Good evening everyone. This is the city council work meeting. Today is June 16, 2025 and the time is 6:30. This meeting has been fully advertised in the city newspaper in conformance
with the open public meetings act, otherwise known as the Sunshine Law. Roll call, please. Roll call, please. Famila here. Kimona
Clay, yes. Abyspon here. Thomas here. Six and a tip. For the record, Mr. Moon would not be here this evening. May I have approval of the previous minutes?
Second. All in favor? Next we have agenda review. First agenda is ordinance number 10. Second reading public hearing will be held during regular session. is a bond appropriating 800 $78,333.
Therefore, authorizing the issuance of $78,333 for issuance of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections Green Acres loan to finance a portion of calls for item number 0199-12-027,
Bay View Avenue Water Park. Any questions, council? Seeing none, resolution 118 authorizing mutual services agreement with a carbon township to receive services of a construction official. Any questions?
Questions council uh due to the pass of the Mr. Jerkens I know that Mr. I know this is a agreement was already discussed, right? So tech, we still need
so we going to have to adjust this agreement to have someone. No, no, this is just a shared service with car. You can still hire your own person. Okay. It's kind of like a when you need them or you know
it would be good to have him. Oh yeah, that's right. Any other questions, council? Madam cler resolution 119 authorizing the tax collector to cancel and refund property taxes. Any questions, council?
Seeing none. Resolution 120 approving plenary retail distribution local license for the 2025 to 2026 term. Any questions? Council say resolution 121 approving the renewal pening retail consumption liquor
licenses for the 2025 to 2026 term. Any questions? Council see resolution 122 authorizing a change order number one increasing the price from 1,99,31562
to1,126,57156 which is an increase of 250% or 27,626562 from the original contract amount and final payment to Lexa Concrete Incorporated. Madam CFO, can you step to the podium?
Could you um explain this please? Good evening. Yes, this is a change order. I believe this is the final um no payment yet has been authorized by our engineers. So this change order
represents uh two and a half% increase of the original contract amount um that was um a million9,315 for an additional 2 and a.5% increase or 27,265 to the new amount and final amount of
a,126 excuse me a,126,57150 56 cents. Do we know why they put the change order in? I have um there I can't remember the details of it, madam. I
really can't remember the details. Go ahead council. Um, can we start looking at maybe making our own policy about these change orders because we seem to have an awful lot of them come up. They
might go to the lowest bidder, but after the change order, they raise it and now you're not getting the lowest bid. And we've had some that have been in excess of 900,000 something like so like this is 2.5%.
Could we maybe establish if in the contract that they're all given that like if you have a change order you can't change anything up to 1% or 1 point or one point that can be
suggestion and I will have to you have to look into the public contract law and also I think it probably is governed under UC um because anytime you have contracts a lot of times with uniform construction code because it's dealing with construction. So, it's kind of looking
at both at both the UCCC and the procurement law and especially when projects tend to be older and you start working them with a newer date. Do you also have those increases because of materials and labor?
Go ahead. Okay, fine. I want to agree with the council woman but I want to al offer a caution that we cannot place a predetermined cap because why we have to enforce the justification for the change right that's why people do but to place
a predetermined cap we set a precedent that maybe can backfire if I may even though with pro procurement laws I believe the max that you can go to is um 20% but of course this not the case here. That's a good
thing. But um we can't be more restrictive than what the statute correct in the state. Mhm. Yeah. So what I was let us set a system that can justify the reason for the change order. I think that will work in our favor. We
can look into that. Absolutely. Thank you. Any other questions for the CFO? Yeah. Uh I I don't understand why it does not say in the resolution the purpose of the change order. Normally you won't see
that language in the change order. You won't see not in the resolution but they do approve it. Well what I should have done was submit the I'm sorry I sure thank you. What should I what should I
have done was um attach the the uh change order to the resolution. Correct. Oh, you okay? I will provide that to so but it does say in there that you would engineer
well that's agreed to it. So correct. So we going we're going to vote on this tonight on your word and the engineer is my right well until we see the call. I've got to see purpose in court. So that that's fine, sir. That's that's really um what we're here to do that
tonight. What's that? I was I was just saying if you're able to I can bring it back over, modify the agenda, move it to the end. It It's just a suggestion if she can if it's just a very short thing. It says, "Okay, it's going to take
additional 20 hours to fulfill XYZ or something like that." You have that in your email? I believe so. Yes. And the work has already been done. Uh, not to my knowledge, but most likely when they put in, this is my experience
here for the two change orders since I've been here in Pleasantville that pretty much at least with this one that the work could have been done. Then I have a little concern because change orders are pre-approved
before they do them. I mean, they bring it. Well, one of the things is that you also do the change order before the final payment is also made. So, um I have no problem bringing it over. Um
so, so what you're saying is Yes. Okay. So you want at some point you want when you open up your regular session you just want to make a motion to move this particular item change the order of the agenda to move this item to the last
change order for the change order. Correct. Change the order of the change the order of the change. Go ahead. Thank you. Resolution 123 authorizing a notice to proceed to engine city engineer to begin
the construction of the bike cab to cater to Milan project and contract execution. Any questions council can I come back to this? Yeah. Can I ask the question? Yes. What? What is it for?
