This is the commissioner meeting of June 25th, 2025 at 6 p.m. at the Ces County Administrative Center. Commissioner meeting room. Commissioner Degrew here. Commissioner Hayden absent. Commissioner Henderson here. Deputy Director Space here.
Director Carney here. Number three is one minute. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. All right. Right. Number four is public statement. Pursuant to the open public meetings act, chapter 231 PL/1975, adequate notice as defined by section 3D of chapter 231 PL/1975 has been made by regular mail in email. Such notice being
submitted on January 7th, 2025 from the administrative center of the county of Sussex located at one spring street, Newton, New Jersey to the following New Jersey Herald, Star Ledger, and Strauss News and is also posted on the bulletin board maintained in the administrative center for public announcements and has
been submitted to the Cesus County Clerk in compliance with said act. At least at this time, please mute all electronic devices. Commissioners, please remove your phones. Number five is an approval of agenda. Can I get a motion to approve the agenda? So moved. Commissioner Henness have a second. Second. Deputy
director space. All in favor say I. I. I. Oppos. Abstain. Number six. Proclamation certificates and presentations. We do have a proclamation. Do we have anybody here to accept this? Okay, perfect. This is a proclamation for the 40th anniversary of
the Sparta food pantry. And Commissioner Degrroot is going to read that and present that to Valerie Machio. I get that right? All right. only because a karate kid I got that just saying rough machin to accept. Okay, Jackie, you're up. Yep. Proclamation. Whereas the
quality and character of life in the communities across Sussex County are reflective of the concerned and dedicated individuals. And whereas through the dedication of staff members, volunteers, partners, and benefactors, the Sparta Community Food Pantry has served Sussexis County as well as part
of Warren and Morris counties for 40 years. And whereas since the start, the Sparta Community Food Pantry has grown to feed over 4,000 people a month while instilling hope to fil families and individuals struggling with food insecurity. And whereas the Sparta
Community Food Pantry assists those that are homeless, homebound, disabled, displaced students, seniors, veterans, working, poor, and chronically ill through donations they receive. Now therefore, be it resolved that the board of county commissioners hereby recognizes the Sparta Community Food
Pantry on their 40th 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 the Sparta Community Food Pantry for their dedication to improving lives in Sussex County. By the order of
by the by order of the board of county commissioners, Chris Carney, commissioner director, Jill Space, deputy commissioner, uh Jack the Groot, Commissioner, uh William Hayden, commissioner, and Alan Henderson, commissioner. Thank you. Would you like to come up and say a few words?
Y thank you very much for for this. We appreciate it. We said it's our 40th anniversary. And for some of you may have remembered we started at the First Presbyterian Church in a closet. Literally in a closet. And now we have If you don't if you could speak in the microphone on the record, you could take you could
take it up. Pick it up too. Yep. If you want to sing a song, feel free. Burst into song. Um, so we started out in a closet literally at the First Presbyterian Church 40 years ago and now we're have our our facility over at 99 Demerest
Road and we feed anybody in need. Um, one, we're all volunteers, which is a big difference between a lot of us and a lot of other uh, food pantries. We are the largest food pantry now in Sussex County. And we work with about 40 or 50 different nonprofits, all to serve the
clients in Sussex County who are struggling in what in whatever way that they are. We are totally non-judgmental. We don't require anything other than need. So, right today on the way here, I got received a phone call that there's a lady in her car. She's living in her car
right now and she can't get food. So, we're trying to find her where she's located and we'll get her some food for tonight or tomorrow. So, we're constantly out there. We are also the pantry of choice with Atlantic Health Systems. So when they are people who are discharged after a surgery or some sort
of a health reason and they go to someone that doesn't have either a home or someone to take care of them, we are the pantry of choice where we help them either restock their kitchen or to keep them going in a healthy with giving them healthy food until they are such healed
or able to be on their own. If they are not on their own for whatever the reason, we continue to feed them. In some cases, we have been feeding people for 5 years and we go there on a weekly or bimonthly basis and giving them healthy foods. We work with many agencies. We work with local share. We
work with SNAP, Zufall, Daisy, Family Promise. And we find a way to get to people and to help them in the way that they need help. And this is something we have evolved with over the years. Our recent um our recent effort
is what we call go bags where we work with the local police and we give the local police um about six bags of food. So if they're the first people that find people, okay? If they're if you're on the street, they're the first ones that are called. If you have an accident,
your house burns down, they're the first ones. So we work with them to give them bags of food so that they in turn can meet the person at the site of the trauma and then they will be able to give them food. If you're leaving a DV
situation and you don't have food and your kids are screaming, you think about going back. What the go bags do is to give people pause. Give people a chance to think what their next step is. Whether it's going back to a situation, finding another resource, finding a
place to live, finding clothes to wear for tomorrow, the go bags give you two days of food and the police will bring it to you. The next step is to call the resources necessary for the particular trauma. So, we deal with that. We are always looking for new ways to find the
people who are most in need, the forgotten people. Those are the people that we take pride in. We make sure that they are cared for with our facility. Most people don't know that we exist, which is always tricky when you're around for 40 years. Most people have never heard of the Sparta Community Food
Pantry, but we're here. And if anybody ever needs us, we're here for everyone in county or thereabouts anywhere. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. You mind if we take a picture of you?
There's somebody in the back there trying to take pictures for sure. Number number seven is executive session. Linder, will you please read that resolution providing for an executive close session not open to the public in
accordance with the provisions of NJSA 10 col4-12 set. Whereas the 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 10 col4-12BN 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 10 col4-12B and NJSA 10 col4-13 that the board at this time enter into an executive session from which the public shall be excluded and be it
further resolve that the general nature of the subjects to be discussed relate to the following items authorized by NJSA 10 col4-12B as designated below. Number four, Sheriff PBA and prosecutor salary
ranges. Number seven, matters relating to litigation negotiations and the attorney client privilege jail and open space. 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 the law that the public interest will no longer be served by such confidentiality. And be it further resolved that upon completion of the business for which the board has entered
into the executive session, the board shall reconvene and resume its meeting open to the public. And be it further resolved that the board may take formal action after returning from executive session. Just want to clarify that the the prosecutor's matter is actually
under not CDA. They're still negoti contract negotiation. Thank you. All right. Motion to adopt executive session resolution and enter into executive session. So move second. Deputy director space moves. Uh uh
commissioner the group seconds. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Abstain carries. All right. Can I get a motion to adjourn from executive session and return to regular business? So move. Commissioner Duk. Have a second. Second. Director
Space. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppos? Obstain. Carries. All right. Number eight. There is no public hearing. Number nine, 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 at the microphone and state your name,
municipality, and agenda topic for the record. Motion to open the floor for public comment. So moved. Second. Director Space moves uh Commissioner Drew or I'm sorry, Hendersons uh any discussion. All in favor say I. I oppose. Carries.
