[Music] i call this meeting to order This is the commissioner meeting of March 26 2025 at 6 PM at the Sussex County Administrative Center Commissioner meeting room One Spring Street New Jersey Roll call please Commissioner Degrroot here Commissioner Hayden is absent
Commissioner Henderson here Deputy Director Space here Director Carney here Moment of silence and a salute to the flag I pledge allegiance 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 Number four is our public statement Pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act chapter 231 PL1 1975 adequate notice as defined by section 3D of chapter 235 to
231 PL1975 has been made by regular mail and email Such notice being submitted on January 7th 2025 from the administrative center the county of Sussex located at one spring street Newton New Jersey to the following the New Jersey Herald Star Ledger and Strauss News and is also
posted on a bulletin board maintained in administrative center for public announcements and has been submitted to Assess County Clerk in compliance with said act This time please mute all electronics All right Number five is going to be the approval of the agenda
Uh there's three amendments to tonight's agenda First there will be uh presentation by Dr Corey Homer That way we can get uh him out of here He's the president of the county college Um in item 11 will be tabled to the next meeting That's our minutes We do not have them And last we are also adding a
topic uh a topic under litigation for tonight's executive session Motion to approve the agenda as amended So moved Second Director Space moves and Commissioner Henderson seconds Uh any discussion All in favor say I I I Oppose
Abstain carries All right Number six is proclamations certificates and presentations As I said Dr Corey Homer is up to give a little presentation about what's going on at Sussex County Community College Thank you I just want to thank the commissioners second
initiative um to let everybody know about the tragedy that's about to occur across the community college sector in New Jersey So we essentially have been down at the legislature fighting on behalf of the community college and the education sector for the last few months
Governor Murphy's proposed budget cuts the community college sector about 64 million which brings us back to funding under 2005 New Jersey currently ranks 48th out of 50 states in funding in the community college sector per FTE If the funding
cuts come through from the state that equates to about $400,000 to $500,000 in cuts that we have to kick out of our budget So what those cuts essentially mean to the comm a small rural community college like us Um that means higher tuition for our students that means
cutting programs cutting faculty cutting staff Um so there's a number of reasons why um the budget that was proposed was um you know essentially terrible colleges like Warren County Community College Salem County Community College
might be non-existent actually if these budget cuts come through So the legislature legislators are working very hard to restore this funding But not only is it for the state operating aid that the governor cut about $20 million or 12% from our county community college
sector from the operating cost but I just want to list off a few others and you have the fact sheet copies of the fact sheet will But I wanted to draw your attention to a few programs in particular and I'm actually glad to see so many of the public here that could help on behalf of
the college because we know how important it is to our community But things like the centers for adult transition we run an adult transition program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities on the college campus That gets cut by 50% So
that means unmet unmet need for those students on campus The other cuts come down from some college degree for returning adults returning to college to essentially get them to complete and move on with their move on with their lives The hungerfree campus initiative
cuts another 50% The governor proposed a cut of $600,000 there that stops our nutrition center which our students are constantly at Um I know we hear and we take for granted all the time that
county college we're not like listen homeless students are on our campus right homeless students who are couch surfing they use our food pantry on there we're all donating staff faculty donations for food so it even further
criminal um the other piece is the dual enrollment pilot program which would be cut essentially also and that's our concurrent enrollment programs that we have with the all the high schools So taking all
those cuts into account equates to right about $64 million across the state and about 400 to$500,000 to our college Um so I just wanted to bring that to the commissioner's attention about this occurring Um I want to bring to the public's attention there will be an
action committee coming out of our college to do more We were very fortunate to be able to myself and our student government association president who actually was homeless himself and is a veteran um to these cuts and um so we need to be
united in this the college represents more than just an educational pathway it the spending of the college equates with the alumni impact social impact and operational spending about $72 million a year all of that information can be found on our website on about us our
economic impact to the So the public will start to see things flowing from the county about getting behind this movement and essentially lobbying the legislator legislators to at least break this even and at this point a break even for us is we're still
cutting we're still finding ways because of the increase in healthare costs and all these others that everybody's facing right so I just want to bring that to your attention thank you appate Thank you for coming You could leave too
Cory Can I comment on him before he goes Go ahead Yeah absolutely I hear your cuts are coming from the state of New Jersey from our governor I think it's totally a bipartisan issue whether you're Democrat or Republican sitting in this room Is there anything all these people sitting in this room can do to help you to try to fight this Yeah
absolutely So you'll start to see uh legislative actions coming out of the college with requests to the public to write letters on our behalf Um you know essentially as I said to folks here we serve over 3,000 students a year You know many of our you know many I
guarantee there's many in this room actually students might be there so or might have attended the college themselves So you'll see those letters We're going to some press releases So just be on alert for those and anything that any of the public could do we definitely appreciate it Thank you
Appreciate it If you mind don't mind Director Commissioner Dr Homer for what it's worth So I was I was actually at the the uh public session uh where Dr Homer spoke and and and uh articulately uh and to the point for whatever that's
worth I sit on the Senate Budget Committee um and uh my colleagues and I have all railed against the extensive cuts to um the colleg's budget Uh it's it follows on the heels of seven straight years of of
S2 budget cuts that have really harmed the rural counties like mine where I come from in Warren County up here in Hunton County It is unconscionable to me that that the budget New Jersey has increased And I mind you I've only been in the Senate for three years but this is my third budget cycle Uh the budget has gone up in the last eight years
almost $30 billion 20 and change Uh $2 billion this year and they're cutting they're cutting from our students from our kids uh from the colleges uh and still finding ways to spend $2 billion more this year than last year So yeah I
Cy you did a wonderful job I thought the student that you brought with you was exceptional Um and it was certainly wasn't lost on me and my colleagues on the budget committee We'll do whatever we can to try to get those monies back into the budget And I know Senator Space joins me as well There's such a
multiplier effect with education right You know especially a rural community college These are our skilled workers that support our welding our welders our electricians our building construction you know these support It's not the students to the
students there Absolutely But also ripple effect Thank you March 12th 2025 We introduce a first reading for the first reading the following resolution which was advertised in New Jersey Herald issue March 30th 2025 together with a notice
of public hearing stating it would be held at this meeting at 6 p.m Uh this resolution is authorizing CAP to limit county budget appropriation increase in 2025 county budget to 3.5 over the previous year's final appropriations subject to certain exceptions and to
