thank you for attending the board of county commissioners regular meeting of March 25th 2025 need a roll call county Commissioners Bartlett Cruz here d'vor here duffy here james Deputy
Director Lazar here uh uh Director Leapour here and I have the announcement of the open public meeting law ladies and gentlemen the notice requirement of the open public's meeting law has been satisfied with respect to this meeting specifying the time date
and location including the annual notice adopted the reorganization meeting filed with the county clerk posted administration building and mailed to two newspapers in accordance with the provisions of the law commissioner Duffy lead us in the pledge
please stand in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisibley justice for all please remain standing for a moment of silence
to remember all the men and women who have died while serving in the United States armed forces also we lost uh two members of uh public for county Steven Tilton Senior want to offer our deepest condolences to the Tilton family
especially his loving wife Judith Anne Tilton mr tilton was the chairman of Schumacher Chev Shoeacher Automative Group the largest selling Chevrolets in the state of New Jersey auto automative group has also been generous benefactor to the many county p
county county of ps events especially the pake county fair also we lost Gail Oak wife of Clark Oak from Wayne who has been a good friend to pake county commissioners um of the county at the sake thank you
approval of minutes of March 11th 2025 make that so moved second motion made by Cruz cruz and Duffy county Commissioners Cruz yes d'vor yes
duffy yes deputy Director Lazar yes director Leapour yes approval of proclamations need a motion make a motion second motion made by Duffy second by Cruz roll call county Commissioners Cruz yes d'vor yes
duffy yes deputy Director Lazar yes director Leapour yes administrative report thank you director tonight we have our Women's History Month celebration which can be presented by Commissioner Lazar um before I turn it over to you Commissioner I just want to recognize the many dignitaries we have
in the room um Halden Council President Carlos uh Amit our P County Clerk uh Daniel Ireland Nimhof and her deputy county clerk Luisa Tawitch um Under Sheriff Nar Hpacha um P County Technical Institute Board President Mike
Kasha and Commissioner Dearis Solomon Woodland Park Councilwoman Christine Tisio um former Patterson Board of Ed Commissioner Manny Martinez uh P County Community College Trustee Tyena Poe um Um PA County Improvement Authority Commissioner Mike Rmaglia there in the
back pay board of ed commissioners Judith Sanchez and Tanya Melo and Melanie Holmes representing Congresswoman Mikey Cheryl and Joe Sabbath our new superintendent at PCTI so thank you all for coming okay
okay come on in Kish welcome everyone to the 2025 um Women's History Month celebration you know I'm going to just let you know that the theme for this year is moving forward together women educating and
inspiring generations and that highlights the contributions of women in education mentorship and leadership those are three things that we need so desperately this year and moving forward
but you know and as history's shown us women don't retreat right we rise we persist and we lead so with that without further ado you know we're going to start this um presentation today because
we have some phenomenal women who we are honoring tonight they are leaders in our community they are our sisters they're our community leaders they are the women that we all know and love and we couldn't be happier than to acknowledge
them today i wish we could have the time to do more than four but obviously I could go on and on and on because there's so many phenomenal women here but these four women come from different
like their lives i don't know how many of you have intersected your lives but we are all connected we are all women so without further ado I am going to ask Father Ryan to come on up say some nice things about women
[Laughter] and I'll move out of your way thank you you're welcome you stand just so Sandy knows I had a mother ahead of me and two sisters behind me and I
didn't win anything you know I was outnumbered all the time and thank God I was gracious and holy God please give us intellect to understand you reason to discern you
diligence to seek you wisdom to find you a spirit to know you a heart to meditate upon you ears to hear you eyes to see you a tongue to proclaim you a way of
life pleasing to you patience to what you want for us and perseverance to look for you grant us a perfect end in your holy
presence blessed resurrection and life everlasting we ask a special blessing on those women today who are going to be honored they deserve this and so much more amen amen
good job so we have four incredible um women that we're recognizing tonight and uh just to let you know who they are one of them is Gil is Mailoff she is part of the county's family here she's been with us
for 38 years and uh she comes to us just with such great attitude and she works so hard and I know the director of her department Steve Orsini thinks so highly of her i mean he just loves her and then
we have Dr lori Newell our Patterson superintendent who has had quite the busy few weeks right yeah i mean listen doing a budget as we all know is not easy but Lori has been working at it really hard and and she's just an incredible role model for all of us all
the employees in the district the kids i mean just a great role model then we have Alexander Alexandra Tacic Esquire who leads with her heart let me tell you that when you meet Alex
