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Good evening everyone. This is the city council work meeting. Today is October the 20th, 2025 and the time is 6:31. This meeting has been duly advertised in the city newspapers in conformance with
the open public meetings act otherwise known as the sunshine law. Roll call please. >> Here >> present >> present. >> Visen Thomas
>> present. Six in attendance. >> For the record will not be here this evening. Now have approval of previous minutes. Motion >> second. >> All in favor? >> Miss Nunez.
>> Yes. Next we have the best practice review. >> Yes. Good evening everyone. So best practices is been done for the past 15 years. Every year they add new items to see how municipalities are doing.
uh within within that category. Um so we are at 100% pointwise so we don't lose any our uh transitional or excuse me any of the aid
that we get from the state because it's on a point system. We did exceed their point system so we keep our uh state aid at 100%. Um this year a lot of the items that um they are honing on is um budget
preparation, financial administration, ethics um lead remediation since we do have a lead remediation program with the county and um we have staff here that does that
too. They're also uh asked about um opportunity zone. We have an opportunity zone that's coming up I believe at the end of 2026 um to be up it. So they're looking for properties in our community to see who
could be interested in the development for the um tax credits. They also um talked about um redevelopment
uh to see where we are with our development redevelopment and if anybody's interested about housing and keeping um some of these long-term exemptions and they talked also about shared
service agreement where we are what we have done. So we do have a share service agreement actually related to Harvard Township with construction official and IT services and they're talking about also um transparency
and uh it's about the 70 page questionnaire. Some of these survey questions are unscored because what they do is um they'll bring up uh a topic if
it's new is unscored. Then next year based I guess on the responses that they get throughout the state from other municipalities they'll start asking scored questions. So right now we did great. we are within
um the point system that we need to stay in to maintain our state aid. So >> and what has that number? >> We have energy receipts. It's about
right now it's the only state aid that we have. It's about um I would like to say $1.2 million a year. I can't remember the exact state budget number. >> No. What's the number? >> Oh, for our scoring? >> Yes,
>> we scored 33. I'm sorry. 34 out of 32. >> What? >> I'm sorry. 32 out of 34. >> Yes, I bet. Yes. And some of the points were um some of these questions or survey questions were unscored. So, that
does not affect us either. >> Okay. So, Any questions, council? >> Thanks, Miss. >> All right. Thank you. >> Next, we have agenda review. >> First, we have orders number 14, second
reading, public hearing will be held during record session. It's a bending chapter 25 entitled patrol of the city. >> Any questions, council? See none. Resolution 185 authorizing the mayor and clerk to execute a federal aid
agreement with the New Jersey Department of Transportation. >> Any questions? Council Kenan, can you come up and um elaborate a little bit on this one, please? >> Sure.
>> Okay. This one is this resolution 185? >> Yes. >> Okay. So basically this was a grant that was given to the city of Pleasantville for the Blackhorse pipe phase 2 and we
were awarded $612,000. Not only is this grant coming from the Department of Transportation, but it's funding, the original funding is coming from the Federal Highway Administration
Commission. And so their paperwork requirement is just slightly different from DOT. We have um submitted this grant back in 2023 I believe it was
and this this time around what they did they submitted the contracts to be signed and they were signed and part of their packet missed the resolution that they were supposed to submit to us in their language in their wording for us
to proceed with this resolution. That's why it's um and it's a require is a grant requirement too. So this is why we're doing this now. >> Thank you. >> Resolution 156 authorizing the addition of bus stops on county roads for access
shuttle services in the city. >> Any questions? Um what our own shuttle our own Pleasantville shuttle to or what access is this access link or >> access so but
because I don't believe that Tilton Road in in Pleasantville is a county road so there'll be no access to that. Uh so there'll be California, Delilah and Washington and Washington is
not a the bus right stop either. So they'll just give it to you with the north end that are in that use the bus. I don't know what it's shared services
along without stops and two along West Washington for 23 years. I never saw busted >> because I don't think that it's required to be on a county road, >> but it says stops on county roads for access. >> Well, they created this, but you know,
>> there was no backup that came. It wasn't in the backups. It was given to the mayor. May I chair? >> Sure. >> But what occurred here is that they have revised some of the roads. So some of the rules that even though the buses don't run on these roads, some of these roads in Pleasant have been uh revised
to be county roads and I believe Washington may be one. Even though a bus doesn't >> Yeah. But even though a bus doesn't go down, they want to constitute this for the sake of just for accessing it for it to be a stop. >> Yeah. Not so much for transit per se
coming down these roads, but just for access. Yeah. because you have to be within a a 3/4 of a mile of the bus stop for access link to be able to pick you up. >> Yeah. So, they would like for this to be in a resolution, >> right?
