Last Wednesday, the zoning board approved some lot changes. Uh, and the numbers are going to be a little bit different than um what is in the resolution. I don't think that matters for theou, but I wanted to be clear. I'll give Mr. the I believe you're
talking about lot size changes, lot lot number changes. It was previous lot 102 is now lot 104. Previous lot 103 is now lot going to be lot 1.05. I don't know that that matters, but I
wasn't sure. I don't think it does. Uh I know Mr. Tanetta did say something about you had to have a conversation over size or planning or whatever, but that's okay. I just I just noticed it in the resolution number and I wanted to just No, that's fine. Bring to your attention. Otherwise, we're very we're
really looking forward and uh like to come at your June meeting and talk about the project if that's okay. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity even though I was six minutes late. Not a problem. Jain a motion that the minutes of the premeating conference and regular
meeting of May 13, 2025 in the work session of May 20, 2025 be approved as submitted. We'll move. Second. Any discussion by council? See none. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Gomez, yes. Council
member Vargas, yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Which we're going to put that to the end and see. We'll put it at the end. Yeah. Okay. I present ordinance number 2025-41, ordinance amending ordinance 99-7 as amended, chapter 537 of the code
of the city of entitled property maintenance, which is ready for a public hearing. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-41 be taken up for public hearing and open to public for discussion. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Gomez, yes. Council
member Vargas, yes. President Spanelli, yes. Is there anyone in the audience who wishes to be heard on witness number 2025-41? No one. J obtain a motion to public hearing on witness number 2025-41 be closed. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur.
Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Chair entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-41 be taken up for final reading and adopted according to law. So move second.
Discussion by council. See none. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance number 2025-41. Ordinance amending ordinance 99-7 as amended chapter 537 of the code
of the city of island entitled property maintenance with a vote of five. Yay. This ordinance is hereby adopted. Mr. French, please submit or witness number 2025-41 to the mayor for his approval or disapproval. Yes. Thank you. I present ordinance number
2025-42, an ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number eight, which establishes classification and compensation plans for the city of various board titles, which is ready for a public hearing. Jet retains a motion ordinance number 2025-42 be taken up for public hearing and open public for
discussion. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Gomez, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. President Spanelli, yes. Is there anyone in the audience who like to be heard on ordinance number 2025-42? Seeing no one chair, entertain
a motion public hear on ordinance number 2025-42 be closed. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Chair entertains motion and ordinance number 2025-42 be taken up for final reading
adopted according to law. So move second discussion by council. Seeing none Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance number 2025-42 an ordinance to amend and
supplement ordinance number 8 which establish classification and compensation plans for the city of Vland various board titles with a vote of 5 years. This ordinance is hereby adopted. Franchetta, please submit ordinance number 2025-42 to the mayor for his approval or
disapproval. Yes. Ordinance number 2025-43, an ordinance amending ordinance number 2001-2 to allow for up to five additional 5-year renewal terms for an existing cell tower lease between the
city and Sprint Spectrum LP for space on a municipal tower located at 382 West Butler Avenue which is ready for a public hearing. Chair entertains a motion and ordinance number 2025-43 be taken up for public hearing public for discussion. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur.
Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Is there anyone in the audience who like to be heard on ordinance number 2025-43? See no one. Chairman can a motion public hearing on ordinance number 2025-43 be
closed. Move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Entertain a motion ordinance number 2025-43 be taken up for final reading adopted according to law. So move second
discussion by council. Seeing none. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance number 2025-43. An ordinance amending ordinance number 2001-2 to allow for up to five
additional 5-year renewal terms for an existing cell tower lease between city and sprint spectrum LP for space on a municipal water tower located at 382 West Butler Avenue with a vote of 5 days. This ordinance is hereby adopted. Prince Ed, please submit ordinance
number 2025-43 to the mayor for his approval. Disapproval. Yes. Present ordinance number 2025-44 which is ready for first reading. Chair entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-41 be taken up first reading. Move. Second. Should be
44. Just clarification. 44. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance number 2025-44. Ordinance authorizing the
acquisition of 2040 Maple Avenue, block 25002, lot 51 by purchase or condemnation for recreational purposes pursuant to NJSA 4061-1. Can I entertain a motion that ordinance number 2025-44 be passed at first reading that
public hearing be held on Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. So move. Second. Discussion by council. None. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Gomez, yes. Council member Vargas, yes.
President Spanelli, yes. I present ordinance number 2025-45, which is ready for first reading. Chair entertains a motion and ordinance number 2025-45 be taken up for first reading. So move. Second.
Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Gomez, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. President Spanelli, yes. Ordinance number 2025-45. Ordinance of the city of Vinland in the county of Cumberland, New Jersey, appropriating $4 million even from the electric utilities capital
improvement fund to provide for certain improvements in connection with the implementation of a municipal landfill non-combination redevelopment plan. Jan entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-45 be passed or first reading that a public hearing be held on Tuesday,
June 17th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. move. Second discussion by council seeing none. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Gomez, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. President Spanelli, yes.
Present ordinance number 2025-46, which is ready for first reading. Chair entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-46 be taken up for first reading. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council
member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance number 2025-46, an ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number 8, which established the classification and compensation plans for the city of Island purchasing agent. Entertains a motion ordinance number
2025-46 be passed for first reading. That a public hearing be held on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. The move. Second. Discussion by council. Seeing none, Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez, yes. Council member Vargas, yes.
President Spanelli, yes. Present ordinance number 2025-47, which is ready for first reading. Chair entertains motion that ordinance number 2025-47 be taken up for first reading. We'll move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council
member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance number 2025-47. bond ordinance providing a supplemental appropriation of $3,397 even for improvements to the Joseph Romano Sports Complex in and by
the city of Vand in the county of Cumberland, New Jersey and authorizing the issuance of $3,397,000 even bonds or notes of the city to finance the cost thereof. entertains a motion in ordinance number 2025-47 be passed for first reading that
a public hearing be held on Tuesday June 17th 2025 at 5:30 p.m. So move second discussion by council seeing none Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spinelli.
Yes. I present resolution number 2025-271. Resolution authorizing the exclusion of the public from a meeting between the mayor, city council, city clerk and staff, business administrator and staff, city solicitor and staff,
chief finance officer and staff and special counsel Damon Tiner Esquire concerning the negotiations of a contract with excuse me of a contract in which the public body is or may become a party and authorizing the disclosure of minutes of said meeting as provided
herein. Chair obtains a motion that resolution number 2025-71 be adopted according to law. So move second discussion. Seeing none. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council
member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. At this time we will present a resolution to the mental on the green. I don't know if everybody's here, but if they're not, we waited till the last resolution to put it on. Uh we will
present it and someone's representing them, we'll give you uh all the certificates for the mentors and the participants. I'd like Yes. I'd like to present a resolution uh recognizing resolution
number 2025-72 uh recognizing Mentor on the Green, a nonprofit uh using golf to empower our youth and their life skills in our city. The resolution number
2025-272 be adopted according to law. You need a motion. Motion move. Second. Any discussion? Discussion. Uh I don't know if anybody knows anything about this program. I know a little bit about it being a golfer. Uh
you guys can come up and get a picture. Let us finish the vote. Let's just get a vote. That's all right. That's fine. No discussion with a vote. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member
Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Okay. Thank you very much. Come on up, guys. We got to go back. No recess, but what I will do is call their names once they get in. Let them sit down first. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's all right.
Bobby, have him come in and sit down first and then if Coop's here, we'll let him speak actually on what they do so we put it in the record. Good. He's a bomb. Kill two birds with one stone. Guys, come on in. Sit right in
the first row. First and second row in everyone. Coupe. Yeah. Come right up here at the at the mic and um just tell us a little bit about your program and what you guys do and how you're trying to get it accomplished, etc.
Good evening everyone. Thank you for actually inviting us. Our program is called mentoring the green. It's a golf mentorship program for inner city youth. This is a program that started in July 2024th at the actual um Eastland Golf
Course with Rob Bono. We took it inside at the ARM center indoors. So for 10 weeks at a time, we create a program for kids from all over the county. It's not just Vinland, Milville, and Briston. We had kids come as far as Atlantic County, Gloucester County, and as well Selum
County. We try to keep it at a minimum of 50 kids only because we don't have adequate um transportation, and it take a lot to move the kids around. Uh recently, a few months ago, we got two vans donated to us, 215 passengers from
Union Baptist Temple Church, and we created a fundraiser to be able to take the wraps off the van and add the wraps onto the van. And we did a great job with the fundraising. Um, you know, just as well as I know, wraps are expensive.
