The meeting was called to order by Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. at 7:00 p.m. The Director asked the Clerk to call the roll and the following Freeholders answered to their name:

PRESENT: CREAM, GRECO, NASH, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, MCDONNELL, CAPPELLI
(Freeholder Nash left the room to meet with residents affected by the flooding along the Cooper River)

The Director stated that adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act.

Director Cappelli asked everyone to stand for the invocation and asked Reverend Dr. William B. Wilson of the First United Methodist Church of Collingswood to come forward.

Director Cappelli then called upon Ajar & Brielle Crites of the Collingswood High School Student Council to lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Director Cappelli asked Faith Charlton to come forward to sing the National Anthem.

Director Cappelli welcomed everyone and said it is good to be home.

Director Cappelli advised that the County has available, if requested, large print agendas for the visually impaired. The Director explained that if anyone requires one to please see the Clerk of the Board.

Director Cappelli said we are very pleased to be here this evening in the Borough of Collingswood. The Director said it is the practice of the Board of Freeholders to hold our meeting each month in one of our municipalities outside of the County Seat of Camden so the members of the public will have full access to the meetings. The Director said as it is our custom, we would like to begin tonight’s presentation with the recognition of the governing body here in Collingswood. He called upon Mayor Maley, Commissioner Leonard and Commissioner Hall to come forward.

Director Cappelli said it is particularly special for him to be back here in Collingswood tonight. He said having been born and raised in Collingswood and being a member of the governing body, it is a real privilege to be back here. The Director said it is a thrill to see that the Commissioners and the Mayor continue in the progress of Collingswood. He said we have had such great success in redeveloping our neighborhoods, our main street, and the success continues -- the Lumberyard project will now receive an award, not the first award here in Collingswood from New Jersey Futures. He said on Tuesday, it will be announced with the DRPA, the Borough of Collingswood and Camden County that they will begin a study to construct a transit redevelopment program at the PATCO Speedline Station. The Director said all this is happening because of the leadership of the three people standing before you. They have been dedicated public servants for many years. He said they are my good friends and I am very happy to be here to publicly commend them.

Mayor Maley thanked the Freeholders and said we are always happy to host your meetings here. He said we appreciate the work all year long and he was just saying to Sandi Kelly how great things have been relatively peaceful and calm—just like government working along. It is a very good thing. Mayor Maley said we appreciate all the work and we know how much time everybody here, not just the Freeholders, but the staff puts in to keep everything running and they all do a great job. He said we appreciate the help; we could never do it all alone. Thank you.

PRESENTATION

Director Cappelli said we came tonight bearing gifts. He said one of the big issues for Commissioner Leonard is the environment. He said she has been a staunch proponent of protecting the environment for many years. The Director said because of the recycling efforts of the residents of the Borough of Collingswood, we are able to present a check tonight to the Mayor, Commissioners and residents in the amount of $13,357.00. He said the residents recycled 743 tons of paper, 565 tons of co-mingled glass, plastic and cans. The Director commended them on doing a great job.

Director Cappelli said in the past, we have given out some wonderful gifts, such as water pitchers, picture of the Battleship or County coasters. He said we have changed that. The Director said what we are doing this year is asking the governing body from each town where we have a meeting to name a non-profit organization in town that can use the help. He said the governing body of Collingswood recommended that the Collingswood Special Police be recognized.

Donation

Deputy Director McDonnell called upon Captain Robert Staszewski on behalf of Chief Garrity to come forward.

Deputy Director McDonnell advised that the Collingswood Special Police was established in 1952. He said specials are a group of specially trained officers who attend the Police Academy and three other levels of training. He said these men and women volunteer their time to assist the Collingswood Police Department. He said the Special Police perform their job in a wide variety of capacities and the Specials provide assistance with community events, crowd and traffic control, along with a whole variety of other services to the community. The Deputy Director said to Captain Staszewski, for that reason, on behalf of the Board of Commissioners, we present you with this Certificate and a donation.

COMMUNITY AWARD

Director Cappelli said as we go from town to town we also like to recognize some community volunteers who do a lot of work in each of the municipalities to which we travel and we also seek the input of the governing body on these awards as well. The Director said I am very pleased and honored to present a Community Award to Marlene Granitz. He asked Marlene to come forward.

