Good evening.

On behalf of the governing body of the city of Passake, we welcome you to the April 14th, 2026 City Council meeting.

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Roll call, please, ma'am.

Councilman Monk present.

Councilman Love.

Present.

Councilwoman Mellow.

Present.

Councilman Mayor.

Present.

Councilman Garcia.

Present.

Councilwoman Colom Tannez.

Present.

And Council President Sheer.

President.

Shall we up please rise?

Father God, we want to thank you, Lord, for allowing us to meet this evening.

Father, we ask you to please guide us in the decisions that will take place this evening in your beloved name of praying.

Amen.

Amen.

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Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't have a copy of the agenda, they're located directly outside council chambers.

Um also uh the uh agenda for tonight's meeting and all supportive documents are posted on the city's website.

We invite you to review to review the website, and you'll be receiving all of the information from that website that the uh council in fact has received from the administration.

We are on running numeral four of our agenda minutes of the August 20, August 5 and September 2nd meetings.

Are there any changes or corrections to the minutes presented by the clerk?

None is there a motion, please to accept the minutes.

Motion and second roll call, please on the minutes.

Councilman Monk, yes, councilman love, yes, councilwoman mellow, yes, councilman mayor, yes, councilman Garcia, yes, councilman Colombo Dnez, yes, and council president.

Yes, thank you.

We're up to hearing of citizens in accordance with the open public meetings act and JSA 10 colon 4-1 at sec.

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The person who makes these statements will relinguish their allotted five minutes for public discussion.

Is there anyone who would like to adjust the council?

Seeing no hands, I'm over closed.

There's a motion that has a second to close.

Roll call.

Councilman Monk, yes, councilman love, yes, councilman mellow, yes, councilman mayor, yes, councilman Garcia, yes, councilman Colombo Dnez, yes, and council president shares.

Yes, thank you.

The administration has asked us um to note a change in the ordinances for second and final reading.

For introduction for introduction, sir.

For introduction to May 5, introduction to May 5 for all three ordinances as noted, amending the designation for restricted parking, amending the side redevelopment plan and employee regulations.

Is there any projection for members of the council?

Very good.

If we could go to ordinances, remember number six on our agenda, ordinances for second and final rating number one, proposed orders 2521-26, an ordinance amending the designation of restricted parking disabled persons by New Jersey license plate number.

Is there a motion please to open?

Second motion and second to open public discussion.

Roll call, please.

Councilman Monk, yes, councilman love, yes, councilman mellow, yes, councilman mayor, yes, councilman Garcia, yes, councilman Colombo Tanyez, yes, and council president share.

Yes, thank you.

On the ordinance, is there a maker, please?

Move it.