establish an appropriation cap bank Motion that the public be Motion that the public hearing be opened So moved Mr Duke I have a second Second Commissioner Henderson Any discussion All in favor say I Oppos Carries Is there anyone
present to be heard regarding this resolution I'm sorry All right Uh seeing no one Is there can I get a motion that the public hearing be closed So moved Deputy director space Second Commissioner Degru Any discussion
All in favor say I I I Staying carries All right Get a motion that's this resolution be finally adopted So moved Commissioner Degrroot I have a second Second Deputy director space Roll call
Commissioner Degroup Yes Commissioner Hayden is absent Commissioner Henderson yes Deputy Director Space yes Director Carney yes And can I get a motion to authorize a clerk to advertise this resolution as finally adopted and also post the same on a bulletin board in the lobby of the county administrative center So moved Mr Henderson I have a
second Second Commissioner Groot Any discussion All in favor say I I I Oppose Abstain Carries All right Number eight public session from the floor This public session is for those wishing to make a comment of three minutes or less regarding an agenda item Please line up
the microphone State your name municipality and agenda topic for the record Motion open the floor for public comment So moved Deputy director space Have a second Second Uh commissioner degree Any discussion All in favor say I
I Oppos Carries Carries Anybody in the public Agenda topics Yep Just your municipality too please Municipality as well please Thank you On item 15 purchasing what possibly could be a
whole building I don't know Can you elaborate on that $677,484 for the purchase of a storage building Well I can elaborate that it used to be a lot more before inflation went up so much So it goes out for What building is
it Um it's it's it is a storage building Ron I mean it's a large barn It's going to store three of our very large pieces of equipment right now We just bought a brand new bucket truck brand new sweeper and another piece of equipment that's
outside This is going to enase that and keep it out of the way It's a big building and two years ago it was like 480,000 So we're buying it It's ours It is ours Yeah
It goes out for RFP too during anybody else Yes I have a question This X This is Berry Road isn't it This Berry Road bridge Berry Road Bridge in Wanage That's been gone for 10
years We're This is an in-house bridge So again what' you say it was That was a lot Is that what you said No Said it's not like a wooden covered bridge No it's it's not It's It'll be more countrylike You'll like it It fits right in with Wantage
All right I just want to meeting all that terrible stuff man Agenda topics only agenda topics Yeah there's a public comment at the end for other comments Right now we're just what's on the agenda It's all right
You'll have You'll have time to talk I'm sorry You want to talk about it You know what You're right You are right So if you want to talk about what Cory Homer just said feel free I apologize I can include it with what I was gonna say So you want
to come back up Yeah Okay All right April 9th 14 Did you say D or B And what was your question I'm sorry Considering from July That's why it's on here Yes So the
money's already here As long as we approve this yes this money will be coming How I understand that right John Yep Yes Questions I wanted to comment on First prioritize public apologize Um public outach too
often people in crisis don't know where to turn and survivors often feel isolated if services aren't clearly promoted especially in our world conservative here in county
I encourage the county to make sure I encourage a balanced approachforce includes victims also housing supportovery I ask you please continue Some nonprofits doing our best
work here in the county like those serving women LGBTQ plus youth and immigrants One minute expand it focus on prevention and education Teaching our young people about healthy
relationships personal safety consent and resilience isn't just helpful It's lifechanging We give our young people the recogn these types of programs and support essential
Thank you [Applause] All right Anyone else Wants All right Motion to close the floor for public comment Some moved Second Anderson moves Commissioner
seconds Any discussion All in favor say I I Oppos Carries All right Number nine Commissioner comments Commissioner Henderson you are up Okay On March 27th I attended the open space meeting via Zoom Uh their agenda was fairly late
There's an application pending for a track of land I'll be walking that uh property along with chairman of the committee Lisa Chammings on April 18th So I will keep the board informed On March 28th along with Commissioner Carney we attended a state master plan update by a state representative The
meeting was attended by several mayors and residents of Sussex County The state is requiring the master plan update by June 2025 Several audience members commented on concerns of such an aggressive timeline when municipalities are also dealing with CO deadlines I
feel there was a consensus that the group felt that the regulations that are recommended for the state may work in certain areas of the state but might not work here in Sussex County Not sure if the st the state is aware or cares of the fact that many towns as well as the county is dealing with limited staff to
handle these fast approaching deadlines of two major mandates On April 3rd along with Commissioner Carney and space and I attended the Skark event at Perona Farms where three individuals were honored for their community service to Sussex County one being Rita Orho for her dedication to
the Sussex County Food Pantry On April 6 I was honored to be asked to judge an ecoin event at the Sussex County Fairgrounds where 4 youth from all over the state of New Jersey attended to compete in their knowledge of the ecoin industry It's always a pleasure to give back to our community I
think it's great for people to realize we are not only county commissioners or seen as politicians but also residents that are passionate and invested in this county the same as any other resident loves calling Sussex County our home On April 7th Commissioner Carney and I attended the Sussex County Planning
Board meeting where three waiverss were approved for the Aiden Miller property at the corner of 206 in West Aasa Turnpike in Frankfurt Township On April 8th along with deputy director space we attended the Sussex County Chamber Breakfast Anyone that's uh not a member
I encourage you to join it It's a great great way to promote your business and connect with other businesses that may be dealing with the similar issues that you are This Thursday on April 10th I will be attending a ribbon cutting at 132 Wheatsworth Road in Hardest for a
new 4-unit affordable apartment building which is spacious and accessible to accommodate veterans and their families It's my understanding this is the first of its kind built here in Sussex County As I've said in the past I salute those that have served our country and proudly stand behind each and every
veteran Lastly I had been speaking to Dr Homer who you heard from tonight I think we all need to support him and every other county college and writing letters to our governor in the assembly to try to support our students in Sussex County And that's all I have Thank you
Commissioner Commissioner Bruce Yes So uh let's begin with our beloved Sussex County Libraries I'm pleased to share that I've completed all my visits uh to all of our county library branches since our last meeting Uh I tore Dorothy Henry Frankfurt Maine uh Sussex Wanage
the hometown one and uh wrapped up my final visit this afternoon over in Dennis Library um in Newton uh from youth programs to adult services and everything in between for all ages Our libraries are providing meaningful resources and programs that have a real impact for our community Uh each branch
really has its own unique character I suggest everyone to you know visit as many as you can Um and on each of my visits I was especially impressed by the dedication and efficiency of the staff and managing the high volume of visitors even during the week um our libraries are getting utilized Uh this speaks
volumes about the vital role these libraries play in our daily lives Uh a special thank you once more to director Will Porter and assistant library director Ellen who's in the back um who graciously guided me through the different branches Uh the knowledge and passion displayed uh from these two as
well as all county library workers are true assets to this county and I just want to make sure they all know I appreciate all the work that they do Um one appointment announcement from our libraries is to please note that the Franklin branch of Sussex County Library system will temporarily be closed for
