thank you Rafael good evening everyone on behalf of the pison municipal Council we welcome you to the regular meeting on February 18 2025 at 700 p.m. the Mee is now let's call meeting to order M clerk please roll call yes council president
roll call for the regular meeting of February 18th 2025 councilwoman cotton Council woman Dava present councilman Jackson councilman khle present
councilwoman Mims here ready to serve councilman Udin councilman valz I'm here council president pres clerk thank you we have five that are here three that are absent and
one vacancy the meeting is now called to order this continue M clerk um please uh read the statement of compliance M clerk statement of compliance with the open public meetings
law 2024 through 2025 date of the meeting February 18 2025 7:00 p.m. adequate notice of this meeting was compiled and disseminated in accordance with the open public meetings law in the following manner one the annual notice
of regular meetings and workshop sessions of the municipal Council was comp pal for the year 2024 through 2025 on or about July 1st 2024 two a schedule of the regular meetings and workshop sessions of the municipal Council for
the year 2024 2025 was duly transmitted on or about July 1st 2024 to the north Jersey heral news the record the Arabic voice the Italian voice the B County pulse dominicano news
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Council for the year 2024 2025 was prominently posted in the lobby of City Hall first floor in the place reserved for the announcements of this type four the schedule of the regular meetings and workshop sessions of the municipal Council for the year 2024 2025 was duly
filed with the municipal clerk and five a copy of the schedule of regular meetings of the municipal Council was mailed to any person who requested and paid the fee authorized by the open public records act council president thank you mam clerk um in this special
evening um the prayer will be rendered by Iman katanani uh from pay County Islamic Center followed by the FL Salute by monik Parker of public school number two 21 21 21 thank you amen thank you very much Salam
alaykum thank you very much for standing even in in our faith it is okay to ask God and to pray to pray while sitting so you can sit down thank you very much you can sit down thank you very much because God asked us to pray
for him stand in sitting and on our sides may Allah bless you thank you for your in the name of Allah the most merciful the most gracious just I want to say first our God is one Our God who created us all from one father and one
mother our father Adam our mother Eve so Allah when we say Allah is the the main name for the Creator who created us from dust may Allah bless you all may Allah bless our counsel men and women the
great city of Pon I would like to to say oh Allah we thank you we thank you we praise you because you get us to together to be the residents of this beautiful city
one of the city one of very diverse cities to be brothers and sisters in one one nation in one Humanity in one people because you want us to be United as you ask us to be United
according to your plan your plan is to make us brothers and sisters loving one another praying for each other working serving each other so we thank you to give us this opportunity to be together
especially in this night with our leadership of the city to to remind each other to be fair to be just and to work and to make as much as we can to be instruments of
goodness of righteousness of Peace oh Allah we praise you we thank you and we ask you to help us to work together as one family to work together as one person regardless of the
word the first word or the second or the third or the sixth to be one city to work with each other brothers uh Latinos Arabs Muslims uh africanamerican Turkish everyone to be United to love one
another and to work for each other and to love for each other what we love for ourselves even more thank you God for this opportunity to pray before you and please bless our councilmen and women and all those who are serving our city
all those who are serving and protecting and and cleaning and doing anything in the hospitals in the uh in the streets everywhere give them the ability give them the strength give them the power to serve one another and to make our city
as a role model in the great uh country and great nation am mean thank you very much alayum peace be AB you thank you thank you to um katanani now let's
do a moment of silence um aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all
thank you now please remain stand let's do a moment of silence for those that lost a loved one in our community and for a troop thank you may be seated so now we did a um statement of compliance also before we start uh
getting into the agenta into our city business there's a there's a very special recognition tonight before we take the first item I would like to get in the middle of the chamber for this for a moment thank you see right I know there there's a very exciting moment tonight
because we are about to vote on the new person who going to take the six War Council seat and I know we all here to celebrate that moment but before that there's a person that has been working with day and night he's been a true fighter and I could definitely
could call him my friend he worked day and night he's not only a leader in the sits War as the councilman of the sits War he's a true leader for the entire city of patteron because every vote on this chamber every decision that he make impact the entire city of pison in
general as a whole I would like to call councilwoman DAV as well because she was council president also during his two term at the council and I want everybody to put our hands together for a former councilman Al of Dees let's rise and let's put our hands
together for our great councilman of the six War councilman of laes I'm getting jealous because that's my son that's my son so um we all going to come up there's a moment we're all coming up the reason
why uh I asked the council president um I was the sitting councilwoman I have just won my second term in 2018 and um I was able to speak to every council member which at the time was something that was never done before
they never allowed someone to uh be appointed if they were planning on running and so the entire Council supported the cause and we were able to appoint him and so um we the council president and I we were trying to get a
plaque done and unfortunately unfortunately uh the place that we get our plaques from the gentleman has been out for a few weeks and so we were like we have to do something important I think this is laps side and we need to have others come on this side it doesn't look
right okay um and so that is the reason so to my colleagues please don't get upset all right but you know um this was was very important to me as Al is someone uh that I've been working with way before he was elected and um you know I always tell him you know you're
like a son to me respect your elders right and in in regarding Elders um I work with his father and I love the entire abdalaziz family I respect them and you know I thought that it was you know appropriate for me to have the
opportunity remember guys this is my video so I just want to say thank you thank you thank you okay and that's the reason why uh the council president has given me the word so congratulations to Al you're going to do great things in the assembly I'm looking forward to the
primary and I'm looking forward to November congratulations thank you and councilman delis this is a true diversity the entire city council with supporting you we're excited I remember my first support uh that I gave to council M the
was where he started running uh sir uh a democratic Committee Member so in at the uh at the pison Museum since then we've been supporting you you've been a role model for our community we wish you the best of luck at the assembly at the state level and I know you're going to continue fighting for p you now live in
the city you're going to stay with us and you're going to fight alongside with this governing body to bring resources into the city of P congratulation brother thank so first and foremost usually we get a nice big plaque on the way out so
but no I guess the budget cuts here they even in TR we're having some Financial issues no but first and foremost I want to thank Allah for being allowed me to represent this great City and secondly my family everyone here you guys keep
saying I'm like a son to you my mom's ready to fight all you guys and let you know that I'm her she's here today so let's give it up for my mom mom my dad is here my brother sister uncles my wife is with my daughter at
home we try to keep her you know on a nice sleeping pattern but I couldn't do this without my family and and I want to thank my colleagues each and every one of you bring a unique perspective to the city and every single day you guys fight
day in and day out and I fought alongside you I fought with you I fought against you at times right you know we we we go at it but our heart is in the right place our heart right place
and now in Trenton uh we're going to fight for bigger things for Patterson I I'm going to continue calling on each and every one of you right to make sure that we're doing what's best for our residents in the entire city cuz I know deep down in
your heart even when we disagree we're making sure we're doing what's best for the residents I'm here I'm a phone call away and to make sure that we deliver to the sixth W residents thank you for allowing me to represent you and now allow me to take the step up and Tren
and represent everyone without all of you I couldn't do this and most importantly I took great pride in being the First Palestinian americ to represent this city but once you break down doors and open
up doors someone said to me the most important thing about being the first and councilwoman you'll know this councilwoman Ames let's give councilwoman Ames a shout out she's here I think she came I think she came here just for my Award right councelor I
don't know either she's going to give you guys a hell but we're going to say she's here for me they told me the most important thing about being the first is making sure you're not the last and today this Council has an opportunity to
make sure that I'm not the last and make sure you support Ibrahim Omar for the sixth W Council God bless you all I look forward to working with all of you and thank you again guys and like they tell us all the
time the plaques in the mail right the new chamber oh the new chamber you're going to receive the plaque any resolution at the new Council chamber all right so let's take that picture director rid will take the picture thank you council members
thank you council members so Madame clerk let's start with item 61 on the agenda payment of bills council president um1 right after that we go with payment of Bill Let's do item 61 61 okay item number 61 is a resolution to
fill the sixth ward council vacancy by appointing a replacement to serve until certification of the November 2025 election as authorized by njsa 48 colon 16-4
B-21 sponsored by council president Alex Mendes councilwoman Dr Lisa Mims councilman MD Ford Udin councilwoman Marissa Davila councilman Shaheen khik and councilwoman cotton city council resolution number 25
colon so move okay it was moved um by it was moved by councilwoman DAV councilman Mims councilman Udin second second by councilman um shahim khik and my and council president MZ um roll call M
clerk on item 61 roll call for item number 61 uh councilman councilwoman cotton thank you madam thank you madam clerk I just want to say that this is a
resolution um um putting a um a pointing um to the sixth War to replace councilman Al aliz um I personally have worked with him since he has been an aid to councilman aliz I can't remember
maybe about a year I am I see you come into the office um I see you ask questions I see you talk to the clerks I see you talk to the secretary um this a big role it's a big role and you need your community and your
community have spoken for you to be here but not only do you have the sixth wward you have the entire city never forget the entire city it's about all of us um working together and being together so with that being said I welcome you
aboard uh under city council for the city of Patterson and Madam clerk my vote is yes thank you councilwoman cotton councilwoman Dava so many um know that um I am somewhat
vocal at times uh somewhat passionate uh and can sometimes uh be misunderstood um I'm not going to say that this was an easy choice because there were great people who were coming forward sending us letters and that is
to be commended so to all those individuals that have worked tirelessly that were interested in the position I thank you for applying but the reality is something else you have a community galvanized a community come together to say that they
would would like to continue having representation when you look at the six Ward and I always say this you know I work very closely with the assemblymen you know we knocked on a lot of doors and Mr Ibrahim was always on that side
Always by our side uh he's been a hard worker uh and truly I believe um what the assemblyman stated that he should not be the last and I think it is is important to have a community and again we need all communities to come together
to elect him in November so today we are appointing him he now will show these next eight months what he's all about to be able to get elected just like the assemblyman was he worked tiredly I'm happy for him I'm actually kind of sad
and I think he also is a little sad because I think he misses us but you know with that said you know I'm in full support uh to do what is correct and what is right so with that said Madame clerk happily I vote yes thank you
councilwoman councilman Jackson thank you madam clerk first let me take the edge out of the room um I'm sure there's many who are wondering what's getting ready to happen by no means will I not would I be a person to
um stand in disagreement with every community in our town city needs to be um uh fairly represented um I think that especially some of the individuals that I see here tonight have understood that I've been
willing to stand shoulder toosh shoulder with every single community in this uh in this uh City and every single Community that's searching for representation I've I've taken scrutiny for supporting some things in the past but um I'm going use this moment as an
opportunity an opportunity for accountability in which uh many of you understand that I always I always stay consistent with so as councilwoman Dava just talked about you know she's said some controversial things so have I I've
been very controversial at times but I think this is a a necessity because uh if some of you don't see it um you know I was riding down Union a coming off of uh out of TOA and the amount of garbage that in in infests our community is
beyond measure if you are a person that can cannot acknowledge that the conditions of our community today is far worse than what it was maybe five six seven 10 years ago then you're not really talking about the city of Patterson you're talking about something else and with that is part of the reason
from my perspective and I stand you know I can stand solo on this as I as I often do it has a lot to do with the political pandering that takes place in our community and um not to say that this is one of those examples but um I know when
I was in search of the seat when my seat was vacated I was encouraged and forced actually to run a special election and when the last vacation took place I supported the last uh six W vacation I fact I met in South Patterson
we had lunch with my young uh uh whipper snap over there and and I sat and I gave him my 1,00% support and as I received text messages of encouragement for support
I'll be as brief as possible I just want to outline one quick Point um you know it's it's very specific where people are outlining you know specific communities um and and they speak very highly I have
not had opportunity to work and I look forward to working with the young brother because I think he has great potential as well but um the guidance and with our community resources and support that Ibraham Omar will be a great addition to the city and will be a
team player to help the residents of the Sixth Ward and all of Patterson and that's the part that I really want to you know put my flag on because uh our outgoing Council man never made a quarum about the fact that he represented the
sixth war that was it and that the ills and and and and um conditions that took place in the rest of the in the rest of the city was not on the Forefront of his concern and I don't fought him for that in fact I applaud him for that he
represented the people that that supported him to be there and I'm there no shade but the fact of the matter is the the ramifications of decisions that's made by every single council person we all bear the grunt of we all live in Patterson we all have
poor uh press that comes out all every one of our cities I can go down um in the Sixth Ward and find just as much garbage as I can in the first and the fourth W I can go in the sixth W and find the the ills and the dangers of people being shot at and you know people
hanging in front of businesses and things of that nature it's in every single War we cannot you know I'm not a person that that that buys into the fact that any Ward is better than the next so not to prolong this this is a measure of accountability a moment of
accountability because you know I received one phone call from the six and if I received a phone call from this person a thousand times over I would I would definitely be open to and willing to submit to uh to those requests because I respect this person greatly
greatly enough but I hope that I'm not in a position down the line where I have to say I thought so I told you so I'm hoping that this Council and all the newly pointed members and and and existing members as
well could realize that our Collective decisions and our Collective failures is the failure of our entire community so although it started on a somber uh note I'm very optimistic and I'm very
pleased um I'm ful that this will be a turn because people would understand that eventually all of we all have an opportunity to um um to hold somebody accountable as I try to hold myself
greatly accountable for all the decisions that I make and the ramifications that it takes place for all of our residents so I say this to you young brother please I don't give my support lightly you might take it lightly and I'll tell you as much as we have many disagreements we people may
think that we're uh Arch enemies or no I don't we have many disagreements but I don't give my support lightly and when I give it the first time if it's not appreciated and if it's not um uh uh shown that at least my support could
be trusted it would not be easily given again but for today you definitely have my support and you have my best wishes and I'm here as a as a Mentor I know you have your outgoing Mentor but I'm here as a person that if you ever need any assistance I will give you 1,000% of my
energy to make sure you're doing the right thing Madam clerk my vote is yes thank you councilman councilman colleague thank you Madame clerk welcome first I want to thank Ibrahim Omar for Having the courage to come up
to the play it takes a lot for outside you might think it's a easy job sitting on the council just vote yes or no on Tuesday night it is not simple as that and we need our next Generation to come up I think he's 20 something I don't
know how old is he 30 so he's he's he's probably the youngest one in this he's going to be the young in in in this darus I have known I Ibrahim iie for for many many years I
think he will do a great job and another note my youngest son his name is Ibrahim as well I I want I want I want I want to congratulate congratulate you I'm looking forward to working with you like
we have worked together in previous elections and it is very important like councilwoman DAV said he's up for election again in November so all of us like this D came together tonight I believe is going to be unanimous vote
for him so all of us support him in November so make sure he get elected to continue the legacy of the great council members PBS council member who came out came out of the six word once again congratulation my vote is
yes thank you councilman K councilwoman Mims so I call him AB I know everyone knows him as Ibraham but most people do call him iby so I remember a couple months ago and I don't know if you remember this you walked up to me and you said Thank You For Fighting For The
Sixth Ward I'll never forget your stand you took for the Sixth Ward and that stuck with me when your leaders and I commend your leaders that are here that met and wanted and encouraged that you be the person to represent and representation is very important I
remember the great stands you took for ceasefire and so many wonderful things for your community and to not have representation truly would have been a travesty not to have someone represent your community um during this time of appointment from our now assemblyman
abdell aiz so I'm excited because my vote makes you the appointment because I'm the fifth vote I'm the fifth vote so there's many lessons you have to learn how to count to five and so without my vote you would not be
in so that means make sure you bring my herbal tea to the meetings have some snacks because you'll be sitting right next to me and I'll be giving you the Taps every once in a while calm down calm down I
think you'll do a wonderful job your leaders have already committed that they will continue to work with you and be with you to make sure that you are great roomed and and and ready for this role we are all here there there are nine of us I am councilwoman at large I've
always always represented every ward of the city and as many know I eat in the Sixth Ward like two or three times a week I'm the frequenter of the sixth W yeah so iby you're coming to this Council we want you to stay till the
end we want you to learn come into the office ask questions reach out to your secretary talk to the clerk when you get your packet read it research it send emails make requests you're no longer um assemblyman's Aid you will now be called
councilman Ibrahim Omar so with that being stated I want to be the first cuz my vote makes you in to congratulate you councilman Ibrahim Omar and my vote for the community your leadership and for
yourself my vote is yes thank you councilwoman counc councilman Udin yeah that's what I'm thinking all right salamu alaikum everyone those are here and good evening Patterson um Patterson is a tapestry of
diversity and this is our strength and this Council body that represent this diversity we do have direct representation from African-American Community we do have from Hispanic Community we do have from Bangladeshi
community and we had from Palestinian Community until all decided to move up so before I sit down I didn't sit down with any Council candidate just for your knowledge I said we do need direct
representation from the community and you know that sixth word is the home to the largest Middle Eastern Community particularly the Palestinian community and we do need a direct representation for that Community to make sure that we represent
the diverse City that we have here and this is a reason I I do know EV personal level but I never had any phone conversation not sit down nothing with any other candidates I reached out to the community I said who do you do who do you think would be a right
representation for you I'll be waiting for your call and that would be myel and this is where we came from so when Community decided Community knows better who would be the correct rep representation and that Evie ibraim Omar
and Ibrahim we already became Council M of councilman of the sixth word Ibrahim Amar my vote proudly yes congratulations thank you councilman councilman VZ should I car him and sit him down
because you so I see it different when the process started a week before councilman Adel decided um or the party decided to move
forward with him I call Adel aiz and Adel aiz qu my question to him was who you going to support who you want to support in the sixth W to replace you as a
councilman he stated I'm staying away from it you guys decide what you want to do the mayor decided that he came up to me and say we need to
continue to uh rep presenting the Arabic community and continue the Legacy and the work of abdalaziz I told the mayor you don't decide that we decide that
so when we started the process Ilia via my Aid asked me councilman should should I put my letter in tension that was a week
before even when we know that Al alel was going to go to the state I as a person that do not like to tell people go ahead I say you know what think about it you are a resident of the Sixth Ward
and you had the rights of everybody does to put a letter intention and she did then somebody from the council was supporting this young lady that was here is here standing uh next to me um on the podium over there and
um her willing to serve and she didn't send a letter but she was interested flabio Rivera sent a letter of intention to serve this
Council and I received another letter from another person in all of them I say do notice why because I don't like to make decision out of the days my decision come from here if I go
to make a vote I going to do it here from this Chambers from this place I had Community I had I had meetings not we only with the Arabic community I have meetings always also with the Dominican community and and
also I asked residents of the six war from the African-American Community what they want to see in the six War moving forward and they just expressing the same thing that everyone wants somebody that comes and work
towards the residents of the sixth war and when they sitting in this side they do the better thing for the whole entire city of Patterson my my colleague next to
me made a nice beautiful statement that tapino and I read it today my colleague here uh this my best good friend here yes I believe it's crucial to have direct representation
for every Community he quote living in the city of Patterson curin says to tapinto the six world is a home to the largest Middle Eastern Community
particularly the Palestinian community and I strongly believe that this community deserve that this community deserve direct representation and I go to pause
there councilman Adel knows and every councilman here knows that when we sit here I don't need to live in the sixth W to make the right decision for the people the sixth W I don't need to live in the sixth word to take care a dumping situation in the
sixth W I don't need to live in the sixth world or be Arabic to make sure that your needs and your representation is met because I am color
blind you know you look like me we could probably speak different language but the same need that sixth War has fifth War have and all the wars the city have no world is better than no one and
we should work towards that a message that I go to I got to tell the new councilman of the Sixth Ward that he's going to be elected oh not elected appointed today and be in
this seat keep this in mind I going to text it to you in a minute when you sit in that seat that soon as you sit in that seat there are 15.5% a white alone in the city of
Patterson black alone there are 24 4.1% American Indian Alaska native alone in the city of patteron 3% Asian alone
4.9% native H Hawaiian other Pacific is landed alone percent zero so you don't have to worry about that two two or more races in this in the in the city of pum
20.1% Hispanic or Latino in the city of Patterson 62.8% so in other words I used to live in a sixth War everybody thought I was Arabic honestly I got family in the sixth W but
when I travel to the sixth w I tried to take care the problem it was in the fifth W the fourth W the third W because I got elected by the people of the Fifth Ward to represent the whole entire city please do not let us
down please because my main concern is that whoever is in the sixth War alleviate my worries why because I border all the
wars my word borders all of them and if you're not doing your job I got to get more job true it's honest right so saying that ladies and gentlemen you know even that she made
the decided vote but I did the important vote tonight my vote is yes thank you councilman council president president thank thank you thank you Madame clerk I I definitely I would not
call him for for his middle name anymore Mr ibraim he look like a counsilman he definitely we got to put our hands together for his out I don't know councilman of the I don't know but listen you have some competition here
now uh he look definitely look great but let me just say this I I just a minute um going to call in a minute just let me let me let me let me let me just let me allow me to just get my two minutes and vote in support of my great
friend I met ibraim very long time ago as I mentioned before I support uh former councilman DC now our assembly man when he was getting into the Democratic party on that election at the um uh at the um uh right here in
downtown Patterson um and he's always been involved in the community Abra I see him not only in South pison with our brothers and sister our Palestinian Community Middle East I see him also with the Dominican African American I see him everywhere when that decision
came into my desk it wasn't hard for me to take that decision because my goal as long as I sit on this chair is going to be to unite the community it's going to be to unite the great C patteron all the nationality everybody deserves
representation but the most important piece of ibraim is that he already been doing the work alongside with councilman abdalaziz every time there's a problem I say in all in the sit war in all the area outside the sit War so I definitely
have a lot of confidence on Abrahim I know and I believe that he's going to do a great job I don't think he's going to change he's a people person and that's what I love I love just human being I love people and and when I see other person that just love people the way
they are are regardless of the color the ethnicity the race that's the right person to be on a position of leadership and that's the reason why tonight say yes my vote is yes for councilman of the C War Abrahim thank you so now I would like to
open a mic for the votes M clerk yes the votes are eight in favor none against item number 61 is hereby adopted Now ladies and Gentlemen let's hear for councilman give you a water before put
the brother all right councilman let's hear from councilman ring it's not better off give it to front here to the public yeah Mike is on right RAF is on yes it's
on thank you guys I don't know how to start I am truly honored and humbled to stand before you today as the newly appointed councilman of the Sixth Ward perfect you guys can hear me now yes all right
start all over okay I am truly honored and humbled to stand before you today as a newly appointed six board councilman first and foremost I want to thank my family my friends and all of you our community for your trust and support thank you I also extend my gratitude to
my fellow council members each and every single one of you and Community leaders to to the leaders that are here thank you for being here and thank you for everything that have you've done I mean that from the bottom of my heart but but I want want to thank them for their confidence in me I do not take
this responsibility lightly our award is full of hardworking dedicated people and I am committed to representing your voice addressing our challenges and working toward meaningful progress my passion for service and my firsthand understanding of the challenge our residents face drives my commitment to
creating meaningful change together we can make our community stronger I look forward to serving with you I look forward to serving serving you with Integrity transparency and dedication I am truly grateful to represent each and every
single one of you thank you guys all right council president yes Miss Council man council president Mr Man and councilwoman councilman council member now councilwoman D I have the PIN for the city for you I want you to stay right there uh we are going to I know
that you're going to be appointed I know you'll share with the community when that day is I know it's going to come soon uh but I thought it would be right and councilman colleague has asked me to pin you I'll
shoot oh can you I'll you give it got to be yeah ow no it's a stay one thank you thank you council members now we're moving on payment of bills councilwoman Davila yes okay to my Council colleagues
council president um the summary of dispersements are for 7 , 74,4 60 hold on for a minute coun Council woman let's let's give it a minute until there going to be
just I can't hear what she saying at all go ahead Council woman continue once again council president to my colleagues the summary of dispersements is for 7,740 46041
uh this was a payroll week uh which was 5,458 683 And1 Cent uh if you look uh the computer the computer checks were a total of 2,281
$777 40 uh the major payments the 90% of it was for the Medicaid B rein reimbursement my motion is for payment of bills second we have Mo it's been moved payment of bill has been moved by
councilman Dava and council president just a minute um it was hard to me I know I have I have the document here that I could read it but the the audience out there need to listen to this numbers and I think they cannot hear because of you know it's no
you can what is he say no what he no that's I I like the way the government works here sometimes okay you are thank you God bless you that's the mom and dad you are nice to meet you God bless you God bless you okay oh I
know him thank you great oh a pleasure always a pleasure my friend it he want to just go there um it was a motion move by councilwoman DAV and second by councilwoman Ms roll
call M cler on pay bill roll call on the payment of bills for February 18 2025 in amount of 7 thou 7,740 46041 councilwoman
cotton thank you madam clerk I just want to say in this payment of bills I got quite a few phone calls about the Medicare Part B uh it's a lot of um residents who retire from the city that are getting their Medicaid Part B payment today with that being said Madam
clerk my vote is yes thank you councilwoman councilwoman Dava thank you very much uh councilwoman cotton you are correct that's why I made that statement because I as well got a lot of phone calls about the Medicare B reimbursement uh so with that said my vote is yes for payment of bills thank you councilwoman
