L with the roll call and announcement of the open County Commissioners Cruz here Duffy here Gallow here James leor here deputy director Lazar here director Bartlett here ladies and gentlemen the notice requirement of the open public
meetings law has been specified with respect to this meeting specifying the time date and location including the annual notice adopted the reorganization meeting filed with the county clerk and post in the administration building and mailed to two newspapers in accordance with the provisions of La thank you very much please rise for
the pledge of allegiance to be followed by an invocation and a moment of silence please join oh God who provides for thy people by thy power and rules over them in love be gracious enough to bless so to bless thy servants our County Commissioners in
the county of B that thy people may dwell in peace and safety through our Lord amen please remain standing as you're able for a moment of silence remember all the men and women who have died while serving in the United States armed forces all all those who have died from
covid-19 particularly the 2,32 residents I have a motion for approval of the minutes of our prior meeting so moved second County Commissioners Cruz yes Duffy yes Gallow yes James leor yes
deputy director L loar yes director Bartlett yes may have a motion to approve the proclamation move it second County Commissioners Cruz yes Duffy yes Gallow yes James leor yes deput director Lazar yes director Bartlett yes that
brings us to our administrator's report Matthew thank you director um first I have the honor to introduce John denardio of the New Jersey Association of counties executive [Applause] director thanks for being with us today John he's uh here to present um
scholarships from the njac foundation to uh five SE County students so students want to come up to the podium U would my colleagues deputy lazara and commissioner Gallow who's our alternate toj please join John
pod welcome back to Pake County John I have a PR I'm sorry I have had the privilege of witnessing no's remarkable Journey throughout her time at the School uh from the very beginning it was
evident that she possesses a unique drive and curiosity that set her apart from her peers she consistently demonstrated an unwavering commitment to academic Excellence taking the challenge
coursework with enthusiasm and The Thirst a thirst of knowledge Notions is a member of our criminal justice program and wants to merge her love for the
coding along with criminal justice she has chosen to pursue excuse me a degree of in computer science with concentration and cyber security her dedication leadership skills and techn
Technical proficiency made her an ideal candidate for any acade Academic Program in this field I hope wholeheartly recommended Notions for the
scholarship she is talented diligent and natural leader and very deserving of this scholarship thank you [Applause] a [Music]
picture that's okay do uh do Mom and Big Sis want to come up and join us and be part of the picture as well ow e e e e
we have a couple of other recipients at of the N Jack Foundation 2024 VM where scholarships and i' just like to acknowledge them they couldn't be here tonight but they do deserve acknowledgement we have uh Sarah
sulan no she's here a beid chalry Jesus tro and samha chowri they have all received these
um Foundation Awards and we're so proud of saate County and our students that graduate from high school here because you all do such an amazing job so if you're watching we are very proud of all of you and we wish you the best in your
college career and Beyond thank you yeah John if you could just tell us a little bit about you know what you're doing on behalf of us in Trenton and also um you know the the scholarship and the over $91,000 of of monies that you're giving out to students across New
Jersey for uh locational technical Pursuits I am uh I'm happy to to do that my name is John zenio I'm the executive director of the New Jersey Association of counties we're an advocate and a resource for all 21 counties in the state of New Jersey but more importantly
we have uh a foundation where over the past uh decade we've given over uh 600 ,000 to County vocational technical school graduates who are continuing their education right here in the state of New Jersey we give away 100% of those monies from the generosity of companies
like VMware I think we have another student coming in so that's that's great um and and just the the the nominees the candidates of students that we get every year continue to get better so it's just it's a really an honor and a pleasure uh to work with these companies who
continue with their with their generosity provide educational opportunities for our County vocational technical school graduates so I want to thank the board uh for giving me a couple of minutes today and also want to thank all the companies again for their generosity and most importantly congratulate all of the students for
really building just a wonderful foundation for bright future so thank you thank you [Applause] again so we've just been joined by another one of our awardees samiha
chowri Sam is a student from P County Technical vocational schools um she had a recommendation that was written by the superintendant I'm GNA read this recommendation that your school is a really nice thing and I'm going to leave
it with you because this is really nice Samia is an innovative determined and outgoing person she has been on a journey of growth this is evidenced by her grades Improvement through the years and her involvement in a community based
all Community Based activities her passion for giving back to her community sets her apart from others samha is a well-rounded student with a good reputation throughout her four years atake County Technical Institute all her teachers have consistently reported that
she is a pleasure to have in class and works to capacity samiha would like to pursue Information Technology she would be a great information technology candidate because she does well in math and science our marketing program has