And, um, Monkey Rap helped us out, but we still had to play pay a pretty good penny. So, I just wanted to bring the kids here because at the end of the day, it's all about exposure. It's not just about the game of golf. It's about the game of life. None of these kids have
golf program or or golf courses in their neighborhoods. I mean, I grew up in Violent. Um, and the same golf course in Eastland is the same golf course still out in that location, but I grew up around Fourth Street. I grew up around
Camelot Courts at the time. So to see golf at their age is amazing thing because it's not just golf, it's the networking, it's the people that's making decisions in your life, in your schools. Um, and what we want to do is give them the exposure of knowing what
goes on the golf course as well as what goes off a golf course. And with that being said, each of our programs each week, we bring an expert in. It can be one of you guys. It can be a doctor. It can be a judge. It can be um a fraternity member, a sorority member.
And we allow them to sew back into our kids because like I said, some of our kids go to CC Tech. Some of our kids go to some great programs don't get that wrong. But as a whole, our inner city kids don't get that. They don't get that
exposure. So the ones that are at the CCT schools and the better school districts, we allow them to sew back into their little ones. The program is from 9 years old to 18 years old. So we have different levels. Um this is actually our fourth 10-week program. Um
and it's amazing because each semester it goes stronger and stronger. Wildwood public schools is the first school that adopted us as an afterchool program. So we joined in with Ascenda NJ4S 21st century and mentoring the green and we completed a 10-week
program. Now they want to bring us back and do a full school year. So this program is actually growing and the way we're going to continue to grow is we're going to connect with the eof program throughout the state of New Jersey through different colleges and allowed them firstear generational college
students to actually run after school program so we can keep passing the torch down throughout the state of New Jersey. Passing it forward. Yes sir. Yes sir. So I appreciate you guys. I know how busy you are. Um they had the chance to be in the parade yesterday. It was my first
time in the parade. They learned a lot um from Mayor Fenucci. Um Senator Mike Tester talked to them and sold back into them. So this is this is what we need them to be exposed and 85% of the kids just keep coming back. So it's hard to
get new kids in the program anyway. And I love it because we want to raise them out. Yeah. So, all right, Coop, we're going to call the the names of the mentors, and I don't know everybody, so I'm gonna let you actually come in here and you can hand them out. Okay, you
call them. James Cooper. Trust Cooper. They're here. You can come up and get them. If not, I'm g to you, Cooper. Tanya Ford. Eric
Cooper is Tanya here. Derek Cooper, Tanya, congratulations. Thank you, Dan Sinclair. Okay. We we we're not going to hold it. We're not going to hold it against him except
in football, basketball, baseball. Yeah, that's it. Congratulations. Thank you very much, Zakia Wise. You guys can come up top and we're going to call the kids names.
India Ray Cooper. She here. India Ray. Yes. Bryce Goldsboro. Jaden Gonzalez. Jaden, come up. Get yours.
Dior Scurry. Congratulations. Darius Finch, Donovan Finch, Joseph Capriyotti, Desan Couch, Jeremiah Couch, Dorian Pernell, Dalen
Pernell, Devin Austin, Deon here. The Iris Viola. Is that right? Crock Williams. Did I say that right? All
right. That's 34 years. Elijah Robels Lopez. Daryl Logan to hear Hickman Lewis. Davon Hickman Lewis. They look like brothers. Twins. Wow.
Darian Spencer. Levante Spencer as their brothers. Lawrence Spencer part of that brotherhood. Jaquan Led Better Amira
Mars Ammyra I'm sorry air Simmons London Ziggler the Kia Lead Better the Kai I'm sorry. I apologize. Lenia Walker Elsa
Walker. There's Elsa. Marzine Johnson. We need him. Camariah Taylor Lee Brown, Derek Cooper, Did we miss anybody? Just All right,
Bobby. We need to uh We need to get names for these. All right, come on up here. Whoever I missed, come on up here. This one. You guys come up here. You got to come
and talk to me for a second so I can write your name down. Spell your name for me. Last name D B. I'm sorry. Okay. get you your certificate. Who
else? Who else didn't get your name? Your name? Spell it for me. I A H. Last name Ford.
Okay, thank you. Your name is Spell it. M A R I A H. Last name Figareroa.
Fig. Keep going. U E R O. Your name. Spell it.
last name. Okay, your name for me. C D O A
I got We will get those that's Don't hide your faces. Put the certificates down. Yeah. Don't hide your face. Put the certificates up.