councilman Jackson yes councilman khik yes councilwoman Mims yes yes councilman Udin okay absent he's grabbing councilman councilman VZ yes for payment bills council president thank you m
clerk my vote is yes for payment of bills thank you council president the votes are seven in favor one absent payment of bills is hereby adopted thank you Madame clerk Madam clerk can we do uh the consent agenda which is item 11 through 53 yes sir yes sir oh they
didn't council president uh before you go to the item counc BL yeah council president uh to the chair uh jaier I know we didn't open a discussion it was but I I asked to council councilman
colleague I asked for the a moment to address CFO he allowed me okay uh CFO through the chair um is there any chance I I know I received the reports from the scroll fee how much you have collected
and the uh and the um sewer fee can can you give me a total when you get a chance and S me email how much was the total in the engineering fees it'll go in this take it all anyway what was the last thing you said
the engineering you know when the engineering fees you know that they collect through engineering okay yeah okay the connection fee connection fee no no he gave me connection fee but he didn't gave me the engineering part of it okay understood s Sil if you could
share that information with Council M as long and with the rest of the council also as well so Madame clerk we have item 11- 43 on the consent agenda yes 53 11- 53 okay consent agenda all matters listed under the consent agenda are
considered to be routine by the council and will be enacted by one motion the items listed under the consent agenda are numbers 11 through 53 any item be removed from the consent agenda by the request of any council member and if so
removed will be treated as a separate matter move second it's removed by Council Davila council president Mendes councilman bz Council and second by Council and councilman forit UD roll call by the clerk on the consent agenda
item 11 through 53 roll call on consent agenda for items number 11 through 53 councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman Davin yes councilman Jackson yes councilman KH yes councilwoman Mims yes councilman Udin
yes Council councilman valz yes council president uh thank you m cler on the consent agenda to my third world resident on an item we have a very important topic on this item which is uh the resurfacing of East 34 from Park
Avenue all the way into the the dead end and also e35th from Park Avenue all the way onto the dead end we have the step of the east side park also as well that is going to be renovated and finally um the tennis court that is going to be repair um at East Side park so with that
being said my vote is yes M clerk thank you councilman the votes are eight in favor the consent agenda is hereby adopted um thank you Madame clerk um Madame clerk can we do item 57 sure which one is that
item number 57 is a resolution authorizing the application and acceptance of funds from the NJ DC DCA 2025 recreational Improvement grant program for the Patterson Recreation Center so move Administration resolution
number 25 colon 104 so move have a second which one is that second by second by Council discussion I thought that uh and president discussion so the discussion um I just want to just
mention something here I know there was a lot of questions and you know I'm going to tell you my position um I the way things are going I'm not we're not getting a lot of money okay and to send back $2 million back to the state is not
something that I would support and that's why I I'm in support I agree with my colleagues what they were saying you know right now this is to get it started right uh the language of things that we we can do that okay and so I just wanted to put that on record on why you know I moved it because I think it is important
not to send that money back to the state thank you coun Council I have councilman kton and Council and councilman udud and bl okay uh thank you council president I know that U my director here
um had said that um we had already paid for a study already for um the recreation center uh I think the question would be like um are we going to hold this until we get more money or are we going to um put it into
something are we going to put it to the side um because I know that we did uh a study the government requires you to do studies after studies after studies after the studies before they give you any money you got to do studies so uh
are we holding on to this director are we just going to um put this in fixing something or we going to go do the White House or we going to go what are we going to do with the 2 million we just going to hold on to it until we get more money director as we stated in the workshop
this is just the beginning of the funding of a new Rec Center this isn't for the study this is for um actual cost of building and for with the rec center we're really not sure where the building is anyhow right exactly right I don't
have I have mentioned it before director um and I can't see understand why we can't look into uh trying to inquire the YW on Cal Street I know that they have did a lot of renovation over there um there was a a group of nonprofits that were supposed to be going in there they
have not gotten in there yet uh and I think that you need to really look at the YW because it sits between the fourth and the Fifth Ward you I mean they have done a tremendous job inside that y uh is fixing it up the basement the first floor the second floor the gym
you should see the the the they had a kitchen in there but now it's more like a a really nice kitchen that you can have Banquets and you can have all that there so proposed spots say that again that was one of the proposed spots for the
rec center just no is is it off the table director nothing's off the table right now it's not off okay thank you you're welcome um uh Council M Ms so I just want to bring Clarity so it was previously stated that this is accepting
money this according to what I'm reading this is an application to apply yes correct yes okay so this is the application to apply for up to $2 million through DCA and upon uh if they if we're approved they can provide it
and then we will accept it at the same time yes so there was a time on this Council where we separated it now I see that it's combined once again when did we combine it because we had it where it was we would apply then you will come back to this Council to accept so why
has it changed this was this res was done by the administration I I didn't I'm not right I was no you addressing me so I'm just asking because that's our process we changed this process a couple years ago so I'm questioning because we want to make sure that there's
accountability and transparency in every step of this process I I believe that this should be amended whereas we can apply for the application I don't have an issue with that but it needs to come back for us upon acceptance I don't want anything before us that says apply and then you accept
it and we don't know what's going on we got to hold every step of this process um to a place of accountability so I would like it to be um if we can amend that on the floor that we could change the language because it's actually just a resolution that we're just applying at
this time and then we'll come back for acceptance I won't have an issue with supporting it I don't think it's a hard ask but I I just think it needs to be separated oh man not I wasn't part of this um no I'm talking I just want be CLE the only reason I can say that maybe
it is um apply and accept is time sensitive I'm not sure if it's time sensitive they they can't well that's we do put some we do put some forth that you guys did approve that our time sens you can't make apply and accept time sensitive because you're applying for a grant we don't know if we're getting it
or not there's no such thing so I'm I'm they don't have to answer I know the answer to that there's no such thing as it's it may be time sensitive to apply but it's definitely not time sensitive as far as acceptance because we don't know if we're getting it so I'm going to put it back on the floor um to amend I'm making a motion on the floor that we
amend this language that is just an application to apply for up to $2 million to DCA I second okay so council members but before motion there's a motion Council there's we we still on discussion no but
there's a motion on the floor by Council Ms and and and second by Council discuss discussion discussion and we continue uh yeah I'm going to discuss the motion yes okay so we have I have coun ask for the floor I for discuss I'm sorry after you
want so so councilman uh councilman bz and then councilman uh col and then we go we go point of order Council pres point of order point of order we already we already have have a a current motion and a second on the floor we don't we cannot have a superseding motion either
someone has to retract their existing the current Motion in order to they could do it at the end council members I Tred to give participation to the three council member that have the floor before we do on before we go for the voting section
I'm going to extend the cut I'm going to go ahead so the three council members um just use your time and then right after that we voting on a motion correct uh council president thank you um the other thing is should be added to amending if it's possible uh because we don't have
the rule the Book of Rules all the application the rules of application we haven't seen the application right so they put in an amount they put in a project but if that is needed for real
now this this this this this application should go for recreational Improvement because we're not going to see no time soon a recreation center in the city
passing so if we could use this money when it comes back if in the ordinance say instead of put in a specific project put Improvement for recreation or Recreation Improvement because the probably they cannot use it for for the
recreation center they could probably use it for another Park they could use they they no why not no it can't it's a this is a state this a state allocation that's what I'm saying if the application do see you guys council members the
application just a minute counc counc council members I know Council mless just finish a question that way Kil that way Kil ask clear up a little bit it's not it's not an application to for Grant it's a state allocation that we're getting from the legislation which this
is the process that we have to do have to accept this money is just is a marked for a recreational center okay so here says so here says so it says assessing funds or what from the
DCA 2025 Recreation Improvement Grant yeah now the body says that you want to use that grant for that particular project the recreation center yes my question is M do the application or that
Recreation uh grant for improvement you could leave it without a purpose and ask for it and then we could put a purpose the state is allocating this money for a recreational center nothing else it's yes only yeah you don't you
got it can't listen listen qu listen first of all it say Recreation Improvement now if we didn't had a a a if we didn't had a um a a recreation center in mind right you could still
participate in that application to request this is we're not sir do you do do you work over there or you know because you answering and right now no no sir sir sir sir what we respect we
respect director council president director council members please council members please counc has a question question director can you ask a question I have three council members that ask for the floor so director you say this is not your application that this is
Administration and I understand that my simple question is is a recreation Improvement Grant it's the it's it's accepting it's accepting of money from the state I know when you the
application I'm talking about the application the application how many pages well you not you're not involved in the application I didn't do I didn't do the paperwor the ba knows um Harry not sure uh through the chair Harry are you aware this
application good evening council members through the chair council president I was I don't I did not prepare my office doesn't prepare grants but being that I provide all the information necessary I can tell you this this gr is based and specific
that's the reason for a par is Recreation it cannot be used for anything else because the guideline or the grant they tell you specifics of what to use it for so so that's what I'm saying maybe the wording maybe the wording is tell you something different
but that's what we're doing is start the funding for the recreation center so so in in the in the application you put a purpose that was the recreation Center that's what I'm saying right now do the application allows you to put any other
project un Recreation that we want to do no why not why not because it's the state allocation is for the recreational center that's it Point Blank nothing else if we don't lose it use it for that we lose it so
it's specific for recreation center okay thank you counc thank you council president uh so my question to The Corporation Council uh Corporation Council this is not discussion just straight question uh since it says the application and acceptance if we are
awarded whether 2 million or less than that do the uh do do you do we have to vote again for acceptance or just one vote for everything council president may I oh thank you thank you councilman n so if you separate out the resolution you would be separating out both actions one
to apply and the city would then be entitled to apply and if accepted and there's an award then the administration would have to come back to council to get that acceptance from DCA right so I I think I think this is this is should be clarified here because we need to
know that how much money we are awarded when it come for the acceptance so that should be separated so that uh I think that the motion on the floor should be should be get support supported that's that's my uh
intention thank thank you Council I'm I'm a little confused with this discussion if you're going to apply for a grant money and it's specifically it's on the application the money is allocated for recreation
center if you get accepted you're going to accept it correct then what's the point of doing these two steps that's one thing another thing this money even though we get it now when the projects come alive we have to still vote on it
to put this money for specific those recreational project we cannot use it for another um another project a lot of time you read it on the on on the social media or whatnot that why are you improving the the the parks why why
don't you do that do the road resurfacing such such and such or other we cannot use that money that we improving the parks for for RO resurfacing or any other project for example DPW or any other thing it's
specifically year marks for those project same thing is same thing here so I don't see any different I don't see any different um Harry explained it well and I
think we we should apply accept and if you don't like the project vote know when the the project come in front of us one is specifically is for recreation center when the when the project come in front of us if personally I'm one but if
I don't like it I vote no then n now we cannot leave them money on the table that that's that's all I'm saying thank you councilman K councilman Jackson right after councilwoman Davila it's amazing of perspective right
director maybe about 3 years ago some of the people speaking would have had a completely different perspective but now for whatever reason whatever pom poms they're carrying they they carry them Faithfully let me tell you why we should
be concerned I'm going to give you an example of why we should be concerned yes this is earmarked for recreation center a short time ago this Council voted on a plan for a recreation center that the community was funding in the Sixth
Ward so let's say say this Administration that doesn't have a plan for the 2 million fails to find a plan that says you know what let's give the money to that project of where of which the first and the fourth we already know that these PL these these
areas in our community are probably the most challenging that need this situation ation the most how do you bring forward a proposal that does not have a requirement for the council to be able to hold the administration accountable
to come back for a second opportunity at the vote without uh uh the measure of having that opportunity come back before the council should we put that much trust and faith in this Administration and
this mayor is that a is that a joke this mayor has spent spent $110 million on the stadium that our community gets to access parttime right now we're signing deals
to bring professional teams here first it was the Jackal now it's a professional girls um uh flag football team and now and and then I'm hearing it's another soccer team we had an opportunity only to spend $30
million of the tax credits to allow for a 12,000 seat arena with a hotel with a professional soccer team with parking with all of the amenities and this mayor with this
Council of full support outside of one one vote supported the measure to spend $110 million of which he still has not shown us where he spent the money
we oh you didn't support it then because you wasn't carrying pom poms then but today you've shown clearly with and by relinquishing the council's ability to say yes or no after we see the plan you already submitted you shown your hand
and you and not only have you shown your hand you're allocate you're advocating on the mayor's behalf which is disgusting because this community has been getting slighted this mayor has spent more money 10 million on the stadium the $60 $70 million in cares act
money then the reup on the cares act money then we don't even know what to do with the KAC money hey let's just find some place to spend it we still don't know what the what the robo calls are costing us this council is failing miserably it's not the mayor I give him
credit because he's ran the ultimate Hustle Man scam on this Council he's spending money at an alarming rate just today I find out the Personnel director getss a $115,000 pay increase for
what we're paying for her schooling $115,000 pay increase and then the outgoing ba redirects her staff to go to other places where apparently they we didn't need that support while she was in the ba seat she's failed this
community and now after the fact that people want to say oh let's write a letter of no ConEd no confidence she's been failing the entire time this council is a failure this council is failing this community our our sole job
our only purpose for being here is to be the financial stewards how do you just clear two M I know 2 million is small change when you compare it to 110 million that they still haven't even shown us where the spending is so we
spent 110 let's do the math people cuz the numbers don't lie we spent 110 million on a 6500 seat uh redo on the redo on the stadium that yes there's some sentimental value attached to it where we could have spent 30 million and
got a 12,000 seat Arena a professional soccer team in a in a in a venue where we could have had events every single weekend where I could have watched uh Janet Jackson possibly perform on wh weekend and we could have had aaou
tournaments where people like Tim Thomas and the best aou team in the history of the of the of the world could have played here how do you and then you just continue to allow this man that has no fresh ideas no they don't even come to the table with a plan and an idea
outlined for the 2 million they just say give me the two million so I can spend it and give it to whoever I want to look at his track record he's giving more money he's raising more money's spending more money on things and what do we have
he went on on Facebook to note that a a notable um uh uh landmark in our community had burned down he's getting his frame tour out by the public because him and and and and a developer had to jump on there and he's getting destroyed
I ride past there this morning I see the demolition truck out there I got to start making phone calls wait a minute we got to get rid of this de demolition truck demolition uh uh uh machine you're the mayor you're more bent on spending finding a way to spend
two more million dollars and you don't even know how to save a young man's business that is family invested 30 40 50 years of their time in and their build their building went went up in Flames based upon the lack of security that we have in this community the vagrancy we have in this community and
instead of finding a way to to self salavage Salvage this man's business you up here doing a social media post and we're going to just give them $2 million without a plan man man you council members are an absolute joke I'm hoping
I got I have hope for the new person maybe he could come in and maybe we'll see you know it'll change this direction but this is a just another laughing stock it's only 2 million yes but where's the rest of the money where's the
accountability where's the stances that you took in the past you didn't support that but here you too oh what's the point of coming back yeah you know what's the point it's this money's going into the furnace it's going to get burned and our community is not going to see any impact from it I I arrest my Cas
Cav so I I I have a definitely a a a different take okay some of what councilman Jackson has referred to some of the things he said is accurate but I'm going to tell you one thing and where I stand in terms of this $2
million this money you know was fought by our state legislators it was voted on in the state budget okay um the city as well as others had the opportunity to apply for this grant when you apply for this grant there's specs there's things
that you can do and things that you can't do all right and this is why I'm in support I'm not one of those individuals that's going to say oh forget about it this is not a blank check for the administration or for that matter for the mayor the monies that was
allocated by the state and the state legislator is spe leg legislators is specific for a recreation center and yes we have in the past done that we've said let's separate in this case you know this is money that's going to have to go
back to the state and I'm going tell you right now I believe that it was done correctly they can't use it for anything else and I'm in support of making sure okay that we do not give any money back I know that if you ask the state
legislators right now the individuals who fought from then Senator Nelly Paul assemblyman Benji wimbley and assembly shva Sumter they would say Do not return that money okay and that's all I have to say you
know council members Council M I think we spoken enough just a minute council member just a minute I open the floor for each of the council member to spend enough time going over the topic I don't I really don't want to open the mic to the same council member that already
spoke now let me just be clear I don't think that separating this Idol would affect the ground number one we always for the history we voting we apply for the ground when we get the money we voted to accept the ground what is the big deal about this I know we making a
huge deal about this problem it's been done it's been done in both way but would never affect the gr the most important piece over here and correct me Corporation Council in our uh VA uh you know if I'm wrong is that the most important pieces to apply to make sure
that we don't lose the opportunity of the $2 million so now there's a motion on the floor and second let's vote on a motion to separate it and let's vote on this item and if you have an additional comment let's make the comment on the on the doing the roll call Madame cler we have a motion the floor by councilman
Mims uh second by councilman K roll call the motion to separating to amen yes roll call to amend the resolution number 57 to accept the funds no no
accept I'm sorry to apply for the funds apply okay corre I'm sorry councilwoman cotton thank you Madame clerk I believe that uh if if it was already in the state budget then we already they were giving it to us anyhow so it should be to accept and
not apply because if it's in the budget to give it to Patterson New Jersey $2 million we don't need to apply now because it's already sitting there waiting for us that's what I don't understand it seemed like but we're separating it right this is the way they going to do it we're going to separate
it to separate it my vote is yes thank you councilwoman C councilwoman daver yes councilman Jackson thank you madam clerk let me just say this the only reason that I'm having the slightest bit
of faith in this and and even accepting or going out for the for the funds is because of you director if he wasn't there uh uh you know you and people like brother seales and half maybe a quarter of director uh Ramirez I'll go back to
half back to half other than that he would he would not man listen there's not a a bone in my body that has an ounce of faith in this mayor that he's going to be willing to do the right thing for our community but let him thank you he should take you
to um uh uh uh the CH house or something something like that man you good all right make make him make him spend B he's he's getting it m Madam clerk my vote is yes thank you councilman councilman KH councilwoman Mims so to the public
viewing this amendment is on the floor anytime we're applying so this resolution States clearly we're applying for up to two million it's not saying we're going to get 2 million we don't know how much we're going to get but I respect the fact that our congresswoman
Po and our legislators fought very hard for this item to be in their budget Appropriations it doesn't mean that we're going to get it it may be denied totally but we have to hold the administration accountable because if we apply right if if this amendment if I didn't put forth an amendment we would
have applied they could have did whatever they wanted and never came back to this Council and we could never have that we have to make sure we're applying once they accept it and tell us how much we're getting it needs to come back to this Council then we do it the but it's a little problematic in and of
itself we're not g I'm not going to deny applying for it because we should but the problem I have is previously there was $19 million allocated for the rec center we had to you we had to use that money because we would have lost it so right now there is no money for a Rex
Center so now we're doing a blind faith vote to get money with no plan so I want you to be clear there is no plan currently that has been presented for a Rec Center there are conversations but we have not received the plan so money
is there we're grateful we need to get all the money we can get because Trump is cutting money all all over the place so we better get this money before Trump take it away so I'm going to support I'm supporting us going forward to apply but I'm grateful that I think by now am I
vote five again I think I'm number probably four or five but I'm grateful that we're amending it because we have to hold every level of of the administration accountable to make sure that we know how much was received my vote is yes thank you councilwoman councilman nudin thank you Madame clerk
so last Workshop session we had um in-depth discussion about the importance of having rec centers around the city but majority I say all the times we we had different result one for acceptance uh one for application one for
acceptance I don't know what's the purpose of putting these two together I think we definitely in support of application and we want to know that how much we are awarded we we applied for $2 million does not mean that we are getting 100% of this application we
could get less too so the council body should have knowledge about how much we were awarded so I believe that we should separate it and thank you councilman for uh paying attention and uh put the motion the FL I'm in full support my vage yes thank you castman castman valz
so now that I have clear that this money is specific pafic for recreation center the state says you could apply for the $2 million but you had to cover the rest of
that Recreation Center so in other words we had1 million that we never have now because that's from ARP money we going to re have an application for $2 million the state says we're going to give you $2 million but you had to cover
now 7 million get $17 million in top of the $2 million to do the recreation center you know what's going to happen the state says you get the you you got the right to do the application you're going to get a $2 million but you have
to get $7 million to do the recreation center that money is specific for recreation center you know what's going to happen we had to return the money back because where this Administration right now is going to get $7 million without going to the taxpayers of the
city of Patterson without going to the tax payer city of Patterson so for me when it comes to a sentance they're not going to make the smart decision to do it you know why because the administration had to prove that they got 17 million in the bank to do the
recreation center and it has a deadline to use those $2 million but I don't want I don't want to play with money in the bank because sometimes this Administration take the money in the bank and spend in other places that is not that is not the recreation center so
my vote is no and trust me that vote is solid no so oh oh to amend it we coming back no no hold on we this is are we going to vote again oh okay so yes to
separate it but I did my statement okay thank you councilman roll call now council president thank you mad clerk um just to the MERS of the public and and this is a before before I take my two minutes Harry uh this information
is for you Harry and the administration um before a few years ago we used to apply for this Grant and then get the acceptance later very often time now it's very you know popular that we do the application and the acceptance
this is not a good practice let me explain to you why when we do the application applying and acceptance and the council doesn't have much into into the project once we apply and they if if they if they give us the money the Administration has it now if we separate
it give us the ability to go back and check how much money we got from the state how and it help us to be involved into the dialogue into the conversation with the administration this is a good way of doing business now with the 2 million we all know that for the to build a Rec Center we're going to have
to spend close to 20 plus million dollar but the this every municipality do the same now we got $2 million maybe 6 months from now we're going to have another application that that the city will be able to apply to get five more to get three more to get two more it's
not that once we get those 2 million we're going to have to get the 70 million it doesn't work that way so now we get those 2 million and we're going to look into five six whatever amount of money we could get out of the state to keep building to get the money for the
re that's the way it work and my what it says to separate it m thank you council president the votes are eight in favor none against uh resolution to amend is hereby adopted now roll call M clerk roll call to a
to roll call to uh council mccarten with the amendment with the amendment to only and you're taking away I mean to do the application and you're taking away the acceptance yes thank you my vote is yes thank you councilwoman councilwoman Dava yes councilman Jackson
yes councilman khik yes councilwoman Mims yes councilman Udin yes M thank you councilman VZ so let me repeat it again $2 million we're going to make an application that is
only particularly for $2 million for a purpose of a recreation center right now that when it comes back to acceptance is going to have a due date to use it okay we cannot sit it there for five six years if you don't use it a term that they said you have to return it back now
with all this atmosphere that the federal government has right now okay cutting fund cutting grants and all that stuff we going to return this $2 million because the city the mayor the administration do not have a plan where they going to get the other 17 or 20
more million dolls to do the recreation center to be compliance in this application saying that I don't want to be in the middle on that my vot is no okay council president thank you madam
clerk I definitely I will I would never say no to the opportunity to get money from the state we're living on a very very difficult time right now and it's going to get tough it's going to get tough for us to apply at the state level for funding um and I understand that and as I mentioned this before we're getting
$2 million now those application the the government they have to put money up there for recreation and we're going to continue applying for more funding to build that rec center for now we got $2 million maybe tomorrow we got five and then after the next year after we got 10 and we could put the money together to
build it now as I mentioned before this is a recommendation for the administration we have when we do an application let's separate it that will give the council more ability to put you know to have hands on the project to make comment make recommendation and have a a plan out there on how the rec
center is going to build uh we've been having conversation about this rec center for a while and I know there's a few location and we have to continue having this conversation um we definitely have to do it my vote is yes Madam clerk thank you the votes are seven in favor one against resolution
number 57 is hereby adopted as amended thank you madam clerk now let's open public portion we have a queen in the house uh our former Queen of the fourth War councilwoman ver m is here let's open the public por and if she's not
first I will definitely I will kindly respectfully ask uh Madame cler to give the first so for for you to speak first I know you're you're you have to definitely your time is very limited so we want you to speak we want you to be the first speaker um check
check no we got the mic here she got to be I want I want that I want can you get it on camera RAF she we get her you can stay there you can stay there we're going to get you there councilwoman we got you you stay there
the camera is roll yeah she got the mic she got the uh they said they're going to let leave it here okay she could stay right there I'm stand in front absolutely you look right there portion is ready
