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I was running a little late tonight. I got stuck in uh traffic. Uh but I'm here now. So, please all rise for the flag salute. Sunshine notice. Madam clerk. >> Thank you, mayor. Board of Commissioners public meeting agenda for Thursday, June 4, 2026. The time is now 7:13. Pursuant

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to the requirements of the open public meeting act, chapter 231, public law 1975. Notice of this meeting was published in the November 20th, 2025 issues of the Nutly Sun, the Herald News, and the Star Ledger. A copy of this notice has been posted on the Nutley Town Hall bulletin board and a

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copy is on file in the municipal clerk's office. Commissioner Evans >> here. >> Commissioner Tui >> here. >> Commissioner Scarpelli >> here. >> Commissioner Petraco >> here. >> Mayor Kelly >> present. >> All present. Mayor. >> Thank you, Madam Clerk. We have uh no minutes, no executive minutes. Uh so

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we'll go right into proclamations. Uh the first one I have right here is the uh pride proclamation, and I'll just read it on behalf of the board of commissioners. Whereas our nation was founded on the principle of equal rights for all people, but the ful but the fulfillment

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of this nation's promise has been long long in coming for many Americans. Some of the most inspiring moments in our history have arisen from various civil rights movements that have brought one group after another from the margins to the mainstream of American society.

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Whereas the Netley Board of Commissioners welcomes and encourages diversity and inclusion within our community and everyone should be able to live without fear of prejudice, discrimination, violence and hatred based on race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation. Whereas

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June uh this June marks the fif 56th anniversary of Stonew the Stonewall uprising in New York City is the historic turning point where the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer questioning and plus citizens rose

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up and fought against the discriminator which sparked the gay rights movement. Whereas in the movement towards civil rights for LGBTQ plus people, celebrations have taken place around the country every June to commemorate Pride Month and to recognize the advancement

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of the LGBTQQ plus community. Whereas celebrating Pride Month has where sorry we're celebrating Pride Month does raise awareness and prov and provides support and advocacy for the LGBTQ plus community and is an opportunity to become educated, engage in dialogue, strengthen alliances and build

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understanding. While there while there has certainly been remarkable progress towards acceptance and equality, members of the LGBTQ plus community still continue to face insensitivity, discrimination, and intolerance. Whereas we must commit to support and accept LGBTQ plus individuals in particular our youth who compared to their peers are

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more likely to experience violence and bullying at school suffer from depression, struggle with ex with substance abuse and have and to have attempted suicide. Whereas executive director Angelica Midolo and community engagement coordinator Paul Blank worked

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tirelessly throughout the year to raise awareness and engage in community engage the community through various events and activities. Now therefore it be proclaimed that the board of commissioners in the township of Nutley County of Essex State of New Jersey do hereby proclaim and recognize the month of June as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer questioning and plus

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pride month. And we urge all res residents to actively promote the principles of equality and liberty. And we remind the LGBTQ plus community that they are loved and cherished and seen for who they are, deserving of dignity, respect, and support throughout our town.

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Uh, at this time I'll give uh the board or each commissioner an opportunity to say a few words. Uh, starting with Commissioner Evans. >> Thank you, John. Um, every year I support the proclamation. I I gladly sign it. Um, I sign it because in my own

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life with within my own family, uh, I've experienced the prejudice associated with being different and I don't, uh, hold with that. uh I'd see the value of people and the contribution that a human being makes uh without being judgment

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judgmental about it. So uh my uh nephew who was at one time my niece is a is a loving part of our family uh she is is he doing marlessly well at toughs in

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exceptional way. So having experienced Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Tucci. >> Yes, I also support this proclamation and I'm a firm believer that everyone has a right to live their life the way they see fit.

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>> Thank you, uh, Commissioner Scarpelli. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, it's been a long time now since I was mayor, but uh I was proud to uh start this pro uh this pride proclamation uh when I was mayor. Uh everybody should be

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accepted in our community and love whoever they love. >> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Paka, thank you. I just like to congratulate you all and say I know I don't sign your proclamation. This is for my religious beliefs. I um last year

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my phone did ring a few times because I didn't attend the meeting. It was only because my father wasn't doing well and he did pass away. But to extend that olive olive branch all the time and say to all of you that I am not here to judge anybody and I am all about let

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live and live. I just want to thank some of them some of you people that actually called me up to give my give your condolences to my father's passing. So, I would never disrespect you people, like I said, and it was um heartfelt that some of you reached out to me.

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Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner. I just would like to add I think I think the last line uh really sums it up best is that the LGBTQ community here in Nutley is loved, cherished, and seen for who they are, as deserving of dignity, respect,

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and support throughout our township. And I I'm uh proudly supporting of the community in our in this township and uh and beyond. Uh and so at this time, I'd like to bring up uh Angelica uh to say a few words and receive the proclamation.

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>> Stand in front of all of you. I got >> Is it on? Yes. Hello. Happy Pride Month. Uh before I say a few words, I want to extend my deepest gratitude to the commissioners here today, Mayor Kelly and Meredith Blank, and to everyone in this room who

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continues to stand fiercely beside us. Thank you for your visibility, your action, and your genuine allyship. For those who don't know me, I'm Angelica Mado, executive director, and next to me is community engagement coordinator Paul Blank. When Nutley Pride was founded in

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2019, its blueprint was simple yet vital to ensure inclusivity, safety for the LGBTQ Q plus community here in Nut Nutly. Since then, we have proudly extended that throughout Essex County. We've built spaces where community can gather and join and in love and a

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radical freedom of being unap unapologetically who they are. Our mission is rooted in a simple truth. Our community deserves to be seen, heard, protected, and loved. In our current climate, that mission has never been more urgent. It is 2026 and we're still

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forced to debate our right to baseline equality. No special treatment, just equality. We breathe the same air. We walk the same sidewalks and we love with the same human heart. Yet, simply because of who we are, there are still corners of society that choose to paint us as menaces. Standing at this podium,

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year after year, I've gotten to share a lot of my story with you. You know where I come from. My sarcastic sense of humor was born in the hallways of Spring Garden School, specifically while Miss Baris was forcing me to survive the president presidential fitness test. Um,

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and it was also polished to perfection at Nutley High School. But if you're on wondering where I got my backbone from, look no further than the coaching eye of Lann Zulo on a Nutley softball field. If anyone is still turning a blind eye to our small but mighty organization, let me offer a quick reminder of what a

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menace to society actually looks like. We stock the shelves of the Nutley Family Service Bureau with donations for our from our community. We consistently sell out drag bingos at Cohen's Public with legendary harmonica Sunbeam. Trust me, these tickets are harder to get than Taylor Swift tickets. We host high

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energy dance parties and drag brunches at Port of Montlair, giving our community a vibrant space to uh connect and celebrate safely. We mobilize over a hundred folks to cheer on the PWHL New York sirens for Pride Night. We support Essex County's Rain Foundation Thanksgiving dinners, ensuring there's

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always leftovers to go around. We run an annual winter coat drive, heavily supported by the Netley Public Health Office. Thank you, by the way. We support the Netley Public Libraryies mission to celebrate reading and community uh community during Pride Month, giving us vital access to queer

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history and stories. We also join forces to collect essential hygiene products to support lo to support local and queer youth experiencing homelessness. And we work handinhand with Grace Church to create a sanctuary within the four walls that Facebook keyboard warriors claim we

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do not belong in. Yet, if you ask me, that looks a lot like a masterclass in morality. One accomplishment I'm fiercely proud of is the growth. Last June, Nly Pride was honored by the Essex County Board of Commissioners for embodying the true spirit of pride in our county, complete

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with honorable nods from Congresswoman Lmon Monica Mcclever and Governor Mikey Cheryl. So, standing here today missing one specific signature on our proclamation for seven years running is no sweat off my back. While it allows an honor to stand here and speak on behalf of Nutley Pride, the real heartbeat of

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this organization is the people in our community. We're the neighbors you pass in Yanuk Park who smile and say good morning. We are the familiar faces that nod at you and Ralph's Pizza while a wording for the perfectly well done slice. We are the people who make Nutly pride what it is. And we are the people

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who make Nutley great. Thank you for your time today. And on that note of the community, I'm deeply honored to introduce a dear friend, Assa at Great Church in Nutley. Now, I'm not a religious person, but I find immense hope and faith in the message of unity, love, and radical welcomeness that Assa

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preaches every single day. This position has given me the ultimate privilege of speaking on behalf of the LGBTQ plus community, and I will continue to cherish that trust. I'll continue to fight for it, and Netly Pride will continue to do whatever it takes to protect the beauty of the community

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around us. Thank you and happy Pride. So, I have been working handinhand recently with ASA. As I said, I'm not very religious, but I did get to go to church last Sunday with my family. Did make community and confirmation as the good Italian American that I am. Um, but

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it was really nice to see the community come together and how ASA has really backed what Nutly Pride has done. So, I'd like for him to say a few words. Thank you. No. Okay. >> I am grateful to our mayor and

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commissioners who have supported and signed this proclamation to recognize the importance of Pride Month here in Nutley. As a disciple of Jesus Christ, a priest in God's church, and a resident of Nutley, I too am honored to stand

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with and support the leaders of Nutley Pride in their important work. Nutly Pride is not only a champion of creating fun and meaningful events for LGBTQ plus folks and their allies, but also working

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to encourage the needed conversation around equality along with helping to raise the awareness of the ongoing hostility towards members of the LGBTQ plus community both here and in Nutley and beyond.