and you talk to her she's all about being by the book doing the things that are right and she knows the law so she makes sure they're done right but with that knowledge that she has comes her heart and her heart plays into so many
of the things that she does a bigger heart probably that you've ever seen and finally Oshene Castillo oshene I have known for many years where is she oh Oshene is at the board of social
services as an administrator she works really really hard because she knows that the people in this county that need help need someone to lead them through now we see everything that's coming down the pike right from the federal
government it's not pretty and we have to protect our families and these four women make sure that we take care of them because God help us if any of us
falls behind and we don't step up to the plate to make sure that our families here in PT County are taken care of we're going to be in big trouble so let me just say I have so much respect for these women and women everywhere who
work hard and they lead they lead and they take care of people and I sometimes people say "Oh well you know what you can lead with your head or you can lead with your heart as I said about Alex." But it's the combination of the two that make these women outstanding and stand
out to me personally so I have the honor of uh presenting the first acknowledgement and that's for our own Gilshof come on up Gil
come on Gail we're so happy that you're here so you know I I just put this new sign up at my house i'm actually thinking about giving it to my grandson but it's so inspirational and what it says is and it's by Muhammad Ali of all people he
said "We don't lose if we get knocked down we lose if we don't get back up again." Right now we've been knocked down and we've gotten up but when you get knocked down and you don't get back up that's a problem gil has overcome so
many challenges right since you've been here in the United States absolutely right but every single time you addressed those challenges and you didn't let it get you down you made sure that you worked hard and you learned
English right you came here for 38 years you raised your kids you built a life for yourself none of that was easy but Gil made sure that she did it and that is why we are so proud of you because you did such a
phenomenal job of and you brought your up your daughter are they here your daughters oh [Applause] yay you love that so with you know
having said that I'd just like to read her proclamation you'll learn a little bit more about her and you will be as impressed with her as I am whereas the month of March has been designated as National Women's History Month and in recognition of the outstanding
achievements and contributions made by many exceptional women over the years the board of county commissioners of the county of Pistake deems it fitting and appropriate at this time to honor and recognize Gil and whereas Gil is the first woman
general supervisor from the P County Buildings and Grounds Department [Applause] and look at this turnout look at this like you guys I
don't know about you but boy it touches my heart to see everybody that's here for you today i love them i love them so Gail is an immigrant who came from Turkey she arrived in the United States without knowing a word of English and
began her journey alongside her husband a Bulgarian Turkish excuse me refugee who escaped depression in Bulgaria whereas Gil supervises over 40 employees of the second shift in the P
County Board of Social Services at 80 Hamilton pay County New Courthouse at 77 Hamilton District Courthouse at 71 Hamilton annex Courthouse at 6365
Hamilton and the P County Administration building here at 401 Grant Street wow that's a lot to be responsible for so Gail in 1980 made the bold decision
to relocate to the United States for a better life where she welcomed three beautiful children into the world and embraced the challenges of building a new life together gil made some bold decisions in 1980 and
she came here without speaking English she learned how to speak English alongside her children by often turning into Sesame Street to help her along the way that's a great show and after eight years in the United
States she met a good friend Sophie D Dinch DHCH okay who became a mother sister figure in her life who provided an abundance of support and guidance as a new immigrate immigrant and worked together in Pake County for
21 years so whereas Gail worked long hours first as a tailor for two years and then she came here to the county in 1988 37 well I I keep saying 38 but it's 378 okay gil
couldn't pursue the medical career she had once dreamed about of being found Wait a minute i'm sorry gil couldn't pursue the medical career she once dreamed of but found fulfillment in celebrating the successes of her three
wonderful children two of whom earned their doctorates and one who is an educator that currently teaches second grade gail is grateful to her department's leadership for their support which eventually led to being able to elevate
her in the her career over the years as acting supervisor senior worker supervisor and group general supervisor by 2023 so now therefore let it be proclaimed by
the county of Pake that we hereby publicly recognize and applaud Gil for her the significant contributions she had made to the county of Pake and to the community and further let it be proclaimed that this board wishes
Gil health and happiness in all of her future endeavors thank you Gil you are a role model [Applause]
you are living proof that when you put your mind to something you can do it and I'd like to invite you to say a few words good evening everyone i am so honored to be here tonight thank you so much to all the P County board of commun
