So, welcome. Um, good evening everyone. On behalf of the Paris Municipal Council, we welcome you to the regular meeting on July 17, 2025 at 7 p.m. The meeting is now called to order. Madame Clerk, please call the role. Yes, Council President.
Roll call for the regular meeting of June 17, 2025. It is now 7:00 p.m. on the dot. Councilwoman Cotton here. Councilwoman Dava here. Councilman Jackson. Councilman Khik present. Councilwoman Mims here. I'm ready to
serve. Councilman Omar present. Councilman Uden. Councilman VeZ. I'm here. Thank you. Council president. President Clark. Okay. We have seven present, two absent at this
time. The meeting is now open. Let's continue, Madam Cler. Okay. Okay. Okay. At this time, we'll have um prayer will be led by Reverend Dr. Taiisha
Reels of the Associate Minister of the the Historical Calvary Baptist Church. Can we all stand, please? Please stand. Followed by the PLA flag salute led by the Honorable Councilman, President Alex Mendes. Good evening, everyone. Good evening.
Good evening, council president, esteemed members of the council, it is my honor and privilege to be here this evening. I come in no other name but that of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Can we please bow before the throne of grace? Father God, we come before you in the
precious and holy name of your son Jesus, thanking and praising you, oh God, just for being God. We thank you, Father, for being sovereign. We thank you, Lord God, for the privilege and honor to serve, oh God. Father, first and foremost, we come humbly before you
asking that you forgive us of all sins. Forgive us of those thoughts, God, that did not honor you. Forgive us of all actions, oh God. Forgive us of word and deed that you might cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Oh God, we ask that you purge us with hissip that we might be
clean. Wash us, Father, that we might be whiter than snow. We just thank you, oh God, for the opportunity to be in this room this evening. Oh God, we come with grateful hearts, oh God, acknowledging you as Lord. God, we thank you for the
privilege. We thank you for the calling. We thank you, God, that you are the sovereign being that allows those to operate in leadership to have roles of authority. Oh God, so God, we want to put you first. We want to seek your face
in all that we do. We seek God to do your will and yours alone, oh God. You told us to pray for our leaders, oh God, to pray for those in authority over us. So God, that's what we're doing on this evening before any business is conducted. Oh God, we want to come
before the throne of grace to give this meeting over to you. God, we ask for your transformative spirit. Oh God, we ask, oh God, that you mend broken hearts. We ask for healing not only in this body, oh God, but in the city of Patterson. God, we thank you for every
person that is gathered here. You know what's on their heart. You know what's on their mind. And God, we ask right now that you will command the room, that all will be done in decency and in order. God, we ask that everybody that comes to the podium, although their emotions may
be high, God, that they will recognize that they are on holy ground and that they will come, Father, ready to serve, ready even if they have questions, oh God, but doing it respectfully, doing it in love, oh God. God, we ask for your
insight. We ask for your wisdom. We ask that you continue to reveal, that you continue to expose, and that you continue to make every crooked path straight. We ask, God, that you bless the council president, that you bless every man and woman who has committed to
your call, not just to serve the body, not just to serve the city, but ultimately to serve you. So God, we yield to you right now in the name of Jesus. Asking oh God that as this meeting goes forth that it will be done in decency and order and in excellence, oh God, that they will be diligent
servants of you, diligent workers, oh God, that all will be done in love that you might move as only you can. We thank you for peace right now that surpasses all understanding. We thank you for your joy that is our strength. And we thank you, oh God, that as you are moving
through this council, that you are moving through the city, every school building, every place of worship, every business, God, everyone who is represented and who calls Patterson their home. God, we ask for collective unity. We ask, oh God, that we will be
on one accord that we might remember, oh God, whose we are and who you are. So we yield to your authority, oh God, and we give your name the praise, the glory, and the honor. It's in Jesus name that we praise you and we thank you and we say amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. And amen.
Amen. Bless. of the United States of America and for the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Now, let's do a moment of silence for those that lost a loved one in our
community, for our country, and for the great city of Paris. A moment of silence, please. Thank you. You may be seated. Madam clerk, may you read the statement of compliance? Yes, council president.
Statement of compliance with the open public meetings law 2024 through 2025. Meeting date June 17, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. Adequate notice that 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 compiled for the year 2024 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 Herald News, the record, the Arabic voice, the Italian voice, the Paya County Pulse, Dominicano News, Laiskea International, Ellispiel,
the Patterson Press, the City Post News, Tap into Patterson, The Weekly, Bangla Patrika in addition to any other publication duly requesting such notices. Three, the schedule of the regular meetings and workshop sessions of the municipal 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. Five, a schedule, 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, madame clerk. Um, so there's
um let's begin with payment of bill councilwoman. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, council president. Good evening uh to my council colleagues. Uh good evening Patterson. Uh
today's uh summary of dispersements uh are in a total of 14,937,1192. Um I want my colleagues to know that the reason for this the majority of it are two payments to the board of education for $12,73,839.84. 84. In addition, uh the 740,000 that you
see in statutory expenditures are the tax appeal refunds. The 375,193 uh.95 uh that is workers comp and liability and
um the $486, uh $263.66, 66 since the majority of those were for the lightings of the tennis courts uh Larry Dolby uh and so forth. So my motion is for payment of bills. Second. Second. It was moved by counciloman
Davala. Second by council and counciloman Mims. Roll call and clerical on payment of bills. Call on the payment of bills in the amount of 14,937,1192. Councilwoman Cotton. Yes. Councilwoman Dava. Yes. Counciloman Jackson.
Councilwoman Khik. Yes, Councilwoman Mims. Yes, Councilman Omar. Yes. Yes. Councilman Uden. Councilman VeZ. Yes. Council President. My vote is yes, Madam
Clerk. Thank you. The votes are seven in favor, two absent. The payment of bills is hereby adopted. Thank you. Can we do the consent agenda, Madam Clerk? Items 6 through 44. Yes, Council President. Okay. Consent agenda. All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered to be
routine by the council and would be enacted by one motion. The items listed under the consent agenda are numbers 6 through 44. So move any item may be removed from the consent agenda by the request of any council member and if so removed will be treated as a separate
matter. So move. It was moved by councilwoman Mims, council member Le and second by counciloman Davila. Roll call madam clerk on on the consent agenda. Roll call on the consent agenda. Um uh one other thing before we do the roll
call, council president, we took out item number six because the the um mayor does not have to have a resolution for that particular item. We just wanted you to know that. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Good. All right. Roll call on the consent agenda.
Councilwoman Cotton. Yes. Councilwoman Dava. Yes. Councilwoman Jackson. Counciloman Kik. Yes. Councilwoman Mims. Yes. Councilman Omar. Yes. Councilman Uden. Council Councilman. Just want to advise the community. There's a lot of
items in the consent agenda that will be beneficial to the city of Patterson. So my vote is yes. Thank you council president. Um thank you uh madam clerk. Absolutely. uh council values um multiple item and for the resident of the third war east side park the tennis
court lighting uh is going to be uh renovated and also the Larry Dobby lighting is in this item so my vote is yes madam clerk thank you council president the votes are seven in favor to absent the consent agenda is hereby adopted u thank you madam clerk there's an addendum madam clerk that we need to
we need to add item number 53 into the agenda so we need a unanimous vote to add this uh item into the agenda 5 to 53 three micro. Okay. Um the following resolution is also scheduled for your consideration at the regular meeting of the municipal council to be held
Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 at 7 p.m. at 155 Market Street, Patterson, New Jersey. Item to be voted on the agenda, non-consent item resolution amending resolution number 25 col24 to set the term of the reappoint of acting
municipal clerk Jacqueline Murray as December 1st, 2024 through November 30th, 2025 pursuant to NJSA 489-133 Council City Council resolution number 25339.
Move. It was moved by Councilman Mims and Council Bless and second by Councilwoman Davilla. Um, roll call to add item 53 to the agenda to add to the agenda. Did you get the motions? I'm sorry. I I didn't get the motions. I'm sorry. It was moved by Councilwoman Mims and Council Member Le and second by
Councilwoman Davilla. Thank you. Roll call for item number 53 to be added to be voted on the agenda. Councilwoman Cotton, yes. Councilwoman Davlin. Yes. Councilman Jackson. Councilman Khik.
Yes. Councilman M. Councilwoman Mims. Councilman Omar. Yes. Councilman Uden. Councilman Vez. Yes. Council President. My voice is yes. ML. Thank you. The votes are seven in favor to absent. Item has been added on the agenda.
Thank you. Let's take it 53. Mad. Roll. Roll call for to vote on the item. Yes. Yes. Roll call to vote on item number 53 for adoption. Councilwoman Cotton, yes. Councilwoman Dav, yes. Councilman Khik, yes.
Councilwoman Mims, continually praying for Madame Clerk. My vote is yes. Councilman Omar, yes. 48. Councilman Vez, yes. Council President, um, my vote is yes, Madam Cler. Thank you. The votes are seven in favor, two absent. Item
number 43 is hereby adopted. Council President. Uh, Council Medava. Council President, I have a presentation that I'd like to do at this time. Absolutely. Uh, to my council colleagues who were also part of today's um, uh, dedication, uh, it will be
Councilwoman Mintz and Councilwoman Cotton. If you can please come forward. Okay. So, once again, good evening and and I'll be very brief. uh my colleagues um on the council uh were also sponsors
of today's uh dedication the resolution. It was voted unanimously by all of the colleagues. Um we know that you support it. Okay. uh but we wanted to honor someone uh as I it's it's nice right to receive
recognitions and we know that certain individuals just do the work and don't get any recognition for the work that they do and don't expect any recognition but you know this gentleman you know he started here when he was probably about
I don't know 10 15 years old okay and and that is you know our very own you know uh Robert artist you know who has decided Ed that as of June 30th, right, uh he will be retiring the city of Patterson after 40 how many years? 42 42
years working in the city of Patterson. And I'm sure that his lovely wife who is who was sitting by him as well as his son and family members will be happy to have him on a full-time basis at home. uh
especially because he's going to be taking you out more, right? There's going to be some vacationing done. Um but we do know um that your hard work doesn't go unnoticed and we wanted to recognize you today here in front of the council, in front of the city of
Patterson just to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for that hard work. Thank you to your family. Thank you for being there. All right. You are the backbone to your husband. He's the head, but you're the backbone. And so we want to thank you for allowing him all
those years to stay put in one place. Okay? But we know that why you chose Patterson is because you are Patterson because this is your home and you won't allow anyone to say any different and you know I love it because you know your brother's my neighbor and you know I
always say you know I work with a better artist but no that's not true. We love your family. We thank you and on behalf of the city council, we wanted to just congratulate you on your retirement. So before we bring you up to say a few words, I'm going to have also my council
colleagues as well. Councilwoman Kai, thank you. Um, Councilwoman Davilla, I just want to say that the artist family and I got to say this, we go way back, way back. You were actually came on when my husband was the councilman back in
the 80s when you started here in the city of Patterson and I can truly say the artist family has always been with the cotton family. We have always been together and you have shown your dedication to this city and whenever I
don't know anything I know I can call you at the health department. And you know, we say to people all the time, you need to have relationship friendship, but whatever I'm not if I'm not sure about something, you always make it right so I can understand how it goes.
So, I want to say to you, congratulations on your retirement. Thank you for the 42 years of service here in the city of Patterson. Not too many people can say they worked that long at one particular place, but you can truly say that. and to your wife, to
your kids. We appreciate we appreciate him dearly because he has helped and I can say all of us sitting up here at the city council. You know, sometimes council members don't want to say anything, but I can say it and I know my ladies up here can say it that you whenever we need something, you're there
for us and you we can reach out to you. So, congratulations on your retirement. Have fun. Whatever you want to do, go on vacation. Have fun. Yes. Have fun. have fun. God bless you. And so what can we say to the great
work, the sacrifice, and the service, Mr. Artist, that you have provided. I remember um when I was running in 2017 coming from school board here and your words of wisdom to me always ring true to this very day as it relates to the
expectations what will happen here what I should do here and you've always been a point of reference I want to thank you for all that you've done 42 years I'm forever 21 so you've worked here twice my age and I really appreciate that but thank you so
much for everything that you've done for the city. I know you're not going far away. We'll always be able to reach out to you to your lovely wife and your son. Thank you for allowing him to do the great work. We appreciate you. We thank you. And we always believe in keep giving people their flowers while they
can smell them. Congratulations. And thank you for your service. Thank you very much. And Patterson, I love I love Patterson and it's always in my heart and I'm not going far. always be here. Come on.
No, you didn't. 1980 the salary was a 335 an hour federal wages. So you imagine surviving in that time. Yeah. Sure. $3.35. Thank you, Councilwoman Mims. Councilman
Davila and Counciloman Rubicon for the such a a great u presentation and recognizing a lifetime employee of the great city of Patterson. Definitely. So, madame clerk, um getting back to business, let's start with item item 47.
Okay. 47. I know. 47. Item number 47, resolution honoring the life and legacy of Congressman Charles Bango, sponsored by Councilman Lewis VeZ and co-sponsored by all remaining members of the municipal
council. So move was moved by Councilman and second by Councilwoman um Mims. Roll call, excuse and cotton, please. And cotton. Uh roll call clerk on item 47. Me for Yes, I was going to clarify that. I'm sorry. Uh, I
was reading from the agenda, but I the names have changed. The agenda had already gone out, so I'll read it from here. Okay. Okay. Resolution honoring the life and legacy of Congressman Charles B. Wrangle, sponsored by Councilman Lewis Veles, Councilwoman Dr. Lilisa Mims, Councilman Alex Mendes, and
co-sponsored by all remaining members of the municipal council. City Council resolution number 2533. So move second. It was moved by council member and second by counciloman mim and celcome council president
just just for the record I know councilwoman Khan was not present in the last meeting councilwoman Khan would you like to be also uh sponsor of this resolution? Yes. Uh can you add also councilwoman uh K on the resolution
sponsor? Thank you council. Uh roll call man. Roll call on item number 47 for adoption. from Councilwoman Cotton. Thank you. U Madame Clerk, I just want to say too also that um I I met Congressman Charles Wrangler. I was able
to sit next to him and when you're able to me to sit next to great people, it makes you feel good. It makes you truly feel good because he was truly a servant for our country, for the state of New York. He was truly a person that we
needed in Congress. Um, and so for us to recognize him for all the hard work that he has done, I just want to say that I stood on his shoulders. Somebody's going to stand on my shoulders. I'm going to help someone get up to another
level. And it's about the kindness that you show people. It's about the your face, how you look at someone. It makes a big difference in people's lives. It really do. That you know, you don't know what people go through sometimes. and and all issues that they have in their
lives and and issues that that's going on. So you have to do your best to be to me humble as possible and have and keep faith and you keep faith you will achieve. So with that being said, it's an honor and thank you Councilman Veles
for including me on this for for the life and legacy of Congressman Charles B. Wrangle. Madame Clerk, my vote is yes. Thank you Councilwoman. Councilwoman Davilla. Councilwoman. Okay, Councilman Jackson,
we're voting on the resolution honoring the life and legacy of Congresswoman Charles B. Wrangle. Yes. Thank you, Councilman Khik. Yes, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Councilwoman Mims. First of all, I want to give my condolences to the uh
Wrangle family, to our CEO of Eva Eva's Village, Mr. Howard um Halton and his wife um in the passing of Congressman Charles Rango. He has paved the way and was a trailblazer for many of us. My vote is yes. Thank you, Councilman Omar.
My vote is yes, Madam Cler. Thank you, Councilman. My vote is yes. Thank you, Council President. My vote is yes, Madam Clerk. Thank you. The votes are um seven in favor, two absent. Item number 47 is hereby
adopted. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Item number 48. Sure. Item number 48, resolution renaming Hamilton Avenue between Summer Street and Carol Street as Reverend Dr. Moses McKenzie Senior
Way and Reverend Dr. James C. Creech, founder of Creech Temple, United Holiness Church of America, for their commitment to the city of Patterson, sponsored by Councilwoman Ruby N. Cotton and Councilwoman Dr. Lisa Mims, city council, resolution number 2534.
Moved by Cotton and Mims. It was it was moved by Councilwoman Mims and Councilwoman Ruby Cotton and second by Council Member Le and Councilman, please. Um, Council Madame Clerk, I'm sorry. Uh, can you have add Councilwoman Dava on that for me, please?
Okay. Thank you, uh, Councilwoman. Uh, roll call, mad clerk. Oh, roll call for item number 48 for adoption. Councilwoman Cotton. Thank you, Madam Clerk. I just want to say a few words. I thought I saw him come inside. McKenzie. Um, did he? Yes,
he did. You know, um, Cree Temple, United Holy Church of America has been in the fourth ward for years. They have done so many community events and and help the community and they're right there on the corner of Hamilton
Avenue and Cal Street. And I want to say to the McKenzie, and we also are including the founder of the coach is Creech, Mr. Creech is Reverend Dr. Cree, but to be able to even though he's no
longer with her because Reverend Cree was born in 1908 and he started in the in the ministry at a very very young age. Um, and and as I said before about passing the torch when
you know you have someone with you that you can pass it on. So, he passed it on to Reverend Eric McKenzie. And I want to say to the McKenzie, oh, Moses McKenzie, I'm sorry. All of them did wonderful. His sons, his
grandkids, all of them. But it's truly an honor. Um, and you know, let me say, Eric, we finally got it going, didn't we? Where you at? Right there. We finally finally But this is going to be wonderful. And if I may say, um, Eric, um, the celebration will be in August,
the end of the the the end of August. We will have the street naming done and everything because they'll be celebrating 75 years temple over there on Hamilton Avenue and Carol Street. Madame Clerk, my vote is yes. Thank you, Councilwoman.
Councilwoman Davala, I know that there are times and we hear it out there a lot about all the council does is rename streets and do all this stuff. You know there there are times where
when you're doing a renaming that it has big significance. Not saying that others don't deserve it but there are some you know to have you know someone be part of an area through its church through its service for so many years to having
assisted the homeless and so many you know those are things that I love doing and that's to be commended. So, I'm happy, you know, that this is before us and I'm in full support. My vote is yes on item 48 for approval. Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Jackson. Yes.
Thank you, Councilman Kh. Yes. Councilwoman Mims. So, let me say this. So, my grandparents were married for 63 years before they passed away. And they both were quartet singers and they met battling each other in a quartet in in
Lake City, South Carolina. And so I always question in our family, we have so many great singers. My mom can sing, my nieces, and so many people. And I can hold a note, right? I'm a hard holder of the alto section, but I was never the one that could sing in the family. But
I'm so grateful for our family members like even though he's the pastor, the gospel highlights, gospel highlight juniors, um, and so many great people. The, um, mighty clouds of joy. So many people in our family have done so many
great things. So this is definitely about the the church Creech Temple and Dr. Creech. Um I remember Dr. Creech from when I was a young young girl going there learning and Bible study when it was the house was the first building and then they transitioned over. I was a
part of that with Minister Herby Jones and so many um people. Um, and then when our cousin, Pastor Moses, McKenzie, and now our cousin, Pastor Mary Mack, who is the co-pastor, have now taken the mantle and they've run um with it. And I'm so
glad to see my cousin Eric is here um in the audience and our family. And I think this is so important. I have my mom, she's watching and so many of the family members I asked them to watch to see this honor. It was a pleasure um Councilwoman Cotton to and Councilwoman
Davala to bring this forward to the council and I agree Councilwoman Davala that many people always say that the only thing the council is doing we we know is not true but when you put a landmark in the ground in a staple for people that have paved the way for the
gospel industry in the city of Patterson, you have done the right thing and this tonight is the right thing. I don't think anybody will criticize this being done on behalf uh of the great work that was done by Dr. Creech and
Reverend uh Dr. Moses McKenzie over on that street, the work that their church is doing and in the community um from United Holy Church of America. Welld deserved. We will be there to celebrate. Um I'll wear my shouting shoes and we'll
shout across um this road before it gets named to um Reverend Dr. Moses McKini Senior Way and Reverend Dr. James C. Cree. Madame Clerk, I am happy to vote yes on this item. Thank you, Councilwoman. Um, Councilman Omar,
congratulations to the families. My vote is yes, Madam Cler. Thank you, Councilman Vez. I always say that when the government fails for many, many, many years, faith baits always step up. Yes, they will. Faith base always step up when
sometime the doors close from the government side to those people. Church is always there for those people always and not only serving them also praying for those people. Ministry is something important for me. I was born in a house
that was a lot of ministers. So more isn't deep in my heart. So when people come and say we don't need no more street naming, think about it because this people have paved the road for we could be able to be here. We'll be able to be here. So saying that also I'm
honored to vote yes on this resolution. Thank you Councilman. Council President. Thank you Madam Clerk. Welld deserved. Congratulation. God is great. Make sure you choose a great day uh to celebrate with the nice weather. Councilwoman Mims. Uh my vote is yes. Thank you. Thank you. The votes are eight in favor,
one one absent. Uh item number 48 is hereby adopted. Council President Council, before you go on, I just want to say out there to the community, if you're not doing nothing on June 28th, um they're having a show at Cree Temple, uh with the gospel
highlights. Um and I'm telling you right now, you really don't want to miss it. Yeah. You really do not want to miss it. If you've never gone to a show, a gospel show, you really need to go and show up because I'm telling you, you're going to have really, really a good time. Thank
you. Thank you, the McKenzie. Thank you for everything and all that you all do. God bless you all. Thank you, madam. Thank you, council president. Thank you, madam. Forget to mention it's $25. It's $25. 25.
So, thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman. Item 49, Madam Clerk. I'm sorry. Item 49. 49. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Item number 49 is a resolution honoring Mr. Christino Antonio Campos for his
30-year anniversary of Laasendianda. Laas. You said it right. Asienda. Okay. Thank you. I won't repeat it. You said it. Restaurant, a prominent Patterson Mexican business. Sponsored by Councilwoman Marissa Davis, city council. Resolution number 25 col 335.
So move. It was moved by councilwoman Davila and second by council le and counciloman mims and counciloman Ruby Kton. Counciloman Davil your mic. The mic mic is off. My apologies. No problem. Uh, please amend
for co-sponsored by Councilman Veles, Councilman uh, Council President Mendes, and uh, Councilwoman Mims. Councilwoman Cotton. Thank you, Councilwoman. Roll call on the clerk. Roll call for item number 49 for
adoption. Councilwoman Cotton. Yes. Councilwoman Dava. It gives me, you know, great pleasure and honor to uh have know because he's still alive and he's still there. Uh Mr. Campos um you
know, Tony, as I refer to him, um just celebrated 30 years. He just did a renovation to his um establishment. And to know that this young man, you know, came to this country from Mexico to work, be a bus boy, and today he can say
that for the last 30 years, he has owned Lassienda, which now he renamed Lassienda Campos, which is his last name. He did a beautiful, beautiful upgrade to the business. It's been there. Um, I remember my when it was smaller and and nothing to what it's
compared to today. Um but when you have individuals like that that invest in our city, you know, are here, they come from their countries to invest to employ Pattersonians and stay here, right? Uh they're also a part of the betterment of the city of Patterson. And so it really
gives me great honor just to see that the establishment because he did have a big hit during the pandemic. Uh but he's back up and running and you know we support him and you know I I'll remember my beginner days going there and doing
karaoke in a real smart spot with uh Councilman. But we didn't know each other back then being the record. Uh but with that said, you know, it gives me honor uh to support this resolution uh uh for his anniversary 30 years. Uh my vote is yes.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Jackson. Yes. Thank you, Councilman Khalik. Yes, Councilwoman Mims. I just want to put a plug in. If you are in the area, there's a new uh renovation that was done by Hianda, which is my in my
neighborhood. Please go by there and get some good food. I recommend their chim changunga. Um, and so many fajitas, steak, shrimp, whatever you want, appetizers, whatever you want. Please go and check out Hiendas. That's my
shameless plug. I love their food. My vote is yes. Councilman Omar, love their food and I'm happy to see them open. My vote is yes, Madam Clerk. Councilman VeZ, so late 90s a lot of people were looking for night life in the city of Patterson. And this was
places uh that a lot of people don't probably don't know way back there was a Casaban 21st Avenue, declassico and Casablanca where Carmon Lena is right now. So this that was the life in Patterson and there was not a lot of
Latino business around. So seeing all this progress in the city of Patterson, businesses coming in. So we have to praise them especially people stay in Patterson still invest in Patterson and uh and they still had faith. They went uphill to get permits to the renovate
this place. I went there Thursday, last Thursday. It was great. the food, the atmosphere, the family atmosphere and I and plenty parking too. So um um I I recall way back when um Joy Torres was
the mayor when he started first first time as first term. He always had a vision for that quarter uh route 20. They started with a Home Depot and then ended with Lowe's. But in between that section, we need more more quarter like
other city have because is is a a place to invest. So saying that, congratulation Tony. Uh keep on working. Don't lose faith. And he still look young every day. My vote is yes to this resolution. Thank you, Councilman, Council President. Uh thank you, Madam
Cler. Congratulation to the owner, Tony. He did a phenomenal job. The renovation is beautiful. Uh it's it's definitely a place a restaurant that you should go and visit. The food is great right right in the third war right in our community. Um so let's just let's support our local
business. My vote is yes mad clerk. Thank you. The folks are eight in favor one one absent. Item number 49 is hereby adopted. Item number 50. Madame clerk. Item number 50. It's a resolution honoring Dr. Melissa Baralt for her time
and service as chairperson of the ABC board sponsored by council president Alex Mendes City Council resolution number 25 col 336 move second second was moved count by council president Mendes and second by councilman and council
Lules roll call by clerk on item number 50 roll call on item number 50 councilwoman Cotton Councilman Jackson. Yes. Councilman Khalig. Yes.
Councilman W. Councilman Omar. Yes. Thank you. Councilman Vez. Congratulation. Uh Dr. Melissa Bar. You did a great job on your service as a chairperson ABC board. Not only on that, she knew how to
separate her work in this site and also giving back to the community and her expertise. we call it laie pita she she's has a lot of energy and whoever knows that uh her u is a blessing for the city of pass and also her father uh Dr. Ecto so saying that my vote is yes
congratulation council president thank you madame clerk Dr. Dr. Melissa Bar, congratulation and I want to say thank you for the outstanding job uh that you have done uh at the ABC board. Um you're not going anywhere but you're going to stay in the community and I want to say thank you also because you giving back
to the community a lot. I see you volunteering your time and all the different event throughout the community. So great job and we're here to serve. My vote is yes madam cler. Thank you. The votes are six in favor three absent. Item number 50 is hereby adopted. Item 51 madam cler.
Brar is saying 51. Item number 51, resolution to authorize the issuance of estimated tax bills for the third quarter of calendar year 2025 finance. Resolution number 2537. So move.
Who said that? It was moved by council and second by council president Mendes. Um item 51 discussion. Discussion council. Uh council president uh can see cfo knowing
that we are doing an estimated tax uh bill. Can you tell us um if that estimated tax bill is based on uh the current budget that you guys want to introduce in increasing 5.6 6 tax if
possible. It's based on 2%. Based on 2%. Correct. All right. Thank you, Council President. Thank you. Oh, sorry. So, let me clarify. Based on 2% based off what? The state. So, uh the municipal tax last year it was 170 million. This year's 174
million. But it's not us. It's the state that mandatory that we do. Okay. I I just want to put that on the floor because when we out there, people start saying that we raise taxes. So, you had to put that on the floor because loud and clear because we don't want to get
blamed for something that is mandatory by the state and you had to comply to be able to move forward the city. Okay. Can you state in That's correct. No, no, you're saying that correct. Can you state it with your
words? You're the CFO. Yes. Why are we doing 2%. Uh it's a state mandate. All right. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Council. Thank you, Mr. CF. Council President, uh, Council Motton, um, if tonight we vote we vote on the tax um,
estimated tax bill, when would it go out? Sometime next week. So then would this still be due August? It would still We still have time for it. Correct. U, well, how many is it? 45 days
that that they need to receive it before they have to pay it. 25 days. Oh, it's 25 days. So once you receive it, you got 25 days. Yes. To pay it. Okay. So it would be due August 10th. Yes. That's You have a 10day grace period. They give you the 10 days grace period. Okay. So
it's due August the 10th. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Roll call. Madam clerk. Council President. Councilman Jackson. So I'm just just for a point of clarity. Um so this is the uh
Which what how many temporary budgets have we approved this far and their amounts? This is not a temporary budget. This is just sending tax bills for the third quarter. Setting the tax bills for the third quarter. Third quarter. So relative to Councilman BZ's question,
the estimated increase is only 2%. Correct. The entire the entire overall estimated increase is only 2%. For the municipal for the city's municipal part. for I'm talking about the overall
well um the school went up 4% so the numbers last year was 74 million 695704 the number for school this year is 77 million 759012 um I don't have county numbers yet so I they're the same as last year right now
um we should get county numbers probably early in July so 4% increase in the in the schools what how does that impact the taxpayers what is the overall increase um on the average household it's about $215 percentage percentage wise I I'm I'm not
sure percent well it's 4%. If there's a 4% increase in the schools, it doesn't mean that the tax increase overall because we have additional 2%. Right? Again, it depends on So, if there's an overall if there's 4% 2% 8% 9%, you have those those in those
percentages have to be an an accumulative amount. It depends on the assessment on what your assessment is. I don't understand what you mean. So, it depends on the size of your home. So, if if your house is assessed at 200, um there's going to be different amounts for different assessments. Your house is
assessed at 300, 400. What does your assessment amount have to do with your percentage value? If my house is assessed at $100,000, the percentage value is relative to someone's house whose house is $300,000. It's the same. It's relative.
um there's no there's no differential between unless my assessment has gone down then there's a possibility that I might see a difference in in in someone else a neighboring person but if we have identical assessments from the previous
year we're all equally impacted by the increases so it would be somewhere around 4% then so again the amount is about $215 for the for an average assessed house. So, so
that within itself cannot be equally projected. You can say for the average assessed house. Yes. And what is the average assessed house? 196. 196. Okay. So, right now currently I don't I could I don't know very many people that could
say their house is assessed at 196. I mean, even the way that the the market has has increased and ballooned over the last several years, and there's a reassessment that's going on right now, where where are these houses? Because you got houses, two family houses
selling for 650, 700,000 on in on North Fourth Street. So, where exactly are these average assessments that you're talking about in East Side? on on on in the third ward. I would venture to believe there's very few houses over there that assess at 196,000.
So where where are these houses? Because that's a that's a hell of a rate currently. I think that's an actual steal in this city. If we can purchase a a property in Patterson for 196,000. So where are these equalized or average
assessed homes being um calculated? And then for that matter that would mean that if that's an average then there's houses in city being assessed at 50 60 $75,000. I can print out an assessment list and send it to you council. Okay. So if we
can get a snapshot of a few of those assessed values because uh yeah I I I I can't continue to just support these things blindly without the supportive information. We're just throwing numbers out. You're saying the average assessed house and if there's a 2% increase I
still I I asked the the BA to give me an a complete budget when since when on the desk I it wasn't sent to me electronically the flash drive. Oh, this is that what this is. Okay. All right. Well, I mean
but we're being asked to vote on something tonight that we're just being being supplied with. And I don't even know if these units do these have USBA drives on this thing or they USBC drives. Do we have USBA
on these on our on our uh tablets? You have an aid USBA. All right. Okay. Any other question? President Council, I would I would ask that this item be postponed. You at least moved so I can at least view review some of the documentation before
I'm asked to vote on something. I mean I mean it's it's totally up to you. I don't know if I can review it within a few minutes and and and vote in the affirmative on something. I know the rest of you don't. It's not very important. Well, some of you anyway, but uh Okay. continue to vote on these
things blindly. Um okay. So, so, um, Madame Clerk, so the item 52 is connected with item 51. So, we could do, um, I could remove my motion, um, and come back and give Councilman Jackson a few minutes to review. Let me, let me, um, if I may.
Or, we could Wait a minute. Or, wait, wait, just a second. Council, Council President to it. That's empty. Whatever he put up. No, no, I just opened it. I just opened it. So, the USV the budget is is is there. But, let me explain. Um just let me explain the community what
we're doing here and it's uh and it's important to say that when the administration introduced the budget with 5.6 they introduced budget with 5.6 this council we voted down we vote against twice so um we reject that 5.6% 6%. So they came back uh with the number
that only reflect the mandate 2% that the state um mandate to be had to be added. And we will voting on the item 52 is an in is a temporary appropriation of 54 million uh until we get the letter from the state to know how much money
we're going to get from transition 8. That was a very good decision. So council president council president just a minute counciloman. Yes. Council me and then go ahead. Okay. So um so I the voted the uh budget has been
the introduced budget has been voted down twice. I was here the first time but it was voted down twice. Correct. Correct. Right. So tonight so if this is not approved on tonight there will be a possibility of city shutdown. Correct
for this item. If this is not approved tonight then people won't get their bills sometime. This is for the estimated tax bills right? So it will be estimated tax bills and what else? The next one is for the temporary budget. The next one is the city will be shut down. So that's what I want to put on record. So uh council president I don't
know whether you make the motion to vote on it and you're saying you may remove. So if you remove your motion I will make the motion. We this is very important for for a few reasons. Let me say why. One this isn't we're sending out tax bills with only 2%. The introduced was
5.6%. Yeah. So, if this is 2%, this is the this is what we have to give, right? Based on the memorandum of understanding because we're getting transitional aid, we have to do a 2% increase, right? We have to there's there's no way around it. This council said we didn't want to
do 5.6. We want to wait to kind of see what the letter will look like. This tonight saves the city from giving 5.6 six unless the state comes back and tells us we're not giving you $33 million. So, it gives us some more time
to at least go through the budget, review it at at another time, which we do have time to do that. But tonight, this tonight ensures us that the tax bills, which I get calls all the time. I'm sure we all do. You get your tax bills on time at the 2%. It also will
ensure us that the employees will get paid. So we got to make sure we do our um you know our duty here as as legislators just on tonight. Now this in the future there's going to be some other things we have to discuss and we and I am requesting that there will be a
full presentation after tonight but tonight this has to be voted on. Now if others want to vote no, yes, whatever that would be their prerogative but we need to vote on the 2%. President we're saying I want to increase that's what it is. Okay. So, that's just what I want to
put up. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman Mims. I have uh Councilman Davila right after Counciloman Ruby Cotton and we come back to Jackson and and I don't want to repeat what Councilwoman uh uh Mims because there's no need to repeat, but she's exactly right what she's stating in terms of the
resolution to authorize the issuance of the estimated tax bills. Right. I what I just don't want to continue hearing, you know, because the council president said it again and there was no increase. there was an introduction with a proposal that it could be but even if
that were so let's just say yes to that that wouldn't happen till CFO what is it November next year bills this right now is specific that we have to send out those tax bills and they would be at what we have supported with the last
bill the the the last um um budget and that's the 2% tax levy all right so so there is no I'm I'm okay with moving forward and taking action on this. Nothing is changing. It is the 2% that by law we have to abide by and that's
that 2%. Okay. Um in addition, we need to do something about this introduction. We we we don't want to go ahead and say, "Hey, we didn't have an introduction to a budget. Now people are getting fined. In addition to that, we're going to have to start riffing
people. There's no money." All right? So, you know, let's really think about it. We did it last year. It is not any different than last year when we had an introduction to a budget that had um a potential increase. I believe then it was like four% or so. Uh Mr. CFO, last
year's was about and we said, "All right, we're going to support the introduction." Okay. But before we adopt, that needs to be what thatou stage we are now doing no more than 2%. And that's exactly what we did. And that's why now we're able to send out
these payments with that 2%. So, thank you for for Thank you, Councilwoman. Uh, Councilwoman Ruby Cat. Thank you, Council President. Um, Councilwoman Mson and Councilwoman Davis said it that you know people are buying
houses at 600,000 500,000 but they're not paying taxes on 500,000 600,000. They're not. And I can tell you that because I'm in my house. I know what my house is value at. And then the two houses on either side of
me, they paid more for their house, but they're not paying taxes on what they paid for their house. Now, the state, not the state, the county and the state said that we need to do a reassessment again. Um, and even if someone pays
600,000 for a house, that don't mean they gonna assess it at that. it still can come down to 350. You might have paid 600, but maybe you overpaid, but it it's not going to be that. Um, and then
I went downstairs to the tax assessor office and when they when they do the reassessment, they they they do the tax ratio and and for some people it's going to go down. And again, for some people it may go up, but if anybody just if you
don't know something, go find out. If you don't understand something, go try to find out because it'll explain different things and how it works. Like because the house is next to me, that didn't make my house my that didn't make my my assessment go up. It didn't it
didn't make my assessment go up. The people next to me, they paid more, but they're not paying taxes on what they paid for their house as of yet. And they may not and more likely they're not going to pay that. Um, and you hear
people, I mean, that's what got the city in trouble last time where people were paying a lot of money for these property and all of a sudden everybody started walking away from their properties and that's how we got abandoned properties because they really couldn't really pay
the mortgage cuz you got that balloon mortgage, you got this type mortgage and you know they'll fool you and buying this and then next thing you know one year you're paying 2,000 a month and then five years down the road you're paying 10,000 a month. You know, they balloon jump it as they call it. So, um
and I was it's been a few times with few different mayors too here where the tax bill did not go out in June June. Um it went out late. So, people would then now but you already know you have a tax bill
that's due in August and you have a tax bill that's due in I think it's August and November, right? I mean, you already know that, but I tell people all the time, you know, when you have a mortgage, sometimes, you
know, your escrow is short. Your escrow is short not only because of property taxes. Your escrow is short because of homeowners insurance. Your escrow is short because of flood insurance. Um, your escrow is short for other things that you have coming out there. And
sometimes you, you know, the mortgage company, you know what they do is if I'm short $1,000, I'll pay the,000 because now they want to raise my mortgage 300 more dollars a month. Do 300 time 12,
let me pay the,000 so I don't have to pay the extra $300 a month. You know, that's what I tried to say to people. But it has happened already with with the different mayors where the tax bill went out real late. They were getting their tax bill in October and then then
the next bill was due right in November. So this is a 2% mandatory that it has to be on there. Um it it it don't it done happened too many times for too many different mayors where the tax bill went out late and and and and and this is the 2% that we have
to do to get the money from the state and you know I just want to sometimes you know you want to tell how it is. Um they're not paying that. They're not people are buying these properties at 67 800,000. They're not paying taxes on
that. I can tell you that now. Thank you councel. And you know what? And the other problem you have is when you try to do a tax appeal, but the property next to you is value at more. So when you go before the tax judge, he going to say, "Well, the house next to you is 500 and this house over here is 400. What do
you think? I'mma I'm going to give you a tax increase, but your but your taxes is only 10 12,000. It's not up there yet." So that's what I need. I think people need to maybe try to understand it. And um if you really don't understand it, you go
downstairs to the tax assessor office when they do that reassessment. Some people property taxes are going to go down. They're not going to go up. Thank you, Council President. Thank you, Councilman Jackson. Thank you, Council President. Well, unfortunately, Councilwoman, that's not entirely
correct because you owned your house for 30, 40 years. Your house has never been on the market. Hasn't been sold. when when they you go to the to do a tax appeal you don't know if my house has not been you don't know that council
members please well if you I I would just make an assumption if you've lived in the house for 30 40 years that means your house you didn't buy it and sell it back to yourself you have been in the house for a long period of time that means your house has never been recalculated to the market and when you
go to do a tax appeal they're not going to compare the house's next the house That's appealing to your house because your house has not been on the M when they do comparables. Councilwoman, Councilwoman, Councilwoman, please. Councilman Jackson has the floor. Councilwoman, I could I I could I could
come back to you, please. You've done two tax appeals, but tax appeals the when you go to do a tax appeal, they don't do a comparable on houses that have not been recently sown. Comps cop comparables are from houses that have
recently been sold on the market. When a realator does a comp, they don't do comps until you drive by say, "Oh, you know, that house is probably worth this much." If you paid 85,000 or $150,000 for your house 25 years ago, your house
is not utilized in a comp. The comps that are done are the houses that are sold within the last 3 4 months. It's not a house. So, when you when they when they're going to do a comp, it's it's they're looking at houses that just recently hit the market. They're not looking at houses that have been that
haven't been sold over the last 30 to 40 years. More importantly, if if someone is someone's escrow is being impacted, it's not just being impacted only by the insurance. It's being impacted by the sewer new sewer utility we put in place.
