good all right i call this meeting to order there's a commissioner's meeting of April 23rd 2025 at 6 PM at the Sussex County Administrative Center Commissioner Meeting Room on One Spring Street Newton New Jersey roll call please commissioner Hayden here commissioner Henderson here deputy
Director Space here director Carney here commissioner De here all right number three is a moment of silence and a salute to the flag today's moment of silence is for Pope Francis 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 a public statement pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act chapter 231 PL1 1975 adequate notice as
defined by section 3D of chapter 331 231 PL/1975 has been made by regular mail and email and such notice being submitted on January 7th 2025 we do it once a year from the administrative center of the county of Sussex located at one spring street
Newton New Jersey to the following New Jersey Herald Star L ledger and Strauss News is also posted on the Bolton board maintained in the administrative center for public announcements and has been submitted to Asus County Clerk in compliance with said act this time please mute all your electronics
commissioners please take your phones off the number five is approval of agenda a motion to approve the agenda second deputy director space commissioner Degrroot seconds any
discussion all in favor say I i opposed abstain carries all right number six we have proclamation certificates and presentations our first is our 60th anniversary of Norcap do we have or do
we have them there you go perfect all right i think uh deputy director space will be reading that proclamation okay proclamation commending Northwest New Jersey Community Action Partnership Inc Norwest Cap upon the occasion of celebrating the 60th anniversary of
Community Action and whereas it is the sense of this legislative body to recognize that the quality and character of life in the communities across northwestern New Jersey are reflective of the concerned and dedicated efforts of the organization and individuals that
are devoted to the welfare of the community and its citizenry and whereas norcap is one of 23 community action agencies in New Jersey state and one of over 1,000 nationwide founded on a common purpose to support low-income
households as they develop their abilities to be self-supporting and develop family and community relationships that will sustain self-reliance and whereas Norestcap has served the residents of Sussex County for 60 years providing vital services
creating pathways to economic stability for individuals and families and whereas Norestap's programs in health education employment and community services have empowered countless residents to achieve self-sufficiency and success and whereas
Norestcap has been a pillar of support in Sussex County delivering critical resources and support to those most in need now therefore be it resolved that the board of county commissioners hereby recognizes Nor West 60th anniversary and honors their commitments to the
well-being of our community and be it further resolved that we encourage all residents to join us in acknowledging and supporting Northwest for their dedication to improving lives in Sussex County by order of the board of county commissioners Chris Kris Carney commissioner director Jill Space deputy
commissioner director Jack Degrroot commissioner William Hayden commissioner and Alan Henderson commissioner thank you would you like to say a few words for us sure absolutely um thank you board of county commissioners my name is Sean Highland i'm a community development project manager for Norwest
Cap focused in Sussex Burrow however Norescap does have program programming across Sussex County and across the Northwest New Jersey footprint and just thank you for the recognition we're honored to be able to serve the um communities and residents especially our most vulnerable in Sussex County we're
honored to have done it for 60 years and we look forward to another appreciated everything you do thank you very much yes you tell me all right our next proclamation is recognized in April as child abuse
prevention month um we have someone here from Jenny's house and again uh deputy director will read this proclamation and that's me again because I'm the liaison for Jenny's house too whereas child abuse and neglect is a complex and ongoing problem in our society affecting
many children in Sussex County and whereas every child is entitled to be loved cared for nurtured feel secure and be free from verbal sexual emotional and physical abuse and neglect and whereas child abuse and neglect not only directly harms children but also
increases the likelihood of criminal behavior substance abuse health problems and risky behavior and whereas the effects of child abuse are felt by communities as a whole and need to be addressed by the entire community and whereas effective child abuse prevention programs succeed because of partnerships
among families social service agencies schools religious and civic organizations law enforcement agencies and the business community now therefore be it resolved that the Sussex County Board of County Commissioners do proclaim April as Child Abuse Prevention
Month and calls upon all citizens community agencies faith groups medical facilities and businesses to increase their participation in efforts to support families thereby preventing child abuse and strengthening the communities in which we live by order of the board of county commissioners chris
Carney commissioner director Jill Space deputy director Jack Degrroot commissioner William Hayden commissioner and Alan Henderson commissioner thank you thank you i thank you very much on behalf of Janie's House I am honored to accept this proclamation and the recognition
helps to shine a light on very critical um support for the most vulnerable members of our community the children thank you [Applause]
all right next is a presentation from Amy Overman from JCPNL hello good evening commissioners this will be a very short presentation but I'm Amy Overman i mainly came tonight just to introduce myself i'm your new
external affairs representative uh for Sussex County i'm excited to be here i do look forward to working with everyone and will make myself available to the board and county as needed um I figured I would just highlight two big projects going on quickly in Sussex County um
that will improve reliability for residents here um one is Cozy Lake substation JCPNL we began construction on a comprehensive project that's designed to prevent and minimize the impact of power outages for more than 5,000 northern New Jersey customers and
in Sussex County this will include customers in Hardeston and Sparta and uh the project what it includes is more than 14 miles of new wiring and enhanced tree trimming work which everybody's always happy to hear about and then we estimate to have construction completed
for this project in June of 2026 and we'll have it in service by the end of 2026 and then our other big project that we're working on this year is for the Franklin substation um we're upgrading the substation to enhance uh reliability
for the area the projects in Franklin Barrow and it will take approximately 18 months to complete the work includes reconfiguring the substation it's going to allow for more redundancy and flexibility which means we'll have more sources to turn power on when it's off
when there's an outage um the and they will benefit approximately 4,500 customers in Franklin Burrow Hamburg Barrow Hardeston Ogdensburg and Sparta um they're served by that substation and that project's slated to be completed in
the fall of 2026 jcpno will be putting some components of it in service as it's completed so you'll have some of the benefits already in service by the end of 2025 and then there's two new transformers that are due to arrive in
2026 and then everything should be done by the by the end of the in the fall of 2026 um and that's pretty much it for my presentation unless you have questions oh thank you for coming in we appreciate it if there's any commissioners that have any questions this is the time to
do it otherwise we appreciate you coming in we really do thank you for having me and we'll we'll be in touch if we have Sounds great no thank you perfect thank you Amy take care all right number seven is resolution this is a resolution authorizing reading
of the 2025 Sussex County budget by title only in accordance with NJSA4A 4-8 can I get a motion so move deputy director space have a second second commissioner Groot any
discussion all in favor say I i oppose abstain carries all right number eight is public hearing this is the 2025 Sussex County budget as approved can I get a motion to open public hearing for the 2025 Sussex County budget as approved deputy Director Space
commissioner Hayden seconds any discussion all in favor say I i oppose abstain carries public hearing is now open is there anyone present to be heard regarding the 2025 Sussex County budget as approved
good evening um Ken Collins Andover Township these newspapers here this one says that uh John Connelly left uh Sussex County Community College we're going to pay him almost 200 almost $200,000 a year which agenda item are we on the budget oh