It says notice to proceed with the bid advertised total. Are they putting in lights there? Yes. Is that the bike path? Yes. Yes. Yes. And what the notice to proceed does, I'm sorry, I just put my stuff away, but um what the notice to proceed on this particular project is
we've already um have the DOT grant for it, right? and they are anxious to get this um up and and and installed. That's what what it is. And the notice to proceed also includes the certification
of funds. And how many lights are there? That I do not know. I mean, for $156,000 to me. And they're the grants. Yeah. I don't Grants don't grow on trees.
They're taxpayer funded money. Mhm. Um it just seems like a lot of money for, you know, if it's going to be 15 lights, that's a thou that's $10,000 a piece. You know what I mean? Like I I just hope
that it is bright and sunny out there at 2:00 in the morning. And it's only from Dec. Yeah. It's It's by Mino's pastry shop. to basically it's going to light up. So these this was projects that were we
required an extension from DOT. The original closure for this project was ex would have expired in October. We requested the six-month extension
to um be able to get that project along with other projects with fundings from DOP, from the NJI banking fund, and from bond anticipation notes to pay for this. So, this project was approved
uh way over a year ago. I'm not saying I object to it and I know the money is there. What my and it's not directed to you. I want to make sure that for $156,000 we have $156,000
worth of lights there in a twob block area. You know that that's what I would like to find out. I want to make sure they're there. Are they solar operated? Are they, you know, on our dime for the electric? Who's responsible? Is public
works responsible for them? you know that that's what I just want to make sure Sure. I'll get those questions um forward to the engineers. Is there any other questions? Any other questions
for Sorry. It's okay. No. And these aren't directed at you. No, no, that's okay. That's fine. Well, we're all collectively working here as a team to be able to execute these
projects and the community can see that, you know, we're making progress. So, so may I be excused for a few minutes? Yes. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Register 124 grant approval to society pay for the Colombian holiday
event July the 20th from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Token Avenue Ballpark. Any questions, council? See, region 1 to 25 grant approval to Our Lady Star of the East for a church cultural festival on August the 22nd to
the 24th at 25 West Black Horse Pike. Any questions, council? See none 226 grant approval to organization Astika for a Mexican Independence Day festival on September 13th from 12:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m. at the 10th Avenue ballpark. Any questions council? Seeing none. Resolution 127 authorizing personnel transactions in the city for June 2025. Any questions council? Seeing none. Presidential 128 adopted
the arbitration award regarding Wendy Hines. Any questions? Council, I sent you if I may, Mr. President. And so I the so-called attached exhibit A I when I sent this to when I drafted the
um resolution and I sent it to Madame Clerk last night, I put exhibit to exhibit A and we can't read each other's minds. I thought she thought exhibit A were the invoices, but exhibit A in my mind was the ARV award. Apparently, she
never received the ARV award. It was sent to me from Mr. Glickman. She didn't get it. I just forwarded it out to you all. So, unfortunately, you don't have it here, but if you want an explanation about it, to the extent that I wasn't involved in that part of it, but to the
extent that I can um give you information, I'll be happy to. And I have the award up at this time. But if you recall, this was many, many years ago arose out of a collective bargaining agreement and terminology in there
whereby the retiree was entitled to receive this lifelong health insurance benefits. I think it may terminate when she's of the age to get Medicare, um, which is 65. Um, and I, you know, I
was here in 2023 when some people voted no each time, um, on principal. I wrote an opinion back then when I was asked to come in. I looked at the prior opinion from Cooper Levenson. I looked at the prior arbitrators award and I wrote an
opinion kind of concurring like I'm not sure what you could do except change the collective bargaining agreement during your next negotiation. So, I know that they were still concerned and then Mr. Flickman took it. Um, and the arbitrator essentially found that the city violated
the collective bargaining agreement. Um, I'll I can give you the if you want, we are on the record. It's up to you if you want me to read it. Um, anyone I I emailed it to everybody.
I'm satisfied with we have it here. So, we have all right. So you can like read in deeper to it later, you know, at your leisure, but that's basically what it is.