26 an ordinance amending the designation of restricted parking disabled persons by New Jersey license display number is there a motion please to open it second motion and second to open public discussion roll call please councilman monk yes councilman love yes councilman mellow yes councilman mayor yes councilman garcia yes councilman colombutanez yes council president shares yes thank you on the ordinance is there a maker please move it excuse me did someone wish to speak yes I do um uh council president I uh I'm sorry I'm sorry councilman I didn't see your light okay please no I didn't put it on and I apologize I I'm just I just want to put clarity what what is the difference between the one we moved the May 5th and and this one councilman I'm going to um we voted on six no we just opened the public portion okay councilman um I I need you on the ordinance and we can come back okay no problem okay we opened up public hearing is there anyone who would like to adjust the council please on this item and this item only seeing none is there motion to close it motion and second to close roll call to close councilman monk yes councilman love councilman mellow yes councilman mayor yes councilman garcia yes councilman colombane and council president shear yes thank you councilman yeah i just i'm just looking for clarity um um the difference between the one we move for may 5th and the one we just um close public portion no it's the the um ordinances for introduction we're gonna set the second and final hearing for the meeting of may 5th instead of april twenty third same idea the only thing the only change councilman is the date for thank you any other questions if not we're up to communication i'm sorry sir we need to adopt item number one is there a motion please to motion second motion and second round call please councilman monk yes councilman love yes councilman mellow yes councilman mayor yes councilman garcia yes councilman colomb and then yes and council president shear yes thank you on communication remember number seven on our agenda items two through eleven are there any questions on two through eleven senior slime is there a motion please to accept items two three and five through eleven so move second motion and second roll call please councilman monk yes councilman love yes councilman mellow yes councilman mayor yes councilman garcia yes councilman colombanez yes and council president shear yes thank you on item four alone is there a motion to please to accept close move second motion and second thank you roll call please councilman monk yes councilman love yes councilman mellow yes councilman mayor yes councilman garcia yes councilman colombutanez yes and council president shear yes thank you all items listed here under considered to be routine in nature items 12 through 19 are there any questions please on 12 through i'm sorry 12 through 18 is there motion please to accept items 12 to 18 motion and second roll call please councilman monk yes councilman love yes councilwoman mellow yes councilman mayor yes councilman garcia yes councilman colommo d'es and council president shear yes thank you on 19 alone please is there a motion please to accept move second motion and second roll call please councilman monk yes councilman love yes councilman mellow yes councilman mayor yes councilman garcia yes councilman colombanez and count and council president shear yes thank you numero eight on our agenda resolution number 20 authorizes closed executive session susie do you want to close the council president mr fernandez no council president mr mayor sir come at this time thank you sir members of the council very good if we could uh start please on items 21 through 39 are there any questions please on 21 through 39 councilman monk is that you yes thank you yes yeah just have a few questions um start with uh 22 just get some um clarity of what this um contract is doing it seems like the uh when i read through it they they're doing an analysis of accidents of road safety i'm just wasn't clear a lot of money okay so yeah there's some clarity here so this is actually dictated from the uh us do t and this funding and the person you choose from is from their list with this award money so it's not like when we go ahead and bid it and we get no this comes from their list if we want them to do this analysis it kind of follows their guidelines their selection process and uh because we had the same questions when I saw the price tag and that is what the US DOT is paying for this service if we want it this is what we have to do what is what is a service um okay let me just give me one second to give it to you and then because I got

So it's not like when we go ahead and bid it and we get no, this comes from their list.

If we want them to do this analysis, it kind of follows their guidelines, their selection process.

And uh, because we had the same questions when I saw the price tag, and that is what the US DOT is paying for this service.

If we want it, this is what we have to do.

What is it?

What is a service?

Um, okay, let me just give me one second to give it to you, and then because I got that from the engineer, but so it is a comprehensive action plan analyzing the traffic fatalities within the municipality.

Um, and the idea is that when this analysis is done, that it would create a vision to reach zero fatalities in the road.

Um, so based on that, uh, the US DOT uh estimated that that's the cost would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 400,000.

That's why you see that there.

So basically the idea is there's this big push for zero fatalities on the road, so they would analyze, let's say the the intersections with the greatest car accidents and issues and try to repair them.

We had done something similar to this uh several years ago, but it was done through Rutgers.

And I don't know if you remember all the repairs they did in the intersections of the parking islands and Monroe Street.

Remember when the county came in and did all those curb cuts because people were crossing?

So that would that came from an analysis that Ruckers did on the safety.

So this is just a much bigger, right?

More encompassing uh analysis, which would include entries and exit ways into the highways, uh the streets, things of that nature.

And the whole idea is that what measures would we need to get to this zero uh zero fatality on the road.

You know, thank goodness we're we're pretty good on the fatality end, but there's a lot of accidents that if there's anything we could do to avoid them and just on this note, uh there's something that I see many places.

I'm sure my colleagues see that as well, where people park up to a corner, and when you pull out of a street, you can't you don't have the view to see if cars are coming.

But this is something which talking about saving lives, something just with our law enforcement threats, the police, right?

Or the traffic guys, right?

Uh we just keep you know, keep an eye, we told to keep an eye out.

People that are parked within 30 feet of a corner, right?

Council stops on.

I'm sorry, if I could ask you to speak up.

I'm sorry, yeah.

Um, something that we could do, we don't have to wait to spend 350,000 dollars on a study to make the city safer.

Um if corners when people park up to a stop sign or up to the corner, it's just some it's impossible.

You look you know, you're taking a risk because you inch out, you inch out, you inch out.

Um yeah, on the intersections, especially the busy intersections.

So the good thing is that there's a law already against that.

We just have to get enforcement a little, maybe heavier enforcement on it.

I could tell you that um there's a lot of summonses that are being issued for parking.

I can attest to that, right?

