Council, November 10th, 5:00 p.m. 5:30, I'm sorry. Dr. Arthur, here. Council member English here. Council member Vargas, here. Vice President Gomez, here. President Spanelli, here. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. 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. [laughter] Notice of this meeting pursuant to the open public's meeting act has been given by the city clerk on December 11th, 2024
and is amended in the following manner. Posting written notice on the official bulletin board of the lobby of city hall providing written notice to the offices of the daily journal press of Atlantic City and the violin voice and filing written notice in the office of the city clerk of the city of violin.
Thank you. We'll open up public comment portion of the meeting. If anyone has a comment or an issue, step to the podium, state your name, uh your issue, and what town you are from. Anyone? Sir,
if you could just print your name right there. I have it right here. Yep. Just print it right there. That's fine. Thank you. Hi, my name is Zach Landini. I'm from Vinland. I am here to speak about the data center development on Lincoln
Avenue. I prepared a statement to read if I could. Go ahead. Good evening. My name is Zachary Landisini. I'm a Vinland resident and I'm here to speak to the community concerns regarding continued data center development on Lincoln Avenue by
Northeast Precast and Nebius Data 1. The development of this project has taken much of the community by surprise. At first, the development was proposed as a golf course. Within a year, that plan was scrapped
and with hardly any input from the community, a massive AI data center was constructed in its place. Tonight I will focus on the adverse effects to the Vinland residents of largecale power generation needed to run
the data center. This is not to minimize the concerns regarding water usage and poor communication by the city and development stakeholders which I plan to return to in the future.
Data 1's current plan for its Vineland AI data center includes the construction of a 300 megawatt facility by Northeast Precast. Allow me to put this figure into perspective. The estimated average residential power
consumption in the city of Vinland is 45.4 megawws. Estimated average business power consumption in Vinand is 35.8 megawws. Estimated Vinand grid capacity is 164.1
megawws. Data 1 claims their behindthe- grid power solution will not impact energy rates. Okay, let's take them at their word regarding regarding energy rates for now. Let's explore this claim
further. [sighs] Data 1 has suggested they will meet this power demand by behind the meter combined cycle gas turbines. While this is an energyefficient solution using offput steam power to
energy generating turbines, these systems do still emit carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, hazardous air air pollutants including formaldahhide, benzene and tolene as
well as particulate matter. Also, it is important to note in order to maintain 99.9999% on time, a requirement for large-scale data centers, Data 1 will need to run large on-site diesel generators, which
emit all of the previously mentioned pollutants and more at significantly higher concentrations, not to mention considerable noise pollution. Presently, you can drive past the current data construction and see
these large generators on the roof of their building. Are we really to believe that there will not be a spike in harmful emissions to generate the energy needed three times Vineland's current consumption to power this facility.
Furthermore, in an interview with datacentered dynamics.com March 6, 2025, Charles Antoine Beignet, CEO of Data 1, gave the following comment, a bridge. Our ambition does not stop with what we
are announcing today, the 300 megawatt facility. We aim to build this campus out with multiple clients and tenants to become a gigawatt scale data center campus. How would such an expansion impact the
air quality of our region, dwarfing the city's current energy consumption by an order of magnitude? Are we really to believe there will not be a spike in harmful emissions to generate this energy?
Why has this development been rushed through, allowing hardly any time for residents to process what is being built in our backyards? Thank you for your time. Thank you. Anyone else?
As you know, that letter will go into the record. And um we understand your concerns. We had many of them too. Some of them were answered, some of them weren't. And as far as uh what they're building on that site, there were some issues in the beginning.
And um at that point in time, it was private property. So it was within the zone that they could do what they were doing. So uh there's really not much we could say about what they're doing. The power, as you said, was is not going to be
electric power. It's going to be generated through natural gas. It will probably cause some emissions issues, which they have to filter. Uh how much of it, I don't know. Uh I'm not an expert or an engineer on that, so I won't put that out there. Um but most
of that would probably have to go to the private contractor, not the city. And as far as the city publicizing or not, uh, you would have to talk to the BA because I really don't know. We're the legislative side of this, uh, and the administration is the
one that puts out publicity. So, no one else, we will close the public section and we will move on. Minutes. Okay. First page regular meeting of city council of the
city of island was called to order by president Paul Spanelli. We did that. Minutes entertain a motion to approve. Chair entertains a motion that the minutes of the premeating conference and the regular meeting of October 28th in the work session of November 3, 2025 be approved as submitted.
