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cityop.com. Council agendas. Instructions are also available on the last page of this agenda. Please be guided accordingly. Councilwoman Colom, present. Councilman Garcia, present. Councilman Love,
present. Councilwoman Melo, present. Councilman Monk present and Councilman Sher present. Please rise for the invocation to be delivered by Councilwoman Melo and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance. Father God, we come before you this
afternoon and present to you this mayor council swearing in. Lord, as we commence this fiscal year, we ask that you give us the his the wisdom and help us to help and continue to help us to legislate in the benefit of our residents in our beloved city of Pay. We
thank you once again for your continued grace and mercy upon us in your powerful name. We pray. Amen. stand to the United States of America and to the stand for it under God, indivisible,
indivisible, with liberty and justice. Now we are at the portion of the agenda where I the municipal clerk will read the official statement of determination that was submitted to the honorable Danielle Ireland Inhof P County Clerk certifying the results of the municipal
election held on May 13th, 2025. I, Miss Wely Frias, municipal clerk of the city of Pake, relating to the municipal election held in the city of Pake on the 13th day of May, 2025 for the election of one mayor and three council members at large for a 4-year
term. The municipal clerk does hereby determine that set election, the following candidates were elected for Mayor Hector C. Laura for council at large, Joseé Joe Garcia, Dr. Terren L.
Love, and Daniel S. Mayor, I do here certify the foregoing as a true determination of the election. As I set my hand on this seal on the city of Pake, New Jersey on the 5th day of June, 2025.
Um, at this time I want to invite Assemblyman Shear to administer the oath of office to Mayor Hector C. Laura, who has been reelected to serve as mayor of the city of Pake. I, Hector Carlos Laura, do solemnly affirm
that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all duties
of the Office of Mayor. Perform all duties of the office of mayor in and for the city of the saints in and for the city of the saint. According to the best of my abilities according to the best of my abilities and understanding and understanding. So help me God. So help
me God. Congratulations. May we ask that Councilman Elect Garcia Count to the left. Dr. Terren L. Love Daniel. Please uh and use your rema uh right hand. I I Dr. Terrence love
do solemnly affirm do solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and that I will faithfully that I will faithfully impartially and justly
perform all duties of the office of council at large perform all duties of council at large in and for the city of Pay in and for the city of the according to the best of my abilities. According to the best of my abilities and understanding and understanding. So help
me God. So help me God. Congratulations. Now you can see next to me here. That's right. Straight out. Council members, I will now open the floor for nominations for the position of council president. Do I have a nomination? I will.
I nominate president. Well, not really. Right. Let me take it back. It's with an honor to nominate Gary S. Chair as council president. And I will second that nomination.
Are there any other nominations? Hearing none. My um I have a second from Dr. Love. Yes, Councilman Love. Okay. It has been moved and seconded to adopt item number one, resolution designating council president for one-year term
commencing on July 1st, 2025 and ending on June 30 of 2026, appointing Councilman Sher as council president. Councilman Monk, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilman Melo,
yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Councilman Gol Montinez, yes. And Council President Sher, yes. Thank you. Congratulations. Mr. Mayor, members of the council, thank you so much for the honor just bestowed
on me. At this point, I'd like to come back a little bit in terms of our agenda um and invite the mayor for his remarks. Thank you. Thank you. First, I want to thank God for this opportunity to once again serve this amazing and wonderful city of Pake, New
Jersey. I want to thank my family, my wife, my children, um all of my family, uh immediate and extended, who have been so supportive. I want to thank my colleagues on the city council, uh those who serve on the board of education, and
all those who work with us here at city hall. and uh because of your support, your hard work, your commitment to teamwork and unity, we've been able to see our city progress and move forward. I want to thank all the community leaders that continuously join us in
this effort, in this work to serve the people of Pake. I want to thank uh the business administrator, Rick Fernandez, our city clerk Weatherly Frizz, all of our department heads for uh constantly being here. I want to take this opportunity again to recognize community
leaders, all of the clergy that have faithfully been meeting with me once a month over these past eight years, working together to serve our community, to pray for our community, and sometimes to pull my ears and hold me accountable or share some constructive criticism.
Sometimes it's been constructive, other times it's been a divine uh judgment. I don't know, but it's been it's always been a blessing. I want to thank all of our veterans that are here. Thank you for your commitment and your service to our city and to our nation. I want to
take this opportunity to recognize our deputy mayors in the city of Pake. Deputy mayor uh Minnie uh Austin. Mini Austin who is with us. Larry said good job this time. Deputy Mayor Juan Dudan. Deputy Mayor
Juan Duran. Thank you. Deputy Mayor Jamie Delgado. Deputy Mayor Jamie Delgado. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Dr. Edwin Garcia.
I want to thank all those that have worked so closely uh with us over these uh eight years and now going into a third term. Some won't be entering into the third term with us, but I want to take this opportunity to recognize that we have with us my former right hand
Kathy Martin who made it. She has another job. So Renee, she asked, "Please don't put her on camera." She she said she she can't be seen. She's supposed to be back for lunch. Um, I wanted to be brief. As many of you realize, we decided not to go very big.
We wanted to make it a much more intimate ceremony. I spoke to my colleagues on the city council. We wanted to invite just the department members, those who work with us within the community. We did not send out a press release. We wanted to keep this just within the family. And I thank each
and every one of you for taking time to be with us. But uh we have with us uh Pastor Hector Fernandez of the Free Methodist Church of Pose. Our pastor, Pastor Fernandez, Father Javier Mareno, Father Jose from
St. Anony's, Padawa. Is this a new father to the city? Father Roland Urbe, Father Roland, are you? That's an internal joke for me and Father Roland. Okay. Pastor Iris Cruz. Pastor Iris
Cruz, Reverend Helina Pierce, Pastor Manuela, Pastor Babosa, Mr. Ego Sanchez, former Board of Education Commissioner
Miss Evelyn Robinson. Yolanda soda was apparently uh promoted to superintendent. You I don't mean to call you out. I don't think that's No, I think the superintendent is actually here. Superintendent. We have superintendent Sandra Dean Montinez.
That is all the names on the list. I'm going to try my best. We have assistant superintendent Mr. Jeff Trupo. I believe I see him in the audience. We have vice president of the board of education Maryanne Capers. We have board of education member Adri
Bales. We have board of education member Danny Rodriguez. We have former board of education commissioner Hinado Delgado. We have with us, I know I mentioned former board of education, Miss Evelyn Robinson. We have with us a commissioner
of housing, Dr. Theres Hiller, president of the NAACP who just recently had an extremely successful Junth event. President Sherry Greer. Did I miss anyone else? Let me know. Anyone else? The new BA. Huh? The new BA
for the uh board of education. Okay, go ahead and announce. Lamont Zachary. Mr. Ba, thank you for being with us. Lead director of personnel, Mr. Miguel Frius from the school, our chief of police, Lewis Guzman.
