um council members let us know are we ready yes good evening patteron on behalf of the pison municipal Council I welcome you to the special meeting this January 29 at 5:30 p.m. the meeting is now called to order Madame clerk please call the rooll yes Mr President roll call for municipal C a special meeting of Monday January 29th 2024 the time is now 534 p.m. councilman abdulaziz councilwoman cotton councilwoman Dava present councilman Jackson councilman KH present councilwoman Mims councilman urin councilman valz president M CL Mr president president mad clerk thank you Mr President CL please read the statement of compliant mad clerk yes Mr President meeting covered by 48 hour notice notice of this time date location and agenda of this meeting was transmitted to the north Jersey Herald News the record the Arabic voice the Italian voice the P County PS Dominic News lais International l Cal the pison press the city post news tap into paron the weekly bangler patricka in addition to any other publication duly requesting such notices at or about 11: a.m. on January 24th 2024 such notices were posted on the bulletin board in the offices of the city clerk at City Hall Mr President thank you madam clerk let the record reflect that councilwoman Mims is not not attend is not going to be able to be with us um uh today and council members um we have a item we have 10 item that are similar which is honoring the voting on the honor for the Black History Month uh Madame clerk let's start with item number one yes Mr President item number one is a resolution honoring Troy M air senior coordinator of the office of Emergency Management OEM in observance of Black History Month 2024 it's sponsored by mayor Andre SE it's an Administration resolution 2432 move okay move it it was Smo by councilwoman Ruby C councilwoman Mara Davila and second by councilman b roll call mod cler on item number one I'm roll call on item number one for approval councilwoman cartton yes councilwoman DAV we will be saying a lot at the ceremony we don't need to do a lot of talking tonight guys not a lot of talking we can just get through this you got thank God I said my vote is yes thanks thanks councilwoman councilman colleague yes councilman Val yes yes yes Mr President my vote is yes M clerk so the votes are five yeses four absences item number one is hereby adopted thank you madam clerk item number two item number two is a resolution honoring Mr Anthony Ebony Davis in observance of Black History Month 2024 is sponsored by council president Alex Mendes it's a city council resolution 243 second thank you um move by council president Mendes mhm and councilman and second by councilwoman DAV and councilwoman thank you me out thank you and and second by councilman also shahen KH roll call Mad cler roll call and item number two for approval councilwoman cotton thank you Madame clerk it was an honor sit with you um councilman Anthony Davis I sat with you for three years thank you madam Clerk my vote is yes thank you councilwoman cotton councilwoman Davin she said we weren't speaking but it has been an honor to work with you for many many years at State County commity College we actually spoke about you today and in addition to that sitting here on the council with you as well my vote is yes thank you councilwoman daver councilman KH yes Madam cler thank you councilman Valance and because I'm not going had the chance to say nothing to him in the day of ceremony it was an honor for me to sit 600 and plus meeting the other side when you was council president and and Council and one of the things that always you highlight that you never allow nobody to put their feet hats or whatever in the in the in the in the Border here and also was always promoting program for anger management and you let nobody disrespect from the public the council and I and I take note on that my vote is yes thank you councilman vet Mr President thank you m clerk it's it's definitely for me a great honor to acknowledge and and recognize our great councilman Anthony David uh during the Black History Month celebration of 2024 you have done an amazing job for the city of Patterson and you continue to serve in the city of Patterson my God continue blessing you with long life and I'm looking forward for that big celebration February the 1st but that we say my V is yes B cler thank you Mr President the votes are five yeses four absences item number two is hereby adop thank you B clerk item number three on the agenda B clerk item number three is a resolution honoring Miss Ora Jane Bell in observance of Black History Month 2024 is sponsored by councilman lisis VZ it say city council resolution 24034 second second second you know you know I I'm not going to say nothing we know how to do it right move move by council president it was moved by council member last second by councilwoman Dava councilwoman Ms councilwoman Ruby C and council president Mendes as well and Council and Council shahen KH roll call CL on item number three roll call on item number three for approval councilwoman cotton thank you thank you madam clerk I just want to say for orell she do a wonderful job at the 7day Adventist Church she has that full penry and every week de line is so long and they absolutely take care everyone in that community at the 7th Day ofst Church on 10th a and 11th 10th I'm sorry 11th ab and Madison Avenue um and she really do takes care of the community Madam clerk my vote is yes thank you councilwoman cotton councilwoman DAV I'll be saying more but it's a pleasure to vote affirmative uh for Miss Ora Jane Bell my vote is yes thank you Council woman daver councilman khik a vote is yes Madam thank you councilman councilman valz I will keep my remark for the celebration so um I'm proud to uh name this person for Black History Month and my vote is yes thank you councilman valet Mr President uh congratulations to origin belly my vote is yes P cler thank you Mr President the votes are five yeses four absences item number three is hereby adopted thank you m clerk item number four item number four is a resolution honoring Kenneth L Simmons commissioner Patterson Board of Education in observance of Black History Month 2024 is sponsored by Council woman Ruby n coton it's a city council resolution 2435 second second move move it second move by councilwoman K second by councilwoman Davila councilman shahim khik Council Val and council president Mendes roll call Mad clerk roll call and item number four for approval councilwoman cotton thank you thank you madam clerk I'm sorry but I just want to say to uh our commissioner Kenny Simmons five term winner uh has been with me and councilor when a during the annual Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner uh he also started the leadership for our youth our young boys in the community and it's an honor for me to recognize him for Black History Month Madam clerk my vote is yes thank you councilwoman cotton councilwoman Dava yes councilman KH yes councilman Mr Sim is a Qui individual but deliver with a louder respond uh my vote is yes Mr President thank you cler it's a great honor to um re I mean councilwoman C great great great great pick Council Council uh commissioner Sim we serve since 2010 at the board from 2010 to 2014 um so it'll be a great pleasure to see him be recognize on February 1st my vote is yes thank you um the votes are five yeses for enses item number four is hereby adopted