So move second discussion. Seeing none. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Barers. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Mr. President, I present ordinance
number 2025-64, an ordinance to amend and supplement, excuse me, an ordinance amending ordinance 2005-32 as amended chapter 676 article 2 section 676-12 entitled VDI city sponsored
events which is ready for public hearing. Chair entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-64 be taken up for a public hearing and open to the public for discussion. So move second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas,
yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanelli, yes. Is there anyone in the audience who wishes to be heard on ordinance number 2025-64? Seeing none, chair will entertain a motion to public hearing on ordinance number 2025-64 be closed. So move.
Second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spinelli, yes. Chair entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-64 be taken up for final reading adopted according to the law.
So move. Second. Any discussion? Seeing none, Dr. Arthur? Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance number 2025-64,
Ordinance amending Ordinance 2005-32 as amended. Chapter 676, article 2, section 676-12, entitled VDID, city sponsored events with a vote of 5 years. This ordinance is hereby adopted. Mr. Francetta, please submit ordinance number 2025-64 to the mayor for his
approval or disapproval. Yes. Thank you. I present ordinance number 2025-65, an ordinance amending ordinance 2023-7 as amended, chapter 358, section 358-6
entitled firearms permits, which is ready for a public hearing. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-65 be taken up for a public hearing and open to the public for discussion. So move second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English,
yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Okay. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanel, yes. Is there anyone in the audience who wish to be heard on ordinance number 2025-65? Seeing no one, Caroline, entertain a motion that the
public hearing on ordinance number 2025-65 be closed. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Chair entertains a motion ordinance
number 2025-65 be taken up for final reading and adopted according to law. So move. Second. Mr. Gautian. Seeing none. Dr. Arthur. No. Council member English. No. Council member Vargas.
No. Vice President Gomez. No. President Spanelli. No. For the vote of five nazs. This ordinance is 2025-65 is defeated.
I [clears throat] present ordinance number 2025-75, an ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number 8, which revise the classification and compensation plans for the city of various titles, which is ready for a public hearing. Chair entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-75 be taken up for a public
hearing and open to public for discussion. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Is there anyone in the audience who wish to be heard on ordinance number
2025-75? Seeing no one. Chair will want to entertain a motion public hearing on ordinance number 2025-75 be closed. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez.
Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-75 be taken up for final reading adopted according to law. So move second discussion. Seeing none. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English,
yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanelli, yes. Ordinance number 2025-75. have an ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number eight which revise the classification and compensation plans for the city of violin various titles
with a vote of 5 days. This ordinance is hereby adopted. Mr. Branchetta, please submit ordinance number 2025-75 to the mayor for his approval or disapproval. Yes. Thank you. Present ordinance number 2025-76, an ordinance to amend and supplement
ordinance number 8 which establish the classification and compensation plans for the city of Vinland electrician and supervising electrician which is ready for a public hearing. Chair entertains a motion and ordinance number 2025-75 be taken up for public hearing and open to the public for discussion.
So move. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. [clears throat] Yes. Is there anyone in the audience who wish to be heard on ordinance number 2025-75
or 76? I'm sorry. Seeing no one, chair entertains a motion at the public hearing on ordinance number 2025-76 be closed. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes.
Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-76 be taken up for final reading and adopted according to the law. So move second discussion. Seeing none. Dr. Arthur. Yes.
Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance 2025-76. An ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number eight which established the classification and compensation
plans for the city of B an electrician and supervising electrician with a vote of 5 years. This ordinance is hereby adopted. Mr. Francetta, please submit ordinance number 2025-76 to the mayor for his approval or disapproval. Yes. Thank you. Present ordinance number
2025-77. Ordinance authorizing the transfer of certain industrial property to the Violent Industrial Commission pursuant to NJSA4A12-13 and approving the sale of set industrial property by Violent Industrial
Commission pursuant to NJSA45B-1. It set which is ready for a public hearing. Chair entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-77 be taken up for a public hearing and open to the public for discussion. So move second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member,
yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spinelli, yes. Is there anyone in the audience who wishes to be heard on ordinance number 2025-77? Seeing no one, chair entertains a motion to public hearing on ordinance number 2025-77
be closed. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Chair entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025 to 77 be taken up
for final reading and adopted according to law. So move. Second. Discussion. Seeing none. [clears throat] Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes.
President Spanelli. pass. Ordinance 2025-77, ordinance authorizing the transfer of certain industrial property to the Violent Industrial Commission pursuant to NJSA 4A12-13 and approving the sale of said industrial property by Violent
Industrial Commission pursuant to NJSA 405B-16 for the vote of 5 years. This ordinance is hereby adopted. Mr. Frank, please submit ordinance number 2025-77 to the mayor for his approval. this approval. Thank you.
Then ordinance number 2025-78, ordinance amending ordinance 97-86, chapter 630, article 4 of the code of the city of Ireland, entitled assemblies, process processions, parades handbilling picketing and soliciting set forth requirements for
public events on private property, which is ready for a public hearing. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-78 be taken up for public hearing and open to public for discussion. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Marget. Yes.
Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Anyone in the audience who wish to be heard on ordinance number 2025-78. Seeing no one. Chair will entertain a motion ordinance that a public hearing on ordinance number 2025-78 be closed.
So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spinelli. Yes. Chair will entertain a motion and ordinance number 2025- 78 be taken up
for final reading and adopted according to law. So move. Second. Discussion. Seeing none. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes.
Ordinance 2025-78. Ordinance amending ordinance 97-86 chapter 630 article 4 of the code of the city of Ireland entitled assemblies processions parades hand billilling picketing and soliciting to set forth requirements for public events on
private property with a vote of 5 days. This ordinance is hereby adopted. Mr. French, please submit ordinance number 2025-78 to the mayor for his approval or disapproval. Yes. Thank you. Present ordinance number 2025-79.
Ordinance amending ordinance 2004-25 as amended entitled an ordinance adopting the center city redevelopment plan consistent with resolution 5203 of the planning board of the city of island so as to amend block 3013 lot 122
north 8th street consistent with resolution 6729 of the planning board which is ready for a public hearing. Chair entertains a motion in ordinance number 2025-79 be taken up for public hearing and open to the public for discussion. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur.
Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Is there anyone in the audience who wishes to be heard? Ordinance number 2025-79. Seeing no one. Chair will attain a motion. The public hearing ordinance
number 2025-79 be closed. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spinelli, yes. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-79 be taken up a final
reading and adopted according to law. So move. Second discussion. Seeing none, Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanelli,
yes. Ordinance number 2025-79, Ordinance amending Ordinance 2004-25 as amended entitled an ordinance adopting the Center City Redevelopment Plan consistent with resolution 5203 of the Planning Board of the City of Vinland so as to amend block 3013, lot
12 202 consistent with resolution 6729 of the planning board with the vote of five yays. This ordinance is hereby adopted. Mr. Mr. Francha, please submit ordinance number 2025-79 to the mayor for his approval or disapproval. Yes. Thank you,
Mr. President. I present ordinance number 2025-80, which is ready for first reading. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-80 be taken up for first reading. So move second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes.
Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanelli, yes. Ordinance 2025-80, an ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number 8, which established the classification compensation plans for the city of island interconnection compliance specialist.
Car entertains a motion to ordinance number 2025-80 be passed for a first reading that a public hearing be held on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. So move. Second discussion. Seeing none, Dr. Arthur, yes.
Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanelli, yes. I present ordinance number 2025-81, which is ready for the first reading. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-81 be taken up for first reading.
So move. Second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanelli, yes. Ordinance 2025-81. An ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number eight which revise the
classification and compensation plans for the city of violin superintendent of public works. Chair entertains a motion on ordinance number 2025-81 be passed for a first reading that a public hearing be held on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
So move second discussion seeing none. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanelli. Yes. I present ordinance number 2025-82
which is ready for a first reading. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-82 be taken up for first reading. So move second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes.
Ordinance number 2025-82. an ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number eight, which provides the classification and compensation plans for the city of Ireland, chief engineer and director of municipal utilities. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-82 be passed for first
reading that a public hearing be held on Tuesday, November 25th at 2025, 5:30 p.m. So move second discussion. Seeing none, Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes.
President Spanelli. Yes. Present ordinance number 2025-83 which is ready for first reading. Chair entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-83 be taken up for first reading. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur.
Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanel. Yes. Ordinance 2025-83. Ordinance ratifying and renewing ordinance number 2025-4 and releasing, vacating, and
extinguishing any public rights in certain paper streets abuing city-owned lots as depicted on boundary survey survey prepared by Freillinger Engineering. Entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-83 be passed for first reading and a public
hearing be held on Tuesday, November 25th at 2025 at 5:30 p.m. So move second discussion. Seeing none, Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spinelli,
yes. Present ordinance number 2025-84, which is ready for first reading. Entertains a motion ordinance number 2025-84 be taken up for first reading. So move. Dr. Arthur, yes.
Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance 2025-84 in ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number 8 which established the classification compensation plans for
the city of Vland assistant budget examiner. Entertains a motion in ordinance number 2025-84 be passed for first reading that a public hearing be held on Tuesday, November 20th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. So move. Second
discussion. Seeing none. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Present ordinance number 2025-85 which is ready for first reading.
Chair obtains a motion ordinance number 2025-85 be taken up for first reading. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Ordinance number 2025-85,
an ordinance authorizing pilot agreements for project tax exemption for various applicants. Jan entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-85 be passed for first reading and public hearing be held on Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. So move second
discussion. Seeing none, Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanelli, yes. Present ordinance number 2025-86, which is ready for first reading.