Floor is open. Agenda topics. All right. Seeing none, can I get a motion to close the floor for public comment? So moved. Commissioner Groot second. Commissioner Henderson second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppos carries. Commissioner comments. We'll start with Commissioner Henderson.
Okay. It's going to be pretty brief. It seems like two weeks. On January 13th, uh I attended the Pacan Flag Day party where several residents were honored for their patriotism. It was a nice event. Unfortunately, the weather once again wasn't cooperating for Flag Day, which
now has been scheduled for September. On June 14th, Senator Parker Space and I met with three individuals from Indivisible, Corey, Jesse, and Julie. I'd like to thank them personally here tonight. Uh there was great dialogue back and forth on various issues and concerns. On June 16th, I attended the
Sussex County Planning Review Zoom meeting. Uh three issues were discussed and they will be brought to the planning board at the next meeting for their approval. On June 18th, I attended Sussex Votch graduation. I had the privilege of shaking 162 hands of graduating students. I was very
impressed with the number of graduates that are heading to various military branches uh for the United States. Congratulations to all the students wherever the dreams take them. On June 19th, I attended the Sussex County Republican golf outing at Crystal Spring. It was a great turnout. Excellent job by all those that put
together the event. On June 23rd, I attended a golf outing. And believe me, I do not play golf uh for Tunnel of Towers, which is a was a huge success bringing in over 200 golfers, but I did go for the lunch, which was a fantastic lunch at Farmstead Golf Course. And
that's all I have. Thank you. Yes. Uh starting with the Muskan Watershed Association. Uh the Muskan Wershed Association, MWA, held its annual meeting this past Wednesday. Highlights from this past year included engaging 396 students in educational
programming about the watershed and river and planting uh 1,180 trees with the help of 150 partner organizations and volunteers. Uh the Muskan River begins in the southern region of Sussex County and impacts communities such as Byum Stan Hope and Opacon. For those
that don't know, the MWA is seeking projects to support the upper watershed region in the future, and I believe there's a valuable opportunity for us to collaborate on future initiatives in that area. Next, with the NJTPA, this past Monday, I attended the joint meeting of the
North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, uh, project priorit prioritization committee, and the planning and economic development committee. During the meeting, we received an update on the revised project prioritization scoring process. The update highlighted how the process now aligns more closely
with the NJ NJTPA strategic goals such as safety, economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and resilience to name a few. Uh each goal area has been assigned a weighted value informed by the input from seven other metropolitan planning organizations as
well as the New Jersey Department of Transportation, NJ Transit, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Uh as many of you know the Riversticks Bridge project in Obakon was submitted to the NJTPA from us and this updated scoring criteria will be used in
evaluating in its merits. Next uh the county s library services on Wednesday June 18th I joined director Carney and deputy director space at the Sussex Wage Library for the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new DOT mobile library. It was an honor to speak at this milestone event and I want to thank everyone who helped
make the project and the celebration a success. I'm excited to see Dot on the road bringing library services, resources, and meaningful connections to communities across Sussex County and beyond. Additionally, uh reminders, uh beat the heat and enjoy summer fun reading at Sussex County Library System
with six branches open six days a week. Uh Sussex County Library System offers cool airond conditioned spaces, free Wi-Fi and events for all ages. For kids and teens, check out story times, crafts, STEM activities, read to a dog, games, and book clubs. For adults, look out for book discussions, wellness
workshops, fiber arts, cooking, and more this summer. Uh reminder, The Color of Our World Summer Reading Challenge kicks off tomorrow, June 26th, and runs through July 26. Open to all ages. It's a great way to stay engaged, have fun, and win prizes. Plus, don't miss the bonus reading challenge in August for
kids ages 12 and under. Read five books and earn a prize box featuring a summer reading rocks t-shirt, tickets to a 2026 Sussex County Miners game, and more. Uh this is all thanks to Brian Stone reading rocks program. Uh that concludes my report. Thank you. God bless. Thank
you director of space. I attended the first ever inspiring women networking and awards lunchon hosted by the Sussex County Chamber of Commerce. I was honored to be a nominee for two of the awards. Although I didn't win, it was an honor. Um attended the Senior Olympics
uh with Director Carney and I was shocked that Commissioner Hayden actually attended also. It was nice to see him out. Um, it's always a great event sponsored by the Sussex County Senior Services. It was well attended, attended the ribbon cutting, um, like
Commissioner Degrroot said, at the new Sussex County mobile library. It was paid for by the ARPA funds, which I think is important to note, it was nice to see a project started from the beginning and it was just an idea become a reality. And I'm not an avid reader, and I'm never afraid to say that. I
don't have a great attention span for reading books, but I did discover audio books. And I found out while I was in the mobile library that they have audio books, so I actually got a library card. So, it's still sitting in my car, but the intention is that I'm going to use
it because I do love audiobooks. Um, and I attended a meeting with Ron Tapen and Sheriff Strata on the contract negotiations with the PBA and that was interesting. uh division of senior services senior farmers market nutrition
program. The senior farmers market nutrition program provides financially eligible individuals who are aged 60 years and older with a onetime $40 electronic benefit to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at participating farm stands in New Jersey. This once a year benefit is available at the
Division of Senior Services Monday through Friday 8:30 to 4:30. Eligible seniors who are disabled and not able to come into the office can have an application and their benefit mailed to them. In addition, senior services staff will be distributing the senior farmers market nutrition program benefit at all
the locations below during the beginning of July. July 1st 10 to 11:30 Brookside Terrace 33 Mil Street Newton. July 2nd 11 to 12:30 Liberty Towers 32 32 Liberty Street Newton. July 8th, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30, Vernon Senior Center, 21 Church
Street, Vernon. July 16th, 11 to 12, Franklin Senior Center, George Leance Road, Franklin. This benefit will be available from June 1st, 2025 through September 30th, 2025, and must be redeemed by November 30th, 2025. Please contact Senior Services at 973-579-055
to obtain additional information. Division of Social Services food drive to help feed Sussex County residents in need. Shopright locations in Newton Sparta, Franklin, and Sussex collected food this past Saturday to benefit the food pantry at the Sussex County Division of Social Services. 103.7 WNJ
radio personalities were on location at the Sussex Shopright to spearhead the drive. Donations will replenish the shelves, help replenish the shelves at the Social Services Food Pantry to assist families and individuals in need. I also want to thank Commissioner Henderson because he volunteers I think
every Thursday at our food pantry at 7:30 a.m. 7:00 7:30 regularly. If anyone is in need of food themselves or for their family, they can stop by the Division of Social Services located at 83 Spring Street, Newton, New Jersey from 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday. Food or pet donations are accepted
during these hours or special arrangements can be made for after hours donations by calling 973 3833600. Uh the office of mosquito control continues to see above average and even record setting numbers of adult mosquito populations in overnight traps. The
office has been se receiving many complaints from residents regarding inundations of mosquitoes on their properties. Mosquito control staff are working very hard to address these issues and will continue to perform truck mounted ulv spraying applications to provide relief to areas of high
mosquito activity. Residents should continue to anticipate high populations of mosquitoes over the next few weeks. If you are experiencing any issues, please call mosquito control office at 973-940-5225 to request service to the area for trapping and control. Aerial
applications. Due to the presidential flight restrictions implemented by the FAA from Friday, June 20th through Sunday, June 22nd, an aerial application to treat for larville mosquitoes could not be scheduled, which will cause a future increase in adult mosquito populations in these specific areas to
the county. Weather permitting truck mount and ULV spraying will be performed to combat the high vector and nuisance mosquito populations. For additional information, contact office of mosquito control, please go to www.sussex.nj us/mosquito.
