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CITY OF EAST ORANGE EAST ORANGE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2018 6:00 PM ROMAL D. BULLOCK CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN FIRST WARD CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES AMY LEWIS SECOND WARD JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON ROMAL D. BULLOCK THIRD WARD QUILLA E. TALMADGE BERGSON LENEUS FOURTH WARD TYSHAMMIE L. COOPER CASIM L. GOMEZ FIFTH WARD ALICIA HOLMAN MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Like Us on Facebook: @EASTORANGECITYCO UNCIL REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING  Monday, January 8, 2018 6:00 P.M. ROLL CALL SALUTE TO THE FLAG SILENT PRAYER SUNSHINE LAW STATEMENT PUBLIC HEARIN G PRESENTATIONS MINUTES PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence received December 26, 2017 from the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders submitting ORDINANCE NO. O-2017-00009 – “Refunding Bond Ordinance Providing for the Refunding of Certain General Obligations Bonds of the County of Essex, New Jersey Appropriating $52,000,000 Therefore and Authorizing the Issuance of $52,000,000 Bonds or Notes of the County for Financing the Cost Thereof”. 2. Correspondence received December 26, 2017 from Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties submitting a copy of the 2018 Assessment Report approved by the Joint Meeting at its Board Meeting of December 21, 2017. 3. Correspondence received December 26, 2017 from Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties submitting Resolution No. 117/17 – Resolution Estimating the Probable Cost and Expense of Maintaining and Operating the Joint Meeting and Making the First Quarter of 2018 Assessment. 4. Correspondence received December 26, 2017 from The Elm Group, Inc. regarding the Remedial Action Protectiveness/Biennial Certification Form – Ground Water – Former EJ Brooks Company, 164 North 13th Street, Newark, NJ, County: Essex PI Number 014371, Case Tracking Number E20050112, 99-07-30-1657-11, 03-02-27-1434-26 and 05-09-13-1538-57. 5. Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties submitting Minutes from October 19, 2017. MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence dated January 1, 2018, appointing the following individuals on an Acting basis for a forty-five (45) day period:  Mark Barner Director of Property Maintenance  Rita D. Butts Manager of the Division of Senior Services  Michelle Ralph-Rawls Director of Human Resources  Renee L. Muhammad Director of Recreation  Valerie Jackson Director of Planning and Policy  Sheilah Coley Director of Public Safety  Christopher Coke Director of Public Works  LaDonna Johns Director of Health and Human Services  Ryan Linder Corporation Counsel  Solomon Steplight City Administrator 2. Correspondence dated January 1, 2018 appointing Solomon Steplight to serve in the position of City Administrator for a term coterminous with the Office of Mayor. Said term to expire December 31, 2021. 3. Correspondence dated January 1, 2018 appointing Cassandra Chatman to fill the unexpired term as the Mayor’s designee on the East Orange Housing Authority. Said term to expire on December 31, 2018. 4. Correspondence dated January 1, 2018 appointing Vernon Pullins to serve as a Member of the East Orange Board of Education to fill the unexpired term of Bergson Leneus. Said term to expire on May 15, 2018. 5. Correspondence dated January 2, 2018 appointing Dale Forde to serve in the position of Acting Deputy Clerk for a 45-day period. 6. Correspondence dated January 2, 2018 appointing Dale Forde to serve in the position of Deputy City Clerk for a term coterminous with the Office of the Mayor. 7. Correspondence dated January 2, 2018 appointing Mark Barner, Acting Director of the Department of Property Maintenance and Revitalization to serve as the Class II Member of the East Orange Planning Board for a one-year term. Said term to expire on December 31, 2018. 1  8. Correspondence dated January 2, 2018 appointing Anthony P. Sinclair, Sr., as an Alternate 1 Member of the East Orange Planning Board for a two-year term. Said term to expire on December 31, 2019. 