Everybody ready? Got pictures. [Applause] Hey guys, guys and girls, keep it up. Keep working hard at it. You will be
successful. It's hard world. It's harder and harder and harder. So, just keep working hard and you'll get there. when I tell you and you'll have people help. [Applause]
Yeah, bro. You want everybody? Yeah. How are you? Ladies and gentlemen, these kind of programs are the kind that we would love to see every day. Uh helping our young kids uh become successful and have
self-confidence in themselves of being successful people in life, not just athletics, not just academics, but in life. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, Mr. Francetta, it's all yours. City Council has approved the following
matters listed in the consent agenda are considered to be routine and non-controversial and will be adopted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member so request in which case the item will be removed and considered at an in with an individual vote. All
matters of the consent agenda have been presented to city council during either a work session or premeating conference and appear on the consent agenda without objection. Their titles will not be individually read into the record but will be properly memorialized in the meeting minutes. I'll entertain a motion to
approve all items on the consent agenda. So move second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Gomez, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. President Spanelli, yes. This time we'll ask council to have any comments. Dr.
Arthur. Yes. I want to thank the students from Jstone who are coming to lead the flag salute. And also congratulations to the mentees and mentors of um mentor on the green. Mentor on the green. I wish them all the
best. I did go out last summer when they were out there golfing at Eastland. So, it's an interesting group of children and they do come from all over, not just Cumberland County. That's all right. You're helping kids. That's what it's all about. Yeah. So, I wish them all the best. Councilman Gome want to share the
same thing. Thank you, uh, Jstone School for sending your your children here to for the flag salute. And then, um, the mentors on the green. I love what they're doing. Um, you know, I was I was a product of Center City and um, Cooper is doing with that that group, you know,
um making them believe that that they they too can can have a chance and an opportunity to do great things. So, thank you for everything you do. I'm going to echo what my uh fellow council members said and also a special thanks to Jean because that's a that's a
gentleman that pretty much traveled up and down the east coast, but he never forgot where he came from. He's proud of where he came from and he's proud of his hometown, Vinland. And as we get older, you know, I I've known him for the better part of 50 years and you're
not even thinking about it. I'm hitting 60. But uh the really the bottom line with with James is he's not afraid to bring an idea to anyone and he asked for the support. It takes courage to do that. He's got a lot of nos, but he
never backed down. He kept coming back and you you start and wonder where is the next James Cooper? And hopefully we see that today in in one of these young kids that was that were sitting in front of us. So to see a mentor like that for the kids um that's that's good stuff and
that's really what it's all about because you know what we're just passing through time here and to see the next generation starting to stand up and uh kudos to James for keeping the dream alive. A good man right there. That's all I got. I just would like to add uh to that that
I'd like to say thank you to the parents are taking their time to bringing the kids to to mentor on green and uh it's important to recognize them because at the end of the day it starts in the family starts at home. Um and uh that's a foundation and to add to those mentors
to that family it increases that uh again I could only say also that this is important but education is also follows to me uh never forget that education because that's one thing They can't take
away from you. And uh you may fail at uh what they call that called putting golf on the ground. It's called No, no, no. They're putting it in the hole. Whatever whatever that mean, but a hole in one. Well, no, I know that. But you know what I mean. But uh that's that could be
successful. It may not. Uh but at the same time, education uh is one of the most important things to me when I'm dealing with the youth. Thank you. Oh, one more thing. Congratulations to Emanuel Marcato on his retirement from
the police department and I wish him well and uh he's young enough to get another job. Good for him. Uh yeah, again, congratulations to uh Officer Ricardo and his years and we wish him well in his
retirement. You can't say enough about a program that we just had here. Um I taught minority schools my whole life. most of it in Atlantic City uh and teaching staff and things of that nature during that time played these roles uh
taking kids to games and getting them job interviews and how to act in a job interview and how to dress and Mr. Vargas is right and education also plays an important role but life
skills how you make how you can make it in this world is very very important. You need the education but you also have to have the life skills to get through the the times that are rough sometimes without getting in trouble. And that's a
big thing and that's what these kids are are starting to learn about. And again the connections and the networking and things of that nature. It's all part of being a successful person. Uh we didn't learn in my generation networking until I was in college and then you learned
how to network. Uh so these kids are learning how to network at a young age and they'll have friendships the rest of their life in this group and as they all progress they'll network even more to make each other successful and that's
what what is a good thing about it. One thing uh there's a meme that was uh actually on social media today and it said never be jealous of someone else's success but help them and that's what we should all should be doing helping people become
successful because their success is ours and it makes this place a better place to be. So thank you very much for the mentors and everything that they're doing their parents and the kids themselves for being receptive to getting that help.
All right, we need a a motion to the meeting. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Gomez. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Have a good night, everyone. 6:15.