And that's all I'm going to read. Oh, and the spotted lantern fly program that we are again offering free spotted lantern fly traps to Sussex County residents. If residents would like to receive their free traps, please contact the Office of Mosquito Control at 973-940-5225
to schedule a pickup time. Traps can be picked up at mosquito office on Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 4:30, but scheduling appointment is preferred to ensure staffing availability. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Uh, Department of Engineering and Planning. The Division of Engineering uh, submitted the North
Jersey Transportation Transportation Planning Authority fiscal year 2026 local concept development grant application. The application requests $868,000 uh, to fund a planning level study to evaluate rehabilitation replacement options for the Sussex County
Riversticks Bridge in Hapakhong. I brought that up last meeting. Uh, department expects the North Jersey planning authority will be receiving the applications received over the next few months. Repairs of the Sussex County Bridge X30 located on Libertyville Road in Wanage, which is also County Route 650, has been completed and the bridge
returned to full service. I'm sure Jack is happy with that. Um, construction crews at Department of Engineering and Planning are scheduled to pave county Route D18 tomorrow. Once paved, the in-house guide rail crew will install the bridge guide rail system. Department anticipates the bridge in on Fenwick
Road will be returned to service before Fourth of July. That is in Frankfurt. The Sussex County 2024 pavement program is nearing completion. Milling and pavement work on the portion of County Route 517, also known as Sparta Avenue, is expected to be completed early next week. This is the final county route
included in the project. Long lines and pavement markings will be placed on the roads over the next few weeks. The division of planning remains focused on advancing the state uh state plan crossceptance process. The cross acceptance report has been submitted to the state office of planning advocacy. The division along with Cesus County
negotiation committee will be meeting with the state in early July to review comments provided by Asus County and local municipalities as part of the report. I believe that's happening July 2nd. I will be a part of that and the Cesus County Division of Planning is available. Discuss the plan and any answers at 973-5790500.
Um some good news from the college. This is something that Lorraine Henson, myself and Corey Homer, uh which congratulations to Corey Homer. He is a new president at the college. Kudos to him. Uh and kudos to the new board that's there now who put him in that
position. They are heading in the right direction and I think every commissioner up here is very happy that Corey Homer got that spot. Um so Sessa County Community College received a $40,000 grant from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield for the national fit fitness campaign. This will be the base funding
to create an outdoor fitness center at the college that will be open to the students, county employees, and the community. I've been working with the county deputy administrator, like I said, with Lorraine and the college to bring this to fruition, and I'm looking forward to a groundbreaking in the
summer of 26. The center will allow individuals to exercise independently through an app provided by national fitness campaign or through classes ran by the county or the college is a great opportunity for further to further connect the college with our community. And I believe Lorraine, correct me if
I'm wrong, that with our Blue Cross uh insurance, they get a $20 uh credit or per month. Employees can get a $25 credit per month to show that they were working the Um, and we're using it regularly. Then
each month they can get a reimbursement from Right. Perfect. So try to keep our employees healthy. Uh, and the community, right? So it's it's a very good thing and I'm happy that it finally came to fruition. Finally. Two years. Two years is way too much for me. Um,
District 24 report. Again, I said it before, I'll say it again. These are not my words. I'm giving a report from District 24. Uh if you have any questions or concerns, you can contact their office, call them up, email them. I'm sure they'll get back to you. They have a great staff over there. So again,
their words, I'm going to read them. For those who pass through on the turnpike or parkway or only know it as a state comics punchline, New Jersey is concrete, smoke stacks, and a roar of traffic through exist wawas in other gas stations. For others is a lyric in the
spring sing song on MTV show about the shore. But natives, transplants, and nature lovers known the garden state, the most densely populated in the nation could easily be called wooded state. Its woodlands from the pine barons to the northern hardwood forest, compromising 40% of its 5.6 million acres. Most
wooded land is privately owned. Assembly members Sean Keane and Don Fantasia want to ensure those areas remain protected from creeping overdevelopment. their bill. Uh the Senate is S699 and Assembly 682 supported various state environmental
groups and released from the Assembly Environment Committee on Monday will establish a woodlands protection fund to acquire development easements on privately owned woodlands. That fund, which will be operated by the state department of environmental protection, would use federal money, private donations, and appropriations from the
state legislature to purchase easements. To qualify, woodlands must be at least five contingious contiguous acres in size and be managed by the land owner. According to state statute, land owners would not be required to open those woodlands to the public. This bill does
two things. It protects these natural spaces and respects property owners rights. Keen said with owner with owners facing pressure to sell and build the state the state needs to proactively preserve these areas to safeguard these ecosystems and protect private owners
from those pressures. About 950,000 acres of forest are privately owned with 40% of that owned by people ages 65 and older. The state, local municipalities, and counties and federal government own the other 1.037
million forested acres. Preserving forested land helps protect native species, air quality, and vital wersheds in other waterways. Economically, woodlands generate billions annually through tourism and forestry. This is personal for me. I live I live where I
live because of the open space, the trees, and the rural landscape. When I'm not working, I'm outdoors, and I can't imagine Northwest New Jersey without those things, said Dawn Fantasia. I want to protect our great doors from overdevelopment so the future generations can experience the beauty
the state has to offer. Report from district 24. As Commissioner Space said, I attended the senior Olympics uh which was a great event. Uh the weather pretty much held out a little bit kind of not so much. Um but it was a good event and
a lot of seniors came out. How many how many you think how many came out? 275. 275. Wow. Yeah. So all all the municipalities for the most part showed up. Wallpack was a little shy. They only have seven people. Well, there was a lot of people. Um and I think they had a good time. They ate good and everything was um
good. So again, just kudos to Corey Homer. Uh it was a big deal for that to happen and colleges head in the right direction. All right, that's all I have. So number 11 is the approval of consent agenda. There is none. Number 12 is the approval
of the minutes. We're a little backlogged. Uh, so we're going to go over all three. So we have three here from May 14, 2025, May 28th from 2025, and June 11th from 2025. Motion to approve the minutes. So on these
minutes, sorry. Commissioner Henderson moves uh deputy director space. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. I. Opposed? Stayain carries. Number 13's ordinance. We don't have any ordinance. Number 14's appointments in or reg resignations.