prepared seia for a career in Information Technology by introducing her to data ma management technology strategic thinking communication and research with all this being said we at P County Technical Institute
would like to endorse samha for the VMware 2024 NJ scholarship and Sam do you want to tell everybody where you're going to school hi like she said before my name is samha and I will be attending
Montclair State University in the fall where I'll be majoring in Information Technology cyber security conat you see for can't see me you're
all right director next we um are honoring and recognizing the 34th anniversary of the Americans Disabilities Act um observing on July 16th uh Americans with Disability Act awareness day um we have with us today Janice Sangle the uh chairwoman of the
SE County advisory Council of disability to give us a little update on where things stand chair andom if you want to come up you do the we could do the proclamation first yeah I want to acknowledge Jenna Sangle and the other members of our disability advisory committee that are here with us
today um I've been aware of the Americans with Disabilities Act since back in 1990 when it was first was adopted because my father's work as a pediatrician making sure schools were accessible to students and that is something that we try and bring to our work here in Pay County in every
different way that we can and we do that we do that best Janice as you know when we've got Advocates telling us what we need to do uh because you if you don't need the accommodations you may not even
understand what they why they're needed what they're for my father loves to tell the story of the school that adapted all of their uh signs of the doors and different places for uh blind uh folks uh and they had Braille on all of the
door numbers and then they put the door numbers up above the door so you could if you were both blind and8 feet tall that you could read them the basic things of getting it right requires folks who understand the underlying need and that's why I'm grateful for
advocates who for example let us know about the grant that funds our sign language interpreters and it makes this room and a whole bunch of other County facilities places where if you've got the hearing Loop technology in your
hearing aids that you can fully participate and receive this audio literally broadcast to you that's something that's funded by the state under the burphy administration we knew about it because somebody from the community said hey this is there and you should get it and we have and so the
work that you all do is what makes this possible and that's why we're presenting this proclamation to all of you and thanks for what you've done so whereas on July 26th 1990 President George HW Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act to
ensure the civil rights of people with disabilities and whereas this legislation established a clear and comprehensive National mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities and where the Ada has expanded opportunities for Americans with Disabilities by reducing barriers
changing perceptions increasing full participation and community life but the full promise of the Ada will only be reached if public entities remain committed in their efforts to fully implement the Ada's mandates and whereas on the 34th anniversary of the Americans
with Disabilities Act pay County New Jersey celebrates and recognizes the progress that's been made by reaffirming the principles of equality and inclusion and recommitting our efforts to a reach full ADA compliance and whereas the board of County commissioners of the
county of pic by resolution adopted on May 21 1997 anybody created The Advisory Council on disability to advise the board of County Commissioners on all matters that affect people with disabilities in P County and to provide a mechanism through which the
community can have its voice heard by County government and where The Advisory Council on disability was formed to promote the inclusion and empowerment of people with disabilities within P County and to advise the board of County Commissioners on Ada issues impact the quality of life for people with
disabilities now therefore be a proclaimed by the board of County Commissioners that it does hereby reaffirm its commitment to work towards fully ADA compliance in P County and does hereby extend greetings and best wishes to all observing July 16 2024 As
Americans with Disabilities Act awareness day so I want to present this to you but more important we want to hear from you how we're doing and what we what else we need to be doing to make full compliance a
reality why don't you deliver your report and then we'll present the proclamation with all of us down here does that sound good before my name is Janice Zangle I'm here on behalf of the Bay County advisory
Council on disability on their Ada chairwoman and I would like to first thank the board of County Commissioners on adopting this resolution and pledging to
recommit to full implementation of the Ada the Ada is the world's first comprehensive Declaration of equality for people with
disabilities according to the 2020 census one out of every five Americans have a disability how is I as a person help
reaffirm the principles of equality and inclusion and recommit my efforts to full ADA compliance first I would educate myself about the
Ada by going to www.ada.gov or call the Northeast Ada Center at800 949
4232 second if you're a person with a disability and you come across an issue that inhibits your access speak up and let your issue be known another way is to put it in
writing third under title two if you're a state or local government you must have an ADA coordinator working on accessibility issues our County ad Ada coordinator is
Ken hman each state and local County government must ensure that their programs and services are accessible and usable by people with disabilities they must do a