Deputy Chief Lewis Gentile, Deputy Chief Jonathan Sher. Do we have anyone else? That's it. I'm sorry. Deputy Chief of the Fire Department, Bob Munir. First lady of the city of Pikais Laura.
all of our city hall staff. All of the 36 legislative district office members. They're all right there. I see them all. They're all sitting right there. I think that's everyone. I want to be brief. If I miss anyone, please. Uh Virginia's right there. Just get her the name. Virginia, if you can
take this pen, this paperback, just get her the name. We want to try to acknowledge everyone to the recording later. I want to be very brief again because today is about the entire uh team that was elected. I want to congratulate my colleagues uh
Councilman Dr. Terren Love, Councilman Joe Garcia on your reelection, your dedication, your service over these many years have directly resulted in a better PAC for all of our communities in every ward. your work which is seldom seen what occurs behind the scenes in those
long meetings those ad hoc committees or the phone calls that you're making the constant advocacy um behalf of your constituents you have truly made a difference it has been an honor and a true privilege to serve with you along with the entire city council to our
councilman who served for so many years not only on our boards but on our city council Daniel Schwarz who is now with us uh rightfully enjoying his retire retirement and time off. I want to again publicly thank him for all of his years of service, for his insight, for his
approach to government, considering always every resident. To our newly elected councilman, Councilman Daniel Mayor, I'm excited that finally a mayor gets to vote on the agenda cuz council president always reminded me the mayor doesn't get to vote. And now I'll say
no, there's a mayor voting just by last name. Daniel Mayor, Councilman Mayor, I've seen your uh work in the community during the pandemic. Not only were you out there obviously servicing with your business, but with your heart, you met the needs of so many communities often
times uh creatively having to come up with new ways of distributing food, whether new location sometimes because of the hours. I remember having the personal conversations with you that it was getting late and you would go it doesn't matter until every family gets served no
matter where we are whether it was at the parking lot at a street or whether it was on a rig you remain steadfast in ensuring that during that most difficult time in our city not just our city our state our nation and globally that you were out there front and center to serve
communities and families I'm excited about your contributions I have had the opportunity to converse with you often and seeing how you approach not only policy and government but the needs of families, children and I believe you will be a great asset and a great
benefit to our city council and to our entire team. Thank you for uh choosing to serve our city to the deputy mayors. I thank you again. I know that I named you, but so much of the work that gets done along with you, with the clergy that we get to meet
with, with all of the staff members, with all of our police, with all of the leaders in conversations with you, as well as with the board of education, we've been able to come up with great ideas, move our city in the right direction, uh, renovate and resolve
concerns. And I just want to share briefly, I won't go into the long list. we would be here all night. But during the first term, we focused on the public trust. We secured projects that were in the works like 663, the people's building, to ensure that it would get
open, that it would have uh commercial aspects to it and have an anchor tenant. We continued to work on the Dayton Avenue complex. It was at jeopardy in the very first term or in jeopardy. and uh working along with our assemblymen, with our business administrator and so
many leaders, we were able to see it opened up along with the school. We were able to see additional new schools and uh continue to work towards the development of our commercial area, working closely with our business administrator. There was a desire long
ago to obtain the storefront property in front of the new school at 7-Eleven on Maynav and we were able to make that happen. We did so much even during the pandemic. We were able to successfully remove the railroads and unite both of the parks, Dundy Island and Palaski. We
were able to renovate Bragg Park, bring in music ballards, benches, and have first time ever community events there like the tree lighting and many events with our leaders in the second ward. We were able to rubberize playgrounds and spray pads at request of so many
communities. Develop a brand new dog park and put dog stations all over the city to address uh quality of life issues. We move forward community initiatives to celebrate our diversities that range from sukas in the park
burning of the hummeds junth fireworks new namings holly and dwali um our Christmas parade around the city and so much more recognizing that we have a beautiful strong vibrant and diverse city we were able to introduce new
initiatives that have become traditions like our New Year's Eve piñata drop. We were able to revamp the courts and appoint new judges, add weekend and overnight inspectors and overnight enforcement in order to make sure that our city remains clean and that the work
that gets done is done responsibly in order to not disturb the residents. We were able to modernize applications whether for cold or otherwise using our uh new technology where now people can get these online. We were able to develop a youth council that does
community cleanups, mental health walks, and have our young people actually work alongside us to develop policies, laws, and program. Thus, creating a bigger table and inviting more of our residents of every age group, including our seniors, to help us move this city in
the right direction. We were able to uh create a real resource to address the issue of homelessness. We took a property off of the tax roles and made dignity house where we created and was recognized nationally programs like our
mailboxes through correspondence and help whether receiving funding through uh social security benefits or veterans benefits. We were able to get a number of homeless off the streets and into permanent housing on a weekly basis through our human services led by uh
Judith Sanchez who's in class right now. She's also the president of the board of education. We're able to have our homeless come in once a week. They take showers. They're able to receive resources, whether clothing, toiletries. Every year we hold our Super Bowl program with them. We provide free
haircuts. And on a weekly basis, we give them the opportunity to have their clothes laundered. We continue to have a resource center with the goal understanding that government is there to be a safety net, not a permanent hammock, but a safety net to catch
individuals and hub them off and get them back uh into society. We continue to provide more and more assistance in this approach. During our second term, we uh focused on infrastructure. We renovated and kept the promise on the 100 steps. We uh resolved the issues
with the McDonald's Brooks. We invested in our bridges and coverts. We had historic numbers of streets repaved from First Street to Summer Street uh all over the city. If I name them all, I'll get the overture music that usually plays when I speak too long. We expanded
recreation opportunity uh cleanliness of our city initiatives through containers and giving them not only to the community with recycling bins, the new red and blue containers around the city but also business containers, our Marcus Street where we provide them for free in
order to ensure to address issues in our commercial areas from Marcus Street to main nav. We expanded recreation with synthetic ice skating rinks, rubberized running tracks, new parks like Dundy Island. As mentioned, we had record development of follow properties like A
Street, Panaceo, 211 Pennington, South Street, Broadway on River Drive, and Van Halen, Marcus Street, Hope A, Hverson Street, and so much more. And we've expanded parking opportunities with brand new lots, a brand new deck that will open up in just a few months,
angled parking permits and parking spayments, I mean parking um parking spaces and brand new parking permits, strategic parking permits in zoned areas. We were able to pass for the first time rent stabilization ordinance,
ADU's accessory dwelling units, uh reinstate the rent leveling board, bring in police substations on Myrtle Avenue and our downtown by Pake Street, have special two police officers and uee police in order to address public
safety. We've had a drastic drop in violent crimes. Thank you, Chief Guzman, for all of the work that you do and all of the police department. Through our fire department, we were able to train all of our firefighters on water rescues and much more. We've expanded transportation opportunities with the
free shuttle. That's Miss Evelyn Robinson's favorite initiative, at least right now. Our bike sharing program. We've expanded job training programs, CDL, phabbotomy, pharmaceutical tech, and so much more including Soras. We've
expanded program through the amazing amazing leadership of our city clerk uh passport training and which has led to passport days so so many no longer have to go uh outside of the city to get this done. We've expanded communications with
Renee and our media center having a YouTube channel, two public access channels, and through our social media to keep the community constantly informed of all that we do. We've had additional initiatives like Children's Day and so much more. We've addressed
street vendor issues by ensuring that everyone has proper permitting. We've created food truck row where we have all of our food trucks in one centralized location and we continue to expand these programs. We created additional event