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Before I arrived in Nutley about 2 and a half years ago, I was told that Nutley was a great town in many ways and that I should be careful because folks in Nutley are suspicious of outsiders and they don't like change.

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Well, as someone who works in the church, I can attest that it is not just the citizens of Nutley who don't like change. No one no one likes change. So, I wasn't worried about that. But as someone who hopes to help strengthen and

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build and expand communities of faith, I was a bit concerned about the suspicion which I'd be received with. I will say that there is still opportunity for us to work towards full inclusion of LGBTQ

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plus citizens. >> [snorts] >> I can attest to that based on the negative calls, emails, and letters my parish and I have received just for putting up a pride flag or displaying a banner that simply reads embody love.

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Despite those few instances of hate made by folks cowering behind outdated interpretations of scripture or ignorance of modern scientific understandings, I actually didn't find much much suspicion here as a newcomer.

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What I found here in Nutley has been a municipality bordered not just by the Parkway and the Poseic, but a community bound together with chords of faith, of family, and of course sports. Go Raiders.

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I have found that those attributes of faith and family are exactly how Nutley continues to grow in our loving acceptance and welcome of increased diversity in our community for members of the LGBTQ plus family and more.

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As leaders in this town, your support of this Pride Month proclamation continues to help many folks in our neighborhood to expand their own definitions of family. To include those families made from same gender marriages. Families

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built through adoption by loving parents, straight and queer. families built not just on genetics but upon friendship, mutual respect, and most of all, love. I have also found that we as a community

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continue to grow in love of God and our neighbor through faith communities in Nutley who recognize the beauty of the divine image reflected in the members of the LGBTQ plus community. congregations

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who welcome and affirm LGBTQ plus persons into the full sacramental life and leadership of their congregations and people who proclaim God's extravagant love and welcome for all.

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People of faith throughout Nutley are boldly proclaiming the good news that hate, even hate couched in religion, has no place in our town. Again, I am so grateful to Mayor Kelly and the

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commissioners for their support of this Pride Month proclamation. And I encourage all of us gathered here tonight to move beyond our words, beyond our rainbow pins, and to continue the work for acceptance and safety of LGBTQ

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plus citizens in this amazing town. Thank you. We have Reggie Bledsoe from the county here also. Reggie, say hello. >> Good evening, commissioners. Uh just I'm going to be really really brief because

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uh that was a lot. And I just want like to congratulate uh Mayor Kelly and the commissioners uh for again uh taking a step in the right direction uh supporting uh the LGBTQ community. Um as always uh in Essex County, we say that

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our diversity is our strength and we are we're stronger together than we are separate. So on behalf of our county exec Joe D, I would like to commend you, Mayor Kelly, and the commissioners for again taking a step in the right direction and congratulating my friends

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at Nelly Pride for continuing to do the great work. Thank you. >> Thank Thank you everyone who spoke. If anyone would like to come up and take a picture with the proclamation and the board, you're more than welcome to do so. Come on.

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I'm free. All right. On three. One, two, three. Stay there. >> One more. Yes. We have one more uh proclamation on for this evening that's for uh gun violence

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awareness day which is tomorrow. Um this proclamation is on behalf of the empower board of commissioners. Whereas every day approximately 42 people in the United States are killed by gun violence with 15,264 gun homicides in 2024.

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Whereas gun homicides and assaults are concentrated in cities with more than half of all gun gun homicides in the nation occurring in 42 cities. Where cities across the nation, including Nutley, are working to to end the senseless violence with evidence-based solutions. Whereas protecting public safety in communities is our highest

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responsibility. Whereas support for the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens goes handinhand with keeping guns away from those who are danger to others. Whereas the Foundation for Economic Education estimates that responsible gun ownership and use prevents 2.5 million crimes per year or

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6,849 every day and prevents approximately 400,000 life-threatening violent crimes, underscoring the need for safe and responsible gun ownership. Whereas gun violence prevention is more important than ever as we see gun violence continue to impact communities across the country. Whereas June 5th,

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2026, people across the United States will recognize National Gun Violence Awareness Day and wear orange to tribute in tribute to victims of gun violence and the loved ones of those victims. Whereas this color was chosen because hunters wear or orange to announce themselves to other hunters when out in

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the woods and orange is a color that symbolizes the value of human life. Whereas anyone can join this campaign by pledging to wear orange on June 5th, the first Friday in June 2026 to help raise awareness about gun violence, honor the lives of gun violence victims and survivors, and to underscore the

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importance of responsible gun ownership. Whereas we renew our commitment to reduce gun violence and and pledge to do all we can to keep firearms out of the hands of people who should not have access to them and encourage responsible gun ownership to help keep our families and communities safe. Therefore, be it proclaimed by the mayor and the board of

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commissioners of the township of Nutley in the county of Essex, state of New Jersey, declare the first Friday in June June 5th, 2026 to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day and encourage all citizens to support the local community's efforts to prevent tragic the tragic impacts of gun violence and

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to save lives. Uh, at this time, I will ask uh Commissioner Evans and continue with the rest of the commissioners if they have any comments they would like to echo on this uh proclamation. I'm not saying really. Okay,

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>> it's on now. Can All right. So, mayor one, I think the proclamation is well done. I think it covers uh all the bases. So, from that standpoint, I won't add any particular comments other than to say I wholeheartedly support our

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constitution. I support the amendments to our constitution. I support the second amendment to our constitution. But I do think it's high time that responsible people sit down and figure out a workable solution that saves lives. Gun violence is very dangerous

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these times. Uh things have changed. Population density, anger, everything that's out there that's causing the potential for harm. It just seems like it's We've talked about this all the time. We've introduced this proclamation before and it seems to me that

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responsible people can come up with a solution. So I would advocate that anything we can do to encourage the responsible parties to sit down and come up with something uh I I would put my signature on that in terms of garnering support for action.

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>> Excellent. And before I turn it over to Commissioner Tucci, I do want to say the proclamation was provided to us by Peg Ziko, who I'll be asking to come up uh after we give our our comments to say a few words. I just tweaked it for the nuances associated with our form of government and things like that. So,

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Commissioner Tucci. >> Yes. Thank you, Mayor. I also support this proclamation. And I think it's very well done and I think it lays out uh the way we should treat gun violence in this country. And I agree with Commissioner Evans that reasonable people need to come to reasonable conclusions about how

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we deal with this problem. >> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Scarpelli. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, I think no matter where you stand on the Second Amendment, uh, having responsible and safe gun ownership and keeping the guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have

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them, uh, is something everyone could support. So, uh, I certainly support this proclamation. >> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Petraco. >> Yeah, I basically say the same thing every year. I have guns. I I'm an avid hunter along with some other people

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sitting at this table. I don't understand why people need AK47, all these automatic weapons, all that stuff. I know um one side thinks that if they make any critiques to that that it's the foot in the door and then all guns go

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away. But I think in 2026 that we're in now, I mean, some of the shootings that come AC, you know, across my desk as the public safety commissioner, um these mass shootings, you don't even see them in the news. It's so common place now that it's it's horrible and it's

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innocent lives that are being taken for no reason. So, I really hope even though I do like the ability to own a gun in America that there has to be some change done. Thank you.

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>> Thank you. uh not to belver the point, but uh I I think everyone has spoke very very well on the issue that it's no matter where you stand on the second amendment, it responsible gun ownership is is paramount. Uh I always highlight

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22 veterans a day take their own life and that's far too many and it's 42 people a day die from gun violence and that is even far and beyond way too many. Uh the other thing I want to add is that gun violence isn't just in a

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vacuum. It affects all of us and the not only are the we honoring the victims of gun violence, but those who love those victims who who don't have someone to come home to anymore. Uh they're not coming home to you, don't have that that opportunity to sit down and have a meal with them, enjoy dinner. Uh there's an

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absence. There's a void in their hearts. And so we we we remember all those who have been a victim to gun violence in addition to advocating for responsible gun ownership. Uh and so at this time I would like to bring up uh Peg Ziko uh

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who advocated for this uh proclamation on behalf of the board. >> Thank you mayor and commissioners. Um I'm Pigg Zo and I'm here with my colleague Alicia Sylvester. We're longtime residents of Nutley. Uh, and we'd like to thank you on behalf of Every Town for Gun Safety and Essex

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County Moms Demand Action for issuing this proclamation again this year. Nutley's been so terrific in issuing this really every year for many, many years and for your support for gun violence prevention in Nutley. There are obviously many issues competing for our attention today, but gun violence

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prevention and public safety remain critically important topics. First, the number of guns on our streets continues to grow, largely due to the Supreme Court's 2022 Bruin decision. That decision allowed just about anyone to

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obtain a concealed carry permit, gun permit. The permit to carry applications in New Jersey pre-B Breuan averaged about 50 per month or approximately 1,500 through 2022 June. Post Breuan,

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applications are averaging around 2600 per month. To date, more than 105,000 applications have been approved in New Jersey since Brewan since 2022. I don't know about you, but I certainly don't feel safer knowing that there are so

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many more guns circulating in our communities. Indeed, a 2023 Rutgers University study found that the more concealed carry permits issued in a county, the greater the number of homicides in that county the following year. Second, at the same time that guns

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are proliferating, support for gun violence intervention programs, those on the ground programs that play such a critical role in diffusing gun violence is dwindling, largely as a result of federal funding cuts. One of our most important programs in our area, the New