It's being impacted by the tax increases that we put in place. All of the relative taxes that get tacked along to your home is relative to to people who do have an escrow. They they're not only pulling the escrow just for your your insurance. They're pulling escrow for
your taxes and insurance. More importantly, as a responsible member of this council, if the if the introduced budget, let me just use square numbers for members of the public. If the introduced budget is $150,000 in which last year was $100,
let's say $100. Last year was $100, but they introduced a budget with the in significant increase to $150 this year. And we say, "Well, wait a minute. We're not going to approve your introduced budget at $50 more than what it was last year." So they then say, "Okay, well,
we're going to have we still need money to continue to operate. We're now this is the third temporary appropriation that we're giving. So, if you continue to to appropriate what they've already laid out is what is needed for spending and at the end it ends up being $150.
Guess what? The introduced budget that you was running from winds up getting arbitent. If they're spending down against the 150 that they introduced and we're not looking at that and being specific about what we're increasing, he gives no
detail on what on what the increases are incrementally about. Oh, it's no, it's only a 2%. Negates the fact that there's school increases there, there county increases, there's other potential increases. And let me make this clear. The mandatory 2% increase, it is a
mandatory increase pres uh uh instituted by the state in exchange for them giving us what's called transitional aid. But that 2% increase is only supposed to be calculated based upon the levy. The levy is the portion of the budget that we
take directly from taxpayers. It's far less than our general budget. So, if they're saying, "Well, there's a 2% overall increase." That's more, much more than it would be on the levy. But until we sit down and actually drill these things out and look at it and say, "Okay, but no, if we don't vote with
this, we're shutting government down." Eventually, we're going to shut it down anyway cuz we're not being responsible, and by the time it gets to the end, they're going to spend what they were looking for anyway. So just continuously approving temporary appropriations, voting no on the on the uh introduction
is not being responsible. It's just not being responsible at all. But if the consensus is to continue, I'm not I wouldn't say that I'm surprised because we've been doing this throughout the entire time we've been here. The residents aren't getting services, but
we continue to allow the budget to increase. I'll just rest it there. Roll call. Mant clerk. Thank you, Council President. You removed your motion. So, no. So, we we continue. Um so, we'll start the discussion, but I didn't remove my motion. It was moved by um Councilman
Khal and second by Council President Mendes. And now we're doing roll call. Counciloman Cotton. Councilwoman Cotton and seconded by correct. Now, roll call. Okay. Roll call on item number 51.
Councilwoman Cotton. Councilwoman Dava. Yes. Counciloman Jackson. No. Councilman Khik. Yes. Councilwoman Mens. This item is to send your tax bills out. I know all the homeowners that have called and
complain when you get them delayed will appreciate us. That is what this item is for. We're voting to so that you can get your tax bills sent out. My vote is yes. Thank you, Councilman Omar. Yes. Councilman Vez,
the residents of Patterson will be happy if they will see a tax bill, have no increase in the taxes. That's when they'll be happy. But let me remind everyone here and probably Councilman McCoy who will testify on this.
The mayor that we have now sat here 10 years never voted for a tax increase. never even voted against inflated budget. Even criticizes previous mayor
for not being here to explain what was going on. Absolutely. Okay. Can you testify that? True. He attacked administration in that time. Joy Tory, Jeffrey Jones, anybody that sit there, where is the mayor? Where is the mayor?
And voted no at everything. I learned that today. My vote is no. Council President. All right. Okay. So, so I I I'll be brief. Uh I think that when we finish with item 51, we're going to
we're going to we're going to do item 52. Item 52 is a temporary appropriation of 54,527,765. Why this is happening? It's happening because as my council woman mentioned before, we voted down against each of those budget with 5.6. And the reason
why we vote against it was because administration that was doing the expenditure was based on the 5.6 increase hoping that the state will give us $33 million to balance the budget. But if the state doesn't give us $33 million, taxpayer will be hit with way
more than 2%. What we're doing here is we blocking the 5.6 and we locking the temporary and the in and the tax bill are only 2%. And that's the responsible things to do. And we did this at this council. Councilman Khaliga, we have a
very sensitive conversation and we told administration, you already spending money based on 5.6. That's what you guys and that's what we block. That's what we vote against. So tonight, we taking the right decision by moving forward with this. My vote is yes, Madam Clair. Thank you. The votes
are five in favor, two against, one absent. Item number 51 is adopted. Thank you, Madam Cler. Six in favor. I'm so sorry. Six in favor, 52, two against, one absent. Item item 52. Now, this one is interest. This is going
to talk about the real numbers. Item number 52, resolution authorizing calendar year 2025, emergency temporary appropriations, June through July 2025, finance resolution number 25, col 338. Second. It was moved by council media,
second by counciloman Mims. Discussion. Discussion. Council me. Uh, thank you, Council President. So, uh, CFO through the chair. Uh, so far we have spent, if disapproved, 210 $210 million, $347,533
with 30 cents. Right. This would appropriate for 200 if million if it's approved. If it's approved. Correct. And the and the budget up to December is what what's the amount? It's about 310 million. Okay. So if this is approved today, we remaining
uh what 100 about 100 million left. Yes. Correct. So my question when we put down the temporary introdu sorry the introduction budget is are we spending based on that
5.6 six introduction that you are put into the state. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Once again, they spending even the introduction they putting up there to the state is 5.6 tax
increase, but they still pending based on that. So, what you think is going to happen? He's spending a budget that they put together, a inflated budget, and we spending little by little. at the end of the day, the end of the year, they're
going to come and say, you know what, we need to increase a little bit more than 2%. Why? Because we already spending it. We already spending it. So, based on your statement, you know, uh we are and and this is the part that I it troubles me. This administration
came here with a previous VA saying that we needed to change fiscal year to calendar year because it was going to be better for us. We needed to approve the budget before it and they even promised us that the budgets was going to be introduced
and approved before even February and they haven't done it at all. They promised us that we're going to save money through the insurance company that we switched to state and have go up again. They promised us that the bulk
pickup was going to be eliminated from the regular garbage uh company. Okay, that was going to all uh save us $10 million. They fail us because the street are dirtier than ever. Okay, we spend $86 million
from transition aid in cement and parks and I could go on and on. You know why I say this? Because when we out there, people don't see the services. People don't see the services. And once
again, now we're not talking about if this will give the benefit to the union members that we have in our city, at least a salary raise of 4% or whatever, you know, that goes a little bit high if
they could live in the city of Patterson. That would be better. But we don't see the benefit going back to even our city employees. We're not seeing it. And the numbers are not real. And we me and council president are going to prove you next
week that the number are not real. The numbers are not real. The numbers are not real. So um so that's my discussion. Um it's up to you. You guys want to go into the emergency temporary appropriation? But once again, we
overspending. Thank. All right. So, so council me asked for the floor, but let me let me just go back to what I what I say in the beginning. The $54 million will cover June and July. We need we need this money to be able to run the city. At the
end of July, we will get a letter from the state saying how much money we will receive on transition a. That's what we hoping. Once we know the amount of money, that's when the work start by reducing the budget to make sure that our tax pay doesn't get hit with more
than 2%. This is this is a resolution 52. It's a temporary appropriation to run the city to pray our employee from June and July. Councilman Khalik. Yeah. Council President and I lost my thoughts but um Councilman Bales great great
sound Vice Councilman Bales but you supported every init in initiative that you talked about um uh what you know you supported every initiative that you talked about uh under this administration do I said I said great
great sound council I'm not here to debate I have a question for you uh through July what percentage of the um appropriation is uh will uh will will be uh will spend or the total budget
66%. 66% that's on the rate of 5.6 correct or again it's not a rate of 5.6 six. It's we we asked the state for 33 million. So that's on base 33 million
based on that. Uh okay. And the basically we're just sending out the tax bill with the rate of 2% tax increase and us we only control the city portion. Correct. Correct. We have we we don't control the budaf or the county county
portion. They do their own u own budget. They do their own increases. Yes. I just want everyone to know we are voting on we the the bill that we're going to send out the tax bill we are approving that tax bill to go out with
the 2% of city portion that's the only portion that US city control I just want to clarify that and 66% uh of the budget will be spent by end of
July when are Are we expecting the letter from DCA first week in July? We should know. Okay. So, we could um not adopt we could introduce the budget after the we receive the letter.
Correct. That's the route we taking now. Yep. Then why were we told before that we have to introduce the budget? said that what you said the statue there there's a statue that says we have to introduce um by March by March 31st
or the meeting after March 31st you guys started the process in March how we going to introduce it in in March according to you we put the but I think we need to have a better planning I'm going to support it because the city business needs to continue but in future
we need to have a better plan last time we we um you brought up the introduction of the budget. You said you started the process of of the budget in March and how going to introduce the budget in March 31st. If you started in the same month, I think it's a very hard job. So,
so I think we need to start early. Well, we start the process the budget process starts way before that starts in November when we have our meetings, when we have the public meeting, the putting the budget together in as a whole, we started in March. Yes. So I think we
need to start earlier then. All right, that's all. Thank you. Roll call. Madam Clerk, Council President, uh, Councilman Jackson. So let me just give you just a few examples, right? When you talk about, well,
the city, we're only responsible for 2%. We don't we you're not responsible for the schools and the uh the county. But that's why it's called balancing the budget. You understand that year to year there's
different impacts that we take on from various locations whether we take it out from the schools because whether we understand it or not we have a collaborative relationship with the schools. So if we were responsible and we met with the schools and we understand that
they're requiring an increase of say 3 and 1 half 4%. Then what we have to do to the taxpayer is be responsible and balance the budget. So we do we understand we have our mandatory increase to the levy but there's still
ways that we save for example and this is just a quick like going through the budget very quickly. So, traffic maintenance worker, right? We have six of them, but there's three vacancies.
We're not budgeting for the vacancies to reduce the amount from the vacancies. We're budgeting for the six vac for the three vacancies as well. We're giving them a full uh budget
assessment or uh appropriation so they can just keep the the positions vacant throughout the entire year. You understand? Now, this particular position, there's six traffic maintenance workers positions. The
increase on that position is 1%. So if you're an employee, right, you're entitled entitled to a yearly increase that's incremental to what we understand that the budget will be increased. So normally a 2% increase is what we what
we target for all our employees. But these particular workers, we're going to allow them to budget to short them on their increase. So they're only being increased on 1%. I'm getting to a point here. when you go to the water and sewer
department, right? We have sewer repair personnel. So, a sewer repairman, we we have budgeted for eight eight of them. There's six fields, so two vacancies. We're still going to fully
appropriate for their two vacancies. But that position for those employees who we know that these are employees of DPW, they're grossly underpaid. We're going to give them an increase of 1.5%. So this is what we're doing as
responsible people, you know, doing the budget. This is people, well, we need to make sure you get paid. When you go down to to streets and roads, right? And I hope my brothers at DPW are watching. a laborer. There's quite a few of them, but out of the 29, we have some
vacancies. We're fully appropriating the vacancies, but 1.9% is what we're allowing an increase for those workers. So, 29 27 employees that's working here. You got two vacancies that we know they're going to keep them vacant the entire time. We're fully appropriating
the line, but they're only increasing that line 2%. Right. Let's go to the tax assessor's office. We have a position of
tax assessor, right? Who's the deputy? Is that position empty, vacant or not? No, the position's filled. That position is filled. Yes. But there this position
is actually in fact down the line. These are 2.5% increases. So they're not 1.5 1.0. They're 2.5% increases. And are we certain that that position is filled? Okay. I'm I'm going to need a report on
on the the whole list of the entire department if I can, please. Okay. Right. So let's go further in purchasing. You have assistant purchasing agent. Another vacancy.
this person 1.3% but yet all the other positions in there 2.5 and you can go down the line and there's 2.5 in personnel 2.5 not not everyone but just about
everyone there is being increased 2.5%. So when we're looking at being responsible, there's something that's being increased even more than that. You have vacancies that's being left there. Instead of taking that those vacancies and paying employees fairly, we're sitting back. We're increasing in
certain divisions, people are seeing a higher increase. And if you take 3,000 employees and you increase them all by 5%. That percentage rate eventually adds up. So, if we're going to be responsible, we're saying, "Hey, let's
we know we have to a 2 point two 2.0% increase to the levy, but we're still not budgeting responsibly." And some of these positions that people are seeing these substantial increases on are, of course, people who are working collaboratively
with the administration. And yet still there's there's spaces where the um services are not being um rendered uh uh properly. Employee benefits employee benefits
specialists insurance another 2.5%. But yet, listen, this is not budgeting responsibly. Moving on a temporary appropriation without going through the budget,
looking at where we can make the cuts. In the end, we're not going to have room to make these cuts because these employees are already going to be paid at that rate. These employees are going to have twothirds of their pay already done. You're not going to be able to decrease their salary. In fact, what you're going to do is wind up decreasing
it less than the 2.0 0 m the the two the 2.0 mandatory increase rate. This is not how how things are supposed to be done. But obviously the city wouldn't be in a condition if it was if we were being responsible. But I'm I'll rest there.
Right. Roll call. M. Roll call on item number 52. Councilwoman Cotton is not here. Councilwoman Cotton. Okay. Councilwoman Dava. Yes. Counciloman Jackson.
No. Councilman Khik. Yes. Councilwoman Mims Patterson. We have to vote to make sure the city does not shut down. If we don't vote for this tonight, the city will shut down.
People will not get paid and our employees will be in a in a worse place than they are currently. We have to do the responsible thing. We cannot allow the city to be in a position where there's no money to operate the city. That's what this item is for. We don't
have an introduced budget. The uh administration has in times past they're using based on the metrics of what they've asked the state for. The state has been very generous um under a Democratic governor and has been very
gracious to the city of Patterson and the funds we've requested under transitional aid. So, they've upped the ante. They're asking for 33 million and they built in some uh cushion or wiggle room in case we don't get 33. Perhaps we'll get 31. But I think we'll be
covered and this is the responsible thing to do. If we vote no and this does not pass tonight, the city will shut down. People will not get their services. Employees will be having an issue because they will not get a paycheck. Our next meeting is not until
July 1st. We have to support for the city to run. Mems are supporting the city running. I don't want the city to shut down and our employees deserve to get the best service. My vote is yes, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Councilman Omar. Yes.
Councilwoman Cotton. Yes. Thank you. The votes are one second. Oh, Council President, sorry. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Just for the record, um, let me reiterate what we voting on item 52. This is the temporary appropriation
that will cover June and July with 54,527,765. This is the right thing to do. And I'm going back into the the the the budget that we the introduced budget that we voted down twice. Now this coming week we have a meeting with Silva myself
council member is going to be with me and I would I would love to have all the council member to join us and we're going to go line item by line item to the budget to see when and where we're going to cut to reduce that the budget that's what we're doing and the time to
do it it's now before the budget get you know voted. So that's that's a job that we're going to do now. Checking those open position that we have. We'll take it out. Checking uh the budget for all the different department. That's what we doing now. But the this 54 million is
just to run the city on June in July. By July, we're going to have the transitional aid. And if the state doesn't give us the $33 million and instead of 33, they they they will say, "Okay, you're going to have 27." So we know that we have 105,216,000
that we have to take that we have to take the money out of there to protect the taxpayer. That's what we're doing. So I'm looking forward for that meeting on Thursday and I would love to see all the council Khali to join me and go over the budget line ite. Thank you. The votes are six in favor,
one against, two absent. Item number 42 is adopted. Oh, thank you. Council President, can we do item number five? So our director, we have one director here. Can we do item number five, please? Abs. Yes. I was going I was going at that direction on first reading. We only have one item. Item
number five on the clerk. Item number five. One second, please. Item number five, first reading ordinance, no public hearing required. Ordinance pursuant to the zoning and land development ordinance to designate
Bible Way Church of Christ 16-22 South Street, historically known as St. at the neosis. At the Okay, someone help me with that. At the
at theios at theios Greek Orthodox Church as a municipal historic landmark sponsored by Councilman Lewis Vz. So moved economic development. It was moved by Councilwoman Mims and second by Councilwoman Davila. Roll call and collect on item number five on first
reading. Go to item 99. Roll call on item number five. This first reading for first reading. Councilwoman Cotton, yes. Councilwoman Dava, yes. Councilman Jackson, yes. Councilman Khik, yes.
Councilwoman Mims, so this is a no-brainer. This went through historic preservation. We had tons of petitions and signatures for this item. It went through its due process. I don't see why this should not continuously move forward until the final. And I see Vez running in to do his vote on this item.
My vote is yes in first reading. Thank you, Councilman Omar. Yes. Thank you, Councilman Vez. Number five, Council. Uh, thank you colleagues for um supporting this uh important resolution uh ordinance.
Sorry, I know it's going to second reading. Um, council president went past today. I know we have a closeout meeting by the 30 of I believe at the end of the month. If it's possible that this item could be as a second reading and at the closeout meeting because they had some
celebration going on, they to get it ready. So, it's possible to ask you to do that for put in the agenda at the closeout meeting the 30th. So, saying that, congratulation. Moving forward, my vote is yes. No, after no after. Thank you, Council President. After the second
reading. Um, thank you, Madam Clerk. My vote is yes on item number five on first reading. Okay. Now, you said um this to be adopted on on the 1st July 1st. Oh, the close out meeting. Close out meeting. Correct. After after the second
reading is that we have to wait 21 days, but now we could we could plug it into the closeout meeting for second reading. Yes, we could do that. We could put a close out second reading and the closeout meeting and then we take the closeout meeting. What date is it? I
have uh the reorganization meeting. That's that's the next meeting. And then after that No, we change we change the calendar year. Oh, so we don't have no So we have close out meeting when we So why don't we No, there's no closeout meeting July 1st is when we meet. Council President, Council
Me, if I'm not mistaken, there is a meeting on July 8th. Why don't we just make a request that it's a it's a workshop, but on July 8th, we can request that there be a special meeting on July 8th and we could approve it that way. We worked that out. No problem. Yeah, we could do that. We worked that
out with the clerk. Absolutely. July 8th. All right. Thank you. Uh Madame Clerk. So to the me council president before uh she announc um to the members of the uh great b um bible church uh the next uh reading for this will be July
8th in a special meeting. So you're welcome to attend. Okay. Uh thank you. Um so do you announce the vote? The votes are eight in favor, one absent. Um item number five is adopted on first
reading. Second reading will be held at the July 1st special meeting. Um July 1st special meeting. July 8th. No. July 8th. July 8th. Yeah. Special meeting. Oh, yes. I'm sorry. July 8th
special meeting. Thank you. All right. I'm going to do so first. It It's adopted on first reading. Um Thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Clerk, let's do item 45. 45. Correct. Item number 45 is a resolution authorizing award of contract to
citywide towing, Inc. for towing and storage of vehicles bid number 25.16 for the city of Patterson administration resolution number 2531. So move second. It was moved by council woman council me and second council woman 45. Uh it was moved by council me
counciloman and second by counciloman mims. Roll call m clerk on item 45. Discussion. Discussion. Councilman Jackson. Council president. So, there's been a a a consistent issue, and I brought this up to Corporation Council once before with
regard to people whose vehicles have towed uh at 11:59 p.m. And they're picking these vehicles up at 8:00 in the morning. They're being
charged for two dates. So, but the state allows it. It's not about what the state allows. It's about what the governing body protects his residents from. Know that he Jesus Christ, man. People just don't care. We our residents are getting beat up over there. And the the lines
are through the door. Oh, okay. Um I'm going go get this stuff. Did we make any adjustments to this new um contract with regard to this matter? Uh corporation council. Corporation council.