yes oh good afternoon evening everyone I am here I'm glad that the Imam is gone because I don't want him to hear me talking like
this I am here as a black woman doing Black History Month to tell you how pissed I am with the
ministration and them digging up my Park putting a 8 foot fence around it with no notification to me from whom the park is
named and they didn't have the decency to even tell the councilwoman of the ward I called her she said she knew they were going to do it but it's about respect and
decency if you didn't even give us that then you really don't give a you know what now I'm here to find out who we've been meeting and I got
casy somewhere around me right behind me and I got got uh uh Rodney here we wanted we asked this fence went up January 16th um hand me them envelopes out my
pocketbook please okay January 16th now you Council people were so diligent and awarding me the park on
December the 14th um you know I can't see even with glasses 2021 we are now in 2025 excuse me is what does that say
2021 right here yes 2021 now December 2021 in 2022 our dear late Congressman donated to the Vera Ames Community
Park $360,000 okay March of 2022 we met in the mayor's office October of 2022 for which he
disrespected the council woman again and didn't invite her to the meeting we were there excuse me Madam councilwoman I'm trying to defend you if you don't see where the disrespect comes
in by the time I get finished we'll know now now regardless of any relationship her and I might have but any meeting that he calls together with
us about her Ward she should have been there that's my belief okay now we were there weren't we K we were there W was there Janette was there about six or seven others of us
were there now when we were there to this meeting I keep everything here are the pl for my Park how many of y'all have seen these
plans from 2022 let me see a raise of hands Council didn't see it okay the committee DPW committee but not the full counsel why
not now secondly here we go I asked the director to have a meeting we had a meeting January 24th or
23rd at Grace Gospel Church once the fence went up I still call it disrespect because if something is nam named after you I'm not dead I'm alive so my 100% input should be
involved you know it says Vera ases Community Park not Vera am Andre sa Park and I'm here tonight to demand from you
a breakdown of where is the money going all right I'm not stupid how many of y'all seen this when we ask him for a breakdown this is what he sent us we want to see
where the money is being spent how it's being spent what kind of materials are we getting and we may be in the hood as y'all refer to at sometime certain IND
individuals do but we're not stupid who the hell pour cement in January when knowing that the weather is changing from day to day Sean is
supposed to be poured from March until May or June come on now they didn't cut down all the trees in my Park y'all need to ride by there
cut down the trees we have a very hot neighborhood this is where people went to cool off and you cut my trees down and you probably selling them to somebody and
keeping the money I'm not stupid okay we want a breakdown they're building the uh what do we call it the stage but we ain't seen no specs
we ain't agreed to all of that stuff and they putting piano keys in the park what the devil is anybody in the for for want with piano keys that's supposed to represent our
community that doesn't represent our community we had a community Memorial Park that we were putting up in the front to recognize some of those of the shoulders
that we stand upon how you going to speak for me when you don't know my community you can't do it now the mayor said well we got you $4.3
million you didn't get me anything cuz you don't know my community and what it wants we wanted a cover over the basketball court but y'all tell us it's too expensive so how expensive is these
drawings those drawings and everything else is going to be we want a financial breakdown of what is being spent and I got another problem that bothers me
dearly for 4.3 million why is it not one person from the fourth w got a damn job tell me 4.3 million and Outsiders coming in
and taking the Money and Run somebody got to give me some answers because I've already called a few people and I'm going to call a few more so if folks start calling around yep it came
from Vera I want to know cuz I feel disrespected and M P president I got great respect for you but they disrespected me you had a
groundbreaking and the second ward the other day for Westside Park with dignitaries and all of that I saw it we didn't get nothing not even a notification that we
were going to be shut down so that's why I say It's Different Strokes for different folks okay yet I am upset to the highest because things that y'all let
other people do when somebody that look like me do it we get jammed up I want to know where the money is every dime from what you gave us on the council from what the congressman gave
us and whatever other monies that made of this 4.3 million we are not stupid we are looking we are listening and we're paying attention and I want want to know why
folks from that area cuz I bleed the fourth ward I was sitting in that chair for 25 years nobody will ever break that record 25 years
straight nobody I don't care who come you won't break it I am the first black woman to have a park named after her not in patteron or
Pake County but in the state of New Jersey I'm the only one that you can say that you know of giving up 58 years of community service so if you doubt
whether I deserve it check my record I've done what others wish that they can do and for Black History Month as a black woman I feel highly
disrespected and if I live or die today or tomorrow I do not want the mayor to come to my viewing come to my funeral send
recognition or anything on my behalf because he is not a man of his word and that is what I have to say thank thank you coun
woman thank thank you consing um but you you know just take your time I'm all right yeah I'm all right but I had to get that off my chest understand treat us like treat every other
community stop using us for votes and we got to stop grabbing them free tickets and going to these free dinners because for somebody that don't give a damn about you you got to stand up and be
real look at how our Ward looks look at how much poverty is in our community look at how our people who have been there for years have been forced out looking for a place to live
having to leave Patterson because they've been pushed out when councilman bz gave his numbers tonight when I sat there it was 38% blacks in Patterson now
we down to 24 we're not going up we're going away way I'm looking in here tonight the only thing I see red black and green to celebrate Black History Month is her
scarf and this one I got around my neck so don't tell me we're one Community we ain't no one Community it's oh I did not give 25 years of my life to
see it come to this I did not and you that sit there know you have to give up your family give up your needs give up certain things yeah because you're striving for the
better I am really really upset of how the council has let this dictator rule over them and take away your power because the counsel is the
power y'all need to check yourselves out don't sell yourself so short because you make the difference and I hope the young man coming on there will stand behind what
he believes and not try to impress or be the friend of the administration you know because it is not Fair what they've done when brother uden's family came here in
1965 did I not befriend your family you didn't even you weren't even born then but what did your uncle tell you to find Vera I befriended him when they were going to Kennedy High School back in
1965 we didn't look at color we looked at people but they had forgotten that to show everybody sitting up there stands on the shoulders of somebody else I miss my friend Maria
Magda I miss her because her and Anita was there with me 100% we didn't think color we didn't think about who's who we knew the job had to be
done and I don't like the way this community is being separated because of who's this and who's that and who the other because when the ball drops they not going to ask you what nationality
you are or where you come from we all are going to go down and I regret that all the time I put in that it has come to this but if
you're going to name a park after me I wanted to represent me I want to know where the money went where it's going and how we can improve it to
better our community so therefore Mr President when is our groundbreaking going to be cuz we didn't have one we had a 8
foot fence put up with no notification wow when do we get the same respect that they gave the second ward and Mr director is here he will tell you I ask him the same question
that I'm asking you when I ask him for the breakdown this is what he sent us now what does that tell me we want to see
numbers we want to see numbers and accountability and transparency of what is going on so when I do die they can say Vera did this and I even had have the deed here the deed
to the property that they call Vera Ames Community Park SL rley Park I want to preserve that wall around my park for
the historic value that it has and I can do it been talking with the his historic preservation and it can be done that's but they don't
talk to me so stop talking at me if you want something done I've and I want to know why they don't have to have permits they ain't got no permits to dig up my
Park why does the city don't have to go by the same laws that you want everybody else to go by that's that's a conflict to me and why is the director of
DPW got to say so over everything cuz we wanted to know what the site manager who is the site manager for my Park we want reports from the site
manager but nobody can give me a name and you know me I'm not going to stop until I find out and I don't want to miss make Mr director too upset because I found out Mr President
and I don't know if any of y'all know it in here but a couple of your folks are breaking the law couple of them packing
guns did y'all know that you got at least four to five people that's not working in the treasury Department and not working where guns are required but for the city carrying
weapons y'all love lawsuits y'all don't know how to protect your own liability now why is this going on because I check with the state and
according to New Jersey statute two dash C wait a minute let me get it right in my pocketbook I don't want y'all think I give you no misinformation cuz the FBI is my next
phone call it says New Jersey statute to see colon 39 colon 4 Mr lawyer am I correct although you
have a gun permit you do not carry a pistol or a weapon if you're not law enforcement and they can be arrested on your dime Mr President so you need to
clean up your house and there's four to five individuals in DPW that carry guns all
right now y'all need to clean house if your tax collector is not packing a pistol why does your DPW got to pack one suppose they get in an argument with somebody and shoot
somebody Mr the attorney isn't the city liable for that if they shoot somebody on the job I know you don't want to answer it but I already got the answer it is yes um all right C councilwoman I I really
want to say thank you thank you for that information you don't no you don't but I'm I'm getting ready to go you I'm not cutting you off about the director he is is here he's a director of DP ask he work for administration and and I will and and I will because he's one of the ones that got a gun listen you're not
you're not dead director uh councilwoman you're not dead you have to be fully involved on the renovation of Vera an's park that's your Park thank you I was under the impression that you being aware of every step of the way of the project not even that's not I was not I
was not aware about that but I I definitely want to recommend Administration to fix the problem and they need a meeting with you ASAP to keep can we stop work on that Park until we had that meeting I am not listen I cannot answer that question but what I could promise you now is that first time
in the morning I'm going to have a meeting with the director and I will go to the second floor to have a conversation with the administration on your behalf and I commit with you you know I love to at your house all the time lastly I'm glad the brother Harry is here because brother
Harry only people that know about your bids for things like my park or the names that sister Riley read off you not even on the computer we in the technical age for what
technology and you are not even your bids are not even on the computer how can anybody get a job that's looking for a job at home that that can't even know that you're
advertising we're not serious about what we're doing here y'all just playing games and pushing paper cuz nobody I'm from the outside can tell you more about what's
going on than you here on the inside and that ain't right y'all y'all need to investigate these people y'all need to investigate to cover yourself because if something
illegal happens with them ones that c guns you all sitting right up there are going to be liable and going to lose what you got behind somebody else's stupidity just because you have a permit
does not give you the right to carry a gun on the job where it's not part of your policy and the City of pattersson doesn't have such a policy so y'all need to protect elves
thankk you thank you thank you thank you um council president if I may just thank you um thank you if we finish the public report pleas no because she has to go no she's not leaving she she going to she going to stay there to the end next
speaker mad clerk she's not leaving okay thank you next speaker thank you next speaker next speaker is Rodney Addison Mr America there a lot of people that's why now three minutes now three oh
okay I have nothing more to say please state your name Mr talk me naked I have nothing more to say okay the next speaker is Elvis Durham please state your name and
address Elvis dorm fourth War pison New Jersey um councilman of the fifth War leis R has shot me out earlier how you doing all all I was doing is correcting
you okay you cannot use Recreation Center building money to put in a park okay you can't do that and another thing with the $2 million that y'all about to apply in the
application right that's a good thing we need Recreation but use common sense people we already have a building that's partnership with the what they call it YWCA on Cav Street I don't I guess they changed the name
just like councilwoman my councilwoman of the fourth War Ruby cotton has said partnership with the YWCA put that $2 million combin it together bam we got a recreation centor building and then when when the State offer us more money we
could build like two or three recreation shs in building okay you it's a old saying order to get what you want you have to use what you got okay so that's all I was trying to
say to you councilman but since it was me since it was me you try to shut me down okay I respect you but give me that same respect okay I am a promoter of the city and I'm not even on the pay
World respect me acknowledge me and another thing to the to the administration spring is about to come the downtown patteron New Jersey look a
mess green M downtown up DPW get with the mayor it seemed like the mayor Andre seya don't never show love to the downtown area but when it come down to the CIS War it's so beautiful and clean cut that
bull crap out come downtown P say we got a lot we got a lot of garbage a lot of unnecessary people that's not spending money that's down there just sitting down there sleeping down there and I
could understand you got you homeless but guess what it's time for the mayor to to use that some of that money that the state gave us to build hom and shutters we got money what three years ago where the money at where the money
at downtown patteron New Jersey right spring is about to come Easter is e is around the corner yes I want to encourage people to come downtown Patterson yes we got good parking 65 elderson street we got a nice parking
garage on 65 elderson Street okay but at the same time when if people do come they want to feel they want to feel good they they don't want to smell garbage they don't want to stump in
mess okay council president I need for you to walk with me in the downtown area DPW director you on the phone come on man you you you you you hear me you hear me though right okay I need for you to walk downtown with me along with the
council president okay and Council fifth War uh half of the um downtown every year is the fifth War I need to meet with you and councilman Mike Jackson okay um it's time for us to work
together you don't have to like me I don't have to like you because I'm not going home with you but let's work together and let Bill thank God bless next speaker M clerk next speaker is Ilia Villa NOA state your name please and your
address my name is Cia Villa 64166 L you off the second person that named that was in front of you today to be appointed to the sixth ward council members if you make a selection today of
somebody to represent my ward why his chair is empty why his chair is empty if you all voted for him today and he's supposed to be here representing the residents of the sixth World okay no don't please
don't and now I want to ask Mr uring do you know who was the first elected cussion person in B County area
representing many of the rec cira middleaged people middleaged class do you know who that was do you know who that was I can hear you my question is do you know who was
the first elected ciran Democrat in the county one of the question the council is do you know who it was you didn't know who it was the the first education elected in the P County
area was khil Kash in Prospect Park okay now when I was running in the South parison area in 2004 I had the opportunity to work with the Arab
community and at that time we have a 22 year old veteran right beta remember when I ran and I took St Rooney out of his seat okay that's when I opened the door so this community could have people elected now okay so let me put my record
straight with the Arabic community noris family mayor BN and the first Arabic Deputy Mayor back in 2002 and I was given food and having a
food pantry in the city of Prospect Park with councilman Khal cash to serve the AR Community I was honored that during 2004 I was presented with this Quran from the
first Khalil cash elected in Prospect Park so I want to put in clear that I did have a lot of work and open doors with this people and I was honored with
this Quran it is unfair that you did not count my record of service when the new council person that you appoint today and he's not here he's 30 years old I've been in the South Pon for
32 I was working with this wonderful Council woman and she is my witness of all the years that I spent in this city council before many of you were even elected okay so I think that the way that you
did not even give you know me you know all of me it was not fair that you did not even give me an opportunity to sit with you that you told me in my facei that you were not going to vote for me and also that that my Hispanic people
that I elected did not even call me thank you for your time and thank you were not even reaching out to me to even ask me and I want to put on record that the way that this process was handled is
wrong and it should not be done that way it should not be done that way and I think that if today you make a selection of a council person he should be sitting there that chair should not be
empty so thank you so much thank you and I want to leave my record straight so I was given a Quran by the first person elected to office thank you next speaker M clerk yes the next speaker is
Imam quani he left he left next speaker man CL the next speaker is cameo black came she's um good evening good evening I don't even know where to start
at yes council members it's okay yeah um I just came down here because it's sicking I don't know when y'all going to get it together everybody scream one for all all for one but when you sit home
and yall watch y'all on the mic it's like preschoolers like nobody sticks together and let me go back to a couple of weeks ago cuz it been on my mind valet with you when you was on vacation you said it's only eight Council people
right how many people you said it was this was before Al moved out of his seat yeah when you and Alex was on vacation together in Dr you remember when you you was on the camera people sitting here okay but the
shade was towards who the shade you the indirect it was towards Mike Jackson right if I had to tell him something I'm going put it out there to you like this I I don't if I had to tell him something I told him stra I don't no when you was talking you you made it clear what you was saying but I'm just
going to let everybody know it's time to grow the up this city is disgusting it's horrible it's ridiculous like when are we going to get it together it seem like only time when the city do come together people come
and make these little um granden entrances when y'all running for something if y'all don't need votes y'all don't need us and that's the only time why can't we get the support from y'all all the time except for only when y'all won our votes and Udin I want to say to you the
way you be having your people come down here it's ridiculous cuz if our people came down here like this we're going to jail why you allowed to do it why can't we do it what's funny I said something that's funny cuz I'm not playing I said
something that's funny oh okay because seriously enough is enough with you having your people come down here but at the end of the day we all just need to stick together it's stressful it's disgusting we don't stick
together as a community at all and I'm not talking about just as black people we already know they going to go with whoever paying the most money everybody always selling out and another thing I want to say Roberto where Billy he
left Roberto Clemente Park Montgomery Park are the two forgotten Parks I've been saying that since 2020 when I first peeped it those two parks the ice the way them babies had to get to school is ridiculous no Sal was out there I had to
called multiple times I had to go and buy s and put it out there myself I shouldn't have to do all of that the city every time Billy come in here y'all wore him so much money hell with that clock y'all going to get the cop to take me out tell the cop to take me out but
anyway I'm not I shouldn't have to go out and buy s i shouldn't have to pay people to shovel when I have to do that for the kids to get to school is a problem then when you reach out to the council people it's oh what's such and such going to do
oh what's such and such going to do when the council people can say that to me oh what you want such and such number for what this person going to do they already telling me it's don't even waste your time so I don't waste my time y'all tired of me coming down here y'all don't want me disrespecting y'all
y'all don't want me putting y' on the spot do y' job I'mma ask you again cuz right now I'm talking what's the problem what's the problem cuz I'm sure when you been gy community was down here they had a whole bunch of respect why can't I get the same
respect and then when I say something then when I I I always got to come out of character why and you're a school teacher this what your you teach your children to be ignorant and rude cuz when I talk when I got like common sense you and him want to sit here and
half side conversations now I'm going say it again councilman at large you want the votes do your job okay cuz me personally I would never vote for you honestly what do no you don't no you
sneak you sneaky you conniving you a kind artist and guess what you really don't do your job cuz I got some when I come back I'mma drop on your ass cuz you sneaky too okay and everything that happened in the dark it come to the light all right cuz I know your people
going to back you up too what happened people know what and they know mine too and they know mine too come here what Mendes come here just Council Council memb doing the
public portion um so we have three minutes for the speakers and let's try to make sure that I use the three minute effectively at the end of the public no you are disrespecting me because I'm sitting here talking and you and valz is having a a side conversation that's the problem every time somebody come up here
and they talking on this mic y'all texting y'all not paying attention y'all get up y'all walk away y'all rude but then when somebody call y'all out on it there is a problem I'm not going to keep playing with y'all and I told y'all that I'm not here to play with y'all when I got to like I said come out of my pocket
and pay people the shovel for the kids but as you know the park was a mess Billy they get paid too much money it's unacceptable and MZ since you want to keep saying I've been calling you since November about the bed that still
haven't been picked up when you going to do that cuz I already told you the old lady on East 32nd don't fell over the bed I already asked Billy too I've been telling y'all this since November don't don't you y'all s here playing these games I got text messages
from both of y'all how long I've been asking you since noil so why is why it's still not picked up yet it's February about to be March how many more times this old lady G to have to trip coming out of her house and then when she sit up there to report it I need y'all this
to make sense the lady it was dumped in front of her house but the people told her if it's not move she's going to get fine why when I've been calling y'all the mic y'all can turn the mic off cuz my mou big enough but I've been calling since November coming here since
November speaking to Billy speaking to Alex and it still hasn't been done how how much longer but every time he comes to this m and ask for a damn contract to be granted it's granted don't look at him don't y'all looking at each other y'all always look stupid when I come down here everybody
be confused so by tomorrow he just told me by tomorrow morning is gonna be picked up so I hope I could call this old lady tonight and tell her CU y'all been telling her the same thing wow next speaker M
clerk the next speaker is Eddie olivarez seconds the direct the director the director have that information since November you send it to me I send it to director November came no I'm not as I'm not smiling there's nothing to be smiling about it
there's nothing that's there's no that's enough funny things let's continue the public portion council members let's s within the three minutes right after that we're going we're going to address our public and I know some of the council member will address where I am so everybody within the 3 minute m cler
speaker yes good evening for the rec uh Eddie olivarez uh resident of the fourth W I want to start by uh thanking uh Miss Ames thank you for your words truly really do thank you for your
words and I'm going to let the people of pison into a little secret uh for many years me and Miss Ames worked uh shoulder toosh shoulder at the Masonic temple helping in the community I never said this but we've known each other for
decades uh through a mutual friends Emma God blesser anyway um you know uh much has been said lately about uh an article that was written about Florio hiring a private
investigator to follow uh Dave um the inspector Gilmore um and you know I ask myself when you have a private uh
citizen when you have uh someone like Florio and I hope he's watching he says he watches these meetings all the time I hope he is watching uh when you you have someone like Florio uh you know having an
investigator follow uh a city employee you I have to ask myself who the hell is running this city really who is running this city we have here the the I don't know how many times I've seen uh
Corporation councils at different functions with the mayor during between uh you know 8 and five during normal working hours hours uh that the the City attorney should be in his office the office that
we pay for doing City business but he is with the mayor at all of these different functions and so on the one hand you have Florio paying to have Gilmore follow and the mayor himself is many
many times uh with the Corporation Council during the day who the hell is running this city who's calling the shots like Miss am said you know in exchange of dinners and and and pictures
taking with these Power Players here in patteron you guys have sold your dignity you are a mess this city is a mess and you keep on blaming each other you keep
on blaming the administration I said it before uh and Miss Black is right when she says that you you guys are very disrespectful on the phone doing all kinds of you know you guys are like children but I'm going to say it again
to the the blame is not on the mayor the blame is not the people of patteron blame is on you guys you are to blame you are supposed to you have people over here talking for how
longs anyway Chanel chel the last thing I am going to say is this the m every about you time go home Mr Mendes you are responsible for
the mess of this city Sure hold the the administration accountable your job good evening Mel thank you good evening welcome missel psychiatrist no I mean good evening Mendes how dare you yes I'm great how
dare you oh how dare you how dare you no I'm not ver am talk for how long uh she she's the queen she's spent 25 years there I have to respect that lady I was not even the US when that lady was sitting there serving you have your three minutes welcome you have your 3
minutes to speak council president why are you speaking over top of her council president you can't maintain your own deorum councilman Jackson we doing the public portion the clock for minute because for one M clerk just restart the clock for
one this is the problem now you're selective right you're selective to the Muslim Community you're selective to the Arabic community I get here and I watch these meetings time and time again where the clock goes on and on and on there is no clock for other communities but to
the public tonight to the black public watching to the uh Hispanic Community watching please pay attention pay attention to how we're treated it's disgusting and and you're not going to
say anything cuz you're a coward just like the mayor but I'm going into this city has been way too comfortable with the number of consecutive fires that have taken place in our community my understanding is that there was talks this morning of demolishing George the butcher location
for a fire that has just taken place it's crazy to me that they would try to demolish and to skiping investigation the people of Patterson have to pay attention because Patterson is being gentrified right before your
eyes excuse me cler okay I love you Miss Ames to the people of Patterson we have to pay attention because patteron is being gentrified right before our eyes and to those of you who care we have to do something now before is too late many
of you have witnessed this disgrace of a mayor who never comes to any Council meetings but had the audacity to get on social media more specifically Facebook and literally turn into a keyboard Warrior this same mayor consistently
Dodges the African-American and Hispanic community that attempts to hold him accountable he does not care about the people of Patterson as a whole and he needs to go it's time out for those who crave attention that keep coming before us to entertain you this city is not a
circus it's just being ran like one because we currently have a mayor who's a clown in office what a shame and what a day we are living in when we as a people are still refusing to mobilize and come together and overthrow this
coward I'm going to need this Council to get on board with us and get some gumption I'm going to need this city to stop acting like everyone else is the problem and come together and take some accountability as well we see the daily Malay and chaos chaos
this mayor has continuously put this city in lying and saying crime is down lies shootings are down lies and I fully blame those of you who went in not blind but fully aware of this nonsense and voted Andre in some a second time he has
done nothing but be the self-serving maniacal little bastard he planned to be all along his best asset has been remembering everyone's names and birthdays and posing and grinning in pictures is that what you want for another four years because if so sit
right there on your do nothing and watch us continue to crumble as a community but if you want real change I know a man who can bring about change I know a man who can affect change so much that it will bless future Generations in Patterson to come I know a man not here
for your entertainment but here to serve build and protect this community I know a man not interested in jumping in every picture but is down in the trenches with the community every day when your apartment is cold when you're without food he doesn't tell you to call 21 he helps you directly Mike Jackson for
mayor 20126 next speaker M Clark yes council president next speaker is Michael price please state your name and address please Mr Mr Price Patterson New Jersey good evening what even Mr counc M
Mendes I got to address you first before my before the clock starts what you did to those last couple people that were here was disrespectful I'm not here for it tonight so I'm telling you we're I'm not going to deal with that so I may go over the three minutes I'm going to try to get everything within three minutes
but you want us to respect you you're going to have to give us respect I'm a very respectful person as you know the way that you treat I'm a very respectful person as you know you have you three minutes and I give you extra time for you to wrap it up you cannot tell me that I don't respect people there's a law there's a decorum and there's a
rules in this Council so we're going to start you 3 minutes M cler start the 3 minute so let get surprise this three minute can we start the clock when I start speaking because I know you like to hear yourself speak no no but I don't think you can speak as well as me that's so I don't think you want to do that
okay you won't win that war against me first I want to start and say listen these meetings are for the public this is our house so to councilman I wish councilman khik was still here councilman khik councilwoman Dava and
valz he's not here either remember we talked about this this was a while ago about those salary ranges and the public beg you guys not to vote for this and I remember councilman Dava saying specifically
we're not voting for raises we're voting for a salary range so what you did was you gave power to a fool he foolishly spent our money what did he do he gave the ba who wasn't qualified remember that just rewind back she