budget i'm sorry we're going to pay him $200,000 is not to work for here and I get this next newspaper and it says that Sussex County Community College faces $64 million in budget count oh no how many how much money budget cuts 20
400 to $500,000 200 of it going right here for somebody to do nothing and we're throwing money away on the county college every time you guys do a bond issue a you know to build a building up there just because the the state is going to give you a portion and
you're going to lose it if you don't go and spend more money and you build more empty buildings up there and they got to be taken care of and they got to be heated and maintained and people have to take care of them so you got to pay people to go up there and it's manh hours and stuff for empty buildings you
a county college that has not grown in 25 years look at the enrollment it's It's gone nowhere okay and you just keep spending millions and millions and millions of dollars on it to what end it's ridiculous and you need to stop and
whatever you have in this budget on the county college you need to take it right back out and put it back in the taxpayers's pockets because our taxes are too high and we need lower property taxes thank you anyone else
all right motion that the public hearing be closed some move commissioner Hayden seconds any discussion all in favor say I i oppose abstain carries all right so resolution A final adoption of the 2025
Sussex County budget as approved be it resolved by the board of county commissioners of the sus of the county of Sussex that the budget herein be before set forth is hereby adopted and shall constitute the appropriation of $126,714,44156 for the purposes stated of the sums therein set forth as
appropriations and authorization of the amount of $13,97,650 for the county purposes to be raised by taxation and certification to the county board if taxation of the following summary if general revenues in appropriation motion
to finally adopt the 2025 county budget as approved deputy director Space have a second second commissioner Groot any discussion all right no discussion roll call please commissioner Hayden yes commissioner Henderson abstain deputy
Director Space yes director Carney yes commissioner Degroup yes all right b is the final adoption of ordinance 25-01 at a regular meeting held on March 26 2025 we introduced for first reading the following ordinance which was advertised in New Jersey Herald issue of
April 2nd 2025 together with a notice of public hearing stating it would be held at this meeting at 6 p.m is the bot ordinance providing for the Sussex County Vocational School District sewer treatment plant project located within the county of Sussex state of New Jersey appropriating $3,731,600
therefore in authorizing the issuance of 3,731,600 of bonds or notes to finance the cost thereof motion that the public hearing be opened so moved commissioner Henderson have a second second deputy
Director Space any discussion all right all in favor say I i i oppose abstain anyone here to be present regarding this ordinance all right motion at the public hearing be closed so moved uh Commissioner
Hayden second by Commissioner Henderson any discussion all in favor say I opposed stain carries motion that this ordinance be finally adopted so move deputy director space got a second second commissioner Henderson any
discussion all in favor say I i i oppose stayain got that Christina all right motion not the resolution be finally adopted and authorized the clerk to advertise this resolution as finally adopted and also post same on the bulletin board in the lobby of the
county administrative center so moved commissioner Degroo have a second second deputy Director Space any discussion all right roll call commissioner Hayden abstain commissioner Henderson yes deputy Director Space yes
director Carney yes commissioner Degroup yes all right c is a final adoption of ordinance 25-02 at a regular meeting held on March 26 2025 we introduced for first reading the following ordinance which was advertised in New Jersey Herald issue of April 2nd 2025 together with a notice of
public hearing setting would be held at this meeting at 6 PM is the bod orange providing for the undertaking of 2025 capital improvements at and for certain facilities of Sussex County Community College located within the county of Sussex state of New Jersey appropriating
$1,150,000 therefore in authorizing the issu is issuance of $1,150,000 of bonds or notes of the county of Sussex state of New Jersey for financing such appropriation the principle of and interest of the aggregate principle amount of which will
be entitled to state aid pursuant to chapter 12 of the laws of New Jersey of 19 motion that the public hearing be open so moved second Commissioner Henderson i don't know who got me in a second who give me a second hayden second commissioner Hayden seconds any
discussion all in favor say I i i opposed obstain carries anyone present be heard regarding this ordinance ken Collins handover township i think I pretty much covered it anyone else
all right motion that the public hearing be closed so move second commissioner Hayden or I'm sorry Commissioner Henderson and Commissioner Droo seconds any discussion all in favor say I i oppos abstain carries motion that this ordinance be finally adopted
so move deputy director space commissioner Degrroot seconds any discussion all in favor say I i commissioner Hayden abstains oppose abstain carries all right motion that this resolution be finally adopted and authorized the clerk
to advertise this resolution as finally adopted and also post same on the bulletin board in the lobby of the county administrative center commissioner Henderson Deputy Director Space seconds any discussion all right roll call commissioner Hayden
commissioner Henderson yes deputy Director Space yes director Carney yes commissioner Degroup yes uh D is a final adoption this is ordinance 25-3 at a regular meeting held on March 26th 2025 we introduced for first
reading the following ordinance which was advertised in the New Jersey Herald issue of April 2nd 2025 together with with a notice of public hearing stating will be held at this meeting at 6 p.m this is the capital ordinance provided for general capital improvements in the acquisition of certain capital equipment
in for the county of Sussex state of New Jersey and appropriating the sum of $8,535,128 from the county's capital improvement fund to pay for the cost thereof motion that the public hearing be heard some moved commissioner Commissioner Groot uh Deputy Director
Space any discussion all in favor say I i oppos carries anyone present be heard regarding this ordinance all right motion that this public hearing be closed some moved secondary Henderson commissioner Groot
seconds any discussion all in favor say I i i oppose obstain carries motion that this ordinance be finally adopted so moved deputy director space have a second second commissioner Degrroot any
discussion all in favor say I i oppose abstain all right let me a lot of motions i get a motion that the resolution be finally adopted and authorize the clerk to advertise this resolution as finally adopted and also post the same on the bulletin board in the lobby of the county administrative second
that'd be director space i have a second second commissioner Degrroot any discussion roll call commissioner Hayden yes commissioner Henderson yes deputy Director Space yes director Carney yes commissioner Degroup yes all right number nine is public session
from this floor 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 at the microphone and state your name municipality and agenda topic for the record motion to open the floor for public comment so moved mr henderson
have a second second uh deputy director space any discussion all in favor say I i oppose abstain carries the floor is open hi i'm not sure my name's Alan
Airport process is now if it's not on the agenda yeah we'll have at the end we'll have another open comment yeah that's okay you got it anyone else all right seeing no one I need a motion to close the floor for public comment so moved director Space commissioner
Henderson seconds uh all in favor say I i i oppose abstain carries all right number 10's commissioner comments we'll start with Commissioner Henderson okay a couple things on April 11th along with Commissioner Space and Degroup we attended the opening of a four apartment
resident located on Witworth Road in Hardest Township which will be the home of four lucky veterans and their families one gentleman that spoke I thought had a very powerful statement when he said "The words veteran and homeless should never be used in the same sentence." I think we all can agree no matter what our political affiliation
is there's common ground if we work together thank you to Hardiston Township Mayor and Council for being the first in the county to approve this concept and I hope many others follow suit on Monday April 14th I attended the Vernon Township meeting as their leaison where Mayor Anthony Rossi delivered his
state of the township address and the progress in Vernon once again I'd like to say to the mayor and council great job moving Vern forward and it's great to hear good things coming to Vernon one being that 11 new businesses will be opening in Vernon on April 17th I attended the