Thank you, council president. Thank you, Councilman, for that inquiry. Um, we did not modify the contract. It went through uh purchasing and proceeded through the normal course. So, okay. I I made the request before and I hear
council members uh chattering in under in their breaths that we can't modify. Um, can you clarify that? Cuz I mean it the municipality has the has the the the
wherewithal to to propose any agreement that we see fit that fits best for our community. Obviously, our residents are targeted, you know, um, disproportionately versus residents in other communities.
So, is there any provision within the law that you're aware of or that you can point out to me specifically pointing out by the law that disallows this council to enter into an agreement that prohibits the contractor from unfairly
charging people for 48 hours when their car has only been in possession for five or six hours. Cooperation council. Uh, thank you again, Council President, for the opportunity and Councilman Jackson. No, I'm not aware of any law that prohibits that. Um, my suggestion is given that
this goes out to bid and that there are uh bid specifications um that uh the concerns of council be brought up to the uh licensed purchasing agent. Um I don't I'm not sure um if any of the proposed suggestions would be a
material change in the bid and therefore change the bid. Um, but that that expertise is best uh dealt with through our purchasing agent. And so to answer your question, no, I'm not aware of any pro prohibition on suggesting changes, but it may materially affect the bid.
And I'm happy to look at this issue extensively once the licensed purchasing agent uh gives us the authority to deviate from any uh bid specs. Why Why don't we have a copy of the contract here in the packet? Just copy the reservoir. Why not the copy of the
contract? And further and and I appreciate the answer to that uh council, I mean uh corporation council, but a bid outlines what the job they're going to do. If they're going to pick up cars, that's
the bid to be able to to be able to perform that duty to pick up cars. The rate is set by the state. The rate in which they can charge for towing is set by the state. the rate in which they could charge for storage. What we have to outline is that we're not going to
allow them to charge a rate of 24 48 hours for a car that they've only had in their possession for 5 6 hours. This is unfairly targeting our residents and you know they're they're they're making an
astronomical amount of money and towing 20 30 cars a night at one additional day. And what it's doing is it's putting a very deep strain on single parents in this community, people in this community that are living, you know, check to
check and barely scratching by. We have to be responsible in making sure that these contractors are not mistreating our our our our um our residents. This is not just this is not being responsible just by moving on this item the way it is. So that's what I'm
bringing forward. um if we can make an amendment to this or send it back to the vendor for their um edification, but just to support this item and allow for the vendor. I understand, you know, campaign season's coming. Everybody's
looking for campaign contributions, but um yeah, they they're they're they're coming up way too much on our on the backs of our residents. Council President. Um, council members, I have council khali, council me council mim, and council member. We go that order. Go
ahead, council. Thank you. I mean, I done sat through bid, so I know what bids mean. M Mr. If we don't do it, council woman, I could I could give the floor right after. Come on, you can make when is the current contract expiring
for this uh entity? It's by already I I I I see it here. this this contract is from July 1st to June 30, 2028. So I guess is end of this month uh is
expiring. Mhm. I do agree with Councilman Jackson. Um we do need to put an amendment in there that vehicle has to be at least 24 hours in the garage.
at least more than 24 hours in the garage to be charged for two days, not being there for 6 hours and you get charged for storage for 2 days. Um, I'd like to put an amendment on on the floor
on this resolution as well. Um, if I if I could do that. Absolutely. We can. All right. Just we can uh corporate madam madame clerk or uh just just Mr. Corporation council.
Um, so council me council members I I just I just I just I want I want to answer from our corporation council. There's an amendment. So corporation council can we can we put that whereas in in that um in that resolution
corporation council. Yes. Thank you council president. Thank you m councilman khik for that inquiry. So my understanding is that there was a bid specification that was laid out and that this contract represents an approval of that bid and this contract represents an approval
in that bid to the extent that uh council uh has a suggestion or a suggested change. Uh I respectfully suggest that uh the police director along with the purchasing agent be brought in so that they could liazison with this particular contractor. I'm
happy to look at any contract amendments that the council are suggesting and perhaps maybe we we can bring this item back once the police director and the purchasing agent who usually uh leaison directly in this process can um move
forward with the council's suggestions. Okay. Al also council one one more question. I don't have the beat spec in front of me. I'm not even sure. Is it in the big specs that soon as you pass the the midnight you get charged
for uh another day? No. Or or how does it work? I mean, I never had anybody saying that there the vehicle was there for 6 days and 6 hours and and they got charged for 2 days. Coun I mean I believe Councilman Jackson, he said he
heard from the community members. I I never got across anyone like that. But is there in the base spec uh that you know of anything written in there in a such a language? Um council president may Yes.
Cooperation council. Thank you. In followup uh Councilman uh Khal I'm not aware of it being in the bids bags and and I do think this is a meaningful suggestion and it's something that need should be looked at again through the purchasing agent and and the police. I'm
doing some um informal research now on it, trying to pull up the state statute that governs uh towing contracts. Um but at this time I'm not able to advise whether or not that's that's specifically regulated by the state or that's something that council cannot do.
What are we discussing? Probably is not even in the respect. Um, so can you please uh before I vote, can you look into it or we we might be dis discussing something not even on the on the in the respect? Uh, can can I get an answer for it
before before we vote, please? Thank you. All right. So, I'll select just just a minute. I have Councilman Mims, Council Member Bles, and and and we go going back to you, Councilman Jackson. Councilwoman Mims. And so, sorry. Thank you, Council President. And so, not just
for this item, but just in general. So, I get a lot of phone calls, and I'm sure others do too, in regards to uh their cars being told, right? And so, the first thing I say to them, right, regarding their situation, because they give me a lot of stories about the car
being tow, the good thing that I love is that these toll companies take photographs, right, of what's happening. And out of I would say 99.95% of every call I received, those cars were parked illegally. Every car.
There's not one car, right? So, we're sitting here talking about a time span and all that. The real question is, are these cars parked legally or not? We know the answer. They are not parked legally. I had a guy call me, are you in
yelling? And I called the tow company and they sent me the photograph and they were all parked illegally, right? And they have proof and I'm so grateful. I don't know how they what made them start doing it, but I think that was a great thing. Right. So the other piece is I've
never and I don't know I've never heard or have received a call that someone parked somewhere for six hours and then they got charged or whatever. I haven't received those calls. However, we know after midnight it goes into another day, right? We all know that it goes into
another day. So, what happens is the first thing we need to be saying to the community, please park legally to avoid being told, please look at the signage. Please do your due diligence. Make sure
we're parking in the designated areas that we should be parking in because we got to send the right message to the community. Secondly, there was an incident on Sunday where there was a mixup and it was not the tow company's fault. It was an error with the uh
actual police officer because we also have to put on record that the tow company does not just tow cars. They cannot tow without the police coming first, issuing a ticket and then the car is sold. So they issue a ticket based on
whatever the violation is and then the car gets sold after that. So those are things that we have to really put to the community. There's two things. Police are present. They give the statute code of your violation. Based on that code, you are told. So my thing to the
community, please try to park legally. Please make sure you're not violating those things um so that you don't get in these scenarios. And there's many people that were in scenarios and they have called and we have assisted them and I've had the conversation with them as
well. I will assist you but this is the concern. This is where you were. One person was like I wasn't. They saw the picture they said you're right. One lady said they weren't and I went to the to the actual location and they were parked illegally. So you have to make sure
there are signage in the community everywhere. If there are errors and you call us, we will help you. But 99.95% of every call that I've received and many people are texting me saying, "You are so right. Thank you so much." Right.
It's right. Now, if there are other concerns where perhaps maybe the ticketing was wrong, that comes from the police department. That has nothing to do with the tow company. That's a totally separate issue. But on this particular item, there's state regulations that we have to follow based
on the charge and the fees and all that which goes beyond us. Local cannot supersede state. So, we got to follow their guidelines. But that's the message I believe we should really get to the to the community. Their uh contract is almost to the point of expiration. They
have bid specs. Our purchasing agent who was duly qualified has signed off on this item. And for me personally, they have not given me a campaign donation. So, I'm not fighting for for them to do anything. I'm do is before us. That's
our due diligence as city council um to do it. And council president, people voted up, they voted up. If they voted down, they voted down. But I think it was a great um great piece that we should look into. I heard Councilman Jackson, Councilman Khali, we definitely should look into that to see what we can
do futuristically. But right now we have a company that contract is expiring within the next 13 days. Thank you council president. Thank you council woman. Um council. Thank you council president. So um the f say is that five people five vendors requested the bid
package. Only one company the one that we talking about submit all the requirement for the RFP. That means that it's simple and easy. Five company requested the package, one return it with all the requirements and
we talking about storage, having the land, having the right toll trucks, having the right employees, etc., etc. So, this one based on the RFP, the bid package, they process and they say this is the most the most qualified to do the
work in the city of Pass. Now if we if if the CFO Mr. BA can tell us how much is the fee that they pay back to us. Do you know that? $45 I believe is
I don't know the number. Okay. So they paid the city an administrative fee for every car that they toll. Now if we go back to their books I heard testimony. I listen to testimonies of people saying thank you
to citywide because they go use their discretion and not charge for storage knowing that those individual don't have a lot of money and giving the car back. So nobody's going to be here saying thank you city wife for giving me the car because I didn't have money but I
needed a car that day. Right. And some of the councilman are here understand what we go through. That's that's worry. All those motorcycles still out there. Um um
so now so I don't have a bad experience with city why never will have because you know why they they they understand what's going
on in city pass people cars are toll because as council woman stated illegal driveways etc etc no illegal uh blocking driveways. Uh the police order to do it. Sometime the police use discretion and give the
ticket and do not tow the car because they that's another motorcycle that um they believe use a discretion to not tow it because it's not creating a hazard or or or risking people life or whatever. But
let's be fair, this company has served the city quite good. And I've been I'm being witnesses witness how many they have been using their uh um discretion to even give the car back. And you know
some people leave the car there for weeks. That's true. Month. That's so true. Have you thought about that? and they still have and still they have discretion with those individual knowing that they need the car. So let
let's clarify the record here too. every RFP, every proposed bit, there's a form that says that you have not gave donations to any councilman or any political figures in the city of Pastor.
If you go to So let's not create that motion that we get money, we do this, we do that because this some of this RFP we don't even know until we don't go and vote on it. So saying that, you know, let's move forward. Now, one thing SBA
some probably they blaming that company that sit behind Van all those tow trucks waiting. Yeah. The black tow trucks waiting. Yes. To see somebody's parking in Wendy's and without Wendy calling them without
calling them. They have people sitting there and they see that somebody went in a hurry to go to use the bathroom and somebody and they toying the carts. All right. And not only that, that company, Mr. BA, is going to homeowner
house and putting their sign saying if you your driveway is blocked, call me, I tow your car. That's illegal. If this the police is not call, they cannot tow the cars. And and and I see it all the way around the city. Okay. This company
is abusing people, is abusing the system. So that's have to get look into it because this is about how and it's not a staging for that company tow truck uh to be able to doing business in city pattern and
they be blocking corners under the bridge sleeping make him believe that they are not in the vehicle because they got tins and I spoke to the director uh Jared Spisial about this. This toying company has a sign that says
police official toying vehicle. Okay. So that have to be look into it because they are not our police official towing vehicle. So, and that's have to look into it because, you know, that's
why we have to make sure and they charge, I believe, um 300 $350 for taking your car and and return it back. So, thank you, Mr. President. I I think this is good to go to vote and move forward. Yes. I have one more uh I have Councilman Jackson uh
that asked for the floor. Councilwoman, you you good? Uh corporation council has an information that he would like to put on the floor. Corporation Council before Councilman Jackson uh uses time, please. Yes. Thank you, Council President. So, we have an ordinance uh chapter 453
towing. And in that ordinance, it states any vehicle to towed or stored after 4 p.m. and claimed before 11:00 a.m. the next day shall only be charged for one day of storage. So, I've spoken to Councilman Jackson, some other of his colleagues that to the extent that to
the extent that any residents have had a different experience to bring those to our attention. Um, and I'll personally be reaching out to the tow company to ensure that they're complying with our ordinance. Excellent. Well said. Thank you. Um,
Council Jackson. Thank you, Council President. So for a point of clarity, never once did I say anything about people parking illegally or to being told illegally and photographs by the tow company. And I respect and appreciate. I'm not here to get into
anybody's way of doing business, but it's just like these phone companies uh search charge uh whatever they add. You got a million customers, you add a $2 search charge to the bill, you hitting up $2 million every single
month. And that adds up, you know, and it's just like the ordinance that was on the books that disallowed for land owners to charge residents for parking.
That was on the books as well. I mean, you know, maybe I I'm not as diligent as I need to be. I don't get an opportunity to scrub every single ordinance line by line, but I can tell you one thing. allowing people to be charged for 24
hours when your car has only been or 48 hours when your car's only been impounded for five or 6 hours. They're not doing anything additional. They're not doing any extra labor, any extra work. They got one guy, two guys working overnights, bang those cars, and they
hit and and they hit up. And I I can guarantee you and and I I appreciate that and respect the corporation council, but once we finish and I need everybody who is listening tonight to please help me put the word out. If your car has been towed over the last four
years and you've been charged for 2 days for additional day of ser uh uh uh storage, then please inbox me, inbox one of your council members. Corporation council clearly said he'll make sure that it's made
right. And I'll just be curious to see what the number is. I want to broadcast that number to the public as well to let you understand that our job as council members is not to make sure that the cuz because there's a lot of statements that was made tonight that just kind of
clouds the process. Our purchasing agent is very competent. I never said anything about the purchasing agent not being competent. The purchasing agent is not the one that negotiates the contract. The negotiator of the contract is the administration.
Our job is to hold the administration accountable and take care of the concerns of our residents, not a contractor. The contractor has been endowed with an opportunity to do business in our city to make a lot of money. By the way, cuz
how many of you are reflective? I mean, classic towing, they became such a huge entity on the backs of Patterson. So they charge you hit people up for tow for um back then they used to hit everybody hard for street cleaning. You wouldn't just get a ticket you automatically get towed. They made
millions of dollars and then moved on while this company is built. They built building up their fleet. They're now having you know capabilities of doing 18 wheeler truck. Listen, I'm happy for anybody that could grow their business but don't grow it on
the backs of the people who are struggling the most. And if we're not going to be here to protect that, then I don't know what we're here for. But we have to protect the best interest of our residents. And I'm willing to vote on move on move on this corporation
council. I I'll I'll um you know uh endow him with the opportunity to to to do his due diligence and for us to aid and assist as well. But I also urge the council to to continue because I still have residents that are being disallowed
parking in their on on on in within a a space that they rent that has a garage, has a driveway. So, when you talk about people that are parking illegally and then we just approved tonight on a consent agenda and a a a resolution to
allow for 25 by 100s in the first, fourth, and fifth wards that they could they could propose to put a three family house there. As if these communities aren't already overpopulated. So, we're putting you in these positions to have to park illegally. We're putting you in
in these positions where your neighborhoods are so congested and and the and the landlords are not providing the parking spaces that they were supposed to do when they were approved in the zoning or or uh planning board meetings. And then we punish the the
residents and then say, "Hey, don't park illegally and you won't have to be No, it's our job to provide clear, reasonable outlets for our residents to safety." you know, the word that's used so often, I hate using it because it's used so often, quality of
life. But anyway, I don't want to leave this out too long. I I appreciate the effort, corporation council. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Cor. Council President, I just wanted um to say um brief um on
that one item about the towing. Um actually when the when the purch in the specs once once the specs is put out there like you saw five companies pick up only one one return.
um for items that you want to see in the specs, you put it in the specs. Once the once the bid is open and is awarded, it's not up the administration can't negotiate nothing. There's nothing to negotiate now because they already
did. They they they speculate what they bid on. Now, if you're going to add something later, then you actually got to go back out for rebid. You have to reject this bid and go back out for another bid. You cannot you can I you cannot
change a bid specs that a purchasing agent put together. A purchasing agent is putting the specs together. He's getting information. He could have got you could have gave him some information. Any council member could have said we want to give him some
information. This is what we would like to see in the bid specs. It could it could have easily been done that way. So with that being said, if if if I heard what corporation council said that it would be changed um
that uh I mean you can't change a bid spec you got to reject the bid and of course you don't you know if you reject the bid the person who got the bid going to say why you rejecting the bid and when you do reject the bid it got to be a good reason why you reject the bid cuz the
judge going to say why you rejecting this bid. So, with that being said, madame clerk, um you know, you can't they negotiate, you can laugh all you want, but you can negotiate everything, but administration, I'm not singing, and I'm going tell you that right now, but
you can't change no bispect. Administration can't you can't no council person sitting up here can change it. So, being said, thank you. Thank clerk. Roll call on item number 45 for
adoption. Councilwoman Cotton. Yes. Councilwoman Councilman Jackson. Thank you, Madam Clerk. This is not altering the bid specs. I'm more than positive. In the bid, it doesn't say we're going to charge your residents
that we tow at 11:00 and they pick up their car at 8:00, we're going to charge them for 2 days. It doesn't say that within the bid. You don't have to not you don't have to make an agreement for people to treat people right. That's an understanding. And more importantly, it's clear. It's in our ordinance. So,
it's against the law for them to do so. Not only here's my commitment. Not only will I make sure that every single person that's charged an additional fee is refunded, but that money is refunded back with interest. With interest.
That's my commitment. And if you're a resident or you know somebody that was charged for an additional day, please make sure they reach out to my office. I'll put them in contact with whomever. I'll make sure you're paid what you're supposed to be paid back plus interest. Um Madam Clerk, thank you. My vote is
yes. Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Kik, my vote is yes, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Council Councilwoman Mims. Madame Clerk, one of the things we we want are our businesses to do business
in the city of Patterson. We've had some situations in the past, Councilman McCoy can tell you, with some tow companies. This one is not one of them at all. And there's some situations, I mean,
residents, my phone, they're watching, they text me, they said, "Me, you're exactly right." cuz we know we have some issues, parking, all type of things in the city. We know what's going on in the city, but it still does not give us the
right to tell anyone, anybody to illegally park in the city of Patterson. Now, should they be should there be enforcement, the parking, wherever it that's the police, they do enforcement, but for us, there's a law on the books. Thank you Corporation
Council um and um and Councilman Jackson, Councilman Khalik, for even asking the question. and there was a law on the books and if there are any residents that have experienced what has been stated, please send your information in so that it could be
looked into. But we're voting on the uh renewal of a contract. Um that purchasing states that the procurement process was followed properly, was signed off by our purchasing agent and also corporation council. My vote is
yes. Thank you, Councilman VZ. This company have proved a lot of professionalism out there with the residents of Patterson. I'm being honest. They work hard to make
sure that our city be well represented with the service. And um I've seen out there they don't leave debris in the streets. They clean. I could say 95 or 99.9%
they are city residents that works in that company and um listen I once again they they make their own judgment um regarding to have give the car back sometimes without
charging the individuals. I testify on that. So let's talk about the positive that happened out there. probably a lot of people are going to come back talking negative on something but um but even even people from the audience
here that laughing they ask favors too and a lot so you know let's keep on moving next time as as corporation council say we don't negotiate we don't sit on the table of of of drafting what they need or not
need u um I judge uh that Harry Savales are doing a great for based on his experience and years at the city of Patterson and the and the scope of work is there and if the company has the land to storage and the company is have the
tall trucks to serve, why we want to bring somebody from out of town to take our cars all the way down Route 80 or another town then then you have to pay a lot. Then you have to pay a lot. So saying that um I'm satisfied with this
renewal contract. My vote is yes. Thank you, council president. My vote is yes, but I'm unclear. Thank you. Um, let's see. Okay, the votes are six in favor,
three absent. Item number 45 is hereby adopted. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Item 46. 46. So item number 46 is a resolution for LEAP funding to extend real fix to Pay
and Clifton via a shared services agreement administration resolution number 25 colon 332. Do we have a motion on 46 for real fence? It's been moved by Councilman Carton. Do
we have a second? Do we have a second? Council members. It fails. No, we we in a motion right now. The presentation is in the workshop. So, we have a motion. So, this item failed for a lack of motion. Madame clerk, let's send this item back to committee, back
to the workshop. Okay. Item number 46 failed for lack of motion. Now, members of the public, um, Council President, Councilman Jackson, you're going to send this back to workshop. Please make sure that it's
accompanied by a uh uh uh, you know, statistics of performance of Yes. what what's he sent? I asked last week. He sent it. Okay, duly not councilman Jackson. So let's um madame
clerk, how many speaker do we have on the public portion? Rio data. We need real data. We have 16 speakers. Okay, members of the public. So we're going to start the public portion. You have three minutes to address the council respectfully and the administration. Right after the three
minute, I will respectfully ask you to move and allow the next person to use the his three minutes. Um madame clerk, let's call the first speaker. The first speaker is Elvis Durham. Please state your name. Elvis.