>> Any other questions? >> No, nothing else. Resolution 187 authorizing an advertisement for requesting qualifications for a rent control board attorney. >> Any questions? >> Seeing none. >> Resolution 188 authorizing advertisement
requesting proposal for a civil service human resource center. >> Any questions? See none. Resolution 189 authorizing emergency repair of fence damage at the Max Manning complex located at Park Avenue.
>> Any questions, council? See none. >> Resolution 190 endorsing the draft urban enterprise zone 5-year strategic plan and authorizing a plan to be submitted to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for approval. >> Any questions, council?
Seeing none. Resolution 191, the award of professional services contract to Dan Ziggger, Mark Hall, attorneys at law for the 2024 retiring medical actu actuarial evaluation. Any questions? Council
seeing I >> resolution 192 authorizing professional service contract to CNB engineers for zoning ordinances review pursuant to NJSA 48A colon 11-1
>> any questions council >> um where is this funding going to come out of for these zoning ordinance reviews? And is there a cap on it or anything?
>> This is something new. They haven't done this before. >> This is 2024. >> The resolution. >> The zoning of these ordinances. Um, this one was the one that came through
the planning and development committee. That one is um earmarked to come out of the rent funds that was left over and the city's funds from UBZ and it's
approximately I believe um 12,500 $9,500 I believe is left in the fund that's >> no that's not what's left. This is what I was able to get it fund. Usually uh planning and zoning, they do have a
budget line item, but there hasn't been enough money over the years to always cover for the professional services that they require. So slowly we're moving, you know, $500
here when we can and adding it to the budget. But this was um this was, I believe, $9,500 proposal that CMB submitted and that is coming that's being funded out of leftover
monies from the first round of UE funding before it was reinstated I believe back in 2020. >> Is that a use for UE funding? I'm sorry. Um Jire J
>> what I think the root of this is that in our zoning and planning this we have some ambigu ambiguous if you will uh language that is causing problems with applicants
being processed. I figured you would love that. >> So, should I vote yes or yes? This is what you want. I think uh I didn't want to figure you out yourself, but I didn't want to. But, uh so that's that's what this this is about. Uh we we we asked to
clean up some of those those those problems. the applicants uh you know the staff person is just interpreting what's in black and white and so they they don't have the authority to to to keep people happy then you got applicants
going in there and cursing them say not so we want to try to get that straighten out the committee propose that that's what this is about >> so just to be clear when um UC just
closed or shut down I believe back in 2010 2011. All of that money came back to the city and has been used in various projects and including services. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Resolution 193 providing a budgets into the 2025 budget. >> Any questions council? See none. Resolution 194 authorizing personnel transactions in the city for October 2025. >> Any questions?
>> Camel that resolution. Yeah. Um this is we going to go into executive session. No >> at the end. >> The bills >> bill. >> Okay.
>> All right. So you have um two bill list. one that's has paid items and that's basically a one pager if you want to look at it that way and it says checks register by check date on the top.
So on here we have um Atlantic City Electric that's to keep up with our electric bills for 15,6772. New Jersey American Water that covers several of our buildings and water usage for 54,83322.
And then the next item is of course city payroll uh $541 989 500 $541,98925 and then we have the bill list that received your approval for payment
is a 19 page. I try to compromise um pages or do uh um double side print. So >> you didn't do okay. All right. So, we have on page one, McCarthy Tire, $9912.
If you flip over to page two, we have Acne Lingo Black Poles of $4,15025. Do we have that many flags? >> Well, okay. And I'm not putting I don't want to put on the spot, but could we find somebody with public works to go
out and actually find out if these flags are actually ours or >> Yes, it comes to the podium, please. Memorial Park, Wilson Avenue, >> PD, City Hall, they've never been made
this. So all the mechanisms inside of them, but across the street uh as as well as PD um all the mechanisms are broken. weave maintenance in. We try and replace things um in all of the flag poles and we're to a point now that we
have to do maintenance. >> Okay. >> So, you have the the three at the Warrior Park, one in W uh public works, one here, one, they're all getting done. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> So, we're continuing on page three. Dell, Inc. And uh this is um 16,66512 cents and this is uh software and wearables for the police department.
>> Can I ask a question about that? >> Sure. >> Because you have $25714 attributed to library security. >> Yes. >> What is that? That's actually the line item that I used to um purchase the
computer at the clerk's office. >> And you're allocating it to library >> and I'm using that line item. Correct. because as we're getting closer to the end of the year, we're having uh funds are dwindling and instead of having a
choppy six or seven line items to add to the 25, I charged it against the um library security which we no longer have to pay security because that contract with the library expired or we did not
renew it. I think it was back in April or May. >> So, we're not going to have any security in the library? No, they do the counties. >> They switched the >> So, there was money left over funding for that. How much money was left over for that?
>> Um, like about I would like to say 10,000. >> Uh, because there are a couple other ones that are attributed to the same thing. There's another one for about $700.