Director Cappelli said for those who don’t know Marlene, she is a great volunteer. She does a lot of work for the Collingswood Proud Neighbors, an organization that has existed for many years. The Director said they have existed since 1983 and have dedicated themselves to improving the Borough of Collingswood in many different ways, especially the way the Borough of Collingswood looks, our houses, businesses. He said they volunteer their time to improve properties and to raise funds for good causes here in Collingswood. The Director said that Marlene, as its leader, runs things with a very stern hand! He said he can say that and fortunately, he said, he is lucky enough to have Marlene call every year and ask in her own little way whether or not his house could be used for the annual porch brunch, which is a great event every year. The Director said the one thing he can’t do is say, “No” to Marlene. Director Cappelli said there are many other things about Marlene that he didn’t know about until he read some of the notes here today. The Director said she is a very successful and busy woman – we all know that. He said she still makes a trip to Allentown every week to see her father and to help him with his home maintenance. She said her grandfather and her father did it all themselves and taught her the ins and outs of climbing ladders, stripping window frames, and painting wood porches. He said that is where she learned all of her special skills. The Director said when she came to New Jersey, Marlene thought she was coming to a modern town, but wound up in Collingswood, an old town, going back to the year 1888 and immediately became involved in improving homes here in Collingswood. She is the President and Event Chair of Proud Neighbors and participates in many, many different activities, including the Old House Workshop that she conducts which helps teach people how to restore windows and other old parts of their home. The Director said she has been a fantastic volunteer in Collingswood, a great citizen and we are very happy tonight to present her with this Proclamation. The Director then presented Ms. Granitz with the Proclamation.

Ms. Granitz thanked the Freeholders for this award. She said it is with much credit to all the volunteers that makes this community vibrant and makes Collingswood the success that it is only with all the volunteer activities. She said she hopes everyone will participate in the next months in the upcoming events. She said we have the Old House Workshop this Saturday and next Saturday on porches and exterior woodwork repair. Ms. Granitz said on May 20th, we have our annual porch brunch and house tour. She urged everyone to join them.

COMMUNITY AWARD

Freeholder Rodriguez called upon Captain Bob Staszewski to come forward. Freeholder Rodriguez said we would also like to give you a Community Award on behalf of the Freeholders of Camden County. The Freeholder read the Proclamation. The Freeholder said that we are recognizing Bob this evening as a public safety professional who has demonstrated exceptional dedication. She noted that Captain Staszewski has served as a Special Police Officer for 30 years working his way up through the ranks from Patrol to Captain. She said after he served for 10 years, the State required that all Special Officers attend The Police Academy. She said Bob added to his commitment by completing a 10-month program, held at night while working full-time in caring for his family. Freeholder Rodriguez further noted that Captain Staszewski is well-known for his dedication in working with the youth in town. She said he was a Little League team manager for 20 years and now that more young people are planning on public safety as a career and joining the Specials; Captain Staszewski is both mentor and teacher. Freeholder Rodriguez said that Bob has earned the respect and admiration of the Department’s rank and file with his years of experience and wealth of knowledge. On behalf of the entire Board of Freeholders, Freeholder Rodriguez congratulated him for all his hard work.

Director Cappelli recognized and welcomed Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt.

PROCLAMATION

Freeholder Cream welcomed everyone. Freeholder Cream said for those of you who do not know, I am the liaison to the Camden County Library System. Freeholder Cream said this week is National Library Workers Week. Freeholder Cream said because of that, I have the distinct privilege of presenting a Proclamation to one of Camden County’s finest. Freeholder Cream called forward Linda Babli, along with her husband and Linda Devlin. Freeholder Cream said Linda Babli is a supervising library assistant and assistant supervisor for the Information and Technology Department at Voorhees. Freeholder Cream said Linda has been with the Library System since 1982. Freeholder Cream said she teaches both customers and colleagues at forums, including regional and state library conferences. Freeholder Cream said that Linda is extremely savvy with both computers and also with people! The Freeholder said that is very important. Freeholder Cream said she resolves most high level technological and customer service issues. Colleagues and superiors have described her in the following manner – dedicated, competent, creative, exemplary, patient and a good listener, appreciative and very knowledgeable. Freeholder Cream said she is highly recommended by her branch manager and the library director, Miss Linda Devlin. Freeholder Cream said she takes the time to recognize and thank all of the wonderful staff that works with her and along side of her in each library system in this County. Freeholder Cream said for that reason, the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders honors Linda Babli tonight. The Freeholder said it is our desire to focus attention on National Library Workers Day. The Freeholder said there are thousands of public, academic school, governmental and specialized libraries in the United States and they provide, as everyone knows, excellent and invaluable service to library users regardless of age, ethnicity or socio-economic background. The Freeholder said that Linda Babli is a Camden County Library worker who is consistently outstanding in all of the adjectives that she mentioned before. The Freeholder said Linda also knows how to motivate people and to work with them in order to have them do their very best at what they do. The Freeholder said it is important to recognize the unique contributions of all library workers and their value to individuals in this society. Freeholder Cream said we are honoring you tonight as an example of the outstanding people who serve our nation in our libraries. The Freeholder said she can’t think of a more fitting place for our young people, our seniors and our middle aged people to go to help to educate them than the library, not only in Camden County but in our entire country. The Freeholder then congratulated and presented Linda Babli with the Proclamation.