That was on my Mr. Elvis Dor from Patterson, New Jersey. Um before I get started, um the last time I was here, it was Thursday and after I left,
my friend over here, Councilman Michael Jackson at the First War I left to um to say something. But I feel like
anything I had said this past Thursday, it was real. What I had said this past Thursday was for the people in the black community to start supporting one
another. We don't support one another a lot. The black community is too divided. At some point, Councilman Mike Jackson, you one of the leaders in this city, in the black community,
but at the same time, I respect you. Respect me. That's my opinion. You got your opinion. I got my opinion. So to say all that,
it's time for us in the black community to have respect. Respect don't cost nothing. And I also say in 2026
it will be a candidate in the black community running and may win, but nobody up there have the numbers. It's going to be a candidate.
I also want to say congratulation to everyone that came to the grand opening of Fast Break Cafe and Civil Fox. want to say um Councilman Lewis Valz, Artis Mandez,
Councilman Artis Mandez, Councilwoman um Lisa Mims, and I already know Councilwoman Whoopy Cotton was out of town. I hope you bought me some food back from South Carolina. But anyway, to the ones that did not
stop by, you probably did. If you did, stop by. Let's support these businesses in the city of Patterson, New Jersey. It's time for us to support one another. Every other community is building.
Some of y'all could look at me like y'all crazy because y'all Mike Jackson supporters. I Hey, I don't got no problem with Mike Jackson. The thing is it's time for us to work together. And another thing, um,
it it been said that, um, you afraid to stop me from talking, but the thing is, council president, I'm not afraid of nobody up here. And I don't want you to be afraid of me. So,
if you want me to stop, I stop because I have I have a YouTube channel. You have YouTube? I have a Facebook page. And I could go on and on. I don't need the city council. Thank you, Elvis. Thank you. I could go on TV anytime I want. I'm a recording and artist from EDO and production and I was under major
companies. Speaker, Mad Clerk, God bless you. Thank you. The next speaker is Mr. Rodney Adderson. Please state your name. He left. He left. Okay. Next speaker is Joel Keys Jr. Your name on the list.
Joel Keys Jr. Patterson. Can we overcome the divide and conquer outcomes of systemic Uncle Tom politics? Through the vehicle of systemic Uncle Tom politics, people with ambition can fasttrack their way up the social
mobility ladder. Uncle Tom politics is at the disposal of every ethnic group, including those who identify as white. Uncle Tom politics demands the candidate seeking to move up the social mobility ladder must publicly support policies
harmful to the members of their respective communities, particularly minorities. Some Uncle Toms remain committed to their people. They understand the rules of Uncle Tom politics and know they cannot show support for their people by publicly
challenging any harmful policies. However, they demonstrate their loyalty by supporting their people privately. On the other hand, some Uncle Toms have not remained committed to their people and have gladly publicly supported policies
harmful to them. They demonstrate their disloyalty by never privately supporting their people. Malcolm X explained the origin of the Uncle Tom politics and its divide and conquer outcomes in his epic expose about the house negro and the
field negro during slavery. The house negroes lived in the house with the master and the field negroes lived in shacks and huts. The House Negroes received better treatment, including better food, clothing, and their primary service was to spy and report any
suspicious plans or ideas the field negroes may devise, especially plans of escape or revoke. Malcolm described how the Uncle Tom politics and its divide and conquer outcomes established during slavery were modernized. He said, quote,
"Just as the slave master used Tom, the house negro, to keep the field negroes in check, the same old slave master today has negroes who are modern Uncle Tom's, 20th century Uncle Toms to keep you and me in check."
Modern field negroes such as Councilman Jackson publicly challenges policies that harm their people. They understand the rules of Uncle Tom politics to achieve upward social mobility, but don't subscribe to those tenants. Instead, they represent the voice of
disscent, which results in being black ballalled or blacklisted. During his second trip to Africa, members of the Organization of African Unity showed Malcolm they had Uncle Tom's in their movement, working alongside radical revolutionaries. They said divide and
conquer was the bigger picture and Malcolm was still exploited by it in the United States. Malcolm got the point and made significant adjustments. He formed a second organization and recruited college educated professionals formerly considered by Malcolm as Uncle Tom's.
Malcolm realized we needed Uncle Tom's too. Why? Because it is the only way we can overcome the divide and conquer outcomes of Uncle Tom politics. Next speaker, Mon.
Next speaker is Eric McKenzie. State your name, please. Come on, family. Eric McKenzie. Good evening to Goodbody. Uh I'm happy to be here tonight. Uh let me first say that I came in peace tonight
and um I'm shocked to see that this place is empty. I'm surprised. But at the same time, I want to say I'm I am a Pattersonborn uh resident 57 years here in the city. And um
thank you all for what you uh voted on and passed for our church and our pastors and our history for Christian Creek Temple. We celebrated 75 years here in the city and um many of you don't maybe you may know you may not
know the history of the gospel highlights in this city but my dad and my uncles they came from South Carolina here in the 60s and my pastor who is Dr. Moses McKenzie when he got here
married and he ended up getting drafted to the Vietnam War and he came back to this city right there on the corner of Governor Street and Straight Street maintain a candy store raised his family and the gospel highlights traveled all over this
country singing and you might remember there was a malt liquor place now as a building there the camper stayed there the group traveled they recorded a live recording at school 28 and my uncle Doc started my group in 1977.
I was 7 years old and I've been in the group since 1977. And this year, June 28th, which is like next week. We're celebrating our anniversary concert at the International High School at 3 p.m. And we're inviting all of you to come
out. There is a general admission ticket for $25 and uh if you're interested in going or supporting, let me know. Uh I am the only member still in the group from 1977. Uh I'm celebrating 48 years in that
group and I'm happy and proud to say that my sons are now in the group and we listen, I'm still here in Patterson. My dad is in South Carolina now and my sister's there taking care of him. But you know what? Patteradisonson is all we
got. I fall out with my councilman. I attack you. I come at you and I I will do it for all of you. If you're wrong, me and Mike, we fell out. We have conversations. I I come at you. But at the same time, it's called accountability.
We have to hold each other accountable. And I want to hold our mayor accountable because you said something tonight that was true. when he was a councilman, he badgered Torres and Barnes and whomever else was there about being at meetings and he
hasn't been to one. He should show up and face the public because there's a lot more going on that need to be addressed. I thank you for this time and uh I'll be back June 28th. Thank you, Ruby Cotton. We love you all.
I love all y'all. No, no hatred. Thank you. Next speaker, M. I love you cuz council member, you know how we got your back. The next speaker is Eddie Oliv. I didn't realize you was coming after me. I I didn't know that that happened. Please state your name. Thank you. Eddie
Patterson. Good evening all. Um today's a good day. You know, um Bob Menendez reported to federal prison to start his 11year uh sentence. This is good. Don't shake your head. No, it may catch up to you.
Corruption catches up to people, you know. But anyway, uh you talked a lot about illegal parkings and stuff like that. I went outside and I took down four plates
of four vehicles. J37 VVL L95 JBL. Council President, I think he's out of order. Point of order. Point of order. Point of order. Council President, I believe he is not order. He is not a police officer and he's an
employee of this city. And also, Council President, point of order because he cannot disclose in public other people license plate for safety. He cannot go downstairs for safety, sir. Parked in a handicap spot without a hand without a handicap in your car. Council
president legal council members council members council members council members he's exposing license plate corporation council council president corporation council president council members please please I hear you loud and clear let's
move to the next speaker madam clerk let's move to the but council president let's move to the next speaker madam clerk point of order council president we cannot council mess we cannot just move counciloman M we cannot just move
to the next speaker. There was a sitting elected official whose address was publicly noted and someone came to the house and killed the family member. We just had two elected officials killed
four and you have a a person who was employed as an aid of a sitting council person at the microphone giving out license plate numbers of elected official. There should be a violation to that. Correct. You are not allowed. No
one is allowed to come to a microphone to give out license plate numbers on the at the microphone of elected officials and you are an employee of the city as you work as an aid for a city council person. Councilman. Um I think his
rights at the mic are revoked and I am asking that that that's the reason why that's the reason why I called the next speaker. That's a risk of I called the next president. What should happen? The point of order should be answered to first of all there
has to be a provision of a law or an ordinance or a violation. Wow. First, the first thing is I didn't hear that. Now, now one to be all to be fair, right? Mr. Olivaris is my aid. He
sent me a text and said, "I hope one of these plate numbers aren't yours." That in which means if it was, he was going to read my plate as well. No. And more importantly to the to the point of the point of order, which should be answered to by corporation council, because that
is the process, council president, which I don't think you clearly understand. Very clear. You don't have the ability to arbitrarily decide and and bar a No, he does not. No, he does not. I am very clear. He has to violate a rule.
Again, council members, council members, violate a rule. Your license plate, whether you whether you understand it or not, is outside for the public to view it. It is not it is not uh secret information. No, I did not hear him I
did not hear him dis I did not hear him say the plate number X, Y, and Z. He said that he said the plate number council president council members who the plate number belonged to. So if
corporation council can point out the law that Mr. Olivaris has violated I will personally hold him accountable but what law did he violate? If anybody here can please tell me. Council Jackson what law did he violate?
All right Councilman Jackson let's let's try let's try to go through. He didn't he didn't post anybody's we hear you. Let's try let's try to go through this uh public portion. No no we cannot move forward. Council president no violate but finish your point. What law did he
violate? It's a point of order on the floor. Okay. You have to answer to that point of law. Corporation council. What law did he violate? Mr. President, just a minute. Please I will be the first I hear you council. Council President I know that
council I know council woman council woman just a second have an issue with the general council woman she be council woman TV it is it is open for anyone to see that's pass so I don't have an issue with the gentleman speaking he has the
right to his three minutes but I do not and will not accept him putting car information in public in that manner so council president that's that's the point I was going say if if if we live in in a in a world right now that um I I
posted the other day that political violence is not accepted exactly in in our city and we're not it will not be accepted in our city if we start doing things from over here we going to fume out there a lot of stuff out there and and look what's going happening in the
world we not even feel safe right now so you never know if anybody watching in TV and say okay I cannot go there But please mention play play and we will understand what you're trying to say. And then and then I didn't interrupt you
counsel Jackson. I didn't and I interrupt you. What law? He's rambling. He's not the law. If what law we give you the floor just but you got your time. If he has any issues,
if he have any issues with plate numbers out there or whatever, stand out there. call PD and let PD handle the situation, not come over here and try to put plate numbers out there trying to violate his first amendment right. He has the right
to speak. He has the right to speak, council president. I had the right to speak. He had the right council president. I had the floor. I hear you. He had I got the floor. He had the right to speak. Free to speak, but he don't have the right to slander. He don't have
the try uh the to attack. and and and let's bringing over here factual tests. All right, Madame Cler, start the clock. Mer, finish your time. Go ahead, go. Council President, we cannot just start his time
over. We have to answer to the point of order. You got two minutes. What law did he violate? He was just accused of violating a law. I refer I refer to question. We didn't say that he is violating a law. We caution him that he's supposed
not to do that. I understood that and I know councilman Jackson understood that. I referred uh the the question to corporation council. If not, council members, please. Well, there's other speaker on the line that wants to use a three minute. We have the the you know this many this is the beginning of the
public portion. Please let's continue. Madame Cler, we start a clock, please. No, he got two minutes. Go ahead. You already speak a minute. So, okay, Mr. stool virus. Since they fail to prove that you violated any laws, by all means, do not allow them to to to misinterpret or interrupt your First
Amendment right to speak freely. You have the right. These license plates are on public display. Freaking people. It doesn't matter. 100,000 people see your clock. Merances happens. ML cler mart the clock. Let's
start. Go ahead. Me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me members of the public. Please, please, let's let's continue. Let's continue, please. Go ahead. Oh, you got five minutes. No, no. Thank you. Thank you very
You see this is this is how it ends for for people that engage in corruption. And I wish I know what you're going to say. No, but I wish that that Raphael will point the camera at the council so that people can see why it is that I call you scumbags. That I have no
respect for you. Okay, that's why that's why it's because you have no respect for the people of Patterson and these are the people that you work for. You work for me. Um I want to answer to uh or talk a little bit
about something that uh Miss Davila said about um the uh taxes. And you know I'll tell you it's not that taxes are high, taxes are low, whatever
the case may be. Let me tell you why it is that we the people of Patterson feel the way we feel. It's because whether we pay a lot of taxes or little taxes, the city is getting worse by the day. Killings, drugs, prostitution,
the streets are filthy. So, we feel that the the the the taxes that we're paying, you are wasting. You say that we feel that that we say that the only thing you guys do is uh street naming. Ma'am, it is well founded.
because we don't get anything in return for what we pay. You understand the frustration here in the city of Patterson. The city is getting worse by the day. And you're here complaining and saying
that um some of you sound as if uh we should be thankful that we pay so little taxes. Guys, we don't get anything for our taxes. Our streets are dangerous. I feel sorry for people that have a
small children because they must be afraid to let them walk our streets. That's why we are so frustrated with you guys. That's why we have no respect for
you until you guys are able to turn the city around. Stop flipfpping. Turn the city around. Fix this city. we will have no respect for you and I speak for the people of Patterson. I
once again uh say to you, you know, last the last meeting there was a young girl that said, you know, you have all the tools, you have all the power in the world uh to change things and to make things
better for the city of Patterson, but you don't. And so with that, I say good night. Scumbags. Byebye. Byebye. Next speaker, Madam Clerk. Byebye. Yes. The next speaker is Councilman Bill McCoy.
Please state your name. Lur the real McCoy. Um good evening um council members. Um to the audience and those that are viewing at home, I really wanted to make um three points.
tonight, but given the conversation before, I'm going to deviate a little bit and en encourage us to be more tolerant of each other. And um
you know, I'm in church all the time. I'm at places and I see flash on the screen uh a license plate number and say, "Hey, somebody needs to get out. You need to move your car." Your license plate is not a personal
private item. It's out in the public. There's no expectation of privacy when you're in public and you have a public vehicle. The person didn't tag the plate to the name of an individual. So, no disclosure was made other than what the public already knows that this is a
license plate number that identifies a vehicle. and whatever caution he was going to make, I think we should allow the public um to speak without being offended um based on what they're saying from this point of view because they have a
right to speak. Let me encourage you firstly to commend and to congratulate all of the um winners in the last primary, Democratic primary in particular. Um, I had I had a Republican friend of mine who was looking for uh a
Democratic candidate on his primary ballot and couldn't find it. So, I had to explain to him that he's on the crazy side and he have to look for names on that side, but the Democratic primary. So, I want to encourage everybody that they were all Democrats in the primary
and I commend all of them uh for winning their race locally. Senator Benji Wimbley, Kenyatta Stewart, and Al Abdelaziz, our local uh councilman. I also want to commend um Erland Cruz for
being a participant in in the effort and for stepping forward to lead. He still will be able to serve us at a county level. And I look forward to us to recognize that we're all on the same team. We may have not picked the same individual, but we are on the same team.
Now, it's a start and we need to look forward to uh November having some good, solid, grownup, hard conversations about democracy and how we choose those that represent us. Let me also remind everybody that our Jamaica Day
celebration is coming up on April 2nd, I mean August 2nd and 3rd, East Side Park. We we invite everybody to come on out that want to celebrate, enjoy music, have some good fellowship and and have a great time. So, I want to commend you
again. Look forward to seeing you. And I would ask you come this come July 1st that we look to select our council president will serve the city and go back to our two meetings a month. I think we're disenfranchising
the public by not giving them an opportunity to speak and also to make sure that we can address the matters that are before the council. Thank you very much for the opportunity. Next speaker, madam clerk. Yes, the next speaker is William Green.
The program starts at 5, but we'll be there for sound test a little bit earlier than that. Food and vendors and everybody will be here. We encourage you to come on, right? Have a great time. One love. Respect.
Kindly state your name. Good evening. My name is William Green and I'll try and make this brief. I live in an area that's not the best. Surrounded by drug addicts, dopies. I even slept I even found dead bodies
underneath my bed. Now, what I mean by that, I live on the first floor. They found them in the cellar. Uh, I left some money with a mortgage company. Ala is in Patterson.
I'm on a fixed income. I haven't heard from these people in six months. My basic reason being here is I need an apartment and I need a bed. It's an emergency. They came to a point where the area is so bad I almost had to kill a man and that's that's the truth. We
just kept pushing and pushing. So that mean definitely time for me to leave. Now the reason for me being there is I put there by a gentleman from um father English passing Catholic and I was only supposed to be there for
short short duration but I was there for two years two years too long. So I finally got in touch with the gentleman and he acting like he don't know me and he telling me the money I'm paying for rent people are not taking it taking that kind of money. So I just need somebody to help me out
with this cuz I'm alone on this and I need help. I'm I'm recovering now with triple bypass which uh which I'm going through and I'm I'm okay though. But the fact is I need a place to live. I'm not homeless. to
having a part like I said that is the equation there that's all thank you next speaker ne next speaker is Linda Mora state your name please Linda Mora good
evening everyone um my my thing is quick um I want to formally make this final request I want to thank Captain Murray for his efforts and Patterson PD for the the the ones that actually are enforcing the law, but we
still have a problem. Um, my kids and I can't get adequate sleep and this is the I mean I don't know after this I think a formal lawsuit will be filed because I have evidence of selective enforcement
uh something with the parking the city towing. I've seen police selective enforcing the law. Uh they towed um getting off topic topic, my neighbor who was a elderly who is an elderly
individual uh her car got towed and um she wasn't uh blocking the fire hydrant. I think she got a a ticket for the handicap, which she is handicapped, but it wasn't her spot.
and then numerous cars which I have over one terabyte of uh evidence of police interaction and uh them not enforcing the law especially at night. Um but back to the parking well there's going to be
officers uh well they'll they'll pass by. They'll maybe they'll take it. I've had both instances where they'll just ticket the car and not tow it being at a fire hydrant. And my neighbor, this
particular neighbor who who's elderly and sick, she has had numerous uh problems on Godwin regarding uh the cars hitting her, numerous car accidents. Her car has been hit, I want to say three to
four times while parked. Um, so I'm here because I'm tired of harassing kind of, you know, like everyone and and uh especially Captain Murray with the noise, it's it's unbelievable. I growing
up, even though I come from a broken home, the little time I had spent with my father, he I was raised where I couldn't drag the the chair. I was on the we were on the ground level floor. We weren't on top. We were on the ground level. I couldn't drag the chair and I
couldn't let the door slam. I'm neurode divergent. I get overstimulated and I have mental and physical health problems. This quality of life is not is not it. Um I don't know why everything goes in Patterson
things that I see something uh council member said about tinted window. I got pulled over for for the tinted window, the tinted covers on the plate when I was younger in Richfield Park. Got a ticket and because people enforce the
law, I learned my lesson. I even went to jail because I was out of line. But because police, thank God for the police that enforced the law, I learned my lesson. And I have respect for law and order. And we need th those I'm sorry
they're my m there's no reason why Dominicans should be blasting music that late hours that much. That goes to everyone. I don't care what where you from. Have respect for the seniors in the area and the
children who are autistic. I have a lot of children in the uh that area who are autistic and the over stimulation is terrible. Mhm. Uh, Councilwoman Mims, thank you for the sign, the autis putting the autism sign
on Carol. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, Madam Clerk. Yes. The next speaker is Alex Devena. Please state your name. Alex Tean. Good evening. Good afternoon, Tavan.