commissioner for this special honor in celebrating me for woman history month it's mean to me so much i would al also like to thank you Mr matthew Jordan our country administration and also special thank
you goes to out Mr steven Orsini superintendent superintendent of building and grounds along with his team and Mr joe Baker and without
them doing all this hard work and celebrating this day today it's mean to me so much and if this come to me today because of all this hardworking team I have behind me
this is not only me this is my team it's working hard together secondship building and grounds we all working hard during the pandemic and during all these years working together it's come to us
to come to us like a family and building and grand department is my family my second family and we all working hard together and I appreciate all each of you guys and I appreciate all our uh
supervisors all our worker and all of you and I'm so proud to be here and honored tonight and also I'd like to thank you my husband and 45 45 years marriage and raised
three be wonderful kids and side to me side and stand up as working woman and working woman mother is not easy but we did it together and wonderful grandkids wonderful grandchild I have and
wonderful friends and family and they all side by side next to me and I am all appreciate tonight and honoring this thank you very much thank you [Applause] um Oh you have a two daughters and a son
and two grandkids and they're here yes oh cool and of of course my niece and my two niece and they are like my kids and I have grandkids also like so many that's great right all my friends and
some of them my kids and attendees we all working so many years like some of them 20 25 years some of them 30 years 15 16 we are big family building and ground big family nice to have that extended family I also have
certificates hear from you from our county clerk wonderful Danielle Ireland Immov thank you and from Mikey Cheryl from the 11th Congressional District congratulating
you on your award thank you i appreciate Thank you so much i appreciate Thank you very much congratulations thank you come on guys here for now i'd like to know what we're going to invite your family down
who does it better than I do come on all my family get in front of you everybody's here count down thank you
[Applause] thank you so much yes let's pull this back out i got it i got it all right we're continuing on tonight first want to apologize for my voice i'm
a singer in a new band that was formed in LD35 and we've been on tour lately it's a new band called LD35 you can see us somewhere in the district
so there's a quote that says uh leadership uh it's not about what you're in charge of it's how you take care of those that are uh that are in your charge and I think the women here in P
County all across the board in all facets of our labor force and government and education have truly exemplified that i mean just look at the landscape that's before us obviously our county clerk madam superintendent our women in
government council women everywhere uh attorneys our health and uh human our human services director our health director uh so many women our county superintendent uh as they say that behind every man there's a more powerful
woman i think here in P County our women are leading the way and the men are following so I want to allow you guys to give yourself a big round of applause that is [Applause] truly truly truly uh remarkable and
exemplary and spoiler alert this is not osheen so I am not going to read my wife's proclamation uh we thought that that would be cool I think she deserves to be honored by my
colleagues because I honor her every day and so I've had the distinction I I I got to go home with her so I'm just saying but I I have the distinction of honoring u a woman that is truly in the front lines leading in one of the most
crucial environments that we have which is in our education our madam superintendent of Patterson public schools uh school system that I am a product of and many of us in this room uh so Dr new is my honor to be able to read this proclamation and in your honor I'm going to ask you to please join
[Applause] me so as we celebrate the month of March it has been designated National Women's History Month and in recognition of the outstanding achievements and contributions made by so many
exceptional exceptional women over the years the board of county commissioners of the county of Pakes deems it fitting and appropriate at this time to honor and recognize Dr lori Newell whereas Dr new is the first African African-American female superintendent
to lead the Patterson public school system where she oversees the education of New Jersey's third largest school district with almost 25,000 students over 3,700 employees across 44 schools as well as several collaborating
preschool centers dr new has earned a master's degree MBA and PhD while working on her masters she was inducted into Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society for Academic Excellence dr no previously worked at the Newark public school
system as the executive director of the school of transformation within the office of innovation and change she has provided strategic direction and offered technical assistance to facilitate the success of new initiatives within the schools whereas Dr worked in Patterson
public schools from 2010 to 2016 where she first served as the executive director of human resource services and then as the chief reform and innovation officer dr new has served as the superintendent of schools for the Essex
Regional Educational Service Commission from 2016 to 2023 at that time she was nominated by her peers and honored in 2023 as Essex County Superintendent of the Year she was selected by the New Jersey