Next, we have the bill list. Before you go ahead, I I wasn't going to say anything now, but I later, but I'm going to say it now. Resolution 127. This is about the third time that something's been on the agenda that I didn't know about. Excuse me. I'm told
it was on the agenda or a day before it was on the agenda or something more information. And I really really don't appreciate that. Whoever's fault it is. I don't know. I don't sit on the agenda. But I just don't think this is a good aesthetics. I'm and I'm talking about uh
127 number two A you know and I asked for that to go out for bid again and I mean nothing for not to be advertised to yeah as a job and um
that was denied because once it's on the agenda it's on the agenda I asked for it to be pulled and so whom did you ask if it could be pulled? I asked, yes, we had a conversation today, the business administrator and I asked I mean discuss that I talked to
the clerk said um the said that once it's on the agenda that's an end but I the solicitor you got that I didn't talk to the personal no so there are nuances to these things
it's not as simple as that so people have to call me and talk to directly to get whatever their concerns are. I spoke with the council president today and she asked me because I actually did not see this portion only because I spoke with
in the formatting of this with the clerk so that we could format a consent agenda. I did not realize quite frankly that the names were even on here. So, I didn't even look at this resolution because it's typically confidential until which time it hits the floor, but
that's a work in progress. Be that as it may, um the question was posed to me. The process, the process is essentially, you know, look, anything could be pulled, but who is the who chairs the meetings, right? So, we
look at Robert's rules of order. look at the structure of council and the council is the body that votes. The council president and mayor you've been council president is the one who places things on the agenda. Um there's all types of ways in which things can occur. It's not
my job to secure a win for anybody. It's to really just give you the appropriate legal advice. If the council committee, finance, whomever it is, and goes through the process, decides they want something on the agenda and that's discussed and the council president
wants it there. You know, no disrespect, but I don't think it's within the mayor's authority to say that it has to be pulled. It's not as cut and dry as once it's on the agenda, it can't come off. I would never say that. I just think that it now rests with council and
council can vote it up down and do what they wish with it. Um, so that without having the conversation with personnel or with you, that's that's my legal position on this. And I just want to add to the record, mayor, you never once
called me. No, I didn't. About pulling the the item or anything like that. No, I didn't. So, I just wanted to put that on the record. No, I didn't. And each time that I've ever called you about pulling anything or adding anything, it's never I mean it's that at that
point in the conversation we don't have to get into. But as far as this is concerned, it's the aesthetics of it and it's just something that I I knew there was interviews the day that interviews were taking place, but seasonal I'm thinking it was everything was for
seasonal health. if I may um before you go. So, I just want you to know and I want to put this on the record. If there's anything that you need, if you want to talk to me about,
just call me. Whatever happened in the past, each situation is different. You could call me. That's your job to call me. It's my job to call you because we had this conversation before. and I would really appreciate it if you did
call me and we could have had that conversation and there's several times that I have called you but the way I'm not talking about the past I'm talking about the way that okay this incident here the way that it was done I just it's just so for the record I just want
to say I don't know how it was done because that's none of my business of of of how and why it was done but I just know that it's before me now and it was before me Wednesday and it was before me on Friday. Oh, so you just found out
also it was before me on Wednesday. Agenda review Friday we received our agenda. So you had plenty of time to talk to me. The names didn't come out until until
now. I mean the names were not No, there was no at that first. First of all, I'd just like to say that um mayor's effect she didn't do that. She asked and she did ask
and that's what started the process of finding out exactly what we could do. Thank you for you know just giving us you know some insight what you just talking about I I don't even know the process prior there too. I mean there is a process with personnel right there is
a process with posting this all that stuff it and and frankly notwithstanding the fact that I am cautioned about giving too much legal advice in public right um that
you know there we need to have bases for doing things that could look disparit so Um, that's why the conversation has to be had between council president, the mayor, the BA, the C, whomever it is
ahead of time because once it hits, it's not nothing is a done deal, but it's now there and the, you know, and to have this type of discussion here where you're in the work session, you can have it. They're not an
employee, you know, but you still have to be cautioned how you interact with people and and and war their names or whatever it is. So, um and this isn't an executive session madam, you know. So, um discussion
uh I had two two points. First one, thank you solicitor. Uh I did that's my concern because not employee but still personal. So, I had a concern about that and and and if there is
a a reason for your objection to that item, mayor, uh, you know, we need to know that means exactly or at least some other kind of conversation. Um, I do want to commend
council president and whoever was involved because this resolution is what I've been asking for. clarification with regard to who's being hired, why they're being when they're being hired, and how much they're being
paid, etc. As well as the the uh the people who are retiring uh and the certification that the money's there. Then there's the other issue about the payouts and how we arrive at those
numbers is not for here. But I will say I have a serious serious concern about these golden parachutes which is an unsustainable financial burden on these taxpayers. So we'll talk about that another time but I want to get that on
the record. So, just for a little clarification, um I received my agenda Friday at 6:38 and mayor CC and the names were there.
Yes, that's that's why I said earlier just got it. Yeah, we just got when she said the agendas out. Okay. Yes. Okay. So, you have um the bill list before
you. So, on page one of the bill list, the very first item is action fire apparatus. That was um an $85,000 grant from the state. And uh this is for
items that were needed for the fire department regarding their uniform, the full gear, their helmet, their coats, their boots, and they provided a grant for um from the American Rescue Plan of 2024.
