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CITY OF EAST ORANGE THE EAST ORANGE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Monday, August 23, 2021 6:00 P.M. CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES City Council Chairman First Ward Second Ward Christopher D. James Christopher Awe Amy Lewis Brittany D. Claybrooks Third Ward Fourth Ward Bergson Leneus Casim L. Gomez Vernon Pullins, Jr. Tameika Garrett-Ward Fifth Ward Alicia Holman Mustafa AL-M. Brent Like Us on Facebook: @EASTORANGECITYCOUNCIL  REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, August 23, 2021 6:00 P.M. ROLL CALL SALUTE TO THE FLAG SILENT PRAYER SUNSHINE LAW STATEMENT PUBLIC HEARINGS Ordinance No. 31 of 2021 An Ordinance of the City of East Orange, County of Essex, New Jersey Vacating Brick Church Plaza form South Harrison Street, Subject to Entering into a Memorandum of Understanding PRESENTATIONS MINUTES July 12, 2021 – Regular Meeting June 28, 2021 – Regular Meeting June 14, 2021 – Regular Meeting PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence received August 18, 2021 from the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission regarding Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission – Standby Power Generation Facility Project. 2. Correspondence received August 16, 2021 from JM Sorge Environmental Consultants regarding Unrestricted Use, Scope of Remediation: Child Care Facility, Case Name: KIPP Upper Roseville Academy, 288-322 North 13th Street and 2 Springdale Avenue (Rear), Municipality: Newark City and East Orange City, County: Essex County, Block: 1961 Lot: 1 and Block: 90 Lot: 3.02, Preferred ID: 943345, Child Care License # CCC115100. 3. Correspondence received August 9, 2021 from the from the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regarding Area of Concern: One (1) 550-gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System Unrestricted Use – No Further Action Letter and Covenant Not to Sue, Block 753, Lot 17, 10 Wayne Avenue, East Orange City, Essex County, Program Interest #550688, Activity Number: CSP170001, Communications Center Number: 10-10-22-1336-59. MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence dated August 10, 2021, appointing Solomon Steplight, City Administrator to serve as Acting Mayor effective Wednesday, August 11, 2021 to Sunday, August 15, 2021. BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES RECEIVED None REPORT OF OFFICERS Constable Report – July 2021 Muraad Rasheed Todd Thompson REPORT OF COMMITTEES ARTS, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS –TAMEIKA GARRETT-WARD Pullins, Brent, Lewis Resolutions I-275 Elaine Leandera (Grundy) Henry - Memorial I-276 Philip Clinton Walker - Memorial I-277 Honorable Sherry A. Hutchins-Henderson Memorial BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING – CASIM GOMEZ Awe, Claybrooks, Brent No Resolutions FINANCE – CHRISTOPHER AWE Lewis, Pullins, Holman Resolutions I-4 Bill Approval & Payment Listing – 8/23/2021 I-278 Payroll #17 – August 13, 2021 – August 26, 2021 I-279 Authorize Payment of Accumulated Absence Liabilities to Former Employees 1 HEALTH and EDUCATION – BERGSON LENEUS Garrett-Ward, Holman, Claybrook4 No Resolutions HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – ALICIA HOLMAN Claybrooks, Gomez, Leneus No Resolutions PLANNING and GRANTS – BRITTANY D. CLAYBROOKS Gomez, Leneus, Garrett-Ward Resolution I-280 Resolution Awarding Contract for Cost Estimating Services for HUD CDBG Homeowner Grant Assistance Program PUBLIC SAFETY – AMY LEWIS Brent, Garrett-Ward, Pullins Resolution I-281 Resolution Supporting and Approving the Submission of an Application for Involuntary Accidental Disability Retirement under the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System PUBLIC WORKS – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Holman, Awe, Gomez Resolutions I-282 Resolution Naming the Corner of South Clinton and Tremont Avenue in Honor of William Winton Wilson Sr. I-283 Resolution Authorizing the Designation of Restricted Parking Spaces LAW AND LEGISLATION – VERNON PULLINS, JR. Leneus, Lewis, Awe No Resolutions ROL 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, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS – TAMEIKA GARRETT-WARD Pullins, Brent, Lewis BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and ZONING – CASIM GOMEZ Awe, Claybrooks, Brent FINANCE – CHRISTOPHER AWE Lewis, Pullins, Holman HEALTH and EDUCATION – BERGSON LENEUS Garrett-Ward, Holman, Claybrooks HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – ALICIA HOLMAN Claybrooks, Gomez, Leneus 2 PLANNING AND GRANTS – BRITTANY D. CLAYBROOKS Gomez, Leneus, Garrett-Ward PUBLIC SAFETY – AMY LEWIS Brent, Garrett-Ward, Pullins PUBLIC WORKS – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Holman, Awe, Gomez LAW AND LEGISLATION – VERNON PULLINS, JR. Leneus, Lewis, Awe Ordinance on First Reading Ordinance No. 44 of 2021 An Ordinance Amending Sections 260-9 of the East Orange City Code to Provide for the Creation of Four-Way Signs at Various Intersections Ordinance on Second and Final Reading Ordinance No. 31 of 2021 An Ordinance of the City of East Orange, County of Essex, New Jersey Vacating Brick Church Plaza form South Harrison Street, Subject to Entering into a Memorandum of Understanding 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 CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES City Council Chairman FIRST WARD SECOND WARD Christopher D. James Christopher Awe Amy Lewis Brittany D. Claybrooks THIRD WARD Bergson Leneus Vernon Pullins, Jr. FOURTH WARD FIFTH WARD Casim L. Gomez Alicia Holman Tameika Garrett-Ward Mustafa Al-M. Brent 3 4