evaluations and transition plans working towards ADA compliance if a person comes across an issue that inhibits their access to a program or service they should direct their
comments to their Ada coordinator businesses also have an obligation under title three of the Ada and I would encourage businesses business own owners to view the Ada's website and then take a look at their
business and see what ways you might be able to improve access for people with disabilities and there's also a userfriendly checklist that you can help and also
keep in mind that there's tax credits and tax incentives that are available for when Improv are made for accessibility and if you would like to learn
more you can refer to the Ada guide or join the pay County advisory Council on disability and we meet virtually on the first Wednesday of the month for more
information to attend virtually please call 97 3569 460 or email disability Council UPC count nj.org thank you for all
[Applause] I didn't think it was possible to mute me Neil Ross I'm a member of the advisory Council on disability also a member of the county CAC and I'm on the board of dial Inc uh anywhere there's a disability related
issue I'm there I show up the these people do all the leg work and the the anoc the fighting the groundwork I show up I look good I look up to them as the people who actually do the work I'm just you know here to look good I I I
appreciate then thank you for the opportunity you just show up and look good you belong in politics every why don't we uh come down and do a photo e e um next we have a presentation on the
2024 SE County open space farmland and historic preservation trust fund proposed grants to both uh municipalities and nonprofits in the county we have Kelly Rafel the assistant County Administrator and director of our department of vol and historic Affairs and salvator prey our open space
coordinator and assistant planner going walk us through the grants for this year come on up good evening Commission glad to be here again for another year of 2024 open space funding so we have been very busy receiving applications from municipalities and organizations at them
County so in conjunction with the administration and our open space advisory committee we are proud to present the recommendations for the 2024 program uh we have a brief uh presentation that will walk you through the uh projects proposed by each town and organization the county for both
Park development and uh historic preservation so just going to start you can see we do have a variety of um six grants are going to be receiving under $100,000 so these grants uh that we will walk through in a moment uh do not need to have a public Comon period so these
will be just awarded uh straight uh from uh this meeting and the grants over 100,000 you can see we have quite a few more these will need to have a 45-day public comment period and they will be approved at a later date so without any further Ado I'll walk you through some of the applications we have so
Bloomingdale is proposing improvements to the delazier field playground it's a proposed Rehabilitation of outdated playground equipment installation of a rubberized surface and we are recommending $225,000 uh Clifton is proposing improvements there uh in zaldi park
proposed installation of field lighting to be specific at the park uh they our recommendation is $225,000 uh the Community Association of the Highlands is requesting funding for their Highlands natural pool for some erosion control additional furniture uh dumpsters and other uh work related to
shifting a parking lot entrance uh we are recommending a $ 56,2 197 the friends of Patterson Parks has submitted for several parks within Patterson specifically Hayden Heights and Ralph D maranon onio Park uh for
some proposed tree removal and general site repair as well as some uh water line repair of an existing Splash Pad regrading of land and some seed work uh so we are recommending $98,900 uh Helen has uh proposed uh improvements to their Recreation Center to upgrade
their existing bathroom and storage rooms at the rec center and construction of additional storage room uh we are recommending $150,000 hathorne has improvements to WRA Fields two and three bleachers just a replacement of baseball bleachers with new ADA Compliant bleachers at their
fields 2 and three and we are recommending 125,000 uh the highlands nature friends uh wishes to go and upgrade their EX Pavilion at the new y center so it's an expansion of an existing Pavilion in addition of roll down curtains as well as some minor tree treatment uh we are
recommending $50,000 Little Falls has improvements at Lewis Park it's proposed conversion of an existing baseball diamond into a multi-use sports field with uh supporting fencing and bleachers uh resurfacing and refurbishment of an existing basketball courp as well as some new playground equipment and a
paved parking lot adjacent to the field uh we are recommending 225 ,000 North hen is requesting improvements for High Mountain Middle School playground it's a proposed replacement of outdated playground equipment and rubbery safety surfacing we are recommending
$225,000 uh Patterson is also uh requesting funding for multiple Parks specifically Hayden Heights Park the parison Vietnam Veterans Park and Ralph dear cono Park uh the primary focus for the city of parison is going to be on parison Vietnam Veterans Park though they have uh indicated that some funding
will be for the Parks too uh we are recommending $200,000 ppon Lakes is uh requesting funding for hershfeld Park improvements phase two of their project for a proposed restoration of the playground area and tree plantings to limit flooding damage uh we are recommending
$100,000 Prospect Park is requesting improvements to the Hoster Park tennis courts it's a resurfacing of the tennis basketball and pickle ball courts and we're recommending $225,000 uh Ringwood is requesting funding for Stonetown turf field uh this is installation of a t turf field at the