Sussex County Voc Votech meeting there was some discussion on future shops offered to students and where it will go in the future once again we hear the same concerns as we did from our county college of how the governor's budget will affect our county schools as most of you know the county did increase uh
funding to Sussex Tech this year on a on April 21st Commissioner Degrut and I met with the interimm president Dr cory Homer for the quarterly meeting of the college issues i can honestly say if we can keep the funding flowing from our governor to support the community college we will thrive a lot of new
exciting programs and initiatives are coming forward on a personal note I would just like to say that Sussex County Community College is very fortunate to have Dr homer at the helm his passion for the college and staff is amazing on April 22nd Commissioner Droot
and I attended the Sussex County Community College workshop where there was a presentation of current programs and courses offered to students at the college sussex County Community College is moving forward at a rapid pace let's hope the funding allows this to continue
we then attended their regular board meeting which uh commissioner group will elaborate on i urge everybody to go to the county website and sign up for their newsletter tells you all the latest highlights of the college and coming events and lastly today Director Carney and I attended a lunchon at Farmstead
Golf Course honoring Sussex County veterans it was an honor for me to attend and see a group of men and women with such patriotism love and pride for this country but let's also honor those that paid the ultimate sacrifice and never returned to their families here in Sussex County thank you to Lorraine
Hence and all that organized this program today it was absolutely incredible once again I'd like to say thank you to all the vets and our family for us for giving us the freedom we enjoy here every day thank you thank you Commissioner okay so I met with the farmland
preservation and the egg board on Monday of the uh 205 farms we have now only one is not currently being farmed that out of the ones in preservation what we're trying to figure out is how much funding going forward we're going to put into this and do we want to be part of the
trust fund next year we'll give you a full report and bring that to you and next week I'll be meeting with the election committee that's all I've got right now yes uh starting with Sussex Countyy's Division of Senior Services specifically uh Sussex County Seed Library uh since our last meeting two educational
sessions were held one in Vernon Senior Center and the other in Hopackon Senior Center both events were led by the Sussexus County Ruckers uh master gardeners in collaboration with senior services staff and was a great success at Vernon participants benefited from a more individualized session allowing
Ruckers Master Gardeners to spend quality time with each attendee and provide personalized guidance uh the Rucker Master Gardener team appreciated the opportunity to engage so closely with the group at Hopackon I actually had the pleasure of attending we welcomed 18 registered uh seniors with
an additional nine trying to join at the door um you know they wanted to you know get in there right um all of whom were uh definitely very enthusiastic i was very happy to see the enjoyment on the seniors who took part in the hands-on planting demonstrations and learned how to start seeds in containers and
transplant them to create a thriving garden u this was done you know hands-on learning and through a presentation and conversation amongst the group uh while all three educational sessions now complete we're entering to the next phase seed distribution which will be carried out through the collaboration of
senior services and our beloved county library system moving on last Tuesday I attended the Muskan River Council meeting which featured two presentation the first addressed responsible development within the Mines Muskan River uh river and
watershed region uh the second focused on collaborative efforts between the Muskan water shed association and the EPA in testing per uh for POS contamination uh both presentations primarily centered around Warren County area of the wershed uh but still very
informative for our region uh this past Monday attended the NJTPA's project prioritize uh prioritization subcommittee meeting uh during the session we approved minor amendments to three transportation projects uh the route four hackinac bridge project in
Bergen County the landroad bridge project in Morris County the route 206 project from Valley Road to Brown Avenue in Somerset County i highlight these projects because more than half of Sussex County residents commute outside the county for work and improvements to regional infrastructure may directly benefit your daily travel uh as
mentioned with Sussex County Community College uh Commissioner Hend Henderson and I attended both a board of trustee meeting and our quarterly meeting with uh interim president Dr homer the board meeting included a workshop led by Dean Jason Fug who delivered an excellent update on the college's technical career
programs uh there is significant progress being made to enhance the curriculum particularly in offering certificate programs that prepare students to quickly enter the workforce um and it's exciting to see the momentum in these areas and opportunities it opens for our residents um on the topic
of certificates the board of trustees last uh yeah last night approved several new curricular items including an academic uh certificate in patient care technician and a certificate of achievement in American Sign Language uh both are strong additions to the college's offering and reflect a
thoughtful response to the workforce and community needs additionally it was reported that summer session enrollment has been seen uh a noticeable increase uh which is great news for the college uh last but not least as Commissioner Henderson mentioned uh him myself and
deputy director uh space uh attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for Sussex County's first home for veterans with disabilities um very remarkable impactful project u you know just want to thank all the parties that were involved uh lastly I hope everyone enjoyed a blessed Easter thank you real
quick yeah yeah the summer people are kids are coming back y um a little repetitious by the time it gets to May on April 10th Commissioners Degrroot Henderson and I attended a ribbon cutting for Pillar Care Continuum
first home for veterans with disabilities located on Wheatsworth Road in Hardston if you want to see it it's directly across from the Hardest Municipal Building what an honor to meet the first resident moving in the funding for this home was made possible by New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
hardest Township is also looking to give more land to continue to have more homes built for veterans in need uh on also on April 10th Director Carney Ron Tapen and I attended the Sussex County Chamber of Commerce 38th annual awards lunchon my husband and I had the honor of being
nominated for the David C herszenberg award although we were not the winners it was such an honor to be nominated our son Hunter was also nominated for the rising star award but I would like to congratulate Keith Nelson and Sussex County facilities on receiving the Chamber Champion Award which is awarded
to a chamber member or volunteer who continuously goes above and beyond in contributing their time and talent to the organization showing exceptional dedication to supporting and staying involved in chamber programs and events and it was so nice to see them recognized because all too often uh no
one sees who's doing all the work in the background and facilities does a great job um we see daily the great work they do for the county it was nice to see their hard work is noticed in the county congratulations to John Dixon and the Sussex County Community College Public Safety Training Academy on the
innovation award welld deserved great things happening for our first responders in Sussex County um also on 412 I had the pleasure of attending Sussex Fire Department's installation dinner sussex Fire Department is led by Chief Kate Sutter Southern congratulations to all the first
responders who received awards for their service to the community on 413 I stopped by Weiss Supermarket and participated in Cram the Cruiser hosted by the Newton Police Department thank you to all the police officers and residents who contributed the food was
going to our Sussex County food pantry here which is in need of food our funding from the angel donor we were getting 10,000 a week and we have been uh reduced down to 2500 because they were doing a good deed for us in the
county and they were constantly attacked through uh false news articles and uh did we ever hear back from the AG or the US attorney on the food pantry investigations okay and it's been a year
now so there's no no issues yeah it's been been over a year yeah but we thank everyone that donates to our food pantry and we did um put a $100,000 line item in our budget this year because we had to offset some of the food that isn't