So that was 80 85,97325. Also on page one, uh requesting to amend the bill list to remove the growth group. It's um the wrong account. I placed there the
wrong account number. So I have to fix that. So um towards the end, I'll ask for an amendment reduction of the bill list. That's page one. Yes, I used the wrong account number. Um, page two, third item from the
bottom, that's Trinity code. That's our housing inspectors. And, um, this is for $10,215. Page three. page a whole bunch of my pages. I think this
is what page uh down fourth item from the bottom of page two. Mhm. Institute of Forensic. Those are consultant fees that Yeah. Consult. Yes. That's uh for the police department.
consulting for what? Um I know what the word forensic means. Yes. This is more evidence. I don't know what you got for they um request this for employees when they have to return to
work as well. Um these are this a contract a contract with do we have a contract with with this institute? I don't know if we have a contract but it is the institute
that's used to do the duty exams forensics but that's what they're called. Okay. Thank you. Okay. I can I can pres I can research that for you. You just make sure he gets a copy
of the new school. Mhm. Okay. Um so on page three page three. Uh the second from the bottom, the sound thinking, that's $102,000 and that is the shot spotter that's put
out through the community to detect um fire shots. Anyone has a question on page three? Yes. Uh let me just from the AT&T we discussed something about this violence
we're going has any action being taken then yes we on those lines and we're actually going to get back okay I think we we're expecting some
spreadsheet all I'm waiting for that thank you some some of the lines were for different departments. So we had some lines for clothing, some lines for public works and some lines less fire
and of course we mentioned it several times in council reference to these polls on the lines and all that council work. Do you think that we can have an uh an answer to this by our first meeting in July? We've been waiting for that to find out what what
is this the service and the phones and all that. Sure. I think July will be a sufficient amount of time, but at least we mentioned it several times. We have that. So, so right now you should all if if not make sure you all get it was emailed out uh a listing of all the
phones that had um services but no data use which means those phones aren't being used were iPads or hotspots. The bottom ones that were being used and next to them were names or positions for
those particular ones. So we have that much information that should 30 days was disconnected and was not. My my issue at this point is that I want to compare with the other carriers to try and put
this under one. Yes, that's what we're looking for. Thank you, sir. You just give us where we at on that. That's absolutely. All right. Any other questions on page three?
I'm sorry. Four. Okay. All right. Page four. I have vesties. This is the uniforms for the um sewer department. It's $1,150.94.
Um does anybody have a question on items on page four? Yes. The first item, we're back at consulting again. Uh, do we know where that Joel Weiss? Uh, yes. That was the
arbitrator. No. Yes. Yes. Yes. Right. When you lose, you pay. Yeah. Thank you. That's another one, John. Yeah. Arbitrating. Arbitrating and consulting.
Any other questions on page four? All right, page five. We have um refunds of taxes and that is the fifth item from the bottom, real property acquisition. And this is actually um a redemption of
a certificate. and we pay them, they pay the the owners pay us and then we pay that money out to the to real uh to real property acquisition. Any questions on page five?
Okay. So, the total bill list amount is um 278,98581. And I would like to amend it for a reduction of $3,454.50 to a new total
payout of $275,531.50. And this due to the Yes. Did we It's not on here, but did we ever get a followup to those trash collection things that we discussed at like one
cuz we we reimburse places that have and we found out that one place had three pickups. land. Yeah. Thank you. Um, you know, did we ever find out anything about any of those? I have not
um researched it. Um, go ahead. If I if I may answer that question, we did reach out to ACUA and uh I didn't hear anything back from the landings, but apparently the uh uh
amount that the amount of days that the trash was picked up was something that was negotiated between them. So apparently has no idea what how much vehicle us and so we're in the process of trying to
get some some tools um so that personel okay thank you we will not be paying for three pairs a week no we will be paying at least what everybody else
in the negotiation to me that's not negotiation that's a done deal but I know you're a very diplomatic fellow and keep everybody happy people don't get to be happy when they stealing your money either through
uh what do you call it uh openly or covertly open That's the word totally for Oh, I'm sorry. Can you see? Well, yeah. I just wanted to um amend the uh bill
list for a reduction to 275,53150. Yeah, you that's the bill. Yes. Okay. So then now we go on to um items that were paid as we were waiting on um our approvals. So
if you look at page one from the check register um Dorne engineering has been paid up to date for the services and I don't know if most of you are aware but he is still there doing the transition and um uh the
new engineer there is um I can't remember the last name Paulina Paulina so Doran has been paid up to Okay. Um, another item that's was on the bill list
is our payroll of $549,31122. And that pretty much concludes the check register of items that have been paid. Does anyone have a question? Seeing none. Thank you.
Council, do you have anything? Open discussion. May I have a motion to close work session? I have a second. All in favor? Good evening everyone. This is the city
council meeting. Today is June the 16th, 2025 and the time is 7:09. This meeting has been duly advertised in city newspapers in conformance with the open public meetings act otherwise known
as the sunshine law. Please stand for invocation and a flag salute. May we have a roll of sides for the Jurgens family. Amen. I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the stands one nation indivisible liberty and justice for all Did you get her hand back? That was because she has the woman.
Chief we order. How about third? Roll call, please. Here. Pomona Bang present. Sweepson here. Thomas present. Six and a 10. May I have a motion to dispense
previous minutes? Move. Second. All in favor? Mayor, you have any accommodations? Next, we have public portion. We have John Boy. Good morning, Mr.