Can you hear me? Alex Tean. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Uh, today I'm here to address a rumor that I think we all hear or everyone else hears a lot and it's u why do we still have a
lot of homeless people in the streets? Why do we still have a lot of addicts in the streets? What is realix doing? Um, so I'm so today I want to tell you that realix is a voluntary program. We cannot force
anybody to want the treatment. They have to be ready themselves and they have to want it for themselves. We're only here for them when they are ready to take that step. Um they are in the driver's seat of their own lives and our job is to be there to support them um when they
decide that it's time for a change. We aim to remove all the barriers that might stand in their way. aware that that helping them get IDs, providing like facilities that allow them to smoke, address concerns with with like their pets and stuff and um figure out
if they're currently on any sort of medications that would not um be acceptable in that facility. And I think one of the most heartbreaking things that we face with our clients is when they come um they present to us with some of the injuries which are like
trink wounds. some of those. I printed out a few pictures for you guys so you could see the the damages of these things. Um, and we have to still find places for them. Uh, we have to still find placement for them even um, when
they show up with this barrier. And I want to share an example of a client. Um, so we have been following this client for for months um, encouraging her to go to treatment. She had these wounds in her arm. Uh she was um very
close to being to have both arms amputated. That's the result of the wounds. And uh we was kind of pursuing her for months and months and months. She ne never even wanted to come inside the building to see us. But one day she
decided to do that on her on her own. No one forced her. No one can force her. She decided to do that on her own time. And when she decided to do that, we were there. we held her hands and right now she's in treatment doing so much better. I say this to say um this is why we do
what we do. It's not always easy. It doesn't uh it's not always im immediate it's not always at the time that uh at a reasonable time like like everyone else would think. Sometimes it takes time. It takes time for people to decide um their
fate. It takes time for people to uh decide what they want to do with their lives. It takes time for people to choose the righteous path. So real fixes here whenever they're ready. That's our goal of mission. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Man, council president
Jackson. Very very quickly, I know we don't normally do this, but considering what she the the paraphernetic she passed around. Um I'm just curious. Uh, so is this a representation that real fakes um you guys treat wounds and
things of that nature? You have to go to the microphone, please. And I didn't hear you announce I didn't hear you announce your address when you first came up. Are you a resident of Patterson? I'm not a resident of Patterson, but I am a an
employee with the city and I work for Real Fix. Okay. So, you guys um this is the So, we have contracted with HSNH uh that is here today to help us um uh to help us kind of help those clients in
needs. This is a the the wounds wound care. Wound care. Correct. But I'm I'm curious of why would you um present this to us if this is not a service that you guys are we do offer that service like I said we
contract with the agency to help our clients because there's a lot of barrier with the clients that have these wounds they cannot get into a lot of treatments a lot of treatment centers whe when they present with these wounds so that is why we have contracted with um the agency so
they could help those clients break down that barrier so we can move forward to treatment Okay. Okay. And in and the agency that we that we contract with, they have um uh medical personnel that's employed with them as well. Nurses and they have
uh personnel that has medical trainings. Nursing nurses or nurses and other medical trainings that you can think of. Licensed also licensed people and also they do other wraparound services helping people get SSI, SSD and everything else that they need to get
off the streets. Thank you. Next speaker, Madam Clerk. Next speaker is uh Ed Bozie. State your name, please. I am Ed Bozie. I'm the chief innovation officer and the director of Real Fix. I was going to be presenting today. I
don't know why that was taken off the agenda. I presented the m I provided you with the material on June 5th. Apparently, at the LA last workshop, nobody seemed to know that I had provided it. I presented, you asked for it again. I sent it on Friday morning at
around 11 o'clock. As of 11 o'clock today, only three of you had opened the email. So, I really insist that you allow me to present the full presentation. I'm not going to do it now. Absolutely. It's necessary. Thanks. The res this is a this is a regular
meeting. A few points because there seems to be some misunderstanding. This proposal is not for Patterson Real Fix to serve Clifton or Paic residents. Do you understand
that? Yeah. They are going to have their own social workers to use the tools that we've created to serve their own residents and save lives and save
millions of dollars. Okay. I don't know how you're listening to each other on this point and not reading the material that I provided to you that explains this specifically in great detail. Mr. Ebosi, now Mr. Ebosi, now listen to me
for a minute. Council President, stop. We have No, no, we have a we have a workshop section and you'll be you will be presenting at the workshop section. I'm going to present a few more things. This is a regular meeting. I know. And I have three minutes. Okay. So, you put the time back on the clock. No, you got it. is on. Second thing is that we are
not doing this solely as a favor to Payic and Clifton. They offer services that we can use that we do not have ourselves. Through them, we will have the ability to sign people up on Medicaid in 2 to 3
days whereas currently it takes four to six months. That's a huge benefit. Okay. We will also be able to check whether people have insurance, which saves time. When we send somebody based upon a client's representation, they said, "Oh,
my Medicaid's active." We send them to a provider, it turns out their insurance is not active. We have to start all over again. We can do that now with them. Payek actually has the ability to bill Medicaid for treatment services. We can actually make revenue and profit by
delivering this service. read the material I've sent to you, please. Miss Speaker, man, Council President, next speaker, you know, uh um Mr. Boosezie, you know, you tried to explain
me. Wait a second. You tried to explain member and I'm going to speak presents how much money we save for each person we put into treatment. If this was a stack of $100 bills, this is how much we would save for each person we
put into treatment. We've saved over the society over $200 million. Read the material I presented to you. Allow us to extend and even if they read it, they may not understand it. Thank you. Next speaker, man. Council President and we
haven't allow Council Jackson to speak. Speaking no council president by no means. Council members, I I I would go after Councilwoman M. She She wants first first crack at it, please. So So let me let me just say this. First and foremost, the item failed
and is going back to workshop. That will give you the opportunity to do a full presentation. We'll have questions. We can answer them. But for you, Mr. Booseey to come to the microphone and to be belittling to the city council
members who you will need to support this item after July. We understand we understand what you're doing. But the item is no longer it it was not approved tonight. So now the
next move is July. The for me and I'm saying it to you in the most professional manner ever. It takes you get more with oil than you do with vinegar. And you have to be in a position, right? And I get it. You may be frustrated, but you cannot come to
the mic and say, "Read your emails. Do blah blah blah." You can't do that. It was voted down whether they read them or not. It was not approved. So now so now so now July in July it will come back
workshop presenting it and then we will move forward after that point the item that we are discussing the item that was before us is not just your real fix program you're trying to do work in other towns we made some specific
requests right look at the request that we sent we have the packet you're right you sent it I received and I'm sure I'm one of the people that opened it, but it's coming back in July. But I'm just telling you, in order to get your support, you got to be able to work and
you cannot be belittling on that microphone. Mr. Boosezie, thank you. Council President, after Jackson President Council, just a minute. Council, Council Member, Council Member, let's write after council Jackson. Thank you. Uh, no, Jackson. Jackson was first. I say after Jackson, you give the time
to I'll come back to him. Okay. So, so colleagues If this is the treatment that they give us, I imagine the treatment that they give out there. Thank the way the way that this young lady just got up from
there and almost slammed that door if they had snow probably break it. So the way that you come so aggressive to us and we not addicted, okay, and you come strong like us, I imagine how you treat people over there.
That's why we got more people out there not using the system out there, you know, and and she could stand back there and try to uh, you know, threat me with her look or whatever, but that'll intimidate me. We have, we're not saying we're not supporting real fix. We've been supporting it for the longest. What
we want is clarification of what you're saying is going to happen because right now it's not happening. We have more people and the data that you given and you could sit down and and and press conference and say we have served 500 700 but still we have the same
individual out there and and and the and the and the part that says we are ready when they ready we are ready when they ready. So you know what my brother wasn't ready to get treatment and I enforc him to take him upstate New
York and he got treatment. He wasn't ready but I put him out there. Right. So if we go to ask our personal experience probably without your money we have done it before. Okay. Now you come here, you
you mistreat us like it's a custom thing that's happening in this city that everybody thinks like they could come to that podium and slander us, treated like garbage, paid by taxpayer money to get insult. We
read look all your documents. You know what I did with that piece of paper that just that young lady gave us? I put it back here to have to see if this is match what I have here. Understood. Now, now you got your hands full, my brother.
You got your hands full. And when you come here next week to talk, we going to also talk about the cameras and we going to talk about a lot of things that on your hands that is not working right. It's not working our city and it's not going to work. how we are going to serve
other city if our city is not straightened out. Um, council Jackson, I'll be very brief. Council President, Mr. Boosezie, you're the example of what's wrong with this city. You you're the example. I agree. You came here one
capacity as a paid liaison from the college, whatever, for a certain job that you was going to fill. Then you came before this council presenting information, incor incorrect and inaccurate information about cameras that's still not being fulfilled. Your presentation tonight consists of playing
cards. That was a presentation that you prepared to bring before this municipal council. The audacity, the entitlement that you walked in here with to speak to us in this fashion. This is why I don't care what it is that you're presenting. Nothing that you present will ever get
my support. And the $6 million grant that you that you're bringing forward needs to be redirected to a homegrown Pattersonbased entity. You have all these employees. None of them are from the city. That's right. None of them are
from the city. And this is why there was such a big uh uh fiasco at 125 Ellison because you don't even understand this the the the community in which you're here to service. You send a young lady around here that she's going to uh gallivant behind the dasis. You've been
coming before this council for how how long you been employed here? Since the mayor's been been elected almost 8 years and you still don't understand the process and the practices of this council. Your blatant disregard and disrespect of this council shows that you do not belong as an employee of the city. And I've been saying it for eight
years. I will continue to say it as I say other things. And guess what? Slowly the council continues to catch on. You are the problem here. You are representative of the problem here. And you can't even show uh proof and evidence of th things that
you've repaired. You came with with a a a stack of deck of playing cards. Why is that even in your possession to come before this municipal council? It's not a question. Your time is up, sir. We we we just addressed we just gave you an
answer. We stopped our normal policies and practices. And I'm going to say this lastly, the disrespect that the councilman is talking about. See those residents that's that live here, they're taxpayers. They're residents. You're a paid employee. You're a paid employee.
Whether they say this money is being donated by Bloomberg or whoever, wherever the money comes from, you're a paid city employee. And you and your staff should understand there's a certain level of decorum and respect that's demanded by employees. So you can
take those playing cards off of that that that deck right there and let the next speaker phone and and before not Mr. Abosi before we continue with the public portion the way you came the way you address the council it's just totally not appropriate was disrespectful should be listen shame on
you I'm just going to tell you listen the reality Mr. Bos the reality that we have in the city of Pad is that is that the data that you presenting to us is doesn't reflect the reality of the city. It doesn't reflect the work that you said that you're doing. So we have question this this governing body. We
have question that's our responsibility. We're not going to approve you a sheriff services agreement with pen cliffto when the are falling apart in the city of Patterson within within your responsibility in your department. So we have we got to we got to have a conversation and before that
presentation I will humbly recommend you to email each council member with a with an apologies and come back with a different attitude next week. Have a good night. Next speaker madam clerk. Next speaker is Christopher Norton.
Uh he's real effects. Um please state your name. Are we going to next speaker? Yes sir. No I just want my council colleague to understand that it didn't get a second. So when it doesn't get a second, it don't go to the next workshop. It fails. It fails. So it
don't even get put on nowhere. Shut up. It don't get put on. It don't get put on. Councilwoman Councilwoman, please. It don't get put on. Council, let's continue with the public portion. They can represent it like any for the record. They could represent it
with changes. Huh? With changes. They could represent it. Yeah. Is it my was on the streets that they've gotten off? They've helped me. What is your name? Christopher Norton. What address? What address you live,
sir? Uh I lived on 17 North Fifth Street for 10 years. Where? What city? Patterson. Okay. I lost my place to live due to uh not being able to pay rent. Um I was on the streets for almost a year. I came to real fix because I started
doing drugs and I had no nowhere else to turn and these were the only people that took me off the street, got me where I needed to go, helped me and to this day they are still helping me. And now I donate donate my time by trying to get some of the other people that I see on
the street to come off and go into rehab. And I got about seven or eight of them so far to come in. It's a time time consuming process, but it does work and it is it is worth it. It is to see
somebody that you saved. I'm living proof. And that's all I got to say. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, Madam Clerk. Congratulations. Yes. The next speaker is Mark Maxi. Mark Maxi. No, next speaker. Next
speaker is Joseph. Joseph, excuse me. Uh, I'm unable to read the last name, but it's H A. Okay. Oh, yeah. Okay. That's right.
And you state your name, please. All right. I'm going to say good evening or good night. It's night time now. But any I'm been coming here for like I think last year a couple times. And I'm not here to bash any of you cats. You
know, the mayor should be here. I used to watch this on TV. Graves was here. Graves used to be here when he was the mayor. But there's a lot of things that's going on. And the things that I hate about my town. Oh yeah. I'm Joseph
Hart, born in Patterson 1961. And I'm all Pisonsonian, you know. And another I live on 49 Prince Street right now, apartment 4A. But the things that I hate about my town in the parking, the
illegal parking and when they, you know, it's like it's no respect. It's no respect for people that's disabled. They'll block the crosswalk. They don't care. And so if they get a ticket or they or they get told, good for them, you know, that's why I see it. And it's
like we need more we need more officers out here to give tickets out. I mean, everybody got a parking ticket when the meter run out. Boom, you get a ticket. I got them. I'm glad they put that little turn on the red thing back cuz that was when I used to drive, you know. But then
you got the heavy people, the heavy foot pedals. They don't like to stop for that red light. But I put this cane up, you stop, you know. I make them stop. I don't care. You know, I may get hit. I know I get
cussed that, but see I take the New Jersey Transit buses and all that legal parking by that pizzeria on Ellis Street 161. You know, they can't make that turn. Then they got right up on the other sidewalk and you don't know who's
walking on that side. Somebody's going to get hurt one day because all this illegal parking shouldn't be the Chase Bank, all that. They don't care, you know. and the fire hydrants is not respected. They need to paint that
sidewalks yellow again that way and put put it in all languages. That way it's no excuse. And that's all I got to say tonight. And God bless you guys. You all be safe. All right. Next speaker. Next speaker is Abed
Tabata. State your name, please, sir. Abed Tabata. I don't want to give my address. Maybe somebody will come and attack me at my house, you know. So, I don't know even know where to start. Excuse me. I have 3 minutes. You
can reply to me after. I'm not here to be nice because part of our chapter doesn't say respect the council people. This gentleman right here, he's an employee of the city. Why are you guys yelling at him? Call the mayor. You guys vote yes. The six word councilman,
that's the only word he knows on this council is yes. He hasn't said nothing else. So I'm not running in November. I don't care. I have no elections. Yeah, I'm not. Trust me, I stick to my word. But tell the mayor, tell the
mayor, fire your employee. Just like you guys got on Councilman Udin whenever he said he wanted to see Dela McCall for the Peru application. Oh no, he can't talk to an employee. You guys are right here badgering this employee and demanding an apology.
You're demanding an apology. Don't apologize for what? Let them call your boss. Let your boss, he has a boss to to address to just like you guys have people to address. I don't understand what's the problem here. Why don't you
guys get to the nitty-gritty? Just like Dr. Mim says, every meeting, Mr. VA. We want to hear answers to the public's concerns. Yes. All right. I came last month. I had no no answers. Where's the two parks on Trinav? No, you didn't pass
it last month. That was the new parks on Main Street. So, mayor, where's the speed bumps? Oh, there is no speed humps. We have no money. Okay. What's up with the introduced budget? Nothing. What are we going to wait for?
September, November, and then you know what? It's gonna be shoved down our throat. What? An 8% tax increase. Plus a tax assessment. Yes. There's nothing you could do about it. There's nothing nobody could do about it. You tell me different. You show me the numbers. Can
I get from the CFO that's not here? I mean, I'm not his boss. That's the mayor's responsibility. So, where are you guys holding the mayor the administration accountable? What was the number for the temporary budget in January 2nd meeting? What what was that
number? Because it wasn't mentioned in the meeting. It's not on the agenda. I don't know where to get it from. The April 18th, sorry, April 15th meeting was the second temporary budget. What was that number? And today was a $54 million
temporary budget. So, we have to look at those three numbers, subtract it from what was the introduced budget, and let's see where we at. Now, one last thing before I get off. Last week you guys had a whole presentation of teenagers given about smoke shops. Dr.
Mims, I'm sorry. You guys said the legislation was in committee, but it has to go and get vetted through for the ordinance so it doesn't violate any state statutes. Corporation council drafted it. If it violates state statutes, then
unfortunately corporation corporation council doesn't know what he's doing. Listen, I have all my faith in corporation council. That's not what I said. Thank That's not what I said. Thank you. Next speaker, Madam Clerk. Um, council president. They just twisted everything you said. Yeah, but they they need to learn before
they come to the next speaker. Next speaker, Chanel Fields. Please state your name. Yeah. Good evening. Uh I want to talk about the history and
significance of Junth because we have Junth coming up on this Thursday. Junth celebrated annually on June 19th is one of the most important commemorative dates in American history. It marks the true end of slavery in the United States
and serves as a powerful reminder of our struggles, resilience, and enduring contributions of African-Americans. Though the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st in 1863, it wasn't until
more than two years later on June 19th, 1865 that the last enslaved people in Texas were finally informed of their freedom. This delayed freedom is what Junth honors. Historical background is that the Emancipation Proclamation declared that
all enslaved people in the Confederate States were to be freed. However, enforcement of that proclamation depended on advance of Union troops. In many southern regions, particularly remote states like Texas, slavery persisted long after the declaration. On
June 19th, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the General Order number three, officially notifying enslaved African-Americans of their liberations. The newly freed men
and women begin to celebrate Junth on that day. Junth represents more than the end of slavery. It embodies the long ongoing journey towards freedom, justice, and equality. It serves as a moment for us as reflection on the nation's dark history of oppression.
Some oppression that we still see today, as well as a reflection of celebration of black strength, which we also see today. our create creativity and achievements. Community gatherings often include storytelling, parades,
historical reenactments, and performances rooting rooted in the African-American culture. On this coming week, we will celebrate Junth. Miss Aydah Pew is having the African Heritage
Parade on Saturday, June 21st, 2025. She says, "Thank you to everyone that has supported her down through the years, and she invites you to be a part of this year's festival. It will kick off at 10:00 a.m. sharp at the Masonic Temple on 2:24 Martin Luther King Way. Also,
Brother Rottney will be celebrating the Junth Festival, Day of Emancipation, more than just a celebration, a day of enterprise. That will also take place on June 21st, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at East Side Park in the gazebo.
Thank you and have a good night. And speaker, madam clerk, there are no more speakers. I have a motion to close. Moved by counciloman Davia, second by council. Roll call clerk to close the public portion. Roll call to close the public portion.
Second read. Councilwoman Cotton. This is to close the public portion, right, Madam Cler? Yes. My vote is yes. Thank you, Councilwoman Davo. Yes. Councilman Jackson. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Um, so just to address some of the some
of the concerns and uh I'm glad to see you back, brother, but we need you on that microphone. We, you know, that power is needs to be exemplified. Um, uh, well, I must say this. I take my hat off to the administration for saving
some money. Got us in here fanning ourselves. the air conditioners turned off. So, it's brutally, you know, they they make sure they don't want to keep the public in here. It's, you know, it's the little tactics that you got to be mindful of. Um, and I don't understand
why everybody's always so offended. Like, members of the public have the right to come here and talk about whatever they like to talk about. But, see, here's the beauty, and it's not even me. It it's it's it's people in in the public are watching, but like and
they have these things in case you're like 50 and over. I see all the commercials now. If you're 55 and over, something like that, and you want to become more acclimated to AI, they have AI classes. But this members of the public, all you
got to do is open up chat GPT or just do a simple Google search, right? And it'll tell you in New Jersey, publicly reading license plates aloud isn't illegal. License plates are considered public information.