There are none. 15 resolutions. Okay. I get a motion to adopt resolutions A through M. So move. Commissioner Drew moves. Deputy Director Space seconds. Any discussion? Roll call, please.
Uh, Commissioner Drew, yes. Commissioner Henderson, yes. Deputy Director Space, yes. Director Carney, yes. All right. Nomber 16's awards of contract change orders and bids. Contract change orders bids consisting consisting of various
proposed resolutions and determine that adoption of the said resolutions is and will further the public interest. Motion to adopt resolutions A through H. So moved. Deputy Director Space got a second. Commissioner Henderson. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Commissioner Drew.
Yes. Commissioner Henderson. Yes. Deputy Director Space. Yes. Director Carney. Yes. All right. Number 17's financial. We have two bills lists. Uh the first one is resolution A is the payments of bills list A from June 25th, 2025. Motion to
pay bills list A. So moved. Commissioner Henderson. Second. Uh Deputy Director Space. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Commissioner Grew. Yes. Commissioner Henderson. Yes. Deputy Director Space. Yes. Director Carney.
Yes. Uh B. Resolution uh B, payment of bills list B from June 25th, 2025. I have a motion to pay bills list B. So moved. Second. Deputy or I'm sorry, dire uh Commissioner Degroup moves. Commissioner Henderson seconds. Any discussion?
Roll call, please. Commissioner Degroup, yes. Commissioner Henderson, yes. Deputy Director Space, abstain. Director Carney, yes. Number C is amending the 2025 capital budget.
Have a motion to adopt resolution C. So moved. Happy Director Space. Have a second. Second. Commissioner Henderson. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Commissioner Degrew. Yes. Commissioner Henderson. Yes. Deputy Director Space. Yes. Director Crony.
Yes. Number D is introduction for the first rating ordinance 25-05. This is a capital ordinance providing for various roadway and bridge improvements in and for the county of Sussex, state of New Jersey, and appropriating the sum of 4,666
4,660,345 from the county's New Jersey Department of Transportation grant to pay for the cost thereof. Can I get a motion to adopt this ordinance on first reading and authorize the clerk to advertise this ordinance as introduced for the first reading and also post same in a bulletin board in a
lobby of the county administrative center together with a notice of public hearing stating that a hearing will be held on July 23rd, 2025 at 6 p.m. prior to final adoption of this ordinance. So moved. Deputy Director Space got a second. Commissioner Grew. Any
discussion? Okay. Roll call, please. Commissioner Degrew. Yes. Commissioner Henderson. Yes. Deputy Director Space. Yes. Director Carney. Yes. 18. Personnel. We have none. Number 19. Admin report. Yes, sir. Real briefly, we had our quarterly
risk meeting. Uh this a couple weeks ago, we went over all our claims and stuff like that. I'm not going to brag. I'm just going to say we're in good shape. I don't want to jinx the process. We had eight total claims. Six of which were report only. Two were that somebody went to the doctor. So, it was a good
month, a good quarter, and It's all good. It's all in line of how we train and how people pay attention to things. Um there's a lot of training going on right now. We have a lot of POSA training going on right now. They're getting retrained and and going going through all the mandatory
trainings that we're we're doing. I'm going tomorrow to the executive commissioners meeting for the statewide plan tomorrow. That's our that's our quarterly meeting tomorrow. So I'll be at that. Um what I'd like you, as everybody said, our DAPW gurus, our engineer, our facilities guys are very
busy. very very busy. I just want to put out to the public to please please be very digent particularly we're doing a lot of grass mowing. We you I don't know if you're going around the county you've seen a lot of trucks a lot of grass mowing. Please be patient with these this work zone that they set up
constantly moves. So it's not a stagnant workforce when they've got a truck following. It's always moving. When you come up behind a mower and you don't have a line of sight to pass, don't worry. You're not going to me. You may tick off the guy behind you, but it can make the world a lot happier if you don't get in that that lane and that car
is coming. That's a bad day. My guys have to react to it. They stop. They try to bridge and make gaps for you. Sometimes it's too late. They don't have the timing to do that. And quite frankly, they feel awful about it. So, please just be patient. When you get to the mower, when you see you got a clear line to pass them, do it. But don't do
it too soon. And please pass along to everyone that is in need of water and ice. Get up on our website. JCPNL is set up ice and water stations across the the county. Um all the shop rights from from from
the High Point all the way to high to Hopacon. There's some sites there's a site open for anybody that needs water or ice in these stringent conditions. So please check our website for those locations. And that's all I have. Perfect. Thank you. 20 county council.