Chair entertains a motion that ordinance number 2025-86 be taken up for first reading. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. President Spanelli, yes.
Ordinance 2025-86. Ordinance amending ordinance 2025-65 as amended chapter 358 section 358-6 of the code of the city of island entitled firearms permits entertains a motion ordinance number
2025-86 be passed for first reading that a public hearing be held on Tuesday November 25th 2025 5:30 p.m. So move second discussion seeing none Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes.
Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. I present ordinance number 2025-87 which is ready for first reading. There entertains a motion or witness number 2020 2025-87 be passed for first reading of the public hearing be held on Tuesday,
November 25th, 2025, 5:30 p.m. So move. Second. Discussion. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes, Vice President, excuse me, Council Member Vargas. Yes, Vice President Gomez. Yes, President Spanelli. Yes.
Ordinance number 2025-87. An ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance number eight, which established classification and compensation plans for the city of Assistant Chief Accountant for first reading. Last page of 12 just
you'll entertain a motion. I got you. I got it. I got to go backwards. J entertains a motion or witness number 2025-87 be passed at first reading that a public hearing be held on Tuesday, November 25th, 2025, 5:30 p.m. So move. Second discussion.
Dr. Arthur, yes. Council member English, yes. Council member Vargas, yes. Vice President Gomez, yes. and President Spanelli. Yes. City Council has approved that the following matters listed below in the consent agenda are considered to be
routine and non-controversial and be adopted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member so requests in which case the item will be removed and considered with an individual vote. All matters on the consent agenda have been presented to city council during either
a work session or the premeating conference and appear on the consent agenda without objection. Their titles will not be individually read into the record but will be prop excuse me but will be properly memorialized in the meeting minutes. Entertains a motion that uh to approve
all items on the consent agenda. So move. Second. Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes. Council member Vargas. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanella. Yes. Your privilege.
Privilege of the floor. You communications. You want to read? No, they're they're within there. They're within. So, yeah. Privilege of the floor. Dr. Arthur. Um, nope. Happy Veterans Day tomorrow. Hopefully, we get out and recognize and
acknowledge our veterans for the work that they've done. That's it. Councilman Gomez. I'm sorry, Vargas. I'm Man, I'm off. Council Vargas, not nothing at this time. Thank you, Councilman English. Just echo what Dr. Darth had to say.
Tomorrow is Veterans Day and it's a great time to um honor the veterans of the past, the present, and the future. I actually have a young student um who graduated last year and he graduated ahead and he's been eagerly waiting for January to roll around when he's old enough because he's going to pursue
plumbing in the military, which is pretty awesome for him. and he comes from a really decorated family and uh just to see the pride that he has in his country at such a young age. The kid was born in it and um pretty awesome stuff. So, um, unfortunately I can't make
tomorrow's, um, ceremony, but I've always, um, tried to, um, educate my students the past three years on exactly what Veterans Day is all about because today's youth, they really only know what they read, but I can give them some of the true facts having a son-in-law
who served in the military and family members. So, um, freedom isn't free. We talk about that often. And um today's youth, our future really thinks it is, which is crazy. So at the end of it, I try to give them a
good um I'm a plumbing teacher, but you know what, a good life lesson um will be worth the 41 minutes. Um and uh that's pretty much all I have on that. And Dennis, it's good to see a good national um vanilla cupcake. I always like a good cupcake, so you always giving me some
good knowledge there. Um appreciate [clears throat] the effort once again. It definitely doesn't go unnoticed, my friend. Thank you. Appreciate that. That's it. Gomez, nothing at the moment. Veterans Day tomorrow, 11 o'clock is a
ceremony Atlantis Park. Uh we got a couple events coming up in the month of uh November and uh in the beginning of December. So, just look out for them. And um I think Bobby the last I look every time we have an agenda and
stuff it's all advertised right especially when redevelopment and all that comes up. So you know if people stay a breast of what's going on in the city not until it's in their you know it's already being built in their backyard they might have a better idea
what has been happening in the city of Vinland. Uh I don't think it was a big surprise that that data center hit. So, uh, but again, um, you know, check the websites, you know, go on Facebook, go on Instagram. It's all all that stuff is up
there. So, just to keep yourself knowledgeable what's going on and you could maybe be preemptive instead of after the fact. That being said, we need a motion to adjourn. One one thing before you go, should the weather be bad tomorrow, will it brought
the veterans ceremony be brought inside? It will be brought inside, but it's supposed to be 45 and sunny. It's just going to be cold and windy. All right. Just wanted to make sure. Thank you. Second, Dr. Arthur. Yes. Council member English. Yes.
Council member Vogers. Yes. Vice President Gomez. Yes. President Spanelli. Yes. Thank you everyone. Have a great night. 603. Thank you.