Good evening. This is the city work. This is the city council work meeting. Today is August the 18th, 2025 and the time is 6:34. 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. Barkley status presson here. Thomas
here. We have six in attendance. For the record, Councilman Oglesby will not be here this evening for a personal mission. Um, we have Miss Dor Rice here. Um, could you come up to the podium,
please? Good evening. I'm Dor Rice Bibbons. Uh, and I have an organization called Future Leaders Organization. On July 8th, the students were afforded the opportunity to come to the campus and go to the fire
department, to the police station, and spend some time with the mayor. And my little was actually wrote a letter. Dear Mayor Judy War, thank you for taking time out of your business schedule to explain to the little future
leaders how the city of Puzzle is operating daily. Dear Captain Rouse, thank you for taking time out
of schedule to to tell to tell the future leader the operation.
A firefighters your chief. Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to spend time with
a little feature mirror. Tell us how the policemen and women keep us safe. Mayor, good evening everyone. Good evening. Um these are some of my good old future
leaders that um we have camp with and we just wanted to express our gratefulness for all that you do and for all of the leaders here. I would like to say one thing. Um, it would be nice if the
councilmen and other people would come to our building to spend time with our children to see how and what they do, to take time to help them with homework, and just to be an encouragement in their lives because this is what they need. And I thank you.
Thank you. George, do you have one? Oh, yes. Thank you. Thank you, YouTube leaders. I enjoyed your company, too. Councilman is saying that he believes
that you're niece, right? She wants to say something for you. Thank you all. Thanks again. Thank you. Next we have a review. May I have approval of minutes?
I have a motion. Second. All in favor? Agenda review, please. Okay. First on the agenda is resolution 151 authorizing personnel transactions in the city for August 2025.
Any questions council? Seeing none. Next is ordinance number 12. This is the second reading. Public hearing will be held during regular session authorizing the public of certain properties known as 121 West Park Avenue, lot 39, lot 22
on the tax map pursuant to NJSA4A12-1. Any questions council seeing none? Resolution number 152 providing for budget inserts into the 2025 budget. Any questions, council? See none.
Resolution number 153 authorizing the refund of a stage use application fee. Any questions, council? Seeing none, resolution number 154 authorizing the waiver of the municipal
fee of $75 for the fire inspection for the coalition for safe community event for August 28th at 301 Woodland Avenue. Any questions, council? Seeing none I resolution number 155 authorizing the
execution of a contract renewing membership in the Atlantic County municipal joint in insurance fund. Any questions? Councilman did everyone who was supposed to take the training
uh get the training because our training can't hear me. No, I'm asking questions. Did Did all of our uh key officers and elected officials take the training for
gift program so that we'll reduce the premium that the city pays? Um if we don't councilman, um I'm not sure at this time, but the one that would have the answer to that question is um
our clerk and she's absent today this evening. I'll resolution number 156 authorizing the city to extend warranty services with Dell Technologies for computer service. Any questions? Council,
I have a question. Go ahead, council. Can it be explained about the the prices because it seems we have two different prices for the same services and if the price of one is $918.75
is that from a previous year and was it in the budget of last year? Miss Newman, can you go to the podium please? Sure. Excuse me. Good evening. So when we were putting the 2020 2025
budget together, I actually have a spreadsheet of the services that we have is actually it's a share service within Carver Township and they brought back to us what were the needs and it was taken into account the increases um for this
year as far as the extended warranty for um the Dell computer servers. Those are the ones that are in the finance office and those are the ones that um the warranty read out and so we are renewing
the warranty because those service can be hit with um a lightning at any time and we would have coverage for them. Then the other one is the backup data service that is also um re uh up for
renewal and um is for three years and they they store up in the cloud our information. So, the only thing that Egg Harbor Township did let us know that with the three-year warranty, we also get a replacement without a cost of our
servers. Should we need additional cloud space, then we would have to pay for the added space um in the cloud, but I don't see we don't foresee that. Thank you.
Thank you, Miss Scott. Resolution number 157 authorizing the city to enter into a renewal contract with computer security experts for data backup services. Any questions, council?
Seeing none, next we have the bill list. Excuse me. Hello. Hello. Okay. So, um we received your bill list um on Friday and we always have to two small
reports. And if we just wanna just do the one that reads check register by check date. Is that the smaller one? Yeah, the smaller one. The one pager. And so if you look at the um
one of the items on there is um Verizon and that's for our phone phone service. So that's various bills there. So then you have of course surgery acquisition which is the
my just like my mind is actually like um a records um records retention for the police department. So that's what we have on the check register and then
the purchase orders um listing by vendor. So I'm just going to pick one here on page one. We have uh action uniform and that is for uh the police department. That's
20,685 thou uh $20,685. Then we have um on page two, top of page two, we have Bill Mark Plumbing and that's for
services rendered for the police department code enforcement with their ATAC system. That's for $6,286.94. Um, we also have on page three, uh, Napa Auto Parts that is 17,000 I'm sorry, let me phrase
that again. 1,754.13 and that's of course for various parts for vehicles throughout the city. And then we have on page four, top of the page four, New Jersey American pool order. That's 66,7257.