thank you madam clerk item number five item number five is a resolution honoring Michael Hall Deputy fire chief in observance of Black History Month 2024 it's sponsored by councilwoman marit Dava it's a city council resolution 2436 so move second it was move by councilwoman Davila second by councilwoman can councilwoman Val and Council KH roll call M clerk roll call and item number five for approval councilwoman cotton thank you madam clerk I just want to say to um our Deputy part Chief Michael Hall I've known Michael Hall since he's been 5 years old I remember us as family his mom his dad my husband and our children traveled to youth games and we went all over the country competing and maybe some people may not know but Michael Hall was a bowler uh and he was an excellent bowler so it's an honor councilwoman that you recognize him as the deputy chief here in the city of pison as our first one and I'm honored to that I've known him since he was a kid Madam clerk my vote is yes thank you councilwoman cotton councilwoman Dava I haven't known him since he was a kid cuz we're the same age but it is an honor um to to name him and I know that some said well when he became the battalion chief but he's now the first the first uh appoint appointed Deputy Fire Chief and um I wish him well um I'm looking forward to continuing the work and as I've told you Mr Hall I keep my word my vote is yes thank you councilwoman daver councilman khle yes M CL thank you councilman colleague councilman Valance Michael Hall is a individual that works with passion and compassion when it comes out to the fire department and those kids out there that he represent um and and I got to say today uh the day that they was doing the uh the promotion for him to be deputy chief I express it to him but also I would express it to the community I was not present because I was attending Angel's Montes funeral but um I congratulate him for his promotion and also for the honory of the Black History Month my vote is yes thank you councilman valz Mr President my vot is yes M clerk thank you Mr President the votes are fin five yeses four absences item number five is hereby adopted um thank you mad clerk item number seven six six uh number six sorry mad clerk item number six is a resolution honoring Miss Theodora Carter in observance of Black History Month 2024 it's sponsored by councilman Michael Jackson it's a city council resolution 24 037 second second second Mo by councilman Jackson second by councilman Council DAV and councilwoman cotton roll call man cler on item number six roll call on item number six for approval councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman Dava yes councilman Jackson thank you madam clerk for be brief uh the struggle that this young lady had was was subjected to incur based on the treatment that her father had received and and having to have grown up for 19 years without a father you know that within itself speaks volumes but the fact that this young lady is still here in our community after um this mistreatment to her family it it uh it also speaks V him so I'm happy to be able to acknowledge it at this time my vote is yes thank you councilman Jackson councilman k yes madame cler thank you councilman colleag uh councilman valz uh councilman urin yes I'll go back to him have to explain uh my vote is yes thank you councilman V councilman urin we are voting on an honor resolution for Black History Month for Miss Theodora Carter in observance of Black History Month my item number six on the agenda thank you my vote is yes mam thank you councilman Udin Mr President thank you m clerk uh members of the public and uh patteron resident let that record reflect that councilman large for your D is join us councilman welcome welcome welcome to the chamber my V is yes cler thank you Mr President the votes are seven yeses two absences item number six is hereby adopted thank you m clerk item number seven item number seven is a resolution honoring Mr Jerry Wimberly in observance of Black History Month 2024 it's sponsored by doc um councilwoman Dr Lisa Mims it's a city council resolution 2403 move thank you it was mov by councilwoman Dava Council valz council president Mendes second by councilman shahim khik and councilwoman Ruby Kon roll call man CL on item number seven roll call on item number seven for approval councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman Dava gives me great pleasure to support uh Mr Jerry wimbley as I worked with him as well at the college for many years uh my vote is yes thank you councilwoman daver councilman Jackson yes councilman khik yes councilman urin yes M CL councilman valz I just want to recular reflect that he just seconded too but he was low the microphone was off uh councilman my mic was off and it's not your fault s yeah it's not your fault for he low Pace my vote is yes thank you councilman valz Mr President my vot is yes CL the votes are seven yeses two absences item number seven is hereby adopted thank you let's continue with the honor and leave item number the last item item number nine mad cler number eight number no sorry number nine I'm sorry number nine yes number nine is a resolution honoring Mr Mike A Williams in observance of Black History Month 2024 is sponsored by councilman MD fored Udin it's a city council resolution 244 second Some Mo move by Council large forine second by councilwoman Davila councilwoman K and Council Valas as well roll call CL me roll call on item number nine for approval councilwoman cartton yes councilwoman daver yes councilman Jackson yes councilman yes Madam clerk councilman urin my word is yes Madam clerk councilman valz yes Mr President yes M CL the votes are seven yeses two absences item number nine is hereby adopted item number 10 Madam clerk item number 10 is a resolution honoring Mr Samuel Joiner in observance of Black History Month 2024 it's sponsored by councilman Al Al abdulaziz it's City Council resolution 24041 so move so move second move by councilwoman Davila and councilman F and second by Council M and council member Les roll call man clerk on item number 10 roll call on item number 10 for approval councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman Davin yes councilman Jackson yes councilman khik yes councilman urin yes coun Les yeah Mr President my vote is yes M clerk the votes are seven yeses two absences item number 10 is hereby adopted thank you mad clerk item number 11 item number 11 is a resolution honoring Miss leesa mims in observance of Black History Month 2024 it's sponsored by councilman Shaheen khik it's a city council resolution 24042 second some more second it was mov by councilman shahen khik and second by councilwoman Dava councilwoman Ruby and councilman for de roll call cler on item number 11 roll call on item number 11 for approval councilwoman cotton yes president councilwoman Dava yes councilman Jackson yes councilman khik yes madame CL councilman Udin M just uh council member let also say second for this one i' have to take it from the council you got to address the council president councilman giveing back yes councilman you could you know you address me and I'll definitely include C every time I tried to be smooth today he beat me exactly no problem oh lordy lordy councilman valz yes Mr President my vote is yes M cler so the votes are seven yeses two absences item number 11 is hereby adopted thank you thank you Madame