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City of Newark City Hall 920 Broad Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Meeting Minutes - Final SPECIAL MEETING Tuesday, September 9, 2025 10:00 AM Council Chamber Municipal Council Council Member Patrick O. Council Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez Council Member Dupré L. Kelly Council Member Luis A. Quintana Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree Council Member Michael J. Silva President C. Lawrence Crump Kecia Daniels, City Clerk Abraham Negron, Deputy City Clerk Municipal Council Meeting Minutes - Final September 9, 2025 CALL TO ORDER Regular meeting of the Municipal Council was called to order on the above date in the Council Chamber, Second Floor, City Hall, Newark, New Jersey, at 10:00 A.M. STATEMENT ON OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT In accordance with New Jersey P.I. 1975, Chapter 231, Section 5, adequate notice of this meeting has been provided to the Star Ledger, the Jersey Journal and the public at large; establishing the date, time and location of this meeting, by posting on the designated bulletin board in City Hall and by filing with the Office of the City Clerk, the schedule of regular meetings and conferences of the Newark Municipal Council as adopted as 7R8-a on December 4, 2024. In addition, the agenda for this meeting was disseminated on September 5, 2025 at the time of preparation and posted on the website of the City of Newark. ROLL CALL Present: 6 - Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Dupré L. Kelly, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos Jr., and C. Lawrence Crump Absent: 2 - Louise Scott-Rountree, and Michael J. Silva Scott-Rountree arrived at 10:02 A.M. Silva arrived at 10:05 A.M. Present: 8 - Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Dupré L. Kelly, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, Michael J. Silva, and C. Lawrence Crump City of Newark Page 2 Municipal Council Meeting Minutes - Final September 9, 2025 6. ORDINANCES 6PSF Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage 6PSF-a(s) 25-1159 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AUTHORIZING A SPECIAL EMERGENCY APP R O P R I A T I O N PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF N.J.S.A. 40A:4-53 TO FUND CONTRACTUALLY REQUIRED SEVERANCE LIABILITIES. Deferred 6PSF-j 090425 Public Hearing will be held on September 9, 2025. Public Hearing opened. No one appearing. A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to Close on Public Hearing and Adopt. The motion was adopted by the following votes: Yes: 7- Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Dupré L. Kelly, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, and C. Lawrence Crump Absent: 1- Michael J. Silva City of Newark Page 3 Municipal Council Meeting Minutes - Final September 9, 2025 AGENDA RESOLUTION CODES PER DEPARTMENT 1 Administration 2 Economic and Housing Development 3 Engineering 4 Finance 5 Health and Community Wellness 6 Law 7 Mayor's Office 8 Municipal Council and City Clerk 9 Public Safety 10 Public Works 11 Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services 12 Water Sewer Utility City of Newark Page 4 Municipal Council Meeting Minutes - Final September 9, 2025 7. RESOLUTIONS 7R8 Municipal Council and City Clerk 7R8-a(s) 25-1198 Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement Purpose: Golden Queen Event Entity Name: Newark Symphony Hall Entity Address: 1020 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Event Location: Newark Symphony Hall, 1020 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Event Date(s): Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Event Time: 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM Additional Information: Sponsor: Council Member Luis A. Quintana A motion was made by Quintana, seconded by Ramos, Jr. to Adopt. The motion was adopted by the following votes: Yes: 7- Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Dupré L. Kelly, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, and C. Lawrence Crump Absent: 1- Michael J. Silva City of Newark Page 5 Municipal Council Meeting Minutes - Final September 9, 2025 7R8-b(s) 25-1207 Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Exception to Public Bidding - N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1) (dd) Purpose: To provide for the award of a contract for proprietary computer system as an exception to Public Bidding because the provision or performance of goods and services is for the support and maintenance of proprietary computer hardware and software - hosting, support, upgrades, maintenance and managed services of computer hardware and software for processing Marriage Applications and Open Records Act Requests. Entity Name: Property Pilot LLC dba GovPilot Entity Address: 204 E. Main Street, Manasquan, NJ 08736 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $91,560.00 Funding Source: 2025, 2026 and 2027 Budgets/Office of the City Clerk/NW011-020-0201-07128 Contract Period: September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( X ) Non Fair & Open (X ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Partial Certification of Funds in the amount of $ A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to Adopt. The motion was adopted by the following votes: Yes: 7- Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Dupré L. Kelly, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, and C. Lawrence Crump Absent: 1- Michael J. Silva PUBLIC COMMENTS City Clerk Kecia Daniels announced the 30 Minute Public Comment portion of this meeting where each speaker has three minutes to address the Council. Comments were made by David B. Amerikaner and Debra Salters. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to Adjourn this meeting at 10:15 A.M. The motion was adopted by the following votes: Yes: 8- Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Dupré L. Kelly, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, Michael J. Silva, and C. Lawrence Crump City of Newark Page 6 Municipal Council Meeting Minutes - Final September 9, 2025 ________________________________________ C. LAWRENCE CRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ________________________________________ KECIA DANIELS CITY CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL NEWARK, NEW JERSEY City of Newark Page 7