Stonetown Recreation complex with supporting field lighting and a new ADA Compliant playground we are recommending $225,000 uh towa is requesting uh replacements for their Washington Park playground specifically Replacements of outdated playground equipment and adding rubberized safety surfacing uh we are
recommending $3,763 14 which is the exact number uh wanu uh is wants to improve Lori field they want to revamp the field to include two pickup all courts of fencing sound proofing on the fencing a guard rail along the park entrance to an
existing pump house uh a revised gravel a parking area and walkway and general tables benches and Landscaping so we are recommending $225,000 uh Wayne little league is proposing turfing at their D2 field uh with the back field of the baseball diming which is located at the daughter
Wich field complex uh we are recommending $100,000 uh Woodland Park has uh needs Improvement at the Thomas eay Memorial playground it's reinstallation of a rubberize safety surfacing and installation of ADA Compliant playground equipment we are recommending
$225,000 and so that was Park development so I'll turn over to Kelly for historic preservation just before Kelly starts commissioner is there any questions or direct just can we get a copy of the slides absolutely that's all
right good evening Commissioners so this year for historic preservation we have four applications that we recomending Ward uh when reviewing historic preservation applications of development we're looking a threat at me um so the first one we have the American labor
Museum who is asked again um this is a phase two for the retention wall restoration this was built at the turn of the century and it surrounds uh property it has failed so this money would go towards uh repairing that uh in
the rear of the site second we have the to the burrow of Pompton Lakes this is their first historic preservation application to us uh and this will be to restore the roof uh and gutter system that's currently on their Library um and it will you know this amount uh with
funds that they already have and raised will um support a full rehabilitation their uh thirdd we have the friends of wallish Homestead this is for a phase two for the rehabilitation of the red Timber Barn uh they do have a full sight
assessment um and this building of all their buildings on the properties is most in need they're asking for $ 48,000 which will restore the clabbered siding and the cedar shingle shingle um they will also have a lot of words words
are hard um the barn trim will also be repaired um and then some will be added in places that it has been lost time and then we actually there's five excuse me uh we do have funding for the Little Falls Historic Society who has been
working effortlessly on the Oldtown Hall uh so they've requested funds for the exterior door restoration at $50,000 and actually will cover three doors the middle which is the carriage style door and two other custom wood
ones they have complet did their last year Grant which was the slate roof restoration in government and then lastly to Wayne Township uh Wayne Township is putting funding in the restoration of the Wayne
Museum complex which consist of four different structures uh so they have asked for 250,000 for the me van D house which was built Circa 1760 to move to the site it does have ties to the American Revolution their intent is to
this funding to create a visitor center it has been closed for quite some time and that concludes historic preservation questions oh I don't know if that's an honoring sorry um I'm speaking about the
Hamilton house this evening at 8 o' okay thank you um quick question Kelly what makes the Lakes Library hisor uh it was built um in 19 I believe it was 1916 um it
does have association with a renowned architect um its Integrity is still intact um and it was locally designated by any other questions commissioner yes so the botle house does have Ada already built in that you know we're not
funding that in this particular round but they are ADA Compliant pton Lakes library is also a public facility it has ADA compliance already built in um the timber Barn it is one level so it would be that building is ADA Compliant and
right now this is just sort of a stabilization they would not be opening this building just yet they do have more work to do um and then the Old Town Hall um following them through their preservation story they are building um an elevator um and they have a
compliance entrance in the back yes in the Little P Sor I just went through all of the commissioner that is a good point that I was going to raise as we had the chairwoman here but one of the criteria um the open advisory committee looks at
in making recommendations is whether they're in accessible feature for project so that is the sort of the score very good thank you both I just want to along with Kelly and S there was a team effort to put together these
recommendations the Deputy Administrator Mark SP our Parks director his assistant Greg Moore um Jonathan per our engineer and N Murphy assistant and Andress are work hard with our open space advisory committee a lot of meetings
and participated in those meetings so thank you all for your hard work and bringing the recommendations director I just want to close with two things on um July 10th we had a County College chapter 12 Bond sale um we sold uh over 3.9 million in
bonds with the winning bidder of fidelity Capital markets at a net interest cost of 3.04% um which speaks to the County's Financial stability and um how we're viewed in the market so that's great news and kudos to our CFO in the state of New Jersey rich
kahill and the other thing I wanted to note was that recently um the friends of Bay County Parks was designated by the state as a cultural organization um which you know along with Prestige opens up more Grand opportuni that the can continue um running programs and helping
us pay for improvements in the Bay County Park system so kudos to Kelly for spear heading all I have this evening thank you terrific thank you very much mat and thanks to everybody uh and bl for the