Uh there's one um that is uh well one is for over $13,000. So you're you're over budget right there. >> Well, the the account is not in red. >> The what? >> The account is not in red. So I because
I don't know these numbers by heart as they move from day to day, week to week, month to month as we purchase. So if I had the budget document here telling me what was available, I would be able to do that. But I don't. >> So this is the last time that that is
going to be used because I mean is there like $20,000 in that budget right now to to be able to >> Yes, ma'am. >> use these? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Um because let's see. Um
there's another one for $828. Um you know like they say a couple million here, a couple million there. Now you're talking about real money, right? So if if there's not a lot of money in that fund,
we've just probably exhausted that fund right now. >> No, it's not exhausted. I can um if you would like, I can forward to you. Yeah. Well, don't forget it because my emails >> Okay. >> So, you can just put it in her mail. >> In her mailbox. I can do that.
>> Yeah. >> One of the things that I do want you to keep in mind, this budget should cover for anything and everything that was put in. And um one of the things that I don't like to do and I did find that and as you can see in November and December
we transfer funds is to over encumber funds. If it's not in your account, you're not going to get it. >> Well, well, if this is a shared service with the county, and I'm just asking this because
do they pay half the money for the security and we pay half the money or is it all on us? >> All at that up until the county took over, they have a new company. It was, from what I understand, it was all on
us. >> I'm just trying to put five minutes down the line because I don't want the county coming back to us and saying, "You owe us for half of the money that we left in here in the the shared service agreement
for security." >> Well, we do have a contract for that. Yes, we do have a contract in place and and that contract no longer is valid being so that they took on the security and we don't have to pay anymore.
So what I can do is if you would like I can gather that information and place it in your mailbox. >> Please councilman Bettis has a question. >> Um Ch. >> Yes. Uh wouldn't it be more practical from an accounting standpoint and
history to transfer once that account once that responsibility is no longer there to transfer that money to those accounts that you're spending it out of so that when we put together the next budget the budget that's relative to
that function or that purpose you will have a true experience. >> Yes. And that's that is the ultimate goal up against that. I I just think that's not a good practice uh from the scar. >> Well, if you look on how the budgets
were spent here in prior years is not something that um what we're we're working towards improving our charges. >> I understand that. No, I'm just But that >> the transfer I hear what you're saying. The transfers legally by statute can
only happen for the current year budget for 2025 can only happen in >> November. Line transfer. Yes. Yes. It can only happen in November and December. So throughout the year I I'm not able to do that. >> Well, we we're almost there. That's
>> Yeah. In November. Well, well, so but yet it's absolutely >> this is October >> and and I I think what's but what's what's going to happen is that when we start looking at next year's budget, we're going to be looking at those those
accounts with a false experience. >> And that's what I inherited and I'm trying to work on that. >> I understand. But so we start now. Uh, actually we're send we're sending budget information by the end of this week to the department.
>> And don't forget my 10%. >> It's 10%. >> I got you. I remember that. So, it's going to it's it's a learning curve for everyone here. For me, I'm used to doing this, but >> well, you you got as a CFO, I think you
have to put the hammer down on what other people are doing. That's a bad habit, >> right? >> But it's it's just not good management. It's doesn't give you true information >> or doesn't give us valid information, right?
>> So we can make decisions on policy, etc. That's all. >> Sure. Pointing. >> Okay. Thank you. >> So if you look at page four, Uh we're looking >> are we going to do every page? >> Um I we can do I can
>> you can skip around. >> Okay. >> I mean >> so we have what's that? >> It's okay. So we have on page four Atlantic City Electric $3,300 $3,3002920. We have from the ACUA $840,000
>> 578.56 cents. Okay. Um if we go to page seven, we have W. Mason for office supplies
and that was $1,255.83. You are looking at excuse me $32. >> It's detail. >> Yeah. Page 10, we have um Tactical Public Safety LLC and this is for their um microphones,
radio repair, batteries, and that's $2,200, $320. We are looking at um page 13 for Lexico LLC $1911
even and that's u a platform that the EMS and buyer use. Um we looked at uh page 16. We are looking at Verizon
for our phone and internet service is uh $139159. The if you look at the following page 17 you have new serve food management $116,43220. That is the breakfast and lunch comes
through a grant for the summer camp at the recreation center. Then you have I didn't circle anything in the la in the last because it was a lower amount, >> right? So,
anybody have any other questions about the bill list? >> On some of the uh medical reimbursement items, I want to call them. Uh there are amounts that are
covered for three months in advance. Uh, and I've noticed that the reimbursement, how do we pay in advance if it was a reimbursement?
I always thought reimbursement was pass and and and it is I don't we wouldn't know even if it was an advanced payment. And what happens is um we don't pay reimbursements in advance because that also comes out of our health benefit
line item unless if something was miss miswritten in the description. >> Uh it's uh it's on page uh 20. >> Uh third item from the top 57897.