So stating them isn't against the law. However, laws can change. So it is wise to stay updated on local regulations. But the point that I'm making is anything that somebody has to say, we have we have a problem or an issue with it. We are riding the line in violating
people's first amendment rights and we've done it so many times all we continuously do it. Now Mr. Gilmore who has a a major lawsuit against the city for us for the for the administration blatantly violating his first amendment right taxpayers are paying paying the
price for it. I'm leaving anyway tomorrow relative to um people talking about the lack of support. I mean listen everybody is entitled to their opinion. The gentleman
came to the microphone and consistently badgering on how we need to listen Councilman uh McCoy's affair is handsomely um attended. That is a measure of support that I
continuously see building every single year. I've been in business for over 25 years and I got very consistent support. Kinyatta Stewart's current election is an example of the support. We continuously run around, oh, we don't
support each other. Man, that's a that's a fallacy. And as long as we continue to talk about that, it diminishes the effort that we do put to get to bring forward. Just wanted to make that clear. Now, hey, I got to do this. I mean, it
it's it's not very it's not something I enjoy doing, but I have to because when you stand forward and put your name on a ballot to run for a position, you should have or possess at least the capacity
to do the job. Everybody, listen, everybody needs on the job training. And you see this happen all the time, right? People get a position, don't know what it is. But when you've been serving in multiple elected seats and you've been serving here for a number of different
years and you continue to do the stupid things like violate people's rights and clearly then you know the the the the disparaging treatment of of selective enforcement on time. All of these things
are things that open us up for uh uh for litigation. So to the former councilman of the third ward, I appreciate, you know, the consistency of coming to the podium to give to give some educational moment lessons.
our current council president as you see him sitting here every single night disrespecting people and violating people's first amendment rights with the with the with the clear delusional intent in impression that he has some kind of overriding authority when a
point of order is called I just want to make this clear again for the 1,000th time when a point of order is called it is your job as the council president to answer to the point of order, not to give your opinion, which we know is
incorrect, has been incorrect thousands of times over. It's not to weigh in on it or take a side. It is to give a a judgment call on the point of order. And if you lack the the ability to understand that, then please rely on the
the people that we do have here to give to render a decision. We cannot just continue to mistreat people because we don't like them or because they don't have anything to say good about me. Mr. Dorm has decided he's going to come to the podium and have something negative
to say about me all the time. Listen, you are more than welcome to do so. I'm not going to sit here and take it personal. Not going to try to interrupt him. I'm not going to try to point out something that he's doing incorrectly. I'm not going to violate the man's first amendment right. as a council president, the person that's want that been
sticking your neck out for the job, you should at least understand the the quorum and the level of respect that should be given to the members of the public cuz what we continuously see is a blatant disrespect and disregard. I
clearly was defending and working on behalf of the public. You have various council members upset trying to say we can't do that. don't even understand the parameters of the law of procurement. We can't we got to go right out the bid.
It's clear it's in the current laws that they've been violating the laws and you didn't see one person under dire get upset and say wait a minute they violated the laws. We got to go back and make sure that our our our constituency is represented correctly. You've seen
members of this council blatantly trying to defend a vendor who's making money in this community. Anyway, I digress, but I have to make sure I point these things out. Um, Madame Clerk, my vote is yes.
Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Councilwoman Mens. Thank you, Madam Clerk. And so, um, Mr. BA. Um, after we close public portion, um, I'm just going to take a point of privilege to council
president to ask if you will openly communicate the new process. I I know I've asked many times in regards to putting a process in place when the public comes to speak at the microphone. And if you can speak to that new process, I'm not sure when it will
start, but if you can speak to that process of ensuring the public when they come into this chamber and they have questions andor concerns that really I'm talking about questions and concerns, not slander or attacks, but things that
really deserve a response that you will have um something in place. I requested that someone be on the ledger. you stated that there was a process. So, after we're finished, I'm just going to take a point of privilege, council president, if we could just let Mr. um BA speak to that new process and um when
that will take effect to the public, as I do every week, I want to say thank you for coming publicly and watching uh the meetings. So on tonight, there's been many things that go on, many things that have occurred, many things that have
happened. And I I know the council, the residents come in, they have um issues and concerns, and I pray that those things get um resolved. But the thing that that really has to be addressed, council president,
people can come and they do have first amendment rights. They do. But respect is given, not earned. is is earned, not given. And when you're coming to the microphone and you're calling people scumbags and all that, then you're not
looking for assistance. You're coming for personal attacks. When you purposely go downstairs and take pictures of all vehicles outside when you know clearly there is no bus running after a certain hour, there's no buses running. And you
know that it's been a a rule that we park there outside the door. Maybe you're not aware, but now you will be that we park right outside the door. And it happens not just the council, there's many other cars for you to come to try
to take a a jab and list people's license plates publicly, but disregard your own license plate when you are legally parked in a handicap spot. But that's not being addressed. So, we have to be careful on putting things out and saying that council members are
illegally parked, which we're not when you are illegally parked. And we have to be careful of doing that because when you're saying something at the mic, people are on social media trying to defend your point, which is totally wrong and is oblivious. And then you do
it intentionally because you make sure all council members parked there. They may not be parked there tonight, but every council member has parked by that door. So, did you want to selectively do it when someone you're connected to was not parked there? You got to be fair.
Has to be one or the other. But to call people out of their names and all that, it it's it's low. We know that's not our name, so we don't take it personal. But I just think when you come to the mic, respect is is earned. It's not given. Just come to the mic. You say what you
have to say. That's it. We move on. Especially if you're coming to the mic just to call people out of their names. You have no issues pertaining to what's going on in Patterson. We have a lot of issues in Patterson. We want to hear your concerns. We see them ourselves. We live here, too. We agree with you on a
lot of the stuff. That's why we fight and advocate so hard behind the scene to get a lot of work done. There's a lot of things happening in the city of Patterson. There's a lot of work that and progress that's being made. Do we need more? Absolutely. Is everything perfect? No, it's not. But sometimes the
noise muffles the work. And that's what's happening. And I'm going to say this in close. Running for mayor and not being able to work with C city council colleagues is problematic
because if you can't get along with council members and can't count to five, it's going to be a problem problem for the city, not just in the chambers and the second and the third floor, it will be problematic for the city because if you can't get along, if you can't get
along now, what's going to happen? and and trying to say we're getting rid of people on the council. We got to get more people on the council. Get rid of them so we could put some more up there. Doesn't work that way. You got to count
to five. Even if you tried to get rid of three, you still have six. You still don't have five. That's still a problem. Patterson, our agenda is almost done on tonight. We did a lot of city business because we come here to the council meetings on
time. We do our committee work. We're in our committees. We ask questions. We reach out to the administration. And the administration will tell you we don't always agree with them, but we build we have a working relationship and we do ask hard questions. So with that being
stated, madame clerk, secretary, ba, everyone else, my vote is yes to close the public portion. Thank you. Councilman Omar. Yes. Thank you. I love you, Councilman. So, um
I know right. So, council president uh a good portion we have um five uh speaker that came talk about local government. Uh five came with p five came with personal speech and um and six came with
announcement and gratitude message. Good public portion. Um God bless you all. My vote is yes to close the public portion. Thank you C council president. Thank you madam clerk. I uh before my vote, I just want
to say thank you to those members of the community that came to speak uh with the council and the administration and the community and I spoke about issues that affecting a community uh you know recommendation. Um it's it's easy to destroy council members. We need to
understand that it's easy to go and find the wrong thing on any person try to attack that person but it's hard to build. In order for you to build, you need you have to come together with your council Kylie with with co-working and you have to build a team to get things done the right way and and that's what
I'm trying to do here. I'm very respectful with everybody and I want to thank the community. I know we doing better and doing much better every single day. Uh we almost conclude our agenda but there was a few speaker that came to talk about the lack of enforcement in the city. Uh Mr. VA um uh
that's we we facing a serious problem. This is the beginning of the summer and uh and as you hear we cannot even have our meeting because of the bike, the motorcycle um everywhere. It just out of control and this is just the beginning of the summer. Something have to be done. We have to start enforcing the law
that we have in the book. People throwing garbage um thanks to the resident on East 33rd that sent me the picture. Uh we recently cleaned 20th Avenue in East 33rd. More garbage was dumping there. Furniture because the ball pickup, it's a problem. It's been a problem. A lot of people they still not
calling because they don't know how to do it. They don't know the process. And we've been making in recommendation in multiple occasion to change that and and give the community one specific day for them to put you know the bulk outside. Uh give them a schedule. Um a lot of
senior they don't know how to call, they don't know how to navigate through the cell phone, download the app and go through the whole process. Uh you know to throw a furniture out that need to be changed. Uh people with the property filthy. We have inspector. Let's enforce
the law. The city is filthy. Downtown is filthy. Business owner. They should clean in front of their establishment. They should keep the front of their business clean. You should keep your property clean. And we need to enforce those law that we have in the book. And I'm always say that if we enforce the law that we have in the book, we will
not have to go to the taxpayer pockets in every and and in every uh fiscal year. We got to do better. We definitely have to do better. Uh, madame clerk, uh, to our third world resident, I will keep you informed about East 34 and East 35th to be redone. They haven't start the
project, but you know, I do my video to make sure that you move your car um before they start working. My vote is yes, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Councilman. The votes are seven in favor, two absent. Public portion is hereby closed. Thank you, Madam Cler. Madam Clerk, can we do on second reading item number one
and number one ordered? Council President, uh, Council Jackson. So before we move forward and and I know that the BA has not officially announced I did he did speak to me with regard to uh uh yeah and I know councilwoman was asking for him to speak but I just want
to make things clear the process in which the chamber is is handled is solely strictly up to the discretion of the council. The administration does not have the capacity, the ability to dictate the
process in which the residents are handled and or treated uh within this council chambers. This is the council chambers. This chambers is set forward so the council can address the concerns
of the residents by way through the administration and through the uh administration's representatives. Like for example, someone had a question on the budget and the CFO is not here. According to our bylaws,
those three seats are supposed to be filled at all times. They're supposed to be filled by representatives of the prospective officers. So, that needs to be addressed. point of order that needs to be um answered to. And uh if if the BA
cares to to answer to Councilwoman Mims's um um concerns or her uh request, I'm I'm interested in hearing it. But again, these are the council chambers, not the administration chambers, not the BA chambers, not the clerk's chambers.
These are the council chambers. P practices and policies that are handled here are dictated and outlined by the policies that council outlines and lays out. C council president. Sure. Um so just quickly because I know um council
me um Mr. Ba wants to speak. So my my request is is this when the public comes to the microphone and they have issues I want your issues answered. I have not seen that happening and now there will be a process in place and I'm really
happy about it. I've been asking for a long time and I asked that the answers be placed there. Our secretaries do an amazing job of watching the meetings and and sending out the information. But I just want a process in place so when the
residents come they will know one whether they get called two when they come back the following week on that ledger or whatever this new process is they know that they're not just coming in vain that the administration is hearing their concerns. So that's my request and I um cor um council
president if you will let Mr. Ba speak. He came to me and said he has an answer to that request. Thank you Councilman Mims. I will open the mic to u Mr. VA but also Mr. VA um our CFO uh I see this in in the past few meeting um he leave
the chamber he need to be here from the beginning to the meeting to the end make sure we correct that problem thank you council president I will address that with the CFO um there was a process in place prior to me coming in where essentially the clerk's office
with the help of the council secretaries would put together a memo and then provide it to administration um at the very beginning of me coming in There was a little bit loss in translation throughout that process. It took a little bit for me to get technology up here. So, what I've been doing is I've been taking my notes throughout the
meeting, making sure that I'm catching everything that you are asking and what the residents are asking for. What I would like the process to be, and again, this is 100% what you guys would like it to be. If you don't like what I'm presenting, we can obviously amend it. Um, I would meet with the clerk's office the next day to make sure that I've
touched on everything that the residents have asked or you've asked. So, I make sure that I have a compiled list. From that point, I will start immediately with my office working at with all the other departments to ensure that we're getting answers to the residents. Um, from that point, I know it's been asked to have this either on the website or
post in the meeting how the answers have been provided. Um, a simple solution to that could be that I either can present at the next meeting what things have gone in an administrative report or I can simply provide that report to the clerk's office and it can be included in the minutes when the agendas are posted
on the website so that the public has access to the answers. Great. Okay. Thank you, Mr. B. Thank you. Um, council members. So, let's do item one and two together on second reading. That's um ordinance of repealing um establishment
of handicap parking space. Madam clerk, item one and two combined. Item number item number one is a ordinance repealing establishment of handicapped parking spaces on county roads. Uh, the street addresses are 464 Madison Avenue, 633
Madison Avenue, 926 Madison Avenue, 80 Madison Avenue, 430 Union Avenue, 231 Madison Avenue, 2 483 East 18th Street, 112 Spruce Street, 399
East 18th Street is public works item, ordinance number 25-017. Seven and resolution I'm sorry second reading ordinance ordinance repealing establishment of handicap parking spaces at various
locations. This is item number two. Um, street address 402 East 35th Street, 345 Totala Avenue, 149 Liberty Street, 223 Pennsylvania Avenue, 90 Redwood Avenue, 448 East 30th Street, 1096
East 22nd Street, 117 Redwood Avenue, 3 Nickerbacher Avenue, 96 17th Avenue, 371 East 26th Street, 158 North Fourth Street, 109 Rosa Parks Boulevard, 58 Webster Avenue, 333,
15th Avenue, 2 Durama Street, 392 Ellison Street, 42 Colonial Avenue, 103 Coral Street, 145 Dixon Avenue, 576 East 25th Avenue, 145 Dixon Avenue,
576 East 25th Street, 318 East 30th Street, 23 Hill Street, 25 Martin Street, 81 North First Street, 112 Spruce Street, 430 Union Avenue, 178 Walnut Walnut Street, 6 Christina at
Christina Place, 72 Arch Street, 5 East 16th Street, 117 East 26th Street, 68, Nickerbacher Avenue, 146 North 5th, 34 Ryerson Avenue, 68 Trenton Avenue, 48
Webster Avenue, 921 24th Street, 1093 East 26, 2nd Street, 2397th Avenue, 29 Gan Street, 190 North 1st Street, 62 Albian Avenue, 432, 11th Avenue, 551
13th Avenue, 86 Butler Street, 222 East 22nd Street, 407 East 29th Street, 492 East N East 29th Street, 222 East 30th Street, 315
Fair Street, 53 Gul Avenue 287 Lawrence Place 80 Madison Avenue 231 Madison Avenue 42 Mil Street 42 Montlair Avenue 207 North 1st Street 146 North Fourth
Street 158 North Fourth Street 136 North 9th Street 290 I'm sorry 24 North York Street 143 Walnut Street 140 Walnut Street 186 East 16th Street, 974 East
19th Street, 937 East 19th Street, 11:06 East 24th Street, 20 Elk Street, 218 Kernney Avenue, 464 Madison, I'm sorry, 218 Kernney Street, 464 Madison Avenue,
633 Madison Avenue, 64 Marshall Street, 12 Rose Street, 18 Celely Street, 569 Summer Street, 926 Madison Avenue, 204 North First Street, 227 Mil Street, 864 East 24th Street, 10 Courtland Street,
Public Works, Ordinance number 25-01. So moved. Public hearing is required. Was moved by Councilwoman Mims and second by Councilman Eing. Uh public hearing is now open for item number one and two. Seeing no move to close by Councilwoman Mims. Second by Councilman
Eeing. A roll call, Madame Cler, to close a public hearing on item one and two. Roll call on items number one and two uh for second reading. Councilwoman Councilman Jackson. Yes. Councilman Councilwoman Mens.
Uh yes. Councilman Omar. Yes. Councilman, if you if you notice a lot of handicaps out there that need to be removed, call DPW because that will be a free space for other residents uh to take that parking. They are repealing
handicaps. It sounds good. My vote is yes. Thank you, council president. Uh thank you, madam clerk. Absolutely. You know, so we're repealing those uh handicap and that will be the return those spot to the general public. So if you see anybody abusing of that
privilege, make sure you call public work. My vote is yes, madam clerk. Thank you. The votes are five in favor, four absent. Second reading ordinance numbers one and two are hereby adopted. So now let's do item three and four. Council President, that was to close the the
public hearing. Now we got to do roll on item one and two. I'm sorry. Roll. That's right. Roll call to close the public hearing. Councilwoman call to vote vote on one and two. We're voting up on We already We closed the public portion public hearing. Roll call to
vote on items number one and two for adoption. Uh Councilman Jackson. Yes. Councilwoman Mims, yes. Councilman Omar, yes. Councilman VeZ,
yes. Yes. Thank you. And Councilman um Councilman Council President. Thank you. Already done. Okay. Thank you. The votes are five in favor, four absent.
Ordinance numbers one and two are hereby adopted. Council President, Council Member, so just to put on the record, and this will really help, Madame Clerk, so I might get a cookie for this. So when we're doing the establishment of re uh the repealing of the handicaps, as
long as you read it by title and the resolution number, you do not necessarily have to read all of the addresses. So, I couldn't stop the first two, but definitely on the the third and the fourth that we could just read the title and the resolution, those uh addresses are listed and then we can uh
vote accordingly. Thank you, Council President. Council President, um Council Member List, I believe they have to read it um on public because they have to be noticed on the record that we repealing it. Uh council president, just a minute. Corporation council, you do not. Can you
assist us in this matter? So we need to do we need to read each address into the record or we or we just could read the title of the legislation corporation council has a fledg. Thank you council president. Um so we do
have a court reporter here that is taking minutes of the meeting. Uh the meeting is also publicly broadcasted. On the other hand, um the ordinance has been um provided, the agenda has been provided and the ordinance number
references the individual addresses. And so I think this is something within the discretion of the clerk's office and how they choose to uh present and maintain the record. Okay. Uh madame clerk so I I believe that if there's the
need which is uh it's it's been already publicized it's in the body of the resolution of the legislation I don't think that we need to go over so if let's now since we have handicap removing handicap and adding different addresses in every meeting so now so we
will read only the title only it will make it will make your job easy thank you all right so item three and four combined madam clerk so with both item be adding handicap parking spa in a different location. So you don't have to read it all of that. No title. That's
the title. I don't you know I I have a question legal one right as you said um those handicap was repealed though it was removed by arbitrator. Uh they went there they noticed that they
they no longer live there. Okay. or they had to be removed because they didn't renew the the the application. Now, legally me talking, right? So, if madame clerk read only the title
and then not record the address and the name, that person could come back and say, "Listen, what's the proof that my handicap was repealed?" It was it was mentioned publicly and she have um the the recorder up there will type it
because it will be legal that it was announced and your plate was announced on public and all that stuff just to be in the safe part. That's how I see it though. Somebody could come and say when it was repealed and then they had to come you know it's documented but repeat
it's like establishing it too you know. Mhm. I I see that part like I don't know. I don't want them to come after us. Let's Yeah, let's let's move with three and four. I know I understand council's point also as well. Um you know I understand that but it's sometime
for mon clerk it's kind of it's kind of hectic going through all those ages you know one by one it's kind of difficult. So I think you know it will make your job easy. So I I was instructed that I do have to read them all but you know
because that's been the it's been that's been the the way of doing it for years for decades. I mean it's been under the record if I feel comfortable I feel comfortable adding those address into the record personally myself I would be comfortable too I feel comfortable
adding especially here in Patterson and I'm going to say this man now that we're speaking and those are the only two the last two item that we have on agenda. I need to know m Mr. 8 if you could talk to um I need to know the cost how much it cost to the city the installation of
a handicap in term of the the the material manpower and all that because we're spending mill we're spending a lot of money adding handicap well they're paying $75 for the sign but if you go to compare the manpowers and the time you
know it definitely we need to have that conversation at the what we need is a gleal Now we talking about that. What we need legal is have to sit down and really make sure that those handicap are real handicaps, you know, because it's
getting all over. Correct. So, madame clerk, let's let's do three or four. Let's just continue reading. Okay. You want me to do them together? Let's do three and four combined. Okay. You don't want me to read all all of the addresses? You can read into the record. Read them. Okay. Okay. You're the only
town in the county that read. And I'm going to say this ML CL before you continue a lot of our senior a lot of our senior sometime they don't stay on top of that but they watch the city council meeting once they see the address that has been mentioned like so and so and so and so they will they will take action when before we remove it
they will come back and and and make the payment so just because of that to help our community our senior citizen and resident in general once they log into the city council meeting whether it's a YouTube or China 77 they will be they will they will find out that we're
removing your handicap because you never uh you never make the payment to renew. Uh three or four combin ordinance number three is an ordinance establishing handicap parking spaces at various locations on county roads.