construction from April 14th through April 27th due to a roof replacement Uh book drops will remain available and will be emptied daily In the meantime residents are encouraged to visit any of our neighboring branches to continue accessing uh library services On another
note I was glad to attend the mini agriculture and horicultural conference at Sussex County Community College Thank you to Dean Jason Thrug and Steve Comar from Rucker Sussex County Extension and all the fantastic presenters who shared their expertise uh with everyone who attended Topics included storm and water
management pest and disease maintenance uh chickens 101 uh as well as uh common conservation practices It was very well attended incredibly informative and I believe it was a great benefit for the community college to host that event and once again displaying its importance to
our community Uh finally as we welcome spring uh we also enter tick season So from health and human services specifically the division of health uh they have reported 60 cases of tickborne illnesses for this past month of March Um a slight increase compared to March
2024 when there were 58 cases Uh to protect yourself your children and your pets uh please minimize exposure to tick habitats wear protective clothing uh use insect repellent and conduct regular tick checks Um that's all I have for tonight Thank you God bless
Thank you Well I shouldn't say it but I'm going to say it I'm very disappointed that one of our colleagues is not here We are in uh budget season and to miss meetings this time of the year is just shouldn't happen and I'm disappointed and to hear with the public
coming every meeting we sit through it and we like to hear what you have to say and unfortunately we run on a board mostly of four people and I'm sure it's going to get back and I'll get written about and that's okay because that's how I feel and this is what we use our comments for so I'm disappointed in that
so here's what I've been doing on March 30th I brought together the Vernon mayor and the Hopkakhong mayor and I had a meeting with them to hear what was going on that's uh Vernon mayor Anthony Rossy and Hopakong Mayor Marie Galott to hear what's going on in the north of the county and the south of the county It
was very interesting Their governmentments are run a little differently than the majority of our towns Um and then I had a meeting on the 31st with the prosecutor's office My last two weeks have mostly been meetings that I can't even talk about but it's like everybody sits up here and gets to
talk about their meetings Mine are a little bit more uh not open to the public Uh we had our agenda meeting which is what we do every other week to get ready for this meeting And on the 5th I attended Wanage Township Fire Department's installation dinner where
my husband received uh an award for 35 years of active duty and my son is also the fire chief Um on the 8th uh Commissioner Henderson and I attended the chamber breakfast which was sponsored by Planet Networks And again I can echo Allen's words um that the
chamber is open to any business or any nonprofit that wants to join uh for a minimal fee It's um every month they have a free breakfast and then they have subcommittees of like municipalities like different ones and you can join that too which is included in your um
membership And we had a zoom call last week with employee negotiations with Ron Tapen keeping us informed That was director Carney and I And then today we finished up our American Rescue Plan Act projects to see where we're at with the
projects and spending the remainder of the money And that's about all of what I've done And then I have my Division of Health Public Office of Public Health Nursing Women's Health Awareness Event The Sussex Warren Chronic Disease Coalition through the Sussex County
Division of Health will be hosting a Women's Health Awareness event on Thursday May 1st 2025 from 5:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m The event will be held at the Vernon United Methodist Church located at 303 Route 94 in Vernon and is open to
all women 40 to 74 years of age Guest speaker Melanie Bedker will talk about important women's health topics The event will also include information on the Sussex County Division of Health New Jersey Cancer Education and Early
Detection also called NJC program NJC provides free screenings such as breast exams pelvic exams pap testing and colarctal screenings to those who are uninsured and meet financial eligibility All attendees will enjoy a meal and
giveaways Pre-registration is required by April 23rd 2025 to attend the event To register for the event please call the Office of Public Health Nursing at 973-579-0570 extension 1275 Division of Senior Services Senior Services
presentation The Division of Senior Services will be hosting anformational presentation at the main library located at 183 Morris Turnpike in Frankfurt on Thursday April 10th 2025 at 2 p.m Senior Services staff will be sharing information about a number of valuable
programs and services that are available to qualified seniors disabled residents and veterans Registration is required by calling the Division of Senior Services at 973-5790555 extension 1135 A senior services caregiver support group meeting
will be held virtually by Zoom from 2 to 3 on Thursday April 17 2025 This group helps to reduce the negative effects of stress and increases the physical and psychological wellness of the caregiver It also provides information about programs and services available to the
careg care caregiver Information on how to access these services and provides referrals as necessary Please call the Division of Senior Services at 973-5790555 extension 1288 to obtain additional information or to register to
attend these meetings And that's all I have Thank you Thank you Deputy Director It's funny what you said earlier two years ago I sat in I think Commissioner Henderson's seat and we the board at the time was getting accused for no show jobs which is very very comical considering that the person who accuses
of that is a no has a no-show job so funny how that comes full circle um I will start out I do have a lot to speak about and I will speak about uh department of engineering and planning first uh the county susted municipalities to review the New
Jersey state plan cross acceptance process As Mr Henderson said earlier the public outreach meeting was held on the 28th and was well attended The final Sustice County response comments by was will be sent to the state office uh planning advocacy by June 20th Uh these meetings state deadlines requires the
county re to receive approval from the Sussex County Planning Board at the meeting on June 2nd and the Sussex County Commissioners at our meeting on June 11th There's lots of work to be done as Commissioner Henderson said uh and our planning department is a little overwhelmed but uh they are getting it
done Uh the division of engineering is advising our Sussex County paving program has been pushed back a week and is now scheduled to begin Monday April 21st The program includes a milling and paving of 23.5 miles of county roads Work will begin with the milling and paving County Route 656 and 646 in
Sanderson and from there advance to County Route 629 in Frankfurt The work will be completed under single lane flagging operations and roadway users should expect temporary travel delays when traveling through the active work zones Project notices are posted on the county website and will be updated as work
progresses Uh the DPW construction crew is in the process of replacing the deficient storm water pipes located within county routes Normally each pipe replacement requires between one and two days to complete Work is typically completed under a single lane closure and delay should be anticipated You may
notice that the crews uh are working around through through the county all over the spring DPW is continuing the annual stormwater inlet inspection program Currently the crews have inspected about 3,500 of the 4,400 inlets The inspections have identified around 700 inlets that require cleaning
and 170 that require high or medium priority repair The repair and cleaning work identified during the inspection program will be programmed and advanced on a priority basis Uh and earlier this week this was a big one that came in I believe two days ago with one of our
bridges Uh this week uh our staff from Department of Engineering Planning performed a field inspection of a develop a developing concern on county e county bridge X13 X13 is located on County Route 628 just east of Pigeon Hill Road in Wanage Township Uh