It's three months. It goes into January 20. >> Okay. I will look into that. I apologize. >> I've seen those before. I think I I usually call you and ask you if >> I will look into that, sir. >> Yeah.
>> Can you let all of us know the answer to that? >> Absolutely. Anyone have anything else? >> Uh I I did observe an extensive amount of training
uh in a couple of departments. >> Uh I'm I'm not sure about the process. Uh it looks like a lot of money for training all at one time particularly in one department. Is that because
uh is that money in the budget? That's my >> Yes, >> that's my concern. Those training all those courses in the budget. So all them folks they all went all the bills came in the same time. Did
they all go to training the same time? I'm not going to ask. You don't have to answer that. But >> thank you. >> That's the thought. So who's working anyway? Mr. Ba, that's that's one for you. >> So we'll bring this up in our committee.
>> Just a general general observation, >> please. >> Anyone else with questions? >> Anyone from council have anything else they want to add? Madam clerk, you okay? >> Good evening everyone. This is the city
council meeting. Today's October the 20th, 2025. And if you want to close the work session right to close the second >> all in favor. Thank you.
>> I ran to start over again. This is the city council meeting. The date is October the 20th, 2025 and the time is 7:04. This meeting has been duly advertised in the city newspaper in conformance with
the Open Public Meetings Act, otherwise known as the Sunshine Law. Please stand for invocation and flag salute. And then we have a moment of silence for Councilwoman Swepson. She lost her father three days ago.
>> Amen. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Please transfer >> here. >> Kavona >> present. >> Barl >> present. >> Olders >> present. >> Bettis >> present. >> Swanson. >> Thomas >> present. >> Six agendas. >> May I have a motion to dispense previous minutes?
>> Motion. >> May I have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> Next we have public portion. Mr. Tim Jones. >> Good evening. >> Good evening. >> Actually, I wanted to speak on the
brinkage award. Should I speak on that now or you're going to have a hearing for that matter? >> There's a hearing, but I mean, you know, he's not restricted, but you're just not going to present anything. If you have a comment, you'd like,
>> right? It's just kind of presentation. >> Okay. >> You make your comment. >> Yes. Okay. I have to reset myself here a little bit. Okay. Um I did look over the um the changes um in the um rent control orders
that are being proposed and what I could derive from it I see is that the um the structures being changed such as being basically taken out of the traditional kind of structure whereas the mayor appoints persons to the board such as to the planning board and the zoning board
and putting that solely in the hands of city council. That's my interpretation of what I read. Um, is that correct? >> So, that's it. Your your your question may be resolved when you get to the hearing portion of
it. Number one. Number two, zoning and planning are statutory. >> Okay. This is not. So, this is within the purview of council to do as they please. But I think that the issue that you are inquiring about has been addressed. >> Okay.
>> Okay. And and so if you want to which time to to the second reading, you may find that it was it's addressed. >> Thank you. But I I'll wait. >> Okay. >> Next, we have Stanos. >> Good evening.
>> Good evening. I just want to do a follow up uh on some of the issues you know that have been before in the past and none of them being taken care and one of them is you know the amount of people is leaving on
some of the houses what has been done you know with that >> are we still talking about Charles Avenue >> so what's the question >> what is being done you know on the amount of people living in some of the
houses they are overloo leaving the resident with no parking >> I mean I work to sometime I have to come look for parking space >> are they parking in your driveway
>> no park in front of your home this parking Yeah. >> So >> I know, >> you know, the whole situation is, you know, I've been there since 1990. I built my house there in 1990.
I never had that problem before. You know, the problem is coming because it's too many people living in some of the houses. But you know now the other question is you know I thought it was a call public city
that those people who rent is supposed to get a pel supposed to get >> you're supposed to get a pony from post enforcement so they can come the inspector can come you know and do the inspection
>> and I don't think I've been seeing that >> Mr. Santos, um I know you have been here before and you you had the similar uh concerns. I think that this is an issue for um our
VA. Uh I think that he needs to give you a call or if you can wait, you two can talk after the meeting. >> You know me, when I come here, I come I'm supposed to be in work. >> You want to leave? >> I have I have to leave. Can you give
your phone number to our clerk, please? C E R G A R. >> Thank you. I appreciate you. >> Good night. >> Thank you. Good night. >> Next we have Miss Brown. Hi.