No. No. All right. 21. Unfinished business. We have any unfinish finished business? No. All right. Any new business? I have a couple. Does anybody No. Good. I have a couple things. I I got a call from Mike Richards. Um I know we reached out
to Commissioner Henderson and he directed him my way. Uh last year, I don't know if you guys remember or not. Um during the fair, they did a food drive for us and they gave out money to nine different entities. This year, they're cutting it down to three, which
will give a little bit more. Uh it was us that's going to get the money. Benny's Bodega and the uh Spart the veteran cemetery in Sparta. Uh so last year I think it was around $300. This year hopefully it's it's three times as much. So if you see any food drives,
it's going to be a monetary donation. Uh not canned foods or or or um what have you. So if you're at the fair, you can give us a little extra money. Goes towards the food pantry which we provide throughout the county as you know. Uh I I did get a call from a friend of mine
from a teacher at at uh High Point. Um they are doing an exchange um student program. Basically how it works and I'll get you guys the information. Um students from other states are going to come here um
to have the opposite effect. So if they're from the city, they want to come to rural. and what this teacher is doing, what this exch exchange program is basically teaching them how to live somewhere else and so on and so forth. Um, so what she was asking for if we have some time uh to maybe meet these uh
students out, she's going to send me the schedule. So if you have a little free time, you know, maybe you show them the farm or if they're somewhere, you just meet up with them and explain who you are and what we do. And we all grew up here. Everybody on this day is has all grown up here. So give them a little insight on Sussex County. Maybe they
might even be visiting the zoo. Sounds good. So, um, that's all I have. So, number 23, public session from the floor. 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, state your name and municipality for the record.
Uh, motion to open the floor for public comment. Commissioner Henderson, I have a second. Second. Uh, deputy director space. Uh, any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Abstain carries. The floor is
open. Andy Hall, Leighton, New Jersey. Thank you for the opportunity to address everyone. Uh, this statement will address two issues regarding the Delaware Watergap National Recreation Area and Sussex County. First, the New Jersey State Master Plan. The Delaware Watergap National Recreation Area is
noted as an area of quote unquote critical concern in the New Jersey State Master Plan draft. Upon inquiry to the state planning department, I was told critical concern meant the cultural and environmental resources in Dwna, a unit of the National Park Service, that these resources should be recognized and
protected. I emailed my comments to the state planning department urging the master plan object to the National Park and Preserve designation as supported by a private non-government alliance and protect and protect the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area as is. And
I also sent my comments to the Sussexus County Planning Department. The second issue is HR6492, the Explore Act, enacted January 4th, uh, 2025. Quote, an act to improve recreation per opportunities on and facilitate great access to federal
public land and for other purposes. End quote. And the question is, what are those other purposes? Secretary of the Interior of Morgan recently rolled back environmental protections on public lands. If the national park and preserve designation supported by the non-government alliance has approved
approximately 56,000 acres in Digna will be open to forest to field conversion and that could allow resource extraction, timbering and other negative environmental impacts hidden in that quote unquote other purposes as noted in the description of the explore act. to be briefed. Through a pilot program,
this act allows the Secretary of the Interior Borgum to conduct surveys and gather information for gateway communities. Gateway communities are those communities providing access to recreational areas. This is the good part. So, part of the facilitation of the great access to federal public lands
includes assessing demands on existing municipal infrastructure and the expansion and diversification of visitor experiences by bolstering the visitation at existing developed locations. under that utilized that are underutilized on nearby federal recreation lands and
borders that are developer for suitable for developing expanding or enhanced recreation isn't identified 108 pages of government blah blah blah Warren County in New Jersey and Northampton and Pennsylvania appear to be seeking inclusion in the pilot program. I've
heard the effort for pilot program inclusion is limited to those areas. So before Sussex County requests inclusion in the pilot program, I respectfully suggest a careful read of the Explore Act. Although it appears to benefit the public with a variety of strategies and
programs, some of the methods and implementations are not clear. And on a personal note, I see this act as more government control reaching into our communities. The Secretary of the Interior is no friend to the environment. And I have to ask if this proposed actions in this act are worth
the well-being of our local communities and the Delaware River. Thank you. Can I have s? Yes, Sandy. You talk as fast as I do. You knocked it out in three minutes. That was good. That was right to the right to the
second. Thank Thank you for that. Go ahead, sir. Whenever you're ready. Uh good evening everyone. My name is Dana Younger. I hail from Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. I'm here because uh in my capacity as
president of the local chapter for Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, our group has uh developed a rather interesting uh proposal. It pretty much amounts to a heritage tourism initiative that we think that in the long run would
wind up enduring to your benefit. So I figured I'd just lay it out in the broad terms for you. What we are proposing amounts to a federal project 100% federal. Uh it's predicated on the Antiquities Act of 1906 that basically
allows either Congress or the president himself by way of proclamation to establish a national monument in the uh interest of the country and for its inspiration. Now in our township we have a fort constructed in 1756
in Shaw. Ford happens to be directly associated with Benjamin Franklin who actually wrote up the organizational orders for the militia company stationed there. And what we have in mind is a complete reconstruction of this fort in time for the tsentennial of the French
and Indian War some 30 years into the uh distant future. The way this applies to Sussex County is that we're saying to ourselves that ultimately the National Park Service would deem the area appropriate for a historic landscape
approach. Which means that in addition to simply reconstructing this fort, they would pay particular attention as well to the historic elements thereby. An example being the historic Walpack ferry crossing. And we could very well see
this ferry reestablished along with the fort in time for this upcoming twsentennial. This means that now New Jersey would be able to participate in this national monument uh by way of essentially becoming a gateway community
to a national monument and to promote your own local heritage in the process. I brought with me a letter of support from our own Monroe County uh commissioner's office, a one-page uh vision assessment, and a three-page
briefing paper. I will turn these over now to uh your clerk for your future consideration. Thank you. Thank you. And as I have 26 seconds left, I will uh simply point out that um we would
appreciate if u deem it appropriate, we'd love to get a letter of support that we can ultimately have read into the congressional record. Kathy Brennan, Hampton Township. Um I wanted to talk tonight about the fed federal cuts and how will they will be
harming Sussex County. Sussex County residents covered by Medicaid are 15,319, children are 6,266 and uh SNAP benefits are 4,55. This is just for our county right here.
And uh the these these things cover 30% of the state's births, behavioral health services, substance abuse programs, long-term care for New Jerseys eligible uh elderly populations, and also for
those with disabilities. Um families will have to make a choice between medical care and food. There'll be a great greater burden on the state and the local community and there could be a loss of up to 20,000 jobs. very much hurting the state and the and the
community. Um, if these things go through, I would urge the commissioners to pass a resolution to oppose any cuts to these programs. And um, I don't have time to read it all, but I have copies for everyone of a proposed resolution.
And I just want to say that this is this is very concerning. It may not be happening tomorrow, but it very well may be happening in the near future. And I think it needs to be planned for and if if at all possible, we need to stop these cuts. And I just wanted to say
real quick that um well, I guess I was glad to hear that Commissioner Hayden went to something, but um he's going to go to the library, but he didn't show. But I mean, him going to something is at this point a joke. You know that you bring it up that he went to something.