department is in the process of developing a plan of action to repair and stabilize the defect department anticipates a rapid response deployment in the in-house DPW and bridge construction crews will work on the next 10 days Um if you guys are looking for any more information uh you can check
out the county website and find out what the uh repair plan is I do have it here I can quickly go over it Um this was of Wednesday and Thursday of this week which today's Wednesday Um they got a finalized schedule for the in-house construction crews secure some materials
finalize finalize engineering Tomorrow they're going to finalize schedule and create uh their public notice deploy variable message board fabricate a work zone detour and set up their detour and closure signs as needed Friday they're going to finalize preparation finalize preparations for construction And then
Monday they're going to post the detour and close the bridge to start beginning the work Um they Yes Yeah Um they're going to they should be completed and road return to service by the end of the day on Thursday April
17th before Good Friday Obviously weather permitting I just wanted to touch a little bit before I get into um district 24 because it kind of goes hand in hand a little bit with Dr what Dr Homer said "I know there's been a lot of people
that come to our meetings um concerned about what the federal government's going to do with our state cuts here in the county." And I I understand that because no one wants that But guess what It's been happening for seven years now And I just we looked up some information
I had my chief of staff look up some information And I just want to let people understand um from 2019 to 26 our budget in the last seven years the administration has cut our budget by 11.67% Or
13,710,43 That's a lot of money Just just to clarify that's the state aid to the ed to the school State aid Yeah Right I'm sorry Did I not say that No I said the fed federal I'm No you said the state to our budget Right Okay That was a state aid Um this year alone school aid to 175 school
districts have been cut including many many school rural communities across the state urban ones as well And in Sussex County alone 25 it's been High Point Sanderson Walpack and Walk Valley However in 2019 and 20 all but three
districts have state aid cuts In 2122 every district but one had their state aid cut with the majority of the districts seeing double-digit cuts In 24 all but four districts were cut That's a lot of money And for everybody who loves their taxes to go down which I think I
think we all could agree on that no matter what side of the aisle you sit uh the school budget has a big effect on that And your your my taxes I know have gone up extremely amount a lot over the last seven years and it is a lot to do with the school budget So to Corey
Homer's point you know we want good schools That's why people move here I think that's one of the first things that you look when you move somewhere is how is the school district right Where are my kids going to go to school And when we can't afford our schools and when they're declining because of state aid and we're having all these cuts
whether it be teachers or programs we tend not to move in those places So I just want to go over that because I know there's probably some people here want to go over our federal cuts not our state aid cuts and I just wanted to bring that up Um finally I as Commissioner Henderson said
we attended the SCARC dinner Was a very good dinner at Pirona Farms Rita Oro as he said uh got an award for all her um volunteerism at the food pantry which is a very big deal here in Sussex
Um as of late we've been cut We had a donor that was donating for 10 years 10 plus years Um an exorbitant amount of money that we called that the angel donor Um that has been cut by a quarter
I would think right Joe About about down to a quarter So this year we did put a line item in there to help out but that's it's just not going to be enough So I appreciate the volunteers volunteerism as Rita has done and now uh Commissioner Henderson
volunteers So hopefully we could figure that out Um I did get to the vet cemetery this last weekend and looked over some layout that I told last told you all last meeting I was going to be volunteering for for some surveying So I got what I needed from them I also attended a scout an Eagle Stout Eagle
Scout proclamation uh in Sandiston on Sunday Um there's about 340 million people in the in the United States right somewhere around there There's only been about three million Eagle Scouts so it's a pretty good honor Uh I'm sorry are you an Eagle
Scout Congratulations Uh so that was a that was a good thing to go to as well And that is all I have for now Just a question going back to your bridge Did you say it's going to be finished on 17 The one that we had um uh that just failed Yes Yes Was there any thought of
pushing that bridge back a week during spring break when nobody had to travel on it to go I think that detour needs I think it needs to get done as soon as possible I mean we I could look into but I think it's just getting it done as soon as possible is what their intent
was All right Number 10 approval of consent agender there is none Number 11 as I said before that's tabled till our next meeting Number 12 ordinance there is none Number 13's appointments and or resignations There are none 14
resolutions resolutions Uh can I get a motion to adopt resolutions A through P So move Commissioner Henderson have a second Second Deputy Director Space Any discussion All right Commissioner Degroup yes Commissioner Hayden is absent
Commissioner Henderson yes Deputy Director Space yes Director Carney yes 15s Awards of contract change orders or in bids The board of county commissioners of the county of Sussex has reviewed the award of contract change orders bids consisting of various proposed
resolutions and determined that adoption of the said resolutions is and will further the public interest Motion to adopt resolutions A through D So moved Second to director space director uh commissioner group Any discussion Roll call please Commissioner Degroup Yes
Commissioner Hayden is absent Commissioner Henderson Yes Deputy Director Space Yes Director Carney Yes Number 16 Uh uh this is the bills list This is resolution A from the bills list of April 9th 2025 Motion to pay the
bills list and move Deputy director space Have a second Second Commissioner Commissioner Degroup Any discussion Roll call Commissioner Degroup Yes Commissioner Hayden is absent Commissioner Henderson Yes Deputy Director Space Yes Director Carney Yes All right This is resolution B is a
payments payment of bills list from April 9th A motion to pay bills list B So moved Commissioner Henderson Second Commissioner group Any discussion Commissioner Degroup Yes Commissioner Hayden is absent Commissioner Henderson Yes Deputy Director Space Abstain
Director Carney Yes All right Resolution C This is a payment of bills list from April 9th 2025 Motion to pay the bills list C So moved Second Director Space Commissioner Henderson Any discussion Roll call Commissioner Degroup abstain
Commissioner Hayden is absent Commissioner Henderson yes Deputy Director Space yes Director Carney yes All right Resolution D is authorizing emergency temporary appropriations of 2025 social services fund operating budget for the county of Sussex Motion
to adopt resolution D So moved Deputy Director Space Got a second Second Commissioner Degrew Any discussion call Commissioner Degroup yes Commissioner Hayden is absent Commissioner Henderson yes Deputy
Director Space yes Director Carney yes All right 17's personnel resolution A personnel agenda of 4925 Motion to approve the personnel agenda So moved Deputy director space Got a second Second Commissioner Degrew
Any discussion Yes I guess my question is to county council Am I allowed to vote on that This is related to the detectives Correct Yeah You and I discussed this There are It doesn't involve APS Um and that's where your conflict lies My understanding is that
the the the individual the conflict said has no decision-making authority as relates to these hires nor are they involved in the hiring recommendation So I don't there's no issue Okay Thank you All right Roll call Commissioner Degroup Yes Commissioner Hayden is absent
Commissioner Henderson Yes Deputy Director Space Yes Director Carney Yes 18 The admin report on your Thank you sir Yeah As mentioned uh from Commissioner Degrroot the Franklin Library will be down for a little bit and that is a result of ARPA funding
that we've received and we're starting to do the project works that we've secured that money for and get the projects done So that roof is being done through ARPA And why I mentioned that the the public's going to start seeing a lot of a lot of movement in buildings