Um, one thing I wanted to bring to your attention, two days ago, I went to Wawa in the evening and they closed the store down. And they closed the store down because they were having a football game, the high school. And they said the last time
they had a football game, the kids came in, they were fighting and vandalizing. the store as well still. So now they just shut the store down. I don't know what we can do about it. I don't know what they called it, reported it. I don't know. But I'm reporting it because
um if they're doing that, the next step is closing the store down. So that means we will use another business. I don't know what you can do about it. Maybe somebody can address the superintendent
and see what she can do about it or talk to police or whoever has talked to. Um, that was my main thing that I wanted to say. But I also see here that y'all are talking about hiring a lawyer for the
rent control board. I also see something in here about salary increases and employee status. This authorized personnel transaction to the city for October 2025. Approval of payouts, salary increases,
and employment status. So, um I don't know who's getting the raises or like who's what who are you talking about? So, um I would like to answer for that and I'd like to know if according to the
the meeting we had here um with the PDA and they said that they would get like 102 or 103 calls a day and we needed x amount of police. Um, if that's the case, um, I would think that more police would
be working at night than in the daytime. Not the same amount, which as I as far as I've been told, there's only five. I don't know where the rest of them are. >> You said only five police officers. >> Five cars on the street. Five cars on
the street. I know it takes over an hour to get a response cuz I called. So, um I'm just trying to figure out you have 48 officers. You only have two shifts, 12 hour shifts each. Like,
where's everybody at? So, those are the things that I wanted to address. Anybody? >> So, um the police issue, I guess you want to answer that. Well, deployment of the officers is up to the chief of the
police department. Uh, our committee has expressed our concerns in reference to your request, but that's up to the chief or the deployment and the mayor. >> Well, don't you have a responsibility to
your community safety? Because if you having 103 calls a day and you only have five police out, they have five cars out. One officer in a car. That's five police on boots on ground. That's it. Five people day and night. Two 12-hour
shifts. Yet you had 48 police officers. And I'm asking you, are they all on vacation at the same time? Are they all on workers comp at the same time? How long have they been out? When are they coming back? And how long will Kevin do we have to be in this unsafe situation?
Well, as chairman of the public safety committee, I'll tell you this. We have provided our department with the necessary uh officers. We have seven officers in the academy right now plan to hire five more. The deployment again as I say is up to
the chief and the man. As I said earlier, the committee has concerns in reference to deployment on all that we addressed that we have brought up. So that question if you like and I'll be fair about it. You can ask that at the mayor's committee or her uh
J her ward meeting or you can uh make an appointment with the chief per the statute and we can only do so much besides change our order which I've been considering. So right now our hands are tied as far as the employment and as you saying there's only five officers in the
street. That's the chief in the mayor's club. It's not it's not the public safety committees. >> So in order for us to change that, we have to change our orderings and the policy that say we want seven officers that well we want them as a suggestion was that we want our lieutenants to work
on each ship or we want them to work at night. All that has been brought up in several meetings and my colleagues didn't tell you. So we actually feel the same way you do. That question would actually have to be addressed to the chief and the mayor. Well, I've asked more than
one person. I have asked one of those people that you're talking about. In fact, I've asked two other people and I can't get no answers. So, I'm bringing it to y'all because >> I'm encourage concern. Thank you. >> So, Miss Brown, so what we'll do is
they'll bring back your concern when they are in front of the chief and the mayor and then they'll have a discussion and someone will get back to you. >> Okay. I appreciate that. >> Yes. >> Okay. What are we going to do about
only having two code enforcement officers? One for the north side and one for the south side. Cuz I'm here to tell you, I took pictures all summer. I called everybody. I asked everybody and almost had a
head-on collision on the corner of Lynon and Adams Avenue because you can't see around the corner from the bushes that was up there. Nobody cut anything that I can see this year. Not not on that corner.
>> So, and and others. So, do you plan to hire more code enforcement officers? so that the the city can be safer and then and also uh with that like the gentleman was saying all these people living in one
house and like do we have cos that match what's in the house because it's a lot of people and a lot of rats and no parking. >> So I know you brought up the same issues before. >> I keep bringing them up. You right.
>> Right. Um, you may be missing my train of thought. >> Oh. Oh, I was going to say, but for the record, we do have more than two code enforcement officers and we are uh I want to say three, >> one, I think,
>> four. Okay, we have four and we are looking to hire others, but we did bring that up in committee. So, we are working on that. >> Okay. Cuz we really need that. Nothing is being done without the trailers on the corner. You still can't see around the corner. When you driving on the way
to work, they still have the trailers. They still put the cones out. All that kind of stuff. You can't get nowhere. You're going on my street of dumpsters been sitting in front in the middle of the block on the curb for maybe the last month >> and it's full so nobody's emptying it. I
want to know like is somebody going to do something about that? Can can I and I agree with you. My thought process is less hiring of police officers because when the police officers start out, you
get a lot of grant funding or safer grants and everything, but when those grants are done and in five years they're making $100,000. If we hire if they want to hire five police officers, we could hire 10 code
officials for the same amount, which we're not going to hire 10, but we could the more code officials we have probably the less police that we need because they could be doing these things like the gentleman with no parking, with too
many people living in an apartment or too many people living in a house that is not inspected, that's not up to code, that has no CO for it. So, we have more people on the ground. Much like people say we need more police, we need more
code because that would take some of the onus off the police officers if we had more people to do code enforcement because that's one of our biggest problems in the city. >> I'm not opposed to that at all, Julian. I'm not >> And it would be a cost saver.