How are you? I'm fine. Healthy, present, council, mayor, council. Okay. I've uh have an issue with u the p paint paving of of Collins Avenue. I'm
at 19 Collins. Collins Avenue. Um east. East. Yes. There's a west. I don't think there's a west. But anyhow, when they paved the street
um and broke put the pipes and all that stuff in the in the ground, I was there because you know they working right in front of the house. And uh before uh I don't know what you call it, a supervisor left the street department. I
think his name was Anderson. He's retired now. I spoke with him about the U street came in right at the curb and u the guy that's there now I'm trying to think his name might be Ronald
spoke with him gave him pictures uh he's given me uh the number to the city engineers office talked to them sent them pictures so all this with all of this time is just getting lost. So, um
I'm wondering if it's something's going to happen or not. Um the far end of Collins Avenue on the other side of Franklin, they took out trees, put in curving, um which call aprons for the parking,
did all kind of nice stuff. But in the first block, they have half step everything. Um hardly any curving. especially in front of my place. And my complaint is that the street is
undermined right at the apron and it's all I'd say right now about an inch below my my driveway is about an inch below the street itself and where they put the pipe in with
sewer it's almost 2 in which gives a u tripping for sort of a nuisance and it's coming to a time when I'm going to excuse students try to sell my house, they're going to want that fixed.
So, I I spoke to Mr. Barkley um during the election and well I'm still waiting on something to come back to me say oh we're going to drive by and look at it again or what
something so um Mr. Ba could you um get or madam clerk get Mr. boy's phone number and just have someone take a look at it. It's there on paper. Your phone number.
Yes. Address and phone. Yeah. I make sure that um Mr. Laws give this piece of paper so I can give you a call tomorrow. Another step, one step at a time, right?
Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Yes, Mr. Feno Christian. Good evening, Council President Thomas, Council, Mayor, Administration. Um, just wanted to bring up an incident we
had last week. It's a very hard and uncomfortable conversation. Um, we've talked previously with our mayor and we're thankful for for her support during that time. But, um, truth of the matter is that last Wednesday we as a nonprofit organization and PBLO did
confirm that ICE was in Pleasantville last week. And so, it wasn't the first time. They were here in January at um, Milan, the apartments there at RPM. Um, and this time they were a block away from one of our schools on
Washington Avenue. We have security camera footage from one of our community members that sent us in to us that they were on Abby Lane behind Washington. And so they were federal agents. We didn't see Pleas Department with them,
nor do we have any reason to believe that Pleasmo PD is collaborating with integration. But you see how this would create some sort of concern, some sort of confusion, a lot of fear in our communities. And so, in the past, we've been doing this work by ourselves, but now we're up
here asking for collaboration from for help. In the past, we've had no issues uh doing the work ourselves, but I think this is bigger than all of us, and it's not the first time I in Pleasantville,
and it certainly won't be the last time. And so, um, we've worked with some of the churches in the past, Mr. Parklay included, but I think this requires a bigger community conversation with different faith leaders, different police officials, city administrator,
city administrators to sort of talk to our immigrant community in Pleasantville that at the very least at the local level, if it is true that we're with them because right now we're seeing a lot of fear, a lot of tension, a lot of
confusion. And so I'm up here as director of equipment needle to say that we do want to collaborate with the city administration council president you included mayor you as well included um on something a little bit more substantive. Uh it's not just town hall and that's
it. So some of the work that we're doing right now is every other day we are uh being vigilant and so we are driving around the streets of Pleasantville and Atlantic City as part of our rapid response efforts. Thankfully, this year we do have a little bit of increase of
grant funding. So, we're opening up our community center space in Atlantic City. We have a new staff member, a new community organizer with us, a young man from Stockton University. And so, we do have increased capacity. So, we are we have a 247 hour hotline. We are picking up the phone at 5 in the morning to
respond to some of these calls. And if you ever want to come out with us, if you ever want to, you know, talk to some of our community members that are being affected by this, some of our members have been taken to Delaney Hall in Newark. Just recently, some of them were transported from Newark to Louisiana
after some incidents that happened last week in Delin Hall. And so all I'm saying is if you ever want to talk to our community members about what's happening on the streets, please, we'd love to collaborate with you. Uh we certainly don't want to. our our our enemy is much larger at the
federal level. So I thank you for letting me go over a few seconds and look forward to our collaborations. Just one note, we have tried sending emails to your Pleasantville emails from our Pueblo account through Gmail and for whatever reason if it's not a personal
account like a personal email they keep getting a bounce back. So we do send some stuff to like King like just all council and it doesn't seem to be reaching you from our professional email. Yes. Yeah. But send it to me. I'll give you
another email to the chief of police. Appreciate it. Yeah. Why are you standing up here? Can you talk about your event that um is on our agenda? Yes. So, that's still moving forward. I know there's a lot of confusion and fear in the community. It is affecting