clerk uh council members right after so we have the last item right after the last item we will open the public portion members of the public if you wish to speak on the public portion please add your name on the list um so now we have resolution number a madame clerk resolution number eight is a resolution reappointing Jacqueline Murray as acting municipal clerk pursuant to njsa 4 a Col 9- 133 subsection C for an addition one-ear term from December 22nd 2023 through December 21st 2024 it's a city council resolution 2439 so move well I'm I'm going say second it was second it was moved by councilwoman Davila council president Alice M councilman lisis valz second by councilwoman Ruby Kon councilman shahen khik and councilman far Udin uh roll call Mad clerk on item number number eight should vote roll call on item number eight for approval councilwoman cotton thank you madam clerk it's a pleasure and honor um for us to vote on this again again but I'm just going to say to you you are absolutely awesome your staff they've been over back for every last one of our council members here I see what you do I'm here every day and I see your work and you are AB outstanding and I want to tell you that Madame clerk my vote is yes thank you councilwoman cotton councilwoman Dava as you already know it's many years of knowing you knowing you as a student as a worker um this past year as our acting Clerk and for those out there that don't understand why we're doing it again um we the council decided that we definitely want to give uh our um acting clerk another opportunity as everyone is aware that there is certain certifications and so we're very happy that the council came as a whole and moved forward to ask DCA through through um um legal to uh reappoint you for another year so I'm looking forward to the continued work that you continue to do and that you very soon will be having more celebrations all right so with that said my vote is yes thank you councilman daver councilman Jackson thank you madam Clerk so to the public let me say this um it is very important and when we uh bring forward our support with our words that our actions follow suit as well um I took the liberty um to reach out to the former clerk Miss Gordon as well as the previous clerk prior to her Miss Jane Warren just to confirm and uh I will be providing letters of support in which they outlined that Miss Gordon as she was chosen as a deputy and as she chose her Deputy she was the one chosen by the clerk and she was and she chose her Deputy with that being said you know there's a great deal of responsibility that's on this position of Clerk and those who are endowed or um burdened if I will with the responsibility should be allowed to make sure that they have The Supporting Cast they feel most comfortable with um this Council although The Echoes of support are very strong we found it necessary to um derail from the previous previous uh uh process and in the effort to appoint and and or just to give her her appoint her her predecessor or her her staff and her support staff so with that being said Madam clerk I mean I stand in solidarity completely um 100% of the time I don't support you in front of the cameras but behind um and that means making sure that you uh uh you were equipped with the best um utilities to to do your job within his with to to his fullest expectations and it's not just um a show for the public it's behind closed doors as you are well aware and uh I will continue to fight on your behalf not just your behalf but all but on behalf of all of the um employees who are are from time to time are unfair unjustly treated with that being said I'm happy um that this has gone through and I'm looking forward to working with you yet another year and your continued um success my vote is yes thank you councilman Jackson councilman khle congratulations Madame clerk my vote is yes thank you councilman colleag councilman urin all right so Madame clerk you know that where my stand was way even before uh you were appointed for this particular position and again we don't want to see you just acting but you're working there for a full time and uh in you know finishing your course as well as we spoke earlier as well so I again it's not nothing to congratulate you but we have to honor and respect the work that you do every day and we're looking for uh some Deputy that can assist you in this near future with that being said my vote is yes thank you councilman Udin councilman valz so Madame clerk yes sir Jaclyn Murray yes sir we we sat down a few times and speak about spoke about the issues that the city had and and we also spoke about the relation that you always have with the council not because things have to go so through some process means that everyone was against it sometimes those process lead to communication and lead to miscommunication but we here to praise the good communication and the communication is being delivered through this vote and I believe all the councilman that are here are willing to continue working not only with you with your staff one of the things administration had to understand that for the past years this office had been under Staffing the under Staffing for the clerk's office also on Staffing from the Council Office to be able to have a full Staffing and productive office we need to give her the tools and the Personnel that she been requesting for the longest so I hope the the ba listen to this even as she's not here today I know it's going to be delivered and if it's not going to be delivered watch the rebroadcast of the meeting that this office have to be full staff to be able to manage the demand of the community congratulation as uh Ruby K say we always here we know the hard work that you and your staff do for the Cs and for the council at large so my vote is yes thank you councilman valz Mr President thank you m cler uh M cler jacn Mor I want to say that since I became a councilman large in 2014 it's been an amazing pleasure to work with you I see your hard work I see your work ethic your dedication I know you so well that for me it it was a great honor to send a letter to the state as council president uh the state request a letter from Council president for your reappointment I sent that letter immediately and I was so excited to see the letter from DCA from the state when I received the letter back giving us the green light to appoint you for another term um it I was very satisfied we've been supporting you from the day one there was a process in place and we follow the process we follow the state process and now we're here uh voting unanimously for your appointment again and I just want to say that we're ready to take action for your Deputy clerk you need your Deputy clerk right next to you it's extremely important you're working so many hours and you need your staff right next to you to continue doing the work that you've been doing and yes you are under staff also there secretary position that need to be filled we already have that discussion with Administration and we're going to get back to theca to make sure that they allocate the funding to make sure that we proper you know get the stuff that we need election is around the corner and you have a lot of work but I'm just going to say congratulation tonight just continue doing the great work for the city of patteron and for this governing body without being say my vote is yes thank you Mr President