>> Yes. And it would make generate money for the city, right? So I'm not that at all. >> So um that that's an excellent point. However, please consider that each one of those code enforcement officers on a shift going to need a car. So if I put
10 code enforcement officers on the street, I'm going to need 10 cars or >> Well, how many? >> Not just cars. They ride around. >> Right now we have three cars and one is not I think the very Did you guys fix
that one or is it still in the Toyota? facility. So, yeah. So, >> well, you can put two just like they can put two officers in a police car, which they don't do. They can put two officers in those cars. We have four code enforcement officers and that's what we do. We share them.
Um, so you're right. That's >> because they use trucks as well as car. >> We have two vehicles that are operating right now for that department. So, like I said, we would have to go out and purchase more cars and we would have to, you know, of course, hire um a personnel, which we're working around.
We're we're figuring the whole thing out. We do have a plan. That plan has to be in um Hungary Institute um for 2026 budget. That's what it looks like. >> So, we are aware of >> We're very much aware. We're 100% agreement with you, but we're working on
we do have a plan. >> Okay. some next time. >> Somebody want to get back to me. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I just want to know because um it's getting really hard. It's getting difficult. And like that man said, he's
right. You don't have a if my husband didn't put combs out when I'm it's time for me to come home from work, I wouldn't have nowhere to park. >> Two, three, maybe four blocks away. And Pleasantville don't have no lights. >> That's all right. Everybody else is
doing it. >> You know, >> the people with the trailers are doing it. >> South Philly is another room. >> It's still a trailer sitting on on First Street right in front of City Hall that's been out there for all summer long. Still sitting there.
>> Do they ever see anything? >> And Councilman Kona could actually attest to this. He and I actually gone out there a number of times. We've reported it a number of times. We've had people go out and, you know, serve, you know, tickets and stuff like that. The other day there was nothing. And I think
today there was one there, right? Was it one? >> Yes, one day. >> Now, normally there was what, seven, eight, you know, things here. But earlier today when I came in, there was nothing. There was zero. He was Mr. Con and I met this morning and he complimented on a great book without the
vehicles there. Then at night, you know, >> yeah, he had two vehicles back there. Well, some of them are out there in the daytime. >> But but that was before we >> No, not before. Right now. >> Not before. Right now. I leave for work. >> Service them
>> before 7:30 in the morning. And those trucks are out there before 7:30 in the morning. >> Yeah. It's obviously someone's business. >> Some Thank you. >> Yeah. 194 >> resolution 194 question.
time. >> No, you you have to give the answer already. She already asked the question for >> all the answers increases. >> Yeah. Who the salary increases for >> that that be >> and raises and like the reason why I'm
asking this question, let me let me be clear. The reason why I'm asking this question is because I don't feel like the money at Pleasantville is being spent as well as it could be spent where it would actually make an impact and
provide change for the residents. I don't know what's happening to me. The math ain't math. You understand? So, and that's why I asked about um >> Okay. So it's about the money or about the names because the names we can't we going to discuss that in executive
session. >> So is it about the funds or the the votes? >> It's about both. >> Okay. >> So let me >> It's about both. I just don't know. I mean like we come in and ask for a lot of things. I know I do.
>> And like you said, you heard it from me before, but I'm going ask continue to ask the same questions until I get an answer. I never get an answer. >> Well, I wouldn't have to. Can you ask? >> For the record, we do disclose the information out. Uh this is what our
fourth or fifth uh personnel resolution. So, at the time prior to roll call, I do call out the resolution. And if you have noticed from the past meetings, I'm calling out the name and what the items are.
>> Yeah. Well, no, you would roll call. Prior to roll call, I call out the resolution. I call out every name and what it's pertaining to prior to the vote. So, you will know what it's for. Once it's approved, then it is posted online for you to see in full disclosure
what it's pertaining to. So, you will notice that we can't give it to you now because it is personnel matters. At the time of roll call, I call out what the items are pertaining to each item and then they get to vote it positive or in
a consent vote. >> So you can go hear that and and >> Okay. Okay. Just I mean I'm tired of feeling unsafe in the town since 1968. >> I don't feel safe here anymore. I don't
feel safe going to my car at night to make a run to the store because there it's so dark out here and because we have so many people I don't know where they coming from or where they live or why they out there. >> Okay, Mr. Betty. >> No, I was just um an answer to your uh
the question that Miss King Ali just uh explained. Um you also just you know because I think this is part of the question the question that you're you're asking. Um we're replacing we we've had some people leave retire you know um
leave to go for other jobs. So we have some openings that we had available but instead of placing people in those positions we try to conserve money by promoting some people within. So it's a lot easier to promote somebody from within going outside for the big
salaries just then smaller increase. So, we are saving city money with these uh the actions we're taking tonight. Saves the city a lot of money right now. >> Thank you. >> Okay. But provide the residents with some safety while you save. >> That's a different That's a different
question. >> We have no lights and we still in regards to how many police you you hire and in regards to how many you promote >> and how much money you pay them. >> We still only have five people on the ground day or night. We need more
officers, especially at night. Especially in light. They get 103 calls a day. The max ain't met. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. Motion to close public motion. >> Motion. Second. >> All in favor?