turnout, but we are hosting in September the annual uh Mexican Independence Day Festival. So, last year for the first annual one, it was a profound success in our opinion. It had close to a thousand attendees throughout the day. It was an 8 hour festival. We had over 20
nonprofit organizations to come out and provide resources from different legal, educational, social backgrounds. Um, our mayor was in attendance. We had three council folks come out as well. Thank you for your support. But, you know, it's all about promoting the culture. It's not to be dismissive of or anything
like that to say that we're part of the neighborhood. Um, I don't know if you got a chance to visit one of the new restaurants that opened up on Saturday right here on the cater, but it's it's where the old um pops chicken used to be. It's a a new Mexican restaurant. So, it's called Chilakil. They kept it so
quiet. You all you all know the grand opening was at. I just didn't know about it. I just didn't have access to to y'all, for example. They just didn't know that who the mayor was, for example. But, you know, we are in the neighborhood. We are here. We're not praying anytime soon. That's your
rescue. No, it's our community members restaurant. Oh, okay. Um, and just to say that it's just part of the culture, right? So, Fuzzo is changing in our community for the better. It's becoming more diverse. We're Hispanic, more Latino. And with that, you know, we're entrepreneurs. We're hard workers. And
so, um, that's what that event is about to celebrate our culture, not the same. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Christian Counciloman. Yes. something familiar. Could you It breaks my heart that we even have to
think about this and that we even have to talk about this. Yeah. But can you give us six people up here and and the mayor and one or two things that we can be to do to look for now so that we you
know like we don't say oh gee I saw that and I didn't know what to think of. What can we do? Um so it's part of our it's called community defense and so if we ever want to collaborate anything for example if we have space in line city but not in Pleasantville. Um, so one of
the things that we're going to be doing is a power of attorney legal clinic, which is called family emergency preparedness, meaning if something happens to the parents, someone's a guardian is in place to be able to pick up their children from school, take them to the doctors, anything like that. It's
a power of attorney over their children in in worst case scenarios. Um, know your rights is also something I've talked about with the mayor. Um, we like to do it in culturally appropriate spaces, meaning somewhere close to where our community is, somewhere where there be a feel a little safer attending. And
so we've educated about 500 community members on New York rights. Uh, we're going right now restaurant to restaurant in Atlantic City, Vendor and Margate to educate the back house workers on New Year rights. um public setting so I don't want to say specific restaurants but some of the bigger names of Atlantic
City we're going there because the truth is our community members are the ones providing that labor and so if you have any connections with restaurants we'd love to go educate the staff um not just the kitchen workers but also the managers because they could be in the fence between immigration and the
kitchen workers if they don't have a judicial warrant right between the public spaces and the private spaces and even yourselves council folks we train nonprofits We also train like fellow organizations on know your rights so that their staff is educated. So one of the groups that we're proud to have
collaborated with on that was JFS, one of the biggest social service agencies in the Pulk County Jewish Family Services. We trained over 200 of their staff all know your rights. And so some of this stuff is a little legally nuanced or complicated, council woman, but if you're if you have an hour, we'd
love to sit with you and kind of walk you through all this information to tell you the difference between a public space, a private space, a mixed space so that you yourself can also be an ally if you ever see something. Do you take volunteers for what did you
power of attorney? Is that what you said? Yeah, family preparedness. Do you take volunteers for that? Does it have to be a friend of the families or can it be just anyone? Could be anyone. It's a standard form. We have we developed our our templates using some stuff from the Mexican consulate as well as the state
of New Jersey. So if anyone from council ever wants to volunteer or get trained herself, we do monthly trainings for volunteers. Okay. And so I know some some allies um outside of this room have done it in the past and we love to train anyone that's interested if you have now
time. Thank you. I have a motion to close. All in favor? All in favor? Can you have that information? Yes. You just want to make a motion. Oh, you
want to read it? I don't have a cop. All I have is just one the original. So I guess when we get to it on the agenda, she can just not because she
last. All right. The public hearing required ordinance number 10 A5 appropriate is $78,333. Therefore, and authorizing the issuance of $78,333 for issuance of New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protections Green Acres loan to finance a portion of the cause. Item number 0199-12-027, the Bayiew Avenue water front park. Anyone from the public would like to speak for ordinance number 10?
Seeing no one, may I have a motion to close the public hearing? May I have a second? Second. All in favor? May I have a motion for ordinance number 10? May I have a second? Second.
Call. Yes. Barkland. Yes. Ogusby. Yes. Bettis. Yes. Swepson. Yes. Thomas. Yes. Ordinance adopted. Resolution 118 authorizing a mutual services agreement with a cover township to receive
services of a construction official. I have a motion. May I have a second? Second. Roll call. Bevel. Yes. Clark, yes. Yes. Bettis, yes. Sweepson, yes. Thomas, yes. Resolution approved.
Resolution 119 authorizes the tax collector to cancel and refund property charges. I have a motion. May I have a second? Second. Roll. Yes. Clink.
Yes. Bettis, yes. Sweepson, yes. Thomas, yes. Resolution approved. Resolution 120, approving the renewal of delivering retail distribution liquid licenses for the 2025 to 2026 term.