Ms. Babli said it is truly an honor to be recognized by her co-workers. She said I love working at the Camden County Library. She said she worked there for a long time. She said the people are super and she couldn’t have asked for a nicer bunch of people to work with and likes to boast about the library. She said we not only provide excellent customer service to the people who walk through our front doors but we do it amongst each other. Ms. Babli said it has been a little tough times this year with the departments within the system but they only see themselves as a department unto themselves but they actually rally around other departments as they need it and it really makes it a great place to work. She said we have all supported each other and said she is very appreciative to be at the Camden County Library System. Thank you.

Linda Devlin, Director of the Camden County Library System, thanked Linda Babli and all of the employees that work for the Camden County Library System. Ms. Devlin said she really takes pride in offering excellent superior services to the residents of Camden County in our libraries. She said it is made possible through people like Linda Babli and the other employees who work very hard every day to serve you. She thanked Linda and all the employees who work for the Library System.

Freeholder Cream acknowledged Mr. Babli and thanked him for supporting his wife in the wonderful job that she does for the County.

The Director then advised the next order of business is as follows:

Resolution h

RESOLUTION PURSANT TO N.J.S.A. 40a:4-8,
AUTHORIZING THE 2007 CAMDEN COUNTY BUDGET
TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY.

Adoption of Resolution h

Director Cappelli asked for a motion to adopt Resolution h. Freeholder Ripa made a motion to adopt the Resolution with a second by Freeholder Cream and on roll call:

AYE: CREAM, GRECO, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, MCDONNELL, CAPPELLI
ABSENT: NASH

(Freeholder Nash was not present at this time to vote)

Resolution i

PUBLIC HEARING – RESOLUTION TO EXCEED THE COUNTY APPROPRIATION LIMITS AND TO ESTABLISH A CAP BANK
(N.J.S.A. 40:A:4-45.14) FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2007.

The Director called the meeting open to the public for discussion of this Resolution only. There being no one wishing to comment, the Director asked for a motion to close the public hearing. Deputy Director McDonnell made a motion to close the public hearing with a second by Freeholder Rodriguez and on roll call, all Freeholders present voted aye to close the public hearing.

Adoption of Resolution i

Director Cappelli asked for a motion to adopt Resolution i.
Deputy Director McDonnell made a motion to adopt the Resolution with a second by Freeholder Rodriguez and on roll call:

AYE: CREAM, GRECO, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, MCDONNELL, CAPPELLI
ABSENT: NASH
(Freeholder Nash was not present at this time to vote)

Resolution j

PUBLIC HEARING – RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION
OF THE 2007 CAMDEN COUNTY BUDGET.

Director Cappelli opened the meeting to the public on discussion of this Resolution only.

Katherine Fostic of Haddon Township addressed the Freeholders with regard to the revenue section of the budget. Ms. Fostic said with reference to the interest on investments and deposits that are referenced in the budget in 2006, $1,476,000, etc. was projected and it actually was $2,751,000 plus. She said she is interested to know how that interest accumulated, what is it actually on. She said she wanted to know what do we have under the County that took in so much interest. Director Cappelli called upon Chief Financial Officer, David McPeak. Mr. McPeak responded and said the additional money is interest bearing specifically a higher interest rate. Mr. McPeak said we are allowed to anticipate the amount of money in revenues that we received in the previous year. He said if you look in 2006 that figure is what we received in 2005. He said we actually realized more because during that year interest rates went up and at one point we were getting less than 1 percent and we are now up around 5 percent. He said it is on the same money, it is just a higher interest rate. Ms. Fostic asked on what money, what has accumulated the interest? Mr. McPeak responded and said it is cash flow. He said the County constantly gets revenues from various different sources and we always have bills. Ms. Fostic said it says investments, what are we investing in? Mr. McPeak responded and said CD’s. Ms. Fostic then asked what is public health-third party reimbursements. She said in 2006 it was $80,000 plus and the actual amount was $310,000.00, what does that actually entail? Mr. McPeak said that is medicare, reimbursement coming in from the Federal Government. Ms. Fostic said to clarify the Haddonfield-Berlin Traffic Signal, the Township of Cherry Hill, there is $953,532.00 which shows as revenue but it also shows in the appropriation for doing and asked where that money is coming from? Mr. McPeak responded and said it comes from State grants. Ms. Fostic asked if it was for this year that this particular project is going to be worked on? Mr. McPeak said he believes so. Mr. McPeak interjected also that as the year goes on they receive more grants. He said there are grants that aren’t in this budget that we don’t know about yet but we probably get more. Ms. Fostic said if you look at the budget, one year apparently it fluctuates; one year you will have grants in certain categories and then the next year it would be other categories and not in that one. She said so it changes from year to year? Mr. McPeak responded in the affirmative and said whatever grants are available.