wasn't qualified in the beginning he gave her a $50,000 increase you know why because most of the members of this body decided that it was okay to give the mayor a key to the safe you don't ever
do that you give them a key and it comes along with rules okay you set a salary range and you say hey you want to go above % you come back with his body how dare you give them the keys and then when the mayor gives out a raise you point the finger at the mayor you had
the power to control that I I wonder right now if you feel proud of yourself for that decision the developer who owes us thousands and thousands of dollars he s an investigators to follow one of our employees that's that's the
employee that was The Whistleblower hey think about this if any of you guys want to support this let's do it the right way let's investigate every employee of this city including the elected officials all your whereabouts where you go what time you come and what time you
go there's going to be a lot of people that's going to get fired I believe in getting people fired too but if you want to do it don't you ever Target one person definitely not the black man and think it's going to get past me it won't so the ba was given a key to the
city for what she resigns and then within the time period of her resignation her two weeks she takes two of her employees and reassigns them see this is what I'm talking about about poor management the day that she
resigned see I don't work in the public sector so I'm going to tell you how the real world works the day you resign your power is gone that day we will let you stay but you have no more power in decision making you guys sat here and you allowed the mayor to do this he hired a staff most of his staff is gone
now why the public knows there's something wrong the ba left she took a 25 maybe $30,000 pay cut why did she take a pay cut that big she knows where the bones are she knows
she decided I'm going to get out of here before they catch up to me Chief of Staff same thing we need you guys to do better just when I WRA the last last thing I'm going to say to you guys CU I don't want to go beyond my three minutes I'm not going to be disrespectful but I
want to know where your Allegiance is is your allegiance to the people of the city of patteron that voted for you or is it to your political party bosses that seem to control you you cannot be
controlled by both too many times I sit in this meeting and I hear you guys make statements about your political parties the last I thought these positions were nonpartisan you shouldn't be here talking about your party and look at our
city what has the party gotten us it's gotten us nothing we have a Corporation Council that Flags around the city with the mayor every time I see a YouTube video it's the mayor and Corporation counselors there just like the other
people said why is the Corporation Council in his office working on the loopholes of the laws in our city and every time we come to these meetings we got questions we got to ask Corporation counsel hey we're paying Corporation counsel enough to know the answers
before you even ask that's what we pay real Executives for that's what we pay them for but again I wish you guys a good night you've got to do better you have to do better thank you thank you I appreciate you in advance for doing better but you're failing right now next
speaker M clerk the next speaker is Marshall Wilder excuse I'm sorry what did he say um Tor who your name then yes hello
everyone my name is Marshall Wilder and Taylor give the number yeah how you Sor how are you me yes my name is Marshall Wilder and I live here in Patterson and I would just want to first
um give give honor to my Lord and Savior G uh Jesus Christ I want to thank him for giving me this opportunity to speak tonight um first of all I just wrote down some ideas and suggestions
um just want to start off by say hello Council good evening everyone I am from North Carolina I moved to Patterson in February of 2024 I would like to have recreation centers in each wward for the
Youth it is very needful in our community instead of smoke shops and liquor stores will'll create more jobs here in Patterson and I will also make a suggestion as far as it being open from
Monday to Sunday as far as helping out the youth to get them something to do instead of you know running the streets and getting involved in all different types of activities and also it is Black History Month and I noticed you know there's not
much that's going on for you know the black you know black people here in Patterson and I would I would also like to recommend also having a calendar for black history month for the different
individual here in the Silk City city that made the impact on Patterson so that's another suggestion that I would like to recommend and I would also like to recommend a book to read called you have to be prepared to die before you can
begin to live by Paul kicks and also another recommendation a day of service with Patterson schools to come together a idea that I thought of was a foundation to
where you know here in the community you can volunteer in a day of service for the community to come together as far as eat together learn and play and also I put a question mark next to such um you know different activity that could be
done as far as dance um having a backpack drive on that day bringing the community together as far as uh playing different sports um to bring everybody together and just another I don't know maybe plant trees or someone else that
has any other better idea um to bring forth so that would be it for me thank you next speaker M cler yes the next speaker is esparanza Jenkins please state your name and address my
name is esparanza Jenkins co-founder coordinator for HSN Outreach Services 900 Main Street sweet a Patterson New Jersey good evening I'm
here because I am absolutely out raged just the way that you disrespect organizations that you do not know nor understand I absolutely am
appalled by the way that you have presented yourselves over the last few weeks especially last week in regards to questioning our
registration our business with the state of New Jersey you guys went in hard and you guys went in really really deep questioning evening the per
purchasing process within the state you question the purchasing department who certifies the process it was
outrageous and went back and double down on the news literally stating that you knew the owners of 900 Main
Street and stating that they don't work with the Browns or the vasquez's and I quote that Mr valz it was appalling to know that this
Administration don't even understand how this community is pulling together to help those that are in need now as an
organization that does Street Outreach on a regular basis and have a space in 900 Main Street sweet a as stated per our 501c3
that you guys were desperately dragging us over with a letters from the owners that states that they have given us space to work out of there just because we didn't have a sign
posted and which we did we were dragged for a contract that we bid rightfully so we work on the streets we do not have to be in the
office we work with the community directly we have other C ities and cities that VI for us to work with because they know our methods work you questioned an organization that
work with the security Social Security Administration we work with New Jersey family care we work with DCA we work with HUD we work with your local and and and housing authorities we work with so
many to help those that are in need need and need uplifting and I say it again it was absolutely appalling how you disrespected this organization and
question how do we have the audacity to actually even come in for a bid you guys need to check yourselves relook at what you're saying online because your your comment are public your actions are public it does not look
good it is it is absolutely deplorable that you're coming after a business organization whether it's for-profit or nonprofit you have no idea what it takes to register and be authorized to do the
work that we do you wouldn't want to do the work that we do cuz many of you have shunned the very people in your community I'm asking I'm actually begging
you as a transient Hub community because of the fact that you get federal dollars for transportation you will never ever get rid of the homeless population because you have a
Hub community here be more welcoming try to figure out ways to figure out the solution to the problem I know it doesn't look right right now it doesn't feel good right now but I'm telling you you guys have
resources here there are solutions here we work on the solutions that is the reason why we want to be able to help those that are here cuz we have Solutions no we're not a
shelter and we will never claim to be a shelter yeah thank you we are more than a shelter we're helping people on their journey in this journey called life thank you thank you next speaker mad cler
next speaker is aim I can't make out the last name aim Durham that's think he left let's speak waha Muhammad wah with God's name good evening or
morning or Whatever It Is by now good evening uh first of all I just want to start with the question maybe somebody can answer because I have the same question as why the young man that was picked for the Sixth Ward didn't take the seat tonight well you can explain
that to me the other thing the other reason I'm here is because and I'm so sorry that I didn't come before your ba left because when I heard you say councilwoman
Mims that the ba was doing an excellent job and to keep doing what she was doing I cringed people called me and said did you hear that because I know that you know the things that that woman did to
this city that the things that she did to individuals in this city but yet instead we told her that she was doing an excellent job and to keep doing what she was doing but see by the grace of God she's not here anymore and I'm thank
ful that she's not and wherever she is I'm sure she will re have it there too but it's not here now the other thing I want to talk to you guys about because you love to throw around the word process when I know when councilman
Jackson put something and you guys feel like it didn't go through the process when you all go to your committees and get the reports or don't get the reports what's that process when we we come before this Mike and ask you
for answers to questions about funding and and whatever the the money was spent on and we get no answers what is that process what are you processing that we are not privileged to
and you just sit there and look at us like we have two heads I don't get it explain to me the process cuz I'm missing something the other thing I want to ask and that goes to you uh through the
chair to the to the Corporation Council and Joel I want to know director Joel somebody said director well when I finish you might think different I want to know why is it that that rent level board can't even
pick a a chair and a vice chair what is wrong with that picture that make makes no sense to me you go to that meeting and and and the administrator the secretary is all rolled into one and they
cannot pick someone that's head and and and someone to help to make sure that that function is a real function of a board I don't understand that somebody explained that to me what was the reason
to put together a red level and void that have no Authority even to govern themselves makes no sense to me so I need you to explain those things to me and lastly I'll just say
this whenever you all are doing things that we do not understand I don't know why you get upset with the questions that's the only way we are going to learn is to ask the question
because anytime we sit home and listen to the things that councilman Jackson and and God bless you cuz I I don't know how you do it and I know that you're trying to be respectful but the thing that that we asking in our mind that he asked for us
and you all just Overlook it like he's just causing trouble cuz we want to know so if there's a process that we need to know about please tell me tonight so I can go home and learn your
process thank you thank you next speaker B clerk the next speaker is Kimmy Freeman I think he doesn't he he he doesn't want to speak yes Kimmy Freeman
Mr Freeman please state your name and address kimy Freeman uh patteron New Jersey um I was glad to see Vera Ames uh tonight as you know when she started her political care career I was there I was
a little boy and like I said people don't believe this but I got over 50 years experience in politics and one way or another all right um I'm very concerned about the park I didn't know nothing about I haven't driven through
the fourth ward maybe in a couple of weeks I usually drive through it every day had I seen that fence last meeting I would have said something guys when when you talk about bar a you talking about somebody who's been to
Washington I've been to conferences with him all kind of stuff representing the city of Pon and I was in the trenches with her and we need to respect her like she said she's still alive uh I don't know
what the mayor has done uh but obviously he needs to do better as all of us um another thing I'm concerned about about three weeks ago I sent a video to
councilman Jackson to brother udit to khik uh Mims and Lewis the violence the drug dealing the dope things this is downtown
patteron couple of months ago I told you that a guy hit me up I've had two guns and a knife pulled on me on that corner right and the only reason why I ain't hit these guys because I don't want to go to jail and get my car tow
and when I call the police the police act like you know I'm the victim and he look at me he says oh God this you nobody could to be Vic somebody got a gun or a knife I mean but uh I grew up in the fourth
ward so I'm very concerned about that uh supposingly we spent uh there's 12 or 13 officers that made $100,000 in overtime uh I think that is a
waste because the crime has gone down in certain uh areas but as far as burgal iies robberies and stuff of that nature that has gone up so we need to address that that one
what how much that's $1.3 million we could have hired 25 more officers to do that kind of work and we need more police I don't care what nobody says uh a little wagon a harm reduction unit is not going to do it all
right we need more police and Louis I I gave a proposal to you about maybe we can have downtown private security maybe non-lethal weapons or something that cuz now we're talking
about the bus stop West Broadway Main Street Broadway Broadway Pizza Angel's bar I want any of you guys just to sit there just just park your car there and
just watch for like 10 minutes Louis told me to call the cops I called the cops when I did that all the drug deals and everything came after me they came after me that one guy the cops are right there he came right up to
the car and said we going to f you up the cops are right there I said you know what I told those and I told Mike I'm applying for my conceal carry and I might have to carry this is what patteron has come through
now we got to wear bulletproof vests and carry a concealed carry so we can protect ourselves and Ross baraca he's the Democratic person who that's going to be the governor now he's my frat brother I got a
oath but we need the self-defense law in New Jersey because I think the first thing the Constitution says what life number one liberty and pursuit of happiness I don't see that in patteron we need to do
better thank you next speaker Madam clerk next speaker is Daniel Maha hello everyone um so my name is Daniel Mahia um I am the CEO of Silk City 1 which is a platform that I have presented many
times in hopes of creating transparency in the city and not only that but also providing uh a source um to a food uh by basically cleaning the river through the method of Hydroponics and aquaponics but at the end of the day it's something
that it's it's not just the job of the city council because when I first promoted it I thought of the idea that it would spread out like hot cake where everybody would agree to it because it's giving more the power to them uh the voice that they so uh that we all so
want at the end of the day um but like I said it's it's something that each person that's watching whether it's on YouTube the 200 people on YouTube or who on the on the TV channels if they're watching it's something that
they could search and share or see if they would be interested in supporting uh but I am not coming for that at the moment I just came because I recently got my real estate license and I am currently working for realy one group Legend
so now I'm promoting myself as a real estate agent uh in hopes of getting the in hopes of getting the fundings for uh the Silk City one uh I'm not trying to take your job you
know but yeah it's a it's a very open market and um I look forward to helping as much people as possible through the real estate and from their expanding to the other business ventures that I've had uh that's about it thank you thank you brother congratulations on your
license next speaker M cler the next speaker is Henry Adamson good day how doing I've been a resident the city Patterson All My Life um play football here play basketball
here I got Brothers got killed here got friends that got killed here um I never saw how bad the city got like the city's got to do Max on hard I work downtown
Patterson when you see human in front of downtown stores when you see homeless people sleeping on sidewalks and this is a everyday matter downtown look by far the
disgusting I ever seen in my life um patteron starting like the Bronx like West chur to a we sold this city so bad and I'm admit I'm admit at first I
was the ones that voted for Andre thought he was going to do the right thing I swear I'll tell you this today a couple Brothers I call empty suits up here now knowing who is the empty suit but things got to change man like
you know I mean it's like y'all all the counsilman you know I mean we got to see a big difference that's going on here and then it's nothing for our kids man I here at all it's nothing there nothing for them to do
there's nothing going on for them like I see all every time you know and I I follow because I follow everything that goes on 3 million was spent here 4 million spent here this part was done that part was that part was done I a see one Rec
Center went up yet I ain't see one homeless shelter going to be so look something got to change you know what I mean something got to change and a lot of my people with my age they are
moving I'm 39 years I turned 40 a lot of my friends stuff they moved out they just work here and go and it bals CU they gave up they gave the city tremendously life is is is sickening
it's like we got smoke shops at every corner like who's giving these grand out for these smoke shops it's smoke shops on every corner downtown alone it's about six in one area Spanish restaurants it's about seven of them in one
area downtown it's like every store is the every same store we got eyeglass store across street from each other we got a jewelry store close to each other we got sna store that's the same store as next door of the street yo if y'all I don't know if y'all be downtown during the one o' during the
day it's empty it look bad so something just got to give man I'm that's the only thing I'm say and like I said I'm vot for Mike Jackson this year next time we run all right next speaker M cor yes the last speaker
is Michael Taylor you state your name address Mr Taylor thank you Michael Taylor speaking for peaceful patteron Justice for my daughter Mary Teller of
course I'm here to hold the whole state of New Jersey everybody who participa in my daughter's case I'm holding them accountable and
I'm questioning your integrity first I would like to thank patteron Police Department for doing the good work sincerely for catching suspect the suspect for killing my daughter one of
them first I want to start out specifically with um addressing Governor Phil Murphy Governor Phil Murphy and State Attorney General Matt plen Matt
plen took over the police department which he needed to take over the police department because the community didn't don't trusted mayor Andre seak for running the police department for all the past
incidents far as jique NJ G philx my daughter Mary I will always come to the mic and request justice for all of them the Integrity part the Attorney General take off the
take over the patteron police department on an illegal manner when my first when I my first daughter when my daughter first got killed and I had a u meeting with the mayor he told me that he's
suing attorne attorney general what I'm getting at is the Integrity if the Attorney General Prosecuting got authority over the state and he's doing
something illegal there would never be Integrity in P in patteron how could there be Integrity when the State Attorney General self is doing something illegal that the mayor is suing him so what I'm I'm getting
that there will always be a lack of Integrity because just because of Andre Andre Sayad not being able to run the police patteron police department so with that saying with the governor Phil
Murphy making such policies and no chase policies that affected my whole my daughter's case that affected the Integrity of the whole Patterson because I know pison parisians want Justice for my daughter they they seen the they seen
the shooting of six suspects in the um um vehicle so what I'm getting at is I want Justice for my daughter I'm holding all the state representatives count um
accountable Governor Phil Murphy Matt plen Andre seak any Governor anybody running for governor and I'm holding y'all accountable too because in this whole whole year and a half that I've
been observing what's going on at the city council I ain't see none of y'all speak about gun violence not not Public Safety but gun violence and really um putting an end to this block to block block the block the epidemic that
has been going on in patteron way before Mich teller and Mary Teller so just as much as I'm addressing addressing the state attorney general and um the governor I'm dressing the
community I'm dressed specifically my black Brothers y'all ain't kill my daughter y'all don't do the shooting I understand that and I respect that but me as a father I got to continue to keep my
daughter name alive and I'm going do that so I'm addressing the whole patteron no can't um put the cease this gun VI um put a cease to this gun violence just the police by itself now the community got
to be involved literally it only this um shooting only affecting the black community it's only black on black I'm I I'm specifically addressing my black Brothers y'all see this
video that block to block got to stop if y'all don't see what's going on in patteron right now with the migrants going um coming into town taking over and the the city government is
really um willing to protect the migrants which is a new issue with which the gun violence been going on for the last 40 50 years it'll be a travesty it'll be a tragedy
if 10 years from now our black youth continue on doing the shooting that they doing shooting claiming blocks that they don't even own if we all as a community sit back and don't say nothing and allow this to go
on 10 years from now so I'm saying to my black Brothers y'all got to put the guns down y'all got to come with better Solutions we can't complain about no migrants coming in doing this and that and paying high rents and everything if y'all if we going to kill each
other the cl cl Clan say we ain't got to sit back we got to let them kill each other my brothers we got to stop we got to stop I ain't going to just put it on the um on the government we got to stop this I got to be held accountable the
older brothers got to be held accountable everybody be held accountable I want to thank everybody who had our dropper concern for my daughter for me thank you for the
prayers thank you for everything appreciate the moment um Mr valz C Mr valz my daughter got shot um in your in your war and I first um when it first happened had a publ um had a
meeting my specific questions was spe um Public Safety I think that get Miss St with Public Safety and gun violence daughter 13 and a half Van Street C Street from 13 and half Van
hton Street is the senior citizen my daughter was going to um when the daughter was going to school high school it was Christopher Irving and Manny Martinez campaigning in the senior citizen across the street
from my daughter where my daughter lived I sat in they know I was going to the Border education meetings they was the ones who told me to hold hold y'all accountable and I've been doing it ever since I took a pause off and I'mma continue on I got to now
I'm all in it I just need to take a breather you know so with that saying my daughter's in your um got killed in your ward pertaining to Public Safety if you mind answering this
question what have you done for the award for Public Safety you don't have to answer but I'm asking you and I'm asking the rest of the city council I ain't and ain't give me nothing I'm just asking for one request simple as
that at Van hton Corridor I sit out there morning than my daughter ain't no traffic device out there Ain oh that my daughter shooting was the most prolific shooting in patteron history probably y'all seen it
so I go around town I see cameras all over on the different hot blocks Mike you came to my I appreciate it you came um van hton you SK more did your video um Miss cotton you came to my
daughter building before M you came my daughter with no housing issues so all y'all that came to um 13 van hton you said Mr um president Mendes all y'all you say
you my your your son was my daughter friend I'll just ask y'all one specific thing me and my baby mom came up with it they speeding too fast through that Corridor that is sacred ground with my daughter blood spilled on the street of pattersson I'm actually request for a
simple request could y'all put a speed bump down at 20 van hton Street speed bump not just for on the behalf of my daughter on the behalf of that it's a senior citizen building
right there it's a senior citizen in block away you got Patterson Beach right there and you're going into the um Patterson National Historic District so it ain't just about my daughter they need to slow down going through that um Corridor and respectfully ask if yall
will all grant that request thank you for thank you motion to close M clerk motion to close by councilwoman Dava second by councilman Mims roll call man clerk to close the public portion roll call to close the public portion councilwoman cotton thank you madam
clerk I'm not going to uh be long like I normally be but um I just want to say um um to director Rodriguez uh regarding to ver Ames Park um I did not know that they were shutting the park down I knew eventually that it would happen but I
did not know we needed to put the fence around the park because that Park do not have a fence so in order to keep the tring out of there while all that equipment is in there while they're while they're taking down the trees you got to put a fence around there Barbara Park we didn't need to put a fence
because it already had a fence um no I did not know and I started getting calls and I had said to the residents of lawence Street and Montgomery Street um that I will be sending them a letter because I think the uh completion date I believe Harry
is October for for ver Ames Community Park I'm not quite sure but um and then we done had a bunch of bad days already and went on bad days and then we had we the ground is saturated with rain now so
there's so many things that they cannot do but I did not know the park and that was disrespect I was not invited to any of those meetings at City Hall about the park and so but I want to get this park done and so by us
um uh I just have two requests Harry we're going to see how much the park is um um and I want to say to Billy that you know it would have been nice though for groundbreaking like Westside I don't know who came up with the idea but it
would have been a nice gesture um and normally I find that sometimes with the contractor um what I'm going to do is try my I'm going to go into barbar and Montgomery Park you know I want to thank Roger GRE because Roger GRE had an excellent relationship with the
contractor who did Barbara par a excellent relationship I could walk up in there at any time too in Barbara Park so I think that once we can I can introduce and we can introduce oursel to the contractor who got the contract to do the park well show me what you
working on that cuz I can look at all them plans all day long and I don't know what a DOT means here and a circle means there and then I got to look on the side but but I think that that we need to um we wasn't told and I want to get the information that the councilwoman needs
Mir Ames need um Harry if you don't mind I will see you tomorrow by Thursday U for the information that she need you know and the one thing I wanted to do for that Park was preserve those stones around it those stones around it is a 100 years
old you can't take away those stones around it those are things that that's um and you know we can disagree on on certain things I personally like scoreboards that I can see what the score is some people don't think we need scoreboards I personally like um because
Don you ain't got to sit in the game and say what's the score what's the score you know I and I've done that many times cuz my kids were sports players so so Harry if I can get you the information uh and and and that was being disrespectful of not knowing when the park was they got to put the fence up
regardless that is not a permanent fence because if you look at it's a I call it a contractor fence so it's not a permanent fence so we're going to get the information for the coun woman we it would be nice to do a groundbreaking ceremony director Rodriguez um I know
you don't but you be there you don't do the ground breaking but you're there but I'll talk talk to Corporation councel and I just want to say also to um I think I I was looking at um uh um Marshall Wilder he spoke you know
what I think that we was trying to do a law somewhere about smoke shops um and he was trying to do you know we used to have a a community um Center uh where they did the black history calendars and
we really don't have that um and the lady spoke on Jenkins from the ancient H um rehab I mean if in order for for anything to work you got to have a boot on the ground crew cuz that boost on theg ground crew is going to be the only
crew you can't sit in no desk and think that somebody's going to come to you cuz they definitely not coming so you got to have the boots on the ground to go out to go underneath the bridge to go behind the hole to go somewhere to try to get those people to say you know let me help
you let me bring you let me help you let me show you on what and you know and I'm still going to blame the court system I'm still going to blame the prison system I'm still going to blame the prison system they're letting people come out of here with no birth certificate no ID no security card and
they put them back in the street and what are we supposed to do then that's when we have to do it now so we need those boots on the ground people to help make sure that we put um help those to get into and I always say to family some families can say okay but
you know what somewhere along the line in your life and you don't had somebody who was incarcerated or you don't had somebody who was a drug addict somewhere along in your life you going to have to forgive them somewhere long in your life you going to have to help your family we can't always sometimes want
somebody else to help him help your family even if you're to help with an AP problem help him with a car help them with an ID help them trying to help them you know it's not you know people say you sometime can't forget yes you're going to have the Lord said let forgive
we have to forgive sometime and I say that we must do that but also I want to say and I think that would be it but U what's her name uh had talked about Charlie Florio uh and the thing is like I'm not going to comment on because I'm not sure what happened but let me just
say something for Charlie Florio he's the only one I think that maybe people know because he's not the biggest one so he's not the biggest one but he's the most kindest one he's the most kindest one I seen this man bury children I done
seen this man give Apartments I done seen this man buy food I done seen this man he's not the biggest one but he has the kindest heart so you know when you're not sure I always say my momm and granddaddy always say if you don't know everything don't
say nothing don't say nothing if you don't know the whole story we got it come time but there's so much that we got to do and if we don't continue to try to work together and try to figure out and I always say I can't do this sitting up here I need partnership I need to work
with the grandparents I need to work with matures I need to work you know we going to put this all together we can't do it I can do this by myself no I can't none of us sitting up here can do it by their s and for them over here thinking that they can do it by their self then you know they sitting in the wrong spot
there's no way you can sit up here and know it's just that I get so many calls Miss Miss W and I'm going to make a comment to Corporation Council and let me make a a comment to Michael Taylor
it's been five years since they've been trying to get a civilian review board with subpena power five years and it still has not made it through five years and it still has not but Corporation counsel I want you to look into this for
me for the rent leveling board right now our Legal Aid Society is so overwhelmed they can't even take new cases you got people here that are being evicted illegally you got people being locked out illegally I tell them all the
time if there's not a Sheriff officer at your door they cannot put no lock on it if you don't got a court order from a judge they can't do nothing to I just had to put that but Corporation counsel can we have a conversation I met some families for people from another city
and in their rent leveling board they put together a legal team to help those community help those people that need legal assistance that was in the board thank you madam cler I'm sorry but with that being said
ladies my vote is yes thank you uh councilwoman councilwoman daver so I'm going to actually start very different and I'm going to um say this a lot of times you know we talk about um
