I have to commend Pete Schaefer, who is a supervisor in the water department, just received word that he passed his T2, which is a big bonus for the city of Mville. So, congratulations
to Pete on that. and to all of the city workers in every department. They give give give to this community. They love Noville as we do too. And with that, that's all I have. >> Thank you, Commissioner Cman. >> Vice Mayor Cop.
>> Oh, yeah. Our department's been uh well, we're just finishing up the budget, but that doesn't mean we're not done working on uh this upcoming year and even potentially into next year. Uh we're constantly dealing with um a lot of Oprah. So, uh, even though that's everybody's right to and we we welcome
them, um, it does come with a lot of hours worked. Um, so we're working on that as well to get try to get things done. Um, we're also stand behind every commissioner as pretty much every commission here leans heavily on revenue and finance and in fact are constantly
down in one of the offices of revenue and finance. So, you know, that's time that we're doing to try to help the various departments. Um, we have we're always working on different various litigations out there that people don't get to see, but
there's still a lot going on. Um, a lot left over that we're trying to work out. We do still have the um homeless outreach that is going on every month. Um we with the help of uh the hope center, I see a few representatives here
um as well as a lot of C County organizations uh to try to help um with the homeless uh the homeless population, try to get them help um and just help clean up the city as well
at the same time. So I just want to also throw a shout out. I believe uh the Mill Market's still going on Thursdays. Don't forget to go to Buck Street um every Thursday down at the the parks, Captain Buck Park, right across the street. Um and that's what I have for now. I'd like
to make a motion to uh receive the tax collector's report for the month of May. >> Second the motion. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon,
>> yes. >> All right. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Uh there may be a little overlap with my engineering report. However, that's okay. If we say it twice, it's all right. Uh when it comes to the Ireland Avenue force main upgrade, South State is finishing the punch list and should
have the paving should be paving within next several week uh weeks. The water tank painting and new well treatment facilities. Uh the water utility superintendent Derek Cheeseman and John Nuke are meeting with water consultants to have the six water tanks inspected,
painted, and rehabilitated. The tanks will be prioritized on a worst first basis. Uh we don't want multiple tanks out of commission at the same time. The Orange Street tank was recently rehabbed and painted. So we have five tanks that need to be rehabilitated and painted. uh
they're applying for New Jersey I Bank funding for grants and we should qualify for up to $2 million in grant money annually for design assistance and up to 2 million grant money for annual in construction funds. One thing uh we talked about during the budget was we don't do a good job we the city hasn't
done a good job with grants and what I've seen already over the past few weeks uh grant applications are up and it looks like we're going to be getting a lot more in grants which uh the city of probably dwarfs us in what we do in grants. So we're we're going to catch
up. Um two professional service contracts will be given to Remington Remington and Vernick. Um and they're on the agenda tonight. First one is for inspection and rehabilitation of the six water storage tanks in the amount of 174,000 and
there's a new well that needs to be built because they're closing the one on street and that is uh for 357,000 and that is all for I bank grant funding. Uh so no cost will be incurred to the taxpayer there. As far as the
Pleasant Avenue water improvements, the construction of the project will start next week. So, that is a good thing. We've been waiting for that and that is happening. Uh, South 14th Street paving project. The contractor has completed drainage improvements and the paving.
Once the top, soil, and seed is done, the road will be done. Laurel Lake improvements. They're almost done doing the surveying to uh for the roads that we're going to be doing in Laurel Lake, which is Ivy Road and Northeast Lakeshore Drive to the end. Um 10th
Street improvements are coming um from Kums Road to Broad Street. Uh we're applying for New Jersey Municipal Aid to repave that street and Broad Street improvements from 7th to Columbia Avenue. Um we're working with the SJTPO,
the New Jersey, the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization, and we're applying for a congestion mitigation and air quality grant to help with that paving. So the grants are working. Last thing on my engineering list is uh this is an overlap with what Commissioner Reel said, but we're uh
working with Garland Roofing to address the warranty repairs uh to repair the leaking that's happening in that building. So, that's what's happening with engineering. As far as the fifth floor goes, things are going well up there. We're issuing more permits, which tells me that people are finally getting
the um the signal that they can't do work in the city without uh having permits done. So, that's going along nicely. They are code enforcement people work very very hard. They are out there every day looking for unpermitted work and they're finding it and these people are making they're spreading the word
that you can't do work in the city that you're not supposed to do without the permits that you need and it's a safety issue so that your firefighters co uh coach Sherman uh Commissioner Commissioner uh Taylor I don't know why I called you coach uh you sounded like a
coach over there that's why I'm thinking um Commissioner Taylor uh that's an important part of safety in the city so that your firefighters don't have to show up when something goes wrong electrically. So, that's a very important uh when everybody's doing their job, the city's a safer place.