Ms. Fostic then went on to say that she is interested to know about recycling. She asked that when the County has revenue from the bottles and cans recycling, you have a sharing type thing for $307,000.00. Where does that come from under the County? Where is the recycling process for that? Mr. McPeak responded and said it is from all the municipalities. Director Cappelli interjected and said what that represents is when we take these recycled products and sell them in the market that is the revenue we receive. Ms. Fostic said if Haddon Township turns in stuff for recycling to the County and then the County sells it and then it goes to the town for their portion. Director Cappelli said that the check Collingswood received tonight was for their portion of the recycling products. Ms. Fostic said then each town gets a portion of what the County received for the recycling.

Ms. Fostic then asked about the LARC School and if it was a County school. Ms. Fostic said in the budget it shows that there is $780,000.00 in revenue. Director Cappelli responded and said the school itself is not a County school but the building is a County building. Ms. Fostic said the $780,000 revenue is what? Ms. Deborah Silverman Katz responded and said it is State money that went to the school. Mr. McPeak said it is a grant of state money funds.

With regard to Dockside PILOT, Ms. Fostic asked it is $122,657.00 which was originally $71,368.00; what is the Dockside PILOT? Mr. McPeak responded and said it pertains to development projects along the waterfront in Gloucester City. He said PILOT stands for Payment in Lieu of Taxes. Ms. Fostic said she is familiar with that term.

Ms. Fostic then said that under the Register of Deeds, you are taking in more money $1,061,994 than last year which was $892,910.00. Director Cappelli said that is a function of the number of real estate sales. Director Cappelli noted that the value of property in the real estate economy here in Camden County is just incredible. He said we can only base that figure on prior year experience.

Ms. Fostic then asked for an explanation of Sheet 10 of the Budget with regard to General Revenues, the figures that go from $71 million dollars down to $10 million dollars under Government Services: Public and Private Revenues Offset with Appropriations. Mr. McPeak responded and said they are the grants. He said that is what he was referring to earlier. He said we will get grants throughout the year that will bring that $10 million for this year to grow as the year goes on.

With regard to Local Revenues, which went from $11 million dollars to $13 million dollars, what is that? Mr. McPeak said that is a sub-total of things on investments.

With regard to the Appropriations cited in the budget, Ms. Fostic asked about the break-down as shown on Sheets 12, 13, 14, etc. She said there are sections under County Counsel, which states “other expenses” $3,852,000.00 and it was $952,000.00. She wanted an explanation as to what “other expenses” covers under County Counsel? Director Cappelli said that is the reserve of funds for settlement of litigation. The Director said we have to do our best to try to anticipate what may be ahead during the year so we want to play it safe and have enough money in that fund to resolve cases if we can. The Director said there has been litigation out of the Sheriff’s Department that has been existing for a few years that will probably come to a head this year. Ms. Fostic then noted that there is a category of “Other Expenses” under Public Information ($1,111,000.00) and the Courthouse ($2,022,000.00) and wanted to know what this money is going to under “other expenses”. She said why is so much money thrown in under “other expenses”? Mr. McPeak said that is the format we have to give to the State. He said we internally break that down into various line items such as under the courthouse – electric, heat. Ms. Fostic asked where she could see that and Mr. McPeak said it is public information and she can get a copy of it.