people that work in the city you don't care about our city you're not here you go home on the weekends or whatever so I'm going to look to you Corporation councel to say thank you thank you for being that present Corporation counsel I may not agree with certain things
sometimes with you but it doesn't mean that I don't acknowledge the work that you do for our city for us and the administration so thank you thank you for the weekend thank you because if you look at those YouTubes or pictures or
whatever you have it he's at every event every Community not just one community so I want to commend you for that because when we talk about people going home after they get their check you're not one of them so thank you very much
the second thing that I want to address and it's only because you made a statement and I was not in the room as I was speaking uh to miss Jenkin outside I'm so happy that she came here to clarify and you know talk about her
process um which is something I was a sitting council president as council president was away in DC and and I try to explain that to my colleagues in terms of you know we have the acting ba as the officer who is certified who's
licensed and we're questioning the process and so um I want to thank her for that but I also want to mention something I was not in the room when Floria was mentioned so I don't know what was said about him but it is obvious to me that his name is in everybody's mouth or somebody's Facebook
or social media p um space so I'm going to say this I totally agree with you he isn't the biggest one but he surely is the kindest one and as you I as well have seen throughout the year years okay how many organizations how many
nonprofits go knocking on his door he makes donations he gives out yearly you know free office space and then people turn around and kick his back in that's very very sad okay I have
seen him with his tenants and how he treats them during Thanksgiving during Christmas during the holidays back to school I mean there's so much granted I don't know everything but I'm going to tell you you something right now I see
the man as being someone who is invested in this city and I see him giving back to the city so I'll say that to all of the get the the rest of the speakers you know it it's sad that um some may think that you know that we the council uh are
failing the city it's unfortunate that you feel that way but at the end of the day what you think you know about me as a person that's your business not mine I know the work that is being done I know the work work that we do here and again councilman Jackson said something really good earlier um out of the many that he
does say one was that at times you could see the argument like you could see the back and forth that's okay to agree to disagree it's the disrespect that is unacceptable all right and at the end of the day when you turn around you make a phone call at night or you need something the next day you know what
we're working together so um thank you to everyone else and um council president um I'm trying to stay here the whole night I mean I'm trying to stay for the whole agenda yes I think I'm coming down with something I am almost gone a full
box of tissues but um I'm going to try to stay uh and I also request council president this is what I wanted to say um if after we're done if you can please uh have the item um the real fix item that was addressed
by Miss uh Jenkins if that could be next my um vote is yes Madam clerk thank you councilman Jackson thank you madam clerk be as brief as possible um you know uh many of us who take this seat we
get elected for the seat we are we are um sworn in and committed to a certain purpose and that purpose essentially the first priority is do is all over the place man
just talking everywhere and kissing behind everywhere essentially the main purpose for our our presence here is to support and answer to the Public's concerns and I I could just speak for
myself I mean I've taken a great deal of scrutiny on many different occasions in fact Mr olivaris who is now my Aid the first day that I've ever met him and have a conversation with him he came down here councilman maybe you should
lower your voice a little bit man you going to be making Rounds Around The Room like use your inside voice like Miss Black said you should you're a teacher should you should have better Decor than that but uh dude you around here talking
the whole time like sit down man be quiet if not use your uh you you be be more courteous so yet again again Mr olivar is's first time coming here he came down here and really came for my head he was
he scrutinized my behavior um you know he had negative things to say about me I didn't sit here and try to talk over him I didn't say oh you don't know what you're talking about I simply took what he had to say got his phone number from the clerk met with him the next day now
he's my a and he's still swinging hard right I've never blocked anybody from Facebook I've never got into a confrontation with anyone who comes to the podium but I'm G tell you what the mayor does the mayor if you CR offer him a
certain measure of criticism he doesn't want to take your call he blocks you on Facebook he won't speak to you he see you going towards the elevator he going to go the other way I'll get on the elevator with you and here you have the mayor who is
afraid to to confront those who are confrontational if you sit here and cheerlead for him and you have something great to say oh forget it you get tickets to the to the to the to the concert you get to stand front and center to cut ribbons I remember at one
point in time council president and the mayor was literally had to be broken up for from having a fist fight at the policeman's ball because they they were consistently in in difference of opinion now all of a sudden every ribbon cutting
who do you see there council president then when somebody comes to the podium and have a different opinion in the council president what does he do right away oh your time is up your time is up but yet I understand Miss be Ames
he allow anybody else to go on and on but yet when it comes to Mr olivaris and certain members of the community um brother Daniel Mahia you walked in right away no no no we can't add anybody else to the list then Mike Taylor walked in
and they know they already knew Mike was going to give him the business so they would added Mike to the to the to the list and they had to add you to the thank brother Mike Taylor for you being able to present yourself as a real tonight and if that's not the truth what
is right cuz council president is a coward he will he will refuse to allow people to speak if they have something negative to say about him look at him he gets All Shook adjusting his collar and his tie and stuff because he can't take
criticism and just like the mayor council president please hold your tone please hold your tongue look at him he can't even sit still he can't even sit still that's how you know you didn't grow up in the city cuz if you grew up in the city you understand the pressure you understand what it is to be in
certain circumstances and that's why you have people who will run in this city who don't quite understand the conditions they don't know how to address people and this is what we have you have people who are very disrespectful so some people are treated differently than others everybody that
comes to the microphone should be treated equally and the same three minutes is three minutes if you're going to give some give an allowance give an allowance to everyone don't be overcritical of somebody just because they putting their foot in your ass every night now as we want to continue to sing
praises I'm not sure who the young lady is from the program this is my first time having an opportunity to meet you I had equal amount of criticism for the gentleman that's presenting the plan because the gentleman is a failure and every single time he came
before this Council to present something it has been a failure as he came before the council as a professional on CTV tele uh cameras presenting 77 cameras for a sum of what what was it $2 million $1 million for 77
cameras as you know if anybody saw my Facebook post and the amount of garbage that's on the train tracks over there on uh East railwood Avenue listen this community is being blatantly disregarded and dumped on all over the place and if we think spending a million dollars on
77 cameras is the answer then obviously there's a gross failure I'm not going to go too long but I will say this and every person that has come to before us us whether presented by the mayor one
thing they cannot say about Mike Jackson is I have not been fair and equally critical when the mayor presented um the former uh Corporation C the former ba the first ba he had I was one of the only persons uh supporting
him I was being called the mayor's lap dog for or rubber stamp for supporting all of those measures that proved to to then be uh uh poor but I said then I said listen I have to render my support the community has
chosen this mayor and me and even M Mr Addison and I we were going back and forth on Facebook for well how long six months a year he was kicking my back and I was firing back at him did I block you did I ever say oh why you talking about
me what' I say I came listen I had an answer for every concern you had and I told you we was going to be here and now you and I I I respect you I appreciate the the maturity to being able to come to the microphone and acknowledge and and that's how we need to move the city
forward but one thing I'm going to continue to do is hold people accountable when a corporation counsel came here I don't care what community you come from what community represent when you come here and you giving me your faith your your your your uh request for trust I I render that but
when you have different parts of the community being treated unfairly when you have a a a a a sales tax certificate that have been voted on by this Council that was purged and dismissed and Corporation Council fails to do his job
as the City attorney to protect Grace Chapel that's been here for 100 plus years and allow property to be stolen under his watch and he's out here cutting ribbons and and bringing White Castle H cheeseburgers to to the uh
Masonic temple and yet having lavish dinners when there's a a Muslim outing that's not treating the the community fairly and I totally agree he don't he do he's not supposed to be out cutting ribbons all in the middle of the daytime that's not what we pay him for we pay
him to protect those people like Grace Chapel church that had that property stolen that right now illegal activity is going on in that property where there's 18wheeler trucks being parked there illegally on dirt dirt surfaces and the property was taken from the
church and he still hasn't answered to that question when the community came forward to to protest about a street um uh vacation he still he he chose a side on that as well I could continue and go on and on on the on the on the the
unparalleled treatment to certain segments of this community so yes I've never seen never not once a corporation counsil at every single um um event even on the weekends I respect it I mean listen we I was being uh recognized at
hens Stadium he was there I mean but that's great but what about the work what about the concern to the people what about when I'm getting phone calls about people being illegally evicted and then they be they're being turned away here I mean because this is going on all the time how about the legislation that
I presented right for the residents the thousands of residents that's being charged illegally for parking in this community The Corporation Council called me to his office said you know what councilman you're honor something here and our residents are being unfairly treated let me partner with you let me
help you know what he did he falsely tried to keep it off the agenda to say that I miswrote it no I never Mis I didn't misread it my my my research was thorough and it was and not one thing that that he presented showed a legal
floor but yet and still we still got residents all over the city being charged astronomical prices for rent and yet being still being charged $100 to $200 for for parking where it's CL where it's clear in the zoning law it
states clearly that charging residents for parking is not legal in the City of patteron but you guys keep celebrating keep cutting ribbons keep on blowing those little uh uh uh horns that uh uh that that that make F funny noises while
our residents continue to be mistreated I'm sorry yeah you know why because see for in the in at the Masonic and for the black community is is great because let's just give them food let's feed them cuz we know this is what what's needed let's do that let's
not try to protect their properties from being stolen by by these developers that's coming in here and and and and in fact that property was being investigated it was being it was it was pulled to be investigated by the Attorney General's office because of the
astronomical price flip they brought the property on Monday for $122,000 sold it on Tuesday for $250,000 supposedly it was a $12,000 lean that this Council councilwoman
cotton Dava Mendes Mims I believe Udin was here we all voted to purge councilman valz as well we voted to to get rid of that t that that tax certificate because the property was demoed by the church to rid the
community of a of a poor hangout that was hang that 200 300 kids were hanging out every night so the church decided we're not going to collect any more rent from this Chicken Shack we once their lease is over we're not going to renew it so they were being charged for a property that they were not collecting
revenue on there was a billboard on the property that was demoed this Council voted to dis to uh to dis to discard of the of the tax lean that tax lean was used in a foreclosure to take that
property from the church this gentleman is our legal represent representative and he said still has not done anything about it now I'm working with the church to hire a lawyer to do what bring another lawsuit against the city of
patteron I mean what else is your job you could go to ribbon cuting you can go to baby showers you can kiss people's babies you can act like you care about them but when it when it when the RO rubber hits the road you don't give a goddamn about them because you turning
your fate your the Blind Eye on their true concerns and the church been calling here they've been trying to make contact and what have they gotten nowhere so deny those facts Madam clerk my vote is yes thank
you councilman Jackson councilman councilwoman Mims thank you madam clerk to the public that is present and those that are viewing as I always start off I just want to say thank you for taking time out of your schedule and away from your families to physically come here or uh to watch us
live a lot of people watch the meetings and we get called after the meeting or during the week after asking questions so to um Corporation Council excuse me excuse me council members cor Corporation councel and to
um to Mr ba there were some um Council Ames asked for a lot of information detailed listings of of the amount of money that's spent and what's left on her Park whatever those concerns are definitely a meeting needs to be had but
what really concerned me was the allegations of armed Weaponry in a department that was said publicly on uh live so that has to be looked into I'm not sure who it is or like what's going
on but there was an allegation made about you know I don't know they may have uh permits or to carry I'm not sure but that was made on camera um and I'm hoping that you guys have taken that um into question uh there's many things
that were stating in regards to situations and or concerns um in the community uh we used to be able when the residents come we should be answering those requests putting down the questions with the answers and leaving them here or possibly trying to put them
on our website so that when the public comes they know that the community that they're they're being answered or even afterwards like after public abortion is over someone from the administration should be be answering or there was a time when constituent service was in our meetings they will go directly to the
person after their complaint and they will respond and get back to the residents so we definitely have to make sure there is a plan in place so when residents are coming that whatever the issues and the concerns are that they um their concerns are being um held and
made to the young man that's newly here from North Carolina to Patterson welcome um to to Patterson um I'm a Carolina my family is actually but I'm I call myself from kakalaki too right so I
agree with everything you say stated I've been talking about a rec center in every Ward or partnering with our Public Schools uh there uh and I heard a couple people talk about it but there is a black history program this is not our normal facility where we meet we had an
issue in our chamber so we've been here temporarily but I would like to invite you and others on this Friday at 5:00 right up the street at 155 Markus Street our black history program will be held this Friday at 5:00 so I don't want to
hold it to our clerk they do a lot it's too it would be too much for them to decorate here when we've charged them to decorate um in our city council chamber so please if you will come Mr Marshall I think you said your name is yes if you'll come on Friday we'll love to have
you come there are calendars Mr Addison was here they're doing a wonderful job doing community events um there's so much going on so just I gave you my information reach out I'll make sure you get all that information if you want to be a part of the June team committee or anything like that I'll make sure I
connect you with that wonderful team and you can definitely get involved and then you talked about different things with the schools and all that you have myself and uh councilman Udin we both work in the uh Public Schools he works in the high schools I'm in the elementary
school so any uh questions or concerns you can definitely reach out to us plus there are school board members which is which is an extension but we could talk about that as well um to Mr Teller my prayers you know always go out to you
with your daughter but I want to be honest about the speed bumps we approve speed bumps here on the council knowing that it's just not going to happen so I don't want to I'm not going to sit here and be a part of saying we're going to get a speed bu it's not we've been trying we've been
trying not just you made a request today we have piles of requests that are waiting in the hopper we'll add it to it but I just want to be honest I don't think it's going to get done I made a request for uh 27th and Broadway and
also on 7th AV and what is it seventh and Madison by Torinos each of those locations I've asked for traffic lights each location has had minimum 5050 accidents 50 on each traffic study been done and
we still don't have a traffic like there I've been asking before anything major happen so we heard the request please give that information over to um send it to our to our traffic Mr Mr tell about my daughter and
everything I know but M he just told me that he was just improving you just come and say something else now I appreciate that y playing with me well that's why I'm being honest appreciate your honesty but we've been waiting that should to come here and
embar to ask we talk um months ago when they robbed the other store and everything that's what you gave me the idea and everything and I appreciate that to yes that's what
exactly you need to go you you the one who already got beat up your wife me respect a no respect you disrespect each come up here and say that I'm not
my time you got to spend sir I got you know you know what you for keeping it real keep it keep it keep it real I'm keeping it real with I'm telling you face keep
open Council mear a pie of thank you yeah that's what I said got your you need to go that's right yeah you need to go council president who you have to put orders to
them Mr Taylor my friend I'm not saying that your daughter is not important brother get out of here bro if you're going to represent your daughter brother represent with dignity bro yeah with digity with digity say to you say
to you say to you say to you Mr Taylor saying to you brother saying to you I'm not here for you huh I'm not here for you piece of Mr Tor no you him up no I'm telling you your face
yeah thank you that's why we had to stand here got an ordering never talk to me you talking about you me mad you need to just eliminate yourself I'm always hold you
accountable coming up in here I promise you that ain't no good night piece of officially gr me up in here thank you man I really appreciate that thanks for keeping it real councel woman
please beat up your wife kill somebody you be lying to me a please continue council members council members we we we have a we we have a lot of item we uh that we have to take care we have multiple directors
that are here please let's try to close this public portion to finish this agenda councilwoman yes so and I also want to address because it was stated twice why is the new appointed councilman not sitting the process by
state law is that you have to be sworn in and read publicly the oath you have to take an oath under you have to be sworn in under oath that will happen on Wednesday after he is sworn in duly
by law we I Corporation counsil is there they're shaking their head I'm a three-time elected official I know that's the process you cannot sit in these seats until you are sworn in first even if you're appointed and or elected he was appointed tonight he will be
sworn in this week and then after he sworn in in our next council meeting he will be in the seat after after Wednesday he will be um uh well after this when he gets uh sworn in then you know they'll start
printing his cards and all that you'll see his name out here but tonight he was not able to sit here unless on the spot he was sworn in tonight and they prepared it but that was not the case so um in the next by after he sworn in the
next meeting he will be here we have to give people an opportunity he is new we are here to learn learn all of us had an opportunity of being new to this position and we got to begin to work together and help help help each other at this point he's been appointed there
is an election in November um I tell people that's when the people can decide you run people will support you or whatever that looks like but you'll do that at that point um also uh there's so many things that are going on um in our community
and I want to put this on record I went to um I was going to a meeting in towa on uh tonight last night I was going to a meeting and on my way to a meeting on Union and Edmund there was an accident
in the middle of the road Union and and and Edmond I called it in because they were in the middle of the road they could not move I I check to see if there was injuries cuz I would have walked into the fire department which is right there but they said that
they were they were I called it in they said they would be there I went to my meeting I was in my meeting for over an hour when I came back the cars were still in the middle of the road so I had to call back because for me I'm looking at it like
there could be another accident because you're coming up you're coming down it's dark somebody else could come now where it's maybe they're not hurt or maybe there's just like bumps and bruises now you go into another situation so let's please look into that I know we have a
lot of issues going on across the city but we have to look into response times especially with car accidents or especially when they're in the middle of the road they're impacting traffic you know so can we just look into that I didn't see you counil but can we just
look into that we got to make sure that we do that to every person uh Roberto clake Park Vera ases Park can we check on that I'm not sure if it's around the perimeter where there's ice and salt and all those things but just let's make sure that we don't have any sidewalks or
anything that is impeding um I saw the uh yesterday and I'm going to reach out to the owner because I know the owner of the building where George the butcher um was located and so I saw comments that were like blaming P this they burnt it
down they were and I'm saying we know as C people on the council that's been here for a while we know that for years there's been frayed wires that's why there's no lights over there the framework is in the bottom there's a lot of fray I don't know what happened at
that location but every council member up here knows about the the wiring issue in that particular area what happened in that fire we don't know because I'm not a fire investigator but the investigators were there I also want to say because people
say well Ms you got to defend this one and that one and I think it was said I think Council AA said it and and Council cotton said there are much bigger developers here you may not hear from them but there's they are many developers here that you don't hear from
but they are here very present doing things in the community and sometimes the one that you know always gets the bad rap I think it's you know to see it sometimes and to hear it especially from individuals that have been helped by the same individual it's okay for the people
that don't know but people that they have helped have supported and I know many people that didn't even pay rent they covered their rent for them and then when it was over and they weren't coming to rent they're the worst thing since lice
bread I've heard that from individuals and then I had to I had conversations with them and they were like you know what Miss wah I I didn't mention your name it is not a lie I know the individuals I've spoken to it is not a lie you can't call a lie to what I'm
saying I know for a fact no but you're talking to me I'm speaking you're talking to me nobody else is talking this why we closing the nobody else is talking I'm not I'm not referring I didn't say your name at all I I was I wasn't talking about you
but if that's what you're taking it I was not talking about you at all so I want to put this on record I spoke well of Kathleen long like I speak well of everybody there's good in
everybody everybody if every day we wake up and I'm going back to what I said before if you wake up with negativity in your heart every day you got to check your heart if you wake up every day with criticism complaining and negativity you
got to check yourself if you wake up every morning and you're on social media Facebook Instagram Tik Tok negative complaining telling people off you have to check yourself because stress is a silent killer and that means there's some other
things that are going on because your life can't be consumed with other people there's too much going on you have your family you have your friends you have yourself make let the main thing be the main thing and prioritize yourself and
your family over the concerns of everything else because you will find yourself somewhere sick not hear anymore and those situations will still be going on so I want to say to all of to everyone my Council colleagues everybody in this room the public and the people
that are here every single week thank you for coming thank you for sacrificing your time away from your families like we all do I'm sitting here my son I don't know what's going on but he's blowing my phone up he's like what is going on cuz my kids watch these
meetings and they get nervous because they're like my mother is sitting there my grandmother is in the meeting and we see people acting and coming to the mic or having meetings go and attack this person we going to take them out their seat we're going to do whatever we're we have
children and our children are not going to let you touch us you can say whatever you want I tell people all the time I don't mind the talking you are my free publicist you make people identify me that may have never watched me so I
thank you for that but when it comes to putting your hands on people and doing all that you've taken it to another place and we have to learn how to respect each other no matter what the situation and you may not even like people it doesn't matter we're not going to always like people
and it's okay cuz I'm good with having my fonon by myself and my hot dogs and my pork and beans by myself I'm good with that but we have to learn in life that is easier to love than to hate it's easier to be at peace and in war and
Chaos let's work together let's let's get together and let's do something for the city do we have issues in Patterson yes but how do we every day you can't talk about the issues talk about something good there's something good happening in
the city of Patterson and I agree Florio has a kind heart I know many people that have called him that he has helped he has supported he has donated and taking them out of ruts some of these other people you can't call them and do the
same so we have to be careful sometimes I'mma leave what I'mma say alone but sometimes we got to be careful as my grandmother used to say got to be more careful got to be careful cuz sometimes we keep going
going picking picking prodding prodding and then we get upset when they come back and pride pride and kick kick we got to be careful so let's keep building and not battling let's keep operating in the spirit of
love let's keep doing what we need to do to move things forward even if it's a situation which we don't like Patterson needs representation and professional people that are sitting here that can work across all of the different lines
County uh the state federal everywhere to get the stuff and the money we need to get the work done in Patterson we have the lacking laughing stock of the state unnecessarily unnecessarily and I commend you um HS NH am I have it wrong
I commend you for coming down cuz now we've seen you come a couple times but now we can put a face to the name but we I for me I question the process I question at knows he won't he'll be prepared next time he he knows Mims I got you
everybody knows Mims is the one that asks for paperwork show me your process show me and they bring it and I I appreciate because sometime people say they asked that they didn't get it I disagree we get everything we asked for because we get it in email if we read our emails we will see it and I
appreciate that you sent that information Madam clerk yes ma'am my vote is yes thank you councilwoman councilman Udin thank you madam Clark good evening Patterson um those who are watching us live and those who are still here um
when you come here whether you speak in favor of us and against us doesn't matter but still we thank you because you care about Patterson so again I I command you for being here uh first of all I would like to address the uh concern that was shared by our Council
woman um former Council woman ver as regarding the um $4.3 million budget was allocated for uh ver as community park and that should this should be taken in serious consideration
she's she this park was renamed after her and she is still here with us I think anything we do she should get proper respect any plan we come up with she should be aware of and uh I think we
need to have a groundbreaking ceremony where she should be presented in proper way so again I I request the administration to take a look what's the plan and if anything happens she should be directly uh contacted from the administration as a council body we
definitely do not have anything else to do other than support the items that you came up with this $4.3 million were taken from the originally from the rec center money this AR money and we probably supported it because we wanted
to see this uh Park is renovated so again that's Administration duty to make sure that um ver Parks renovation should be um directly contacted uh uh to uh councilman so again I request that to
the administration uh to do that also uh councilman mentioned about the gun carry situation I don't know what's effectual uh information about it however we we want to make sure that we don't want any more uh lawsuit for our lackings our
unprofessionalism so anything uh that takes place I think all the directors uh particularly she mentioned about DPW so I would request DPW directors who uh to make sure that whether this effect or it's just a rumor out there but we don't
want to have any uh possible or potential um lawsuit or any um misconduct that takes place in any Department in the city of patters uh another thing that I would like to mention
about speed bomp that already we spoke about is not it's not really council members can do anything when um I believe those um this ordinance were introduced by our council president or you you and team teamwork
okay let's say a teamwork so those Council body uh presented a uh ordinance that if the residents of the particular block or Street demand speed bombs or HPS they can request the city engineer
uh traffic engineer will go with a traffic study if something can be done or should be done that there should be speed bumps should be uh installed that's the clearcut ordinance now why is not taking place that's a very good
question I had to answer someone even yesterday Linda MOA she's a regular regularly comes here she was on the phone about half an hour yesterday with me regarding what's the ordinance says exactly what's the process and I shared my personal experience that when this
ordinance was passed I think first person uh who requested for Speed B that was me right Council Council vales you you you were the DPW chair at that point so I collected signatures from Cumberland Avenue residents everyone
requested for these speed bombs so it did not happen then in the second phase uh the one of the blocks from Cumberland a were repaved right before that we requested to add or install speed bombs or hums by traffic Char that did not take place why not
there's no lacking in the on the paper on the ordinance but that should be uh the priority of the of the department that if something that can Elevate the community whatever the situation speeding uh
or uh you know uh or any what what what other things could be done to make sure that the community is safe so that should be the one of the priorities and that ordinance should be implemented so implementation comes from the executive body of the of the government so again I
request our uh director that if something can be done any repayment coming soon we are repaying Colonial Avenue and uh and the nearby streets if you think that there should be uh speed pumps in installed or hums that should
be done the same time that can cost little bit higher than what expected just for repavement however if it's done in once a time that it is there and it's permanent so I think that should be one of the uh thing that we take in serious consideration especially uh by the