And that's for the fire hydrant. And then we also have on the last page, page five, uh, Leman Edinson, Inc. $64,647.78. That's actually a grant and that is for
the safe streets for all grant. That completes my bill report. Anyone has questions? I I felt that there was and it might not be in this bill, but do
we have separate water bills for separate entities in the city or we get one collected bill for everything? Well, this one is specifically fire hydrant, but I believe we do have them just like with the electric bills and everything is separate.
Okay, thank you. Thank you very much. Uh the fire hydrant bill is usual that this high or the specific reason for which this number is 66,000 the the fire hydrant bill. I know that what they do with it is they um
pump the fire hydrants and so they have to pump it and I believe chief they they service and maintain the fire hydrants. No, maybe you didn't get my question. Okay. The figure here is saying usual normal figure or is it just unusually high? Please fine. Oh, that's that's that's their range.
Yes, absolutely. Yes. Yes. You're welcome. Thank you. All right. How about you have open discussion? Anything from council? Yes. I would like to ask public
when our speakers will come out. Hello, Mayor City Council. Good evening. Uh, actually sweepers are already out. We had our main sweeper that before we we bought the three new ones that's already been out on the on the road on the regular detail. the three small
sweepers that uh we just purchased. We're in the process of getting the uh tags and everything we need uh and working with the uh CFO now to make sure the team get motivated and get taken care of and then we'll have all four
speakers out. Thank you. question as soon as do we know how long that process will take between you and Ky and you can answer as soon as he gets the information of the cost for the tax is it fair to call
him that the tax of that that's just a matter of issuing a check going to DMV and he gets what he needs on top of that tomorrow anything else council may have a motion to close the work session. Motion.
All in favor? Good evening everyone. This is the city council meeting. Today is August the 18, 2025 and the time is 6:50 p.m. This meeting has been duly advertised in the city newspaper in performance with the
Open Public Meetings Act, otherwise known as the Sunshine Bowl. Please stand for invocation and flags. We're going to have a silent prayer, please. Amen. I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. here. Present. Gett
here. Sweatson here. Thomas present. Six attendance. May I have a motion to dispense previous minutes? Motion. May I have a second? Second. All in favor? Mayor, any accommodations,
proclamations, next we have public portion. We have Miss Marella Williams. Hi everybody. I haven't been here for a while, so I don't know what's going on, but it's good to see your faces. Um, and welcome
back. Keep going what you doing. The park is very nice. Um, great job with the parking opening up the park. Um, and let's get some streets paved in Pleasantville because whatever we could do to do some painting on the streets
would be very nice. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you. May I have a motion to close public portion? Motion. May I have a second? Second. All in favor? I.
Scott. Okay. First on the agenda is resolution number 151 authorizing personnel transactions in the city for August 2025. The new hires are as follow. Officer Ela
Ruez Martinez. Officer Kevin Perez. Officer Gual Lupe Sime. Officer Ulisses Ruez. Officer Eldred Lesquez. Officer Carlos
Corenda Coranza and Officer Pan Tucker. Officer Priscilla Tet. I have a second I J and
for separation payouts we have Javier Cruz and John Marson. All right. Um I'm making this We have a motion by Councilman Bettis. Okay. May I have a second?
Second. Roll call. Yes. Mona. Yes. Barklay. Yes. Bettis. Yes. Sweepson. Yes. Thomas. Yes. Resolution approved. Next is the office.
Mayor. Good evening everyone. Good evening. I would like all the officers were given a a choice as to whether or not they wanted to do it together or have it separately. They chose to be sworn in together. So, we're going to do it that
way. As I call your name, will you come and stand up front? And whoever hold that first is officer Elia Ruez Martinez. Officer Kevin Perez. Hi, Mad. Officer Edric Blesquez,
Arlo Miranda I have eight officer Pila Petri, but she won't be sworn in at a later date. She's unable to name us. So, I have the Bible. I don't know how we're going to do this. All hands going to be able to fit on the Bible.
Okay. Who's going to hold the B? Canief. Okay. Okay. Okay, we're going to repeat the name and say your names. Okay. Not of office, State of New Jersey,
County of Alask. I do solemnly swear or affirm swear that I will support the Constitution I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the Constitution
of the State of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey. That I will be our true faith. helping true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same as the government established and the government established in the United States in the United States and in this state and in this state
under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and I will faithfully and partially and partially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of the office of of the office of
police officer police officer serving the city of Pleasantville. City of Pleasantville. According to the best of my ability. According to the best of my ability. So help me God. So help me. Congratulations. real quick
with you guys. So do a picture with the mayor and officer family. So we're going to start with Martina Bru. Rest of you will just stand to the sides. Um, we have real quick.
