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CITY OF EAST ORANGE THE EAST ORANGE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, April 25, 2022 5:30 P.M. (Minutes from the Meeting of April 11, 2022) CHRISTOPHER AWE 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 The following minutes are of necessity, condensed and abridged and do not purport to contain the full contents of the matters discussed. The items referred are subject to legal opinion as to validity. MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING April 11, 2022 The East Orange City Council met on April 11, 2022, at 5:30 P.M. in City Council Chambers, 44 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, and New Jersey. Adequate notice of such meeting was duly given in accordance with law, by publication in local newspapers and by posting on the bulletin board outside and within City Council Chambers. On Roll Call the following Members of Council were present: Casim L. Gomez; Jr.; Bergson Leneus; Brittany Claybrooks; Alicia Holman; Vernon Pullins, Jr.; Christopher Awe ABSENT Mustafa Al-M Brent Tameika Garrett-Ward – Arrived @5:36 Amy Lewis Christopher D. James CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT Solomon Steplight, Acting City Administrator City Administrator Malee Wing, First Assistant Corporation Counsel Law Department Dorothy Gallagher, CFO Finance Jamal Pearson, Acting Director Recreation Bruce Davis, Acting Chief Fire Department Phyllis Bindi, Chief Police Department Monica Reed, Acting Director Human Resources Tiffany Harris-Delaney, Acting Director Planning Eladio Negron, Acting Director Code Enforcement Rupert Bell, Acting Director Public Works ALSO PRESENT Tony Jackson Mayor’s Office Victor Kutey, Health Officer Health Department 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, shall give his/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. NONE COMMITTEES 100-ARTS, RECREATION & CULTURAL AFFAIRS 200-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING 300-FINANCE 400-HEALTH AND EDUCATION 500-HOUSING, LICENSING AND INSPECTION 600-LAW AND LEGISLATION 700-PLANNING AND GRANTS 800-PUBLIC SAFETY 900-PUBLIC WORKS 1000-COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE  100 - ARTS, RECREATION & CULTURAL AFFAIRS BRITTANY D. CLAYBROOKS - CHAIRWOMAN Lewis, Gomez, Garrett-Ward 101. Recreation Department In Committee 102. East Orange Public Library In Committee 200 - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING CASIM GOMEZ – CHAIRMAN Leneus, Brent, James 201. Brick Church Mall In Committee 202. Brick Church Urban Renewal In Committee 203. Economic Development Corp. In Committee 204. Board of Adjustment In Committee 205. Community Development Corp. In Committee 206. Sanford Evergreen Connector In Committee 207. Resolution Supporting Garden State Episcopal Resolution to be presented Community Development Corporation Application to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund Program 208. Resolution Designating Don Pedro Development Resolution to be presented Corporation as Redeveloper for 81 Eaton Place and Authorizing the Execution of a Redevelopment Agreement With Don Pedro Development Corporation 209. Resolution Designating Don Pedro Development Resolution to be presented Corporation as Redeveloper for 118, 124 and 126 North 15th Street and Authorizing the Execution of a Redevelopment Agreement With Don Pedro Development Corporation 300 - FINANCE VERNON PULLINS, JR. – CHAIRMAN Holman, James, Lewis 301. Personnel In Committee 302. Tax Refund In Committee 303. Labor Negotiations In Committee 304. Tax Revaluation In Committee 305. Tax Sale Certificate In Committee 306. In Rem Foreclosure In Committee 307. Payroll #7 Resolution to be presented 308. Stop Payments In Committee 309. Legal Transfer In Committee 310. Tax Payment Plan In Committee 311. Tax Appeal Refund In Committee 312. Annual Tax Sale In Committee 313. Tax Abatement In Committee 314. In Lieu of Taxes In Committee 315. Bills, Claims & Appropriations – 4/11/2022 Resolution to be presented 316. Tax Sale Assignment In Committee 317. Tax Lien In Committee 318. Tax Lien Redemption In Committee 319. Budget Insertions In Committee 320. Status of Women In Committee 321. Auction In Committee 322. Duplicate Tax Payments