space plaza. And again, I'll remind everyone of uh our clergy that have been instrumental in ensuring that not only do we meet frequently, but that all activities are working together to provide the most for our children. There's so much more on the list, but I
want to get to the conclusion of this. I know that we have so many new businesses that everyone sees. Miss Evelyn Robinson reminded me of the basketball court at uh Spear Village Aspen Place that came up on her social media that we worked together with housing to restore. But in this third term, I want to continue on
all of these with a brand new re-energized focus on affordability, sustainability, working with our business administrator. We're going to have more EV chargers all over the city, expanding parking opportunities, brand new transportation with a state-of-the-art bus terminal, which
will be located on Pake Avenue. Continue the efforts. This is Councilman Monk's favorite topic on stabilizing taxes. Nice. All right. continue with our public safety, our quality of life, cleanliness initiatives. Uh we will see
with our superintendent of the board of education, Sandra Dodd Montinees, and uh our assistant superintendent and the entire board of education a brand new $300 plus million dollar high school that will be built in the next few months. You will see the first ever all
water park created on Harrison A. It will be not a spray pad, but the entire park will be a water park in the city of Pay. We will be introducing our riverfront walk downtown connecting through Bergen County, working with P County with the brand new developed park
in East Monroe. We will continue with county projects in uniting Palaski and Dundee. We're hoping working closely with the housing department to see the renovated brand new buildings in Alfred Spear Village as well as the renovations of the buildings in the back. We will
have new parking initiatives downtown where I I am asked not to make the announcement right now just to say that we are very positive that we've gotten some good news about potential funding for a
parking deck downtown. So, I'm extremely excited about it. I'm still fighting for it. I've done all the meetings, but it at least looks positive right now. I know the budget was recently passed and they're waiting for signature. Uh, we'll
hope to see if the state can complement some of the funding that we were able to secure maybe in the future. If only we had an assemblyman that was nearby that was hearing this portion of the speech that might be able to fight for some additional fundings. As we continue with new programs such as our first ever
special needs inclusive junior police and fire academy for the very first time we will include in our special police and fire junior academyy's children with autism and special needs. I want to thank our police chief Lewis Guzman, our
chief Patrick Trenos when I had requested for this initiative. They immediately got on it and working even with members of the school to have volunteers that will be able to participate during this summer. I'm so excited. There's so much more that has gone on. Basically, I wanted to go over
them and I usually go extemporaneous, but I wanted to read some of the accomplishments because I would not do justice to the efforts of everyone who works alongside me. Often times I'm the one in front of the phone on the live video or perhaps the one mentioned in the newspaper. But accomplishments like
these progress do not occur in silos. They happen because individuals work together from the very beginning when I was first elected by this wonderful city. I made a commitment to work alongside my colleagues to reach out to leaders in the community to fight extremely hard to open up doors for new
opportunities. new opportunities like the one that resulted in us promoting the very first ever female captain of the police department, Claudia Giri Cruz. I try to work that in every every event to bring remarkable individuals to work
alongside us like our newest team members. We have with us my chief of staff, uh, Ian Godfrey, Ian Godfrey, who used to work as the district director of former Congressman Bill Pascal, and he's now working with us, helping us. Uh, he's
going to be instrumental in making sure we get even more funding for that potential parking deck. We're not putting too much pressure on you, as well as our new uh, office manager in my right hand for so many of the day-to-day operations, Jenya Kakaya.
You may know her. She used to have her law practice on uh main on how Avenue. She used to focus on immigration law and now she is here telling me what to do and uh I can't even fight that much. She keeps reminding me I'm a lawyer. So I'm like
at least she makes sure that we're doing everything correctly. Some of the names that we miss. Please if you give me a pause. Uh Jose Vargas from our ABC commission. Thank you. Commissioner Vargas. Pastor Jose Cruz and Pastor Edis Cruz, Church of God of PA.
I thought I mentioned him, but I'll mention him again. Deputy Mayor, um, as well as, uh, vice principal of the Pak High School. Dr. Edwin Garcia, Shotbrite Manager, GMO Garcia, otherwise known as Paul GMO.
Pastor Juan Aoyo from Fountain Christian Church, Lewis Santiago, former Zorning board member, Juan Zuniga, president of the PBA, our BFW, and our auxiliary members. She has too many titles to name them
all. Jermaine Gibson. Everything. She knows. Seriously, if you have a board and she's not on it, wait. She'll she's going to end up doing the tricky trade for you. Usually not by her request. Somebody just signs her up and she shows up again. I think I've mentioned as many
people. If I've missed anyone, I'm sorry. But I wanted to conclude with that thought. two terms have been an amazing blessing. There's this wonderful tradition that I've come across. I'm going to mess up how it's described. It's usually done during the Passover. It's called the
Diane. May have missed it or messed it up. And it goes along recanting the deliverance of the Almighty for his people. And by one by one through the stages as the song was going, you are reminded that if he had just done one of those things, it would have been enough.
Had he just delivered them from Pharaoh's uh bondage, it would have been enough had he just uh delivered them and not let them cross dry land. Won't go into it, but I consider this. Had I just been elected as councilman in the city
of Pake where my parents showed up without being able to speak a word of English and provide me the opportunity to be educated through the great public schools of Pake and I'd have just been a councilman and not been elected in this city and uh and eventually elected as a
freeholder that would have been enough. Had I not just been elected as a freeholder, or rather, had I just been elected as a freeholder, not elected as mayor, that would have been enough. Had I just been elected as mayor and not
won 89% of the vote, that would have been enough. You get the point. I can go on and on. This city has allowed me to be elected three times, twice by over 89% of the vote. Had I gotten elected by that much and
not been allowed to serve with what I would say the most remarkable and amazing city council anywhere you will find not just in the state of New Jersey but in the entire nation
that would have been enough. But God has been so good that I want to conclude where I began by thanking him. Thanking him for letting me serve with such amazing individuals. Thanking him for allowing me to have such a wonderful family. Thanking him for letting me
serve with an amazing community work alongside remarkable public safety uh leaders and community leaders. Thank him for the opportunity to have a great business administrator, a remarkable supportive staff. Thanking him that every day we get to serve the people and
honor him. Thank him for all the wonderful things that we've been able to accomplish and all the wonderful things that we will accomplish in the future. Working with this city council, we don't always agree. I would say about 80% of the time we agree. 20% of the time, they won't tell you this. 20% of the time we
fight. We do. We get each other upset. We have philosophical differences, but 100% of the times we are civil and respectful. you see it whether in our videos or whether you're here in person. As mayor, I can tell you I'm glad we
don't agree 100% of the time. That wouldn't be appropriate. In fact, that's what corruption would be. If if a 100% of the time everything you want, everyone just rubber stamps it. That's not good government. That's the opposite. It's good that sometimes they
could say we don't agree. And it's good that sometimes I turn back and say, "I don't agree with your approach." and we take uh different approaches. But I can tell you that every single initiative, every single program, every single opportunity that I've been here in the community, I have had the 100%
confidence and certainty that every single one of these council members and I continue with that confidence with our newest council member wishes to do what's in the best interest of the entire city of Pik. And if we don't, our attorney Susie Burns lets us know. So with that said, thank you very much. I
will conclude my remarks right there. Thank you. Council, I forgot to thank team pate. Thank you team p. Before turning to the council for comments, I believe four more years is the
expression. Mayor, with God's help, we all look forward four years from now to a similar meeting as today. Comments of the council. Councilman Monk, please. Thank you, Council President. Um, I would like to add to the mayor's
list of to-do list is getting the air conditioning fixed to here. um the upcoming budget. It's um I am humbled to be able to sit up here and start my 31st year of being a city council.