Association of School Administrators as the 2023 regional superintendent of the year for region number one so whereas Dr newell has worked as an adjunct professor at Montlair State University continuing to teach graduate level courses in educational leadership Dr no
believes that quality education is every student's right and all students will learn when they are given a safe healthy and supportive environment so now therefore let it be proclaimed by the P County Board of County Commissioners that it hereby publicly recognizes and
applauds Dr newell for her significant contribution that she has made and continues to make to the county of PI and to the community at large and also let it be further proclaimed that this board wishes you Dr all health and happiness in all your future endeavors
[Applause] congratulations before you come up here you also uh as all the honores do have a certificate of recognition from our county clerk and as well from our representative Mikey Sh thank you so
much thank you good evening everyone um thank you so much i'm so honored to be here and thank you to Deputy Director my friend Sandy for the honor and thank you to all of the county
commissioners here and I also want to say just thank you to everyone here um I would not be here if not for my district if not for the support if not for my friends who are here supporting me and I'm truly honored to be here um it is really an honor and a privilege to be
here for Women's History Month um a lot of times I think about how our paths are parallel and I you know when I heard Gil's story I'm also an immigrant i came here in 1984 started and really had to work my way through so you know when I
hear inspiring stories like what I heard um before me you know I'm just always so honored to be in the same room as all the other honores because you know it's a lot of work to to get to this point um this month is very special to me it's
always very special because it's a time for reflection it's a time for recognition and really to just honor the women who have gone before me who have really blazed a path throughout history it's a time to honor the tremendous
power that we know that women have as role models in their families in their community and throughout the world um when I think of a role model I imagine someone who inspires others someone who empowers others and someone who
challenges others to be the best versions of themselves if you are privileged to know that type of woman you are incredibly blessed because just watching them work is enough for you to see how to move forward as you challenge
this life my biggest role model and I talk about her all the time and my greatest influence in my life is my mother she has taught me how to be supportive and she has taught me how to work how to uh work hard how to emulate
what good behaviors look like i have a sister she has taught my sister and I what it means to represent myself she has always told us what it means to represent your name and what it is to represent your family and other women
she has also taught us how we should behave when things get tough when people are your adversaries and how to walk with grace under fire there are many women past and present that continue to be powerful role models influencing
others with their strength their perseverance their resilience and their fire some of them make it into the history books many don't like my mother our grandmothers our aunts our godsisters
um whoever you can think of they shape our lives in such profound and indelible ways these women are educators their daughters doctors artists lawyers uh
advocates aunts we whatever you name it sisters they are here and they are an inspiration to others the value that these women bring to our society cannot be overstated i have a daughter myself and the lessons that I
teach her is how to be empathetic how to show resilience under fire to be accountable to one another to be persevering through hardship to serve one another and to really leave this
society better than when you found it it is our job to have kindness empathy and to provide opportunity and justice for all and so sometimes the things that guide my work is how can I provide for
the next generation behind me whenever I make a choice it is a choice to lift someone up conversely not tear someone down and just to stand up for what is right because we know that we have to be a role model to everyone around us even
when you think that no one is watching that is the responsibility that we as women all share and so we just look to see the people around us we see who are our role models we see what we want to emulate and we want to emulate
good behavior and that is what I have been raised by my mother particularly so I want to thank you for this wonderful accolade and this um acknowledgement tonight i'm so incredibly proud to lead I call it the great Patterson public
schools and I because I know that we just have just incredible children the decisions are hard the days and the hours are very very long but these students are so welld deserved and I am just incredibly proud to be the leader
of this fantastic organization so continue inspiring empowering and challenging all of us to be our very best selves and I also want to congratulate the other honores here it's so very welld deserved thank you thank you god bless you and have a good night
thank you congratulations [Applause] oh you're here already i'm here already wait great okay all right good evening again everyone
alexandria come on up my council [Applause] woman got to change my eyes okay
um I'm very excited uh to present this to you Alexandria i think so much of you you're a great great lady whereas the month of March has been designated as National Women's History Month and in recognition of the outstanding achievements and
