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[00:00:02]

AND WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO OUR NEXT MEETING.

AND WE WILL WHEN THEY'RE HERE, THEN WE WILL TURN BACK TO MAKING THE PRESENTATION.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER REPORTS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. SEEING NONE.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.

THE STATE FUNDING FOR [INAUDIBLE].

THAT'S FOR THE RESILIENCY.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

[PROCLAMATION]

DEPUTY DIRECTOR.

OKAY. SO WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR REST OF OUR MEETING.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR OUR AUGUST 8TH, 2023 MEETING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES.

COMMISSIONER MARANO.

YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY.

YES. DEPUTY DIRECTOR.

SINGLETERRY. YES.

DIRECTOR ROBINSON.

YES. WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR REMOVAL FROM OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[REMOVAL OF ITEM FROM CONSENT AGENDA]

IT IS 23-1618 AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF CONTRACT 23 012 TO CAPITAL PAVING AND CONTRACTING LLC FOR THE 2023 SHARED SERVICE RESURFACING PROGRAM TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $2,423,304.93.

IS THERE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE RESOLUTION FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CARRY TO THE SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING? MOTION.

SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER DRAKE. COMMISSIONER MARANO.

COMMISSIONER SOOY.

YES. DEPUTY DIRECTOR SINGLETERRY.

YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON.

YES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 23-1600 THROUGH 23-1606.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

SO MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER DRAKE.

YES. COMMISSIONER MARANO.

YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY.

YES. DEPUTY DIRECTOR SINGLETERRY.

YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON.

YES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 23-1607 THROUGH 23-1617 AND 1619 THROUGH 1620.

[AWARD OF CONTRACTS]

SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER DRAKE.

YES. COMMISSIONER MARANO.

YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY.

YES. DEPUTY DIRECTOR SINGLETERRY.

YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON.

YES. RIGHT ALONG.

[FINANCE]

IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 23-1621 THROUGH 23-1661.

SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES.

COMMISSIONER MARANO.

YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY.

YES. DEPUTY DIRECTOR SINGLETERRY.

YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON.

YES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 23-1162 THROUGH 23-1666.

[ITEMS ADDED FROM THE AUGUST 22, 2023 WORK SESSION TO BE ADOPTED TONIGHT]

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER DRAKE.

YES. COMMISSIONER MARANO.

YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY.

YES. DEPUTY DIRECTOR SINGLETERRY.

YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON.

YES. UM, SO DO WE GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS OR WE TAKE OUR BREAK NOW AND THEN.

BECAUSE. I WOULD JUST TAKE A BREAK.

OKAY. SO WE WILL TAKE A PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE.

WE WILL RECONVENE IN 16 MINUTES AT 6:00 PM.

WE ARE RETURNING AND OUR TWO OF OUR SPECIAL GUESTS ARE HERE.

[PRESENTATION]

WE WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESTEEMED STATE LEGISLATORS FROM LD 16, OUR SENATOR ANDREW ZWICKER, AND HONORABLE ASSEMBLYMAN ROY FREIMAN.

AND THEY ARE HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THE FUNDING THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN THE NEW STATE BUDGET FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE COUNTY RESILIENCE CENTER.

AND THIS IS, AGAIN, TO BE LOCATED IN THE SOUTH COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS GARAGE IN HILLSBOROUGH.

THE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE SECURE STORAGE OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS OTHER KEY COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING OUR VOTING MACHINES.

WE ARE THANKFUL TO YOU FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND HEARING OUR REQUESTS AND ADVOCATING FOR US.

[00:05:07]

YOU AS OUR DELEGATION, NOT ONLY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF SOMERSET COUNTY, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO FOR MORE THAN $20 MILLION.

I REPEAT $20 MILLION IN OTHER STATE APPROPRIATIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT SOMERSET COUNTY, OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND OUR RESIDENTS.

AND AMONG THESE ARE $750,000 IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO OUR EXPANSION OF SOMERSET COUNTY VO-TECH SCHOOL.

HIGH SCHOOL. $4 MILLION IN THE HAMILTON BRIDGE ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE CONRAIL TRACKS IN HILLSBOROUGH.

$3 MILLION FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS NEAR MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL CENTER AND COUNTY LIBRARY.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT ELSE SOMERSET COUNTY WOULD BE ABLE TO TO GAIN AS YOU ADVOCATE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO HONORABLE SENATOR ANDREW ZWICKER AND THE HONORABLE ASSEMBLYMAN ROY FREIMAN.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

DIRECTOR TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, OUR CLERK, OUR ADMINISTRATOR, OUR COUNCIL, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO THE RESIDENTS OF SOMERSET COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR THE VERY KIND WORDS.

BUT TODAY REALLY JUST MARKS A PIECE OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN COUNTY AND STATE GOVERNMENT.

GOING BACK NOW FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS AMONG EVERYONE WHO'S HERE ON THE DAIS RIGHT NOW, MYSELF, ASSEMBLYMAN FREIMAN AND SO MANY OTHERS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO BEST SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY.