Mayor, you get a lot of calls on that too.

Yes, we we had um we had conversations with the chief of police, obviously conversations considering the hours of enforcement overnight.

We understand where residents may be seeking to find additional parking, maybe closer to the corner, and the council had chose collectively to uh re-look at the amount of feet that you can park from the corner.

We actually pass an ordinance on that in line with what the state would allow, but giving a little bit more freedom in parking for the residents.

However, with the chief, we have discussed enforcement during daytime hours, which would cause the issue of impeding visibility on turns, especially into oncoming traffic.

Obviously, there are certain areas depending on one way or dead ends where there may be a little bit more leeway, but we'll revisit that with the chief of police in our next meeting regarding traffic enforcement of individuals parked too close to the corner that would impede visibility and cause a public safety concern, whether with other vehicles or pedestrians.

I'm sorry, yeah.

If it might could ask for a little bit more clarity in what you said, Mr.

Fernandez, a car may park how close based on resolutions that we had done in the past.

Um as the mayor was stating, it was done on a uh more for the overnight parking uh for when people are getting home at night that there was a reduced distance from the corner.

Um, obviously, there's main thoroughfares, which our ordinance didn't change, but the ones that are on local streets overnight, uh, you were allowed to park a little bit closer to the corner that you were previously.

And I want to say 15 feet seems to be the number that I remember what happened was we were enforcing a number of feet that um we were able to reduce according to state laws, um so we decided to bring that a little bit closer to where you can park to the corner overnight in order to provide for additional parking, Council President.

But in the daytime, there is enforcement of any cars that would impede visibility by parking or encroaching upon the corner where you could turn.

Obviously, if you're trying to turn on a corner and a vehicle is parked there and you cannot see oncoming traffic or where you're turning into, you can get into an accident.

So we may need to tighten that up.

But uh, as of right now, we received um received quite quite a lot of compliments after making that change because uh overnight people were getting ticketed all over the city for parking too close to the corner, where uh of course there wasn't a lot of traffic, so it seemed practical.

So we saw what was the minimum amount of fee, or rather say that the maximum amount of feet that we were required to enforce from the corner where you could park.

I believe the uh the business administrator is correct.

I think we were allowed to do up to 15 feet, and we presented before the council, and the council voted to support that, and we were able to change that.

But we will enforce uh or step up enforcement efforts around the city with the parking of the corners.

Yeah, especially coming to the summer months where there's so many children walking.

It just makes it so much more.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Uh on Clary and 22.

Um regarding 23.

Um, I think this would have to also do a little bit with W 27.

Uh road resurfacing, right?

Uh, years ago, the city had either the city's engineer or as outside company did an analysis of all the roads in the city and rated them in terms of you know the best or worse.

Uh are we still following that list from back then, or is this list been updated?

No, no, no, it's up to updated.

We're following a list, a priority list, but it's completely updated.

It gets updated.

I would we recently sent out DPW and engineering to do it, especially after this uh winter.

Winter season and changed the whole thing.

So it gets updated every year.

Yeah, and and uh there was a program the mayor wanted us to look into that uh we did purchase uh the council approved it a couple meetings ago, and it's a tool that you put on um let's say a phone device and it goes on the DPW trucks, and it as you're just driving normal business, you don't have to do anything.

All you gotta do is turn on the phone.

It analyzes and ranks your roads for you.

Really?

Yeah, it was unbelievable when we and so we're in the process right now of mounting those devices on all the DPW uh supervisor trucks, and we hope to get reports shortly of that rating of all our roads so that you know it makes it even makes applications for the DOT a lot easier because we have this analytical tool that we can provide it.

Now, the life of a road repairs typically council meant about 10 years when you pave and mill when you fix a road.

Obviously, when there's road repairs, um, whether from the utility companies or if there's uh sewer line that breaks that can result in issues in the road, and then we have to readdress whether patches or storm, snowstorm or very difficult season that creates a lot of potholes.

But for the most part, it's about 10 years that a road repair will last.

And we tend to update every year just to go around to see after the winter for the spring to get reports from our engineers how our roads are doing, so that when we select roads, when we discuss them with the council and we prioritize appropriately according to need.

Right.

And I would assume that um after the winter now, I guess DPW has been filling put holes for yes.