and construction and repairs because we we had to secure the funding as of last year We have to complete the projects by the end of this year So it's a very tight timeline and so we're we're getting real busy real quick And to your
point uh Commissioner yeah all three PBA uh union contracts are still going on that we're still moving with that We've got one more interview for the uh college trustee We've interviewed We've had two sessions We got one more session that's going to happen next Monday and
that will complete the interviewing cycle to to identify a potential trustee to fill the void that we have there Um and then lastly I have one item that I need to bring up in new business and that's it How many applicants do we got Eight So
we went from zero banking Yes Fantastic It is It is It is a contest And again it's it's it's because of the direction that the college is going in and then to have these cuts come through at this time is this is it's just it's just terrible And we'll
be ready for them to make a decision at our next meeting right Oh absolutely Right I'm having them rank them like we did the last time I think we have right now we have two very good candidates We may have a third We may even have a bench because we have we have a decision to make in September this year because we have another one So we'll have somebody in quue that we can make a
decision on So yeah it's it's it's moving very well Thank you Perfect All right Thank you 19 County Council Yeah And to pick up on the the administrator's last point I think this commission board has done a good job too of also promoting vacancies and letting people know that they're available to uh to be filled for those that are
interested in serving So kudos to you guys as well I have only one legal item Um when I first got here uh a little over three years ago I had inherited uh that open public records suit with Andover subcq if you recall with the state trying to compel them to provide some records left over from COVID Uh we
were finally uh successful Uh the court entered an order uh compelling the state to turn over the items that we were waiting on with a caveat is they're giving the state uh before they actually have to produce time uh to decide whether they want to appeal before they actually produce the documents So that
time is not run yet I will let you know when it does If they do if not uh we should be able in receipt of those documents sometime uh in midMay That's all I have All right Thank you Number 20 is unfinished business Do we have any unfinished business No Okay No Right No All right
Number 21's new business I do just have not quite new business but I should have read this in my comments Uh this just pertains to us Uh this is the US Small Business Administration SBA announced the availability of lowinterest federal disaster loans for small businesses and private non nonprofit organizations
affected by the sinkholes on I80 Uh during December 20 uh 6 24 the SBA issued the administrative declaration for an economic injury disaster on April 2nd The declaration covers Morris County as well as the adjacent counties of
Essex Hunteran Payic Somerset Sussex Warren uh Union and Warren which are eligible for the EIDL or the economic injury disaster loans from the SBA EIDLs are for working and capital needs caused by disaster and are available even if the small businesses or PNPs did not
suffer any physical damage They may be used to pay fixed debts payroll accounts payable and other bills not not paid due by the disaster SBA loans have eligible small businesses and private nonforprofits cover operating expenses after a disaster which is crucial for
the recovery Uh the loan amount can be up to $2 million with interest rates as low as 4% for small businesses and 3.625 for PNPs with terms up to 30 years uh interest does not begin to acrew and the payments are not due until 12 months from the date of the first loan
dispersement The SBA sets loan loan amounts and terms based on each applicant's financial condition Uh beginning Tuesday April 8th SBA customer service representatives will be on hand at the SBA business recovery center with the BRC in Morris County to
answer questions about SBA disaster loans uh programs explain and then explain the application process and help individuals complete their application So that's good to hear because I know they're hurting a little bit with all the traffic going on Number
22 Oh I got one item for new business Okay Now I got a uh I received a letter from the administrator at Hopekcon and they are applying for a DOT grant It's for safe streets uh to schools grant And
this is phase two for Lake Hopekon And what they do they go through the old uh where pedestrian traffic for kids that are going to either bus stops or to the school They go in and they repair they tear up the sidewalk They make it they repair the sidewalk They repaired the curving They put all the the crosswalks
into a ADA compliance um position you know get them up to date to be ADA compliant And what they asked me to do is to write a letter of support from the county in support of them going after that grant So I'd like to have the approval to do that tomorrow and send it to them I was proud to be this is phase
two I was proud to be in my past life at Hopakhan in phase one So this is a continuation of the the pedestrian the kids walkways to the to the high school and to the to the bus stop So if I could have that um I'll issue that tomorrow Thank you
This public session is for those wishing to make general comments of three minutes or less on non-aggenda topics Please line up at the microphone and state your name in the municipality for the record Motion to open the floor for public for public comment So moved Commissioner Dug have a second Second Commissioner Henderson All in favor say
I I Oppose Abstain Carries The floor is open So I' listened a lot of controversy about missing commission I know by listening to this news how much time and energy all you put into our
community whatever you don't know it really for lack of a better term pisses me off that he doesn't show up that for not being here So I'm not really sure what the legal structure is or how you guys
are whatever but at some point you might want to think about whatever you want to call it x amount of meetings for whatever reason but it's un to the taxpayers to pay for a job Thank you My comment
there was a bill in the legislature well it was introduced last year by Assemblyman Michael and Ganomore and it went nowhere So he tried to bring attention to what was happening here in Sussex and it just was dead in the water They didn't seem to care But we do pick
up the slack and we we work pretty well as a four member board Well and the funny thing is too though from us up you actually don't even have to show up from us the senator of the legislators congress is it they they don't have to show up So if they get elected they can
just get paid but the board of ed they can they miss meetings planning board meetings municipalities you know they miss three meetings in a year and they're gone So it's a little screwy but that's government for you right Good evening My name is Lyola I'm a
lifelong resident of Sussex County and have been an educator for over 25 years Troubling decisions made at the national level and the effect that they have on our nation's state of though not all of the comments on the
floor tonight come from members of our group substantial and growing membership and meet regularly to achieve work policies that protect our environment and support policies that
improve life for all in our community I hope that we share these goals with those of you And while we might not have the same vision for the best policies at the national level perhaps we can find common ground at the local level We all
want a better future of our community Funding our community college is an excellent example where we can work together To that end I come with two requests First I ask that you seriously consider making plans to address the
federal spending cuts that are sure to harm the programs that the people of this community Not speculative nor conjecture We are going to lose funding How did the commissioner make up for
What will you keep What will you cut How will you establish priorities Second I ask that these folks your neighbors and even friends come to you with their deeply felt concerns and their wellconsidered ideas And I hope
that you will consider them with the seriousness they deserve even when they are not of your political strength The people of this county desire strong leaders who are courageous enough to provide that institutions programs and
environments will be protected evening and thank you for all you do for the people of this county and for those of you who responded to my concerns over the past [Applause] Um I would just like to talk tonight a