before I announce the votes may I say something yes Madam clerk okay so to my council president Council vice president the municipal Council and the whole I just want to thank you all for entrusting me for another year last year I had a lot of challenges including medical challenges that derailed my um road to going for the exams so I'm praying and I'm hoping that this year everything will go as planned and like the S Kofa I'll just look back and continue ahead forging ahead for a road to success so thank you all for everything thank you madam clerk well sa so right now council president can I have just a quick note no two seconds she have right after she announce the vote it's just two seconds go ahead goad the votes are seven yeses two absences item number eight is hereby adopted all [Applause] right come on I give it I should get the flower no council member let's all take a picture in front of the day but with M clerk please let's go around the day and council president what I wanted to say is I wanted to say welcome back councilman Udin councilman Udin councilman UD welcome back that's what I wanted to say I know you've been through a lot yeah and some of us know that pain all right but we're here in solidarity with you and your family kept in touch with you I don't know that we were at the same time frame but I'm happy that you're back so welcome back right go right come [Music] on [Music] all amazing amazing amazing all right exhale I see so we have public portion now yeah right here uh council president yes just a second okay I need a thank you council president I I just want to I just want to clarify something here um I know that I mentioned uh the understaffing from the clerk office and also from our office but if you look at other departments at the city of par I can mention DPW other departments in the city are under Staffing but the problem we don't need to get the funding we already budget for those positions line the line item is there okay the line item is there the money is there yes what concern is that people leaving they they quit or whatever they resign and they stay there the money stay there and they don't hire back so we need to if we're not going to pass the budget that we approve let's hire because they are there we already budget thank you I understood thank you now members of the public it's 610 6:07 at 630 we have a planning board meeting so now it's time for the public to speak uh let uh let me acknowledge the leader councilman Gaspar that is here with those he never came to the chamber welcome welcome gpar great leader in the community the chairman Mr gpar so with that being said mad Clark how many member how many speaker we have on the list we have four speakers Mr President let's call the first Speaker first speaker is Mr Earnest Rucker Ernest Rucker patteron New Jersey I'm going to tell you guys something I'm sitting here and I'm watching this damn what a different election makes what a different election coming up makes I remember all the controversy when it came down to the clerk all the different stories but election year 2024 everybody's in love what a damn shame now let me go further to go on with this I came here for a couple of reasons today I I I warned you strongly warned you that this election was coming up even during the time when we asked you to televise the workshop meetings and we got all this pull back but if that came up right now we would get 100% vote because elections are coming up I've been around this city doing this long than anyone in this room I've never seen such a show of in my life than I just saw with jacoline let's tell it like it is let's be honest I'm tired of talking to you guys like I'm talking to friends because we're not friends when you vote against the community let's go into another subject the administration Andre say is running or attempt to run for the congal seat of the Ninth District when is he going to run on his record of the condition of the city of Patterson when are we going to talk about the dirty streets when are we going to talk about the high RS when we going to talk about the drug addicts and the homeless that's sleeping all through our streets and yet he just he wanted to invite migrants to come into the most dense city in New Jersey probably in the country for what reason we're not taking care of the people that live here and it's not just the taxpayer it's the renter it is the homeless to sleep on that cardboard box because if we don't change the condition the election that's coming up is going to change a lot of seats I warned you less than a year ago I warned you if you didn't start acting right your seats would be in Jeopardy I guess my warning is coming true gentlemen ladies lady there only one up at the DI today true I'm going to stop warning you and I'm just going to let it happen and then I'm going to support those people that I believe that are support for the community and those who are not I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that you don't sit no longer oh I'm back I took my break I took my rest I'm back hard and cold if you put that resolution back on the agenda tomorrow about televising Workshop meetings it will pass unanimously because six of you are running for re-election 1 second in closing no problem and I'm glad that damn thing didn't go too loud mhm if I have to come here every televised meeting and single you out one by one I'm going to do that I'm going to make your lives miserable you say you're for the community St voting for the community and in closer let me say to Michael Jackson Mike I watch you fight this battle we don't have to be friends we don't have to lunch together but I got to support the fact that you bring out things that nobody's bringing out so for the only one for tonight I am endorsing for tonight is Mike Jackson for the first W again each week I'm going to come up here I'm going tell you who I'm supporting and who I'm not supporting now let's see how nice you are to me now have a good night thank you Mr rocker next speaker M clerk the next speaker is former councilman and anony abony Davis Davis good evening Council good evening the year of 2024 True Confession uh Anthony Davis City of patteron I do not although tonight was um a um mostly about what's on the agenda is coming up on February 1st I do not serve uh to get an award I do not serve because I was a counsilman I serve because my parents instilled it in me I serve because that's the rent you pay to society I serve because God order us or command us to be servants this is why I serve I don't need an award I am very appreciative and honored to be uh a nominee and um have council president to a former council president I am very honored and I thank you very much for that and I thank the council for voting in affirmative um but I did come here in support of Miss jackeline jackeline jackqueline Jacqueline Murray my is Jacqueline Murray who I known for uh many years and um before any Council of we were friends and we will always be friends and I'm here in support of you that's why I'm here tonight thank you Council have a good thank you councilman next speaker Madam clerk next speaker is Mr Errol Kerr commissioner Errol Kerr good evening Council Mr President commissioner good evening um sitting there and um looking at the the resolution and looking at the names that were um selected to be honored this um Black History Month um drove