So I want to take this opportunity to highlight our new director of DPW, Alfredo Bayes.

Over the last few weeks, you will have seen a real change in our city, not only with the curbs being painted with new cleanup initiatives and the entrances and exits to the city on Route 21, but a stepped-up effort to fill in potholes.

Now, of course, there are certain circumstances that need to be considered.

We don't fill potholes in the winter because of the cold temperature, they tend to pop right out.

Then in the spring, we've had some conducive temperature and weather, so we've been able to fill a lot of potholes.

We're also going to see that we ordered some more of the removable uh speed bumps for the street uh arms that we're putting around the city in order to address uh speed issues around the city.

And uh we're really excited about the new efforts in DPW, some of the technology that are being uh it's being incorporated and enforced under the leadership of the director.

So we're extremely excited as to the direction.

And how about attention to county roads?

There are do we give notice to the county when there's issues, potholes in the we do like most recently, not only pahoes.

Uh we identified on Paulson Avenue that there was a portion of the county road that they kept skipping for whatever reason, it's maybe detail was being missed on the county.

We had our engineer reach out to them in our latest report and explain you keep paving up to the board of Clifton, skipping six, seven boxes per sake and paving again.

We've addressed the uh pahoes there.

I think our biggest challenge for the council to be made aware of recently has been the utility companies.

The fact that they've been doing work in the city, they've been patching, they've been obviously addressing, you'll see those sort of rectangle patches that they do, and we have an agreement with them, especially to the extent that they're working significantly on the road that it has to be curved to curb.

Now getting them to come back and pave after we've worked on a street.

I think the business administrator confirmed if we fix the road and you do work afterwards, unless it's emergency or extenuating circumstances, you have to pave it from curve to curve where you did the work.

That's been a bigger challenge getting the utility companies to come back.

They seem to have a figure out that like a few months after they patch it, there's drops two inches or three inches.

The best patch I've never seen is but the challenge is when they do half of the road and it leaves sort of that divide in the middle, and then over time, whether track the trailers or trucks, it begins to open up, spread and become potholes.

But we've been pushing very hard on them to notify us.

Communication becomes key with our engineering because if we can coordinate, and then we don't have to not want to use the word waste, but um we we want to we want to maximize the use of the funding that we have in fixing roads, so we know you're gonna do repairs in May.

We'll put off the fixing of that road until August.

So that's why communication becomes key, whether we're PSLG, the water commission, but we cannot account for emergencies because we don't know when they're coming.

Yeah, and another thing we do at the mayor's direction is we try to, if they're gonna do like half a road, right?

We may negotiate where we'll do the full road and then they'll do a full road, you know, they'll do the full road somewhere else so that we're getting a full road instead of that line down the middle of the road that only did half the road and not the other half.

But throughout this month, throughout the month of May, you'll see our patch crew going around and filling up all of the power.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um resolution 24.

If we can get some understanding of what we're doing for 1.3 million dollars on the plaza deck.

Yeah, so this is the uh NJEDA uh let's call it the remaining COVID funds they had, and this is uh the 5.7 million dollars that is gonna have multiple plazas and two affordable housing projects, small affordable housing projects that are going to be used to offset what the city's coming out of pocket.

So we're using the the total, and the reason I know it says plaza deck, I'm telling you the whole story so you understand where it's coming from, right?

So that the city doesn't have to come out of pocket.

We're using private funds from those developments as our match, and this would do the uh the plaza deck uh where it's going to be different pavers and seating areas, passive recreation, uh to kind of help people congregate in open air.

So that was kind of one of the things that were required under this NJED A grant.

And this is one of like four projects that we're using, uh, which is all plaza deck type.

Yeah, so let's think.

All right, so um for this, what's anticipated, let's say conceptually, right?

Would be that where the flagpole is, where all the trees and the things are and the benches, right?

That would all be removed.

And it would be new pavers, new a new uh flagpole, new uh stage area for flag raisings and for ceremonies instead of using those two steps we currently use, putting benches and and uh different uh aesthetic uh landscaping and lighting throughout it to give it a different feel and make it more uh conducive for public space.

These funds are the COVID.

And Jay for the state, it's a state they grabbed whatever monies they had, put it into a program, um, and they tied a lot of these.

Um they tied affordable housing and they tied outdoor passive recreation areas, uh, and that's kind of what we've done.