contributions made by many exceptional women over the years the board of county commissioners of the county of Pake deems it fitting and appropriate at this time to honor and recognize the wrong one [Applause]
for for the record I had to write one um to honor and recognize Alexandria Tacic Esquire and whereas Alexandria has served two terms in entering her third term as a council woman for the Burrow of
Helden including serving as council president alexandra has run the gamut of council committees for the barrel from ordinance drafting contract negotiation with administration and personnel to dressing up as the Easter Bunny Mrs
claus and Elsa for special events alexandria Tacic profoundly uh proudly serves as commissioner of the P County Technical Vocational School Boards of Education and has sat on the Burough of Halton's planning and zoning board as a
member before being elected to the council alexandra Tasik is a longtime attorney and currently serves as senior attorney for Beckman and Polyoff Morristown Office of New Jersey alexandra remains committed and involved
in mentoring students at her alma mater Satan Hall University both at WSOU and the radio station where she previously worked as well as the law school alexandria volunteered with the Satan
Hall Law Center for Social Justice as an instructor through the NJLE the New Jersey Law and Educational Empowerment Project program where she taught law seminars to eighth graders at school 20 in
Patterson alexandra assisted with the volunteer lawyers for justice program through the New Jersey State Bar Association where she aided income sensitive families with housing disputes and prevented foreclosures alexander works closely
with other empowering women in her community to try to offer open spaces for dialogue and networking one such endeavor into grow growing into www wine women wings Wednesday at the
underdog lounge pretty good there too after setting out to uplift the dead friends alongside her dear friends Alexander Tasik since immigrating to the United States from Serbia has tried to help as many people as possible to persevere in
the face of adversity and and as she and her family once did with the aid of others now therefore be it proclaimed by the Bet County Board of County Commissioners it hereby publicly recognizes and applauds
Alexandria Tacic Esquire for her significant contributions she has made to the county of the sake and the community be further proclaimed that this board wishes Alexandria Tacic Esquire health and happiness for all her future endeavors
[Music] [Applause] oh my goodness it's always so weird to hear about yourself um I'm just truly honored to be here and I apologize i'm suffering from severe allergies i am so thankful to God that I have the ability
to help as many people as I can on a regular basis and I'm so thankful and grateful for our amazing community here in Pake County from the board our county executive to my P County Technical Institute family who's also here um everybody in the audience the
dignitaries our clerk I just I can't thank everyone enough because I come from a when we were still in Serbia before we fled war um we had a a very big community that supported all of us my mother and my grandmother at the helm
and if my mother ever knew what it meant to take off of work she would be here right now too she was just like "I took off when you were sworn in that's it." So true story um same thing with my father and that's all we have and my brother who was born here who lives in
Florida and it's too cold for him to visit this time of year um but I have had the grace of meeting so many people that I get to call family and I'm lucky and honored that you're all here with me tonight and um speaking of the amazing women that came before me my grandmother
with tears in her eyes I'm never going to forget it we I was three and a half when we left um when we went back to visit to try to encourage more of our family if they would want to leave before the war got worse she always told me that she was old she lived her life
but that she wanted me to have the best and that's why my parents were fleeing with me and my mother always echoed her same sentiment and she said "Don't ever be ashamed to ask for help when you're there especially acclimating to the language anything." And then one day
you'll be able to help as many people that have helped you and hopefully tenfold that's it that's really why we're here right we're especially as a public servant but we're here to help and I'm just so honored to be in a community that really wants to truly do
that to help as much as possible so in Serbian we say pom so my grandmother when she was still alive and we would talk on the phone horrible service you know before WhatsApp and everything that we have now she'd always be like "Pomotica are you a helper yet?" And I was like "Close." And then when we were
living in Patterson um she would ask the same thing and then she started to learn Spanish because my mom told her we were learning Spanish because of all of our neighbors so she'd say "Aayuda." And I was like almost and so now I'm just so honored to be able to help so thank you so much for
honoring all of those in the community that truly want to help and it means the world to me god [Applause] bless Alexand Alexander we also have a certificate of recognition from our
county clerk Danielle Arland Imhof and also from Congresswoman Mikey Cheryl yes come on and family [Music] thank you guys
[Applause] you got the tough of the night i know i know the last one right put that back make sure somebody lose the pink good
evening bringing in the rear as my twin call Pat Laor my twin um there are some powerful women have been honored tonight uh but I have a few things in common with this young lady for one we