Public hearing is required. The streets are 237 Grand Street North Side, 386 Getty Avenue, West Side, 339 Total Avenue, West Side, 50 Lafayette Street, Southside, 94, Helden Avenue, East Side,
485 Union Avenue, East Side. 97 Rosa Parks Boulevard, Southside. Okay. 225 Madison Avenue. 225 Madison Avenue East Side, 239 PNness Avenue West Side. 177 PNness Avenue West Side. 254
Pnness Avenue East Side. 189 PNIS Avenue West Side 102 PNIS Avenue East Side 1084 Main Street West Side 756 East 18th Street West Side 861 Madison Avenue East
Side 478 Madison Avenue North Side Public hearing is now open for item three and four members of the public that wish to speak on the on this matter. See no move to close. But did you get a motion and a second for the item?
Yes. Move and second. You got a You got a move. It was moved moved by public portion. It was moved by council. Second by council evening. Public portion is now open. Members of the public that we should speak on this matter. See no move to close. Seen two offers to close.
Moved by council. Second by council evening. Roll call. Mad cler to close the public hearing on item three and four. Okay. Roll call to close the public hearing on item number three. Councilwoman Cotton. Yes.
Councilwoman Mims. Yes. Okay. Council. Okay. Councilman Omar. Yes. Yes. Councilman Vez and Council President.
Council President. Yes. Thank you. Roll call, ML. Those are five in favor. Okay. Four absent. Public hearing is closed. Thank you, Madam Cler. Roll call on item three or four. Roll call on item number three.
Councilwoman Cotton for adoption. Councilwoman Mims. Yes, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Councilman Omar. Yes. Thank you. Yes. Councilman Vez. Councilman Menddees. Um, my vote is yes, Madam Clair. Thank you. The votes at
five in favor, four absent. Item number three is hereby adopted. Uh, no. We we closed the public hearing. Now we're voting on three and four. We just did. Huh? We we closed the public hearing and then we voted. That was a vote. All right. Thank you, Madam Cler.
Council, keep Okay, council members. So, we conclude our agenda successfully. It's uh 10:45. May I have a motion to close this uh regular meeting? I'm sorry, Council President. I didn't read into the record item number four. I just did number three. Oh, okay. Yeah, we did
it together. Item three. I didn't I didn't read it into the record. I just did three. Sorry. Let's do number four. No problem. Number four. All right. Item number four is a ordinance establishing handicap parking spaces at various locations on city roads.
Okay. Um public hearing is required. 299 Dakota Street, North Side. 59 Day Street, North Side. 264 East 21st Street, West Side. 782 East 22nd Street, West Side. 683 East 27th Street, East
Side. 362 15th Avenue, South Side. 233 12th Avenue, East Side. 300 East 25th Street, West Side. 77 Maryland Avenue, North Side, 339, East 31st Street, East Side. 735 East 23rd Street East Side 635
East 27th Street East Side 476 Ellison Street Southside 263 Governor Street North Side 105 4th Avenue North Side 40-42 North 11 Street Southside 148 22nd Avenue Southside 121 16th Avenue
North Side 67 Carroll Street North Side 37 327 12th Avenue North Side 87 East 17th Street, East Side, 91, Butler Street, East Side, 75 North First Street, North Side, 636, East 25th
Street, West Side. 177 Butler Street, East Side. 241 Spring Street, East Side. 153 Beach Street, East Side, 400, East 26th Street, West Side. 284 17th Avenue, South Side. 9-11 Martin Street, East
Side. 61 Sassifast Street, North Side. 771 East 26th Street, East Side. 1093 East 24th Street, East Side. 652 East 28th Street, West Side. 461 Ellison Street, North Side. 230 Wayne Avenue,
East Side. 65 Wayne Avenue, West Side. 207 Kernney Street, West Side. 85 Maple Street, North Side. 207 Marian Street, West Side. 195 Jasper Street, West Side. 96 North 6th Street South side and 291
Fair Street North side public works item number one second please. May I have a motion? So moved. Moved by council woman Mims. Uh second by council president public hearing. Public hearing is now open for item number four. Members of the public that we should
speak on this matter. Seeing no move to close. May I have a move by counciloman Mims? Second. Second by Councilwoman Cotton. Um, roll call of the clerk to close the public hearing. Roll call to close the public hearing. Councilwoman Cotton,
yes. Councilwoman Mims, yes. Yes. Counciloman Omar, yes. Councilman Veles, yes. Council President, yes. Thank you. Votes are five in favor, four absent.
The public hearing is closed on this item. Roll call on item number four. Cler. Roll call on item number four for adoption. Councilwoman Cotton. Councilwoman Mims. Yes. Pass. No. Yes. Oh, yes. I'm sorry. You
say pass. Councilman Vez Omar. I'm sorry. What are we voting on? I don't I don't item number four. Second. Councilman. I I love I love my son is next to me. I love him. He's my nephew now. Your nephew? Yeah.
Your nephew? My son. Uh, my vote is yes. Thank you, council president. My vote is yes, by the clerk. Thank you, council president. It's five in favor, four absent. No, it doesn't. Item number four is hereby adopted. May I have a motion to close? Move to close. Second. Move to
close by council and second by council Ibrahim at 10:49. Roll call to close this meeting. Where you going? tomorrow. Councilwoman Cotton. Thank you, Madam
Clerk. I just want to say that um um this coming weekend we're having our um African Heritage Parade starting at 10:00 in front of Masonic Temple on Broadway 224. Beautiful. Um please come
out. Also um our council woman at large U. Dr. Lisa men is the madam grand marshall madam grand marshall in the parade. Uh so please come out. Um
um councilwoman Ver Ames is in charge of the floats and I know that she has plenty of floats out there for us to enjoy. So please come out for the parade. Once we leave the parade, we go up to the park with the Junth
celebration with Rodney Addison and his committee that uh put it all together. So, please community, please come out and support our African Heritage Parade and also our Dun Teen celebration. Uh if you're in the city tomorrow, we'll raise
a flag in front of city hall at 11:00 for the Junth celebration. And also on Thursday on Junth and 19th, uh we will be raising the Junth flag at East Side Park along with the Junth committee. Uh
and that would be at 6:00 to 7:30 Thursday tomorrow at East Side Park. So please come out. Come out. Come out. Also, I would like to say give a big shout out congratulations to our senator on winning the primaries,
Senator Benji Wimbley. our elected person who's going to go on in November to win assembly meant to be elected in November, Kenyatta Stewart. Also, congratulations to Al Alaz for um
winning the assembly seat and also to our two um uh county commissioner um that won their seat, Malino, Miolo and Christina. Uh, and also want to say congratulation
to Mickey Cheryl uh for winning the the nomination for the Democratic Party for the governor's office. So, we still got November to get through this. Um, there's a lot of work that got to get done. So, please, we all must get on
board to make sure. Also, I want to say to uh Madame Clerk and uh Secretary Dietra, I appreciate you ladies. I appreciate you ladies. You know I what I've learned in life is learn how to say I appreciate you and when people can say
that I appreciate everything you do and for all those that do help me and who all those that I can help but to my council colle um we got done early but it's about working together and I always said it from day one when I
came in here. We might not agree on items, but we still must learn how to say good night. That's right. To each other, and we need that. And I want to say to our new BA, Mark Seaman, and of course, my corporation council, Amy Abuji, I appreciate everything you guys
do for our city. I appreciate everyone out there, my police officer, Lamemenda Lamanda. Hey, thank you for everything you do. Nobody even know that you'll be up there, but I know, we know you're up there. Um, to my
officers here tonight, thank you police officers. Thank you. We appreciate you uh for everything. Um, with that being said, everyone, don't forget about this coming weekend. We got a fantastic time coming up. Make sure you come out for the parade and make sure you come out for the Junth celebration. With that
being said, madame clerk, and guess what? Tomorrow is my birthday. Hello. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday, dear Ruby. Happy birthday to you. I thank God for letting me be able to see another year. Thank you. Thank you. Happy birthday, Councilwoman. May was Saturday. Thank you. Thank you. Yes.
Thank you, Madam Clerk. Oh, my vote is yes. Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilwoman Men. So, thank you, Councilwoman Kh, and happy birthday. But I'm sure I will see you on tomorrow. Happy birthday. Um, I just want to uh congratulate all of our graduates. We
have graduations coming up. We have our elementary uh graduations on tomorrow and then next week will be our high school graduations. I'm really happy as a former schoolboard commissioner to see that the elementary and the high school
graduations are on two separate days. As a as parents, as myself being a parent, it it it's kind of hard or a struggle to have siblings that are graduating on the same day trying to get across town to this place or that place. So, I want to commend our school board commissioners
for um making that happen. Great job, school board commissioners. um this Saturday, it's already been stated, please show up for our Junth parade um at try to come at 9:30 because we should be marching by 10:00
um on this Saturday. Also on this Saturday, uh there will be the Major League Baseball pitch by our very own Commissioner Frankie Roman um 9 to2 at Hinchiff Stadium. Now, I'm not saying go to either one cuz, you know, I'm going
to be at the Junth parade, but I am putting it out there and want to commend our very own Commissioner Frankie Roman um on doing a great job. I want to commend Ada Pew and the African Heritage Parade Committee on the Great work, all
they've done, the breakfast last week, um honoring all the honores for this parade, um and also in advance for the parade. I also want to give a shout out to Mr. to Rodney Addison and the Junth Festival Committee um for that great
work and also to Mr. Andy Reid um and working in my advocacy to make sure that that goes off successfully. So this Saturday, I'm sure they have many uh things that are planned um as we travel up Broadway, but when you get to the
park, please come out, show up, show out. Great job, Councilwoman U. Vera Ames. Um, I heard we have probably almost 20 floats for Saturday. So, I want to give you a big shout out on the great work and all the surprises that
will be a part of Saturday's experience. We have to do it together. Um, and that's how we operate. We're act we're truly better together. When we come together and do it in unity, the Bible says where there's unity, there is strength. So, I want to congratulate my
school 21 eighth grade graduates that will be graduating tomorrow morning. um with our very own great speaker, Senator Benji Wimbley is our keynote speaker tomorrow and we're super excited about that. I think it's important for our
students to see people in our community um that are doing great things and we're excited to um have Senator Wimberly with us in the morning. To all of our parents, thank you so much. And I wrote a poem and I don't have it but I'll post it on social media but I wrote a poem
that I will be reading tomorrow at the um at the graduation. And the poem is entitled Your Presence Made the Difference. And this is directly to our parents, guardians, and loved ones who had the responsibility of caring for our
students. Um and I will quote it tomorrow and I will post it on social media. Um, but I just think that there's not many times that our parents and guardians and loved ones gets the thanks, the hugs, and the um, appreciation for the work and the sacrifice that you have made. Um, and so
let's continue to do that. A thank you goes a long way. I love you goes even longer and a hug and a smile and being nice will take you uh, for the rest of your life. Madame Clerk, Secretary, continue to pray for Sophia. Continue to pray for Madame Clerk. our Melinda, our
synographer, Raphael, our police officers, Mr. Ba, my favorite corporation council, all of my council colleagues present and or those that are um not here but they were here. I just want to say um that as we continue to
move forward um and do things that we do them with the residents and the city in mind. There's so much that we need to get done and there's so much that has not been done, but the only way we can do it is together. God bless you, madame
clerk. My vote is yes. Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Omar, congratulations to all the young scholars. My vote is yes. Thank you, Councilman Bas. Oh, thank you, Madam Clerk. I just want to say once again, happy birthday again to
my council president, Alex Mende. We had a tremendous u birthday party at uh at 26 Tyler um and we celebrate with order. That's a good thing. Um also um I want to
congratulate in public my wife that her birthday was yesterday and um yes and I want to I want to I want to thank everyone that send positive message and to her and lifting her up uh with her message and and everything. She's real
grateful for that. Uh she she she received the love for those that that that really she's a blessing. She's a blessing woman and um and she going to continue blessing the city at the same time. So uh Ruby Cotton, congratulations your birthday. Okay. Um I gave you a key
for your office. I know you receive it. Thank you. Uh that's your birthday present. Um one announcement last week. got cancelled um last Saturday. It was raining the Pan-American flag uh Pan-American Park flag raising uh
changes, sorry, is going to be this next Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the Pan-American Park. We're going to be changing the 26 flags that we have there. Uh everyone is welcome. Um, I w I invited the African-American community because we have a flag there representing the African-American
community and uh different uh South and Central America flags that are there waving in the city of Paris. So, you could come at 2:00 and represent your country in um and and that's what speaks about unity. I want to say special thanks to u our uh cooperation council.
Our court council did something amazing this this past week in the in the Palestine flag raising. Uh he delivered a message but before he delivered a message he called all the colleagues that was present there. Yeah. And um and and and sent a message of unity uh who
worked for their community and all the community in the city p. So thank you for taking consideration us and your speech. Uh that was real beautiful um and and being rememberable. Uh, let's remember that tomorrow at 11 o'clock will be the UT flag race in the city of
Patterson. 11 o'clock in the morning. Yeah. Um, I don't agree on the time, but hey, that's the mayor of uh choice. Uh, 11 o'clock in the morning. Um, and um, we'll be here, right? Uh, council president, we'll be here, right,
Councilwoman M, if you can. U, graduation. Oh, you got graduation. Um, once again, congratulations to all the graduates. Um, you know, I was thinking about um we cannot change sometimes some things because I miss it. Um, when it's
graduation time for East Side High School, every graduation they used to march through my street and go to the field. Yeah. And I know that a lot of parents that have their kids in East Side High School are from the fifth ward, you know, and um, you know, that
that tradition, I miss it. And it's closer than Hickl Stadium. Yeah. You know, so um this is a message to the board of education. Just consider that East Side High School um they have a feel and the graduations are beautiful when they do it there, especially when
they march to my street in uh Fifth Ward. Um last but not least, um I want to thank the OIC and the Patterson Police Department for addressing the quality of life in the fifth ward of the city of Patterson. another part of the
city too. So, I want to say thank you to them. U God have mercy with us with the weather. Okay. Uh hopefully when it kicks for real, uh we could get uh the quality of life up to standard. Please, residents of Patterson, I know you like
to party. I know you like to put your radio at home, but please respect your neighbors. Uh you never know somebody is sick or somebody's going through hardship or somebody have a definite family. Let's respect our neighbors and make sure that the quality of life in
the city comes to a a standard that we all deserve. So saying that, thank you to my colleagues for great meeting. Um Mr. Ba, I will reschedu the meeting please. I was feeling a little bit under the weather this morning. Uh but we will
have that conversation. Um what was that? Yeah. Oh, last but not least, uh, Council President, uh, soon you're gonna see, um, in the, uh, committee meeting, um, we I'm putting together some regulation for food trucks
in the city of Passen. They asked for it. The same food truck owners asked for them. So, we have a meetings and we going to put in paper and then we going to have a discussion with public safety, DPW, and human services. And then we going to bring as whoever want attended
a committee have to know what we talking about is to put law and order in the city of pas that residents are asking and also their food trucks owners are asking too. So they want to cooperate on that. So saying that um we have the meeting with CFO this week I believe it
is third Friday. What is it Friday? Yeah. Yep. So saying that madame clerk let's keep on prayer our madam clerk uh Jacqueline right and um to all of you thank you thank you for taking care our position when we not in the office
saying that uh my vote is yes to close the meeting tonight and Rafael thank you thank you councilman councilman Jackson thank you madam clerk are we closing closing we're closing closing the
meeting yeah thank you um First, uh Mr. Ba, I appreciate the effort and everything that you're attempting to do. So, I look forward to uh seeing the con concerns of the community answered. So, I'm I'm hoping to uh work with you with
that. And I will um let me know and your secretary did reach out to me regard regarding a meeting time. We can make sure we put that together. Um uh uh I'm going to do something that I don't normally do. I don't normally um spotlight my um my children in this
platform. Both of my daughters were inducted into the uh National Honor Society the other day along with um along with uh quite a few people at the Patterson Charter. Uh nice. So, and my son, who was also uh inducted when he
was here in Patterson, the National Honor Society, is now transferring from um uh Youngstown in Ohio to More Morehouse. So, he'll be playing division one football in Morehouse um in pursuit
of his he's he's uh premed. So, and Morehouse has a a phenomenal um academic program as well. And uh big shout out to all of the um students and and even Miss Rodriguez who um unfortunately lost his son but who
was acknowledged and recognized um who was scheduled to graduate this year because that's uh you know um it's tragic to see you know countless individuals that are losing their lives in the city. But um I really want to send a special um big
shout out to the winning team who's been extremely consistent. Miss Val Freeman who went against the the grain ran against the uh uh all of the party cohorts and uh obviously myself who went against the party, the council, the
mayor, everybody with $500,000 budget against the smallest amount of change. And then now the two of us collaborating to support Mr. Kinyatta Stewart who obviously u made a a a conscious choice which I told him should have done a few
years ago to say okay you don't want to support me you don't appreciate the things that I do you don't appreciate what I bring to the table I'm in line up against you and who who showed significantly like Patterson is still alive and well we're just looking for the right leadership to support um it's
not just about a county line and I'm looking forward to what's going to come you know in the future as well Um, so I I'll rest it there. Um, Patterson, have a good night. All right, Madame Clerk. My vote is yes. Thank you, Council President. Uh, Council President, thank
you, Madam Cler. If you may, I just want to say one thing if I can, Council President. Go ahead, Council. I know sometimes it's not easy putting together programs and events and, you know, and it really takes a team to um, do things. So, I just want to say to um Adah Pew,
who's been doing the parade for many, many, many years, many years. So, I just want to say thank you, Adah Pew, and your team that been working with you for for all these years um of putting that parade together. With that being said, thank you, Council President. Thank you,
Madam Clerk. Thank you, Councilwoman. Um so mad clerk um I want to say thank you um for just being there consistent great job to our secretary to the staff Mr. VA, my great corporation council director Neves, our police department that that is here in every meeting.
Thank you, Rafael. Um, let me take this quick moment. Congratulation, Councilman Jackson on your children achievement. Congratulation. Also, Councilman Mims, congratulation. You've been um you're going to be the grand marshall on this Saturday at the African-American parade.
Congratulation as well. And let me also take this time to congratulate all our students in the city of Patterson that are graduating this uh this month. Uh dream big. The sky's is the limit. Uh some of you will are going to the best university in this in the state and out
of state. Uh and and others they they will choose a different career but just dream big and believe in yourself. Uh you will be you will be able to accomplish anything you want in life if you are consistent and never give up. So congratulation to all our students. Let's continue doing the work for the
city of Patterson. We're being elected to serve our community. We conclude the agenda 54 item and we ready to go home. May God bless you all. Uh council, uh happy birthday to your first lady. Uh Councilwoman Cton, happy birthday to you. May God continue blessing you. And
I want to say thank you to those that join me this past Saturday on my birthday. Special thank you to my daughter that came from Washington DC to be with her daddy um on my birthday celebration, Corporation Council. Thank you. I guess we we had a great time. So, but it was good. Um let's keep praying
for the city and um this is a great city. Pis is an amazing city. Let's keep doing the work that God choose us to do. My vote is yes, but thank you, Council President. The votes are six and six in favor, three absent. The regular
meeting of June 17, 2025 is hereby adjourned. Good night, Patterson. Good night. Be nice.