This is you're gonna see a few more of these before this the project is done.

And um, I think over the last year you will have noticed as you park the car in the uh in the council parking for the meetings that there was a significant portion of the walkway that the uh bushes and the dirt were removed and cement was placed here.

There was also a practical purpose.

For the last few years, we unfortunately found the area to attract individuals who had nowhere else to go overnight.

And not only were they staying behind the bushes, but using believing themselves there to the extent that they had to in any way that they wanted to.

Some of these small changes again, as the uh business administrator articulated, make it more conducive for cultural and community events that rightfully take place at City Hall while at the same time with the uh additional lighting, very bright spotlights, and uh a little bit of changes uh in terms of the steps and areas, make it less conducive for uh individuals to stay there in hours that we would not expect people to stay there.

That makes sense to everyone without being more direct, and and what it does as well is it ties the parking deck and the new bus terminal, right?

The five million dollar bus terminal from transit.

It's kind of that connection between the commuter getting to the car and coming right and then city hall and all the activities in City Hall.

So it I mean, the the state was very excited when we submitted that as one of the projects.

Thank you.

Thank you about my last question is uh I see uh resolution 28 is uh appointing the director of evil services.

Uh is there a resume that goes on and speaking there was none included in the packet.

I'm sorry, there was none we've spoken about this, Mr.

Understood.

So fortunately, we have the individual here, Marcia Sanabria, who uh used to run the McKinney Venture program for six counties.

Um, Kinney Venture program is the program that assists families and children who find themselves homeless due to fires, students in schools.

Um she has quite an extensive background in running human services over six different counties.

She's actually present right here.

She has been running our human services and doing an excellent job.

Obviously, uh for the council, we can uh provide copies of her resume, which was vetted through our human uh resources department.

And uh, if you want to ask any questions, she came present, ready to respond to any questions that the council may have.

Thank you.

I I think for many of us uh number one uh welcome and congratulations.

Um having said that, it would be helpful to the council.

I think if we could have a few moments to study the resume, perhaps if it could be put in next the next uh we'll definitely add the resume for the next council.

That would be great.

Thank you, Councilman.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilwoman Mellow, please.

Oh um, yeah, so um for thank you, Councilman Monk, because he the ones that actually circled you and um, yes, he did, but we may have uh forgotten to say Marcia's also our relocation officer over the last few months.

She's also been going out at three o'clock in the morning, two o'clock in the morning for fires.

She's been the one making sure that families have a place to relocate, working with the Red Cross.

So we need to add that as well.

We'll share that information.

Thank you.

Yes, so welcome, Masia.

And yes, she's been around for nine months.

Yes, we've met her, and she's doing an excellent job.

So um, for 22, the areas that are gonna be selected, is that something that the city does, or um they impose on which areas are gonna be selected for the so it's gonna be selected based on the danger of the intersection, so that's what's gonna be prioritized.

So the the most accident, the areas with the most accidents or pedestrian uh pedestrian struck by motor vehicles, things of that nature, and then you know, the pair it down into those that are the highest risk, and it but it's a full analysis.

So, my anticipation that we're gonna get for that price.

I'm open 99.9% of every intersection in the entire city is gonna get an analysis, and then they'll give us which ones are the most uh critical.

Yeah, and what exactly are they going to um provide side of um so basically uh what we're anticipating is um a list of the concerns, you know.

Maybe it's the angle of the the crosswalk, maybe it's the the width of the road, maybe it's you know the parking aisle, right?

Um, and then once that is concerned, one of that's done, then they'll start giving us responses to those, as in you know, changing this curbing or doing these.

Usually what they do is they give you a list of items that start from good to best, and then you can choose financially how you can address them, and obviously going from the most critical ones first.

So you'll get you know, maybe you'll get in one of them, it'll be like a calming table.

Maybe they'll tell the mayor to grab one of those portable speed pumps and put it there, and that resolves the issue, right?

So it I wish I could tell you with certainty what they're all gonna have, but there's gonna be significant amount of uh kind of analysis and then recommendations that'll come with each one of those.

Uh I'm sure it'll be like if these are like any other reports, it'll be a generic page with like all the items that you could do, and then it'll pair it down to the intersections, which uh and which one of those would be the best served in that intersection.