THIS MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING IS ONE EXAMPLE, AND I THINK THE KEY HERE IS THAT IT'S MULTI-PURPOSE.

AND DIRECTOR, YOU LISTED SOME OF THE VERY IMPORTANT REASONS FOR IT, BUT THIS IN THE END IS SAYING LET'S MAKE SURE THE STATE AND THE COUNTY CAN COME TOGETHER, MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT.

AND WHILE YOU SAID IT IN A HUMOROUS WAY, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE CAN AND SHOULD BE DOING TOGETHER.

SO VERY GRATEFUL TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, ASSEMBLYMAN ROY FREIMAN.

SO I'M HERE TO ACTUALLY THANK YOU.

SO INSTEAD OF YOU THANKING US FOR FOR FOR BRINGING THE RESOURCES TO THE COUNTY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO AND FOR LOOKING OUT FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS, FOR THE COUNTY OF WHICH I AM ONE.

FOR THINKING AHEAD, FOR YOUR VISION, FOR ASKING FOR THINGS SUCH FOR THIS MULTI PURPOSE BUILDING, FOR THE FUNDING, WHICH IS NOT THE MOST GLAMOROUS THING, BUT INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR SAFEGUARDING THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE PROJECTS AHEAD.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT YOU'RE PROTECTING US, THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR FUTURE.

YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE HERE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER TOGETHER, AS THE SENATOR WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING IN THIS PARTNERSHIP.

AND SO I THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR THE KIND OF WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW YOU'RE DELIVERING FOR ALL OF US.

SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

SO WITH THAT [INAUDIBLE].

SO, COMMISSIONERS, LET'S LET'S GO DOWN AND ACCEPT THE CHECK [APPLAUSE].

SO WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT I'M JUST GOING TO EMBARRASS ASSEMBLYMAN FREIMAN.

SO WE GOT A LETTER.

I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MONTGOMERY LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR TREES, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

AND KNOWING THE ASSEMBLYMAN CARES ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT.

I FORWARDED TO HIS OFFICE AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HE DID WAS GOT $75,000 TO PLANT TREES IN MONTGOMERY [APPLAUSE].

WHICH, YOU KNOW, WILL BE HERE LONG AFTER THAN ALL OF US.

SO FOR THAT, THANK YOU, SIR THANK YOU.

[00:10:18]

THE PUBLIC PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

NO YIELDING OF TIME.

NO COMING UP A SECOND TIME.

FIVE MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN TO PUBLIC? IS THERE A SECOND? [INAUDIBLE] IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

AYES HAVE IT. ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC? NOTHING ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC.

NO FURTHER COMMENTS, EMAILS, PHONE CALLS OR [INAUDIBLE].

AND THERE WAS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE SEEING NONE? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THIS MEETING? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

AYES HAVE IT. DEPUTY DIRECTOR.

OKAY. I HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023 AS PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

WHEREAS THIS YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 288,300 MEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE, ONE MAN EVERY TWO MINUTES, ABOUT 3,500 MORE THAN 2020, WHICH WAS ONE MAN EVERY 15 MINUTES AND ROUGHLY 34,700 WILL DIE FROM THE DISEASE.

AND WHEREAS, IN NEW JERSEY, AN ESTIMATED 9,460 NEW CASES WILL BE DIAGNOSED IN AN ESTIMATED 300 AND 730 DEATHS WILL OCCUR IN 2023.

WHEREAS MEN WITH RELATIVES WITH A HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER ARE TWICE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP THE DISEASE.

WHEREAS PROSTATE CANCER IS THE MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED CANCER IN AMERICAN MEN AND THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH BEHIND LUNG AND COLON CANCERS.

WHEREAS 1 IN 8 MEN WILL DEVELOP PROSTATE CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME.

OVERALL, AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN ARE 1.7 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH AND 2.1 MORE TIMES LIKELY TO DIE FROM PROSTATE CANCER THAN WHITE MEN.

WHEREAS VETERANS WHO WERE EXPOSED TO HERBICIDES LIKE AGENT ORANGE ARE AT INCREASED RISK FOR DEVELOPING PROSTATE CANCER AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF THE DISEASE.

AND WHEREAS, EDUCATION REGARDING PROSTATE CANCER AND EARLY DETECTION STRATEGIES ARE CRITICAL TO SAVING LIVES.

AND WHEREAS, EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF PROSTATE CANCER RESULTS IN A FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE OF NEARLY 100%.

BUT THE LATE STAGE PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS, FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL SURVIVAL RATE IS REDUCED TO 31%.

WHEREAS MANY MORE MEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED IN 2023 AT A LATER STAGE BECAUSE OF DELAYED SCREENINGS AND TREATMENT DUE TO COVID 19.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE SOMERSET COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER 2023 AS PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS OF THE DISEASE AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SCREENINGS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

UH, SINCE WE DID THE MEETING OUT OF ORDER, WE HAVE NO OTHER BUSINESS TO CONDUCT, NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

AYES HAVE IT. GOOD NIGHT.

BE WELL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.