Ms. Fostic asked about Workmen’s Compensation, it went from $700,000 to $1,700,000 and insurance premiums at $13 million dollars. Deputy Director McDonnell said insurance premiums have skyrocketed. Ms. Fostic asked about the engineering department. She said it was $664,000.00 and is now $831,000.00 for this year. She said Planning was $45,000.00 and it is now up to $242,000.00. She asked if this is for a lot of plans and engineering for projects in the County? Mr. Kelly, Director of Public Works responded and said overall aside from design projects, we are working on a couple of major projects, bridges reconstruction and major road reconstruction. Ms. Fostic then said she noticed that the Department of Corrections is down $26 million from $30 million. Director Cappelli responded and said one of the big reasons why that number is down is that we have been able to reduce the number of inmates that are there on a daily basis. He said we have been able to do that through some very aggressive efforts on our part; some cooperation from the judiciary and the Prosecutor’s Office and also from the Warden. The Director said two years ago the jail population at one point was up to over 2,000 inmates. He said we now have it down to just over 1,500. The Director said that is not because we are sending 500 criminals out on the street, we are just making sure that criminal justice is disposed of in a much more efficient manner. The Director said we are able to process prisoners more quickly. The Director said most of that is overtime expense reductions. Ms. Fostic then asked about the heading, “salary adjustment” at $3,819,000 last year now it is up to $5,500,000. Mr. McPeak said that actually represents salary and wage contractual agreement with the employees. Director Cappelli interjected and said our overall personnel expenses over the past year if you added them altogether have decreased by $7 million dollars.

Ms. Fostic then said she is interested in the CCIA, Camden County Improvement Authority, (sheet 28), the Wiggins Marina and the lease payments is $25,611,079.00. She asked for an explanation. Mr. McPeak responded and said that is debt service we financed our capital budget through the CCIA bonds and we lease back and in effect that is payment to the bondholders. It is funneled through the CCIA, he said.

Ms. Fostic then asked about the boathouse. She said she didn’t see anything regarding the boathouse. She asked where in the budget is the money required to run the boathouse. Director Cappelli said one thing about the boathouse, it was built mostly with grant funds so you won’t see a big number as far as the construction of the building. The Director said out of the $6 million dollars to construct it, $5 million dollars were grant funds. Ms. Fostic asked if there is any category with the boathouse under the budget. Mr. McPeak said that is under contract with Rutgers through revenues of the boathouse. He said that is not part of our budget. He said we have a contract with Rutgers to run and manage the facility.

(Freeholder Nash returned and was seated at 7:45 p.m.)

Freeholder Nash said that Camden County owns the boathouse and Camden County in order to make sure that it was not going to be financially responsible for the day to day operations in paying employees and not having the taxpayers pay those costs, we entered into an agreement with Rutgers which has the expertise of running crew and boathouse facilities. He said we entered into a contract and Rutgers agreed to take on the financial responsibility of all those costs and in exchange of that they collect all the revenue so it doesn’t cost the taxpayers anything. Ms. Fostic asked if they were running the parties? Freeholder Nash responded and said there are caterers that the people have an option to select – Rutgers oversees the management of that. Ms. Fostic asked what happens now since they eliminated their crew? Freeholder Nash said that is not Rutgers Camden, it was Rutgers News Brunswick. Mr. Angilella interjected and said Camden still has a crew. Ms. Fostic asked where those reports would be available as to how the boathouse is doing? She asked if it came from the County. Freeholder Nash said we get revenue figures from Rutgers and we find out how much. He said if she is interested, it is a public document and she can contact his office for a copy.

Ms. Fostic then asked about the new Camden County Emergency Training Center. She said is it over so many years - $7.6 million dollars that is going to be built and asked when that will be starting? Director Cappelli said we are actually going to award the contract tonight with the contractor. He said construction will begin some time this year. He said that it is down at Lakeland and it is a $7.6 million dollar facility. The Director said we will be receiving a grant to pay for a significant part of that as well through CRDA (Casino Redevelopment Authority) money. He said we will receive a $3.5 million dollar grant. The Director said what this will be is a regional training facility for South Jersey for emergency personnel (fire, first responders, EMT’s). He said it will provide a state-of-the-art facility that our public safety community is very excited about.

Ms. Fostic said as a citizen and taxpayer basically the money all comes from us. She said you can say it is coming from whatever direction but in the long run, we are involved in so many different ways. Ms. Fostic said when I am paying over $1,000.00 to just the County government, I am trying to figure what is really happening. She asked - the Parks and the shows and the theater in Collingswood, where does all that money come in and out of the budget? Director Cappelli responded and said that would be under Special Events. He said we spend $1.1 million dollars a year on Special Events through sponsorships, through ticket revenues and we recoup about 75 to 80 percent of that money every year.


Ms. Fostic asked about advertising Camden County. What does that come under and how much. Director Cappelli said he believes the number is about $850,000.00 to promote Camden County. He said we reduced it by 10 percent. The Director said one way to attract new residents to Camden County and one way to attract new businesses to Camden County is to market Camden County. He said we are competing with the rest of the world for businesses and residents. He said we have been recognized by INC Magazine for our efforts and another National Magazine recognized our efforts. The Director said the economy is strong in Camden County and that is not just by accident. Ms. Fostic believes it is a lot of money. The Director responded and said there are a lot of very skilled people that we attract. The Director said if you are a company looking to locate somewhere in the United States, would you go to an area in the nation that is advertising for your business or one that’s not. Ms. Fostic responded and said it all depends on what’s going on.