And it's um we take great pride. I say we because it's it's not just the mayor and the council, but it's that's everyone here and everyone that's not here. Um
that has taken the city many many levels on many on many different fronts made to make the city a better place. And one of the beautiful things about this city is the diversity and how we have proven that we can all
work together. We have common goals to make the city of Pake the best place that it can be. And the years that I've worked with the mayor have really been my best years
here. And I've seen the city make the most progress on every front. Whether it's development, whether it's recreation, whether it's services, customer service, someone who has who has put his heart
and given up a lot for everyone here in the city. And that means things you don't see. It means 6:00 in the morning, an individual who who will ride around the city every morning to see what needs to be done when everyone is still sleeping.
working literally every single day um and thinking how to make this place a better place. And um I'm going to conclude the mayor is correct. We do fight 20% of
the time. We do disagree. And the one point time I will disagree here publicly if that's okay is as the mayor said listed all the things that would have had been enough. I'm going to disagree and I will say that three terms of the mayor is not enough
and I'm looking forward to working with the mayor and with my colleagues here in the council for many many years because as much as that was done has been done we could continue to make PA a better and better place. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Love, please. Thank you, Council President. Um, first, I thought I would learn from the mayor's first term, and I did it again his second term, and I did it again this year. I let him you uh look
over my speech. And again, he did everything I was going to say like he did the previous three terms. I'm sorry, two terms. But in all honesty, Mayor, um if I could, I would just say ditto. But I know these folks
didn't come here just to hear me say ditto. Um so there's some things that I like to say. First, I want to just thank my beautiful first lady, my mother, uh and my father, her husband Ernest Trap is is here as well. So, I want to you
raise your hand. Uh, mayor, I want to thank you. I want to thank you for your dedication to this city. Um, I come from the old school and and and Sandra uh knows what I'm talking about. The old school psake uh where we
fought like cats and dogs as teams. But when we took a ride, and I'm from Patterson, too. But if we took a ride to Belleville, Nutley, Patterson, we got out off the bus and we held hands. We chanted
for sake chance. And when we got on that field, when there was a draw, we picked each other up. And that's what I see from this council and the mayor and administration. I see that no matter what we go through, I mean, we've had adversity and the
police and fire are standing here today in solidarity, but there was a time that the police and fire was standing here ready to take our heads off because we had to make some tough decisions and we made them and but everybody benefited from it. And this is the type of C city
council that I'm proud to be on. Uh the mayor said it and and I'm going to reclaim it. We are the best in the state of New Jersey. That's right. Um, we are, and I'm going to be honest with you, there's no close second. And the reason why we are is because of many of you who
are sitting out there, including our police and fire. You guys are phenomenal. City Hall employees, please give them a round of applause. You guys are phenomenal. One of the premises on why I ran was just that folks had complaints about
what was going on in local government. Our courts were terrible. The judges, the way they treated individuals. I I I benefited from that as well, if you want to call it benefit. And our mayor, our mayor has vowed that no citizen should
be treated like that ever again. And he handpicked, he brought him to us, but he handpicked. He watched the service of of our judges. And I'll tell you now, the police and those that's involved can attest to it. It's equitable. It's fair,
right? You know, you do things and crimes or whatever, you you have to pay the fines, but it's fair. So, I just want to say thank you, mayor, for having that vision and putting humanity first in your administration. Um, there there's just so many different things I
would like to say. Um, but the mayor has always always shown humility. People talk about being on Facebook and talk about those things, but prior to his administration, folks always complain that they didn't know what was going on.
Amen. Um, not not in addition our website, I'll tell you, you need a doctorate degree to follow along on that thing because there's so much information on there. And that's a result of our mayor wanting to make sure
citizens are are a breath. Um, Henry IV, right, and Shakespeare said, "He who wears the crown has a heavy head." And mayor, I don't envy your position. Um, you get all the blame for
everything that doesn't go right and don't get the credit for things that do go right. And and and I want to tell you, it's amazing that you continue that fight. And having that strong woman beside you who allows you to be out on this, it's such a blessing. Um, I'm going to
wrap up, but I just want to say I'm going into my 17th year, fourth term, and and I'm going to tell you this. I don't take it as lightly. I don't take it lightly. Um, I appreciate it just like it was the first term. Uh, citizens
had enough faith to pull the lever. No matter what team you're on or what team you're part of, if citizens feel that they don't want you here, we seen it happen. If you follow elections, everybody doesn't get in. So, I just want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart that you had enough faith in
me to continue with these fine group of individuals. Um, although Marissa Cologne is not the council president, she is the council president unofficially. Uh, both her and Tanya, um, they run the show and they hold their own. Um, I'll
tell I enjoy sitting next to them. Have you heard anything from him? Budget, budget, budget, budget. And it makes us mindful that if you're going to spend, you need to spend wisely. Uh, council president, congratulations on yet another term as
council president. And you know, there's there's naysayers out there. Oh, why did another person um become council president? Why don't you become council president? And I clearly tell them that you need to come to our meetings. You need to see how
efficient our meetings go. You need to see the wisdom that comes from our council president and what he brings from both the state level and the city level. Um, and then you'll understand that as long as I'm sitting next to him, if that's what he chooses to do and I
can support him, he will be the council president in my eyes. And again, I want to thank everyone. I know lunch hours. Some of you have to get back to work and whatever, but thank you. and I'm humbled by being reelected again. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilman. Councilwoman Miller, please. Can you hear me? Yes, we can. Council, I just would like to congratulate everyone that got reelected and to our newly elected councilman. um to our
mayor. Mayor, thank you again for your leadership, um, for your vision, for making everyone in the city of Pake feel included, for everything that you've done from recreation, for family programs and activities, making Pay feel
um, inclusive for everyone, where families can thrive, where working families can have a great weekend, whether it's the firework, whether it's the all the activities that you have now in the in the summer, the camp out, Thank you because of your leadership.