Rental fees are up. Uh rental fees are up over 30%. So, the fifth floor is doing a much better job at enforcing uh rental fees for landlords. Um, last thing on the list, everybody's probably noticed over on Second Street where the old BB&T Bank was, uh, where there's a
dispensary that's going to be opening and, um, and we just approved the other dispensary that's going to be happening over across from the, uh, the new, um, the old Millville Hospital. So, we already have one cultivation uh,
cannabis cultivation in the city. And to date, since they've been open, they've brought the city, we get 2% $165,000 in revenue for just the one cultivation place, which which isn't bad. That's nothing to sneeze at. Uh if projections are correct, with the new two new
dispensaries, we should get another quarter of a million dollars a year from uh dispensaries. Um a lot of people I don't, you know, I don't use uh you know, cannabis. Um but there's a lot of people that do and this is a legal way
to do it. And I really don't think the problems we have in the city uh will be exacerbated by the dispensaries. If anything, you know, the pricing in the dispensaries are much higher so that uh you know, it's done in a legal way with people who want to do it legally in a
way that's safe and uh and they can use. So I think these with these three uh cannabis the cultivation and dispensaries the city could come close to getting an additional half a million dollars a year in revenue which is badly
needed in the city as we all know. So this is something at this point that we can't really um it's going to be a good thing for the city. So I just wanted to add that in. And uh I I see they're doing work over on the uh it's called the vault over on Second Street. And I
think uh the other one is uh getting ready to come to the planning board and uh put their plan in. So once they're up and running uh the city's going to be able to make more and that doesn't include what we get as a ratable. So as a ratable that adds on top of that. So that could be you know I don't know what the ratable would be for those but uh
it's going to be it's not it's a significant amount of money and and it's a good thing for the city. And with that that's the end of my report. Let's move on, madame clerk, to regular business. >> Ordinances for second reading. An ordinance for second reading item number
one, an ordinance amending the municipal code, chapter 56, sewer and water. >> Make a motion. Oh, sorry. >> There's a public hearing. >> Oh, there's a public hearing. If you'd like to comment on this issue, please come to the podium and make your comments now.
Seeing no one approach the podium, I will close the public hearing portion for this resolution or for this ordinance. Can we get a motion? >> Make a motion. >> I will second. I also like to just let you everyone know that this is to bring us up to we are way below cost when we
sell water to contractors etc. So we are really in now moving up to be equal to like Bridgton and Vinland to make a better profit for the water department. Second that a motion. >> And can I get a roll call, please?
>> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Casaboon. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reel. >> Yes. >> Mayor Dixon. >> Yes. Ordinance for first reading item number one, an ordinance approving and authorizing an applica application for a
coin drop Lawrence Township EMS. >> Like to make a motion. >> Second the motion. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kaspoon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reel, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes.
>> Resolutions. Resolution item number one, resolution authorizing tax and utility adjustments. >> I'd like to make a motion. >> Second. >> Can I get a roll call, please? >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Ranelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon,
>> yes. >> Resolution item number two, resolution authorizing the issuance of a duplicate tax sale certificate. >> Like to make a motion. >> I'll second the motion. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. Yes. Commissioner Reinelloo. >> Yes.
>> Mayor Dixon. >> Yes. >> Resolution item number three, resolution authorizing water and sewer termination. >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo,
>> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. Resolution item number four, resolution approving shared services agreement between the county of Cumberland and the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and the city of Milville regarding public safety services. >> Like to make the motion.