Director Cappelli said he would like to tell her about the budget. The Director said this year we are reducing the budget by $5 million dollars so we are actually reducing the amount of money we are spending in the year 2007 by $5 million dollars over the last year. He said we are the only County in the State of New Jersey doing this; we are reducing our tax rate to $.64 which is the lowest it has been in decades. The Director said there is a reason why this is all happening. He said over the past couple of years, the Board of Freeholders has given a task and an objective to our administrators which is to reduce spending, reduce the number of employees, which we have done by over 15% over the past three years, which has allowed us to reduce personnel spending by over $7 million dollars this year. The Director said because of the efforts of our administration and the work of my colleagues and the great work of our employees in Camden County who are making sure that the level of services that we have in Camden County continue to exist at the level they have existed despite the fact that there are fewer employees, we are able to reduce the tax rate this year. Because of this reduction, twenty-one of the municipalities in Camden County will actually see a tax reduction on the County part of their bill and six municipalities will actually see about the same number from last year. The Director said property values in Camden County have increased $4.4 billion dollars over the past year. The Director said he thinks that tells the world that Camden County is a good place to work and a good place to live. He said at this time I would like to recognize Deputy Director Ed McDonnell who has been working hard with Finance, our Administrator, Ross Angilella, the DCA’s and our employees for the great work they have done in producing this budget which gives us a lot to be proud of – we are maintaining services while reducing spending. He congratulated everyone in the County for their great work.

The Director asked if anyone else from the public would like to address the Board. There being no one wishing to make comment as to this public hearing, he asked for a motion to close the public portion on this matter. Freeholder Greco made a motion to close the public hearing with a second by Freeholder Cream and on roll call, all Freeholders present voted aye.

Adoption of Resolution j

ADOPTION OF THE 2007 CAMDEN COUNTY BUDGET

The Director asked for a motion to Adopt Resolution j (the 2007 Camden County Budget). Deputy Director McDonnell made a motion to adopt the Resolution with a second by Freeholder Rodriguez and on roll call, all Freeholders present voted aye.

MINUTES

The Director said the next order of business is the Minutes of our previous meeting and asked for a motion to accept the Minutes as presented. Freeholder Cream made a motion to adopt the Minutes with a second by Freeholder Rodriguez and on roll call:

AYE: CREAM, GRECO, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, MCDONNELL, CAPPELLI
ABSTAIN: NASH

CORRESPONDENCE

The Director then asked the Clerk of the Board if there was any correspondence. The Clerk answered that there was no correspondence.

COMPTROLLER

The Director then asked for a motion to adopt the Comptroller’s Report. Deputy Director McDonnell made a motion to adopt with a second by Freeholder Greco and on roll call, all Freeholders present voted aye.

The Director announced that the next portion of this meeting will be opened to the public for discussion on the Resolutions that the Freeholders are going to be acting upon this evening. He said there will be another public session after the meeting, at which time the public can ask any questions they want regarding the business of the County or anything else they wish to talk about. The Director said that he asks that this portion of the public hearing be limited to the Resolutions that the Freeholders are going to be voting on.

The Director then declared the public hearing open. Seeing no one wishing to speak, Director Cappelli asked for a motion to close the public hearing. Deputy-Director McDonnell made a motion to close the public hearing with a second by Freeholder Ripa and all Freeholders present voted aye.

The Director said we are going to stray from our agenda for a minute and make a presentation with Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt.

COMMUNITY AWARD

Deputy Director McDonnell said it is a great honor for him to be here with Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt, one of the newest members of the State Assembly and someone who has done such spectacular things already for people of Camden County and particularly in his real job as the Vice President of Camden County College. The Deputy Director said he wanted to give a little prelude to our real business and that is to tell you that through the efforts of Pam, students who now graduate from Community Colleges all over New Jersey, who have had the bad experience for many years of transferring to four-year colleges only to be told – well we are only going to accept some of your credits but not all of them and he noted that the decision is always very arbitrary. He said it has even happened in cases where the course that is not accepted at the 4 year college was taught by an Adjunct Professor from that 4 year College. He said it is really quite bizarre. The Deputy Director said those things went on for a long time and it has been a big issues because it forces students to pay again to take those courses when they get to the 4 year school and, of course, it costs the taxpayers because tuitions at community colleges and at 4 year colleges are subsidized by the taxpayers. Tuitions don’t begin to pay the real costs. The Deputy Director said against all odds, Assemblywoman Lampitt has taken on that challenge and through much difficulty she endured she has had the Bill passed in the Assembly and it is now in the Senate waiting for a vote on May 10th. He said hopefully it will be passed there and go to the Governor. He said it will be a great day for public education – Higher education in New Jersey. The Deputy Director said he knows that is not our business here tonight but he really wanted to salute her for doing such a great job for all of us.