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York Community Street Team, has had to lay off workers and eliminate entire programs. They're doing the best they can with reduced funding, but they deserve our support for the important work they're doing. Third, in terms of gun safety legislation, there's obviously not a lot of positive action

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at the federal level, but there is still room for action at the state level. In particular, I'd like to draw your attention to the New Jersey Home Safety Act, which is currently before the state legislature. This bill would require that all firearms not in a person's

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immediate control be stored securely in a gun safe or locked container. Current law only requires gun owners to lock up their guns around children under 16. Now, that's very important because nearly 4.6 6 million US children still

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live in homes with unlocked loaded firearms. But we've we've never had a law that requires all gun owners to store their guns securely. That law would add another layer of protection for our most vulnerable citizens. And it would help curtail the market for

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illegal firearms. Upwards of 380,000 civilianowned firearms are stolen in the US every single year. more than 95% from private individuals and roughly 40% of those are stolen from vehicles. The rate

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of gun thefts from cars has tripled over the past decade. So vigilance around gun safety is still the order of the day as our education efforts, advocacy programs, and public awareness campaigns. That's why we are so appreciative of you issuing this

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proclamation today and for your continued support of gun safety awareness here in Nutley. Thank you all so very much. >> And we have some orange ribbons or wear orange stickers for anyone who would like one. >> Thank you. We'll we'll come up and get

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some uh uh bracelets and uh post a photo op. Wonderful. Thanks for Thank you. I'm so So, at this time, we'll we'll take a a brief break to allow uh those who are in attendance for the proclamation to

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leave. You're welcome to stay. We're not trying to kick you out. We have some riveting conversations about our budget and uh some uh other proposals going on in town, but uh if you want to take this opportunity, this is your opportunity to be safe. Uh I think all three wanted to weave had

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left. Uh moving on with our agenda this evening. Uh communications on third. >> Thank you. We have several this evening uh with three event applications. The first one is the underground skate shop. It's a nonprofit skateboard event on Capola

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uh Capola Street for Saturday, July 11, 2026 from 2 PM to 5:00 p.m. Uh we have another event application for the Greater Nutly Cancer Foundation. It is a prayer uh prayer service and water lantern festival for the National Cancer Survivors Day. Uh they have also

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requested permission to hold their event on Sunday, June 14, 2026 from 700 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. And the last event application is for Bank of America. It's a private World Cup watch party at the Van Riper House property on Wednesday,

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June 24, 2026 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. uh the limited brewery off- premise permit application for Terracasta LLC trading as ver Verage uh beer truck for the Bank of America World Cup watch party on June 24th 2026 and also a

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catering permit application for in time food service LLC for JTCC CDI bio retreat at 111 ID I ideiation way for Tuesday June 23rd 2026 from 5:00 pm to 8:30 Motion,

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please >> move it. >> Second. >> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scarpelli. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Petraco. >> Hi. >> Mayor Kelly. >> I. And I would just like to add these. There's a number of good events go that

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are uh being requested here in town. In particular, the uh the Greater Nutley Cancer Foundation uh which Commissioner Tucci spearheads uh wi with the the nonprofit that the town has has formed. Uh so if you can come out and support that event. Uh we got some World Cup

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events coming up at some some of these uh locations in town. And uh this is a new one for me, the underground skate shop. I looked at the application. Uh it's a it's a nonprofit organization event and Red Bull is sponsoring it. So it should be an interesting uh month to

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say the least. Moving on to reports. Uh Commissioner Tucci. >> Yes, I have a Shay tree report for the month of May 2026. Thank you. Bills, Madam Clerk. >> Thank you, Mayor. Bill is for June 4th,

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2026. Public affairs, $118,1859. Revenue and finance, $3,60,819.32. Public safety, $19,1269. Public works, $16,947.77. Parks and Public Property 1,444,78929. Water and sewer utility $228,122.89. Payroll as of May 22nd, 2026. Regular

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payroll total 1,17,322.96. Overtime payroll total $51,173.32. Total payroll 1,68,46928 for a grand total of 6,136,48783. >> Move the bills. Second. >> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scarpel. >> Hi. >> Commissioner. >> Hi.

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>> Mayor Kelly. >> I. >> That's it for bills. Mayor. >> Thank you, Madam Clerk. At this time, we'll have public comment on agenda items only. This is public comment on agenda items only. If you wish to be heard on agenda items only, please approach the microphone and say your name for the record.

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>> Hi, good evening. My name is Rhonda Frobos. Um, this is about the Pride Proclamation. I can speak about that. >> [clears throat] >> Speaking as a mom, if any of my children were to become a

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Nutley commissioner, a Nutly mayor, and head of public safety, I'd be incredibly proud of them. And nothing they do, nothing that they would do except murder would change that. Transgender individuals experience

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significantly higher rates of suicidal ideiation and suicide attempts compared to the general population. Research indicates that over 40% of transgender adults have attempted suicide in their lifetime and up to 46%

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of transgender and non-binary youth have reported seriously considering attempting suicide in a single year. Suicide is a result of rejection, not mental illness.

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Every trans suicide is a murder. I hope that you consider this when thinking about reasons to celebrate pride. I also hope that the commissioners, all of the commissioners

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look around at the towns that are raising the pride flag and see that the number has increased. I'm really glad that we have the proclamation. Thank you very much.

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Now, get the message out to everyone in town that this town unequivoc unequivocally, unhesitatingly supports LGBTQ people. And we're proud of all of our citizens

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outside of this room. Get that message out because outside of this room, nobody knows. And you set the tone for the kids in the school, the people that work in the stores, all of our residents. you set the tone

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and I think you know that. Thank you. >> Thank you for that powerful message and I just want to to remind everyone that Nutley is a stigmafree town. If you need help or know someone who needs help, don't be afraid to ask. And if you're contemplating suicide, uh reach out to

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988. It's a suicide hotline. You be connected to someone immediately. Anyone else wish to be heard on uh agenda items only this evening? Uh, seeing none, uh, board of commissioner announcements. Uh, Commissioner Evans.

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>> Thank you, Mayor. Nothing for me to see. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Yes. Thank you, Mayor. On, uh, June 25th, once again this year, Commissioner Petraco and I uh, will be sponsoring with the support of all the commissioners our Nutley summer festival

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on Franklin Avenue, which will take place from 6:00 to 10:00. We have food, we have music, and it's uh traditionally been a fantastic time. So, I urge everyone to come out and support this. >> Thank you, Commissioner Scott Belly.

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>> Thank you, Mayor. Um, this past week has been very challenging for uh DPW and our water department. Uh there is a big repair going on in Clifton by Pake Valley uh water. Uh it's affected our

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whole water system. Um my uh men and women of the public works department worked diligently over the past four days to make sure that our water pressure remained above acceptable levels. So we didn't have to boil water.

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Uh some of our surrounding communities that received the safe valley water not so uh not so lucky in that regard. uh boil water uh alerts and advisories uh not only inconvenience our residents but uh put strain on our uh eating

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establishments in town. So um although we had some discolored water throughout the town because of what we were doing we had and we should thank the townships of Belleville and Bloomfield because we had interconnections with them to assure

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uh they're on a different water system. So to asssure that our pressure remained above the uh the minimum level. So uh hats off to them and their hard work. They worked every night this week. Um and um

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the omen's work to them to keep us safe. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Petraco, >> I just like to comment again on the pedestrian crossing, please. I've been traveling a lot back and forth through town at night. People jogging now with

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the nicer weather wearing all black, even early morning. You know, please wear reflectors. It's very difficult to see you. All our drivers, please be conscious of, you know, that there's a lot more people out this time of year. The only other thing that I wanted to

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comment on is these bikes um I don't know if they're mopeds, motorcycle bikes, electric bikes that all these kids are riding. I see them all over town, kids without helmets, all that stuff. Last couple weeks ago, I had gotten a call that

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um somebody that I know, kid wind up hitting the car that was driving the bike. You know, as a parent, I know every kid has one of these today. I know there's changing some laws about that, but it really doesn't give the police department any teeth because they're not

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going to be able to chase after them anyway like many other obstacles. But if you're going to allow your kid to ride one of these bikes that are motorized, either gas or electric, at least have some common sense and make them put on a helmet because, you know, there was

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accidents in our neighboring towns and all through the country where there's loss of life, you know. So, you know, here in Nutley, we don't want to be going to any cemetery, you know, of a young person, you know, because they had to get from point A to point B quicker. Thank you, mayor.

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>> Thank you. I don't have any announcements other than I I'll be doing a training next week. So, I will be uh out of pocket, but I not going anywhere else dear and I will have my cell phone and be able to check emails and so uh happy to continue uh talking or working

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through anything if anyone needs to get a hold of me. Uh moving on to our uh budget and I'll just turn it over to Commissioner Evans to lead the show. >> Thank you. Thank you. Um, we have a few

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things to do. Uh, at the last meeting we introduced Can you hear me in the back? >> How about now? Better. Okay. I have to get this close to it in order for it to pick up. Right. U So, a couple things we

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have to do tonight. One is at the last meeting we introduced a resolution to amend the budget as it was introduced. Uh tonight we have to hold a public hearing on that amendment uh and then adopt the amendment. Uh at the last

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meeting at the introduction meeting I did present uh walk through a presentation uh plain language presentation of the budget. Uh that budget that presentation has been updated. Uh there's a couple things I'll point out with that uh tonight. I won't

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walk through the entire presentation. It it is online and it is available. Uh I'm I'm hopeful that more people will find their way to the website and find the presentation because it's there. It's

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visible and the presentation is actually a way to take the state budget document which was quite a few pages of a lot of legal and statutory jargon and things sorted and actually collapse collapses what we do in town into some what I hope

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is plain language and understandable by the average reader and someone who doesn't happen to have a background in working with finance or accounting or things like that. I'm trying to do everything I can to uh make it more transparent, more understandable to the

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average reader. If anyone does read it and you find that there's something in there that we could do a better job of making it clear, I'd be happy to receive that feedback. After we do that, we will then adopt the budget for 2026 as amended and as amended and then we can

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proceed with the uh rest of the agenda. So the first uh mayor is to uh open a public hearing regarding the budget amendment resolution from uh the May 19th meeting. open a public hearing.