The city of PC is a place where we all when we're outside of P, we say it we are from P and we say it proudly. Um because your leadership around the state is known around the county. Everyone says you guys in P have a good um
camaraderie, but it's because we all understand that we are there to serve that we're not there for oneself. We're there to serve our citizens and collectively um we can disagree but we always come to a middle ground where we know that um the benefit has to be for
our residents collectively. And again thank you to all. Congratulations to all and look forward to another four years serving along your side and everyone sitting on the days. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman
Mayor, please. Thank you, Council President. I'm the new guy, so bear with me. First and foremost, I'd like to thank God for bringing me here and the help
that he's helped the city of Payic, my colleagues here at city council, the mayor, the office of the mayor, everyone else in this room, and my family. As I look around the room, I know some of you. I'm acquainted with others.
Everybody in this room, whether politically, professionally, or in philanthropy, shares a common purpose and a common goal to serve people no matter what the sacrifices. And being the new guy, I hope you can
show me the way and I can be a partner with you in serving the people of Pay to the best of my ability. two people that have been very responsive to my phone calls. No matter what time of day, no matter what the
problem was, I'm not unfortunately bound by time. I wake up, I go to sleep. It doesn't really matter what time it is. I can make a phone call, they answer the phone, and that's the mayor and the council president. They take the call. And in their wisdom and their
experience, they're able to guide whatever the situation is with empathy for whoever may be the beneficiary of the request. And I look forward to continuing that and serving together with you and
following your guidance. to my colleagues, those that were just reelected and those that are here for another that are here with us. You took me in
very friendly with a very very friendly demeanor were very receptive to me and I appreciate that. I feel like I'm part of a family. A family that's been here for a very long time and hopefully continues to be. So
that's it. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Garcia, please. Thank you, Mr. President. Let me thank Let me thank the mayor for running such a fine campaign
and um want to thank God first of all because uh he allowed me to be here tonight today. I want to thank the business administrators, Ricky Fernandez, because every time that I come to your office, you listen to me
and you sell solves the the problem. The mayor always the same. Every time that I walk into your office, you always receive me um with nice. You listen to me. You take my problems. I give my
problems to you. I like I appreciate that. I don't I don't think there is another municipality in the state of New Jersey to works this the way the way we work. Unanimous. Everything stays here.
nothing personal, mayor, and you know how to handle it. So, thank you for that. And I want to thank veter the veterans because because of you, we're here tonight today. So, thank you from the bottom of my heart and
continue uh your journey. Um, I want to thank my colleagues. This uh I've been working for them for the past 24 years. I will continue to work another four years for this great
community. The citizen as a whole in this community deserve better and we have to continue working to better a quality of life. So, thank you again and I it been a pleasure for me to work with such a fine fine council. Thank you and
God bless you all. Thank you, Councilman Counciloman Colon. What's left? You guys wrote the book and I'm just going to sign it. Congratulations to the mayor. He knows how I feel and everyone here in the city
of Pak and everywhere knows how I feel about him. When you speak about Mayor Laura, I say, "Woohoo, Mayor Laura, only because I I spoken to you behind closed doors and I see your vision. You speak
with respect, not only to me, to everyone. Um, you're very approachable sometimes, right guys? That's it. But when he's like that, it's cuz he has so many things going on. There was a time where I thought that our
relationship was broken and and I approached you and I said, you know, I feel like you don't want to be bothered with me anymore. He's like, no, no way. It's just that, you know, and I understand you have so much as a woman, you know, we take everything to heart. We think about everything. We observe
it. You know, you looked at Gary like this, but you looked at me with your eyes roll. But anyway, but I had to get to know you better as far as a person, how you work and how you inform everyone, how you're
transparent, and especially respect. And I thank you so much. And I am so honored and proud to work under you as the mayor, with you as the mayor. Thank you so much. Love,
love, what can I say? Love, when I call, you answer. When you call, you see me walk and I'm not answering, right? Never. But no, I I love you guys. Um, thank you for everything. You're always there. You're always Sometimes when I don't understand, I'll call you and you
let me know, you know, what the vision is or whatever on the man's side. No, but thank you and I'm glad you're you're up here again with us to serve because you know how it works. And like you said, we don't agree, but when we disagree, we do it with respect, right?
And we speak it over and we come to a a solution that's good for everyone. Um Joe, what can I say about you, Joe? You know, please don't leave. I need I need I need a ride. Joe, as humble as you see him,
sometimes, believe it or not, you see one or two people say, "Oh, but what's Joe doing?" Joe is a worker. He's getting them both out. He is a worker. And thank you to your wife for lending me to
um and mayor, mayor, welcome. You know, I hope you do have a new pair of sneakers because we're ready to go and we're there. The mayor said, "Hey, we got to do this. We're running all over the place." I bought a I know I bought a new pair of heels for the new year. So,
but we're here to guide you, to help you. Um, we are a family and we're here to work for for them, the ones that voted us in. So, thank you everyone. Thank you to my colleagues and I'm so excited to keep on working. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman.
Um, as many of you may know, I uh have a another government position uh in Trenton representing the 36th Legislative District. We concluded last night's meeting at about 8:30, 9:00, I believe. Um, after arduous days of
discussion and and questioning as to the state budget, I will tell you I'm comparing today's meeting here and the one that I was in yesterday. It's a lot better being here. Let me join with my colleagues in first
and foremost um thanking God um for all that we have been bestowed upon. I've been on this council uh next to Councilman Monk for 31 years, 28 of them
as council president. And with that title and with that position, I've had the ability to work so very closely on so many levels with colleagues across the state and in other states. And when one of my colleagues said that
he or she was convinced that Payic has risen like a phoenix, not to pat ourselves on the back because there is so much to do. So much to do.
But we have done what few if any have even contemplated doing. There was a time when we divided ourselves based on where we lived, how much money we made, what language we spoke,
any number of false criteria that do not analyze a person, but rather analyze a statistic. When you look around this room, when you go out this door, you see different nationalities,
languages, people, customs, tradition, anything that could be. And it's either a matter of in of joining together or falling apart. In 31 years, I have seen with Councilman
Monk, Councilman Garcia, I've seen things which are just extraordinary. And the result is what you see before you, playgrounds that are beautiful.
Why? Because Mayor Laura said that many of our kids don't get to go to camp. They don't get to go to sleepa away camp for sure and they deserve a vacation. That's right.
The concentration the desire to improve to ensure that our schools are the best working closely with the department with the board of education is well known to you. The school development authority
apparently felt comfortable enough with Pay that is investing $328 million to build a new high school. We have apartments being built throughout the city. We have jobs being created.
