--------- Good morning, Patterson. Keeping our city clean requires collaboration. This morning, DPW trucks were on 10th Avenue as a part of Operation Clean Sweep. And you could see the finished product for yourselves. And that's just
the beginning. We also have applied to to Keep America Beautiful, a national organization that is noted for investing in communities and making sure that those cities reduce their litter as well. But today, we want to let you know
that we've heard you and that we take your feedback very seriously because feedback to us is a gift. And so, thank you for letting us know how you feel about how you can schedule your bulk trash pickup. And we have experts here who will elaborate a little bit further.
But today's announcement is in the interest of efficiency. So we are officially going to be switching from our SDL platform, what we've used in the past as far as scheduling a bulk trash pickup to recycle coach, which already
has roughly over 16,000 individuals in Patterson already utilizing it. And it is more convenient. It is more userfriendly. And once again, it is a direct result of hearing from all of you. But to elaborate a little
bit further, to go first on recycle coach is none other than Kim Stewart who will speak for about 20 minutes who is the senior customer success manager. Please Kim. Yes.
Thank you so much mayor and team for inviting me here today. I am Kim Stewart. I am the partner success manager, senior success manager for Patterson, New Jersey. It has truly been an honor to work with the team in
Patterson. They are incredibly dedicated team whose intentions each day are for the betterment of Patterson. They have you in their minds for everything they do. They have worked so hard to empower the
residents having ensured that they have not only hyper local detailed information but accurate information and that is the key to the success. They have also made sure that it is easier for you to now schedule your bulk
pickups. The good thing is here too I'm local to Jersey if they ever need my assistance. Uh residents of Patterson please make sure to download the app today. give your feedback because we are all listening. Thank you, Jim. You still got 19 minutes left. What
happened there? Okay, but you heard for directly from a resource with Recycle Coach and she's local. So any troubleshooting that we need, she can address. And from my office, I want to commend our deputy chief of staff, Deborah Bravo, who's been spearheading it on behalf of I,
like I stated before, our office. And she'll elaborate as to when you can expect the official launch date. This is our announcement. And then there are other pieces of information she'll share. So, our deputy chief of staff, Deborah Bravo. Thank you, Mayor.
Yes. Um, first of all, thank you. I want to say that this is a big win for the residents of Patterson to now have recycle coach. This app is going to bring together garbage pickup schedules, recycling pickup schedules, and now the bulky tool where residents can pick up their bulk garbage items through the app
as well. It takes 60 seconds and it's a way more userfriendly experience. Um, so thank you to Recycle Coach and the Recycle Coach team. Um, I'd also like to mention that we're going to have our green fair in Saturday, October 18th. Um, please make sure to be there. We're
going to also have a lot more information for you for recycle coach um, as well as bulk and garbage pickups. And we will maybe have some recycling bins courtesy of our recycling coordinator, Mr. Juan Hernandez. Yes. Thank you very much. Thank you. And the
uh official launch date for Recycle Coach is September 2nd, the day after Labor Day. So, prepare yourselves appropriately. Make sure that you are fully aware of Recycle Coach and how convenient it is and user friendly above
everything. So, we're talking about recycling and we can't go any further without hearing from our clean communities coordinator. It was mentioned earlier that at our green fair on October 18th, we will have recycling bins. Yes, we will. So, you can use recycle coach to pre-register. Correct. And also Patterson Plus. Remember, we've
revamped that app as well. But recently, our clean communities coordinator has been painting. I'm not quite sure if you're aware, our councilman's here from the third ward, but the entrance coming in from Elwood Park on Broadway, Route 4, has a new look. And thanks to our
clean communities coordinator, it is blue and yellow. I wish it would have been orange and blue, but they went ahead and painted it without me knowing that part of it. No, no, no, no. I think it's going to stand out more. It's gonna stand out more. So, Chris Faber Muhammad will take it from there. And of course, Danny Cabrera provided the lettering for welcome to
Patterson, great falls, great food, great future, but we want our clean communities coordinator to elaborate a little further on this upcoming endeavor and also recycling. Thank you, Juan Hernandez. Thank you. The next Good morning. Thank you mayor. We want
to inform this app recycling coach. We've been partner for four years only. At the beginning was recycling. After two years we've been working with the solid waste and recycling. It's not only to see a schedule. What day is your day
to put the garbage out or the recyclable out is educational. That's the part that I love. And also the part when you send me any complaints for me is a work order. We
print it out. We give it to the supervisors and they take care of that. That feedback is super important for us to keep Patterson moving forward with the recycling program. Now with the clean communities program, we are attacking we in war with the graffiti.