schools and the neighbor uh you know areas and so many request already on the on the on the plate so I think that should be uh revisit and and take a look whether it can be done whether a traffic study allow to take take that St in
consideration so um another thing uh Corporation we we always speak about Corporation Council in the community events and uh this that I never back up uh that's not my role to back up Administration or talking against them
that's that's not how I work I go by agenda if this agenda is something good for the city of Patterson I support it if something is not supportive to the city of Patterson I I stand against it that's how I am and my brother is right here looking at me he he is in he is one
of the applicant for the um uh canavis right licenses and I particularly I felt that this is not something that we are ready for and I stood against it strongly sh against it you all know that it's about six applications each application cost about uh if you're
patteron $30,000 just application fee up to 6 $60,000 I stood strongly against it all the applicants are very upset on me that why did I stand strong I I felt this is something we are not ready for is Administration happy about it no they
are very unhappy on me that why did I do that so I go by agenda not by person am I and mayor fan no this is not my my role my role is sex and balance if something great for the city I need to support it I cannot just blindly say no
to everything or blindly can say yes to everything that's not how how I work the respect I show to The Corporation Council that we we spoke about that he showed up to the community events he showed up to many other events but question is for showing those events is
he charging us extra money if he does then we should we should speak about it if he if he voluntarily shows up to the community it means that he does care about the community he doesn't just come here sit down and just take a look at the law but he doesn't but he want wants
to understand or he does he tries to being part of the community and that part I really commend cuz his job is to sit down here and do all the uh jobs that he is doing and he's doing wonderful job no question about it because we do have executive session
some the some of the law uh suit that we have and that represented by Corporation Council aan abushi we have seen this success right here it's may be closed door we cannot discuss in public but we all council members know that in the heart that he was very successful in so
many cases recently presented here in this chamber so by being present in the community event if it is crime then why am I going to work walk extra mile to support this community isn't it discouragement for someone who's trying
to do extra so I think I think that that's not how we should react to everyone or generalize everything he's not charging for these extra services so I I thank him I commend him for extra things or being part of the community and and this this is this is
something we should respect and encourage the people to do so again um I I am one of the council members uh we are having Black History Month Awards uh recognition Ceremony this Friday at 5:00 p.m at our Council chamber I am honoring
black lives matter the group I felt that they are the voice of the uh African-American community and I invite everyone to show up there with they being said Patterson I am so honored to serve you I try to be be professional and and be respectful to my Council
colleagues to you but sometimes we are presented in such a Twist such way that oh you are not professional enough that's one thing I do care that I don't want to disrespect anyone and I don't want anybody disrespect me that's that that's how I work that that's my role I
may not agree with whatever he wants or I may not uh you know that that's that's one thing but disrespecting is not my character and I don't want to tolerate disrespect from anybody as well and this is this is how I I I work this is my work ethic this is why just know this
over 50 children from different schools colleges working with me as a volunteer and interns that that that's our people trust in and I feel that I'm very Optimist that our future generation will get involved and come up with Innovative and fresh ideas to bring a positive
change in the city of patteron with that being said my vote is yes to close the public person thank you councilman councilman V thank you m uh thank you Madame clerk I'm going to try to address uh some concern that the community came up and um try to
be short and sweet um Madam Madam my Aid Elia vua um stay positive you got a lot to give to the community you've been given to
the community for many many many many years you know um I remember when I was seeking office in 2012 a lot of people used to call me some people from this side too used to call me that crazy dude that guy is not
going nowhere that guy never get get elected that guy is this and people that look like me okay people look like me but I sat down in that side of not not this Chambers but in it's Council
more than 800 meetings for more than 8 years or 10 I could when myy was here other Council Rooney was here all that stuff so I stayed positive learning the process learning how it goes how listen to the concern of the community and I
got elected with the grace of God and I got to say again with the grace of God that put the sense on the voters and that's why I here the third term and I going to continue working no matter what happened no matter how many
people come here and insult you and throw rocks at you and a lot of stuff but God put me here for a reason and I got to stay here well next year probably I move up um skip it
up so I know Elia you you you you probably what you meant is that that when a person uh got pointed uh you understood that he had to guess for him before he sit in this side but it it will be wise that's what that's what I
know I understood I understood what you were saying at least stay here and listen to the concern of the community it will be benefit to him now he went to the second floor of the city hall to celebrate with the mayor and I and I asked I asked a c I asked this candidate
a question and I want to put it public here the reason I say don't fail me or don't fail the community is because I'm I'm I'm straight I asked this individual my colleague to grade the mayor's
performance from zero to 10 and he he didn't saw nothing wrong in the mayor so hopefully he don't come back as a rubber stamp for the mayor okay so that's why I say don't fail us
um uh Miss K Mrs black uh you came to the podium um you know I just want to give some information Roberto clment Park is not a pathway to the schools okay it's not a pathway to the
school uh fortunately you know we install we install the fence the director knows about it we install the fence to make uh more the quality of life in the park and making sure at night is closed uh to give uh more safety to the park during the night and
days that is not to be used but uh the path to school is around school 15 is around um Rosa Park and and the other side is um uh Summer Street and um and
that's why we let the gate in the back um not the gate that's why we let the step in the back open for the parent could take um the kids to school if they see that the park and I see DP spreading salt in the park but we had to
understand the salt do not work when it's ice so the sun had to do something to make it activated so Roberto Clemente Park yes it's better than before whoever knows this park this park didn't have
not one single light in the park in the 2016 the first month that I I got elected I dedicated time with u um um with DPW we did a tour with pcng we
light that Park up and also the fans and also DPW clean that Park every day every day is us that we have to keep it clean um Mr Freeman uh you stated that a
recommendation that you want a security guards in downtown uh we cannot substitute police with security guards because they are the the prim primary caller the first caller the first responder for any issues in the city what the business
could do is contract their own security guard to maintain order inside the business and and and make sure that it's operated the right way uh to preserve uh the quality of life in the area in downtown uh this part I you know Council
woman men was saying it right she was saying her statement about the speed hums and all that stuff you know director director uh Rodriguez is coest this and also Mr statuto the traffic
engineer uh the traffic supervisor superintendent um when they assigned that section of the fifth War uh first word to the fifth W and let me keep it clear is not all downtown is by Classico going behind
this building Ellison this part over here with this place is that's not the fifth W but if if I had to take care of something in this area I would do so I don't have no problem when I took when they assigned the section of B hting the great force
Sean um Ellison street by the park okay uh we did a We performed an assessment of all the missing life B pcng pcng came out and light up the area okay and because we cannot uh connect the old
fixtures like that is there because they old they so they planning to and the area historic they planning to bring something good to the area uh we conduct a traffic study um van HT shansi Ellison
all the way around the great fors because uh the recommendation is to eliminate the TR uh the truck route from Ellison Street um van that goes to the curve to be able to alleviate the
traffic and to make sure that people don't go to speed through there what action the this this councilman have taken with DPW we installed the uh the the the how do you call it the speed U
sign reduction that blinks with the takes you know speed direction signs right we we put pedestrian sign we paint crosswalk we created a new crosswalk in the vanon side okay that's why we have
done also we have you knowall this the the signs and and and cut some trees that was covering some some light PS arounds and and this and that so we bring the request to the
administration but we canot put a gun to the administration to do it right away that's why you see in second reading a lot of stuff out that you see second reading are being worked from month but now he here to get approved you know I I
you know for for and I got to say this right you know please stop using that I kill somebody that's old news I never killed nobody stop using that I beat my wife please that's old news I never beat my wife ex-wife so if you're going to
bring something to try to get me mad bring something new that is real please but don't try to come and create a scene here because you in TV or somebody send you with a wrong facts that's not g to upset me yes I had to
respond you know why people think that they could come here over here and slap you all over and BR over here and you know do whatever you want for you with you we're humans I'm human are you human right right so you're human right we're
humans trust me you know council president you know I know you try to to to bring the theorin to to address the councilman but who whoever had to be addressed and and and with
with with strict rules and whatever is the people that stands over here and think that we all you know we could come here and slap you and do whatever you want a a famous mayor in the in the state of New Jersey called me this past
week from Huston County and he say I don't know how you guys do it though how people come here and insult you andu do all that stuff you know why because we allow it so
simple we allow it we allow it if we had a council president that say officer he disrupting a meeting I'm not talking about him right he could do it he disrupting meeting and he could get charge for
destructing a public meeting in any Court in the state of New Jersey look in the books but we don't do it they come here they insult the director they don't like Joel today they don't like this guy today they come here insult him like
nothing happened today they didn't like Billy and he wasn't a hot seat back there but that's okay you know oh we get used to that oh no we have to oh you get paid for that no I don't get paid here to get insult my kids watch this meeting my
family watch this meeting the kids of Public patteron School District watch this meeting and you know what they say wow I don't know how you guys do it man who want to be a councilman like that who want to be an electoral official like
that we get insulted left and right and it's like nobody has the power to tell this people this a decorum there's a way to conduct there's a Code of Conduct the gentleman that came here thank you for coming I apologize for the
bad experience that should supposed to not be like that people came here you express yourself we take credit we take your concern and we take it back to whatever we had to take it you never saw
me and you could go back to the old tapes of this of of the history of TV because it was not televised before the history then the meeting was televised I never came to the podium to insult no
coun in that time and we had this agreement but never came to that Podium to insult Julio tarez to insult a r town ruing when I used to live in a six W to insult no one not even a mayor not even a mayor I used to insult when I used to
come to that to that Podium I used to come here not here but when I used to be in the chamber bring my thought bring my ideas and and make sure that we work together to make it happen I just want to say that um I know we Gott agenda to fulfill council
president thank you and I apologize if I took a little bit longer but Madame clerk um thank you my my vote is yes to close the public appr thank you councilman council president thank you Madame clerk um just count members of the public and Council K we have um on
the agenda we'll still have um n item on first reading and a on on the non consent agenda but please stay with me for a minute let me address some of the members of the community that came in it just um let me stay with the Positive piece
first um when I was walking and naing door I never stopped visiting my constituents East 34 Street from Park Avenue to the dead end hasn't been fixed in over 40 years e353 from Park C to the D hasn't been fixed in 40 forever since people
remember people have been living there for over 30 years never been fixed now on this agenda is on the list to be fixed to be fixed to myrow Third World resident is 3435 from Park cab all the way to the dead end is going to be done completely curve to curve brand new now
on the on this agenda also as well the uh item 49 the historic step of the east side park I've been getting a lot of calls a lot of people use go to East Side park to exercise we're going to have a brand new was on this agenda the tennis court we got to go back to fix it
uh even though I'm a little sour with this situation director because we allocate 500 million to fix the Tennis Court East Side park out of the 500,000 my my apologies C remember out of the 500,000 we have over 135,000 left director that we have that go for the
light on around we're still waiting for that but we allocating $76,000 to go back and fix um the tennis court the way the way it's supposed to be fixed but it's going to get it done i' been getting a lot of complaint but we're going back there so I don't like this we
really have to pay attention to this this is our job and whether you like it or not this is something that the community ask us every time we knock on those door I please can you fix my street please can you help me with this traffic light that's those that's our
job now um I'm all about positive I'm not a coward my Council College he he like to insult people I'm not listen I'm I'm out day and night people that knows me I'm at the first war maybe more than the Council of the first war I'm
everywhere I'm not afraid to be out the day and a night now for me it is kind of difficult to understand how can you get into Corporation Council with so much hate because he just love to spend time
with the community because just he love to be out there and be part of the community why what is the reason why what do you try to get behind this that's my question I'm just trying to think what can we get positive to the
city of P the city it's not perfect absolutely not but with that attitude and with so much hate we're not going to go nowhere now absolutely we're not ready where now we need to be camil black I'm not she came in into the front
of M I'm I'm I'm I'm 100% agree with her I sent the director November the picture of that match that need to be picked up she told me today that that still in in in in front of in front of the house director I'm going to pass by there in the morning and see what's going on I got to hold the director Carnival when
you call me and there's whether it's the furniture out whatever the case might be you take I take the picture I send it to the director and I'm expecting the director to delivery this is a teamwork I don't have a truck to go and pick it up but I do my job as a legislator I'm
the bridge between the community and the administration and that and I love to do that I do this every day at 7:00 in the morning I'm in the third war which is the cleanest war in the in the city plain and simple now with that being said I send it to the director I need to
see what's going on with that director now the the the ball pick up I said this over and over that's not working I make a recommendation to the director to the administration people are not scheduling when they have a table they not calling the city to pick that up I've been say
this over and over please get a fixed schule the same way we have recycl schedule and let people know what day out of the month they have to put the furniture or whatever they want to put up there Paro is filthy it's bad but I don't use this day
to complain and attack the administration I do this every day not on TV every morning the same Tech the the first tech that director gues when people dump in the third war when there is a problem I get it I don't use this
platform to do that and yes the mayor and I we we we you know that was it was a tough fight for the mayor seat I finished second he he won but guess what I'm the type of person that I could sit with anybody to do the right thing for the city of p in order for me to be able
to accomplish things in the first in the third war and around the city I have to work with Administration it doesn't mean that I'm that I'm in bed with him or with nobody of course I'm going to be on a press conference about the project that I support yes East Side park is a brand new state of the part because I am
the councilman of the third world most of the Road Riverside section is totally almost done because I am the councilman of the third war is 34 is 35th is going to be done because I am the councilman of the third war and I'm working with the administration with who whoever I
need to work to make sure that I make my constituents neighborhood better to make my world better it's not about me I could fight with the may I could fight with anybody but this is not personal and I will tell you you you don't want to have a person on a position of leadership with so much hate a person
that that think that everything is personal that's the biggest problem with the city par that nobody wants to follow the rules and if we talking about being so on point I still remember the pilot program for the first was when Bruce L
when cast MC Jackson lied to all the president oh yes you're going to get 60e tax abatement when I say no and I was sitting on the finance committee and I said no listen we're going to help you with the extension until you get all
your document in place and he got this room full of people lie to the people left and right River Street is the worst Street in the city of pison River Street covered the first word he voted against that I'm sorry I cannot do that I don't
say I I'm I don't don't understand that he voted against River three one of the worst time and I could keep going on and on and on so now I'm not sitting here to fight with the administration or to my Council Cali I have so much respect and
I never disrespect one of none none of my a council Cali they know that my door is open when they have a project I'm ready to work with them and that's what I'm bringing to the table I know that I am a effective elected official because I could work with any person
I put politics size I put our difference you don't have to like me the way I dress I fix my tire a lot I I shake my my neck you know I just you don't have to like that you just have to work with me and that's the reason why I'm here because I'm willing to work with
everybody and the people in the community now in the city of patteron we do have a problem people they don't want to follow rules they don't want to respect anybody do you think that it's funny that you could come here and use your three minute and sit there for two hour to bash some of the council Khali
how effective is that for the city of par today I allow Vera M to speak for a extended period of time yes he she spent 25 years as a council woman here and we're spending over $4 million project on her partk now it's the administration
responsibility to work with her the administration have to include verim in every project we just why we created more problems she have to be aware about every step of the way of the project and that's her job and now if she want to do a a uh groundbreaking director in the
administration let's do a groundbreaking she deserve it and let's get her involved in the project but having people just comeing here just to bash people you got you three minute after you three minute you gone now let me remind everybody I try not to get the police department
involved and just pay attention to this patteron because I'm got to have some of my Council Cali going against me about this I try not to involve the police department I try to work with people in this community because a lot of people are suffering there's a lot of mental problem there's a lot a lot of people
going through a lot and I try not to get involved but starting this everybody have three minutes and they know that and they do it very well so far but let me remind everybody that the reason why I don't use the police department because that's not the message that I'm going to send it but let's be respectful
don't come here to this Council to just bash council members and you should Tre me effectively that's my humbly recommendation to the people that use the city that come here every Tuesday this is the people's house and the next meeting is going to be at the city
council chamber so with that done Friday is Black History Month I know the councilwoman Ms councilwoman C they're going to speak about at the end at the closing the council chair it's beautiful um brand new uh chair everything is new
brand new mic brand new system so I'm looking forward to celebrate Black History Month this Friday Dominican Independence Day on the 27 and let's go back to the city council in chamber let's continue to pray for our city and somebody mentioned Florio I
just have to I have to be honest I have to mention I cannot I'm sorry but you know what he's not the only developer and I agree with someone I don't know who mentioned that he's not the only one but he's the most kind one he's he's he's open his door is open for everybody and I see this I mean I I this is the
first time that I make that comment but guess what we have to it when people need something they go they knock on his door and he respond to the community and he give back to the community he's there for the people I just I just going to make sure that you know we have to
remember things sometime you know um and to the administration director Billy I really want to go back to the to the B pickup let's have that conversation patteron it's filthy people are dumping garbage more and more and trust me
believe me if we change the system for the ball pick up and take that and take the scheduling away a and put a set schedule for people to take the furniture out it will definitely work and better and much better so with that being said Madame clerk my vote is yes
thank you council president the votes are seven um in favor one absent the public portion is now closed council member so let's start with first reading let's start with first reading we on council
president just a minute I I had a request council president and to be very honest what your request council president we should take the item uh um I forget the number the real fix item and we have directors here we only have we only have uh eight items on the
non-consent um so item 54 going down so um work so we have and we have let take item 54 the non conern we only have a item so we we could move quick on this mad clerk item 54 of the non consent let's go on on the AUD well council
president item 58 is removed that item never came to that's the reason why we only have eight yeah okay we only have eight items no nine only eight so let's start let's start with item 54 sure item number 54 is resolution authorized an award of contract under the competitive
contract to HSN Outreach Services for the comprehensive addiction wraparound services for the city of Patterson real fix program RFP number 20 25-15 Administration resolution number
25101 second it was moved by Council second by Council woman and Council M roll call CL on item 54 roll call on item number 54 councilwoman cotton thank you madam clerk I mean all
it has already been explained and explained and explained ain't nothing else to talk about boost on the ground we need boots on the ground we will go underneath the tunnel go underneath the bridge go underneath the alleyway go underneath everywhere this is what this organization does with that being said
my vote is yes thank you councilwoman cotton uh councilwoman daver my vote is yes thank you councilman Jackson thank you madam clerk I'm still not sold the gentleman has not proven to me that he's um been capable of uh and I'm not sure exactly how much of this contract is
going to the to the to the cont to the uh the person being contracted or was he's overseeing but my faith in him has not been restored because uh um something I just found out um this evening my vote is no thank you councilman Jackson councilwoman Mims um
thank you for sending the information our request that my vote is yes thank you councilman uden okay councilman VZ he you ready Council manin why yes m thank you councilman pz this is uh 54
resolution author work contract under the competitive Contracting of HSN H Outreach service for the compens addiction wrap around services for the city of Pon real fixed program I will change the name of real
fixed program I will be put real homeless and fixed program but um you know to the young lady that came forward you know we conduct business in the city of
patteron and um one of the things that we have is to make sure that the business are conducted the proper way when we ask I ask to the young lady back there I ask how long this uh
companies being nonprofit how long they been in city of patteron and I asked those the question to Ed boss right here I don't know how he transpired over there you said that you saw it in TV or whatever replay it back and forth I went visit that place way back
when they grand opening I didn't saw no office at the pharmacy I'm talking about the pharmacy unless you have a floor in the building or whatever I'm talking about the pharmacy okay you're in the upper level were there huh we were there
were all right I'm sorry man listen public portion me of Public public portion is is over we're in a voting section please as far is this the cost is considered
organization has a better a better a better a better pricing of how to use those $90,000 from now to June I believe it is right um B right correct to June $90,000 from now to
June I was making some some math here some formula yes but I'm not going to mention how they going to operate with that money but it it triggered me a lot when
a uh even Village is a long-standing organization in the community also has a contract with the County so they has held us a much higher standard and that bossy you know that that means no facts that this organization will provide much better
and quality service for the people I'm talking about Eva Village I don't have any report about the other organization and the purchasing law indicates that is the lowest responsible bidder that you get the ward we had to follow
that but when when we look into Eva Village what they Supply whatever you know they are more experienced no they are more experienced I saw the numbers here I saw the um
everything that you send us but $90,000 less than four or five months it's not going to I think it's it's a lot of money that we going to put out there you know it's
like you say boss that you have helped 500 homeless or people with addiction 500 and we know about one only that you did a made made a big Channel 12 and
everybody that you put in one out of 500 so 499 we still don't have a report how you assist them relocate them job if you send it back with their family we don't have a report of that you know what I'm
saying so we started to asking all this because we don't want to be robust stamp we we don't want to be okay here it goes the administration say this we going to give it to the administration we the ministration going to get it you know we
want to see the solution the money is out there the money is being putting to those people so if you say you have help 500 500 individuals and we have 700 I don't know
how come we got 600 more in our street right so um you know trusting that this money is going to be used wisely and uh we could see less homeless out there less individual
looking for help you know trusting the the the process of of Harry saalo office and whatever they submit we want to see the actions we want to see the people that's is in the
like for example the lady that's in the in the bus shelter over there by Mary stre me you know I know that we have aure we have we we have sent County you have sent you you personally went
but you need to use probably the a magic word to wake up this person and say okay let me accept this this type of um help knowing that there's a mental mental social problem out there we understand
that quite quite good so uh not putting in doubts uh if the question was how many years or whatever experience they have a 501 that's why we like to to bring people in so they could explain because you were not too successful to
explain it so saying that and honoring the contract and the process that was made to honor the contract my vote is yes to this thank you councilman council president um thank you mad clerk um um
Mr a bosy um I understand that we have this contract we have um we're getting into a contract with a new entity um I don't have much information about the new entity I hear why doing but um my
comment is not going to be about the entity the new entity which is H&H Outreach service that that we have Mr B is going to come and I'm I I'll be honest um and this is my take and and and and I really hope to see a change uh
I think that the data the information my please the data that you're showing us the data that you're giving us it doesn't reflect the reality of the city of patteron the data the progress that you say that that you have
in this program the real fix it doesn't reflect the reality of our community you hear uh from some members of the community how sad is see people I defecating outside homeless everywhere in Paton I mean the downtown is horrible
and as soon as you walk into pison that's the first thing you see and and you know me I'm not the type of person that I'm here and I and I used to to bash people but I got to tell you uh I I I have my way of holding people accountable and I really hope to see a
drastic change of that because I know you show a lot of progress in number but when we go to the field it's totally different what we see in downtown more as you recall there was a legislation that I submit that it was very controversial I'm I'm working with the
director Health and Human Service Jo with the county um we have a meeting coming up I would love to see you in that meeting I met with a lot of entity that they feel that you're not the person to represent the city on this Feld they now
feel that you connected enough to represent the city of pisu in those conversation and that's not coming from me that's coming from people that have books on the ground for many years people that knows the city of patteron for every angle every corner people that
they have been doing the work for many years and I always put my heart in the community and the people are there there's people that have been serving this community way before I even arrived to the city of pison and I have to listen to those people um so that's the
reason I say that my comment is not to the new entity it's just for you you've been here for over a year um or close to I don't want to get the the time uh you have there was there was a project it was a $1 million project that I don't
know why public work had put it into you I still don't know why I mean if you want to do if we want to do things the right way I still don't know why we have $1 million under your umbrella to buy 70
cameras 70 cameras plus the software I understand that but why that project is not under public work it's not under Public Safety government is not difficult P government is simple the people make it difficult the people in
power sometimes they make things difficult and they make everybody look bad I don't like to have this kind of conversation I don't have this conversation on TV but I'm having a by I'm having with that with Billy with with everybody not in the days but pison is horrible and you have a big
responsibility on your shoulder listen I'm open to work with you every single day tell us why what do you need from this Council but there's a lot of people out there that they doing work for a very long time that they don't have faith on you and I
have a meeting with 30 plus entity people a lot I have a bunch of entity I will I will give you all the information and that was the first thing that came into the table we don't know why he's the one that's speaking on behalf of the city on this topic talking about and I
have to relay this to you I will give a vote of confidence to this new entity I need a report about those 7 70 cameras the million doll Grand that we have I need a report tomorrow
director we need a report I mean people dumping garbage in the city like there's no tomorrow and we don't have one camera to allocate in those in those location how I feel as a council president as a council member that sit here as council president how I feel when somebody call