me to ask the question about service I think everybody that is identified on this is truly deserving they have done things that benefits the community the city and in general it would be service to the country Black History Month is a very special time when you look at the the history of our people and when I say our people I mean black brown people who have come to this country come to this country sometimes not by choice they came in shackles and chains and that did not deter them from from contributing to the welfare to the development of this country so I honor them I do honor service I just want to thank the council this evening for the reappointment of Mrs Jacqueline Murray this is um someone who I've known and um I know some something about her work ethics I know something about her devotion or commitment to task and I believe she has done this city a tremendous service even in the face of health challenges so I want to congratulate you Mrs Murray for your service to the city sometime we try to equate service with a job but service goes beyond a paycheck and you have demonstrated that it's not your patche but your commitment to the job of this of of the city so I commend you and Mr um I didn't want to say Mr councilman Jackson make mention about a deputy and I heard process now I understand process give me one second Mr President I do understand process but looking back at former clerks they have always selected their deputies I don't know if it was written and if it was written uh you know if you do law that that would be case law they do it so that's what it is so if you're going to change the practice it has to be stated in writing as somewhere everybody know that we are changing the practice so I would recommend that we give her the latitude because it's very difficult for you to work with somebody who you don't know you don't know if that person is committed to you the leader the task that person might be somewhere else the mind and everything might be somewhere else so I would ask the council to give Mrs Mo the latitude that has been given to former clerks to select her Deputy thank you very much thank you commissioner next speaker Madam clerk the next speaker is Mr Kate Watson good evening everyone good evening yeah I just want to celebrate tonight and I put everything behind me no negative no cynical remarks don't mind Ernie Ernie is just yeah he's just you know welc coming back but no it's my friend don't worry about that but I'm just say my friend no cynical remarks what happened here tonight is Jackie is being reappointed let's celebrate sometime we just got to put things behind us and celebrate my friend here Anthony Davis went to school together play run track together I mean reown and conspicuous athlete I mean you know back then all the girls look come on you know I just remind me how you know flan guy and see him here today he's going to be recognized let's celebrate about something and and and and where credit has to do you got to give credit as do I remember you know as a businessman and and and as investor also you know buying house and real and and there was a time when you drive around the first water Mike Jackson W and I mean you see all X on the house remember when you were you man it was terrible was i s I mean I used to like what's the X for they said the X when you got the the x that mean nothing was in yeah no yeah and then you have one with the box and the first water was a mess the fourth water was a mess and and I I have to comend the mayor and the and the counsel that work together that you know I heard you know that was it was 400 back then now it's 200 so that mean there's a good job there's some good some good that has been done me and my friend from from botin was driving today we went to the count County building to do something and he haven't been in a while and he's like whoa you know I drove him around he said yeah that's some good work doing in P we came down Ellison street so we got to give credit where his credit is due cuz guess what if the council wasn't working along with the mayor these thing wouldn't be get up right and uh I can tell you right now that the the the patter cab Alliance and the the Jamaican party that's in the third W is full in running full speed behind Alex M I mean they talk about all the good work that's been doing in there and guess what we love what you're doing we we we we honor you and we continue to pray that God will bless you with that gift you have you know to knock and everybody door that everybody know who you are and you're reachable and just to point to sister here also from president my good friend and may I said my girlfriend but you know you understand what I mean we talk all about late at night and trust me I mean I'm not getting myself in trouble because you know but but you know we're working together hand to hand and I believe that you know when you have done 20 years on the counsel and you haven't reached the second floor that simple mean that the people is not with you because that's the trend when you get to the the council and you're here for a while the next step is to get to the second floor and if you tried and tried and fail then guess what I think it's time for you to have some give me a minute I have somebody who you have mentor and to put in the box and when you don't Mentor anybody when you have not put anybody in that position in that place that mean you're just selfish you're a a a person who is just full of ego and and you know that that egotistic narcissistic characteristic that you just put out to make yourself be one person and that's I'm saying in my closing in my closing don't talk about integrity if you going to steal somebody's idea that's pleasur isn't it that's pleasur so and and and and that's my seat right don't sit boy don't sit you my members of the public hello uh um you better get him away from here before before I'm just don't worry just wrap it up council members of the public just wrap it up okay up he stand up right here cuz I never spoke cuz I don't talk guess what my address in Jamaica is 18 P Road and I'm right in of counil President I'm right in the area point of council members but if I'm talking about my third water and my Jamaican people and my my Caribbean people you better allow me to talk to them because guess what I'm the one who they called I'm the one who they talk to I'm the one who they actually ask who they should vote for who's going to represent the Jamaican Community when the election come and integrity is so when you don't thank you and I I just got worked up and that's appreciate it and and and council president thank you kid so council members council member one second cler how many more one second council members point of ORD how many more speaker we have more speakers motion to close Council move by councila second byoun roll call M cler 7 Minutes council member we have we had a planning board meeting which is a very important meeting council member so please make your comment at the end on on the time to close Ro to close Sor who second to close it was moved by Council second by councilman Shah KH okay thank you thank you rooll call to close a public portion of the municipal Council special meeting Council woman cotton thank you madam clerk um there was some things I wanted to say but we need to um vacate whatever you want to say but there's a lot of stuff that um I wanted to respond to some