Thank you so much. Thank you. Yeah, kind of look like I think that was We got problem. Get him out. Get him out. Get him out. I just kept the concept. Oh.
Next we have number 12 will be held authorizing the purchase of certain properties known as 21 West Park Avenue 22. two. Next we have ordinance number 12
will be held authorizing the purchase of certain properties known as 121 West Park Avenue lot 39 lot 22 on the tax maps pursuant to NJSA 48 12-1.
This is public hearing. Would anyone would like to come up for public hearing for ordinance number 12? I just have a question. Is that the one that y'all just finished cleaning off? Can you state your name? I'm sorry.
Marella Williams, 1301 Broad Street. Let's go. And what was the question? Is that the lot that the city just finished cleaning up? Yes, ma'am. Okay. And it is now for sale. Is that what this is saying? It is now
for sale. So, they're going to pay for the fees for y'all cleaning it up. Question, Mr. Laws. Um, we're actually purchasing the property. That's what church.
Yeah. We're buying for steel, so to speak. We're buying it and that's what this is, which is approving the purchase of the property. Um, we're going to build a um community shelter. Shelter. Yeah. Okay.
Emergency shelter system. Okay. So, y'all buying it after the city cleaned up the lot? Are y'all putting that cost in? I I'm just asking a question. Okay. Y'all did y'all y'all clean the property
up and now you're selling it? Buying it. Pleas. Oh, I'm sorry. Pleas. Okay. So, you going to need staffing, right?
And different things for that. So, we cleaned it up cuz we put cuz it's ours. Okay. Before we just decided to do it a couple things before. Sorry, misunderstood. That's a thank you for clarity. Anyone else like to speak on this item?
Word number 12. Good evening everyone. Good evening. Tim Jones, Pleasville. Pleasville. I would just like to just for the record make clear um what that property is because I heard that address come up
before 121. This is this building I believe is owned by Grace Tabernacle. Yes. Yes, it's owned by the church and you're going to make it a a shelter shelter emergency multi-purpose. Good. I just wanted to get it out
publicly exactly what's being done there because there's been talk about that for some time. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else would like that's not what it was but that's not what we started talking about in the beginning and it
was multi-purpose. I mean we'll talk about it emergency shelter. That's all I'm saying. The grant says emergency shel. Anyone else? May I have a motion to close public hearing? Motion. May I have a second?
Second. All in favor? I may I have a motion for ordinance number 12? I mean, yes, a motion for ordinance number 12. Motion. May I have a second? Second. Roller. Yes. Kimona,
yes. Gu, yes. Bettis, yes. Yes. Thomas, yes. Ordinance. Next we have resolution number 152 providing for budget insertion into the
2025 budget. May I have a motion? Motion. May I have a second? Second. Ro, yes. Kimona, yes. Barlay, yes. Bettis, yes. Webson, yes. Thomas,
yes. Resolution approved. Next is resolution number 153 authorizing the refund of a stage use application fee. May I have a motion? Motion. Do I have a second? Second.
Roll call. Famil. Yes. Pomona. Yes. Barklay. Yes. Bettis. Yes. Sweepson. Yes. Thomas. Yes. Resolution approved. Resolution number 154 authorizing a waiver of the
municipal fee of $75 for the fire inspection for the coalition for safe community event for August 28th at 301 Woodland Avenue. May I have a motion? Motion. May I have a second? Second.
Folo, yes. Pona, yes. Yes. Bettis, yes. Swapson, yes. Thomas, yes. resolution approved. Next, I need a motion to modify the order
of the meeting. Yes, we're going to ask if we can um say resolution um number 155 for executive session at the end. Just going to Yeah, just going to modify the agreement. Excuse me. Modify the
agenda to hear 155. And as the last item, we have a motion to modify the agenda. So move a second. Callo, yes. Pimona, yes. Barklay,
yes. Battis, yes. Swepson, yes. Thomas, yes. Next, we have resolution number 156 authorizing the city to extend warranty services with Dell Technology for
computer service. May I have a motion? Motion. May I have a second? Second. local. Yes. Pomona, yes. Barb, yes. Bettis, yes. Swepson, yes. Thomas,
yes. Resolution approved. Resolution number 157 authorizing the city to enter into a renewal contract with computer security experts for data backup services. May I have a motion? Motion. May I have a second?
Second. Fabolo. Yes. Pomona, yes. Barkler, yes. Bettis, yes. Swepson, yes. Thomas, yes. I have a motion for the bill. I have a second,
second, yes. Kona, yes. Barklay, yes. Yes. We Thomas, yes. Bill is approved. Next, we need a motion for the bingo license. Chelsea Hebrew
Congregation Brotherhood Incorporated. May I have a motion? Motion. May I have a second? Second. Roll call. Talero? Yes. Pomona? Yes. Barkley? Yes. Yes.