Like it's, you know, you guys go to all these things and it's like, oh my god, he went to something. So, as usual, um, you know, I call for him to resign because I feel like, well, he's not even here taking up a seat, but I feel like, you know, it's a wasted spot. And I'd,
you know, I'd love to have someone on here who's actually working to do things for the county. And, um, I just had one quick observation. Um, the way the meetings are conducted now with executive session in the beginning as opposed to they used to be in the end,
um, I'm sure there's reasons for it. I don't know what the reasons are, but it makes me feel that it's a burden on on people to have to sit here and wait for half an hour, an hour, an hour and a half until you guys, you know, come back
and then um which makes me wonder, and I'm not saying this is true, but it just goes through my mind, is this like some kind of way to deter people from coming and voicing their opinion because they do have to sit here for a long period of time. I mean, I've come to meetings for years and whatever and most of most of
the executive sessions have been at the end. So, we're not waiting, you know, everything has gone through and then we can go home and then you guys do it. And that's all I have to say. Thank you. And this is for um everybody. Good evening, Sandy Pender, Freeden
Township. Um, I know this is outside of your realm, but again, I'm just here tonight to talk a little bit to raise awareness. Um, my grandparents fled Germany in the early 1930s. Their two children, my father and my uncle, were
born in Newark, where my grandfather worked as a mason creating memorial gravestones. And my grandmother was a house fra or housewife. I share this piece of my family history and ask you to think about our current administration and the parallels to Nazi
Germany in the 1930s. While clearly the situations and leaders are not equal, I want to draw attention to the many parallels. The first parallel is the erosion of democratic norms. Adolf Hitler and his rise to authoritarianism succeeded in
delegitimizing core democratic institutions. Our administration is trying to do this too. They have attacked the courts, the electoral process, the certification of a legitimate election, and agencies and staff that don't serve the project 2025
agenda. A second parallel is the use of dangerous rhetoric and propaganda. The Nazi party used, as does our administration, inflammatory statements and disinformation to shape public opinion and emotions.
There are constant attacks on the mainstream media, calling them fake news. In the 1930s, the Nazi party similarly called the press lugan pressa or press of lies. While we are not burning books yet, I ask you to pay attention to the rampant
book bans and removal of information from government sites. It's called controlling the narrative and it manipulates and oppresses the citizens you are supposed to be serving. A third parallel is the scapegoating of minority groups. Both the Nazi party and
our comm current administration use language and policy in an attempt to demonize minority groups and stir up hostile emotions against said groups. There are other parallels to note. The rise of a charismatic leader who pushes
a sense of national emergency to legitimize his actions. Also, the attempt to concentrate power in the executive branch and suppress any disscent. I encourage you to watch a movie called The Zone of Interest. It is not an
action movie, nor is it graphic. It concentrates on using background sounds throughout the movie to denote what is happening beyond the fence of a Nazi leader's idyllic home. It shows how people in power, even those living yards
away from a concentration camp, can completely distance themselves from the horrors they are inflicting on their own citizens. It shows people in power with a complete lack of empathy. This is a lesson we do not want to repeat. Thank you. I
appreciate the time to speak. Good evening. Our office. Over the weekend, the brutal arrest of another hardworking immigrant was caught on tape and difficult to watch. A 48-year-old landscaper was surrounded by numerous fully masked and armed ICE
agents chased across a busy intersection and pepper sprayed in the face. They assaulted him, pinned him to the ground, repeatedly beat him on the head, dislocated his shoulder, and threw him in the backseat of a of a car. ICE claimed that the man threatened an officer with a lawn trimmer, but the
video does not support that accusation. It was quite obvious that the five grown men who participated in this violent takedown while additional ICE agents stood around and watched were untrained and illquipped to do their jobs. Any reputable law enforcement officer would
tell you that those ICE officers acted far beyond any reasonable force and should be held accountable for their criminal actions. Violations of the man's civil rights. As if the story of this everyday American being so savagely treated by the US government is not not heart-wrenching
enough, the story of who this landscaper is makes the event even more upsetting. Man so brutally attacked this weekend was Narc Barono, an immigrant who came to this US in the 1990s seeking a better life for himself in the land of the free and the home of the brave. He worked as
a landscaper for the past 30 years and has no criminal record. He raised three sons, all of whom were born in the US and grew up to be responsible, law-abiding and hardworking adults. Son Alejandro said of his father, "He is always a good dad. He always made sure
we had food on the table. He always taught us to respect, to love our country, to always give back." As a result of Narcisco's parenting, all three of his sons joined the US Marines. His son explained, "We joined the Marine Corps because we love our country and
want to give back. Our parents taught us to be appreciative, be thankful of our country, about being patriots. I ask you to think for a moment about how Narcos's respect for the military in this country stands in sharp contrast to our commander-in-chief's comments about the
military. He called our soldiers suckers and losers. Narciss raised three young men to volunteer to protect and serve our nation. Trump sits in the White House where he is dismantling the government and engaging in a war without congressional approval, unnecessarily
putting our military personnel stationed around the world at risk. Francisco sits in a detention center, wounded and wondering if he will be able to stay in this country where he has been a responsible contributing member of our society for three decades. I ask the
commissioners to do whatever is in your power to ensure that no immigrant is subjected to this type of violence here in Sussex County. Please speak with law enforcement and federal authorities about treating immigrants in our community with respect and dignity they
deserve. Thank you. Dean Opriage, Hampton Township. Unfortunately, Narcisso Bronco is not alone in being brutalized by DHS agents. We were only able to see the video of the takedown because it was recorded by a
humanitarian bystander. There are hundreds of other arrests occurring across the nation every day that do not get caught on tape. The story of Narcisso highlights an an aspect of these immigration roundups that Trump does not want you to know.