being brought in so and we have to make sure that our residents are fed those in need on April 16th I attended and presented a proclamation on behalf of the Sussex County Commissioner Board to Daisy at the 27th annual Clothesline Project at Sussex County Community College april is sexual assault
awareness month the event was a visual representation of empowerment to support survivors of sexual violence child abuse and power-based violence in our community and Division of Senior Services the Sussex County Division of Senior Services will be recognizing older
Americans during its annual Older Americans Month celebration on Friday May 16th 2025 the event will be held in the Richards building at the Sussex County Fairgrounds located at 37 Plains Road in Augusta New Jersey from 9:00 a.m to 2 p.m seniors will enjoy a day filled
with information education camaraderie and entertainment space is limited and a registration fee of $8 per person must be paid in advance registrations received after May 9th will be $12 a person please contact Sussex County
Division of Senior Services at 973-57905-555 extension 1277 for additional information again senior services does so much for the seniors in our community and thank you Lorraine for what your department does division of Health Office of Public Health Nursing a
woman's health screening clinic will be held on Thursday May 8th 2025 from 4:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m at the Office of Public Health Nursing 2011 Weatworth Road in Hamburg this clinic offers a variety of health screenings and education this
service is free to uninsured and underinsured county residents who qualify for the New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection Program to make an appointment call the Office of Public Health Nursing at 973-579-0570 extension 1275 that's all I
have perfect thank you i start a little backwards than I normally do um everybody brought up everything that I did so thanks for that but I do want to just touch on the to Chamber of Commerce and and kudos to facilities um you know the hard work is is we don't forget that
we understand you guys are uh flying under the radar on what you do and and Keith Nelson and crew are are are second to none by far really are i try to get mad at Keith once in a while for not doing something but it's usually already done uh so kudos to them also uh John Dixon um got an award as well i forget
what the award was over at the college innovation award um so so kudos to him lorraine and Rayanne I know I think Rayanne's here i think I seen her you know kudos to you guys for the lunch and it was a was a little bit of a spectacle today commissioner Henderson will agree
um it it was very good i don't know john was there john Schneider was there uh good event as always we appreciate that i think the veterans appreciate it it's nice to have them all in the same room and and really thank them for what they've done uh that's why we're here that's why we have our freedom so so again thank you for that uh I want to
thank Ela and Tony left a little bit and even Ray left a little bit too um about our budget again great budget five years I've been here doing budgets my my favorite budget you know granted I would love to lower taxes it's just it it's not always feasible to do that uh giving
money to vote with enrollment consistently going up is important as Jack said earlier Commissioner uh Degrru said earlier enrollment as well went up at the county college we do have a new president up there with pretty much a brand new board and they are 100% heading in the right direction i'm proud
to support them i'm proud to support all our schools that are doing the right thing um and that's the only one we have juris the only two that we have jurisdiction over so I'm happy to help them out i truly am um so moving forward to my reports I'll start off with the division
of engineering uh the division of engineering is working with the paving contractor to construct ADA compliant concrete curb ramps as part of our our paving project ramp upgrades have been completed at the intersection of Brighton Road Tranquility Road and High Street in Andover pavement work is
scheduled to start Monday April 28th in Sanderson Township uh variable message boards will be deployed at least one week in advance of paving along each program road current project notices are available on the engineering section of the county website the project notice
includes updates on the progression of work for each county route in the program the county's in-house guide rail crew is also back in action the crew recently completed upgrades of multiple damage and substandard guide rail systems on County Route 521 uh aka
Cumins Hill in Hampton Township as part of this work DPW crews installed a stormwater catch basin filling open hole which allowed for removal more than 300 feet of guide rail the in-house guide rail crew has been issued additional repair and upgrade work orders and will anticipate the crew will continue with
guide rail work countywide through the spring and summer the vision of planning in Sussex County a development board continues work related to development at an updated Sussex County comprehensive farmland preservation plan updating plan development will focus on determining objectives for the program over the next
10 years i believe commissioner Hayden touched a little bit on that uh the division of planning and Sussex County a development board are available to discuss the plan in greater detail and accept any input related to farmland preservation within the county and the vision of the program might have as the
county moves into the future the DPW in office of bridge and traffic safety inhouse construction crews remain very active recent projects include the emergent repairs to Sussexis County Bridge X13 located on County Route 628 in Wanage drainage and roadway shoulder
repairs along County Route 623 in Lafayette the final concrete pour is scheduled for this Friday at bridge D18 on Fenrook Road in Frankfurt you're still here no uh and the stream diversion has been installed at bridge X20 on Berry Road in Wanage
repeat X20 on Berry Road in Wanich it's been forever bridge uh upcoming crews include stormwater drainage repairs along Route 617 in Still Water signal timing changes and ADA upgrades at Sussex County traffic signal SC30 located at County Route 515 in Main
Street in Vernon the Office of Bridge and Traffic Safety has begun deployment of dynamic speed monitors as part of the annual driver speed awareness program the program includes the deployment of dynamic speed monitors along various county routes to enhance a driver's awareness of their speeds and remind drivers travel speeds should be in
compliance with roads legally posted speed limit i definitely need to know where those are just saying uh my county report from the county clerk's office i'm pleased to report that the revenue for March of 25 is
$9,317.85 higher than of March of 24 the current fiscal year increases to date is $35,9881 and that is higher as well from 24 property alert system uh in March was 96 enrolled uh to date there's 168 and
Daniel's law law March was 42 and to date is 829 and that concludes my report all right number 11 is approve of the consent agenda there is none number 12 is approval of minutes these are from
the regular meeting March 26 25 and regular meeting from April 9th of 2025 so moved commissioner Henderson second commissioner Grew any discussion no discussion all right all in favor say
I i oppose abstain carries number 13's ordinance we have none 14's appointments and resignations uh this is resolution A this is appointment of Matias Banner as purchasing agent and in for the county of Sussex for a term of three years
pursuant to NJSA 48 colon 9-30 motion to adopt appointment A so moved commissioner Henderson Deputy Director Space seconds any discussion roio corner yep right yep yep
commissioner H uh Commissioner Hayden yes commissioner Henderson yes deputy Director Space yes director Carney yes commissioner Degroup yes all right number 15 resolutions motion to adopt resolutions
A through D so moved w Director Space have a second second uh Commissioner Degrroot any discussion roll call please commissioner Hayden yes commissioner Henderson yes deputy Director Space yes director Carney yes
commissioner Degroup yes all right 16's award of contract change orders in bid the board of county commissioners of the county of Sussex has reviewed the award of contract change orders and 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 K so move deputy Director Space have a second second commissioner Henderson any discussion roll call please commissioner Hayden yes commissioner Henderson yes deputy
Director Space yes director Carney yes commissioner Degroup yes uh number 17 is financial this is the payments of bills list A from April 9th 2025 a motion to pay the bills list so moved mr henderson I have a second
second deputy Director Space any discussion roll call please commissioner Hayden yes commissioner Henderson yes deputy Director Space yes director Carney yes commissioner Degroup yes all right number 18's personnel there is none
number 19 the administrative report lorine i just want again want to thank Ela for and her team for a great budget and everything they do for the county and recognize facilities for all of their hard work you guys do a great job and