of the um uh uh ordinance I mean um the speakers but Madame clerk we're going to close this public meeting I'm glad we you are uh still our clerk for the city here in Patterson and I just want to say to my Council colleagues please please please when when Madame clerk responds and need you to answer her please answer her I'm saying to all my counsil colleagues she need to get answers from everyone whatever we're going through a time with different things going on so uh difficult time for my Madam clerk difficult times okay difficult times for this office thank you and Madam clerk I love you congratulations you always can count on Ruby cotton to help you whatever we got to get done and as a matter of fact all my counsel colleagues because my thing is that you know we sit here together and we got to work together yeah ain't about I don't like you you don't like me and all that just about running this city just about helping our constituent just about helping the resident just about caring about the people just about making sure nobody's getting over over them we got so many problems with these landlords out here now we got so many problems with this garbage company we got so many problems out here Madam clerk my vot is yet thank you councilwoman cotton councilwoman Dava so I I want to leave this meeting in in in good tone I mean there were great things today every speaker and everything you said is important um but there are things that are factual individuals want to turn things around make certain statements of things changes that are being done without being uh someone not being informed I I'm not going to get into all of that but I will be happy to sit down with uh commissioner Carr who who had some inquiries about certain things and anyone else I will give you the facts and the truth all right I won't turn it around Madam clerk you know this the best you and I have spoken over and over again and God is good and that's what I'm going to say there was no questioning if she was going to be reappointed none whato ever none so if they're making it seem as that's that is not true and I stand Here stand strong in front of God that that is not true that there was a process that needed to happen and a document that needed to be filled up absolutely yes but in any way shape or form when council president was asked I was in the room and he asked legal to prepare a letter that was written right away on behalf of this Council in support for her another for another term for her for another year so regardless of what's being said out there and I'm going to leave it at that and I don't want to discuss right now the deputy clerk cuz that time will come when we can discuss that the way it should be done properly done not discuss personal matters when we're not discussing personal matters so with that said there are great people that work in this city there are great people that love this city and I know that Madame clerk is going to get that right-hand person that she needs to work with and I know that we are going to be in support because at the end of the day this is not about I I'm the only one I the only one that stands here no no no no this is about working together and coming to the middle you don't have to like me but you will respect me and with that said to every person here that comes even when you come and and you and and some may think that they're being attacked you know I say here now I used to be that person Rucker used to say it the best you're too emotional councilwoman well guess what that was 10 years ago and I stand firm now okay thanking all of those light councilmen who I learned from a lot who I work with who was very tough who I know loves our children who continues to serve and that is um our councilman of the first word he was my councilman cuz you know 25 year First Ward resident all right although I grew up in the fifth and then went on to the first B my home in the first and now I'm in the third but with that said said you know uh councilman Davis you know you're truly loved and respected and you know it regardless of what is being said and I'll continue to say that because there's a lot of people that create Havoc they like it they like stirring and you know making all these negativities because you know that's the only way that they get attention but guess what I want to stand here today today was about Madam Clerk and all of those individuals that we are going to be honoring for Black History Month which is not only a month it's every day of the year year so with that said I do understand that there is a planning board meeting that's very meeting I see the full planning board I believe it's an emergency planning board um but I needed to say that because it just it really hurts to see when things are being turned a certain way so with that said my vote is yes to close public the the Public Public portion thank you councilwoman daver councilman Jackson thank you madam clerk let me turn things in the proper direction then first of all let me say this for a matter of process and it's good to see tenured people in the room so councilman McCoy if there's one thing that and councilman former council president councilman of the First Ward uh Anthony Davis when a point of order is called it must be acknowledged you don't just overstep a point of order but when people begin to to indoctrinate themselves with power Council hold on for a minute council president are you going to be sitting or you going to be going around because and then I have to sit there the audience going to think there's no council president point of order I have the floor yet again point of order trying to bring the council back this qum city some some people just can't can you imagine can you imagine seventh eth grade this kind of nonsense so so yet again if you give me one moment brother Rucker there something important I need you to hear um so and and it it's not because I have an opinion or perspective I'm running a race in the First Ward that's all I'm concerned with but I must acknowledge foolishness when when it's being being promoted the fact that our community the First Ward which used to have X's all over the front of these front doors so what you say has been sold to the highest bitter just Wednesday last Wednesday there was a a study group that was uh uh formulated I forget exactly who did the study I I can forward it to anyone but there was a disparity study shown in the state of New Jersey where minorities were so neglected relative to having access to governmental contracts so rfps in the state of New Jersey was at the absolute lowest in the state where the African-American population is 0.1% in the state of New Jersey in which they make up more than 177% of where the the Hispanic American population was like 6% I'm sorry 6.1% % where the the highest uh uh uh minority group was the white woman that has more access to to contracts when you talk about homeownership tell me where that has been created you you just talked about the phenomenal job that's been taking place the homelessness has been exacerbated the the the job creation no no access to economic Equalization and this Administration in this city is even worse than it is City Statewide where in North our counterpart has shown by Leading by example they created opportunities for minority companies that come and do the installation of these water lines inside of uh the the the homes where