Thank you.

If I may, um just asked you to to get us a resume on the uh young lady.

Um, if I could accept practical question, if you wouldn't mind in terms of Mr.

Baez, congratulations.

Will Mr.

Baez be maintaining his responsibilities to the UAZ, or is this as the DMC head of DMC?

Yes, yes, um, as the head of the downtown merchants corporation.

Fortunately, uh, quite a while back, we merged the two into DPW, everyone is operating from there, so there's a natural or symbiotic relationship directly with the DPW and a number of them who operate uh under his leadership actually operate outside of the UEZ zone as well.

Great, thank you.

We also, since you brought that up, we also have with us Oris Tyler Jr., who is our new director of uh Pasin Alliance?

He is here with us and present for the meet lives.

Are there additional questions, please on items 21 through 39?

Is there motion please to accept items 21 through 39?

Second motion and second roll, please councilman monk, yes, councilman love, yes, councilwoman mellow, yes, councilman mayor, yes, councilman Garcia, yes, councilwoman Colombon Tannez, yes, and council president shares.

Yes, thank you.

We're up to uh ordinances for introduction and first greeting amendment nine number 40, please, an ordinance amending proposed ordinance amending the designation of restricted parking for disabled persons by New Jersey license plate number.

Is there a motion to accept for second and final reading at our meeting of May 5th?

Of May 5th.

Is there a motion, please?

Move it, second motion and second, councilman monk, yes, councilman love, yes, councilwoman Mellow, yes, councilman mayor, yes, councilman Garcia, yes, councilman Colombon Tanes, yes, and council president shares.

Yes, thank you.

Uh number 41 proposed ordinance amending the east side redevelopment plan for property identified on the official tax map of the city of Passaic as block 1036, lots one and eight corresponding to one market street in the city of Passaic.

Is there a motion please to accept for set down for second and final reading at our meeting of May 5?

Move it.

Councilman Monk?

That's a question.

Um take the question.

Thank you.

How many units are being proposed?

Um 490.

Oh my gosh, okay.

Yes, excuse me.

Thank you.

Councilman Love.

Yes, Councilman Mello.

Yes, Councilman Mayor, yes, Councilman Garcia.

Yes, Councilman Colombon Tanez, yes, and Council President Shares.

Yes, thank you.

42, please propose an ordinance amending chapter 128.

Employee regulations to add articles two worker payment protection and anti-coercion.

Is there a motion please to sit down for second for reading and meeting of May 5?

There's a motion.

Is there a second motion and second roll call, please?

Councilman Monk?

Yes.

Councilman Love?

Yes.

Councilwoman Mellow?

Yes.

Councilman Mayor?

Yes.

Councilman Garcia?

Yes.

Councilman Colombon Tannez?

Yes.

Council President Sheer.

Yes, thank you.

Payment of bills room, and then we'll turn on our agenda.

Are there any additions or corrections to the bill list, please?

Seeing our lights at this time.

There's no motion, please to accept the bills.

So motion and second roll call.

Councilman Monk?

Yes.

Councilman Love.

Yes.

Councilman Mellow.

Yes.

Councilman Mayor.

Yes.

Councilman Garcia.

Yes.

Councilman Colomo.

Yes.

Council President Sharia.

Yes, thank you.

Administrator's report.

Mr.

Fernandez.

None at this time, Council President.

Very good.

Thank you.

So Mr.

Mayor.

Sure.

Obviously, we discussed the addition of Mr.

Horace Tyler and the new role that Mr.

Wolfredo Bayas have.

We also have here with us Mr.

Louis Fukal, who is recently back from the Navy Academy, graduated from the Navy Academy.

He works with our Pacific Police Department as a representative of our department, overseeing the security at our housing at our housing ashman plays 6th Street, and otherwise, we're extremely excited to have him with us, and congratulations on your graduation of the Academy.

Today you may see uh me and the business administrator addressed a little more casual than usual.

We went to the parks and did our uh annual inspection of the parks.

We actually uh tested out the basketball uh courts and the rims.

Apparently, the basketball rim was straight for his shooting.

I kept insisting they felt crooked and off as I was shooting.

He said it's not the court or the rim.

We're still debating on that, but we were identifying which parks uh were in need of repairs and investment.