I have a motion. Motion. Have a second. Second. Roll call. Emo, yes. Parkland, yes. Yes. Bettis, yes. Swepson, yes. Thomas. Yes. Resolution approved. Resolution 121,
approving the renewal of primary retail assumption of licenses for the 25 through 26 term. May I have a motion? Motion. May I have a second? Second. Roll call. Keo, yes. Park, yes. Okusby, yes.
Baddis, yes. Swepson, yes. Thomas, yes. Resolution Resolution 122 authorizing a change order number one increasing the price from 1,99,31562 to1,126,57156 which is an increase of 2.5 250%
or 27,26562 for the original contract amount and final payment to Lexa Concrete Incorporated. Can you No, you want a motion for motion. All right, you're fine. Motion.
I have a motion. May I have a second? Second. Questions? Okay. So, this change order is actually for phase one, Dowy Downed Road phase one. And the increase
happens to be in materials and traffic control. Based on the estimate that the engineer submitted for the uh change order, it appears that traffic control was reduced
from 50,000 to 15,491. That's a $45,000 reduction. excuse me, $35,000 reduction. And it looks like there was an increase
in hot mix asphalt uh 1964 base coarse 4 in thick. There it was originally $147,000. It jumped up to $221,820.
Um then there was an increase concrete driveway 6 in thick reinforced. The original proposal was $34,880 and an increase 16,000 $463.
And that's where I see where the Excuse me. No, no, no. Go ahead. Go ahead. So, that's where I saw the the bigger dollars um fluctuate at. So, that's what brought the change order um of 27,000
265. And I will have a copy of this provided to our madam clerks for distribution. But that's where the main increases and decreases were that made this um change order $27,000
2 and a.5% of the original contract price. Can I ask you first? Um what was the time period between the first bit of laptop that went on and the next
that what increase that I don't know I don't know um when this project had started because this was um I know it's not the appropriate answer you want to hear no but this was before my time so so I really don't know when this project
had started I I just and if if I'm I think that like part of the issue was that when they put down the original asphalt on it that after they got it done they thought they were finished that I think they had to go back and redo it right on I think it's the
settlement phase that they go to and then they go back what they're doing on Park Avenue. Yeah. and probably what happened with this gentleman. But that much of the difference is is a professional question. And I same question. I had the same question. The
time frame from the original bid to the cost where they actually did the job. We if we can find that out just for curious and I want to know whose driveway they did 6 in with heavy duty. That person must have this truck. Okay. But uh thank
you. And no and it's once again it's not targeted to you. No no it's not answer person. I just if you were here we would expect you to mess it up. No thank you. I appreciate that. But um yeah it's um I'll get this from our engineers that
you wanted from the start date to basically now it's like the end. Yeah. Part of that justification they should have put in advisor of the date and you of the date also. You're you're the gatekeeper. Mhm. You
the beh the gatekeeper on this stuff, you know, because it's really a $62,000 increase because they decreased the police presence by $35,000. So you still had that $35,000 plus this 27.
So that's $62,000. Right. Good point. And then, you know, you have the uh the concrete. Um what was that? Let me see. Is that the driveway I said? Yes, that's what it says on the driveway.
So, I will get that answer for you and hopefully that it'll go with the distribution of this information. Any other questions, council? Thank you very much. Roll. Thank you. No
clay. Yes. Ogusby. Yes. Bettis. Yes. Swepson. Yes. Thomas. Yes. Resolution approved. Resolution 123 authorizing a notice to proceed to city engineer to begin the construction of the bike path
decan project and contract execution. May I have a motion? Motion. May I have a second? I'll second. Roll caller.
Yes. Barlay. Yes. Yes. Bettis. Thomas. Yes. Resolution approved. Resolution 124 grant approval to society page for the Colombian holiday event on July 20th. May I have a motion? Motion.
May I have a second? Roll call. Yes. Barklay. Yes. Yes. Battis. Yes. Swson, yes. Thomas, yes. Resolution approved. Resolution 125, granting
approval to Our Lady Star, the East for a church cultural festival on August 22nd to the 24th. May I have a motion? May I have a second? Second. Roll call. Emma, yes. Clen, yes. Yes. Bettis, yes.
Swepson, yes. Thomas, yes. Resolution approved. Resolution 126 granting approval to organization ATA for a task for a Mexican independence festival day on September the 13th.
May I have a motion? Motion. May I have a second? Second. Roll call. Peo. Yes. Parkland. Yes. Figure that. Sweepson. Yes. Thomas. Yes.
Resolution approved. Resolution 127 authorizing personnel transactions in the city for June 2025. I believe this is the item that we would want to go into executive. So if you want to go into executive session because you have current employees on this that could be
discussed if that's what you want to do. Yes. So we'll need a motion for executive session to discuss personnel matter. It's only I don't think I Well, it's up to you guys.