9. Correspondence dated January 2, 2018 appointing Kivuitu Mutinda, Jr. as a Member of the East Orange Planning Board for a four-year term. Said term to expire December 31, 2021. MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS - Continued 10. Correspondence dated January 2, 2018 appointing Darryl O. Scipio as a Member of the East Orange Planning Board for a four-year term. Said term to expire December 31, 2021. 11. Correspondence dated January 8, 2018 appointing Anthony Jackson as an Acting Member of the Board of Water Commissioners for a 45 day period. 12. Correspondence dated January 8, 2018 appointing Ayeisha M. Govan as an Acting Member of the Board of Water Commissioners for a 45 day period. 13. Correspondence dated January 8, 2018 appointing Valerie Oliphant as an Acting Member of the Board of Water Commissioners for a 45 day period. BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES RECEIVE D East Orange Public Library Board of Trustees…………………………………………December 14, 2017 East Orange Planning Board……………………………………………………………..December 13, 2017 East Orange Planning Board……………………………………………………………..December 6, 2017 REPORT OF OFFICERS REPORT OF COMMITTEES ARTS, RE CREATION and CULTUR AL AFFAIRS –ALICIA HOLMAN Talmadge, Lewis, Leneus No Resolution s BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING – CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES Johnson, Brent, Gomez No Resolution s FINANCE – JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON Lewis, Talmadge, Holman Resolutions I-13 Resolution Authorizing the Advertisement of Request for Proposal for Various 2018 Professional And Consultant Services I-14 Resolution Authorizing the Advertisement of Request for Proposal for Two Professional Services I-4 Bill Approval & Payment Listing (12.31.17) I-4 Bill List Exempt from Prior Approval I-15 Payroll #24 – December 16, 2017 - December 31, 2017 City Employees: $2,811,837.16 Water: $181,435.65 HEALTH and EDUCATION – BERGSON LENEUS Cooper, Holman, Brent No Resolutions HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – TYSHAMMIE L. COOPER 2 Holman, James, Talmadge No Resolution s PLANNING and GRANTS – CASIM L. GOMEZ James, Leneus, Cooper Resolution I-17 Resolution Approving Submission of a Grant Application And Execution of a Grant Contract with the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the 2018 Local Freight Impact Fund PUBLIC SAFETY – AMY LEWIS Brent, Gomez, Johnson No Resolution s PUBLIC WORKS – MUSTAFA AL-BRENT Gomez, Cooper, James No Resolutions LAW AND LE GISLATION – Quilla E. Talmadge Leneus, Johnson, Lewis Resolution I-16 Resolution to Amend Resolution I-3-2018 City Council Appointment to Joint Meeting Maintenance ROLL CALL ON CONSENT AGENDA All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, Council may remove that item from the Consent Agenda and discuss it separately under the Regular Agenda NEW BUSINESS REGULAR AGENDA TABLED LEGISLATION REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES ARTS, REC REATION and CULTURA L AFFAIRS – ALICIA HOLMAN Talmadge, Lewis, Leneus BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and ZONING – CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES Johnson, Brent, Gomez 3 FINANCE – JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON Lewis, Talmadge, Holman HEALTH and EDUCATION – BERGSON LENEUS Cooper, Holman, Brent HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – TYSHAMMIE L. COOPER Holman, James, Talmadge PLANNING AND GRANTS – CASIM L. GOMEZ James, Leneus, Cooper PUBLIC SAFETY – AMY LEWIS Brent, Gomez, Johnson PUBLIC WORKS – MUSTAFA AL-BRENT Gomez, Cooper, James LAW AND LEGISLATION – QUILLA E. TALMADGE Leneus, Johnson, Lewis OPEN HEARING OF CITIZENS Pursuant to Article IV, Section 3 of the Rules of City Council, each person wishing to address the Council, shall step up to the microphone, give his or her name in an audible tone for the record and unless further time is granted by the Presiding Officer, shall limit remarks to three minutes. All members of the public are expected to conduct themselves in a proper manner. Any derogatory, abusive or threatening statements will not be permitted. The Chair will immediately rule such conduct out of order and terminate any further comments. CALL OF WARDS ROMAL D. BULLOCK City Council Chair man FIRST WARD SECOND WARD Christopher D. James Jacquelyn E. Johnson Amy Lewis Romal D. Bullock THIRD WARD Quilla E. Talmadge Bergson Leneus FOURTH WARD FIFTH WARD Tyshammie L. Cooper Alicia Holman Casim L. Gomez Mustafa Al-M. B 4 5 UPCOMING EVENT 6