>> I. Madam clerk, >> a person ordinance number 14, second reading, public hearing required. Amended chapter 214 entitled rent control of the city code. Note, we're going to have to have two roll calls for this. The first roll call would be
making the amendment to section uh 215-9 uh subsection A where it is changing the number of members, five members and three all tenants. It's also adding the language that the city will make the appointment by the mayor with the advice
and consent of city council. So at the public hearing, we will need two roll calls. One to amend it and then one for roll call. And this is a nonsubstantial change. Therefore, it doesn't stop the second reading. And the publishing should pass.
Any questions, council, public hearing, please? Would anyone like to come up with a public hearing? >> 14. >> May I have a motion to close the public hearing?
>> May I have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> So now we're going to do the amendment. >> Yes. I need a motion to approve the amendment. >> May I have a motion to approve the amendment? >> Motion. >> May I have a second? Second.
>> Any questions? Councilman seeing none. >> Ferero, >> yes. >> Kimona, >> yes. >> Barl, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Pettis, >> yes. >> Thomas, >> yes. >> Amendment approved.
>> I need a motion for roll call, please. Motion roll call and a second. >> Motion second. Yes. >> Kabona, >> yes. >> Clang, >> yes. >> Busby, >> yes. >> Bettis, >> yes. >> Thomas, >> yes.
>> Ordinance adopted. Resolution 185 authorizing the mayor and clerk to execute a federal aid agreement with the New Jersey Department of Transportation. >> May I have a motion? >> May I have a second? >> Second. >> Roller. >> Yes. >> Pomona? >> Yes. >> Clark,
>> yes. >> Yes. >> Fis. >> Yes. Sweepson, I'm sorry, Thomas. >> Yes. >> Resolution approved. Resolution 186 authorizing addition of bus stops on powdered roads for access sh services in the city. May >> I have a motion? >> Motion.
>> May I have a second? >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Yes. >> Pavona. >> Yes. >> Clay. >> Yes. >> Ogresby. >> Yes. >> Bis. >> Yes. >> Sweepson. >> I'm sorry. Tom.
>> Yes. Got enough. Resolution approved. Resolution 187 authorizes an advertisement requesting qualifications for a rent control board attorney. >> May I have a motion? >> Motion. >> May I have a second?
>> Second. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Clay, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Bettis, >> yes. >> Thomas, >> yes. >> Resolution approved. Resolution 188 authorizing an advertisement for requesting proposals for the civil
service human resource consultant. >> May I have a motion? >> I move. >> May I have a second? >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mark, >> yes. >> Ogusby, >> yes. >> Bettis, >> yes.
>> Thomas, >> yes. >> Resolution approved. Resolution 189 authorizing emergency repair for fence damage at the Max Complex located avenue. >> May I have a motion? >> May I have a second? >> Make a second.
>> I'll second. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Pomona. >> Yes. >> Barlay. >> Yes. >> Augustine. >> Yes. >> Bettis. >> Yes. >> Thomas. >> Yes. >> Resolution. Resolution 190 endorsing the draft urban enterprise zone 5 strategic
plan and authorizes the plan to be submitted to the New Jersey Department of Human Repairs for May >> I have a motion motion >> second I mean >> I'm going to abstain since we just got Pabone, >> yes. >> Barlay,
>> yes. >> Ogusby, >> yes. >> Bettis, >> yes. >> Thomas, >> yes. >> Resolution approved. Resolution 191, awarding a professional services contract to Dan Ziggger and M Hall, attorneys at law for the 2024 retirey
medical actuation. May I have a motion? >> Motion. >> May I have a second? Second roll call. Second was >> yes >> yes >> yes
>> or >> yes >> yes >> feathers >> I mean got busted >> resolution approved resolution 192 authorizing professional service contract to CME engineers resolving
ordinances review pursu Going to NJSA 48 colon 11-1. May >> I have a motion? >> Motion. >> May I have a second? >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Femalo. >> Yes. >> Mona. >> Yes. >> Barllay. >> Yes. >> Old speaker.
>> Bettis. >> Uh. Yes. >> Thomas. >> Yes. >> Resolution approved. Resolution 193 providing for budgets into the 2025 budget. >> May I have a motion? >> Motion. >> May I have a second? Second >> roll call.