It's Go ahead. Move it however you want. Complaint was about the last minute notice. Not Yeah. And And I I wanted it to go back, you know,
to reapply. There was more intimate than that. Oh, I'm sorry. Why? Well, now that that begs the question, why now we got to go through the process? Because I want I want to know why. And
get that that question answered. process. So maybe I'll move to executive session. Yeah. You want to say yes motion to um motion to to move item number 127 to the
end of the agenda. May I have that motion? May I have a second? All in favor? With that being said, we're moving to resolution 128. Yes. Is adopting arbitration award be born in Wendy Hind.
May I have a second? Second roll call abstain. Yes. Yeah. Swepson. Yes. Thomas. Yes.
Okay. Four. We have four. One, two, three, four. Get four yeses. And toain is approved. Uh, next is I have a motion bill. May I have a second? Second. Roll call. Sorry.
Second. I did. Okay. Thank you. That doesn't help me, does it? Prevalo, yes. Barlay, yes. Ogusby, yes. Bennett, yes. Sweepson, yes. Thomas,
yes. Motion to approve. I need a motion to approve the bingo and raffle license. May I have a motion? Motion. May I have a second? Second. Roll call. Pavaro? Yes. Clay? Yes.
Yes. Venice, yes. Webson, yes. Thomas, yes. Motion approved. Next is a motion to go into executive session for the purposes of discussing personnel 44 resolution. All right. Want to go into executive
session? For those who want to stay, but we have one up for discussion. A motion second. All in favor of smell when he got killed on the wall.
You already know my famous. So call it. We So we need to do resolution 127. We was moved. It was moved.
and we went to we have a motion. We need a motion. Yes. Wait, you went right into executive session. Now you're out of executive session. Correct. And now you need a motion to move for and and and let me just say this so that there's not a whole bunch of there shouldn't be any
confusion. It speaks for itself. But since this is the first time you're doing a full consent agenda, the the way even though it's 127 council, you have the right to individually say item number three,
yes, item number one, no. Whatever it is, it won't defeat. It's still one thing. It's just that your vote still counts so that you don't feel like you're lumped in to just voting for or against the entire 127. You can say with the exception of kind of like what you
do with the build list, right? You know, next I was saying next next time this time you don't have you don't have it. It was a joke.
Next stop, you can execute. You can exercise your right the right to objective. I have a motion for um resolution 127 which is authorizing personnel transactions of the city for 2025. May
I have a second? Second roll call. Yes. Barlay, yes. Ogresby, yes. Bettis, yes. Sweepson, yes. Thomas,
yes. Resolution approved. Next is comments from mayor and counselor. May any have anything. Everyone have a good night. Come here. Anything from counselor? I do. Uh,
one is my condolences to the peace family. that I was pleased that I got to speak to Mr. Jerkens on Monday um a week ago and it was a great conversation. We
laughed and every So I I'm just personally happy that I I was able to speak with him. Um, on a much different note, um, the Hurricanes, um, the girls softball team has moved up to the championship game, and it will be
held at, I think it's Friday at 6:00 at Shark Park in Brigantine, which is on 25th and 26th Street on Brigantine Avenue. So, they they've really done a great job these kids this year. The eight new is tonight, I think. Is it
tonight? I think they're ignoring us. It's just been a pleasure to watch each other just, you know, they they do an excellent job and it's something we can be happy about. So, if you can go out and cheer them on, go cheer them on.
Anyone else? Yes. I would like to express awkward friend of mine. I saw him one day also and he was talking about how how he felt that he felt good when he come back to
work was just a shock to hear that Paul Kathy the whole Freddy just a sad sad truly I I know that the city sends letters of
condolence, but if there's something special that the city can't do, I hope with regard to pay out the payout for
our employees. The amount the payout in the overtime and sick time. I've been asking if it's in the contract that we pay them at the rate in retirement
uh rather than the rate that they earn the time. I think that we had put that in the contract many years ago and I don't know it's not been
It's been negotiated out. Perhaps we can negotiate back back in where Well, Councilman that that was my concern with that with that resolution. I I do want to say council, we have been
talking about doing something for Mr. because they, you know, he moved a lot to our city, an awful lot to our city. I've been a personal friend. Well, not you know, I knew his wife for so long. You know, I've known his wife for a
long, long time. And just I knew when she was a little girl. Yeah. I think I knew when she got here. Um, I have a flyer here. It's for um story book land. Friday, June the 27th.
Um from 10:00 a.m. to 200 p.m. Um it's a free event for children 10 and under. You just have to live in the counties of Atlantic and Kate May and they also giving you
um free admission and a a ticket for free lunch. So once again, that's Friday, I'm sorry, June 27, um from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. And it ages that are um it says children 10 and
under for free, which I think is a a nice event. That's big. Councilman H. You have something? Yes, sure. I just I just wanted to commend the police department. I got hit and run
on the election day and two officers arrived. They were highly intelligent. One young boy, he was I think Ali, something like that. And uh in a couple days the police text me, they caught the driver, you know. So I just want to commend them for that. They did a great
job because the fellow hit me and he ran away. But uh I was so impressed when the police department text me, we got the person, we got his number, we got his name, and you get in the report. And I just want to mention that here.
Great job, police department. Thank you. May I have a motion? May I have a motion to close? All in favor? I