anytime we need anything you guys are there so thank you very much it was good that you guys got recognized uh the other thing that's on the agenda is the college search committee have met and have a recommendation for a new trustee the appointment resolution will be on the next agenda there's only one there
is only one recommendation there's only one recommendation is that that too or just I know there's one opening and they just have one recommendation so So that will be presented at the next commission meeting
yep we'll get it all to you okay number 20 county report the NJ grant awards will support broadband infrastructure projects this is an award on internet uh the NJ grant awards will
support broadband infrastructure projects in Atlantic Burlington Cumberland Essex Salem Sussex Warren counties the awardees include applicants were notified of their status via email following Wednesday's board meeting the list of
awards broadband connectivity um recipients were chosen for their commitment to bridging the digital divide and delivering high speed internet access to underserved and unserved communities and award
for 9.8 million and a 15.5 million match so there were 834 unserved localities and 481 underserved locations and
335 broadband location seen that program together all right number 23 public session number four uh this public session for those wishing to make general comments of three minutes or less on non-aggenda topics
please line up at the microphone state your name and municipality for the record motion to open the floor for public comment so move commissioner Groo have a second deputy director space any discussion all in favor say I i oppose
abstain carries floor is open good evening Ken Collins Andover Township i was disappointed that there were no resignations on the agenda this evening i'm here this evening to once again request the immediate resignation
of County Commissioner Bill Hayden mr hayden has been accused by numerous people of stolen valor of or claiming to be a veteran of the US military when he is not even a veterinarian's assistant much less a former Navy Seal mr
hayden I urge you to tender your resignation now your presence on this commission is an insult to every veteran who actually served this great nation with honor and dignity qualities you are
sorely lacking if you care about veterans and choose to restore honor and dignity you will resign it is truly shameful how you Commissioner Space let Mr hayden ride
into office on your coattails heading the ballot with the space name mr hayden was voted in on your good name the Sussex County Republicans and their inept leader Joe Laarbara promised to recall Commissioner Hayden but failed
miserably at it because they really never made any effort to do it in the first place i urge this commission to do whatever must be done to remove this embarrassment from the county commission also at the next meeting I'll be
bringing SEC enrollment figures so you may want to familiarize yourselves with those numbers when in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the
earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation
we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights and that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness that to secure
these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and to institute new government
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to affect their safety and happiness prudence indeed will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient
causes and according all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer from evils time thank you than to themselves time time ken time ken can Can I make a statement real quick can I
make a state a brief one go for it mr collins this whole stolen valor thing was started with a form 180 that was presented to the press with my social security number and my signature do you know what a form 180 is sure okay there are five ways to get those records four of them require power of
attorney one you're you do yourself you need an intake date and separation date on them correct i don't I'm not aware of the specifics okay well that's what you need on So somebody chairman Leba Bing Bang and I guess they're the ones that were passing
it around to the press when we finally got hold of it we gave it to the state police and they said "Wow somebody stole your identity and used fraudulent documents to try and do this." Okay so that's how this it got turned over to the prosecutor's office never to be
prosecuted i think when you find out what happened you're going to be like "Wow this place is really whacked." Excuse me follow that um my name's Alani i'm the owner of Sussex Airport next month will
be It'll be 10 years that we've owned the airport hold on one second hold on i'm sorry we'll we'll let you start over can we reset the time yeah reset the time please yes is he Is he gone now absolutely i will take the Yeah you just
give it to We We only have six didn't realize there'd be I guess eight of you up there but um anyway thank you my name's Alan Antaki i'm the owner of Sussex Airport for the last next month it'll be 10 years um basically we have a big problem at the airport
um we've been trying to get the town of Wanage to enforce the zoning there's a lot adjacent to the airport which was bought from the airport in the late 90s by a gentleman named um uh William Janeiro and the contract between the airport predecess my predecessor at the
airport and Mr janeiro said that whereas by such agreement of cooperation the parties intend to mutually benefit from the development of the track by Janeiro to construct hangers and similar airport support facilities for use in conjunction with Sussex airport facility
gentleman has been uh I I had the privilege of being one of his tenants from 2003 to 2006 he has never from my observation been in compliance with the actual use which he has with the zoning which is to have only aircraft uh in the hangers from a
private agreement between you that that's I read from that yes I read from a private agreement between effectively my predecessor and myself and and and Mr janeiro he bought that lot from the airport to make it the the airport a hanger facility he uses it for anybody
who wants to store anything they have trespassed onto the airport drag race at the end drag race down the runway crashed drunk at the end of the runway snowmoers during the winter cross go across the lot they hit what are called the ver v the vasis visual approach
slope indicators which help airports I'm sorry help airplane pilots come down and avoid hitting trees at night because you can't see them at night so we can't turn those on because we're worried that someone's going to hit them and misalign them again it's kind of like a laser light uh I've I when I was setting up
the the the Easter egg hunt which I started in 2017 funded exclusively by myself and my family uh 171 1819 in 2019 basically somebody came across from over there in front of all of us drove down 970 ft of the runway when I called up state police
to confront them to see why they did this they didn't want to wait for the police one of them put it in drive and hit me multiple times and it's on video uh they tried to run me over when I basically wanted the police to come investigate why that was the case uh it's absolute mayhem the airport is also
ineligible we're pretty much the only airport in New Jersey that is ineligible from grants from the Federal Aviation Administration they're called airport program grants we're the only ones who don't get them because Mr janeiro is non compliant and he won't work with us and
we missed out on over $5 million of grants from the FAA while we've owned the airport in 10 years um we've lost two airports in New in Sussex County since we bought the airport we've lost over 50 airports in New Jersey in the last 50 years airports are is a hard
business to run and I've been asking the town of Wanes to enforce their zoning for 10 years we're not going to have an airport much longer if someone doesn't step up to the plate and do what this oneus I don't I don't know sir yeah I appreciate that i I just thought maybe
you had an Yeah that is Yeah I've been waiting 10 years for them to do their job by all means it's just we can't help you with that we don't tend to get involved with municipalities coming as a mayor as myself like I would
be involved in my town and I don't want I know the council over there and I know they don't want to just want to find out what your question was no so effectively I'm I'm frustrated because we bought the airport and we spent another $2 million trying to get
the airport uh pumping money into the airport to keep it going we have the medevac Atlantic uh Atlantic Medicare I'm sorry Atlantic Health there they want to expand their footprint they want to go 247 they want a second helicopter we want to do all these things we want to bring the Sussex Air Show back we
can't do any of these things until somebody forces Mr janeiro to be compliant with the zoning and now he's trying to get a zoning variant so that he'd never have to be compliant so you know I could I if the if the county cares about having effectively the only real remaining airport because Andover