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>> Uh we'll open a public hearing on the budget amendment that was introduced uh at our last meeting which was May 19th. Uh anyone wishing to be heard at this public hearing, please approach the microphone and state your name for the record. >> Not seeing anyone before we we leave it.

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The importance of the amendment was to address uh a concern uh around u the water and sewer utility and the potential for a rate increase that would be necessary for this year. By working

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through this amendment, we found a way to absorb $500,000 worth of cost into the municipal operating budget without increasing the municipal uh budget and therefore avoid having to do a rate increase for 2026. We have a lot of work

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to do uh for 2027 uh because it's it's not avoidable forever, but we've been able to avoid it for this year. And we did it in a way that doesn't roll the the uh problem to next year. It's absorbed this year. It's done this year. Uh we'll have a new set of issues next

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year to deal with, but this one is resolved. So that's the purpose of of the amendment. Seeing no one may move to close the public hearing. >> Second. >> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scarpelli. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Petraco. >> Mayor Kelly. >> I.

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>> I move the resolution. >> Second. >> Commissioner Evans. >> I. >> Commissioner Tucci. Hi, >> Commissioner Scarpelli. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Petroleco. >> Hi, >> Mayor Kelly. >> Hi. >> So, the next piece is the presentation deck. Um, as I said, I am I'm not going

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to go through it uh in detail, but this is just some highlights. As you can see, it has a QR code right in the front. So, if you hit the QR code, it'll take you right to the website. Uh S, if you could scroll forward, uh I'll tell you when to stop.

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>> Was everyone able to get the QR code? >> It's available. >> Is everyone fine if we move on? So, so just just uh highlight the the in the structure of our government, each

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commissioner is responsible and has budgetary responsibility for their own department. Uh the budget itself represents the uh accumulation of all of those uh departmental budgets. uh and uh it's a negotiation to go through to make

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sure we meet the statutory requirements of the state, meet the budget cap requirements for both appropriations and revenue uh and bring that together uh in order to adopt our budget for which is we're doing tonight. Our entire budget had to go through an extensive re review

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by the uh Department of Community Affairs that actually gives us permission to adopt the budget tonight. So that's that's that's important. It's on here. Go to the next slide. And the next slide, next please. This is a slide that tells

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the story for the town for this year. The municipal uh increase for this year uh uh is $322. Uh we will be adopting uh the budget tonight that includes that. The increase

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in this year's uh taxes also includes $18 uh for the library which is statutory. Uh we also uh have in here uh the school district increase which was adopted by the board of education of

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$410 and we're estimating the county to be $50. So right now this budget uh produces an average tax increase of $800 for the average homeowner. So we'll see that on average for a house assessed at $494,000

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the taxes on on that property will be $14,120. Uh what's important is that this board is responsible simply for the municipal piece. The library is statutory. It's a calculation. It's based upon the assessed value of of the township. uh

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the school district is responsible for their share and the county is responsible for their share. The reason why I broke it out is because this is what you will see on your property tax bill when it comes in. Right. So boot, please scroll forward. Uh as a

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municipality uh for this year gross, we need $67.9 million to operate five municipal departments. We are able to generate $18.8 $8 million in revenues from other sources, which means the municipal tax levy is $47 million this

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year with an additional $2 million for the library or in the that $340 raises uh 49 uh.1 million for the for the township. This slide I I put in because I'm always asked where does the money go? What do

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you do? you know what's necessary. And so since we are responsible for the municipal portion, the uh municipal portion of the bill to run the five departments for this coming year, it costs $4,674

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for the average taxpayer. Of that amount, uh you see I we provided it, it's broken out. And as you would expect, the most significant cost relates to public safety. Our responsibility is for the health, welfare, and safety of the community. So, you can directly see, every taxpayer

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can directly see what's in our budget and where that money is going. Uh, important points in here. Uh, all the administrative services for the township are about 7%. Usually the benchmark is 10. We're well underneath that. Uh, our

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debt service is is at 3.9% which is for municipalities in itself is quite low. So reality is it's a plain language one slide if you ask where the money goes what we need it for us it's exactly right there. So

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um when we look at our cost increase for this year there's no magic here at all. U very significant increase in health care costs which is affecting every single municipality. Uh we have contractual responsibilities associated with our unions for the various

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departmental salary increases. There's a line item in. As you can see, it's $500,000 for a new charge. And this charge says that the government use of water and the school use of water is included in the property tax bill and is

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not part of the uh rate structure for uh the water the sewer and water utility. It's normal for all those costs to be included. So the reality is is what we looked at and said if we're building everybody else in town, the utility

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which is a separate entity should build the municipality. So this covers uh the uh the all the all the municipal buildings, all the parks, all the schools, every anywhere where we're using water, which is normally not receiving a bill as a resident would do,

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we're covering that uh in in the municipal budget and we've fully absorbed that cost for this year. uh when you look at the allocation of that uh $500,000 roughly twothirds of that or $300,000 will be uh directed to the

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school district uh for their share of the water uh next year. Um so uh I've I've walked through you know several things I wanted to skip towards the end. Uh s I'll tell you when the stuff just scroll

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one more slide that slide I added this slide I covered all these slides last time but this one is a new slide. What we did is in order to look at the average tax in Nut League, it was to look at how are we comparable to other towns and interesting in Essis County

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there's only nine towns that were actually comparable to because they also have local school systems and they have a paid fire department. The other municipalities in Essex Essex either have a regional school system or a volunteer fire department or they have

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both. So there's only uh nine that uh are really relevant here. But of that those nine I I called out these five because this slide provides very vital information and this is for 2025. It's not available for 26 yet and when it

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becomes available we we will do this. The reason why I put this slide together is it it looks at and it shows uh the average tax bill in Nutley is in the middle. We're not the lowest but we're not the highest. And the difference

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between Nutley's bill and what happens for example in Bloomfield and Bible clearly is linked to the amount of school aid that those towns get uh compared to Nutley. Nutley school district gets $12 million in school aid. Belleville gets $68 million of school

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aid and Bloomfield gets $51 million with the school aid and and West Orange which has a higher median income than Nutley gets $32 million in school aid. So, I applaud the governor's ex effort to say we need to fix the school funding

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formula. It's obvious that we do. Uh because to look at the average tax in Nutley and say that the our tax bill is $7,200 for the school system for the average taxpayer, the disparity in aid that Nutley receives is quite stark and

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it needs to be to be looked at. So, I I will continue to put that in here. The other thing that I would say is if you look at our municipal aid, we're at 5.3 million. Belleville and Bloomfield again get more money than we do. What's important about the municipal aid? 10

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years ago, we used to get le uh two less than $2.5 million in aid, but we've been fighting with the state and we've been able to stabilize our aid at 5.3 million. So, we've been able to fix it on the municipal side. there's a lot of work to be done on on the school district side and we continue to

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advocate for that as a board. So, those are just some of the highlights that are in the deck. Every page has a lot of relevant information. I encourage everybody to spend some time with it and uh we've included uh and s go to the

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last page one more. We've included uh an email address treasurer officej.org. uh any questions on the budget will be directed to that uh email address which will be read by the CFO and those they will be directed for a response and we

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will respond to every question that that comes in. So I just wanted to go through a couple of highlights um uh u and it's the best right now. I think it's a giant step forward. I'm not aware of any other town that's gone through the effort of what we're going through to to drive

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transparency. Uh but we will continue to do that and work on it. So s thank you. I I don't think I need to be up there. So with that um those highlights, we can move on to the next step which uh by

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resolution since we've already introduced our budget earlier in April. We've amended our budget. Introduced that on May 19th and we adopted that amendment tonight. We can now move to adopt our budget after again we've received approval from uh the state of

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New Jersey to do so. will be resolved by the board of commissioners of the township of Nutley uh county of Essex uh in New Jersey that the budget uh herein before set forth is hereby adopted and shall constitute an appropriation for the purposes stated of the sums therein

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set forth as appropriations and authorizations of the amount of 4724,3968 for municipal purposes and 2,33,100 $161 for the uh library. I so move. >> Second.

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>> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scarfell. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Petraco. >> Hi. >> Mayor Kelly. >> Hi. And I just want to add that uh this this budget was a effort team effort of all the board of commissioners commissioners on the board of

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commissioners to get this budget down. We were hit with a $3 million increase to our health insurance premium. Uh which which as we discussed in the last meeting uh is a problem that's been a problem based on neglect from the prior

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governor's administration that has been gradually creeping up and getting worse and worse and worse. And we encouraged all of our residents if if they don't like this to reach out to our legislators in district 34 and reach out to the governor's administration to make

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sure that they address this going forward. Uh just just to call out how egregious the the premium increase was. Uh our budget costs, operating costs in 2025 was uh $64 million. It went up $3

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million to $67 million. our premium increase in the insurance was $3 million. So, we did all that we could to not only basically we're operating at a lower uh uh almost lower when you factor it when you factor out the health insurance, we're we're basically flat.