we've watched these large scale developers all of the campaign donors get contracts while the if you just be patient and watch the next meeting this PL this planning board is is is one of the biggest proponents in selling the city allowing for two family home uh uh neighborhoods to be converted into 26 family home neighborhoods with lack of parking look at Lafayette Street where now people are parking on the railroad tracks putman's oval never was fully occupied by parking and people talk about facts but yet they won't State a fact they won't say what it is I'm not going to say it then don't say anything because the fact of the matter is the clerk the former clerk when she stepped into position of the Deputy she was chosen by her by the clerk and when she was the clerk she chose her Deputy in fact she chose one person who was then converted over and then miss Murray was was chosen and I'm sure sure councilman McCoy who sat for just about two decades can can acknowledge that councilman Anthony Davis can acknowledge that many of you who participated the fact that we're given credit that our community is no longer our community that the people are paying astronomical rents they can't afford to pay rents and yet and still they're still getting ta double taxation from the sewer bills that we're being double charged on so I digress but brother Rucker I hope that you I will forward you this this study and I would like to see Madame clerk I know the ba is not here today but please put in a request I want to see the numbers relative to the mayor's tenure and this Council that has participated greatly with the mayor where is the minority inclusion how many contracts have black Hispanic Arab any minority group group here not we're not talk I do acknowledge uh uh there was a there was a gentleman that was awarded a partial cleaning contract and these are the small things that we we grab and I'm not talking about the fake uh uh people who standing and posing for the developers like at Hench Stadium where they claim there's a black person involved but yet only out of $110 million we only managed to create six patteron jobs and none of that money stayed local but this Council wonders what our what our job is to show up and party and and acknowledge people and celebrations on failures We are failing our community so listen and council president let me acknowledge this when someone steps to the mic and they have the pom poms and they cheerlead the outfit on for you you just let them go on and on and on anybody else that's offering you a letter of criticism you shut their mic off you stop allowing them to speak you don't allow people like myself who are speaking factual context to to to to speak when a point of order is being rendered sir it should be answered to you don't have the Liberty as the council president I know you have the rest of the gang behind you but I've never been afraid to go up against multiple people ever in my life and I will not stop now the way you're running this meeting is childish I'm just going to say that just because somebody has something good to say about you doesn't mean they should be extended and if anyone is in doubt of that go watch any any of the meetings the first time someone comes up there and in objection or against council president he's shutting their mic off he's going to start talking now but if you cheerlead for him he's okay with it he's going tot spend your time he's going to allow you to continue to speak that's not how the people's house should be spoke should be managed if you cannot take the criticism the heat then you're in the wrong profession we all get equally criticized and if you can't take it equally from from the public and you're trying to muffle the Public's uh uh freedom of speech that's what the that's what the uh uh Constitution is about I'm sorry sir he just allowed you an extended period of time you didn't say time out then members of the public please you almost got members of the public closing the public portion please here you are disrupting my time I didn't say anything while you were speaking I didn't interrupt you I allowed you to go on and you cheerlead cheerlead for it for various people including the mayor and I'm pointing out the fact that what you stated was an absolute fallacy that's the dream whatever you're talking about how the neighborhood was been converted it hasn't been converted in a positive measure for the people that I know that I represent that live there the people that are being that are living three to four months with no heat no hot water and yet no not one uh uh entity within this city is going to hold an absentee Rogue slum Lord accountable so what are we doing about that when the when the when the majority of those people are Black and Hispanic people as we getting ready to acknowledge ourselves for Black History Month and a job well done Madam clerk needless to say as uh um I for I I think one of the gentlemen talked about I'm hoping that we are so um cheerful and and and excited to offer you the latitude that the position has always rendered and and Madame Jane Warren said it best as the council continues to move forward there is something that's called practices and customs of the council customs of the council take precedence in many instances and in in the way things the way uh in which things operate and I'm hoping that you you get to have the ability to in trust your best interest for the job that you're going to be um burdened with with that being said my vote is yes thank you thank you councilman Jackson councilman KH thank you Madame clerk my vote is yes to close the public push thank you councilman colle councilman urin thank you madam Clark good evening everyone who was was here and watching us live on TV uh about a month later I'm sitting in the chamber uh my mom I lost my mom recently and because of this it's not easy what I'm going through now but I thank everyone those who reached out to me shared your thoughts condolences I sincerely thank you I thank you to my colleagues for taking on me multiple times my doing but thank you I truly truly um thankful for the colleagues like you all um today's a great day we are we are here particularly for the individuals who serve to get back to this community we are we passed the resolution to honor them on the February 1st and at the same time I'm I'm hard because doesn't matter what my political stand is doesn't does matter who am I supporting or not I cannot disrespect anybody in this chamber or anywhere in the city of P that's how I I feel I'm not hard because someone was disrespected here I'm hard because I feel that if I'm not on the seat tomorrow I'll be disrespected like how Bill M was disrespected in this chamber this is so wrong this is totally wrong I believe that our council president could have done better job to control this room and that's my request to you council president for the future brother Watson we know each other very long time your relationship with my family that's that's our relationship is but what happened today seriously I I I did not really like it because they are our people they serve for the city councilman David is sitting here coun M MCO sitting here and we are all are going to be former one day not people are going to see us for for thousands years in this in this in this place one day we have to be a former something and at the time if we do not get respect from our