Airlex is such a short runway with ponds on each end you know we've lost airports all over the state because airports are difficult to run and the highest and best use for the land is something other than airport i'm pro aviation i love aviation i've been skydiving and flying
since I was 15 my family flies and jumps i want to save the airport but I can't force Mr janeiro the town has to do it so if the county cares I don't know if the county can do anything abouturisms thank you well we've been suing for three years after
We'll try thank you thank you anyone else my name's Kim Fiola and I'm from Sandiston Township i'm Kathy and I'm from Hampton Township cuts at the federal level are filtering
down to reduce funding for state lands federal refugees are at the front line now and we must push back against these detrimental actions losses to other public lands will
surely River National Wildlife Refuge located in Vernon our Sussex County has already felt the impacts of these cuts river National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1990
serves the biological diversity of the Walkill Valley by protecting and managing public land for forest dwelling and grassland birds migrating water foul and wintering raptors and endangered
species it protects and enhances water quality so there's access to clean water it supports local farmers by encouraging pollinators it provides opportunities for recreation and research bringing people close to
nature with yearround free recreational activities fishing hiking kaying hunting archery bird watching and nature photography for county residents and for visitors
alike refues are accessible public lands 70 million people visit refuges annually trail counters at Walill River National Wildlife Refuge show
266,000 that's over a quarter million of trail visits in 2024 alone one minute visitors boost economic value to our county they visit Sussex County restaurants and businesses
budget reductions have hit our refuge hard as their budget was already not keeping up with inflation and need their plans to open up refues to money-making ventures rather than to preserve these natural lands that provide so much for
our community we need you our commissioners to be a voice for your constituents advocate for the protection of these public lands and to stand against actions that will harm the people
businesses and the environment of our beautiful Sussex County thank [Applause]
you kathy Brennan Hampton Township i want to say good evening to everyone um this evening I'd like to start out with just saying a little bit about myself you see me in a lot of meetings i just thought I'd mention a little bit about who I was i'm a retired preschool teacher special ed teacher and social
worker for people with disabilities there are two sayings that I found very helpful in both my professional and personal life the first being you you never truly know someone until you have stood in their shoes and walked in them
the second one being there but by the by by the grace of God go I i feel that these sayings can remind us all of our humanity and our and should show our humility and thus allowing us to practice more compassion towards others
if some care to call this being a bleeding heart I will gladly wear that badge with honor and I just wanted to touch a little bit about the um DEI policies that basically have been
uh destroyed with a chainsaw type approach i think this needs to be very much re-evaluated um I believe that some of the people doing this work have no idea what they are doing what they what they are stopping what they are putting a
stop to i mean just a just a few things that people don't always recognize as part of DE dei uh perhaps are ramps and sidewalk curbs for people to use uh subtitles and captions for people's
TVs and phones i know I'm hearing impaired and I very much love the captions on the TV um breastfeeding accommodations floating paid holidays uh pay equality and transparency parental leave uh work accommodations for people
with disabilities uh things as one minute things such as uh belt expense uh extenders for planes other size inclusion things such as beds and chairs for medical facilities and that's just to name a few things there
are many many more and I think that these people who are doing this have no idea what they are doing and of course once again I too would call for Commissioner Hayden to resign and we and that we would hopefully get someone in here who would work for the county to
finish out his term and do some good for the county i'm very upset to hear that the uh food pantry is losing so much money that very much disturbs me especially in this time when there are good when there are cuts to programs when we desperately need that and um if
it's a product of these false allegations I'm very very very sad to hear that thank you [Applause] good evening my name is John
i had a small business in Boca Raton Florida i would frequent a little Argentinian restaurant and got to know the owner he told me a story of when he was a college student in Argentina during the infamous Dirty War as a university student he and his friends were arrested for protesting the
government's actions he was released because his father was a senior member of the police department but his friends were not so lucky they started to disappear some were thrown out of airplanes to their deaths in the ocean never to be seen again during this period of military rule in
Argentina from 1976 to 1983 between 15,000 and 30,000 people are believed to have been killed by the regime security forces hunted down any political dissident students trade unionists writers journalists artists and anyone
believed to be associated with political opposition to the regime all were killed in an attempt by the government to silence social and political opposition i share this story in my friend's experience because Argentina is not alone in this kind of barbaric treatment
of political dissident el Salvador where the Trump administration is currently sending immigrants from the United States has a similar history of inhumane treatment of innocent people as we stand here an innocent immigrant named Kilmar Abrago Garcia is sitting in an El
Salvadorian prison awaiting his fate the Trump administration sent him there by mistake and now says they will not get him out of that prison before he was disappeared he was denied due process rights in an American court of law as were the other 237 men sent to prison in
El Salvador with him who are also disappeared bloomberg reported that 90% of those men were not a member of a gang and have no criminal record among them are a makeup artist soccer player and a food delivery driver they are being One minute they are being held in a prison
so harsh that even El Salvador's justice minister once said the only way out is in a coffin trump wants El Salvador to build more of these prisons so he can fill them with innocent immigrants who came to this country seeking the American dream what will you do when our innocent immigrant neighbors who reside
up and down spring streets are similarly rounded up and sent to a foreign prison that has no regard for human rights will you stand up to ensure they get their due process in our court of law across the street will you demand that they are not subjected to cruel and unusual
punishment i am fearful that the Trump administration will not stop at arresting immigrants just as in other authoritarian regimes they will come for the rest of us next in the words of the German pastor Martin E- Mhler who was sent to a concentration camp in Nazi Germany first they came for the
socialists and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew then they came for me and there was no one left to speak can you just
restate your municipality please uh Freeden thank you may I leave copies of my speech thank you [Applause] uh good evening david Dit Hampton Township uh first of all thanks for your
public service i know you do a lot and thanks for creating a forum for our comments which may not always be in agreement with your feelings i'd like to uh uh comment this evening about Trump's attack on the National Institutes of Health according to the American
Association for Cancer Research between 1991 and 2022 about 4.5 million people survived cancer thanks to NIH funding and research and treatment my brother was one of them when he had exhausted all conventional
treatments and had just months to live we were fortunate enough to get him enrolled in an NIH stem cell transplant treatment for his lymphoma they not only extended his life for years NIH also gave him the dignity and purpose that comes with volunteering for an
experimental trial that could potentially save others as I was his donor I spent enough time at the Washington DC facility to experience firsthand the efficient and humane treatments underway for thousands the professionalism and dedication to the
mission of improving health care for our nation was always apparent now the Trump team has frozen $1.7 billion dollars in funding for research and clinical trials and outright canceled more than 300 research grants no doubt killing
patients like my brother midway through their treatments more than a thousand scientists and grant administrators have been fired guaranteeing that should funding be unfrozen there'll be no one on staff to continue these life-saving programs