technical support um that brings us to county commissioner reports um mine will be uh brief I just want to point out four examples on our agenda three examples on our consent agenda and another of the ways in which the county
works with our municipalities to accomplish projects of local importance um where by working together we mutually add value to each other's work uh item number 40 is a shared service agreement between the county and the buau of Ringwood for Designing and installing a
pedestrian Crossing on Skyline Drive 41 is a agreement between our County and the bur of Woodman Park to relocate water M underneath lower Notch Road uh number 50 is a resolution authorizing the donation of two Surplus Sheriff's
Office vehicles to the West Milford Police Department another way in which we're able to share resources and save taxpayers money and then of course as we heard and Bruce as you pointed out a few moments ago Kelly's going to be in Clifton this evening to talk about the ways in which Bay County is supporting
their historic preservation and historic sites um in the same way that these last couple years we've been doing in Wayne Uh to great effect where we bring our extraordinary staff to bear and the resources of this County to preserve protect and share uh historic facilities
uh that used to be or that are part of our municipalities but by working together we're able to do some great things together so I just want to point out all the ways that we work with our municipalities to accomplish things like that I have nothing um thank you director just real
quick I just want to point out for my colleague's consideration obviously you heard a lot about it just now uh on the presentation but uh out of planning and economic development resolutions 54 and 55 uh which reference all of the open
space money that will be allocated upon approval and uh you know that that is also a testament to the the work that was done by the committee to allocate these dollars to our municipalities to help support their efforts so just looking for that consideration from my
colleague thank you director we only have four on Law and Public Safety two from the ents office Awards technical then we have the
to West Milford my home Nick you're the first to work any things really happy to see this because you're getting recognized Statewide as one of 100 power attorneys in the state of New Jersey and I proud of you more than you know I
thought you does that mean you're going to be looking for a raise taking it out of your money thank you all right thanks Bruce yeah terrific recognition 13
resolutions from my committee colleagues review and also Matt will discuss a little more about the the issue with the uh you yeah I was going to mention it before we approved the Personnel agenda
but tonight on our Personnel agenda on a seasonal employees for members for County residents members of it's part of the Direct Tire memorandum of agreement that we signed with B County and the
construction Tres Council years ago um we had gotten a quote to to do work assistant Dar got quote upwards of $100,000 for this work say County residents of seasonal employees and get the work done at a lower cost and put our residents to work
I just think it speaks to our the board's continued efforts our residents to work tax dollars our strong relationship construction thank you
that's great thank you both very much so for those of you who are following along we're down to letter J there's no communication so that brings us to the oral portion of the meeting can I have a motion to open the public so move second County Commissioners Cruz yes
Duffy yes Gallow yes James leor yes deputy director Lazar yes director Bartlett yes so members of the public wishing to address the board can approach the podium please begin with your name and an address and take note that you will have three minutes and anything you say will become part of the
public record tonight seeing no one at the party second County Commissioners Cruz yes Duffy yes Gallow James four yes deputy director Lazar yes director Bartlett yes
that brings us to our agenda Council any need to go into executive session starters does anyone have any item on the consent agenda which is L1 through L 55 that they want to pull out in
separately I know there are a bunch of legal matters on our consent agenda this evening are there any that anyone has any questions on that we we want to go into session okay hearing none can I have a motion to adopt the consent
agenda second count Commissioners Cruz yes Duffy yes Gallow yes James four yes director Lazar yes director Bartlett yes that brings us to new business and receip will
stat you read that uh I will read the record summary of the on guarant 20247 well if I could just maybe give a little Preamble before you do that so so um North hen had come to our um Improvement Authority they're looking to
purchase uh a building and renovate it complex um I know I talk in my budget presentation a lot about the importance of our credit rating and I think here you're seeing moof of that um that North Halen is coming to us to use to use our
um credit rating to go to the market and save their taxpayers money they're trying to borrow $20 million for um this important project so with that guaranteed ordinance number 20 24-7 securing the Bay County Improvement
authorities County guaranteed lease revenue bonds series 2024 burrow of North Halden project in an aggregated principal amount not to exceed $20 million second
County Commissioners Cruz yes Duffy yes Gallow yes James yes four yes deput director lazara yes direct Bartlett yes Matt thanks for that explanation uh that brings us to the Personnel move the Personnel second
second County Commissioners Cruz thank Duffy yes Gallow yes James leor yes deput director Lazar yes director Bartlett yes the bills bills second County Commissioners Cruz yes
Duffy yes Gallow yes James four yes director Lazar yes director Bartlett yes andj think Commissioners Cruz yes Duffy yes Gallow yes James yes four yes deputy director Lazar yes director Bartlett yes
everyone will see you in August