Deputy Director McDonnell then called upon Beth Auerswald to come forward. He said this is a surprise to Beth. The Deputy Director advised that Beth Auerswald is the Assemblywoman’s aide. He said Beth is Pam’s right hand person for getting things done. He said in addition to the great work that Beth does supporting the kinds of initiatives that Pam and to some extent that Lou Greenwald work on, Beth did something special that Pam wanted him to bring to everyone’s attention. He said it happened several months ago and we tried to do this at the March meeting but because of business in the Assembly, Pam and Beth were not able to attend. The Deputy Director said what happened was Beth lives in Gloucester City but she attends the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden as her Parish Church. He said she was at church one day and Monsignor Mannion, who is a great provider and helper for the poor in the City of Camden was preaching a sermon in which he was talking about the documentary that appeared on 20-20, which highlighted the lives of three families in the City of Camden and in particular three young people. The Deputy Director said it was a very touching and moving experience. Monsignor Mannion working with those folks in the City for all these years, it was particularly poignant for him to watch this show. So, he preached about it on Sunday, Beth was in the congregation and she was so moved by this. Unbeknownst to anyone, Beth spoke with the Monsignor and he told her more about what he had seen and about the families and in particular about one young boy, Billy Joe. The Deputy Director said Beth decided that she really was so touched by this story that she wanted to do something about it. Without anyone knowing it, Beth called up the President of Camden County College, and explained the situation about Billy Joe, who would be the first in his family to graduate from High School and was going to make it and get out of High School. He wanted to go to College and because he was extremely poor, going to college seemed like the most remote possibility for his life. She called the President of the College, asked him to explain to her, how is it that people get to go to college, how do they get to afford it if they are poor. He explained to her the entire financial aid network and how students became eligible. Beth followed up on that and in less than two weeks, Billy Joe was enrolled at Camden County College. He said he checked on Billy Joe before the March meeting when he thought we were going to do this Proclamation just to make sure how Billy Joe is doing. The Deputy Director said he is doing great; he is attending classes. The Deputy Director said he started out and had a rough go of it and then counselors talked to him and now he is doing extremely well in all of his classes. The Deputy Director said this is a huge success story for him personally and a nice story for the City of Camden but more than anything, it is a spectacular tribute to Beth who has no cause to do this – no reason to do this except for her own personal, emotional commitment to do something about something she saw that needed doing. The Deputy Director said to Beth, on behalf of the Board of Freeholders, he wants to salute her for this wonderful contribution. He also thanked Assemblywoman Lampitt for bringing this to the Freeholders’ attention. He then congratulated Beth and presented her with the Proclamation.

Assemblywoman Lampitt said the Deputy Director said everything very eloquently. She said this is a woman who selflessly acts every single day to serve at the pleasure of her and Assemblyman Lou Greenwald. Assemblywoman Lampitt said Beth does things every single day out of the kindness of her heart. She said Beth was able to connect her worlds because of all the great work we have been doing with the County Colleges, she has been able to develop wonderful relationships and she used those relationships—those partnering relationships to the benefit of somebody else. She said this was just truly a marvelous story that we wanted to share with everybody here. She said Beth is a marvelous individual and we are so very proud of her.

Beth said she is very surprised. She said she will never tell the Assemblywoman anything like this again. She said for those of you who work in any kind of government, it is things like this where we can connect the two worlds. She said for her to be able to pick up the phone and call the President of Camden County College and within literally by the end of the week this young man was in college; to be able to do that from a personal level and from a professional level that is why she does what she does. She said she knows that is why most everyone here in the room does what they do in government. She said she is really shocked by this and also for someone who works in their office on ceremonial awards, it is nice to be on the other end receiving one. Thank you very much.