are both bulldogs um I ran for school board in 2010 um and uh I sit also on the board of county commission uh board of social services where she serves and works and
the fourth thing we have in common uh each time or that Orlando is around us we have to babysit him so uh Oshene please come forward as you honor this young lady
[Applause] powerhouse powerhouse all right come on come closer come closer Bill Dog all right got to put on my Whereas the month of March has been designated as National Women's History Month and in recognition of the
outstanding achievements and contributions made by many exceptional women over the years the board of county commissioners of the county of Pake deemed it fitting and appropriate at this time to honor and recognize Oshene
Castillo and whereas Oshin Castillo was born in St domingo Dominican Republic and at the age of three immigrated with her family to Patterson New Jersey and whereas Oshin Castillo facing challenges of an immigrant family was temporarily
sent back to Dominican Republic to begin her education before returning to the United States in the second grade struggling to catch up in English she repeated the grade but quickly excelled becoming an honor student and in seventh grade she demonstrated exceptional
academic ability and was given the opportunity to skip directly to eighth grade completing two grade levels in one year and whereas Oshin Castillo attended Patterson public school number 18 Patterson Public School number 27 and
Pake County Technical Institute [Applause] all right where she studied criminal justice and received her high school diploma in 2009 and whereas Oshin Castillo pursued higher education at Philly Dickson
University earning a bachelor's in educ and international relationship and communications in 2013 while in college she co-founded and served as a president of the women empowerment association and whereas Oshin Castillo became actively
involved in politics working on numerous board of education city council and mayoral election campaigns her commitment to education led her to the run to run for Patterson Board of Education and at the age of just 24 years old she was elected becoming the
youngest elected official in Patterson's history whereas Oshin Castillo broke new ground as she was elected at as by her colleagues as president of the Patterson Board of Education making history as the
first Hispanic women and first Dominican American to hold the position [Applause] and whereas Oshin Castillo was a former director of health and human services for the city of Patterson special assistant to the director of PT County
Human Services and currently serves as a chief of operations for the Pay County Board of Social Services and whereas Oshin Castillo credits her parents for instilling a deep passion for education lifelong learning and firmly believes
that education is a passport to a better future and remains committed to empowering the next generations to achieve their fullest potential and whereas Oshin Castillo is devoted is a devoted wife and proud mother of two
boys Elijah and Elias and now therefore be it proclaimed by the Pay County Board of County Commissioners that is hereby publicly recognized and applause Oshin Castillo for the significant contri contributions she has made to the county of PY and to the community and be it
further proclaimed that this board wishes Oshin Castillo health happiness and all her future endeavors give a round of [Applause] applause thank you uh remind me not to
give you access to my res to my bio i think you added more things than I had in there uh but no thank you everyone for this opportunity thank you to the county commissioners and I think that's one of the most important roles that was not on the bio is that I had the opportunity to work for the county
commissioners and for a long time I supported in creating the proclamations and create um supporting the event so it allowed me to grow to envision and to support and start in social services and really generate that love so thank you to our county commissioners thank you
Commissioner Lazara um I really appreciate this honor um first of all honor and glory to God always because I've had the opportunity to find purpose and it's in serving people and that's what I love to do and what I've been
doing for many years and patience for my two toddlers uh but I also want to thank my parents um as Commissioner D'vor said you know we came I was very three years old sent back came back for second grade you know my dad worked in a factory
making bricks and my mom worked in cleaning offices um and they always supported education they always in instilled and they didn't speak English but they said "An A is an A in English and Spanish you know a B i know your grades bring me a report card i know what it means and we'll figure it out
there you're only allowed to be an honor student." And they pushed um and they drove us to that my brother and I who's now in LA uh so I definitely credit their support their encouragement and also to the wonderful women that I have around me the wonderful support system
that I can call friends my family you know my mom is uh one of six women my grandmother um has six daughters and went to law school after having her sixth child um so I can't complain to her she doesn't being tired isn't a
thing um you know and I have the opportunity now and and the blessing to have a phenomenal sister-in-law and a mother-in-law who are really supportive of what we do and allow me to continue to grow and also to the wonderful women the friends that I have the village that I have of women who are supportive you