We are meeting the needs or hope to of our nonprofit community. We are keeping in mind affordability and sustainability. And yes, Mary, there are some conflicts. But those conflicts are good. Those
conflicts make us think. They make us reaffirm and they bring compromise with them. And that is what government is. Compromise. agreeing with another person even if you don't because what you have is a
solution and that's what's necessary. It has been a privilege to serve these many years and I look forward to the years to come with God's help. But it will only be successful. we will only be successful as long as we choose our
leaders carefully. So we don't listen to the rhetoric but we listen to the facts and with that we have established in the past 8 years a wonderful thing and we can all be proud of it
all proud of it. It is an extraordinary for me. Um, I've been in state government for 20 years and there's no town like the city. There is no leader like Hector and there's no body of people more
thankful than we are here today. So, if I can't do four more years, can I say we'll put it on hold, mayor, and uh same time, same station for years and uh thank you. Um, at this time we're I
have hearing of citizens on our agenda. I know that there are some people who have got to get to work uh or other activities that they have. What I'd like to do is to call a fiveminut recess. If you would like to stay with us into the body of the meeting, that would be
wonderful. Your choice of course. Uh but in 5 minutes we will reconvene. Council President for me there were two other individuals. We have a commissioner of open space, Isabelle Aguado. Just we have a
commissioner of zoning commissioner Delgado Jr. who is here with us. I think that's all the commissioners. If we miss anyone, we'll get him after the five minutes. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you very much. A fivem minute break, please. We are are quum motion to reconvene,
please. May I have a motion to reconvene? Motion. Second. Second. Motion and second. Roll call, please. Councilman Love, present. Councilwoman Melo, present.
Councilman Mayor, present. Councilman Garcia, present. Counciloman Colonz present and council president Sher present. We are up to Roman numeral four on our agenda this evening. If you don't have an agenda and you would like, these
are out immediately outside the doors to the council chambers or else you can get them on the internet where you will find all of the resolutions, ordinances and correspondence that the administration has shared with the council uh in the uh eventuality of needing such information
uh in order to make informed decisions. One, the hearing of citizens. In accordance with the open public meetings act NJSA104-1SE, the council opens every public meeting for comments of the public. However, in accordance with NJSA104-12,
nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the discretion of the public body to permit, prohibit, or regulate the active participation at any meeting. Therefore, the city council will not entertain any comments from persons who
communicate obscene material, make statements which are considered bias intimidation in which any person attempts to intimidate any individual or group because of race, color, religion, handicap, sexual orientation or ethnicity or makes personally offensive
or abusive language. The person who makes these statements will relinquish their lighted five minutes for public discussion. If you would like to speak before the council, uh we ask that you first share your name, uh and second keep your remarks to 5 minutes and 5
minutes only. Um is there anyone who would like to address the council? Good afternoon. Lynn Austin, 368 Highland Avenue. If you could bring the mic a little bit closer to you and if we could ask you to
uh project just a little bit more. All right. Thank you. My heart is heavy with joy tears. When I was asked to be the deputy mayor of Veterans Affairs, like any mother, I said, "You mean my you mean my children,
the triplets?" And he, the mayor said, "No." And my pastor said, "Listen to what I'm saying." They were both there. My pastor said, "No, they're talking about you." I didn't know what I had to offer,
but they both made me feel that it was the right thing to do. And then when Councilman Sher congratulated me and and hugged me, it was a welcoming to this family. Sometimes it's the little people that we
forget that can make a difference. I've known Mayor from school, work, never in trouble, but I knew him. My kids knew they're all the same age and I'm the same age. But when I go to Trenton,
something very magical happens. First thing happens is that counseling sharer comes over and welcomes me in the house and everybody standing around their military and they're like who's that? That's my that's from my town.
Let's say oh with the mayor that's on uh the cable Facebook I said that's right and the one that's making a difference. So I am greatly honored to be part of this team. I'm not easy to work with. My
kids will tell you one wrote a book about being in the combat house. That's right. That's how we got it. But when I sit back and I see these veterans and the the blue stands for our auxiliary, my daughter brings you um congratulations, but she just had
surgery and so she's not feeling well. But one of the things I I admire, mayor, is that you didn't forget that we come back broken. We never come back the same. So you might have a person sitting in this audience in the uniform chewing gum and someone says I got to be chewing
gum because that's the way they control their PTSD or you have a person who's tapping their foot and and counting because that's how they control the PSD PTSD. I thank you all for supporting us when we go somewhere they know for sake. They
know don't even start the nonsense. Get it right. And we tell them who we are and what we stand for. And what we stand for is zero nonsense. Zero nonsense. So I thank you. I I I
cannot tell you today how many times I've received a phone call. I'm in the hospital. I'm doing this. Everybody said I'm crazy today cuz at 4:00 I go back to surgery. But guess what? This is the right thing to do. And I thank you from
the bottom of my heart. Your family. I call I see your wife. You know, we get there and and we the food order didn't come right and she'll say, "Order the food. Don't worry about it." And then you'll say, "Did the food get there?" Well, that might not mean anything to
anyone sitting here. But see, it does to the homeless. it does to the person who just wants to have a bite to eat with their comrades. You made it possible. You gave us a a building. Are there problems? There's
always problems everywhere. But the problem is not you. The problem is the ones who don't understand us. So, I thank you for what you've done. I look forward to working with you again. I'll be hobbling a little bit slower, but I'll be there.
and I pray and trust that you will trust in me as I trust in you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. M Robinson. Good afternoon. Evelyn T. Robinson, 2226 Street. Um I'm here. Uh y'all wear my
blue. I represent my dad. Oh my goodness. Through ancestry.com, I was able to find where my dad I was only nine when my dad passed away. Um and so I was able to find his um resting place in Hastings on the Hust,
New York. And um that's where we went for Father's Day. And so I'm honored to wear the blue. The auxiliary stands for those of us who whose family members served or are serving. So I have my dad, my two brothers, two nephews, and a
brother-in-law. And so I proudly wear the blue. And I thank our mayor for first congratulations to all the one in re-election. I'm I'm so happy and pleased. And um don't stop going on Facebook.
Don't don't please don't stop. We the information as as uh Dr. Love said, no one knew what was going on before. No one has to guess. If they don't catch you live, they can catch it on the rebound. And you always answer, even
those who are rude in their comments, you answer them with dignity and respect and you give your point of view and keep it moving. So, please don't don't stop with Facebook. Have some other platform, use that, too. Um, and I've caught you on the Instagram, too. I I caught you on
the gram. Um, but I've never ever seen in even other cities the respect that's giving to veterans and their families. You don't see that. And we go all over and um many many we have to go here like
tomorrow we have to go. We're going to um listen to the town hall offered by our senator Corey Booker tomorrow. Um because a vet is a vet and we want to make sure their families get what they deserve to have. No veteran should be
homeless. No veteran should be on food stamps. No veteran should have to want for medical care. They of anybody a veteran should not. And so I thank you for you and the administration and staff for what you do for veterans and their
families and the encouragement that you give those young ones who are now going forward like her grandson who's now in the Air Force, your own beloved son, a Marine. I mean, we need to give this respect and do that. And I thank you. I thank you. And I thank the support you
receive to continue on what you do, not just for veterans, but for the entire 07055. God bless you all. And thank you so much for running and being being elected to serve us. God bless you all.