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Uh and so this this was uh again a team effort by the entire board of commissioners to get it to this point in light of the circumstances that are beyond our control down at the state. Uh and I think I voted I but I just in case I didn't. Uh, and I turn it back over to Commissioner Evans.

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>> Mor, if I might, before Commissioner Evans continues, just for general information, our percentage increase in health insurance was just short of 37%. We were able to get that down about 17

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to 18%. All right. Through various methods and and different strategies. Uh, but like the mayor said, and I'm sure Commissioner Evans will follow up, unless the state does something to fix this, this is a problem that's not going to go away, right? Because this is an

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issue that needs to be negotiated through contract. It's not something that we just arbitrarily decide we want to do. There's a process to go through this, but the state, as the mayor said, the previous administration pretty much dropped the ball on the state uh health

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benefits program. All right. And left us in the lurch. So, we're hoping that our new governor uh is aware of this. We know she is aware. We're hoping that she takes some positive steps to give us some relief here in the townships. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you. Back to you, Commissioner.

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>> Thank you, mayor. Uh so, we have one more order of business for tonight related to the budget. Uh in order to submit our budget to the state, uh we also have to uh uh include a resolution that certifies that the governing body

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is in compliance with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's enforcement guidance and consideration of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions under uh title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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So uh I'll read the resolution. Whereas NJSA484-5 as amended by PL27C183 requires the governing body of each municipality and county to certify their local unit hiring practices that their

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that their local unit hiring practices comply with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's enforcement guidance on the consideration of arrest and conviction records and the employment decisions under title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended. uh 42 USC uh uh two

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2000E at EDS uh on April 25th, 2012 before submitting its approved annual budget to the Division of Local Governmental Services in the uh New Jersey Division of uh Department of Community Affairs. Whereas the members of the governing body have familiarized

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themselves with the contents of the above referenced enforcement guidance and with their local units hiring practices as they pertain to the consideration of individuals criminal history as evidenced by the group's affidavit form of the governing body attached here too. Now therefore be

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resolved by the board of commissioners attachment McNelli hereby states that it has complied with NJSA NJSA 484-5 as amended by PL27 2017 Ca 183 by certifying that the local units hiring

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practices comply with the above reference enforcement guidance and hereby directs the clerk to cause to be maintained and available for inspection a certified copy of this resolution and a certified affidavit to show the evidence of set compliance. So move. Second.

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>> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scorpelli. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Petraco. Mayor Kelly. >> I mayor, we finally completed the 26 budget. >> All right. Congratulations to everyone. Um, moving on to ordinance

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introductions. Commissioner Petraco. This is ordinance number 3614, an ordinance to amend an ordinance codified in the code of of the township and chapter 228 entitled vehicles and traffic particularly article 11

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um parking in certain sections 13 entitled parking prohibited all times to amend the location set forth. So, this um introduction is for Grant Avenue that I know that we worked with Commissioner Tucci on with the baseball field. So,

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this is prohibiting parking um on from Washington Avenue to River Road on the south side. And the reason why we're um passing this tonight is because of um or introducing it, I should say, is because we've been getting a lot of complaints from the neighbors there about when the

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games are. And um if you want to comment, commissioner, about where they can park. >> Yes, we we have parking uh on site. There's limited parking there. I'm going to say maybe 10 to 12 spots, but we also have parking on Park Avenue. All right.

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Right here. I mean, we have it on this side of the street. We have it across the street. So, folks can park. But again, we want to be good neighbors. All right. to everyone that lives in the area. Even though they knew they were buying a home next to a ball field and next to a park, that doesn't negate

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anything, we still want to do what's right for the neighborhoods and keep keep our people happy. And I want to thank Commissioner Petraco for taking this action, giving these folks some relief. >> Well, thank you. And it's been a pleasure working together on this and trying to give the people looking for

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the sporting events adequate parking and keeping all of our neighbors happy. So together we could do great things as we've heard tonight. Um I move that this ordinance be passed to a second reading and posted on the township website um nutleyj.org

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publications public notices rather consideration of said ordinance for final passage by the board of commissioners be held I believe on June 16th right for a change. I move it. >> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci.

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>> Hi. >> Commissioner Scorpilli. Hi, >> Commissioner Patco. >> Hi, >> Mayor Kelly. >> I And I know this would be, uh, some sorely sought after relief for the community. So, uh, >> thank you guys for all the support. Thank you. >> Uh, turning it back over to Commissioner

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Evans for, uh, some ordinance introductions. >> Thank you, Mayor. I have two ordinance introductions. Uh the first ordinance is uh for $1,50,000 uh authorizing the issuance of $997,500

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in bonds or notes for various water and sewer improvements and purposes authorized to be undertaken by the township. I move that this ordinance be passed to a second reading and posted in the township website nleyenj.org/public org/public notices together with the notice

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required by law and that further consideration of set ordinance for final passage by the board of commissioners be held at its second reading. Lenny >> June 16th >> June 16th. Uh so move >> second. >> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tuji.

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>> I. >> Commissioner Scarpell. >> I. >> Commissioner Petraco votes I. Mayor Kelly >> I. Uh my second introduction tonight is uh for uh an additional bond ordinance relating to appropriating $2,125,000

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authorizing the issuance of $2,18,750 in bonds or notes for various improvements for purposes across the township. This generally relates to uh any of our buildings. uh public safety equipment DPW needs uh is our standard

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uh capital that we employ each year and this is consistent with prior years. I move that this ordinance be passed to a second reading and posted in the on the township website nutenj.org/public notices together with the not notice required by law and that further consideration of set ordinance for final

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passage by the board of commissioners be held at its second reading on June 16th, 2026. So move. >> Second. Commissioner Evans. Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. Hi. >> Commissioner Scarpell. Hi. >> Commissioner Patco votes I. Mayor Kelly. >> I.

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>> Thank you, Commissioner. Uh, we have no ordinances on for second reading. Do you want to continue along with your the remainder of your resolutions? >> Sure. I have three resolutions. Uh first being resolved by the board of commissioners of the tachel of Neli in the county of of Essex Davis New Jersey that the treasur is hereby authorized to

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refund overpayments of tax charges of $5,25.54 block 3000 uh lot 6. So move >> second. >> Commissioner Evans >> I. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scarpell >> I.

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>> Commissioner BCO votes I. Mayor. >> I I vote I. If you could adjust the microphone a little bit. I think it's it's still a little difficult to hear you. >> Do it again. >> Good. Okay. Uh whereas on January 20, my

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second resolution, whereas on January 7, 2025, the township of Nelly authorized resolution uh 9-25 to enter into a contract with the law firm of Oulkrievo uh 14 Village Park uh Road, Cedar Grove, uh New Jersey. Whereas change order

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number four is needed in the amount of $4,871 to pay for the legal services provided in 2025. Whereas the funds are available from account 501226205 and have been certified by the chief financial officer set certification being attached to this resolution. Now

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therefore be resolved by the board of commissioners of the township of Nelly County of Essex state of New Jersey that change order number four is hereby authorized and approved in the amount of $4,897. be it further resolved be further resolved that a copy of this

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resolution shall be placed on file with the clerk of the township of Nutley and a notice in accordance with the public contracts law of New Jersey and the form attached to here too shall be published on the township's website under public notices so move >> second >> commissioner Evans >> I commissioner Tucci

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>> I >> commissioner Scarpelli >> I >> commissioner Petco >> Mayor Kelly >> I my last resolution whereas resolution 6226 entitled refund overp payments of tax charges was adopted by the board of commissioners of the township at their

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meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Whereas said resup fund was granted in the amount of $3,147.71 to the incorrect owner uh Raymond Guzman on the property identified as block 8502 lot 4, also known as 139 Margaret Avenue

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due to the escrow and companies incorrectly applying the payment to the wrong uh block and lot. Whereas the refund amount of $3,147.71 has been repaid uh to the township by Mr. Guzman. Uh now therefore be resolved by the board of commissioners of the

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township of Nelly County of Essex that the treasurer is hereby authorized to refund the overpayment of tax charges in the amount of $3,147.71 to the correct homeowner uh Abraham Afran uh on the property identified as

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block 3600 lot 20 also known as 300 Wall Street. So move >> second. >> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scarpelli. >> Hi. Commissioner Petraco, Mayor Kelly, >> I >> thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Tucci.

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>> Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Where is Department of Parks and Public Property has determined that the dormatory at the Nutley Fire Department needs renovations along with a new hallway. Now, therefore, be resolved by the board of commissioners, township of Nutley County, of State of New Jersey, that the township clerk v. She is hereby

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authorized to advertise for sealed bids for renovations to the dormatory in the new hallway at the Nutle Fire Department. Be it further resolved that specifications will be available in the purchasing department, Township Hall, 1 Kennedy Drive, Nelley, New Jersey, as of June 5th, 2026. Be it further resolved

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that sealed bids are to be received by 10:00 a.m. prevailing time on Thursday, July 23rd, 2026 at the Nutley Township Hall, first floor conference room, 1 Kennedy Drive, Nel, New Jersey, at which time they will be publicly opened and read. I move the resolution. >> Second.