So, we start with this amazing uh mural that's going to be at the hills in Broadway and we're going to continue. I hope the weather is going to allows for the end of the year to have three or four more and we are going to make
Patterson beauty again no matter what. Thank you, Mayor. Excellent. Glad you said make Patterson beautiful again, not great again. Please. We don't use that terminology here. But thank you, Juan. He's absolutely right. He's working hard on a new initiative
to go after vandalism. Yes, sir. In fact, we're going to be working with another local individual, Frank Philipelli Jr. Yes. to create those wraps to put them on the boxes that the city owns and also the new recycling bins. There are 55 new solar power trash receptacles that have
been installed throughout the city, compliments of the urban enterprise zone. At this time, we can't go any further when we're talking about feedback than hearing from a young lady who feels the phone calls and does it with professionalism and she's been eager to speak. So, at this time, our account clerk at the Department of
Public Works, Nadia Villaina. Thank you. There you go, Nadia. Go get her. Hi guys. Um, so I will be working on um the bulky tool. Um, this is our recycle coach. Um, this is our logo. Um, also we
have uh QR codes for everyone. Um, you guys can scan it. Um, so I will be the one working with you guys um, through this process. I just want to say thank you to everyone. Thank you to our team um, for making this happen.
um and to all um I don't know to continue supporting recycling and waste reduction in our daily lives with tools like this. Small changes in our routines lead to big impacts for our neighbor our neighborhoods and planet. So mark your calendar September 2nd. This is the
start of something new and we invite all residents to explore and take advantage of our exciting feature on recycling coach. Excellent. Come on, wrap it up. Thank you, Nadia. You're welcome. See, I'm so glad that you wanted to speak and you added value. You definitely did. And just as a note, Nadia pointed to the QR
code. It is in all municipal buildings according to our clean communities coordinators. We're going to make it as convenient as possible. So, there are no excuses. We want you to sign up and it is readily available. And like Nadia just stated, and Deborah said it earlier, September 2nd is the launch date. So, we want to hear from one of
our supporters on the council relative to keeping Patterson clean and our Patterson is picking up initiative is third ward Councilman Alex Mendes. Thank you. Get him, sir. Good afternoon, Patterson. Uh this is uh a a very important day because uh
scheduling a bulk has been a a big problem in the city of Patter. We've been getting a lot of complaints about people trying to scheduling a bowl pickup and now with recycling coach I really hope that that our community get easy access to uh definitely put that on
the schedule. We have to keep our city clean. We have to clean the city of Patterson and we have Nadia who's going to be able to help those senior that doesn't understand how to navigate through the process. They could call and she will help them. That's extremely important. That was another way of another complaint that they didn't get
the help. So now we have the team. I'm very optimistic. I'm very open uh with this new app. Uh we definitely have to see our city clean. And I want to take this moment to encourage a resident, please stop dumping in our community. Stop dumping in the city of Paris. So I submit I introduced a legislation to uh
for $10,000 fine for those people that we catch dumping. It's $10,000 a minimum 2500 use recycling coach. If you have a couch, whatever you have in the house, you have the ability to put them on the schedule for the city to pick it up. I'm very optimistic and please call because
I would like to uh hear the feedback of this app. The whole idea is to clean the city of Patterson and we all have to come together to get this job done in the city. Thank you so very much. Thank you Councilman. Thank you for your support. Also want to just leave you with a data point. When we started the
process of scheduling your bulk trash pickup, 27% of the population was scheduling. Now we are over 60%. Yes. Yes. The goal with Recycle Coach is to continue to increase that number to get as close as 100% as possible. We know
that there are people that may not download the app and we'll get to that trash at at at the appropriate time. However, to make it easier for us and you use the app, schedule a truck bulk trash pickup and we'll get there.
Keeping any community clean is a constant battle, but we're fighting every day and we need your help because keeping Patterson clean starts with you. Thank you very much. [Applause] Recycle coach. Recycle coach.
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Good afternoon, Patterson. As a matter of fact, I didn't even check my watch or my Fitbit. I want to know what time is it? Yes. What time is it? Actually, it's 4:21 and we got to hurry
up here. Counciloman Ruby Cotton has just joined us, the former mayor, first African-American woman to be the mayor. And today we're celebrating the first Patterson High School team to win an NJDCA state championship, showcasing your
dedication, skill, and most importantly, school spirit. What time is it? Night. You know what? I want I want them to break down to a cheer right now. What do you think? Can we do this or no? Yes. Come on, please. You're feeling it. We're feeling it right now. You got to
got to you got to ride the wave. All right. Ready? Ready? [Music] B U M V I T U We
[Applause] [Music] [Applause] U S P I T U V. Oh,
now you know why they won the New Jersey Cheer and Dances Coach Association State Championship. Yes. [Applause] First comparison. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. So, at this time, I want to call forward
the head coach of the JFK cheerleading team, Miss Travel. And Pinkinet, please. Hello. Hello. I definitely come out of this without my partner in crime wax.
We are I want to say a dynamic duo that has truly uh encouraged these girls. They have pushed us, we have pushed them. It has definitely been history for us ever since basically their freshman year and now most of them are going to be juniors. Uh we do not have a senior
on the team, which is good for us to continue to encourage them to do what they've been doing all year round. Dedication, commitment, family, love, everything that we've been pouring into them, they've been pouring back to us. And we couldn't have been any more
excited for this momentous occasion 2025. I will never forget that date. [Music] Yeah, please [Applause] assistant coaching.