why NIH is no bastion for DEI dogma it's not a home to liberal coffee drinking economic parasites that do no work it is a non-political institute that generates $2.56 of economic activity for every dollar
invested and the worst is yet to come the clearly deranged HHS administrator has pledged to eliminate thousands of more positions he chooses to pursue bastardized research into areas where science has no part to play areas of
magical thinking and conspiracy theories make America great again it's more like make America stupid again i urge you to speak up tell the truth it's not too late hearings are scheduled for later this month call your Republican
colleagues at the state house and in Congress and voice your concerns this tra travesty can still be stopped by the way today they canled completely women's health investigations and if you want to read a
really horrible story the uh liver uh studies uh are uh raging but no never mind sorry oh can I leave one of copies [Applause]
before every anybody else goes if there's ever a time that your time runs out as this gentleman just did you can leave your comments here we will read them if you get cut short i know three minutes is is kind of tight and most people don't read as fast as I do so you can leave them here and we we'll take a
look at it going forward hampton Township i'm here tonight to talk about the founding father's vision for this country and how Donald Trump is destroying everything that they fought for established in the early days of our nation and promoted throughout their
dying days they were true patriots who sought to build a lasting republic for posterity trump on the other hand is recklessly tearing apart the laws and institutions that they knew were essential for the success of our fragile representative democracy
even before the Revolutionary War started John Adams stood for the rule of law by representing soldiers who were accused of killing five colonists and wounding six others in the Boston Massacre john Adams defended the soldiers because one of the founding principles of our nation is the right of
habius corpus the right to defend yourself in a court of law against illegal imprisonment trump does not stand for the rule of law he pardoned criminals convicted criminals who attacked our seat of government and injured and killed police officers he
trampled on the Constitution by sending innocent people to a foreign prison with absolutely no cause or day in court another institution public education was one that the founding fathers strongly believed in and one that John Adams son John Quincy Adams
the sixth president of the US promoted in his American plan the founding fathers and their sons and daughters knew that to maintain our republic we must educate the population so that we can read the constitution ourselves understand our rights learn history and
protect the principles of our government the founding fathers knew that the struggle against tyranny did not end after the revolutionary war was over they understood that it would require constant vigilance and that public education would create an informed citizen body that could critically think
and not be manipulated by puppet masters the founding fathers also believed in higher education today our public and private universities conduct crucial research in myriad fields that serve greater good they develop medicines and procedures that cure imagine or manage
thousands of diseases study the effects of pollution and climate change on populations around the globe and develop technologies that make our lives better they collaborate with government agencies to solve problems that the private corporations won't study because they are not profitable where the
founding fathers appreciated university learning Trump feels threatened by it because he doesn't understand its value to serve the American public the rule of law and education are just two examples but there are dozens of laws and institutions that Trump is attacking in
direct contradiction of the founding father's hopes for our nation the irony in all of this is that Trump and his followers pretend to be patriots when in fact they are destroying what our true patriots the founding fathers wanted for this country
[Applause] laura H from Freedom on May 16th 1998 I embarked on the journey of a lifetime my grandfather and several other members of his World War II Army platoon were invited to Bel Belgium for a Memorial Day celebration i tagged along my
grandfather the lieutenant of the platoon was chosen to lay a wreath in a ceremony at the American graveyard on Re Chappelle thousands of people came to pay their respects when we arrived in MRI people walked the streets stopped clapped to honor the heroes who were there when the city was liberated from
the tyranny of Hitler's regime it was these moments and conversations with my grandparents and their dear friends that changed my understanding of the importance of learning from history and advocating for liberty and justice for all when my grandfather returned from the war he lived a normal Republican
life in Newton we value the traditional republican values of freedom for people all over the world while welcoming them into our country limiting the government a government close to the people thank you strong national defense but with cautious use of that power quality
education and conserving the environment he supported veterans he was a hard worker kind respectful and a very proud American and now here we are today our president no longer values freedom all over the world as patriots shouldn't we believe in freedom for people all over
the world while welcoming them into our country shouldn't we stand for civil rights instead France Canada Denmark Germany Finland the United Kingdom Netherlands Belgium Portugal and Ireland have warned their citizens against traveling to the United States in March
the United States was added to a global human rights watch list as far as limiting the government goes the president is doing out executive orders many of which violate the Constitution thankfully we still have a local government yes we do have a strong n
defense but can we trust that our president is going to be cautious with that power he's planning a military parade this summer i cannot help but liken this to Kim Jong-un or Vladimir Putin one minute we are not North Korea or Russia new Jersey is known for some of the best public education in the country but districts are being stripped
of federal funding that support some of our most valuable vulnerable populations unlike when I was growing up we now see bald eagles in Sussex County all the time but with cuts to the national parks and the EPA what will happen to this beautiful landscape that we call home
our president has called our veterans losers he is attending dinners instead of attending the dignified transfer of fallen soldiers his lack of empathy and inability to support traditional Republican values is alarming at best i'm here tonight to ask you all to
support all people in our county and to put pressure on higher branches of government to advocate for civil liberties and fair practices that support the very democracy our citizens like my grandfather have fought so hard to preserve for us and for people all
over the world thank you gray Stillwater i was thinking a lot about the last commissioner's meeting and some of the rhetoric from it clearly the message was us versus them in many of the remarks and I wanted to address that i do not believe we are in a
pro-republican or a Democrat time anymore i believe we are in a pro-democracy time period because we are all Americans and because of that commonality we share the fact that we believe in law and order we believe in our constitution we believe in
patriotism in his book on tyranny Timothy Timothy Snder compares a nationalist with a patriot he states "A nationalist encourages us to be our worst and then tells us we are the best a nationalist although endlessly
brooding on power victory defeat and revenge tends to be uninterested in what happens in the real world." I've lamented over this definition a great deal because although I don't want to believe it the man that we the people elected is not in fact a patriot but is
a nationalist all of the factualbased evidence leads us to that conclusion he has moved us to a place as a nation where we are divided we have become the billionaires versus the rest of us i do not believe it's what the
people voted for when they elected him to lead i don't believe we wanted a billionaire tampering with our data our social security our health care our jobs our veterans programs our local farmers or programs for our marginalized
students our rights to due process free speech free press our national parks our fish and wildlife services i could go on you name it these changes will have a tremendous impact on us while making our billionaires and their corporations
wealthier it is not what was promised on any campaign trail and I truly believe it is not what we the people are in favor of we should all be united against this in his book Snder went on to say that a patriot by contrast wants the
nation to live up to its ideals which means he's asking us to be our best democracy failed in Europe in the 20s 30s and 40s it is that history that experience that reveals to us the dark range of our possible futures a