little bit about my concerns about um changes and cuts to the Social Security Administration Um according to data there are more than 50 million people receiving benefits and thousands more and more every day Um these proposed
changes require inperson gratification are extremely burdensome for many Um between the cuts in staff the weight times that will be incurred and the um people that are involved seniors
disabled various groups um may find it very hard to get to an office because of physical barriers or also because of lack of transportation Um I I feel that all of our responsibility to speak out
against these changes on behalf of everybody in the county all the county residents and do whatever we can to try to prevent this from getting worse And of course on the other hand I will put on my other hat Um I
read recently that Commissioner Hayden has not ruled out running for reelection Um well after the accusations valor unsubstantiated claims against the food pantry and basically his lack of
being here doing anything for the county I strongly suggest that he does not run because I think at this point in time all the people in the county know him know what he's all about but he's all just about making the headlines for
himself and I would hope that if he did decide to run that no one would vote for him Thank [Applause] you Barbosa Township Today I stand before
expressation for Donald Trump and share my concerns about indivisible.org Donald Trump has been a beacon of hope and strength for our nation Under his leadership we witnessed an economic renaissance that brought prosperity to millions of American families He created over 7 million new
jobs lifting countless individuals out of poverty and give a chance at a better life His unwavering commitment to secure our borders ensuring the safety and security of our beloved country Trump's policies revitalize our industries bringing back jobs and factories that
have long been lost He stood up for American workers implementing tariffs to protect their livelihoods His administration tackled a devastating fentanel crisis saving countless lives and securing billions in new US-based investments On the other hand Indivis
has been a source of division and controversy Their protests have disrupted local events causing tension and arrest in our communities Even some Democrats have voiced their frustration with indivisible.org's confrontational tactics question their effectiveness and impact Concerns about
the transparency of their funding sources have further cast doubts on their intentions In conclusion while Donald Trump has shown unwavering dedication achieve remarkable accomplishments for our country Indivisible.org's actions have raised serious questions and criticisms And if
you don't share the same love and respect for this great nation that I do I border is [Applause] My name is I didn't see any of what I just heard
I also haven't received any payments so far So if anybody hasn't checked I'll meet you in the back Um but seriously uh we've seen a tremendous amount of volatility in the last two weeks at my bank I talked to my senior credit
officer yesterday and she said that many of the small businesses that we uh fund are completely uh unable to give her any uh plan as to how to react to these recent tariffs because they change every day And so the
volatility and the lack of clarity is really starting to affect the economy just like Musk's uh rapid deconstruction of so many of the uh of our government entities is creating havoc in government
programs And to me it the lesson to be learned from that is you can't make drastic changes whether it's to an economy a government or institutions without really careful planning I mean you guys see that because I know you spend an enormous amount of work doing
your budget And yet if you look at the amount of hours that that were spent planning these gigantic tariffs and they are the most consequential in our history or the destruction of large parts of our government like NIH You see there was very little planning done They
kind of shot from the hip and hope to react later And to me I think the the the lesson we should all learn is we can't do that Um the second lesson I would suggest to you is um you're going to have to make plans about how deal with some of the blowback as it starts
to stream into our our county and our economy And I would hope that you follow one good rule which is um try to help the least and the most vulnerable first uh in every aspect of our history When
we've done succeeded and when we fail to do that we pay the price Um just as a quick example this is plumpy nut It's created in a factory in Rhode Island And it it was designed to feed the most hungry people in Africa the most
malnourished And if you can keep them on this product for three weeks they survive If you don't they die So many of them are now dying because the USA source of funding for this has been cut off And that was unintentional I don't think anybody from down intended
that But that's what's happened Sudan Somalia a few other places didn't think about it So what I would recommend and by the way we're going to lose jobs in Rhode Island because of that when that factory closes down So please think about the most vulnerable as we have to
make decisions on how to reallocate a smaller amount of money coming from both federal government Sir I'm sorry Can you just re Sir the record can you just restate your municipality Oh I'm sorry Augusta Thank you
My name is Joanne Daniels and I live in Hampton Township I feel disheartened by many of the things happening in Washington but tonight I plan to speak about the Sussex County Library System Um I worked for the library for 50 years so it's very
dear to my heart On March 14th President Trump issued an executive order that calls for the elimination of the IMLS the Institute of Museum and Library Services The IMLS is an independent and
nonpartisan agency dedicated to supporting museums and libraries and the crucial community services they provide in every state I've read that this could impact important services such as interl loan
summer reading programs and other important services the library provides I'd like to commend the commissioners for their support of the Dennis library renovations and the purchase of the new bookmobile which I just saw
pictures of today on Facebook I don't know if you guys have seen it but it's wonderful It's called and it's got colorful circles and it's gonna catch a lot of attention It's wonderful Um going forward it's my hope that as the changes in Washington trickle down
to the state and then to the county level that you'll be able to support the library and recognize its place and importance in the community And you know that gentleman speak about the county college I can see that there's there's
going to be a lot of competition for whatever small pot of money there is But I appreciate your your thinking about the library and I am a member of the indivisible group and I have not found them to be um unkind or or I find them
to be very respectful Thank you very much for listening This week is National Library Week Public libraries are an asset to the communities they serve providing valuable services
I want to thank commissioners for their support in the federal government to the library all over the United States I ask the commission to not only
support but to consider increasing your I am also a member of not seen any of you It's a very important institution
[Applause] Um I'd like to start by saying that the local agency I work for has experienced federal cuts since the last meeting here Removal of removal of federal grant money has
directly affected the services agency to our clients These services are particularly important that we live in a It was also unnerving for employees as we don't know if further cuts will jeopardize our job security The
uncertainty and chaos of the current administration make it hard to plan ahead as an agency and as individuals because I know that you are inday government My who is a freshman in
college,000 scholarship On Saturday I got the mail and there were two envelopes I could tell that they both were related to the scholarship but I was puzzled that there were two envelopes I opened the first one and found a check
for the second envelope to reveal a check for $60,000 My husband and I both work for nonprofits So that unexpected check was exciting for 30 seconds until my brain was obviously a mistake But it also
occurred to me that wow $60,000 in my son's college It also occipit or negativeffect us and how we interact with our local economy and community