me Council council president people are dumping garbage in my block what can we do oh we have $1 million Grant for to buy 70 cameras but I don't even remember the conversation when that happened we're still not done we don't have anything yet no
report no follow up on this we got to do better my vot is yes M clerk on this item can I can I make a com council president can we please see 62 and 63 for the director uh sorry council members we only have seven item
I just want to make a comment I mean I been all over the world let me just tell you something I don't care how many cameras we buy if we don't have nobody sitting there watching them what good are the cameras nobody's watching them nobody's picking up the license plate nobody's picking up nothing what good is
the cameras when you got nobody sitting in the room chasing people you approve that but ain't nobody watching it that's all I'm saying thank you can you call the vote coun votes are six in favor one against one absent
resolution number 54 is adopted it okay thank you um so I director have only two item the director Health and Human Service item 62 Madame clerk 62 no 62 6 it number 62 is a resolution
authorizing the city of Patterson to enter into a public health shared services agreement with Bloomingdale Clifton P Ringwood Wayne and County of P Health and Human Services resolution 25109 so by councilwoman Dava second by
councilman for and councilwoman Ms roll call M CL on this item roll call on item number 62 councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman Dava yes councilman
Jackson councilman Jackson yes okay thank you councilwoman Mims yes thank you councilman Udin yes councilman as number 55 right 62 oh
62 can I vote for you yes thank you council president uh thank you m director RZ my request on this item is we need to know exactly in know uh more or less the revenue that we'll be getting by this share Services
agreement I know it's based on um so um okay but I know some of the city is going to be based on the Services okay no we're in roll call so I I my vote is yes get it for free thank you council president the votes
are um seven in favor one absent item number 62 is hereby adopted item 63 mad clerk thank you 63 item 63's resolution authorizing the
solicitation of bids for interior Renovations at the board of health of the Board of Health building bid number 25.15 for the Department of Health and Human Services Health and Human Services
resolution number 25 110 second move by councilman bz and councilman D and second by councilman fudin disc discussion on item 63 councilwoman Jackson and councilwoman foror I ask for a report on the uh
repairs supposed to be getting done with I never got I have to apologize I was away in DC last week uh but I do have the breakdown for you guys person that works you're the only person that works there well drad provided to me I was not in the
city so I was not checking my email so I did not get it to you on time so I must take the ownership for that but I do have the breakdown for you Harry did go I'm sorry Mr ba go thank Mr haris cman
Jackson I did provide information to city city CLK I think it was Thursday or Friday it was I think I had C let me check myems when
Thursday well have seen page explaining the because the minor minor Renovations Z page I have copies if you want me to give it to them I have copies is I find it that's the that's the email dat in
February 12 20 2:54 p.m. so um what what is the uh the contract value for this director this is going out for bid we don't have a number yet so we don't have
a proposed uh number I mean we we have to go out the bid for changing light fixtures and painting walls we don't have the man power to take care of that um I I defer to our purchasing agent council president Council Jackson please
this I always like explain dur the workship they had request that we receive from the Department that they wish to go out to build for this service and this is they did couple all the projects before no so they follow the same they want out
to be before for for the health building and this I I guess this will complete all the Improvement that they want to do in the in that building it's not yeah but I mean this is no there's no outline work on detail on
what we're doing I mean that's the reason we all do respect coun Jackson this will go along with it they has everything that it will be done and so we actually have architectural
drawings and and the best we could do is three lines of of uh handicapped public bathrooms in the first floor hallway I mean we have architectural drawings that with great detail on it everything here great detail that everything that the
contractor whoever wins the bat go are the locations for the work so again again so listen we we don't you don't have to show me anything more I would not be supporting this again this Council fails this community at every at
every uh uh angle every level we're supposed to be sitting as the Board of Health who made these plans of what what's what's necessary who outlined what's needed how's it service in the community we have a full architectural um Jo who who's the architect that that
that prepared those plans and how how was that paid for who how much did that cost I don't know the number off the top of my head but that is part of the grant we received from the public health Officers Association uh this is the third and final phase of all the work
that's been done at yeah but see what happens is we make these plans or some some somebody who has no clue on what what how what services our community we follow procurement Services we always follow Harry's lead procurement has nothing to do with the with the
necessity or required Who provided the architect with an outline of what is needed Dr purad is the the project manager so he met and spoke to the Architects listen how does Dr pad a project manager
just like we have a Subzero officer a Subzero freezer that we that we purchased quite some time ago that's not being utilized right there's a whole bunch of things and here here we have an extensive we don't have we didn't have a planning committee on on
what is what's necessary community input on Services being provided services not being provided we just going to take you know take the word of somebody one one person to make a determination on on what's needed in the community I mean listen
you guys could could proceed as usual this is all this is all that is um uh councilwoman C uh director if I may councilwoman um um C uh director uh the first item number one is um interior renovation of the STD Clinic including
floor electrical lighting fixure ceiling painting number two interior renovation of the multi-service clinic including floor electrical light fixture ceiling painting number three line number three handicap public bathroom on first floor
hallway including floor fixturing tile painting electrical the reason why I'm reading is because I know a lot of members of this community they be inside that building that building is horrible it's State disaster it's horrible I I feel sorry
for to see you working on that environment I've been I've been in your office director pza that building is horrible I'm I'm 100% agreement of this renovation uh I'm not quite sure how much money we have to invest we're just
going out with requesting this is a a resolution authorizing the solicitation over bid for interior renovation it's just a solicitation what are we talking talking about we all agree that building is fulling apart that building people talk about third world country a lot
here I would like to invite people to go to some of the building in Dominican Republic go to the city hall in the and come back and you'll see go to one of the CL there and you will see what a state-ofthe-art facility means just to
say that that building is horrible I'm I'm a council member there's no discussion for this council president counc I'm sorry councilman and then coun um I'm first yes okay I just I just want to say that uh even
though I know we're going out the bid um if I may um director and um DBW director Harry Joel director here we don't have the staff to do the work we don't have the staff and DPW Department because
that's who would do the work because you don't have Carpenters electricians in the health department to can go out there and do the work you don't have those that that would come from DPW department where they can do the electric they can do the carpenter now I
go to City Hall every day and I want my colleagues to know every day they working in that council chambers every day Saturday and Sunday so we don't have the staff and you know we can maybe trying to look into getting the staff but for now we don't have the staff that's able to do this work that got to
get done thank you council president thank you council president I just want to add something here uh if we go a year ago um the director Ramirez and um Paul pad if
we go a year back this Council push to pave the lot push to have control access to the parking push for for the re uh remodeling of the second floor in some
areas right some bathrooms only because we we well I used to go a lot there now I don't go a lot right but only to see how that place was before the environment for our employe was not met
you know and not only that this is a place that we see people with a lot of illness a lot of situation mental problems you got people that conf from out of state other municipalities to look for
Vital Statistics um um documents you know and and and when they walk in there before it was like oh what is this this is look worse than in present so I commend you guys putting the effort and looking for the money for for be able to put this building up to up to date now
we have to put a little bit I remember when we approved the the billboard in in the there was a big concern with somebody from this side that why you board right now uh moving moving forward that that building needs a power watch
needs a a a needs a outside you know exor uh um probably awning you know and and and paint the uh the gates you know for stick out you know more lightning in the building so outside serious for it could stick out because it's in the main
quarter of the city of patteron so I commend your your hard work on this uh hopefully the number comes back as Council Ruby cot and say our Personnel on DPW are overwhelmed with a lot of work and we don't have the Personnel thank you thank you roll call M clerk on
item 63 roll call on item number 63 councilwoman cotton councilwoman Dava yes councilman Jackson see to the residents of the city of Patterson I'm not as easy as this first of all we're not talking about
going out to bid and how that's inappropriate what we're talking about is planning how do you have Prince that's been prepared in this Council which is the Board of Health has not had any input on the planning you have a drawing
that consists of major renovation the removing of walls and putting different walls in place but yet the scope of work that's outlined to the council says nothing about that it says nothing about
that and here you have a a facility yeah we all know the facilities not up the par I mean almost every facility in the city is not up the par the same way you have espesos being removed while we have
uh employees being impacted by cancer poor planning poor planning there's no planning in this what's the council's involvement in this planning what's the level of professional ISM that the people are bringing to the table to make sure that the services are being properly provided we we we constantly
let let anybody go out the bid oh you're doing a great job until they until they resign then they want to sit up here and talk about how terrible they were I'm telling them right now this is ter this is terrible planning this right here does not outline how it's going to
service the community maybe like I ask any other time when they when they're just a simple rubber stamp yes vote how's this going how's the community going to be serviced here just like we allowed the the health uh officer to purchase a new um uh bus
that's not getting used during covid we spent all that money to purchase a new bus that thing is not even getting service not not not even being utilized so again no planning when you fail the plan or fail the plan you plan
to fail and that's exactly what this is how is it the first time I asked at the last meeting sem me forward you know details Mr sabales comes here tonight with the plans I didn't even know realize there was blueprints for this we got a one page it's not even a one page it's three lines that outlines well we
going to put up some new walls we're going to tile some new bathroom tile some bathrooms paint the walls that doesn't that doesn't indicate what's going on here that doesn't indicate what's going on here this a full plan how much do we pay the architect I don't
know because they take your money and they burn it they don't even understand you know to the to the degree of how to to to properly manage something to M to to to manage a plan and then you
know listen man I'll be here all day talking and talking and saying the same thing over and over again oh we know the building is deplorable yeah we know that you can say the same thing for 125 Ellison you can say say the same thing for the the White House up in in Eide
Park you can say the same thing for DPW space over on uh off of uh off of Lafayette as well as the one in Eide Park almost all the buildings in the same condition but yet we're not going to sit here and the council's not going to be involved in the plan and then
what's going to happen is after it's done they're going to sit there and point the finger at the administration oh y' don't know I don't know how you you don't know because you're not taking accountability when it is your time to know if you're the council president You're A city councilman here and you don't know
what's going on with the spending and how things is happening and you don't realize that you're you're failing the community hey man you're you're in the wrong spot then lastly to talk about oh well you should go see in Dominican Republic yeah all these people trying to get here to the United States but we
have these kinds of facilities here yeah because look at the leadership very simple Madam clerk my vote is no thank you councilman um councilwoman Ms yes counil Udin my V is yes MK councilman valz so
oh Jesus Christ so so so yeah councilwoman come yes and and the reason the reason I got to say this is because words bring out words the people come from the Dominican Republic here they're not stupid they are professional they
come and and and and and and get back to the community and we got professional that works here and came back from the Dominican Republic and they invested in the city of Patterson and those individual also vote for this individual too so ladies and gentlemen uh
councilman um um Jackson stated that that um that we we not involved in the plan yes we are involved in a plan councilwoman Mims what you what you say committee meetings committee
meetings if you are in a committee meeting they involved with that plan you be a one aware to ask those questions look at the plans and etc etc in my case if we going to bring all those plan here you know what the council is going
to say we want a new building demal it and we want a new building where's the money right now we got that building well we had to do a c a c job on it make a beautify for employee the the low paced employee in the Board of Health
okay and we have to give in a decent place to at least they could come and work with a nice beautiful and renovated environment uh saying that my vote is yes to this thank you councilman council president thank you madam Clerk and definitely quick yes absolutely our uh
Dominican family that they coming a resident that coming from Dominican Republic they definitely great hardworking people professional and pison is a great City because the Dominican Community called pison home and February 27 is the Dominican Independence Day and I and I invite
everybody to come to the city council to enjoy diversity into the city of pison look at the business that the Dominican Community have in our community pis is a melting pack 52 nationality we all supposed to be working each other and that's what I bring Unity now everybody
a 10 year old kid know that in order for you to build to have a construction you need to have a blueprint hello now item number one inter interet renovation of the sdt clinic including floor electrical lighting fixure you
need a blueprint for that a blueprint for that what do so that's the reason why I mean I really have to rebot that so electrical ceiling now painting item number two the multi-service clinic including fra electrical Li infection you need a blueprint for that and the
item number three if we just going item 63 is a resolution authorizing the solicitation of a bid for internal renovation so we going out for bid and we like to talk about corruption we like to talk about all the kind of that's the reason why I'm saying
sometime we waste a lot of time at this Council my vote is yes M clerk thank you the votes are six in favor one against one absent item number 63 is adopted it don't 64 you see the blueprint when did you see the blueprint it don't you just
voted on something when did you see the blueprint I go to the committee you don't go to any committee meeting you saw the blueprint in the committee I don't 64 did you see the blueprint in the committee I don't 64 guy is a clown man I'm not a clown you're a clown automatic yes vote did you see the blueprint you just voted on4 clerk item
number 64 is a resolution authorizing the solicitation of bids for bus transportation services bid number 25.2 22 for division of recreation of the Department of Public
Works it's a public works item resolution number 25 colon11 some Some Mo M was first didn't say a word okay course councilwoman cotton
your vote 64 oh I'm sorry you okay councilwoman Dava yes councilman Jackson no what item are we Council councilwoman
Mims oh this is bus transportation for our youth absolutely my vote is yes councilman Udin my vote is yes mam thank you councilman valz uh this uh contract is always good being is being good uh is
being utilized the proper way um you know serve our youth when you see our youth going out of the city at least they they don't have to go in their cars and you know and the city put this for them and it it goes to the recreation
department so my what is yes thank you council president absolutely our kids they need to travel safe and and let the record reflect that item 64 is a resolution authorizing solicitation of a bid for the bus transportation service
for our children in the city of P my vote is yes madame clerk thank you councilman the votes are six in favor like to be consider cler okay thank you madam clerk like to be consider my vote before you call it thank you so as we talk about our children Ching safe let
me not remind the public this the same Community that's Outsourcing bu transportation that um oh yeah they're leaving kids on buses oh yeah some of the bus companies that we hire are hiring bus drivers without the the proper credentials oh yeah but while
we're while we're paying bus companies for our kid children to to travel safely all of the various incidents people leaving the scenes of accidents so again if we want to be responsible with the spending is very simple go to Clifton go to uh fairon go
to all of these min municipalities uh that you see they have their own names on their own buses the city of Clifton busing you want to you want to provide services for for our our kids provide somebody with a job opportunity to drive
a bus for the city not giving not giving a a a a contract to his bus company that's going out here buying all these used buses that's not suitable or in a condition to be transporting our kids Madam clerk my vote is no thank you
Council Jackson the votes are six in favor one against one abon item number 64 is adopted thank you m clerk item 65 before we get into the first reading that's the last item out of the non conent agenda then we jump into first reading item
65 no council MERS 55 56 6 yeah let's 65 yeah we go back 56 and 6 65 M cler item number 65 is a resolution authorizing the renewal of a contract with j Management Group LLC for General and
emergency plumbing repairs and installation services for bid number 24.10 for the division of facilities of the Department of Public Works Public Works item resolution number 25 col so move second move by counc second by
Council roll it 65 roll call on item number 65 councilwoman cotton uh thank you madam clerk let me just remind you item number 64 it's just to go out the bid for a contract for bus it's not even award in the contract it's going out the
bid and see who can come in um for 65 this is for emergency plumbing um that happens a lot so with that being said Madam cler my vote is yes thank you councilwoman councilwoman Davin yes councilman Jackson
yes Council woman Mims yes councilman nudin yes councilman valz yes council president my vot is yes thank you the votes are seven in favor one absent item number 65 is hereby
adopted I item 55 M clerk item 55 55 resolution appointing shabir Q shabin yes Esquire as a municipal court judge to fill an unexpired term Administration resolution number 25 colon
10 mov by Council and Council M and second by councilwoman Dava roll call clerk on item 55 roll call on item number 55 councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman Dava yes councilman Jackson yes councilman woman Mims yes councilman
Udin yes councilman council president uh yes B cler the votes are seven in favor one against item number 55 is adopted thank you m cler item 56 item number 56 resolution approv a notice in lie of
deed notice for part of e 26 2 Street in front of 436-442 Street Patterson recognizing use restrictions the city of Patterson's obligations and authorize an execution of related documents for remedial action res uh it's a Administration item
resolution number 25 103 so move move by Council second by Council Ms roll call M clerk roll call on item number 56 councilwoman cotton I pass councilwoman daver yes councilman Jackson
yes councilwoman Mims so for this particular item I just want to bring it to the public I when I saw the item I questioned actually what it was about in relation to um the L of deed notice for
uh 436 that's 450 East 22nd Street in Patterson it's um a part of an Environmental Protection um waste contamination to protect the city um I sent the request I got a response thank you Corporation counsel and then when I
walked in tonight I got a more detailed explanation um this is an executive order um that was sent to US based on docket number cw- o2- 202022
d337 um and we have to do this based on the docket so I just want to put that on record my vote is yes thank you councilwoman councilman uden my vote is yes m councilman gz 100% councilwoman cotton yesk you
council president my vot is yes M cler thank you the votes are seven in favor one absent item number 55 is adopted thank you m cler item 59 item number 59 is a resolution memorializing the life service and Legacy of Patterson NJ police officer
Jose valent Valentin Valentine Valentine sponsored by councilman leis VZ and councilman Udin so move second second second move by councilman F and Council B and second by councilwoman M and
councilwoman Davila roll call M on item 59 roll call on item number 59 uh councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman daver uh I just want to say thank you uh to uh councilman VES for putting this forth he was my neighbor and it's truly
sad you know to know that he passed away uh and he was a sergeant in our Police Department so um thank you councilman uh my vote is yes thank you councilman Jackson yes councilwoman Mims thank you for the Life and Legacy of uh Sergeant
Jose Valentine my vote is yes councilman Udin my uh sincere condolences to the uh Valentine family and uh we are praying for the departer soul of Jose Valentine and uh we commend
uh to the families you know uh we are thankful for his service he would be severely missed five yes work thank you council president I mean sorry thank you for that thank you for that prophecy um Council uh Madame clerk you know officer
uh Valentine was a humble individual um we all know him know also we lost U today yesterday I believe it is was uh Sergeant the AR uh pass away also so um um you
know rest in peace I know the family quite good um also Madame clerk can you add also a sponsor councilwoman Marissa Dava in this resolution uh and Council woman M at the same time um and um she got my vot is
yes on this thank you councilman council president thank you madam clerk I would like to once again express my deepest to the family of Jose Valentine phenomenal human being uh loved by everyone and the department U may you rest in peace brother my vote is yes M clerk thank you
the votes are seven in favor one absent item number 59 is hereby adopted thank you m clerk item number 60 item number six is a resolution for the 75th anniversary of the publication of Dione the modern science of mental health sponsored by councilman leis VZ oh which
one is that item number 60 uh hold on I was going to do Council item resolution number 25 107 no can can can we table that for a minute yeah table table okay thank you thank thank you Council Val item number 60 it will be taable um
council members now we're going into first reading um council president uh councilwoman CT um what happened with number 58 U Madam cler why was that taken off 58 was removed I'm asking why it was removed by the director it was removed because it was never brought to
committee I need to talk to what committee wasn't it brought to uh Community Development it was never brought so I we um spoke today me and the well yesterday the director right and legal has not signed off either so we removed it okay it has to come to
committee First Community Development yes because of cdb J funds yeah thank you count council members um Madame clerk on first reading Council Bess um you and I we sponsor ing on first
reading uh council president that's true we spoke about this uh you also going to be sponsored on the uh number one number one okay so Madame cler Let's do let's do first reading item number one council member there's no public hearing so we could go quick on those nine item
council president can I just kindly ask something you have some individuals that are waiting here on item number three why don't we take that item before we do the other two please just I have no if it's a request I have no problem it's only uh there's only nine items let's go with item number three councilwoman item
number three on first reading no public hearing required ordinance changing the traffic patterns on a portion of nicobar Avenue and lake and Lake Avenue to improve Public Safety and accommodate the needs of Brothers produce and surrounding businesses in residential
homes Public Works move it was moved by councilwoman Davila uh and second by Council councilwoman mes Council and council president Mendes roll call CL on item number three on first reading roll call on item number three
oh I'm sorry first first reading councilwoman cotton councilwoman Dila yes councilman Jackson yes councilman woman Mims yes councilman Udin yes councilman valz yes council president my vot is yes okay the votes are seven in
favor one absent second reading will be held the March regular meeting of I didn't know brother was waiting all that time yeah he's patient March 18th regular meeting thank you thank you March 18 uh let's item number one on first reading M cler it item number one
item number one I got to one which one which one number one yes number one okay item number one uh ordinance establishing chapter 34 434 entitled
mobile car washes imposing regulations to prevent storm water contamination by mobile car wash businesses sponsored by councilman leis FZ the city council and council president Alex Mendes okay
Mendes okay move number one second move it was asked I was moved by councilman and council president Alice Mendes and second by councilwoman Ruby cutton roll call First discuss discussion discussion
Council huh you want discussion number one we know what this is about what is it doing oh okay can we get a can we get a description of what this is for okay may I went to the committee um yes um
may I uh Council M and then right after that correct Corporation councel and that and right after that myself okay so so for the uh benefit of my colleagues uh I came up with this ordinance knowing that there was a lot of complaints about
a lot of mobile car watch around the city of patteron all right uh and knowing that uh there's some regulation out there uh that uh makes suitable that this mobile car wash be regulated in the city of patteron okay and um it's going
to be only just to give you a sysy quickly they they going to be regulated I took uh the ordinance of New York I took the ordinance of another city and I apply here in the city of Patterson following the EPA um um mandate and
regulation there's going to be a fee is there going to be a limited a license uh permits uh that's going to be uh in the city of Patterson not more than 10 because we don't want mobile car watch all over the city they're not going to be on residential area they're going to be on a light industrial and Industrial
Area and they going to have all the equipment to collect the water the dirty water and everything followed by EPA regulation in the in the state of New Jersey so that's is n and and everything is in the rest in the ordinance uh thank you Council mes yes I
also I was working for that with that legislation for a while Corporation Council myself and and then also Council M uh to address the problem there was a lot of um a lot of complaint for those um they those uh people that dur business they try to regulate that
business they try to do things the right way um and so we came out with this legislation uh Corporation councel thank you I know you've been working uh you start with me then let's jump on and we got a prodct totally done we got a legislation the F the fee is going to be
$500 fee for that application and and they have a specific location where they're going to be able to operate not a front a business not in front of a residential area not in the park so a specific area so that's going to be a win-win for everybody so thank you once
again Corporation councel roll call cler on Ordinance one sorry I I'm sorry Council I have councilman Jackson I have councilwoman C councilwoman CT huh go ahead Council woman no I'm saying
okay um I mean everybody's been complaining I think all not eight of us not up here sitting up here been complaining about these um car washes that pop up everywhere they open up the fire hydrant I don't call the fire department they don't open the hydrant up they taking the water from the
hydrant now who who going to enforce this PD I'm going to vote for it but I'm saying who's going to enforce this PD isfor when Council woman M went to acent and an hour later that they were still there who who going to who going to go shut
these um who's going to shut them down I know that's police our Police Department is so over they're so overworked now who's going to tell me who's going did you talk to anybody in the police department coun Council woman I'm asking
a question just stop it coun Council juste I'm asking a question now I I mean I don't call over and over and I know all of us have all of us could we get the phone calls in neighborhood especially Ellison Street by Wonderbread especially over there they open up the
Hydra and then they they leave their garbage where they don't clean up the cars they leave their garbage right there now I'm asking you who put their names on this I did who's going to enforce it how are we going to get it enforced the police department is so
over they so overwhelmed now with different things I'm asking like who's going to get it done question so I I have an answer for you counc let's brief so briefly Council woman kind how many complaints we get and we and we called the police to dispatch to
address the situation and the police they says we need an ordinance to be able to we need an ordinance to be able to enforce it now the ordinance here and says uh 435 d8 enforcement and penalty
is there okay it was vetted through legal it was vetted through the police and now they have a tool to enforce it now we call we call patteron police hey there's a a mobile car watch at 9th Avenue where Mr Price is always saying that there a car wash over there uh is a
residential area now the police has a a ordinance to establish a fine and everything and if they don't have the permit they going to get tow if they don't have the requirement that EPA say they cannot operate so this is a ordinance I created with teeth and
covering every aspect of it C woman and one of the main complaint is that they they they park in front of people's uh house they park in front of business and they park around parks and on this legislation we're going to avoid all of that so that's uh that'll help councilman Jackson
so my first question is all waste water must be disposed of at approved waste treatment facilities where where is it approved waste treatment facility where's name can you name one
approved waste treatment facility I'll going to get you one now that's why Google is here you googling it you know so give us legislation you don't know no no sir I'm not here to I'm not here to uh um satisy your your your your you're
not here to answer any question about legislation that you did to due diligence on list it's not my responsibility to get uh the place where they had to dispose the water sir my responsibility is to put a a procedure and a requirement to operate in the city of
patteron so we're going to create a requirement that we don't even know if the if it there's a facility anywhere in the state of New Jersey That Could That Could facilitate what we're requiring these businesses to do what you saying
so so on to my next question because obviously you have no answers all mobile car wash vehicles must be equipped with the impervious contam contamination mat right and the water recovery system so are the
stationary car washes that's in place in this the city are they going to be are they required to do the same thing how are the stationary car washers getting rid of their water because on Union have Union and Crosby I believe they have all
of that uh armor raw waste water and everything rolling right into the street so are we now holding mobile car washes accountable for something different than we're holding um stationary car washes to councilman Mendes you you're the
