HAVE IT, WE WILL ROLL RIGHT INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING. 
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WE HAVE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR R25-2257 COLLEEN MAHR AND COUNTY ENGINEER RESOLUTION 
          [APPOINTMENTS]
R25-2258 MATT LOPER. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS? AS AFOREMENTIONED AT THIS TIME. SO MOVED. SECOND. 
          ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRANER. ENTHUSIASTICALLY YES. 
          COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY. YES. 
          DIRECTOR MARANO. DEPUTY DIRECTOR MURANO. YES. 
          DIRECTOR ROBINSON. YES. IS THERE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 12TH MEETING? 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO OF YOU. FOR OUR NOVEMBER 12TH MEETING,
MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. 
          MOTION. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRANER. 
          YES. COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY. 
          DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARANO. YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON. 
          YES. WE HAVE ORDINANCE 25-2299 PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS. 
          [BOND ORDINANCE]
DO YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD TO READ THE ORDINANCE? SO ORDINANCE 25 2299 IS PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION OF $20,500,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TD BALLPARK, TD BALLPARK,
TD BANK BALLPARK FOR AND BY THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 19,475,000 IN BONDS OR
NOTES OF SOMERSET COUNTY. 
          SO THIS IS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TD BANK BALLPARK,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS,
AND SEATING AND CONFERENCE EVENT SPACE EXPANSION. 
          AND IT INCLUDES WORK AND MATERIALS NECESSARY THEREFORE. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO THE PUBLIC HEARING OF 25-2299 SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING
FOR THIS ORDINANCE FOR DECEMBER 9TH AT 6 P.M.. IS THERE A MOTION TO PASS ORDINANCE 25-229 ON FIRST READING AND SET THE PUBLIC
HEARING FOR DECEMBER 9TH? MOTION SECONDED. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRANER. 
          YES. COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY. 
          DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARANO. YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON. 
          YES. WE HAVE THE NEW JERSEY CLIMATE SUPERFUND ACT. 
          [NEW JERSEY CLIMATE SUPERFUND ACT]
25-2259 RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF AND URGING PASSAGE OF THE NEW JERSEY CLIMATE
SUPERFUND ACT. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION FOR PASSAGE. MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRANER. 
          YES. COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY. 
          DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARANO. YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON. 
          YES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-2200 THROUGH 25-2211? 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRANER. 
          YES. COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY. 
          DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARANO. YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON. 
          YES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION RESOLUTIONS 25-2212 THROUGH 2226. 
          [AWARD OF CONTRACTS]
SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRANER. 
          YES. COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY. 
          DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARANO. YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON. 
          YES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 25-2227 THROUGH 2256. 
          [FINANCE]
SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRANER. 
          YES. COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY. 
          DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARANO. YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON. 
          YES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 25-2260 THROUGH 2267? 
          [ITEMS ADDED FROM NOVEMBER 25, 2025 WORK SESSION TO BE ADOPTED TONIGHT]
SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GRANER. 
          YES. COMMISSIONER DRAKE. YES. COMMISSIONER SOOY. 
          DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARANO. YES. DIRECTOR ROBINSON. 
          YES. THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THIS MEETING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? FIVE MINUTES. NO YIELDING. NO TIME. NO COMING UP A SECOND TIME. 
          PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AS YOU COME TO THE MIC. 
          IS THERE IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THIS MEETING? 
          [PUBLIC]
MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYES HAVE IT. 
          WE'RE ALL FAMILY. TELEPHONE. EMAIL. SHOPPING FOR TURKEY. 
          [LAUGHS] HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF
THIS MEETING? MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYES HAVE IT. COUNTY COUNCIL,
WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, 
          [EXECUTIVE]
SO I WOULD NEED A MOTION. WE DO NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS, 
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POTENTIAL LITIGATION. AND ACTUALLY, IT'S JUST CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. 
          SORRY. RELATED TO THE WATCHUNG BOROUGH TRAIL GRANT,
LAP GRANTS, CHPP GRANTS, AND THE 911 DISPATCHERS CONTRACT. 
          SO I WOULD NEED A MOTION FOR THIS BOARD TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF
DISCUSSING CONTRACT MATTERS WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 10:412. 
          WE WILL ADJOURN THERE DIRECTLY FROM AND NO PUBLIC ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYES HAVE IT. 
          GOOD NIGHT. BE WELL. BE SAFE. BE BLESSED. HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.