>> Premalero. >> Yes. >> Kimona. >> Yes. >> Or Clay. >> Yes. >> Ogisby. >> Yes. >> Bettis. >> Yes. >> Thomas. >> Yes. >> Resolution approved. Resolution 191. Approving personnel transaction such as the building department a stipen payment
to the assistant zoning official Shana Stewart in amount of 2500 to. So this motion >> to amend the agenda order of the agenda.
>> I'll make necessary motion. >> Second. >> Second. All in favor? >> So we're going to take resolution 194 into executive sess session. >> Yeah. You want to go
>> to vote on the bill? >> I need a motion. >> Motion for the bill. >> Second. >> I'm sorry. >> Roll call. >> Yes. >> Kimona. >> Yes. >> Clay. >> Yes. >> Ogus. >> Yes. >> Bettis.
>> Yes. >> Thomas. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> All right. You want to go into executive session? >> You want to take a five minute break? >> Yeah. Five minute break.
>> You want to Okay. >> Just go to take a five minute break and then you'll come back and executive session. >> May I have a motion to come out of session? >> All in favor?
>> Okay. Resolution 14 94 authorizing personnel transactions in the city for October 2025. >> I have a motion for items >> for items uh for Iot uh for a stipen payment to uh zoning uh
assistant zoning official Shelana Story for a uh provisional appointment uh to person >> justice. Just as far from January, >> but I got to do three and I got to do that. >> Oh, okay. Okay.
>> You said the professional represent >> I was number three. I was number three. I didn't get the work. >> That was the title that we serve. >> Okay. So, let's take them through the top for the billing department. A stipen
payment. You want me to give the amount? You should give the analys approve of stipen payment of $2,500 increase from January 1, 2025 to December 31st, 2025 to Shelina Stewart. But then the human resources department
approved provisional appointment of personnel officer with the salary increase of $5,000 to Charmaine Akins with a new salary of $64,9243.33 effective October the 21st 2025 within the police department approved
the amendment payout of separated police officer Jamal war effective September the 8th pursuant to the collective bargaining unit and the total out payout of $37,948.34. Also within the police department approved the appointment status of
special law enforcement class 2 mark from part-time to fulltime effective January 1 of this year for the annual salary of 36,734.3. >> Not yet. >> Not Lastly, recreation approved a salary
include $5,000 to the recreation superintendent Katrina Moong with the new salary of $72,169.65 effective October 21st, 2025. >> May I have a motion? >> Motion. >> May I have a second?
>> Second. >> Roll call discussion. >> Yes. on >> on uh officer Mark Gard that was not agreed upon in the uh committee that we said it was from the date that we approved it not from January 1 that would have made us responsible for that
vacation time and all that stuff. Okay. >> We made him full time. That's from the date that we voted on in there. >> Mark it was it was supposed to >> that's the the >> it was supposed to reverse the whole process. And so now we that says that
goes back to January the 1st and we're saying no that he goes full time from the date we voted on not January the >> first we're talking about the >> Mark what do you mean? >> Yeah. >> So can you give me the effective date that's supposed >> No we decided that in this committee we
agreed upon that it would take effect now not the reverse when it took effect on >> well I believe if you read that it's the January one. It does. That's the day I was given. >> No, that's not correct. >> But he's been operating with He's been operating part time this entire
>> Yeah. >> No, no, he's been operating full time. >> No, now I have a serious question. >> You got You got to hear me out. Please say no. He's been operating full-time until we recognized that he should not have been full-time. And then we um went
to committee. We voted not to uh extend him full time. So he has been in part-time ever since. Then they came back to rep, you know, to represent it. Once he represented, you guys approved it. So it will be according to today.
>> Today? >> Today. Today's date. Once it gets approved, tomorrow we will go in his full time. >> No, but that's not how it reads >> because he was already working full time. >> No, no, >> but he's right. It's showing up document
that can be. So we will change the document process of this. >> Yes. Well, >> for the record, we change the effective date from part-time to fulltime effective October the 21st. >> And the reason being is that we had the vacation in the sick time which we didn't respond
>> and it was also it came to our because he was asking for additional >> when she was okay. >> All right. Okay. You're right. >> So with that being said, that is all. Uh Madam Chair, I need a motion. Joe, I had a motion roll
>> with with the correction October 21st, 2025. >> Roll call. >> Bearum. >> Yes. >> Cabona. >> Yes. >> For Clag. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Badness. >> John. >> No.
>> It's hard to be back. Yes. Motion approved. >> Next is um >> that's it. >> Council, you can meet these as if you want. >> No. Thank Thank everyone for coming out. >> The fire department has breast cancer
awareness t-shirts. That's why I'm wearing this t-shirt tonight. It was the fire department is selling them. The proceeds go to Gildas Club. It's a great thing for the fire department to do. So, thank you. How much are they? >> $20. >> I have one. >> I have one.
>> So, we need extra. >> Anything else? >> All right. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> I have a second. All in favor? Now there
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