Sweepson? Yes. Thomas? Yes. Okay. Can I have a motion to go into executive session for resolution 155 for contract for contract purposes? Motion second.
Second. Yes. Pomona. Yes. Yes. Yes. Swapson. Yes. Thomas. Yes. Executive session. We have a motion to table resolution 155.
Motion. May have a second. Second. Ro. Yes. Yes. Parkway. Yes. Yes. Swepson. Yes.
Yes. Resolution 155 has been tabled to the next meeting. To the next meeting. Yes. So now we have comments from mayor and city council. Yes. I would like to say thank you all for coming out and thanks
for waiting. I just wanted to um say I was tickled tonight. I really I want to say congratulations to all the new officers that we have. we are a little bit closer to getting our community policing back. So, I'm I wish them well.
Excuse me. And also, um I want to say I how impressed I was with the little future leaders. They were so cute when they came to city hall a couple weeks, well, a couple weeks ago, and they um they really really asked a lot of good questions.
I was I'm loving these letters that they had. And on uh August 28th, well that else you want to talk about? Oh, okay. You can you have it? Okay. Go ahead. You got it. You got any
relation? It's uh the back to school community cookout Thursday, August 28th from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at Woodland Avenue, Pleasureville, New Jersey. And we're also having
something that's we have the newsletter, the present points newsletter. If y'all have gotten that. Yes. Yes. Anyone else on council?
I want to say congratulations to our police officers. Also, I want to say thank you to uh public works, police department, and the fire department for national night out. Great job out there. That wasn't a
piece of paper out there. I get a chance to see one guys out there. It was a good job. Appreciate that. Thank you guys. Have a blessed night. I'd like to thank the because we had a big week in Pleasantville. We had a fire fighter save a gentleman on the regional
Atlantic City uh because he was a lifeguard and he was able to use his training from being a fireman to save the gentleman's life cuz he had a cardiac issue. And we also had a um police I think she was a sergeant.
Yes. Deliver a baby. Um the baby can't wait and it was born at home and the sergeant delivered the baby. So we had a very good weekend for but uh since Mr. Obby is not here want
to congratulate the police officers who sworn the candidates uh were sworn in tonight. Congratulate them. We still need to fill two vacancies in the police department. When we do that, hopefully we will reduce the
the incurrence of substantial overtime. Same in the fire department. So, and we hope these these ladies and gentlemen will be successful in the law enforcement career here. So, Mr. Kyrie, uh, after me, can I I got
a question? Yes, sir. Thank you. Is anyone else? Yes. I just want to um specifically thank the public works and we follow them. We see the job you do and we say thank you for your
department. I had an observation on my street. I see uh people are moving like Airbnb but they are trying to develop a tendency of repairing cars on the street and I'm observing that. So I just want
us to open our eyes and see it because I will not like it and I know neighbors will not like it and I just want to say that and I want to close by saying the structure before my house is now ready. I took a tour yesterday. I did an open house tour yesterday. They put a new
structure up on Shaun Avenue is is 211 Shaun Avenue and I was just impressed. I encouraged the investor. He has intention to pull more up in the same area and I just want to implore the government of the city that we should continue to encourage them as they bring
more single family homes to our city. Anyone else? Um I just want to thank um Miss Katrina Dunn for the excellent job um that she has done with the performance um with the children in her camp. They had a
talent show at Pleas High School. Um it was funny when Mr. uh Larry um they put on a good show including your your son daughter um had a performance as well. So congratulations to Miss Katrina Dunn
and our rec department. And I want to say thank you Kyrie for Park Avenue. Thank you. Thank you. Oh. Oh yes. Um and the other thing is um Miss Katrina done also they had a
banquet with track team. It's called Phoenix Track um program at at Lakes Bay. It was well attended. Um Councilwoman Famo was there. myself. Um we took some pictures and um those kids
were excited to have something. They had nice trophies. They fed them and they was able to play on the playground, run the track and also um have fun at the splash pad. Hats off to to your crew and to you for
keeping that park immaculate down there. I mean, you you really have done an excellent job. Yes. And it was just one more thing thrown at you and you you ran with it. You did a good job with it. Great job as always. Thanks.
You always do a great job. And you hang around National Night Out. Yeah. National Night Out. And he does the walks with the um coalition. Yes.
Which you do. And he also does the um after school program with the children, the Stockton program, right? Yes. Stop the homework program. They're not going to have it any longer. There was some changes in the department.
I Okay. All right. Hopefully we can see. But nothing goes unnoticed. So, anyone have anything else? All right. May I have a motion to adjourn the meeting?
May I have a second? All in favor?