council president you're you're the co-sponsor in this right you don't have an answer no right I'm going over so this you're about to vote you're about to vote on this right absolutely a th% out to vote but you don't have an answer question tell you why because we fixing almost 7 80% of the complaint or this
legislation is that a first it's on first reading there's you would never find let me you ask me you give me you ask me a question you're goad thank you you will never have and you will never create a perfect legislation of th% you
asking question that I might don't have an answer for you specifically to that specifically detail but this addressing 80% of the problem that we're facing what is the main problem that those people they parking they don't have a permit now they have a $500 permit to
get the application number one problem they park in front of people's house to wash those cars they park inside the park uh by by amista Park they park in front of in front of business with that we addressing that they're going to be parking on in two so they have a
specific place where they going to be able to operate so we cover most of the place I know you digging into the need you know the little needy greedy I might yes you the common sense this cover 70% of the problem my constituents on on the third world when I have those
mobile car wash on on on on bran AB by amistar Park I I tell listen we working on a legislation to make sure that they cannot Park here this cover that area that they not allowed to park in those Park and they have a specific
Zone here here I'm sorry councilman you got the hard water treatment in in in right here in horor you have a Westchester County Westchester sewer treatment you have Arona Waste Water treatment uh and the other thing is council president I would like to ask him a question I know he knows a lot
about disposal about U things like what do you used to dis your oil um your uh your oil that you cook in your in your in your restaurant I have a licensed company okay so the same way there's licensed my friend you answer my
question thank you totally correct it's not our job to find a location for them to disposal it's our job to create the legislation and it's only on first reading if there's any additional question it could go on second reading and trust me it's going
to be more beneficial on Council Members is it's 12:00 so if you have another 12 I do where where in the legislation does it outline these zones that you're talking about it says right there it's not it's that cannot be inside streets
and uh city streets that you know like 22nd Avenue like that it had to be industrial Light industrial sir industrial where's those house it mention right there they can that's the biggest complaint we have people washing car front of the people's house who who wants a car wash in front of their
property to wash cars so yet and I know that you guys don't quite understand this but this is America and in America there's what's called parody you can't SP you can't hold one business accountable for something that you're
allowing another business to get away with you can't come and and and uh uh single out mobile car what you're doing is you're writing a piece of legislation that's going to open up the city for potential lawsuits because now if I have
a mobile car wash and you're telling me I can't wash it because now I need a per impervious mat where is this mat coming from I I'm in the wash cars out there and I'm spraying and splashing all over the place I got to catch all this water
on a mat that's going to now put this recapture this water into a contamination bin are you holding the S the the the car washes equally accountable to the same thing no they have their own system sir you're not they do not have a system they run the
water right into the sidewalk you go to almost every car wash in the city including the ones outside the city the water that comes off these Car Washers run right on right off the sidewalk right on the curb line if you go right there on Union a union and and Jasper
cross right in that area the entire sidewalk is contaminated with armor rail with all kinds of um wash products you're not holding those B we're not going to like I can understand if we write legislation that holds all of the
car washes equally accountable for something this is it's it's like everything else we do foolish never mind never mind you guys are going to vote for it anyway and
cleaning never in fact the cars block the sidewalk every single day over there you go over there it's five cars in a sidewalk there's no enforcement on that but what we're going to do is we're going to unequally enforce this on the mobile car
washes and we know what that's for but all right roll call CL on item number one on first reading roll call on item number one for first reading councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman D yes councilman Jackson 61
no councilwoman Mims yeah councilman Udin councilman Udin your vote he's not in his seat um my so I we discussed about this item in the uh committee um we also reached out to the Patterson Police Department make sure that they
enforce this so I think uh this is a good ordinance to be supported uh my vote is yes thank you councilman um councilman VZ M you councilwoman BL councilman so thank you to the councilman that voted
yes affirmative into this first reading you know when you see those individual out there trying to put food on the table and they came up to me and also councilman menes and say uh listen we want to be legal we want to be doing the right thing based on the law EPA law Etc
ET so you so look at what is a per a per a good perfect ordinance that brings Revenue at the same time to the city of patteron bring Revenue to City of patteron address the nuisance and public nuisance you cannot be putting look at
this number seven uh number traffic and safety violations you cannot put operating outside of permit you cannot be using loudspeakers boom box all that bology that everybody here gets a complaint of now we going to regulate it they're going to be complying and if you
don't have everything that this ordinance say they cannot operate and and the good thing is that we only limited to 10 permits no matter what we're not going to have food trucks like like like the food truck they're all over 10 only permits on it and it has
and it has teeth it has teeth on it so saying that we will benefit them and also we go we we address the concern of the community regarding the mobile car watch my word is just count thank you council president thank you colleagues thank you council president thank you m Clerk and and I
was the first person that started working with this legislation way back with abushi about this mobile C wash to address the problem then Council valz joined the fight and we got this a this legislation that is going to help us to address a lot of the complaint from our
residents one of the biggest complaint that I have in the third war is that I have people d uh washing car in front of people's houses I have that in the park uh that's not allow on this legislation we're going to stop that plus on top the a fee
of $500 for them to get the license so we're getting revenue and they're going to get a specific Zone where they're going to be able to do this business so we regulating then uh so this is a win win uh and you never going to see a perect legislation there's always room for improvement and that's the reason
why I'm very proud to work on this alongside with my Council C my vote is yes Madam clerk thank you council president the votes are six in favor one against one absent our um first reading ordinance um is adopted on first reading second reading will be held March 18th
2025 thank you item number two mon cler on first reading item number two um first reading no public hearing required ordinance establishing chapter 434 entitled mobile car what number two
mad cler number two we already watch it I know how you feel M CL Madam clerk I know how you feel 483 chapter 483 Z and land developer okay sorry ordinance number two um ordinance amending Patterson code
chapter 48 zoning and Land Development to provide for additional penalties for illegal dumping of solid waste so move I moved it it was moved by councilman BL and council president Mendes
woman uh M and second by Council what okay let's go roll call sorry call I didn't get the mo motion back send me move it and no no council president Council mess council president men and Council Ms and second by
councilman that's what I said no you didn't say that but anyway come on roll call oh my God roll call on item it number two on item number two for first reading councilwoman
cotton councilwoman cotton item number two councilwoman Dava yes councilman Jackson I'm sorry okay councilman uh councilwoman Mims it's 12:31 in the morning do we
know where our children are my vote is yes thank you councilman Udin my vot is yes mam thank you councilman valz so beside the uh uh the fines they getting for dumping that uh councilman Mendes uh uh initiated to
increase the fine also they are obligated by Court to do community service 90 days so they cannot go away mandatory community and fine plus community
service I want to see that those out of town are coming here dumping and and getting fine at the same time cleaning out with Stree community service my vote is yes thank you councilman Jackson no council president I'm sorry um thank you
madam clerk I I think that this is one of the one of the legislation that I feel proud the most the most proud on this that I introduced on this Council people that are dumping garbage in the city of Patterson the maximum amount is $10,000 and the minimum is
$2,500 so if you get hit with $10,000 fine you will never want you will never come back to the city of pison and dump in garbage now to the resident of the city of patteron now people understand now the level of frustration that I have about those 70 cameras that we have um
we have $1 million Grand to purchase 70 cameras to allocate those camera in those section we could get a lot of Revenue patteron is filthy because we have people coming into our city dumping garbage in those area I already did my job putting the legislation in place I
need the administration to bring the camera and public work and the police to do their part to get those people into court and start paying those fine that's what need to be done my vote is yes B cler thank you council president the votes are six in favor one against one absent item number two is adopted on
first reading second reading will be held at March 18th 2025 regular meeting thank you m item number four item number four first reading ordinance no public hearing required ordinance changing the traffic patterns on Carolton Drive
street to improve Public Safety and accommodate the needs of St Gerard ma school and area residence so move so it was mve by Council M Dava and councilman this is item second by councilman BL
coun it's hard for me to hear so it was mov by councilwoman Davila councilwoman M councilman bless and second by councilman b cler roll call on item number four the committee chair just a second okay roll call call on item
number four first reading councilwoman cotton C Council C your vote on item number four it's too much work for them to do my vote is yes thank you councilwoman DAV yes councilman Jackson
yes councilwoman men's yes councilman Udin uh thank you Madame Clark I would like to address if the student students and the educators of the uh St Gerald school watching us still they are here and present last week in the workshop
session in support of this um item so I would like to say that we are in full support and today is our first reading and I am supporting to make this Caron tribe to one way my vote is yes thank you Council BL thank you uh committee
chair uh Udin for this item was sitting and lingering around for almost a year and a half and we got to finally bring it on forward U I know this going to be saving life out there and preserving P safety my vote is
yes vote he said yes okay thank you council president by yes cler thank you the votes are seven in favor one absent item number four will be adopted on second reading on March 18th 2025 regular meeting thank
you cler item number item number five Madam clerk item number five on first reading no public hearing required ordinance change okay oh yeah ordinance changing the traffic patterns on State Street and a portion of Cedar Street to improve Public Safety and accommodate
the needs of Senior Residence at govern Tower so move move move by councilman Bess and councilman oudin and second by councilman Council Ms roll call M clerk on item number five roll call on item number five councilwoman cotton yes
councilwoman Dava yes councilman Jackson yes councilwoman Ms yes councilman Udin yes councilman valz honoring the memory of uh Bill Presley he was always pushing for the changes now finally we did the
necessary collection of uh signatures from all the residents in the area and they are aware that this is going to take place soon so my vote is yes council president my vote is yes M cler thank you Council uh item number five is adopted on first reading second reading
will be held March 20 March 18th 2025 regular meeting thank you madam clerk item number six item number six no public hearing required ordinance changing the traffic pattern on Christopher Columbus Drive to improve Public Safety and accommodate the needs of area residents public works so move
second move by Council last second and councilman and second by councilman Ms roll com CL on item number six on first reading item number six on first reading councilwoman cotton councilwoman Dava councilman Jackson yes councilwoman Mims
yes councilman Udin yes C valz council president my what is yes M cler thank you the items are seven in favor one absent item number six is passed on first reading second reading will be held March 18th 2025 regular meeting
thank you m clerk item number seven item number seven no public hearing required first reading ordinance establish in all way stop controlled at the intersection of 16th Avenue and Summer Street public works so move second move by Council M and second
by Council movement Mims roll call Mad clerk roll call on item number seven first reading councilwoman cotton yes councilwoman Dava oh she's gone okay I'm sorry um councilman Jackson yes yes councilwoman
Mims councilman Udin so yes thank you uh this item was brought to our attention requested by our councilman uh VES and then we uh work with the uh Traffic Engineers and paralized that this something should be
moved and I'm happy that we were able to move it as quick as possible yes Council my vot is yes coun BL the only thing I ask for the drivers out there anybody that goes through the roads of the city pass and we install in
four-way stop stop sign stop sign say stop please stop don't run to stop so my vote is yes thank you council president my V is yes clerk thank you the votes are six in favor two absent item number seven on
first reading is adopted it will be adopted on second reading March 20 March 18th 2025 regular meeting thank you item number eight mad cler item number eight first reading uh ordinance public hearing required ordinance establish a
15minute parking Zone on East 16th Street between 7th Avenue and 8th second move by Council woman at large doctor lelissa Ms second by councilman at large
do for real a councilman Luis Val roll do but I don't use it roll call on item number eight on first reading councilwoman cotton thank you councilman ja councilwoman Mims so I just want to say
I know that mom and daughter are watching um this has been a in the works for a while um the final vote um is on March the 18th and then 21 days after that vote this will take place um
looking forward to this um this is something uh DPW I want to thank you to our chair and committee thank you so much um for doing and helping my vote is yes thank you councilman valz I'm sorry councilman Udin I got all
to go sorry all right thank you Madame Clark again uh that was requested by our councilwoman at large uh Lisa Mims and uh again I tried as uh as quick as possible to work out with the department and we we did it so I think I think that
was very faster and my vote is yes thank you councilman Council come on brother one of the things I I going to add to this is listen they need this uh 15minute parking but I need please all anybody that have shops mechanic shops
any kind of business around this area please if you cannot take a lot of cars please do not take residents parking okay I see a lot of places with uh cars without plates and set of zero taking resident parking please consider
your your neighbor make sure if you if your don't hold a lot of cars please don't take them tell them give them by appointment and keep up clean in the area so U my would is yes thank you council president good point Thank you madam clerk definitely um my Council
College this is teamwork definitely as you know that that used to be the the third the fourth war and when the third war expanded that was the section of the third war but ja Don coun Cali and I must say that Council mine you'll be doing a great job as the chairman of the
uh public War I got to tell you so that's a CH I got to tell you so so K Kos to counil I mean he doing the work you're doing the work councilman so so with that being said my vot is yes M clerk thank you the votes
are six in favor two absent item number eight passes on first reading second reading will be held March 18th counc members Council man I gotta tell you councilwoman count she's one of the hardest working council person she's also doing a great job because she's a
she's a really assistant counsilman who dinging a lot of the things also as well we approve things on committed by Miracle now okay so council member the last item of this great agenda is item number nine now so we have um so we have two more 9 10 they could be done
together no it's so one is um establishing handicap together together no the last time we have a discussion about that let's do item number nine item number nine together council president I have to read off all of the addresses we can't do them together they both item number nine they right after
that item number 10 so oh item number nine on first reading no public hearing required ordinance repealing establishment of handicapp parking spaces at various locations um see Public Works
item I have a motion move on I'm I read the title which one I guess should I read the you have to read everything the record and then we go okay but uh since you are going for I
just want to something someone just texted me one of the resident uh for the item number 10 so which is no we were not there just want to say that he he mentioned that his license plate number was uh wrong in the on this uh paper so
can I just correct it before you read it no we're not number nine after number nine okay I thought you going to read everything together on is it incorrect on the on the okay all right all right okay the street addresses are 3826
Avenue 171 North 7 Street 137 Alabama Avenue 12 126 north3r Street 87 North 7 Street 69 Chestnut Street 1053 East 22nd Street 115 Turner Street 472 East 31st Street 95 East 17th Street 60 Janes
Street 123 17th Avenue 416 East 31st Street 61 hosman Street 151 carile Avenue 92-94 North 6th Street 105 East 17th Street 63 gr Street 713 East 24th
Street 1841 17th Avenue 178 Beach Street 231 Temple Street 39 albon Avenue 75 George Street 94 Bonfield Avenue 430 11th Avenue 330 East 26th Street 3 Garrison Street 55 Manchester Avenue 88
north3r Street 87 North 7th Street 57 Day Street 640 East 25th Street 117 17th Avenue 139 9th Street 181 Montgomery Street 599 East 24th Street 67- 69 North
3rd Street 4 Jane Street 260 East 21st Street 239 etman Avenue 31 DOA Street 37 8 East 24th Street 444 East 24th Street 120 Franklin Street 4 400 9th Avenue
188-190 calwell Avenue 69 Wayne Avenue do I have a motion counc members move by council member last second by Council and councilman Ms and Council de roll call CL on item number nine roll call on item number nine on
first reading councilwoman cotton councilwoman councilman Jackson yes thank you councilwoman Mims yes councilman Udin yes M clerk councilman valz council president my vot is yes mam
clerk thank you the votes are six in favor to absent item number nine passes on first reading uh second reading will be held at the regular meeting of March 18th 2025 thank you madam clerk council members the last item of this uh
fantastic agenda is item number 10 Council M you have to make some correction on item number 10 yes thank you council president uh you are absolutely doing great job that I should commend you for that no that because something no sorry no I just let let on
the second page uh uh Madame Clark it's a 33 Patterson Avenue second page item number two so the resident texted me the picture of his um license said it's strong here on the paper you cannot disclose that I
can't by sure she's going to no okay so I'm coming over to you to show you okay sounds good um read is it in no there's a problem with the license plate number that is not that is not uh connected c u so Al so we could vot we could we could
continue voting on the voting section just give the M CLI the right information but not license plate number out okay they have to change make same change this one so we good Council all right Madame
clerk item number 10 item number 10 on first reading no public hearing required ordinance establishing handicap parking spaces at various locations on City roads move um no we have she have to read all the address to the record
council members one second okay locations are 1050 East 22nd Street Westside 400 East 32nd Street Westside 41 North York Street Southside 85 4th
Avenue North side 99 bir Street North Side 37 Mars Street East Side 31 Bloomfield Avenue West Side 255 18th Avenue North Side 150 Warren Street Southside 193
North First Street Norths side 119 KY Street Westside 382 Cosby Avenue Southside 115 Ryon Avenue wests side 53 Patterson Avenue wests side 33 Patterson Avenue Westside 99 Danforth Avenue North
Side 235 Liberty Street Norths side 151 Liberty Street North Side 55 Sheridan Avenue wests side 121 East 16th Street East Side 385 East 26th Street West East
Side 5 Pope Road East Side 18 rad Street West Side seven Michigan Avenue North Side 129 Madison Street north side Cedar Street side 1 1051 East 22 Street East
Side 276 East 21st Street wests side 474 Rosa Parks Boulevard wests side 179 Park Avenue North Side 13 East 21st Street East Side 538 East 27th Street wests side 340 Hamilton Avenue Southside 126
East 24th Street West Side 124 Sheridan Avenue East Side 106 Sheridan Avenue East Side 139 Alan Avenue Southside crossby Avenue side 137 Temple Street Southside North fifth side street side
have a motion council members move it was moved by councilman uh counc and uh second by councilman M roll call M clerk on item number 10 roll call on item number 10 for first reading
councilwoman cotton yes councilman Jackson yes councilwoman Mims yes councilman Udin yes councilman valz yes council president uh my vote is
yes B clerk thank you the votes are six in favor two absent item number 10 passes on first reading second reading will be held March 18 2025 regular meeting May I have a motion to close motion to close second it was moved by Council Bless and second by councilman M
Ro Comm clerk to close the regular meeting of this beautiful Tuesday just vote Yes and go home good night it's 12:50 council members you said what 12:50 a.m. call to close the regular meeting of February 18th
2025 Council councilwoman cotton thank you madam clerk I just got two announcements um I'm I'm doing my I think 15th year with uh interface Performing Art Center and we're doing an Arts um art and essay
contest the de um it has to be in by February 27th we're going to do the program on March the 6 so please all your schools got the information you need to go to the guidance Council or to the arts department U if you're not sure you can always reach out to me your
councilwoman here um and you can call my City Hall number and my secretary as will make sure I get the message um uh Friday coming up this Friday we will be celebrating our black history month program with myself and councilwoman Ms and councilwoman Jackson uh it's going
to be really a nice uh program that we got planned um I want to thank my uh Deputy clerk Phyllis Raley and and all the ladies are putting this together we just got a little bit more little touch to do but it's going to be fantastic and I just want to say thank you ladies for
everything that you're doing um so Friday coming at 5:00 um our Council chamber is look looking absolutely beautiful um I can't wait I see them in there on Saturday and Sundays working U getting that chamber in order so with
that being said make sure you come out and support our black history celebration we have some wonderful honoraries that are being honored by our council members here U I want to say good night to my Corporation councel my am I want to say good night to my U
puring agent my acting ba uh Harry and I always forget about my um my uh Raphael over there and I always forget about my Ryan and my sonographer have a good night um you won't be back until next
month oh I'm happy and say and my two police officer back here thank you guys for serving us thank you madam clerk my Council colleagues have a good night um with that being said Madam clerk my vote is yes thank you councilwoman Council
councilman Jackson yes councilwoman Mims I'm councilman Jackson yielded me his time so I'm gonna take it tonight so um just a few announcements
one um on March the 14th I will be having my uh yearly woman who Rock award in the council chambers oh yeah ra we new cheers uh March the 14th to honor some great women that have really U made an
impact here in the great city of Patterson so U I'll rapael I'll be reaching out to you Corporation councel got it all right my friend ba I'm to everyone but we will be honoring one of our honores
this year is c um my uh soror Candace cotton councilwoman Cotton's daughter so I will reach out personally but she will be one of the honores but there's some great honores and I will um announce those at our first Workshop in the month of March it
is an honor to do this uh this celebration for women that do great work um here um in the city of Patterson and in the county of Pake I also want to give my uh my great great uh regards
with mixed emotions to our great assembly woman shyva Suter who submitted her letter today um of not running for reelection for uh the legislative district of 35 Shanda has been a amazing
legislator she's wrote a lot of bills she was labeled um at one point as one of the legislators that had wrote the most bills in a short time of tenure when she first got there so I want to commend the work that she has done um in
the district of 35 she is a pisoni um and we want want to commend the work that she's doing and let's pray for our County let's pray for our community let's keep praying for each other there's so many people that are sick or going through different challenges let's
pray for them school is back in session tomorrow um winter break is over officially today to well yesterday whatever day it is but we're back in school tomorrow make sure our kids are safe then on Thursday there's a snowstorm possibly coming please be safe
make sure that you follow all protocols um Pro protocols and safety uh procedures hug your kids if your parents are still alive hug them tell them how much you love them love yourself and take time to appreciate and smell the
flowers while you have an opportunity while you're breathing Madam clerk secretary police officers it cameram
herlinda my friend M Amigo Harry seales Corporation councel all of my Council colleagues about Keith Watson how about Keith Watson come on my husband Keith Watson and so so many so I just want to
say and to our security guard security guard down oh my boyfriend back there my boyfriend um and so I just want to say our security guard that's downstairs as well thank you so much for all that you do sacrificing it is now 1:00 in the
morning and um you know that's why I love them I love them I don't know what they would do if I wasn't sitting here I don't know and I just want to give a little shout out for CNC Ginger I have tried every Ginger cuz people have texted me like M's like why
you got to see it you can't get a SE GMS or scheps but you know I've tried every Ginger actually this is a plug for them but CNC has a really good Ginger ra it settles your en cult your stomach so I just want to plug that with that being with
that with that being said c council member Les got sh for you you gonna pray for me Watson my vote is yes good councilman Udin counc Council remember before
we thank you Madame clerk uh Patterson uh it is absolutely an honor to serve you uh again this is about 1:00 in the morning but we here to serve you just uh again stay safe have a
wonderful uh night and looking forward to see you on the 21st at the Black History Month celebration and at the midnight we are going to have uh International mother language day at the Westside Park which
is closed but temporarily will be opened for uh for the Shahid Minar so looking forward to these two events in this week uh my vote is yes to close the public thank you councilman VZ yes counil he said he said yes counc
your vote is yes got oh he said yes no no not yet first of all uh um there's Easter basket giveaway uh April 19 2025 I know we to a little bit far from that but the gentleman left a fire a fly here start at 2 o'cl three or Street please
visit uh Easter basket giveaway 19 April 19 2025 um uh serious uh uh uh question uh through the chair Madam uh cpage Council cpage Council uh I I was made aware
today that um the former ba of the city of pison was lingering uh or having meeting in the second floor today uh and working with budget and everything with the new ba uh it's not fair for us at the council uh to we find this through
third party uh to request the mayor when is the ba uh inter ba is going to be coming to the meetings or address the council and also uh still pending uh answer from DCA uh really when she got
appointed to come and substitute uh the lady that was there before and uh what is her primary work uh still follow up with the letter I submitted to the mayor and to the DCA office so uh I'm I'm
being in top of that um um yes let's um what in you say oh um Thurday Thursday you know Mr
Watson um I don't know where she got your future husband or whatever but we going to we going to pray for her and and and and before you do mared her you have to ask the councel if we vote Yes you okay oh my God just in case we want
to make sure you're in good hands uh Madam clerk yes sir you know and um and and Deborah you have done drra I done a great job uh councilman um let's keep in prayer uh our our I feel
to say this right let's keep in prayer Our clerk I miss her I miss her trust me I miss her so love Jack um every time I I D the phone I don't know if it goes in in in in voicemail right away or is or
she's another call but um from here we love you and we pray for you and um I believe in a way maker look at what's going on this last plane that crash in Canada yeah Crash Landing Way maker
right8 80 people you know let's keep on praying for our nation and let's keep on praying for the president of you United States of America to make sure he does the wise decision we could forget that but we had to pray for him right um saying
that oh by the way Council uh council president this is really important we want to know the status of the ordinance that we amend of the Cannabis we want to know what's going on because people are asking us out there
out there and they dump it to us knowing that the administration or the community economy development had to get it straight we sent a recommendation yeah and they haven't come back to us so you know we want to make sure that is followup saying that my vote is yes
thank you I hope president uh ban all the candidates so council president so Council KH uh thank you for just stay until the end of this great meeting um uh great news for the third War I know I have a few texts about East 34 uh that hasn't been paid for over 40 years East
34 from Park C to the the dead end 35 from Park AV to the dead end it's going to be redone curve to curve East Side park the Step at East Side park also done that was on the agenda also as well the total renovation of the tennis courp to correct the problem is it was on the
agenda so we just continue working for the city I was very emotional and I I was very passionate about uh that grant that we have that million dollar grant that is on the hands of Mr ossy which is not which is supposed to be in the have of public work and the police to work in
the collaboration to get those 70 camera Pon is only eight square miles with 70 cameras we could allocate those cameras in different section we already have the law in place to hit those people with $10,000 F those people that are dumping I'm going to continue um talking about
that until I get a response about that those cameras where those fundings are we need those cameras in our community p is filthy because people are dump in garbage now to my third world residents I get a lot of calls in term of the recycling uh that the recycling didn't
pass by the problem is that we need seven truck to cover the entire city of patteron last week out of the seven truck there there was only two truck out my recommendation to my constituent is that leave the uh the recycling outside the responsibility of the department is
to go at the next day and pick that up I'm getting a lot of calls please send me send me uh keep sending me text with the address and picture I'm going to continue sending those picture to the Department of Public Work you hear um I'm not using this day to bash anybody
but I hold people accountable our patteron our community is 50 we have to clean it we got to we got to definitely got to work together Harry I love to see you as our VA I don't know why but you look great there you're doing an amazing job as our purchasing agent but listen you've been a blessing for the city of
pum because you wear multiple hats it's amazing it's really amazing Corporation councel thank you for your hard work your commitment Rafael B clerk thank you to our secretary to our Police Department listen let's bring love into the city of Pon it's okay to disagree
but you have to disagree with respect we are the role model that this community elect to be the elected official that move the city on the right track so let's work together God bless you pison and have a good night once again my third war great news for you thank you
pis my brother is just thank you council president the votes are six in favor two absent the regular meeting of February 18th 2025 is hereby adjourned good night