>> Second the motion. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kubun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. Resolution item number five, resolution approving alcoholic beverage club license renewals for the 2026 2027
license year. >> I'd like to make a motion. >> I'll second the motion. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kabun? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reell? >> Yes. >> Mayor Dixon? >> Yes. >> Resolution item number six, resolution approving alcoholic beverage license
renewals for the 2026 2027 license year. >> Make a motion. >> Second the motion. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasabun, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes.
>> Resolution item number seven, resolution approving the FY2026 annual action plan for the city of Melville. >> I'm going to briefly go over um this uh the draft of the plan. Uh so this is uh community development block grants. I'm
going to try to be quick. Um community development block grants. It's entitlement funding from HUD. We are going to be getting a total of $284,000 in this grant. And we're also receiving funds from uh uh By the Million Home
Consortium, which is another 108,000. So, what we do is we come up with we get that money and we come up with a plan on how we're going to spend it. How's that plan done? Uh there's committees that are that are put in place to figure out who to give the money to, how it's going to be spent, and there's two public
hearings that happen where the public can come and listen to the plan and talk about the plan and uh put their input into the plan and they take that into consideration and they come with final draft. Um you can find the final draft on uh on our website. Um it's available,
we've been telling people it's available to take a look at. Um, so what does this grant do? It's for helping people with housing, suitable living environments, expanded econ economic opportunity in low and moderate income areas. Uh, it helps with neighborhood stabilization,
improving existing housing, supporting youth and senior programs, anti-poverty efforts tied to job training, economic development, and self-sufficiency. As far as housing rehabil rehabilitation goes, we're going to earmark $153,000
toward that. Um, it's going to help eight different households that are low income at or below the area median income. Uh, public services that we're giving is 38,999 and that's programs that serve low and moderate income people. Um, that's how
much money it's it's meant to help uh youth, seniors, homeless residents, and that's how that's going to spend. Code enforcement is being allocated another $40,000 concentrated in center city in low and moderate income areas and it's expected to uh impact about 200
households in the center city area to help there. Um money is also being prioritized to help out uh loan eligibility for low and moderate income um families uh who need help with their
homes. So, that is um that's basically a quick rundown of what CDBG does and it's a good program and it helps people and uh can we get a motion to accept this resolution? >> I'll make the motion. I'll second it.
>> Can I get a roll call, please? >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. Resolution item number eight, resolution authorizing contracts with certain approved state contract vendors for contracting units pursuant to
NJSA4A1 11-12 county co-op vendors approved by the county of Cumberland for use by municipalities pursuant to NJAC 534-7.29 and national co-op vendors. >> I'd like to make a
>> Oh, you just breathing. >> I was just reading. >> Oh, sorry. >> Like >> that was a lot. I'm out of breath from reading all that. I'd like to make a motion. I'll second the motion. >> Can I get a roll call, please? >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Caboon. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reella,
>> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. >> Resolution item number nine, resolution of the city of Milville, County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, authorizing the filing of a loan application to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to fund the
purchase of a jet factor truck and street sweeper. >> Make a motion. I'll second it. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Caspoon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. >> Resolution item number 10, resolution of
the city of Milville, County of Cumberland, state of New Jersey, authorizing the filing of an application to the New Jersey Water Bank for financing of planning and design costs for phase one of a new water supply well project and new water storage tank project. >> I'll make a motion. >> A second.
>> Roll call, please. Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. >> Resolution item number 11, resolution authorizing the city of Milville to award a non-fair and open contract
awarding special engineering contract agreement with Remington and Vernick Engineers for engineering services in support of various Ibank funded infrastructure projects. Um just want to say I recognize that these are specific uh I bank funded projects but I don't see any sufficient justification for
retaining an additional uh special project engineer. >> Motion. >> I'd like to make a motion. >> I'll second it. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo,
>> no. Mayor Dixon. >> Yes. >> Resolution item number 12, resolution authorizing special assessment of municipal leans for certain properties incurred by Milville relating to board and secure. >> And this is just the uh
this is where uh somebody abandons their house and uh we have to board it up and secure it uh like we've always done. >> Motion. >> I'll make a motion. I'll second it. >> Roll call, please. Commissioner Taylor, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes.
>> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reinelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dick, >> yes. >> Madam Clerk, is there any new business? >> There is none, mayor. >> All right. I'd like to open the public comment portion of the meeting. We've now reached the public comment portion of our meeting. Anyone who would like to
address the commission, please go to the state your name and address and your concerns. Please limit your concerns to approximately 5 minutes. Uh, good evening to Mayor Davis. I just have a quick question um in regards to the comments made about NAB Avenue in
the beginning of the meeting. The term we was used um and I'm just trying to get clarification on who the we is collectively. Is it we the city or is a combination between the city and the county as the county had already started this project and has already produced
plans for the up for NAB Avenue. um are they working handinhand with you in regards to this particular grant that was discussed in the beginning? So what is the agreement between the county and the uh city in regards to that? >> Thank you. Any of your comments?
>> Yeah. >> Thank you, Chris Davis. >> Okay. Thank you. Good evening to the commission and to the fellow residents of Melville. It's good to see you all. Um I have a question specifically about uh the um
just saw it here about the vernick and I'm sorry about the um the open contract. Um my first question is what is the total dollar amount of the engineering contract with Remington and Vernick? Question number two is why
is a nonfair and open contract being used instead of a competitive process? And question number three, what is the specific I bank project with the engineering agreement support? Uh those are my questions and I look forward to your
responses um this afternoon. Well, this evening. Thank you. Thank you, >> sir. What was your name? >> My name is Deandre Heath. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Sure. It's not Deandre Dehe. >> It is Deandre. >> All right. Seeing nobody else approach
the podium, I will close the public comment portion of the meeting and let's have closing comments from commissioners. Commissioner Taylor, >> I don't have a lot of closing comments, but I did forget a report.
So, I I have a UEZ patrol status for May of 26. Police Department continued additional patrols in a designed in the designated UEZ area for the month of May in an effort to reduce perceived crime and improve citizen and business interactions. The sheriff's department
was not needed for this month. The statistics for the month of May are as follows. 278 citizen interactions, 241 property checks, 36 motor vehicle stops, 31 moving
violations, six parking violations, two I'm sorry, three impounded vehicles, two impounded ATVs, two pedestrian stops, and two arrests.
The total calls for service are 284 and the total hours worked were 320 hours and I hope that continues. >> Thank you, Commissioner Taylor. Commissioner Reella.
>> Yeah. Um I just want to wish everybody a very uh safe and amazing Fourth of July weekend. I do have a work session before then, but nonetheless. Um, I'm really hoping everybody comes out. Uh,
hoping to see everybody out there. Asking everybody to continue to support our, uh, Third Friday. Uh, it's important. Those businesses need you out there supporting them. Our arts district, they need you out there. Um, Milville Historical Society, uh, they
have events going on, uh, constantly and they pour their heart and soul into them. So, please uh come out and support our community. Come to our city events. Uh we need you out there. So, thank you, >> Commissioner Kman.
>> Well, first I want to say thank you to Bill Stadnik for all his work that he did. This is I think it's going to be a wonderful wonderful thing for the >> There's already multiple multiple people signing. >> I can't wait to go home and scan my thing to do that. Just a big shout out to the city employees. every one of them
that come in every solitary day and do their best for this city. And I see progress. I see cleaner streets. I see cleaner driveway. I do see trash cans. They need to be moved up off the street.