Um, good afternoon everyone. I just want to thank you girls for allowing me the opportunity to coach them to we call myself the JFK night. I am so insanely proud of each and every one of you. Um, from the very beginning to the very end,
they pushed themselves. I pushed them a little bit and we are now able to call ourselves state champions. Excellent. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, ladies. Just a little background before we go further in the program. So, Kennedy High School,
this was in the '60s was being built, but it wasn't going to be called Kennedy High School. In fact, we have East Side. Maybe you didn't want me to mention that here. You know that school, you've heard of it on the other side of town. So, we were going to have Westside, it was going to be Westside High School, but then on November 22nd, 1963, the president of
the United States was assassinated and that was John F. Kennedy. So according to history, Patterson became the first city in the country to name a high school after. So what was supposed to be Westside High School is now Kennedy High School. So you're carrying on that tradition of excellence because that's what John F. Kennedy said when he was
president. He must always pursue excellence. Sir, you're fulfilling what he said over 50 years ago. But I'd be remiss if I didn't ask the principal, one of my favorites of all time. I remember we used to dress up like Snow White, the principal of Kenny High
School, proudian Joan Rubio. Please come forward. [Applause] No more Snow White. Hey, you never know. Should be Elsa from Frozen
or Moana. This is a very proud moment for me as a former Kennedy High School student, teacher, and now the principal of Kennedy High School. Um, I've worked for Patterson public schools for 49 years, 7 months,
so I'm not counting, but um, so the opportunity to see these girls and I was in the hospital when they won the state championship, so I didn't get to see it up close and personal. So to see them get the recognition that they deserve, um we obviously recognize them at the school
level, but to see them get that recognition beyond it only fills me with great pride and you guys ladies know how proud I am of you. So I'm so glad that this year and next year. So we expect more. Yes.
Thank you. Thank you. And last, but certainly not least, like I stated before, you can see her picture is looking right at us because she made history in her home, right? Not only is she the fourth board council woman
elected back in 2012. Yes. But she also is the first African-American woman to serve as the mayor of the city of Patterson. Let's put our hands together for the honorable Ruby M. Cotton. Thank you. [Applause]
You know, this is special because I've known this young lady as my daughter plays for Kennedy in the '9s. And so I have to say I have two schools. I have East Side cuz my son played for East Side and my daughter
played for John Kennedy. So I I have to embrace both high school because you know for for me I looked after everybody. It didn't matter to me beside the town you came on, where you live at, I know you all are children. I must take
care of our children. And I am so super proud. This is the first. And I always say to people, and I say to young people, you never give up. You never give up cuz it's going to happen. And I always say to people, young people, you
might get many, many, but a yes is coming somewhere. Yes. Yes. Is going to get in there for you all and you're going to see it and you're going to say, you know, councilman said we going to get that. Yes. And this what you just accomplished is going to open up many many more doors.
You can see how they talk about passing but greatness come out of this city. Yes. And you can see all the greatness that have come out of this city. So I am super proud to the two coaches. Thank you. I know you will continue. You say they they not even senior yet. You got
another year for another championship. Another year, right? Yes. So, congratulations. I didn't know that was coming. Congratulations, young ladies, to all of you and to the coaches. Thank you. Thank
you for caring. Thank you for loving our children because that's what it's about. Loving our kids. They don't have to be yours to love. So, we must take care of them. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Yes. Yes. Now, before we close, I would like to
hear from either one or two of the young ladies. So, coach, who would like to come forward and address, you're on our Facebook page for the city, my Facebook page. We also had tap into Patterson. There was also another news network. So, please, who's going to come forward? One
or two would be easier. Jackie ladies, please please um tell us who you are, please. What year you're in at Kennedy to um my name is Annaya. I'm a junior. My
name is Hernandez. I'm a junior. Um, I just want to say that this team like really really really I really pushed myself to the point where I thought I would push myself. Like there was things I thought that I couldn't do but our coaches made it
possible. And yes, they do push us a lot because they want us to get and I'm so grateful for my teammates too because without Annayia like oh my god. But yeah, our this team is so great. We spread so much love to each other and
I'm so grateful for each and every one of you. I love you guys so much and without all of you guys, I don't know where I would be. We wouldn't be state champions without you. I'm just so proud of everybody and like we really did work so hard together. It was a lot of days where it wasn't like
the best and it's going to be days like that. But we always push through it and thanks to our coaches because even when we thought we couldn't do it, they always believed in us and I'm just so grateful for them and we we all need people like that in our lives. That was nice.
Let's have another round of applause for our cheerleading champions here in the city of Patterson. Thank you. And so I want to propose I'm not only the mayor, I'm a proud father of three children. And Sharice Taylor is a dear
friend of my family. And this summer, we sponsored my civic association a girl goals program. And it's important for all young ladies in this city to have goals. And it's important for all the young ladies in this city to see these young ladies, the girl goals, because you made it manifest. And so by the
grace of God, we get to celebrate history makers here at City Hall so that other young ladies who have girl goals can ultimately strive to achieve what you've done. And it'll never be forgotten. From this day forward, you'll always be the first. And you'll always
know that when we see you, it's night time. Congratulations. Night time, [Music] ladies.