##VIDEO ID:dGbeKZhMXDo## [Music] [Music] good evening at this time I will call this meeting to order Clerk of the board please call the role commissioner Baker commissioner bodc here commissioner delis forfor commissioner granados here commissioner Kowalski here commissioner Mirabella president commissioner Williams here Vice chairwoman Leon here and chairwoman palmary mudad here let the record reflect there are seven Commissioners present for this evening's agenda setting session thank you uh Clerk of the board please lead us in the prayer and salute to the flag humbly we ask God that giv of peace and lover of Charity to give the entire family of Nations true agreement with his will and to Grant the light of his Spirit on all who work for justice and peace amen amen pledge allegiance to the flag flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with libery and justice for all uh Clerk of the board please read the statement of compliance with the open open public meetings act chair wishes to announce that pursuant to the requirements of the New Jersey statute's annotated title 10 chapter 4 section 10 of the open public meetings act adequate notice of this meeting of the board of County commissioners of the county of Union has been given by mailing the annual meeting schedule for the year 2024 along with periodic changes necessitated by circumstance to the newspapers circulating within the county of Union who are designated to receive such notice and by posting the annual meeting schedule for the year 2024 in the administration building and further by filing the annual schedule for the year 2024 with the office of the county clerk thank you we will adopt the communications and the minutes later uh during our regular meeting this evening tonight we have a need to go into executive session County Council please make your statement relative to tonight's executive session thank you chair pursuant to the provisions of the open public meetings the public body may enter into executive session for the purpose of discussing certain enumerated subjects this board now wishes to enter executive session for the purpose of discussing attorney client privilege communication and discussions relative to various legal issues related to The Clark Reservoir project the minutes of the executive session shall be separated from the minutes of the open public session the minutes of the executive session redacted as appropriate and necessary shall be available in approximately 30 days the clerk to the board shall retain the original minutes until such time as the confidential limitations have been removed at which time they shall be made available upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present the board May retire to Executive session upon the board's return it may or may not take formal action on the matters discussed thank you chair thank you may I have a motion to enter into Executives don't move Madam chair second a motion was made by commissioner Arabella and was seconded by commissioner Kowski Clerk of the board please call the role commissioner bodc yes commissioner granados yes commissioner Kowalski yes commissioner Mirabella I commissioner Williams I Vice chairwoman Leon i chairwoman p mudad i chair let the rec reflect you have seven votes in the affirmative to enter into executive session session sove Madam second a motion was made by commissioner Mirabella and was seconded by Vice chairwoman Leon Clerk of the board please call the role she went with Leon okay commissioner bodek yes here and commissioner granados here commissioner delis for present commissioner kosi here commissioner Mirabella I commissioner Williams I Vice chairman Leon I chairman pom mudad I let the record reflect that uh commissioner uh Michelle delis for is present and you have eight votes in the affirmative to return from executive session thank you uh County council do you have anything to report nothing to report thank you shair okay thank you at this time I will first call Upon Our um County Clerk Clara I'm sorry Clara representing uh Joan ropi if I'll be happy to answer any questions yes thank you Office of the Union County prosecutor Jim tany here representing prosecutor William Daniel good evening Commissioners we have one one item on the agenda for tonight and I'd be uh happy to answer any questions commissioner Marella thank you madam chair uh first assistant can you just explain on a very high level what this resolution proposes to do okay it it amends the past resolution we have an agreement with Essex County and nework with our lab and they Supply an analyst um who the analyst's work is divided 70% of their work is for esex County and nor 30% is for is for our County okay um in the original resolution which was adopted from a past resolution uh there was a mistake where it said they were going to supply us with $40,000 worth of reagents to conduct the analysis reagents are the chemicals they use to to to do this uh analysis um the fact of the matter is that in this agreement we we got them to supply us with a uh with a machine that actually costs $170,000 so their their contribution to the lab was much greater the machine belongs to Union County belongs to us um so this is amending that pass resolution that mentioned the reagents um to mention the uh the piece of Machinery that they are that they are purchasing for our lab okay thank you very much you're welcome thank you madam chair okay thank you Office of the Union County sheriff sheriff Pete Corelli evening Commissioners sheriff's office has one resolution on the agenda this evening for your consideration I'd be happy to answer any questions thank you thank you Board of Elections uh administrator Nicole Dorado good evening chair members of the board the election board has two resolutions on this evening's agenda for your consideration be happy to answer any questions commissioner kski yes administrator Tado since uh we bought um voting machines a few years ago and um is this an additional one or it's or I guess it says it's a replacement so did something go wrong with one of the machines yes it was damaged during transport when it was coming back from the um July election the special 10th so um the funds were recovered from the transport a company's insurance company and this is um to replace that unit thank you thank you okay thank you thank you Department of administrative Services director Laura scary good evening the department of administrative Services has one resolution on the agenda happy to answer any questions thank you department of engineering Public Works and Facilities m management acting director Joseph P good evening chair members of the board the department of engineering Public Works and Facilities has six resolutions I'd be happy to try and answer any questions you may have thank you Department of Finance director BB Tor good evening chairwoman and Paul mudad and members of the board of County Commissioners the Department of Finance has eight resolutions for your consideration this evening and I'd be happy to answer any questions thank you Department of Human Services director Debian Anderson good evening chairwoman and members of the board the Department of Human Services has three resolutions on I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have thank you thank you Department of Parks and Recreation director Victoria Durban Drake good evening the department has three items on the agenda this evening and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have commissioner mayor ballot thank you madam chair director just on number three can you just talk a little bit about the nature of that work architectural services um yes we we will be hiring professionals to take a look at the upper and lower patios at Galloping Hill um they're older and need some attention they'll look at whatever drainage Improvement might be needed and um and design work okay good thank you thank you madam chair thank you all l AR resolutions and resolutions of condolence are from the entire board are there any comments from any of my colleagues okay may I have a motion to adjourn so moved may I have a second second all in favor I [Music] [Music]