I want to share that uh as as we went to Shoshenko Park, and I was looking at the different areas.

We ran into over, I would say 30 young ladies uh from one of the nearby uh schools, all gathered there on their break, and we got to invite them to give us suggestions for the park, what they thought that we should put there, how we should change it, what would make it more conducive for children of their age group.

They ranged from between eight years old and uh up to 13 years old, but it was a wonderful exchange.

I explained that I would share a little with the council, their opinions, some of their suggestions there ranged from pickleball to a potential volleyball uh court with sand, sort of a beach volleyball or volleyball, and uh many other, maybe a spray pad.

Um, we're looking to invest in our parks that we've continue as we've continued to do so.

I also uh want to thank the council for the consideration on ordinance number 42, which uh along with the attorney I describe as the protection for the little guy.

The protection for the little guy, I want to thank the council for considering it and uh for having discussions.

I really wanted to look at it as we have identified a minor gap in protecting uh uh group of individuals that often get taken advantage of in providing service or labor.

Uh what can occur at times, and I'll give you a few examples.

If let's say you invite your uh or contract individuals, two or three to do landscaping at your home, and for whatever reason you decide you don't want to pay them.

You may have identified something, perhaps they're not registered in the city, so you call the city on them to try to avoid payment.

What this ordinance does is that individual or those groups are still accountable, they may still get fines, however, you still have to pay for the services because if you don't, that is theft of service, and you're not allowed to do that, and whereas corporations or greater groups may be protected.

There is a number of individuals within our state that are not, and unfortunately, that could result very much so in uh people being taken advantage of vulnerable individuals who work extremely hard and are getting cheated out of their pay.

It is a principle that this nation has always stood strong on hard days work for fair wage.

We believe that with your unions, we believe that as the American way that people should get paid for the work they do, regardless of circumstances, and if individuals look to take advantage of others for the work they do, whether that be landscaping, uh construction, or any service.

I mean, imagine if if you would allow that you walked into a restaurant and you ordered a meal, nice meal, and the bill comes in.

You for whatever reason identified that the cook doesn't have a right to work here, and the waiter doesn't have a right to work here, so you report them.

That does not exempt you from having to pay for the bill.

You ate the food.

You understood when you came in that there was a cost to that food.

You don't get to decide because you somehow went after the people that served it or the people who prepared it, and that you don't have to pay for the food that you ate.

This gives the city the opportunity to protect those individuals.

It brings up a lot of conversation that we hope will inspire the state to follow suit and to ensure that we are protecting all individuals, no matter their circumstances, no matter their status.

If you do the work, you do it right.

You deserve to be paid for the work that you do.

So I thank you for your support on this, and uh we look forward to having more conversations and welcome any questions.

Also, I'm gonna ask the BA if you can please pass the resume from Miss Marcel to each of the council members.

There are seven resumes uh there provided with the new director of human services and an additional one for the clerk for your record.

Each of you may take this home, obviously, if you need to promote it.

If I may I'm so as per regulation, if we could also have a resume of uh Mr.

Bayers, um well that would come on the official appointment.

He is just I believe they believe there is a process where the council has formal consultation.

Yeah, he hasn't been formally um uh Miss Marcel is, so that's why it's on the agenda, Mr.

Bys.

It would be added when he would be placed on the agenda.

Very good.

Thank you very much, ma'am.

Again, Miss Marcel is available for any questions.

Thank you so much.

Anything else for our evening together.

Have you completed our agenda?

Is there a motion to move it?

Council Brother.

Councilman Monk, yes, councilman love, yes, councilman Mello.

Yes, Councilman Mayor, yes, Councilman Garcia, yes, councilman Colombo Tanez and Council President Shea.

Yes, thank you as everyone may or may not know Weatherly just recently passed her CMC.

Could you explain what that is, ma'am?

Um, it's a designation from the International Clerks Association that I just continued my education past the registered point.

Wow.

An excellent excellent.

Thank you.

I also signed up for the masters from municipal clerk.

So good job.

I will pass on the bill.

The buck stops there.

Thank you.

Uh manager's public managers course together.

Yes, she got a better grade than me.

You had a lot going on.

Yeah, a lot of things.

I sat next to her, so I got a lot of the same answers.

I just couldn't see completely over her shoulders, so it worked out perfectly.