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>> Commissioner Evans, >> I. >> Commissioner Tucci, >> I. >> Commissioner Scarpell, >> hi. >> Commissioner Petro, >> hi. >> Mayor Kelly, >> hi. My next uh two resolutions uh concern our IT department. And by awarding these

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contracts separately, we're expected uh to double the internet bandwidth from one gig to two gig while saving approximately $600 per month or $7,200 annually, amounting to around $36,000 in savings over the 5-year period. Most

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importantly, these costs are fixed, providing stability as service prices are expected to increase significantly in the coming years. And I am by no means an IT specialist, but we do have Jason Kirk, our IT specialist, with us here this evening. Whereas the township

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has a need for SIP trunks for voice and IP calling. And whereas NJSA4A colon uh I-5 permits the award of a contract without bidding for the supply of any service which is a public utility

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subject to the jurisdiction of the BPU. And whereas Hunter Technologies located at 1325 Campus Parkway, Sweet 100 Wall Township, New Jersey, has supported a proposal has submitted rather a proposal for services at a cost of $759 per

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month, $9,18 annually, resulting in an estimated annual savings of $2,600 with the total contract amount not to exceed $45,540. And whereas Hunter Technology has completed and submitted a business entity disclosure certification which

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certifies that they have not made any reportable contributions to a political or candidate committee in the township of Meltley in the previous one year and that the contract will prohibit them from making any reportable contributions through the term of the contract. Whereas funds are available from account

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6-01-510237 and have been certified by the chief financial officer said certification being attached to this resolution. Now therefore, be it resolved that the board of commissioners of township nutley authorizes the mayor and township clerk to enter into a 5-year contract with Hunter Technologies for the provision of

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SIP trunks and long-distance phone service from July 1, 2026 through June 30th, 2031 and be further resolved that the business disclosure entity certification and the determination of value be placed on file with this resolution. I move resolution

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>> second. I also want to thank Jason for all of the work that you do and how how you go out of your way to protect our township with all of the IT challenges we face. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner. >> Commissioner Evans.

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>> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Commissioner Chuchi. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Scorpelli. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Petco. >> Hi, Mayor Kelly. >> Uh Jason, would you like Jason, would you like to say a few words? No, I mean these are two contracts. This is not the

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first time we've done this. This is um you know, as the years go on, every year every time we do this, speeds get faster and faster and the demand keeps getting faster and faster. You want to go to the next one? I'm sorry. >> So, we can record you. Thank you. >> Yeah. I don't I don't get to these meetings

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that often. But yeah, like I said, this is not the first time we've done this contract, but uh this time we're doing a little differently. We're going to separate the phone side and the internet side. Um, I just felt that it was best to put all our phone stuff with the phone guys and the internet with the

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network guys and I think uh I think everybody's going to benefit from it, especially the police department and their bandwidth requirements. >> Thank you. >> Um, you want to you want to stay here and talk about the second one? >> Sure. >> All right. I'll read it and then they'll

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make further comments. I'm voted on. >> Thank you. Whereas the township has a need for internet circuits with DDoS connected protection. And whereas NJSA4A1 11-5 permits the award of a contract without bidding for the supply of any service which is a public utility

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subject to the jurisdiction of the BPU. And whereas 1111 Systems located at 1235 North Loop West, Sweet 100, Houston, Texas, has submitted a proposal in the amount of $1,4148 per month, $16,973.76

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annually, resulting in an estimated annual savings of 5,600 with the total contract amount not to exceed 84,868. And whereas 11-11 systems has completed and submitted a business entity disclosure certification which certifies that not they have not made any

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reportable contributions to a political or candidate committee in accounts who have not the previous one year and that the contract will prohibit them from making any reportable contributions through the term of the contract and whereas funds are available from account 6-01510237 and have been certified by the chief

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financial officer said certification being attached to this resolution. Now therefore be it resolved that the board of commissioners township Meltley authorizes the mayor and township clerk to enter into a five-year contract with 11-11 systems for the provision of internet and long-distance phone service

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from July 1, 2026 through June 30th, 2031. Be it further resolved that the business disclosure entity certification and the determination of value be placed on file with this resolution. I move the resolution. >> Second, >> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tuti.

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>> Hi. >> Commissioner Scarpelli. >> Hi. Commissioner Petco. >> Hi. >> Mayor Kelly. >> Hi. >> Jason, anything to add? >> No, basically we are doubling our bandwidth. We're going from one gig to two gig as you said and um fiveyear contract uh significant savings and uh

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it's uh it's definitely going to be a better program. 11-1ven just so everybody knows is nothing. It's Optimum Light Path. It's just a reseller and light path has been with us for 15 years. So >> and just for general information, the IT department is in fact located within the

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department of park and public property. So I have pleasure to work with Jason and his entire team. They do an outstanding job and we're very grateful. Thank you. >> Thank you for the support. Commissioner Moral, before Jason sits down too, I just like to add under your leadership

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and the work because you did mention it about the police department. I don't know if they're IT guys or magicians. Seriously, because when our 911 goes down, which is quite a bit lately and Belleville had the fire and we had a

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transfer Bville S. I want to thank you, Danny, J. They never ever say no and I've been down in that room where you keep all those boards and it looks like a lot of spaghetti wires to me. Like I don't know how you guys do it, but you get us up and running and you know it's

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the middle of the night, first thing in the morning, Saturday, Sunday. So, I do want to thank all three of you and I want to thank your commissioner as well. >> I'll just go out and say I I probably couldn't do it without Sal Scarpelli either. >> Thank you, Commissioner, and thank you,

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Mr. Kirk. Uh, Commissioner Scarpell, I see you don't have any resolutions on this evening. >> No resolutions tonight, Mayor. >> Thank you. So, we'll go to Commissioner Petraco. >> Yes, thank you. Whereas the township in Nutley desires to enter into a lease agreement for one Canon image force C

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5150, a Canon image force 30 C33 1F, a digital cop copier system in Nley Police Department from an authorized vendor under the state of New Jersey cooperative purchase program and we're uh Leslie Digital Imaging LLC 50 Jericho

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Wrangles sweet 115 Jericho, New York has been awarded New Jersey state contract number A404462-G-2075 for reprofactic equipment reprographic I'm sorry about that whereas the lease provides the for

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monthly payment of $493 over a 60-month term for total amount not to exceed $128,800 includ supplies and maintenance services whereas the funds are available on account 01308206

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and have a certified financial officer with said certification be attached to the resolution. Now therefore be resol authorizes execution of the lease agreement allegedly digital imaging um for the above color digital copy

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suspension to state contract number A4462 075. Second. >> Mr. Evans. >> Hi. >> Commission. >> Hi. >> Commissioner. >> Hi. >> Commissioner. >> Hi. >> Mayor. >> Hi.

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>> Whereas the township of Nelly has the need to retain the services and consultant who specialize in construction closeout resolution related to construction work done at 119 um Chestnut Street Nutly as part of a non-pair non-open contract pursuant at J

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say 1944A 2025. And whereas the board of commissioners had determined that Plan Zone Consulting LLC located at 47 Southern Street, Clinton, New Jersey, is the best suited to provide the services in township in Mel Consulting LLC

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estimated proposal to provide the professional service at a rate of $2,970 for phase one and any additional consulting work done at an hourly rate of $175. And where NJSA 481-2

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and 11-5 permits the award to of the contract without public fitting and whereas the anticipate um term of the contract contract is from June 6, 2026 to December 31st, 2026 from the accounts of

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C-0455171410 and have been certified by the chief financial said certification being passed year two whereas Crash family consultant has completed and submitted a business entity disclosure certification which certifies that they have not made

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any reportable um disqualifying contributions to a political or candidate committee in the township and previous one year and that the contract will prohibit them from making any reportable contributions for

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the term of the contract. Now therefore be resolved by board completion of township in LA County versus the state of New Jersey that the mayor and the township cler hereby authorized to enter into the contract with Frion LLC for professional service. Be prep be further

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resolved that a copy of the resolution as well as the contract shall be placed on file with clerk of township and notice that of this action shall be posted in township website in accordance with the local public contract. Will I move? >> Second. Mr. Hi,

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>> Mr. T. >> Hi, Commission. >> Hi, >> Mr. Pat. >> Hi, >> Mayor Kelly. >> Hi. And I have two on to this evening. Both are uh in relation to uh patriot patriotism. Uh one is to honor uh the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. The other is

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to honor Flag Day. Uh and in no particular order, whereas on June 14th, 1777, by the resolution of the second continental congress, the United States flag was adopted. Whereas on June 14th, 1777, the second second Continental Congress decreed that our nation's flag

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shall be 13 stripes of alternate red and white. That the Union be 13 stars, white and a field of blue, representing a new constellation. Whereas on June 14th, 1916, President Woodro Wilson issued a proclamation to officially establish the obser observance of Flag Day. Whereas on

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August 3rd, 1949, National Flag Day, June 14th, was declared by an act of Congress. And therefore it be resolved that the board of commissioners in the township of Nelly County as the state of New Jersey to recognize and celebrate Saturday June 14th as 2026 is flag day in the township of Nutelli. So moved.