Is there anyone else who would like to address the council at this time? Seeing no hands, I move to close public motion and second to close public hearing. Councilman Monk, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilwoman Melo,
yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Councilman Colz, yes. And Council President Sher, yes. Thank you. We're under annual resolutions Roman numeral 5 resolution authorizing official newspapers for the
year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Mr. Fernandez, which papers are we using and why? their circulation within our municipality. Thank you. Uh because of their circulation within
our municipality and that the requirement of the state of New Jersey is to still have uh newspapers in print as part of it. So as someone would argue, well, why aren't you putting it on the website or putting it in other outlets? Uh the legal requirement is
that we do the official newspapers with the most circulation in our area and that's why we've chosen the um newspapers that we've chosen. Any questions? If not, is there a resolution to
is there a motion to pass this resolution? Council President. Motion and second on number two, please. Roll call. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Counciloman Colz, yes. And
Council President Sher, yes. Thank you. Next, please. Resolution designating city council's representative to the planning board of the city of Payic for a one-year term July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. I understand that uh former
councilman Daniel Schwarz will be continuing on the planning board as the mayor's appointee. Um and that being the case, uh I've been asked to uh put forth the name of Councilwoman Montes to be
the this council's leazison to the planning board. Is are there any other nominations? Hearing none on uh appointing uh Councilman Kamson. Yes. Or number two or
number three, please. Do I do I need to move it or I think we have a move in a second. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Counciloman Melo. Yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor. Yes. Councilman Garcia. Yes. Councilman
Colany. Yes. And Council President Shear. Yes. Thank you. Number four, please. A resolution appointing commissioners to the state development redevelopment agency. And who are we? Councilman Monk. Councilman Monk.
Councilman Monk. Are there any other names to be pro promoted? Seeing none, is there a motion, please, to appoint Councilman? So move. Second. Motion and second. Roll call, please. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes.
Councilwoman Melo. Yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor. Yes. Councilman Garcia. Yes. Counciloman Coline. Yes. And Council President Shear. Yes. Thank you. Roman numeral six on our agenda ordinances for second and final reading. Number five,
please. Proposed ordinance 2484-25, an ordinance amending city code of the city of Pay Chapter 295, Vehicles and Traffic. Article 16, bus stops section 38, locations to relocate bus stop on Broadway. Is there a motion, please, to
to open public hearing? Excuse me. Second. Motion and second. Roll call, please, to open public. Councilman Monk, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilman Melo, yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor, yes.
Councilman Garcia, yes. Counciloman Golong, yes. And Council President Sheer, yes. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. At this time, the council is contemplating proposed ordinance 2484. Is there anyone who would like to address the council on this item and this item only?
Oh, wait. Evelyn T. Robinson, 2226 Street. Um, I was wondering what is the clarification on the bus up? You know, I'm public transit girl. Thank you for the shout out for the free shuttle. I do love that. Um the what is the change
with the Broadway bus stop? The broad on Broadway. Is there a change or is it elimination? What is that? And which one is it? Cuz there are a couple on Broadway. So unfortunately, one of the stop signs was placed in front of the
home of a resident where inevitably when the people were waiting for the bus, they were in front of his driveway, in front of the home where there was a more conducive space where there would be no residential um conflict. So we requested of New Jersey Transit because they moved
it. That's the one that was originally by St. Mary's Hospital, right? So what happened was they moved it up and it ended up right in front of one of our residents homes. So everyone was just sitting right on his steps. They were literally standing in his driveway where he couldn't come out with his car
because there was nowhere else to wait for the bus. So it's just a simple move that was moved up further where there would be no conflicts. That's understandable. There's such a big gap between some of the bus stops. I was like, "Okay, don't get rid of them." But that that's understandable. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Is there anyone
else who would like to adjust the councils? Seeing no hands, I move to close the public portion. Second motion and second. Ron Coplins is to close public. Councilman Monk, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman
Garcia, yes. Councilwoman Colany, yes. And council president Shar. Yes. Thank you. On the ordinance, is there a please? So moved. Motion and second. Roll call, please. On the ordinance. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Yes.
Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Councilwoman Colom, yes. And Council President Shear, yes, please. Next. Number six, please. Proposed ordinance 2485-25. An ordinance amending the city code of the city of Pacific, chapter 295,
vehicles and traffic. Part 10, residential parking permits. Article 21, residential parking permit requirements. Is there a motion, please, to open public hearing? Move. Motion second and second. Thank you. Roll call. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes.
Councilwoman Melo. Yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor. Yes. Councilman Garcia. Yes. Councilwoman Colom Montz. Yes. And Council President Sheer. Yes. Thank you. At this time, ladies and gentlemen, the council will be to deliberate on 2485. Is there anyone who would like to address the council on this item and
this item only? Seeing no hands, I move to close the public. Second motion and second. Roll call, please, to close. Councilman Monk, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor, yes.
Councilman Garcia, yes. Councilwoman Coltz, yes. And council president Sheer. Yes. Thank you. On the ordinance, please. Is there maker? So move. Motion and second. Thank you. Roll call. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Yes.
Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Councilwoman Colo Montz, yes. And Council President, yes. Thank you. That was on the ordinance. Yes, sir. Number seven, please. Proposed Ordinance 2486, an ordinance amending the designation of restricted parking
for disabled persons by New Jersey license plate number. Is there a motion? Is there a motion, please, to open public hearing? Second. Motion and second. Roll call, please. Councilman Monk, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Yes.
Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Councilwoman Colonz, yes. And Council President Shear, yes. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. At this time, the council is deliberating proposed ordinance 2486. Is there anyone who would like to adjust the council on this item and this item?
Seeing no hands, I move close motion and second. Roll call, please. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Counciloman Coline, yes.
And Council President Sher, yes. Thank you. We're on number eight, please. Proposed ordinance 2487. Sir, I'm sorry. 2486. Yes. We need a move on that. Move it. We need to move the ordinance. Right. There's a move. Is there a second?
Please. Motion and second. Roll call, please. Councilman Monk, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Counciloman Colany, yes. And council president. Yes. Thank you.
We're up to number eight, please. Proposed ordinance 2487. An ordinance amending chapter 49, the salary of the mayor of the city of Payic. As my colleagues are well aware, the rules of the council allow any council member to submit a resolution for
consideration by the entire council. I have exercised that authority. I have done so wanting to make sure that if there's any questions that they be directed at me. Um I believe the salary that the mayor is currently being compensated at is ridiculous. He's a
family of four. um he deserves to live like a human being especially after all the things that he does for each and every member of this community. Uh so that being the case I propose uh the ordinance and ask
for a second motion second. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Counciloman Melo. Yes. Councilman Mayor. Yes. Councilman Garcia. Yes. Counciloman Colt. Yes. And Council
President Shar. Yes. Thank you. Is there a motion, please, to open public hearing? Move. Second. Motion and second. Roll call. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Counciloman Melo. Yes. Councilman
Mayor. Yes. Councilman Garcia. Yes. Councilman Colany. Yes. And Council President Shar. Yes. Thank you. On the on the ordinance. Is there a maker of the ordinance? Move it. Motion and a second on the ordinance.