nationalist will say it can't happen here which is the first step towards a disaster a patriot says that it could happen here but that we will stop it it is not us versus them in this room or in this county it is us versus the
billionaire nationalists this is a time period that we all need to be courageous we need to be willing to listen to each other and reach across the aisle to join in a fight for democracy we need to be
[Applause] patriots john Snider Sanderson first I'd like to thank the county for the veterans lunchon today at the farmstead me and my friends really enjoyed it very
much i was going to talk about a press release that came from a couple of senators today about the forest fires which I've spoken about in the past and we see what's going on right now in South Jersey i will quote one thing from here if I can find that the
uh Senate Environment and Energy Committee met today to discuss food waste i think that sums it up food waste which I guess means they're going to inspect your garbage and check if you're throwing out food that could have been
composted or something rather than be concerned about people forest fires then some of the comments that I heard tonight disparaging remarks about the president i mean this kind of rhetoric has led to as far as I know so far two
assassination attempts against the president i just survived four years of a scenile corrupt lying fool in the White House sickens me when I hear people talking about democracy I mentioned this
before we do not live in a democracy we might have some democratic procedures such as elections for officials such as yourselves but we live in a republic which protects the individual not the majority the individual gives us rights
spelled out in the Constitution and especially in the Bill of Rights i haven't heard of any conservative supporters burning car dealerships keying cars spraying disgusting things on
windows i haven't seen it if you you could let me know if I'm missing something in the news but this all seems to come from those beautiful people that hate Donald Trump and Elon Musk i don't care if someone's a billionaire that tells me someone's accomplished an awful
lot more than I did in my lifetime we should all strive to try to accomplish what these people that was not intentional i do support the president i hope [Applause]
I think it's the it's the it's probably the batteries that might have Yeah can you just state your name and your municipality in 1788 James Madison wrote in the federal powers and those are in the state
will be exercised on external objects and foreign commerce powerly connected the powers reserved to several states will extend to all the objects which affairs concern the lives and
properties of the people and the internal order improvement and prosperity of the state article section of the constitution lists the powers of the federal government which include collecting revenue to provide for the common defense and general welfare
regulating commerce with foreign relations establishing post offices and maintaining army and navy the 10th amendment of the constitution reads the powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution prohibited by the states
are reserved to the states respectively or to the people for too long the federal government has been powersed to them by the department of education and the department of health and human
services it's time for the individual states to reclaim their constitution and make [Applause] America this past Saturday there was a large public rally on the green first I want to speak for all in saying how
grateful we were the pres of local and first responders they actively monitored the event we truly appreciate their expertise in keeping everyone safe the demonstration despite its large size was peaceful united and citizens showed
up with resolve and purpose it's instructive to look back to begin the American colonies were being oppressed by British rule and many began to push back they were resistance and many made it their priority to do
what was necessary for life and liberty they recognized that staying silent would allow their oppressors to roll over them and rule with impunity they were not wellunded or equipped but they were determined and realized change however
difficult was necessary i am hopeful that we as a community will realize that what is happening right now in our federal government cannot continue in terms of military readiness the highest levels in the Pentagon are inep and making us less safe i shudder
the thought of an attack on our country bad actors must recognize that any attack now would be debilary of defense in his inexperience and hub are making our country vulnerable in regard to public health
the highest levels are again in dangerous statements and decisions the head of HHS is dismissing years of proven research and science and instead is peding treatments and ideas that are unproven and ineffective i for one do
not want to go back centuries in our response to epidemics and disease in addition to military readiness and public health is currently deficient in immigration policy based on law and
civil rights with a basic humanity it is deficient in economic policies and plans and knowledge of global markets it's deficient in civil rights protection for all people
thinks there is so much All of these things affect us on a local level this situation requires action we cannot sit back and hope things will improve our ancestors 250 years ago did not sit back and merely hope that things
would get better they summoned courage and took action and risk to themselves and their families they knew in their hearts that being oppressed by a king and a wealthy ruling class was not a path to life liberty and happiness
[Applause] hi Mary i don't have a script i don't have three minutes but I have to speak i lean to the right seems to be a little bit in the minority here but just some
things I just have to say with our border now secure we don't have a problem with gang members coming in and people coming in who haven't been there influx of admission of people who
wanted to become American citizens coming into the country i would dare to say that we wouldn't have these problems with these gangs coming in and then the deportation problems and who should go to what jail who should be left behind who should get a trial it wouldn't have happened so I'm right now I'm thrilled
that the border is controlled and I think we have to think back and say gee this happened and so my case on that for the DEI um American disability acts usually are the ones that I believe handicap
elevators and stairways and those other items so I don't know whether the current administration is pulling back on that or not so I'm by saying this or anything but that was just my experience in my career um the
other thing is if we have a difference of opinion and the previous speaker said how peaceful this demonstration was and that's wonderful and that's what demonstration should be but because I don't like the car that you drive or the person that made it we have ways to
express our disagreements not to go and vandalize people and these things when you call somebody and they come to your house and they come with guns and things like your representative or something that's not how
one minute anyway I wasn't going to say anything but I have to because it had been controlled so many of these problems would not be in existence thank you
[Applause] hello my name is John airport i'd like to speak a little bit different on it um the last study the state of New Jersey did was in 2016 and our airport generated 17.2
million to the local economy a lot of people don't realize what goes on there we have people that have turborop which is a jet powered propeller airplane they fly halfway across the country doing business we have many businesses they're
in Sparta and other local towns where the owners of those companies fly to uh business meetings all over um I personally am a realtor i've sold at least a half dozen houses in the area to pilots airline
pilots people that want to be in the area the airport has skydiving about 45 employees there during the summer so this is a big economic thing if you talk to the diner the restaurants in the area
different things bars it brings in a lot so I just like everybody to be aware that it's not play with airplanes it helps support the community [Applause]
anybody else wants to close business so moved second commissioner Henderson Commissioner Hayden seconds any discussion all in favor say I i oppos abstain carries 24
is reminders uh next Wednesday the 30th at 6 PM is a Crimestoppers yearly fundraiser uh if you'd like tickets you can go on crimestoppers.com something like that i'm not really sure what it is or check the sheriff's website um and you get
some tickets it's our yearly event uh if you can come we appreciate it uh it's the only event we have all year uh otherwise please check the county's website www.sussex.nj us for meeting schedules number 25 executive session there is none tonight thank goodness number 26 is
adjournment motion to adjourn the meeting so moved commissioner Hayden comm uh second by director deputy director space any discussion all in favor say I i oppose abstain carries have a good night thank you all for coming please meeting adjourned at 7:31
7:31 boom