It has become abundantly clear to me that people at the highest levels can relate to us So I am looking to representatives that do understand how these cuts and policies affect us in our community I am determined to keep showing up at places to voice my
concerns I am asking you to please continue to act and make good decisions for our community and to use our concerns to other community and federal leaders and as Many people have already
voiced I am also a member of Sussex They are extremely respectful issues [Applause] Good evening David from Township Let me say
first stress to find out the county college has financial problems I think Education always seems to be first Republican Democrat independent just don't give a damn It's always time to go after teachers in schools Of course they
just don't do their job Anyway I'd like to read you a quote from Mark one of my favorite writers Among other lies we have the silent lie The deception one by simply keeping
concealing the truth That's my real Republican party They can do things that are just unconscionable like starve a half a million African kids to death for no damn good reason I concern Kill our farming program in
Sussex County school Variety of other things that just don't seem to make any common sense at all Coming up on the block is 9
9,84,996 out of our educational schools our local schools If the Department of Education is totally eliminated which is the objective and our consumate liar and chief doesn't hold up his word to
transfer the funding to other department I don't know if you folks have faith in him I don't just going to die and go away I think it's time for an awful lot of folks to stop listening to the music the billionaires play and tell them to get
off the stage It's time to speak up I have absolutely nothing against any of you folks You do a great job You keep our county running I've been here forever Always been a Republican county but there's always been a certain level
of honesty about everyone So if you agree or disagree with some of these things speak up Maybe we can have a discussion I would certainly love to discuss something with a Trump supporter other than his son's laptop Thank
[Applause] you 40 years an educator at my point Not me [Laughter] I'm a member of I have something to say worst motivation for
human psychologist We have government by person Focus on that state of affairs usual country
[Applause] Um good evening First of all I want to thank all of you for your time The past few weeks have shown me that you each have the best interest of your hard work to ensure that
funding I als I realize that there's a distinction between local resistance services and organizations that support our residents such self I appreciate director's explanation
of budget cuts I can't imagine that the federal slashing program is going to severely threatened under it And the beauty of our system is that it can always work because the go
prosperity for all in our current instant [Music] gratification should drive to get involved and to help make the systems better over time Slashing funding and firing nonpartisan experts in our government agencies is not the way to
fix the system It is the way to break it and people are not just going to be mad People are going to die Weather disersin will be given me and will come back will die already Medicaid and Medicare recipients will receive life
without immigrants and legal residents will get shipped back to authoritarian countries where they will be murdered This is not hyperbole People's lives are at risk As senator Booker said eloquently this is our moment This is
when our most precious ideas of our tested Where does the live or in our hearts [Applause] Hi Julie from
um I just also want to start with I'm a member of Indivisible and uh the people that I have met so far through doing this group are the most kind polite respectful lovely people and I'm so honored to be um organizing with them But tonight I'd like to speak about the
same act that has been introduced to Congress I believe will be up tomorrow for a vote This is a bill which appears to be caring about voter legitimacy but in reality appears to be one in line with a long history of bills designed to impede voters This bill would require very specific documentation of
citizenship even for voters who are already registered to vote In states in which they have enacted this kind of legislation such as New Hampshire United States citizens have run into major obstacles trying to register to vote Married women whose names did not match their birth certificate were required
then to produce a copy of their marriage license Military personnel working overseas who are unable to present paperwork in person would be unable to register Um in fact my mother just sent me a text today um feeling overwhelmed by having to update her almost
70year-old certificate Happy birthday Deb this month Um because it was no longer a representation of a legal birth certificate Um she was born in Fort Dicks My grandfather was a Korean vet and so she has been having to go through extensive paperwork to even get a new
birth certificate Um and it's going to cost her $50 to do so So a lot of um difficulties and obstacles are going to be presented if this uh bill were to pass While on the surface this may be appear to be a means to ensure the legitimacy of our elections the reality is that this bill is trying to
disenfranchise voters While Donald Trump has successfully spread a false narrative of voter fraud in this country multiple studies even one commissioned by the Trump administ administration found that voter fraud is extremely rare In 2017 the Brennan Center an
independent nonpartisan law and policy organization election officials from across 42 jurisdictions who together oversaw the tabulation of 23.5 million votes in the 2016 general election Their research found that in those jurisdictions the officials referred
only an estimated 30 incident of suspected non-citizen voting for further investigation on or prosecution That comes to a noncitizen voting rate of 0.001 01% among those jurisdictions Therefore based on the evidence non-citizen voting is not the issue that this
administration is presenting it to be This falls into the category of creating fear and division within our country specifically stoking anti-immigrant sentiments My request would be that the Sussex County Commissioners and the Sussex County Board of Elections continues to create a fair and accessible means to voting for our
residents which means that the eligible voters are not made it difficult to register to vote Um the bill does provide an opportunity for the state to establish an alternate process under which able to submit different documents for their US citizenship and I ask that
you do [Applause] that and the first thing I can say is thank God for Donald Trump and saving this country from
the woman who spoke about social I guess she didn't hear as she states mentioning about uh the buses that take seniors to to various places She can certainly take the county bus to social security She's so afraid of the uh the
cuts being made to the social security offices and infrastructure I for one am thankful that we are finally having accountability for the fraud and waste regarding the food going to Africa That sending food to Africa has been a slush fund My mother is a child My mother is
92 and a half They've been sending food to Africa to save their children since 1932 as she recalls So enough is enough Regarding the voting act I guess you didn't hear yesterday that four million people were found illegal aliens that were found put on social security And
Mr voted in the most recent elections I believe maybe you think that the invisible group is is very nice but I membership comes with your union card from NJA They're fine when they're among their own people but they
cannot thank you for your time God bless Donald Trump and please keep keep following his agenda Thank [Applause] you very very act
what we saw that went on There was a lot of people voting who didn't have the citizen right to vote That's very very important to me and to my family who fought in different wars for different
reasons Um the waste fraud and abuse that's been going on I keep on hearing about social security social security I have a challenged brother I just came from Bergen County today to help him do what he had to do His If you're telling me that there's no
family member or no way for somebody to get a ride to somewhere I say call your county services and ask them There's got to be a situation where they can get it might take a little doing It might take a phone call but you know life's not easy folks You know I brought myself up
by the bootstraps I'm tired of hear people saying "Oh I can't do this I can't do that because going to take extra time." No enough is enough Um let's see They keep on talking about what they know and what they don't know I don't