Councilman Long, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Counciloman Melo, yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Counciloman Ko Daniel, yes. And Council President Sher, yes. Thank you. We're on number nine, please. Proposed Ordinance 2488, an ordinance
amending chapter 20, excuse me, chapter 99, Carnivals, Bizaars, and Fairs of the City of Pose to revise fire inspection fees and propane generator device fees. Is there a motion, please, to open
public hearing? Move. Second. Motion and second. Roll call, please, to open. Councilman Monk, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Counciloman Colom Montz,
yes. And Council President Sher, yes. Thank you. The council, ladies and gentlemen, is deliberating proposed ordinance 2488. Is there anyone who would like to address the council on this item and this item only? See no motion and second to close portion.
Councilman Mo. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Councilwoman Melo. Yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor. Yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Councilman Colany, yes. And council president. Yes. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, the council was contemplating proposed
ordinance 2488. Is there anyone who would like to address the council on this item and this item only? Seeing no, make a motion to close. Second. Motion and second to close. Councilman Monk.
This to move it to this is to move. If this is on to move, change it. Change it. See? No hands. Make a motion to close. No. Move it. Approve the ordinance. Second. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love.
Yes. Councilman Melo. Yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor. Yes. Councilman Garcia. Yes. Councilman Coltz. Yes. And Council President Shar. Yes. Thank you. Did we close public hearing? No, we need We moved. We closed and moved. Okay,
we're doing good. We're number 10, please. Proposed an ordinance 2489, an ordinance amending chapter 102, clothing bins. Is there a motion, please, to open public hearing? Motion. Second. And second. Roll call,
please. Councilman Monk, yes. Councilman Love, yes. Councilwoman Melo, yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Counciloman Golong Montz, yes. And Council President Sher, yes. Thank you. At this time, ladies and gentlemen, the council will be
deliberating proposed ordinance 2489. Is there anyone who would like to adjust the council on this item and this item only? Seeing hands, I move to close the public portion. Second. Motion and second to close public. Council Long. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Councilwoman Melo.
Yes. Councilman Mayor. Yes. Councilman Garcia. Yes. Counciloman Coline. Yes. And council president Shar. Yes. Thank you. On the ordinance. Is there a motion, please? So move it. Motion and second. Roll call. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Councilwoman Melo.
Yes. Councilman Mayor. Yes. Councilman Garcia. Yes. Councilman Coline. Yes. And Council President Sheer. Yes. Thank you. You up to Roman numeral Roman numeral 7 on our agenda communications and petitions items 11 12 and 13. Are there
any questions please on items 11 12 and 13? Seeing no lights is there a motion please to accept second. Motion and second roll call please. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Counciloman Melo. Yes. Councilman Mayor.
Yes. Councilman Garcia. Yes. Councilman Coltz. Yes. And the president share. Yes. Thank you. We're up to Roman numeral 8 on our agenda resolutions. Oh, 1415. 14 15 16. Are there any questions, please? On 14, 15, and 16.
Move it. Motion. Second. And second on 14, 15, and 16. Roll call. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Councilwoman Melo. Yes. Yes. Councilman Mayor, yes. Councilman Garcia, yes. Councilman Gal Montz, yes.
And council president Sher, yes. Thank you. Resolutions number 17, resolution authorizing closed executive session. Susie, do we need close executive? Very good. By the way, forgive me. On behalf of the council and the administration, I know like to express
our public sympathy to you and your family at your loss. Uh 17 we don't need we are up to Roman numeral 10 on our agenda mayor's report I'll be brief I just want to congratulate again all of my uh running
mates council mayor councilman love council Garcia I want to thank all of the city council for your support I want to congratulate our council president we have something that's new a new councilman so much will remain the same obviously at meetings in the future
Sure. At some point, Councilman Monk will ask, "Why are we spending $40,000 on chairs?" And we'll explain. We always do. And he'll explain why not. Our counciloman, Marissa Colo Montanz, we're not spending it on this one. That's a
That was a joke. Well, obviously, Marissa Ko Montanz, our council woman, will react every time we uh we pronounce her full name in the in the best way. Our council members will have long discussions and work on behalf of the city that I also want to congratulate
again our council president Gary Sheer. He mentioned something earlier and I just want to end on the record because some people will watch online. Yesterday, as he mentioned, he came in late from Tren. What he didn't add is that he's been doing this for weeks,
coming home at 10 o'clock at night, sometimes at uh 11:00 at night after leaving early in the morning to drive to Trenton and his other rope. Then to come back and drive around all of Bergen County to ensure that he's at every event from Memorial Day to activities to
community driven initiatives. How many municipalities are in Bergen County again? Let's just say he represents a lot over there. And then on top of that, he has to make it to Pake County, to the city of Pake
and the county at the many different events because he's part of a team and he's always present at all the events. I say this because often time we see him coming from one event to another, driving from Trent and he consistently
makes it to the council meeting and every now and then one of us I asked, "Why do you look tired?" And I remember when I consider his agenda. He's constantly giving every effort to ensure that we can all work together. And I just want to thank the council president
for his leadership. Thank all of the council members obviously for the work that we continue to do for all of the community. And again, just reiterate my appreciation to all the staff. All the staff. We meet once a week to discuss what we're going to do in the city. There's so many events to come. We're
going to have the Fourth of July fireworks. So, just to let everybody know, that'll be at Pilaski Park. So, I'm extremely excited about that. All of the summer events, we have the camp out coming out on the 19th, the family camp out. The festivals we'll have in the
different wards as we do each year. We'll have it at Palaskki Park and I'm 11th school and at Third Ward Memorial Mor Park and then August. I don't know what's going to happen cuz I plan to take a real vacation. So I'll leave that for the rest of them to explain to you as grab my family take them somewhere.
You're on tape by the way. I'm on record promising my family that we will actually go away. So when I come back I'll let you know what happened in August. All right. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you members of city at this moment. Any comments from the council? Mr. President, if I may, I
would like to acknowledge my wife is here today. I had all my nieces and nephews before here and I missed I I missed. We appreciate Mr. Garcia joining with us once again. Members, if not, is there a motion
please to I just wanted to add Excuse me, Councilman. Yeah, I just wanted to add the mayor pointed out how amazing we are and I just wanted to remind them you're amazing as well. Thank you. Members of the council, any final comments? If not, is there a motion
please to adjurnn? So move. Motion second, please. Motion and second to adjurnn. Roll call. Councilman Monk. Yes. Councilman Love. Yes. Councilman Melo. Yes. Councilman Mayor. Yes. Counciloman Garcia. Yes. Counciloman Komz. Yes. And Council President Shar.
Yes. Thank you. This meeting is adjourned. One's down.