people how do we feel just that's that's all I'm trying to address to you um members of the public please please members of the public please you you are a brother to Micky you know that and and and and this is so again again we we need to respect everyone doesn't matter what my political view is again I'm saying I I cannot politically support everyone but I have no right to disrespect anyone with that being said my vote is yes to close the public thank you councilman urin councilman valz uh this is to close the public portion but I just want to say something was Ernest rocker I I just want to tell Ernest rocker the peace did not last too long so you know let's keep on doing what we have to do uh everyone here expr Express they when the honores was here one thing I going to say and I going to repeat it again when councilman David was council president he never allowed no one from the council disrespect no one in the in the uh public disrespect no one in in the council at the councilman also the councilman was control enough to not disrespect the public there's a rule and I I know council members could agree with it there's a rule that when a when a person come to PA approach and engage a councilman in their conversation we had the right to ask for the floor and respond in that moment we not exercising that why because then we going to be here all night long all night long but one thing I got to say this last but not least when people come and ask me councilman I want to go to the council and support you and say great words about your great work you know what I tell them let's do it outside with the people knocking doors and do what we have to do because they they're going to come and talk like that after they praise me I don't want them here fighting and all that stuff no that will P down any message that a person want to come back positive for that candidate or that councilman uh saying council president I know we going to have another half hour closing this meeting after this my my vote is yes thank you councilman Val Mr President thank you madam clerk let me just take a quick moment to thank all the members of the commun for coming here and speak uh on the public portion uh erner welcome back don't disappear you're not allowed to disappear to all the honor read that we voted on today congratulation I'm looking forward to see you all SE uh February the 1st on the Black History Month celebration which is going to be a great history and and a great celebration and I really learned how important is to be sitting on the table I learn how important it is to be sitting on the table long time ago because that's the only way that you could fight for the people that you you care about and that's what we did with mad clerk we um definitely we support mad clerk from the beginning to the end we got the agreement from the state we got the okay from DCA Madame clerk it's there and we're looking forward to appoint the deputy clerk which is the next step and I'm very sure that mad cler will be very pleased with the person that will be working hand in hand with her because she was part of the process also as well it was a great uh process we have a lot of candidate and very soon we're going to have the final candidate to be voting on with that being said let me acknowledge a great person for the community Jose I haven't seen Jose V in years welcome back Al Sur to the city of pison uh so with that being said council members my vote is yes mad clerk thank you council president the votes are seven yeses two absences the public portion of the special meeting is here I close motion to close this special meeting by councilman and second by councilman colag Roll Call to close this meeting roll call to cl to close a municipal Council special meeting of Monday January 29 2024 councilwoman cotton thank you madam clerk um I just want to say thank you to everyone who came out tonight um this meeting was a special meeting we were not able to um vote on our honoraries and I say to people we cannot give you a resolution it has to be voted on by all council members I get calls all the time for resolutions we cannot do a resolution unless voted on by all council members so we needed to come back here tonight so we can vote on the resolutions for our honor for Black History Month um normally we will have our meeting on next week but Madam clerk thank you to Corporation counsel to our new Council colleagues in the legal department welcome I'm happy to see you here tonight to see what's going on cuz you going to probably have to cover that seat one one of them nights I'm not sure which night it would be but it will be one of them to my coun colleagues thank you madam clerks phis thank you um where she at she's not here tonight yeah she's not oh she didn't come okay with that being said I want to wish everyone a good night God bless you all Madam clerk my vote is yes thank you councilwoman cotton councilman Jackson thank you madam clerk I'll just leave you guys with the text some words from a text that I received from from uh constituent patteron is the new Bronx which is sad to see the mayor and the council ruined patteron I'll just leave you that to think on um for those who are thinking that we're under these fabulous conditions Madam clerk my vote is yes thank you councilman Jackson councilman khik good night everyone my vote is yes CL thank you councilman councilman Udin my vote is yes mam Clark thank you councilman Udin villain I was raised in the Bronx whoever want to know how was the Bronx before let me know I know how was the Bronx before um and let me say this man to compare Patterson with the Bronx so if you don't love it move I love it and I continue working in the city of pass and last but not least I let's pray for the uh the family of Miguel's Diaz her sister passed away let's pray for that family also to remind the community at tomorrow at s St John Cathedral it will be the viewing of our Sheriff Richard H bernick from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. and then two on Wednesday is going to be the uh the funeral from at 10:00 in the morning so just remind the public about that and keep up uh keep on the the family in prayers uh saying that good night thank you Council thank you thank you Madame clerk my vote is yes thank you um councilman valz Mr President oh thank you thank you members of the public once again I know planning board is waiting for this meeting thank you to all my Council Cali for attending this meeting and I'm always say the chu will set you free there was not hiding process with the clerk and will not be a hiding process with the deputy clerk we're doing what we're supposed to do and we continue working together we're not perfect there's a lot of problem in the city of Patterson but if we sit down and work together we could get it done and we could get the job done on behalf of our city on behalf of the city of pisle so with that being said thank you uh to uh I know D he came he's very emotional he came and I will I thank you for your support I I don't stop anybody from the chamber I only ask everybody to stick within the 3 minutes and that's what I'm been continuing doing since I've been president and bring the and bringing the cor and respect to this chamber with that being said my body yes good night patteron thank you Mr President the votes are five yeses three absences the special agent is hereby adjourned thank you