know who continue to encourage me to you know tell me to calm down sometimes uh but continue to really encourage me and allow me to grow um pushing you always to the next level being you know a shoulder to cry on a support system they love my children you know and it's
they're the extended family the aunties and uncles that I have the blessing to have and like the other honores I've had the opportunity to work um with Dr newell as she served as superintendent i was still on the board with Alex um with all of the partnerships with Helden um
with Miss Gil thank you because you ensure that our building is always ready and available to service our clients each and every day and to the wonderful team that you have so thank you um 45 years of marriage we're going to work on that but
uh but thank you to all of you thank you to my husband who has really been supportive i was getting there uh to being supportive of me and you know the choices being in politics being in social services hearing the the stories and a person that I can speak to so it's
definitely a team effort with my family uh we're all in this together and continuing to serve our community each and every day that's what we wake up that's what we love to do and thankfully um we're going to continue to do it together so thank you all and thank you to the county commissioners to our county administrator
[Applause] Family and friends come up for a group photo get in front of the Your husband usually does this i'll hold you want to hold this elijah come on one more one more
oh wait oh flowers i love this you know I often like I I actually said this to Danielle this morning right i had a fundraiser last night and I said to her "It's like a big family reunion because you just love everybody that's
there." And nights like this it's the same way we're all connected and we just support these women that we're honoring tonight so much and I I am just thrilled that I could recognize you and we have
food downstairs a lot of food we didn't get from tech though it's night but anyway we have delicious food downstairs so I invite you all to go down have something to eat celebrate the women that are being honored tonight and let's
just give them another great round of [Applause] applause thank you all for being here oh yeah that's right so for those of you
that are celebrating Ramadan we have containers to go if you want to take with food with you or I don't know what time what's like seven so it's up to you if you want to hang around
oh that's okay so that's 45 minutes about whatever you want to do there's plenty of food and please help yourselves and enjoy it thank you [Applause] want to wait for you to leave
got to wait your house thank you okay folks if you can work your way downstairs bonap petit everyone we're going to continue with the meeting [Music]
what number is it you can abain okay so it's L1 L19 L17 19 to L 80 okay all right folks uh I'm going to suspend County
Commissioner reports unless somebody press Okay okay okay everybody uh this Saturday up at the um Vietnam Wall Memorial by the Public Safety Academy on Oldm Road we
will be dedicating a solders's cross right in front of the wall uh Saturday is National Vietnam War Veterans Day and we're taking that opportunity to recognize our veterans with the Soldiers
Cross it's uh at 11:00 a.m and we invite you all to come on up it's it's just going to be a very nice ceremony that we can acknowledge our veterans both with us today and those that we've lost so it's
my thank you okay well all right uh next is the uh there's no communication uh the oral portion i need a motion to open the public portion of the meeting i'll make that motion second made by Cruz second by D'vor roll call county Commissioners Cruz yes d'vor yes
tffy yes deputy Director Lazar yes director Leapour yes anyone from the public wishing to be heard u please step forward state your name and address um three minutes and remember uh anything that you say is a matter of public seeing no one at the podium I move to
close public portion motion made by Duffy to close second second by D'Vour roll call county Commissioners Cruz yes d'vor yes duffy yes deputy Director Lazar yes director Leapour yes um
L1 resolution authorizing the chief financial officer to execute budget transfers between the 2024 budget appropriations pursuant to NJSA4A 4-59 so moved motion made by Cruz second by Lazar roll
call county Commissioners Cruz yes d'vor yes duffy yes deputy Director Lazar yes director Leapour yes on the consent agenda I I had a request to vote on item M18 separately i'll take a motion uh for
on the consent agenda for M1 to N M17 and M19 to M80 so moved second motion made by D'vor second by Duffy roll call county Commissioners Duff uh Cruz yes
d'vor yes duffy yes deputy Director Lazar yes director Leapour yes uh need a motion on M18 i'll make that motion motion made by Cruz second second by Duffy roll call director you said M19 is M18 right
what's that m18 what did I say you said 19 m18 i know you did for the record for the record m18 yes um call yep county Commissioners Cruz yes d'vorain duffy
yes deputy Director Lazar abstain director Leapour yes um under new business personnel need a motion i'll make the motion personnel made by Cruz second second by Lazar roll call
uh county commissioners Cruz yes d'vor yes safi yes deputy director Lazar yes director Leapour yes need a motion on the bills move the bills second motion made by Cruz second by Lazar roll call county Commissioners Cruz yes yes duffy
yes deputy Director Lazaro yes director Leapore yes take a motion for a German make that motion motion made by Duffy second by D'vour roll call county Commissioners Cruz yes d'vor yes duffy yes deputy Director Lazar yes director Leapour yes all right folks thanks for
coming and safe trip home okay that's how it's done baby