Please >> least on the side of the house. >> Least on the side of the house. Exactly. Um Buck Street Market. It's phenomenal. The It's great. stop out and see it. And yes, Fourth of July, I hope
to see a whole lot of people there. And that's all I have. >> Thank you, Commissioner Cman. >> Thank you, >> Vice Mayor C. >> Uh yeah, just in case I I don't know which one's going to be our last meeting here, but I do want to give a a extreme shout out to the school district for
allowing us to use uh their facility >> and even especially our newfound friend even though, you know, we've liked him for a while. Um, and he grows in the dark like a mushroom because every time we come in here there's no lights on. But Jason, just so you guys know, Jason
is doing a lot of this just out of his own time to work with us to try to make this better for everybody. And I know he he is not going to like any of this praise that we're throwing at him. But it's very important that the city recognizes the amount of work that he does to make our lives better and so you
guys can see a product. So, I want to thank you, Jason, just in case um depending on how long we're going to be here. So, I do want to thank Dr. Mazone and the school district because uh it's it's it's not not it's not fun going up six flight of steps and it's not fun
coming over here with all of our stuff to try to make this happen, but we do appreciate it. Um Milvo uh uh historical society, I just love giving them a shout out, man. I don't know. Every time I turn around, they're doing something >> and it's just a breath of fresh air to
see uh them out there and taking something that's sort of not been in a limelight for a long time and just doing some fun stuff with it, right? They're making history fun for a lot of residents and uh they're just everywhere. He listen, I saw him down at the the market, Mila Market. He just
goes to they they go to everything. Um, and July 4th, uh, like Commissioner Reanella says, we won't have a we'll have a work session before that, but not a regular meeting. We do wish and encourage everybody to attend. Um, and make that a special celebration. I heard
there's a lot of vendors there. It looks like it's going to be a great time. Um, so that's all I have. >> Well, thank you, Vice Mayor. Some brief things I saw um that I want to correct on um some misinformation that's out there. Um there's a there's a claim out
there that the uh so New Jersey has a framework where lead has to service line has to be uh replaced. That was enacted back in 2020 2021 and it created a 10-year replacement framework. That
deadline has not passed. So if you add 2021 Commissioner Taylor to 10 years, where does that take us? He's the finance guy. I'm not the math guy. >> 2031. So, uh, those plans are happening. Um,
there's people who have com compared Milville to Flint in Michigan. That's kind of reckless statement out there. We don't currently have any lead or copper violations. Um, in 2023, the lead samples, nothing nothing exceeded uh the state levels.
That doesn't mean we're not going to replace those. We're working to replace them. And our deadline is 2031. We have a plan. The plan is in place. It's working. And uh there's no need for people to compare Millville to Flint, Michigan. That's a little bit silly. Um third, resolution 10 on the agenda was
for planning and design of financing a new water supply well and the water storage tanks. Uh people have said there's not even a plan. Resolution 10 is virtually the plan. So to say there's no plan when the resolution is the plan, that's a little weird, too. Fourth, a
jet vector truck and a street sweeper are not toys that we're purchasing for fun of it. Uh they are infrastructure and storm water compliance equipment. A vector truck helps keep storm drains clean, catch basins, sewer and storm water infrastructure infrastructure
helps prevent flooding and pollution. A street sweeper does the same thing. It supports storm water management. And because de debris in the street ends up in the drainage system, it's a very important piece of equipment. It's not buying a piece of property just for the fun of it. >> It's a requirement to >> It's a requirement.
>> Storm water management is a requirement. >> So uh Remington and Vernick Engineering uh this will answer a little bit of your question. Um it is a not to exceed engineering as professional service does not require uh we can use a non-fair and open and I believe if the the uh the
municipal administrator the where they were chosen because they had very specific expertise and experience with that specific >> um project. That's why they were chosen because they had a very specific history
with it. They had a very specific um expertise with it and that's why they were chosen. There would be a lot less learning curve. Um that's why they were chosen. >> Probably more cost effective for us since they've already had the experience. >> So I'm I'm glad people are there. Can I
can I chip in just to your question about the nonfair and open uh bidding process? The statute provides exactly for this. When you have a vendor such as Remington and Vernick with a specific expertise that is a professional, they check all the boxes. You don't want to
open you don't necessarily want to open that up because you this for all the reasons that the mayor laid out. That's why they allow a nonfair and open process and it's limited to professionals. You couldn't use it to buy, you know, equipment, hammers, whatever.
>> Thank you, Mr. Solicitor. He's always there to make things clear when I don't make it clear enough. I appreciate that. And uh with that, can I get a motion to adjurnn the meeting? >> Like to make a motion. >> I'll second. >> Can I get a roll call, please? >> Commissioner Taylor,
>> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cot, >> yes. >> Commissioner Kasaboon, >> yes. >> Commissioner Vanelloo, >> yes. >> Mayor Dixon, >> yes. And with that, we are adjourned. Yeah.