confess to know everything what's going on in the federal administration I'm not privy on the art of the deal on what the strategy is and I don't think half of you folks here are either So you keep on talking about that You know he doesn't know what he's doing Well he's been a
businessman for a long time Maybe you don't like everything that he does but I think he's on the right path helping this country It's about You talk about social security It was said for how many years now that if we don't do something instead of just slap our gums that
social security would be defun Well guess what He's doing something about it now You may not like it but you will benefit from it in the long run So thank you very much Sanderson First of all I' like to thank the commissioners
here today number of years Someone else mentioned that we're pretty much dominated by Republicans in Trenton dominated by Democrats in Trenton I'm a retired teacher
did some research yesterday The population over 341 million in our country I recall going to the world's fair 1964 and they had a clock up there when it hit 15 million
debt Once again Ronald Reagan warned us in the 80s The deficit is how much we are each and every year and that amount is added to the debt 37 represents for each citizen about $17,000
tax deficit It seems like the tariff situation has changed today large number of countries except for one which is China that we should be
nuclear powered submarines Thank you [Applause] Scott Um first I'm always impressed by by you guys every time we come in because you're you're not just here
You're out in the community um connecting in a way that prior to coming to these meetings I never would have believed It's absolutely amazing how much you guys get out there So thank you for that Um I just wanted to ask a followup So couple meetings ago um
talked about exposure due to cuts and I know that money is bucketed So I was wondering if there was a way to call out which specific programs or services were in fact at risk so that u we could understand that Um the other thing is um
are you guys aware of source well So you mentioned a couple of times that a number of bids had to be acted on quite quickly and that I I know from from what I do right that the bid process
itself time consuming and expensive And Sourcewell is a government agency right It's not a company Um but it it facilitates um nonprofits but 90% is townships and counties to uh do expedited
pre-structured bid things It might it might save you guys some time and save the county some money So if you're interested in that I'm happy to uh help you guys get more It used to be called NJPA Um but um it's a pretty good service Um
and again it's government agency I'm not I'm not bested or anything but I thought it might be a resource that was worth looking Um but I can respond to that We are a member of Sourcewell and about 14 other co-ops We go to co-ops Any co-op
available we join We use Source Well Sourcewell has some limitations but yes we take advantage of all and every co-op that's out there Just wanted to make sure it was I got it Yeah Thanks Yeah And I wanted to share my experience I
was actually concerned The first person I spoke to was a police officer I asked him why that was not part of our permit and I wondered if it was because we were positively engaging He assured me it was not to
limit that and commented on how the day to be looking at a sign I also spoke to an older couple who had never changed He was there to protest One man had signience that our leaders are messing
up so badly So I believe that many of these demonstrations and speeches at these local meetings are really about trying to cross the party and reach out to educate our fellow American citizens
with people of all political parties One minute chaos and hate while using that as a catalyst for the oligarchy the fact that we're all falling into that trap arguing about things instead of monitoring the disregard of due
process of law and the freedom of speech that this current president is attempting to make us all think about history and the tyrants who have power Although we do not want history to
repeat we sure do hope it instructs Democracy should be challenging It should be valent But it should be respectful and engaging This current administration is not following law and order And with utmost respect we should
all be patriots [Applause] No no it's fine Um I'll know just need you to restate your name and municipality What I wanted to say when
I just as an educator and someone who taught several districts in this county teachers back I am always amazed how education always So I'm going to add to the litany
here and and hope that perhaps you've already been on top of this and maybe um last Thursday on April 3rd Department But obviously a lot of funding that we have
is that funding willffect our title and individuals with disabilities students until Sunday One minute Sussex County So I just I ask you to you
know do what you can in the short amount of time that we've been given to help students excellence and our educational We're just coming back from this out there Please do what you can Be creative
Negotiate with whoever you can negotiate with And I would like to just say that I'm a proud educator [Applause] I'm here tonight as I have the last two
meetings to urge our commissioners to use to stop I was pleased when you were out in service our concerns during those conversations when you were speaking with the librarians Did you speak about
the cuts to one of my neighbors actually works for the 90day thousands of other workers So now we have an unemployed res When you spoke with
Did you speak about the thousands of veterans in the federal government who were unceremoniously no fault of their own doing their work and are now out of the conference
talking about farmers who are losing their contracts with the federal government because their subsidy contracts have just been cancelled So for the past year what they're going to plant is now the window and they
don't know who they going to sell their curious when you spoke about transportation and spoke with small business owners if you spoke about supply chains and if terrorists thank goodness
Are they concerned about having supplies in their stores and materials and supplies to do our transportation contracts around the county Did you talk to them about our
concerns Has the board of commissioners developed a plan to proactively address the cuts that Trump administr institutions authority in our countyach service providers health providers schools law enforcement
everyone Have you specifically talked to them about our concerns Are you making a plan or are you just wait [Applause] time Is there no one else
So moved second Number 24 uh resolution regarding providing for an executive closed session not open to the public in accordance with the provisions of NJSA 104-12SE whereas the MA subject matters
about to be discussed may be excluded from the public portion of the meeting by resolution of the board of county commissioners as an exception to the open public meetings act pursuant to NJSA 104-12B and whereas it appears necessary for the board of county commissioners to
discuss such matters in executive session Now therefore be it resolved that the board of county commissioners of the county of Sussex in accordance with the provisions of NJSA 104-12B and NJSA 104-13 that the board at this time enter
into an executive session from which the public shall be excluded and be it further resolved that the general nature of the subjects to be discussed relate to the following items authorized by NJSA 10 col4-12B as designated below Item number seven matters relating to litigation
negotiations and the attorney client privilege potential litigation And item number eight matters relating to the employment relationship personnel Be it further resolved that the deliberations conducted in close session may be disclosed to the public upon the determination of the Sussex County Board
of County Commissioners or provided by law that the public interest would no longer be served by such confidentiality And be it further resolved that the that upon completion of the business for which the board has entered into the executive session the board may no the
board uh shall not reconvene and resume except uh except to resume its meeting open to the public Be it further resolved that the board uh does not expect to take formal action after returning from executive session except to adjourn the regular meeting Just have to ask for a motion
Resolution and enter into executive session So moved Deputy director space Got a second Second Commissioner degree All in favor say I I I Oppos Abstain Carries Thank you all for coming Get home safe