In Committee  300 – FINANCE - Continued VERNON PULLINS, JR. – CHAIRMAN Holman, James, Lewis 323. Authorize Payment of Accumulated Absence Resolution to be presented Liabilities to Former Employees -$21,682.07 324. Resolution Authorizing Tax Levy Certified By Resolution to be presented the Board of School Estimate - $24,674,822 325. Resolution Authorizing the Award of a Non-Fair Resolution to be presented and Open Contract for a Public Safety Consultant 326. Resolution Authorizing PNC Bank National Resolution to be presented Association to Continue Operating and Maintaining an Automatic Teller Machine in City Hall 400 – HEALTH and EDUCATION TAMEIKA GARRETT-WARD – CHAIRWOMAN Brent, Claybrooks, Leneus 401. Child Guidance Clinic In Committee 402. Health Department In Committee 403. Mental Health Board In Committee 404. East Orange General Hospital In Committee 405. East Orange Board of Education In Committee 500 – HOUSING, LICENSING AND INSPECTION CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES – CHAIRMAN Garrett-Ward, Leneus, Claybrooks 501. Rent Leveling In Committee 502. Affordable Housing Program In Committee 503. Housing Authority In Committee 504. Housing, Planning & Coordinating In Committee 505. Private Parking Rentals In Committee 506. Senior Citizens Housing In Committee 507. Housing Summit In Committee 508. Confirmation of Appointment of Nicole G. Amos – Resolution to be presented East Orange Housing Authority (Third Ward) 700 – PLANNING and GRANTS BERGSON LENEUS – CHAIRMAN James, Pullins, Holman 701. Community Development In Committee 702. Safe and Clean In Committee 703. Small Tools Library In Committee 704. Green Acres Grant In Committee 705. Women’s Summit in Committee In Committee 706. Resolution In Support of Community Development Resolution to be presented Block Grant/Home Funding and Community Development Week 800 - PUBLIC SAFETY AMY LEWIS – CHAIRWOMAN Pullins, Garrett-Ward, Brent 801. Police Department In Committee 802. Fire Department In Committee 803. Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of Vehicle Resolution to be presented Technology Equipment for 24 New Police Cars and Portable Radios for New Officers  800 - PUBLIC SAFETY - Continued AMY LEWIS – CHAIRWOMAN Pullins, Garrett-Ward, Brent 804. Resolution Authorizing the Advertisement of an Resolution to be presented Invitation to Bid for: Police Prisoner Meal Catering Services 805. Resolution Authorizing the Advertisement of an Resolution to be presented Invitation to Bid for Police Vehicle Outfitting 806. Resolution Amending I-323 of 2021 Resolution to be presented 900 - PUBLIC WORKS MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT – CHAIRMAN Claybrooks, Holman, Gomez 901. Capital Improvement Projects under Construction 902. Streetscape In Committee 903. Resolution Authorizing the Advertisement of Resolution to be presented Invitation to Bid: Columbian Park Improvements – Field House & Swimming Pool 904. Resolution Authorizing the Designation of Resolution to be presented Restricted Parking Spaces 600 - LAW AND LEGISLATION ALICIA HOLMAN – CHAIRWOMAN Gomez, Lewis, Pullins 601. Ordinances on First Reading Ordinance No. 14 of 2022 An Ordinance to Amend to Extend Ordinance to Transfer a City Property to Jarid Jamar Construction Company, Inc in the Greenwood Redevelopment Area Under the Auspices of N.J.S.A. 40:12A-1 et seq, Known as the “Local Redevelopment and Housing Law” Ordinance No. 15 of 2022 Ordinance Supplementing Article III, Stopping, Standing and Parking, Section 260-20, Curb Loading Zones of the Ordinances of the City of East Orange to Add a Loading Zone Along Whitney Place 602. Ordinance on Second and Final Reading In Committee 603. Bingo/Raffles In Committee 604. A.B.C. In Committee 605. City Council Rules In Committee 606. Settlements In Committee 607. Comcast/Suburban Cable Contract In Committee 608. Taxi Cabs vs. Livery Licenses In Committee 609. Resolution Appointing Theresa E. Pollard, Esquire Resolution to be presented and Phillip G. Reed, Sr. to the East Orange Cannabis Control Commission for a Four-Year Term 1000– COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 1000. East Orange Parking Authority In Committee Meeting adjourned at 5:51 PM. Respectfully submitted by: Cynthia S. Brown, City Clerk