The Trump administration lied about the immigrants that they are were going to deport from this country. They claimed that they would target gangs and drug dealers. However, they really intended to target anyone in this country who is here illegally, even those who have been here for decades and
are actively engaged in the legal process to become citizens. They didn't advertise that original goal because they know it's a dumb idea and a racist idea that the vast majority of Americans are against. Rational
Americans know that immigrants serve a multitude of capacities that make our economy strong and our communities vibrant and they have the right to become citizens. But it does not stop there. The administration doesn't arrest just gang
members, drug dealers, and illegal residents. They lie about that, too. The administration's goal is to deport 3,000 immigrants a day. However, they cannot find 3,000 criminals and illegal immigrants every day. So, they target people simply because of the color of
their skin. In Narcisso's case, I ICE agents were in the area and saw a Latino man doing lawn work, so they assumed he was an illegal immigrant. They got lucky because he is here illegally. However, other detainees
who are being stopped and manhandled are American citizens in possession of real IDs. ICE agents disregard their proven identity and arrest them anyway. Put yourself in the position of Latinos and other minorities being attacked by
DHS officers across the country. Imagine yourself leaving your workplace, picking up your child from school, going shopping, or attending a scheduled meeting at an immigration office, and suddenly being surrounded by six plain clothed, heavily armed and fully masked
strong men simply because of the color of your skin? Would you continue to want to go to work, shop, or bring your child to school? Would you want to live in that kind of fear? Because racists now control our government. As an elected
official who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, please do your part to protect immigrants and all minorities who live here in Sussex County. Please make your voice heard that you disagree with the Trump administration. And please show us
that you understand that immigrants, not racist, racists are what make this country great. else. John Snder, Sanderson Township. Today happens to be June 25th, 2025.
And I discovered a couple days ago that on June 25th, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea guarding the Korean War. General Douglas MacArthur was installed
as the commander charge of our assisting South Korea in driving the communists out. Part of what he wanted to do, since so many of the communists he was fighting were actually Chinese soldiers, not North Korean, he wanted to go right
through North Korea into China. Now, this general was well known, I think, for his activities in World War II in the Philippines and other places, validictorian of his class at West Point, was overruled by the habeddasher
Harry Truman. That military expert pulled him out. And look where we are today. Communist China, our biggest enemy on the planet. 1979, President Carter,
started into motion and turning the Panama Canal over back to Panama, taking it away from us, which I consider to be an act of treason. He didn't have the guts though to do it in 1979. It didn't take effect until about 20 years later when he was gone
and people would, I guess, forget. I want to thank President Trump for Operation Midnight Hammer. Hopefully is going to deter a situation that we have now with Red China from
occurring in the future. you are opposed with the a country like Iran with nuclear weapons. One minute. President Carter did something else in the 70s and I haven't heard anybody
speak about this. We were giving nuclear technology to Pakistan and he assured us there's no way they can make a weapon out of this technology. See how that's done, right?
Obama, Biden gave billions and billions of dollars to Iran to help fund them. It's a friend of mine has a sign that she's going to post on her property and it's about Democrats.
It says they promise everything, deliver nothing, and then blame it on someone else. Thank you. Edwards, I have a little diddy tonight for your amusement. Please listen well. How dare you? How dare you, President
Trump, trying to secure our nation's borders and do the most important job of keeping our republic sovereign and safe. Your number one job. How dare you, President Trump, putting your law abiding US citizens first over noncitizens and those who don't respect
our laws. And of course, all other countries such as Canada, France, Italy would allow over 20 million people, many unpopularly vetted, into their country without no problem. How dare you, Tom Holman, director of
immigration and customs enforcement, take on looking for those 300,000 children who might be prostituted as sex slaves abused for cheap labor living in fear in these United States. How dare you, President Trump, for
trying to undo the damage that Obama caused by sending pallets 1.7 billion of cash to Iran. How dare you, Trump, doubt that, of course, they would use those funds for world good. How dare you, Trump, call out the legacy
media outlaws about their propaganda and false reporting, trying to manipulate the sheep and the unknowing or worse, uncaring public. They were right that President Biden was sharp as attack and running the country until he wasn't. So,
just how dare you, President Trump, risk your life for your country. Shame on you, sir. Thank you. And I have some additional time. I was wondering if anybody had the chance to read um or look at that movie that I had mentioned during the last meeting. You uh UN um CO2 pipelines
uncovered. Did anybody have a chance to see that yet? Do you saw it? Okay. Um I would appreciate if everybody could do that. Um we did have uh Commissioner Hayden come to the viewing and he gave very good insight as to
basically the diameter of the pipes that they want to put in which is way above what normally is done for gas lines. Also has mentioned that the summit group who wants to do most of this uh they want to prohibit the pipeline from going
down too deep. So 4 feet 4 feet is is an issue. That town in Mississippi had two incidents where this compressed CO2 gas escaped and this doesn't rise to the top. It keeps to the bottom and what it does, it chokes people. It takes the
oxygen out of the air. So it might be a little far-fetched for us right now, but you look how much land that China owns in the United States. Huh. they could easily get on board with that and say, "Well, I got another way to take care of these US citizens." So, please, I'm not
a conspiracy theorist, but I do believe in issues that could affect us down the line. I sincerely hope that my commissioners will watch this movie. It's an hour or less time. Thank you very much. Pamela Gray, Stillwater. I'm very
concerned that the budget reconciliation bill includes reducing SNAP benefits. If this bill passes, it will directly impact over 4,000 families in Sussex County alone. SNAP provides monthly food assistance, improves our kids' health and development, reduces food
insecurity, boosts economic sta stability, and stimulates our local economy. I know firsthand how critical this support is. As a teacher in the Sussex Wage School District, I worked closely with some of the most economically disadvantaged students. 70%
of my kids qualified for free lunch. For many, this was the most nutrition they were receiving. These family also these families also relied on our backpack program to provide meals over the weekend. When COVID hit and our schools shut down, my primary concern wasn't
only how to teach these students online, but also how my students were going to eat. I heard the fear in their parents' voices as they worried that they could no longer provide the nutrition their children had relied on at school. From that very first week on, my family and
I, along with a small group of retired teachers, pulled our resources to buy groceries. My family would cook the nutritious meals, and every Friday, my husband and I would deliver food and snacks to five of my students families. We continued this throughout the entire
summer, supplementing with support from the local YMCA. The relief and gratitude we saw on both of the parents and the students faces reminded me of how essential these support programs are. But something else happened also. I saw not only families
stabilize but children thrive. The experience created empathy amongst classmates, a sense of community, and a real understanding that when we support each other, we all rise. That lesson far outweighed anything I was teaching in the curriculum. There was never a
question from some of my more fortunate students as to why the others got snacks or meals, and they didn't, but a general understanding that by assisting each other through this time, everyone did better. My families who had more began