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>> Second. >> Commissioner Evans. >> I commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scorp. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Petro. >> Hi. >> Mayor Kelly. >> I. The next one is obviously for D-Day. Whereas we remember the invasion on June

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6th of 156,000 Allied troops stormed 50 miles of the Normandy beaches. Whereas we remember that day due to the bad ocean waves and currents that amphibious tanks and rocket protection from rocket boats were not possible. And whereas we remember that the fearless infantry charged the beach with little support to

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fortified positions that they advanced toward and and 4 and that they advanced toward and 4,000 Allied troops died for world freedom. Or remember that by dawn thousands of paratroopers were deployed behind enemy lines while aircrafts were being shot from the sky. Paratrooers

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bravely jumped into the night night air to secure bridges and strategic targets within France. Whereas remember without the a brilliant plan, the resiliency to adapt and overcome when the plans failed and heroic men and women and their tremendous sacrifices the allied efforts may not have succeeded that day. Whereas

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we remember the patriotism of the Americans at at home working in over 85,000 companies within the United States supporting the war effort. Whereas we remember that over 11,000 aircraft, 5,000 ship, 50,000 vehicles, and 326,000 troops combined in Operation Overlord. This is the largest amphibious

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invasion in history. As we remember all those who lost their lives during World War II, the estimate is 75, 20 million soldiers and over 40 million civilians. Now therefore it be resolved that the board of commissioners of the township of Melly County state New Jersey declares June 6, 2026 the 82nd anniversary of D-Day encourages all

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citizens to support, honor and protect the memories of our heroes that fought and died for world peace. So moved. >> Second. >> Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scarpelli. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Petraco. >> Hi. >> Mayor Kelly. >> I. Uh at this time we will open the

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meeting up to the public. Anyone wishing to be heard may approach the microphone and state your name for the record. Hello, my name is uh Rob Garber and I'm here um as I've been in the past to address the uh data center issue. Um as I know that you're aware the uh town of

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Andover has recently um passed resolution to ban uh data centers in their town. The governor has um proposed initiatives to provide guard rails for data centers and just generally across the country and certainly within New

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Jersey, communities are being feeling more and more anxious about the impact of these data centers on the community. Um I know that this none of this goes um over your heads and that you're aware that it's happening because I'm sure you follow the news. My first question is

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what is this current status of the um data center proposed for Nutley? >> Uh the current status is that we do not have an application. There's nothing pending before any of the boards of the town. Uh and so there's nothing for us

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to act on. Uh and anyone else who wants to add to that is they're free to. The second thing that I'd like to um state as a proposal for you um there is a lot of anxiety out in the community and a lot of misinformation on both

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sides of the issue. Um, I think in in keeping with the governor's um request for transparency, I'd like to suggest that the city have or the township, excuse me, the township have a town hall where the community can come ask

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questions, find out status, find out what the um plans are going to look like, um what the city, what the township is doing um to have um people on board to evaluate u because I'm assuming that a proposal will come through rather than later. There is that

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big sign on the fence announcing that a data center is coming. So, we'd like to know who will be evaluating it for the city, what their p township, what their expertise is. There's I guess I guess it's a long way of saying there's a lot of questions that people have. Um you

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may be following some of the um the social media boards where people are you know either stating misinformation wondering if it's a pay to come plea is it is it gossip um there's a lot of information that would be beneficial to

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the community and um I think um in my opinion having a town hall like after the summer um when maybe there is more information people are back from holiday um would be a good way to get the town um um get the town aware of what the

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facts are, what the process will be um and to put people's minds either at ease or let them know what type of steps they can take if they are in opposition. >> Sure. No, I we certainly appreciate the uh the your you coming up here and

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making that recommendation. uh we are uh as a board collectively gathering our facts uh developing our plan of actions for going forward. Uh but the one thing I do want to reassure the town is that this my both myself and I don't think

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anyone on this board is going to endorse something that will cause harm to this community. We we live in this community. We want to ensure that whatever is going to be involved in this community, going to be put in this community is going to be beneficial for the community. And I I know there's a lot of uh concerns with

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data centers concerning noise uh environmental water consumption and all. We are all cognizant of that. And uh like I said, we're not going to be in favor of something that could potentially harm this community. We're only going to be in something in favor of something that could potentially benefit this community. And so however

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that looks like going forward uh is something that we we will have to deal with. And I'm I'm happy to turn it over to anyone who wants to add to that. I I think you you summarized it well more specifically, you know, on uh Thank you,

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>> Emma, I'll meet you halfway. I'll get you with this or you can come forward. Uh uh >> the on May 27th, the governor actually introduced new proposals. >> Um and u we're tracking those very very closely. Um I don't think it goes far enough.

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>> I agree. >> All right. Uh but it's a step and I think there's proposed legislation that's in committee. Uh collectively I think it moves the meter but I don't think it moves it enough. Right. So but our board is very much aware of of uh

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things that that I think are relevant to data centers. Setting aside the the residential issue for a moment which is important. Uh, one of the reasons why we would look at a use or or evaluate a use is what is the the use's impact on our

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school system? Does it create traffic, right? Does it uh does it have a ratable attached to it, right? Is it does it have a heavy burden or not on our services? And so when you look at a data center compared to other uses, right, it

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kind of hits the mark, right? But it doesn't address what are the most important questions. If we were to do that, does it actually affect a resident and does it affect us either today, tomorrow or in the future. So when you

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look at that, we have to be certain that the power consumption associated with that is highly efficient and looks to bring power that's off the grid, not burdening the grid. Uh we have to look at water consumption and are we purchase

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water we have to buy it everybody has to buy it but if we have if they need water they have to buy it not not a resident has to do that that all has to be looked at. So water utilization efficiency power utilization efficiency noise both noise that you can hear and the hum

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associated with it that that people all hear about. We're very much aware of those things. And when you look at then uh water treatment, how does it affect the sewer treatment? Is there any costs associated with that uh that the that

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the data center would have to absorb uh among other things. So I'd say that to your point is one I thank you for raising it. Uh but and we're very well aware of the sensitivity associated that we don't have a plan to evaluate any of

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those requirements yet, but we're very much aware that we have to answer those questions for the benefit of the residents. And I agree with you that any decision that's made there, there should be public comment on it and there should be a forum to be able to to to explain anything that we're evaluating. So

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>> great. Um I know two things just quick response. Um I think it's very important that in evaluating the um the ratable side versus the community impact side that um that the community have some input on

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which is more important to the community and um there was a second thing but it's gone. Um but oh that's it. The other thing that I think I hear from a lot of people is is it a fatal comple? That seems to

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be um a lot of people in their mind say, "Well, it's done." And um I don't think that's the fact. Um and I think from everything I hear from you gentlemen, it's not the fact, but that's just a really good piece of information for people to know that this is an ongoing

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discussion. No decision has been made and that it could be a no as well as a yes. As the mayor said, we don't have an application. There's nothing for us to evaluate. >> So, we have we have a site that could could use one, but it's not there. And

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there's a there's a lot of steps that you have to go through before that's a reality. So, I think we're on the early side of that in my opinion. And I know the board will be very active in determining uh all the factors and elements that have an impact. to your

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point on, you know, who wants it, who doesn't, um, I find it with taxes, some people don't mind paying the taxes, some people mind a lot paying the taxes. So, uh, it's going to be a debate. >> And I hear I think of my grandchild who

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lives not far from where it would go, plays in Nicholls Park. And I think, what's that gonna what's that gonna do? What's that worth? So, but I thank you very much for listening. I've taken much more than my three minutes. Thank you.

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>> Uh did did any of the other commissioners want to speak on the uh >> just I think you guys hit all the all the parts. Uh just it it's I think commissioner may have misspoke a little bit that the site could use it. It's

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that the use is approved for this site. >> We can't just say there's a use. It's there. It's trying to say thank you. Uh for those who couldn't hear, uh Commissioner Scarpelli was just clarifying that he believed that Commissioner Evans may have misspoke a

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little bit. Not that the site could use a data center, but that it the use is approved on the site, but that and I want to make sure that I'm clear that does not mean that that it's aong with several >> right

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>> several use, >> right? It's one of many many uses. Uh and and like like I said, we have to have an application from the developer before we can act on anything. And right now there is no pending application for us to do anything. Uh but we're

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cognizant of all the issues and we are currently becoming experts ourselves on what is a good use, what is a good possible data center, what is a what is going to be harmful for our community. And like I said, we're only going to approve something that's going to be in

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the best interest of the community and whatever that use may be. Uh it it is if something is going to be certainly detrimental to us and harm us, we're we're certainly not going to be in favor of that. Uh anyone else wish to be heard or wish to

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address the board of commissioners? My name is Renee. Uh, this is my first time at a meeting and I just want to say it's been so beautiful to be here. I mean, the proclamations, the understanding of both sides, gun control, you know, that's a huge thing. So, it's been really beautiful of a

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first meeting for me. So, thank you. Um, I'm also here in regards to the data center. Um, that's not there's no application for. I'm so grateful you have no idea. I will sleep much better tonight. Um, it's just confusing because there was an article written last July

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saying that there was a proposal by Prism Capital and it said it was approved quote unquote for a major data center. So I was like, wait, what? And there was nothing else. I do understand that it was recently zoned that that site can have a data center. Um, so I

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just wanted to say that, but you guys are doing your research as it sounds. I mean, I have some points that I would just like to note. noise pollution in Vinland, New Jersey. They have the residents are now suing the town because of that constant hum. And C um CBS, you

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can see in the article um where residents actually describe the sound maddening. They can't sleep at night. It's 247. Nextly, air quality. We see that through the country in West Virginia. I mean, these data centers are everywhere. And you know, I don't want to give too many examples because we'll

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be here longer than my 3 minutes that I'm allocated. Um the water usage right now, Nutley has experienced brown water. Um since Memorial Day weekend, there's been some questionable things. The fire department was called on a recent stream and now it's cleared up. Um low water pressure, they experienced it in

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Belleville with a fire and also New Jerseyy's in a drought. So when it comes to like water usage, water usage with the data centers, it's like we got other things that we need to do with water um besides give it to a data center. Also, I just want to know in Georgia and in Oregon, their water is brown. It was

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quoted that it would be a closed looped system for a data center. Um, however, now their water is brown and residents are washing their clothes, their white laundry, and it's coming out brown. That's going to affect all of us. It doesn't matter what your pay grade, where you live. That's everybody. I

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mean, it's going to affect all of us cuz we're most of us are water drinkers. I know some people probably prefer coffee more than water. Not judging. Um, and also energy costs. A lot of New Jersey residents are seeing it now that their prices have gone up and you know people are trying to conserve their energy,

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turn the lights off, unplug their cell phone chargers when truthfully we're paying for the data centers today. Um the other thing about uh property values, right? That's definitely going to be concern but also mass shootings at schools and suicides that were due to

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chat GPT and Chat GPT their company, their main company is Open AI. I would like to also mention OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. They had people executives and employees ringing the alarm in 2020 about this AI and it went on deaf ears.