to share more, and I felt like my whole classroom became a community of givers. What more could a teacher want than creating givers during a time period in our current history that there seems to be more takers? My students, when both giving and receiving support from
others, learn the lesson coined so well by Robert Ingresol. We rise by lifting others. I tell you the story of my experience because many people do not realize the amount of families in our county that thrive from programs like
SNAP to supplement their household budgets. We cannot afford to let thousands of Sussex County kids go without basic nutrition. They needed to learn, to grow, and to succeed. I urge all of you as a collective community of
commissioners to pass a resolution to oppose cuts to this budget. Thank you. for a h from Friden very much out of my comfort zone. I weep for my children who grew up playing school by closing the blinds and hiding
under the table for a lockdown drill. I weep for my nephews who hid in a classroom closet texting goodbye and I love you to my sister while they waited for SWAT teams to evacuate them from their school. I weep for a student who finally got the nerve to come out to his parents and was told that they love him
but God does not. I weep for my daughter's best friend and sister who recently lost both of their parents and now have to worry about being two of the more than 15,000 county residents who could lose Medicaid benefits. I weep for the young girls and women,
many of whom I know, who've been subjected to predatory behavior and abuse and now live in a country where this behavior is. I weep for the innocent humans being ripped away from their families and their children by masked armed men
without identification or warrants. I weep for the humans who have been sent to prisons in other countries without due process and are being held in way less than human conditions. I weep for women who have been forced to make choices about their bodies that are largely regulated by insurance agencies
and government officials. I weep for military and their families who could be deployed in the very near future. And to what end? I weep for a society so dependent on social media and the internet that we seem to have forgotten what is true and real at
times. I weep when I hear the song this is land is your land knowing that protection for 58 million acres of national forests will likely end. What is to become of this land? I hope for a future that strives to protect our children from senseless gun violence or
violence of any kind for that matter. I hope for access to quality medical care for all individuals. I hope that we can work together to end homelessness and hunger. I hope for a future where women truly have the same rights as men. I hope for a nation that embraces
diversity, knowing that it is through experiences and knowledge of others that we all become better. I hope for a place where national forests are protected with all of our might. I hope for an end to misinformation and disinformation, where the people of our country are
eager to learn together in order to make the world a better place for all. I hope for the end of fear of speaking out, and the renewal of respect for others opinions. I hope for the land that I truly love,
one that upholds the Constitution, cares for the sick and the needy, embraces difference, and seeks to live with respect and dignity for all. This land was made for you and me. Kevin Olirri from Lafia Township. um here in my capacity as mayor uh to pass
along some information that's going to be uh probably everyone in this room is going to be impacted by it. But uh yesterday I participated in a meeting with the DOT, a remote meeting uh regarding the bridge replacement by the Lafayette pond. Um this has been a project that has been talked about for
15 years probably. Uh I've participated over the last three years in probably five different of these remote meetings, sometimes 30 people on the um from the DOT, but uh it does look like this is ready to start. Um they're telling us in a in a meeting that we had yesterday that there's a pre-construction meeting.
Uh the DO uh this the planning office from Suss County was alerted to this. They did not participate, but I encourage them to participate in the next one um because there will be impact on secondary roads, county roads, local roads, etc. Uh the plan is um that they
will be doing stage one which is supposed to actually start uh the the contract was awarded um let's see June 10th officially. So it set them back a little bit. The the original contract was with the low bidder. Some issue came up which delayed it two years. They've
now got a new contractor. Uh I'll give you the name in a minute uh who's going to handle it. Uh but stage one of this is supposed to actually start uh probably at the end of June. That's the prep work, um, signage and all that kind of stuff. But at some point, uh, the
stage two, uh, we'll be installing a temporary bridge on the northbound side of Route 15 across from the pond. There's two homes located, uh, it's in the proximity of our maybe house, the historical, uh, you know, building in center of town there. Uh, and it will involve probably a month of one lane,
alternating traffic on Route 15, southbound, northbound for 25 days. It's going to be a problem. Um but when they originally proposed this plan, they wanted to make it the whole length of this proh was going to be that way. So we we talked them into doing a temporary bridge on the one side, 30 days
initially. Um and then you we'll end up having that occur probably they're saying September, late September, maybe October, they're going to honor the the fair and the miners events, etc. Uh and then the whole project is going to take 18 to 24 months. So it's a it's going to
be a big deal. Um, I did tell them that our EMS, our fire department are in close proximity, so they'll be shut off. Um, all of I I I asked them for the meeting that Frankfurt should get involved. Sparta should get involved in these meetings because they're going to be the most, you know, besides Lafayette are going to be impacted the most. Uh,
tried to encourage them to put up signage to alert people. I told them they're aware of it. I mean, you have all the traffic coming through during the this time for, you know, pumpkin picking, uh, anything, Christmas trees, all that stuff. It's going to be an issue. Um, so and then there will be
another 25 or 30 days when they then move the bridge onto the other side. So once they get it actually in place, it will be two-way, but we're talking about 60 days of of, you know, major impact actually. Um, so the sheriff's department obviously should be aware of
it as well. Um, Kevin, you got time, but I just one question. Can you get me that information when that it July 1st is supposed meeting? I it didn't sound like it was going to be positive, but I I already my intention is to add probably
um Bill Copenol again or have somebody from his office handle it. The sheriff's department I we did have Glenn Redden who is the commander at the Augusta barracks. I got him involved. But I think um Strrada should get involved and have somebody at that meeting as well just to you know it's all about
broadcasting so people are aware of this. It's going to be a problem. Yeah, absolutely. So, so we'll hopefully get some issue there. Do you have that contractor? Yes, it is. Um, Colinelli Brothers, Colinelli Brothers.
That's that's who it is. And they're going to be uh, you know, monitoring this this meeting, uh, the pre-construction meeting once they get involved. Um, and just bear with me because in my official capacity, I just want to do a shout out for Autumn Sylvestri um, from your planning office. I've dealt with
her for 15 20 years. Uh most recently on the state development and redevelopment plan at any a issue, farmland preservation, open space. She's a wonderful employee, totally knowledgeable. She really helped us out as our negotiating agent because I I myself did the cart which is the
responsive document because right now we're going through that COA, we're going through this plan and all the stuff's due June 30th and she was very very helpful in getting that done for us at least, you know, with receiving extending our time to get it done. So, I just want to give a shout to her. I was
going to talk about the jail, but I'll let that go. I'm over my time, but I do reiterate my my last comments on the last meeting. Thank you. Anyone else? Motion to close the floor for public comment. Return to regular business. So,
moved. Commissioner Groo, have a second. Second. Commissioner Henderson. Uh, all in favor say I. I. Oppose. Abstain carries. Uh, number 24 is reminders. Please check the county's website www.sussex.nj. us for meeting schedules. Number 25,
adjournment. Motion to adjurnn the meeting. Mr. Anderson, I have a second. Deputy director space. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppos carries. Have a good night. Thank you for coming.