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So much so that these people, some of them were doctors in their field and working on AI risk. They stepped down because it was on deaf ears. They didn't want to hear it. You can find the article uh one gentleman prior to stepping down he said the world is in peril with AI.

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So that's all of us, right? There's it's not going to I mean maybe if we have a bunker. Does not have a bunker? I'm just kidding. I'm sorry. Um but just want to see. Also, there is a documentary on YouTube. It's called the

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AI doc. I think it's essential for all water drinkers to watch his documentary. It does cost $10 on YouTube, but it's very educational. Sorry, you can't see me. Um, one of the things that they they do is they interview people at OpenAI at

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anthropic and in the AI field and they said one of the things that is most concerning I have a nephew who's 4 years old and he is the joy of my life and one thing that they said during this interview is that they do not expect the

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youth to make it to high school meaning that they not they will not be alive. Andrew Yang spoke about AI when he went to a conference on the west coast and he said the way that AI is going to uptick

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is like a hockey stick in the next 6 months in comparison to how technology has advanced in the past 10 years. It's been cool and amazing how much technology has advanced. I mean Zoom now people are watching us at home. This is amazing. You guys made this accessible to people not here.

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But personally, I've had enough of the [snorts] advancement of technology. There comes a point where it stops benefiting us and it's going to hurt us. And lastly, I want to say there's 200,000 people working to plus um

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working to ensure AI rolls out the way that big tech wants it to roll out. There's only 200 working on its safety. I guess 2011 cuz here I am. Um, and this gentleman here also voicing that. Um, so I just ask

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that you truly consider it like perhaps let the other data centers there's 80 data centers right now in New Jersey. I also would like to add data centers and AI data centers, different animals. So let's let's say that um there's currently 80 data centers in New Jersey,

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40 under construction. Let's sit back and see what happens with those before considering in Nutley. It was such a beautiful experience being here in this room, but also this town is so beautiful. I love it so much. I I I'm honored to be here, you know, shopping

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the local businesses. Not amazing. You guys know I don't have to tell you that. Um, but it's because of the work that you all do. So, let me check my notes, make sure I didn't miss anything. Um, but that's it. Thank you so much for listening. And I know I went over my time, so thank you.

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>> Thank you. And and thank you for that that emotional uh speech. I'm going to make a few comments and I'll turn it over to Commissioner Scarpelli. Uh, and I just want to jump on two things that you maybe jump on is not the right word, but uh, piggyback off of two things that

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you said and we have our town attorney here and our, uh, attorneys in the back uh, regarding the on three site. Uh, so if they misspoke, I'm sure they will, or if I misspe, I'm sure they will jump in. Uh but I think it's very important to highlight that the zoning

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has been approved as a use for that site. That does not mean uh that it's a it's a guaranteed use. The zoning has been approved and like I said, we have to have a uh application before us before we can do anything. Uh, and part

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of the re part of how we got here is because we've been we were in litigation for an extended period of time with the developer over a potential truck terminal warehouse going in on that site and part of our I guess for lack of a better word settlement in those

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negotiate in in those litigations was uh proposing this you potential use at that site. Uh one of the things that you you highlighted very well uh is that there's a spectrum of data centers. There's uh the AI data center on one hand and then

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there's a variety of other data center usage. Uh and we do have a data center in town currently. It's on River Road uh by the Target uh right at the edge of town there. Uh and it's been in use for

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over a decade. uh I'm not aware of uh huge negative impacts associated with that particular data center. So there is a >> that's a one megawatt data center. This is proposed as 65 megawws which is a huge difference. >> Right? I'm not I'm not trying to

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compare. I'm just I just want to point out that uh data centers there is a precedent here in Nutle for them. But I'm not trying to say that you know it's a onetoone kind of situation. Of course, we're going to be doing our due diligence uh with anything that comes

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before before this or any of of other of the boards in town. Uh and we'll be doing that in consultation with our experts and our attorneys. And I'll turn it over to Commissioner Scarpelli. >> Just to dovetail on what you were saying, Mayor, that the Vineland D Center was brought up. That's two and a

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half million square feet on a 100 acre site. We only have 11 acres on on that site. So there's nothing huge can be put on that site. So I just want to clarify. So like you said, there's different

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types of data centers and not judging any of them, but when the Vinelance brought up, that's a huge facility. 2 and a half million square feet. That's ginormous. >> May I just say, thank you both of you.

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May I just say in regards to the Vinand data center, it's going to use 300 megawws in Kennallorth right now. I'm so sorry you could like barely see me. Here's the poll. But in regards, there is an AI data center currently in construction in Kennallorth and it is

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only like under four 400,000 square feet and it's going to be using 250 megawatt. So the size is significantly smaller in Kennallorth, but it's very similar. Like I get it, New Jersey wants to be like top five in AI infrastructure, but let's not just put them all down without like

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mindlessly doing them for big tech because big tech they got they they got big attorneys and they know what to do, right? They know what to say. And in regards to Go ahead. >> Just the mayor was I was just reiterating what the mayor said. Talk about a wide spectrum of of facilities.

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>> Yes. Numerous different things. Um, but I also wanted to say other town other towns throughout the country, they are introducing ordinances uh prohibiting AI data centers. I'm not going to request that tonight, but perhaps something to consider after you all of us do

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additional research. I shouldn't I don't think I should be talking about AI, but the amount of research that I've done in the past four and a half weeks, I can't not look back just for our future, you know. So I thank you guys so much for your time and I can't wait till the next meeting

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>> and I just want to one more that our future is our paramount concern and in particular our young people and so we are like I said we're only going to be in favor of something that's beneficial in particular that's going to be beneficial to them.

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>> Thank you. I trust that. Um I think uh your name is Thomas Evans. you you mentioned with the budget um you mentioned with the budget genuine transparency and just as soon as I heard that I was like okay I feel a little bit better sitting here tonight. So I I believe in you guys and I feel like that

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would be the same thing. It will be genuine transparency if you guys do consider to take that route. So I appreciate it and I appreciate this gentleman speaking up saying perhaps do a town hall in the future if necessary. So thank you guys. >> Yes. And we try to be transparent as

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possible in everything that we do, not just the budget, uh, but everything else and and including, uh, what goes on in our, uh, pension litigations, negotiations with contracts, and and that kind of thing as well when we're able to with the blessings of our uh, town attorney. >> Yes. And I just want to say one more

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thing. So, um, I understand there is that data center you said on River Road, maybe consider with big tech, they can come in and be like, "Oh, you already have a data center. Let's upgrade it to AI." That's definitely a thing they're going to likely approach you with. Um,

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there was another point >> you mentioned that, you know, they're going to come in with their big attorneys. We have big attorneys, too. We got Bruno Ferrer here. We got Otul Scrieo in the back and Wascala. Uh, so we got we got we got our own big attorneys who are >> just as not just just as skilled, if not

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more skilled than any attorneys they would bring in. >> Awesome. Thank you. Thank you so much. Anyone else wish to be heard? Uh, seeing none, I do believe we have a need for uh, executive session to discuss potential litigation, contract

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negotiation, and public safety. Is that correct? I'll entertain a motion for executive session. Second. >> Whereas section 8 of the open public meeting act chapter 231 public law 1975 permits the exclusion of the public from

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meeting in certain circumstances. And whereas the public body is of the opinion that such circumstances exist. And whereas the board of commissioners of the township of Nutley in the county of Essex, state of New Jersey desires to proceed to close executive session. and now therefore be a resolved by the board of commissioners of the township of

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Nutly move into close executive session to discuss contract negotiations, litigation, potential litigation, safety and property of the public. You further resolve that at the time when such discussion may be disclosed to the public shall be when and such disclosure may be made without adversely affecting

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the township of Nutley pending and or anticipated legal personnel, contractual matters and other matters within the exceptions provided for by statute. This resol resolution shall take effect immediately. Commissioner Evans. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Scarpel.

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>> Hi. >> Commissioner Petraco. Mayor Kelly. >> I. And uh we won't be entertaining any more business this evening. Our next meeting is Tuesday, June 16th at 20 at 7 p.m. Uh I'll entertain a motion. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Commissioner Evans. Hi. >> Commissioner Tucci. Hi. Commissioner

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Scarpelli. Hi. >> Commissioner Petraco. Hi. Mayor Kelly. Hi. Time is 9:06.