The Director said that at our Caucus on Tuesday evening, the Board of Freeholders reviewed the resolutions to be acted upon tonight. He said it was at that time that the Board discussed items to be voted on and we will be voting on resolutions in blocks based on unanimous consent of the Freeholders.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF
CONTRACT (BID A-4) WITH VARIOUS
APPROVED VENDORS FOR THE PURCHASE
OF HOUSEHOLD JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
FOR VARIOUS CAMDEN COUNTY DEPARTMENTS.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF
CONTRACT (BID A-7) WITH VARIOUS
APPROVED VENDORS FOR THE PURCHASE
OF PAPER PRODUCTS FOR VARIOUS
CAMDEN COUNTY DEPARTMENTS.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD
OF CONTRACT PURSUANT TO A
SOLICITATION OF QUOTATIONS WITH
AMSAN, LLC FOR THE PURCHASE OF
PRO ICE MELT IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $5,525.00 – CAF
#9900130006.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO IKON
OFFICE SOLUTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL LABOR
AND SUPPLY COST FOR COPY MACHINES IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $972.15. FUNDING IS
AVAILABLE IN THE 2007 RESERVE FUND.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
AND THE CITY OF CAMDEN FOR THE JOINT PROVISION OF
CONSTRUCTION OF MUNICIPAL COURTROOMS IN CITY
HALL.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD OF
CONTRACT PURSUANT TO A PUBLICLY ADVERTISED
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WITH INTERTECH
ASSOCIATES FOR THE PROVISION OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING SERVICES
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7,040.00 –
CAF #9900130495.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT
AMENDMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY
OF CAMDEN AND GARRISON ARCHITECTS
FOR ADDITIONAL ELEVATOR RENOVATION/
REPLACEMENT SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $58,630.00 – CAF #9900130283.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION REJECTING BID A-6, ROOF RESTORATION
FOR THE FAILURE OF THE LOWEST BIDDER TO COMPLY
WITH THE BID SPECIFICATIONS AND FOR OTHER PROPOSALS
BEING OVER BUDGET.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolutions:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT PURSUANT
TO A PUBLICLY ADVERTISED COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO RADEY & ASSOCIATES FOR
ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE
ADDITION TO AND RENOVATION OF THE LARC SCHOOL
FOR THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $73,800.00 – CAF #9900130647.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call the following vote resulted.

AYE: CREAM, GRECO, NASH, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, CAPPELLI
ABSTAIN: MCDONNELL

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION APPROVING PERSONNEL ACTIONS
REQUESTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF FREEHOLDER
CREAM.

Freeholder Greco moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN
THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS) AND THE CAMDEN COUNTY
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY FOR SNOW
PLOWING/ICE CONTROL ON CAMDEN COUNTY
ROADS.

Freeholder Greco moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF
CAMDEN (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS) AND
THE GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
AUTHORITY FOR SNOW PLOWING/ICE CONTROL ON
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP ROADS.

Deputy Director McDonnell moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Rodriguez. On roll call the following vote resulted.

AYE: CREAM, NASH, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, MCDONNELL, CAPPELLI
ABSTAIN: GRECO

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A
PETITION BY THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS) WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION TO IMPROVE THE AT-GRADE RAIL
CROSSING OF BERLIN/CROSS KEYS ROAD (CR689) AND
CONRAIL’S BEESLEY’S POINT SECONDARY LINE.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Cream. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A ONE (1) MONTH
EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACTS BY AND
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN AND
TRAP ROCK, INDS; AMERICAN ASPHALT CO.;
AND ARAWAK PAVING CO., INC. INC. (BID B-2)
FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR MATERIALS PENDING
RE-PROCUREMENT OF SAME.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Cream. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COUNTY CONSENT
TO THE GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING BUS STOP RELOCATIONS ON
VARIOUS COUNTY ROADS IN THE TOWNSHIP AND
AMENDING CHAPTER 81, SECTION 81-28 OF THE
TOWNSHIP CODE, ENTITLED “BUS STOPS”

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call the following vote resulted.

AYE: CREAM, NASH, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, MCDONNELL, CAPPELLI
ABSTAIN: GRECO

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COUNTY CONSENT
TO THE VOORHEES TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE #86-
07 ESTABLISHING AN ADDITIONAL BUS STOP ON
WHITE HORSE ROAD (CR673), VOORHEES TOWNSHIP.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RIGHT OF WAY
LAND ACQUISITION, BLOCK 240, LOT 58.03
FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BLACKWOOD/
CLEMENTON ROAD (CR534), TWP. OF GLOUCESTER
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $24,650.00 –
CAF #9900130410.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call the following vote resulted.

AYE: CREAM, NASH, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, MCDONNELL, CAPPELLI
ABSTAIN: GRECO

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD OF
CONTRACT, PURSUANT TO A PUBLICLY
ADVERTISED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, BY
AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS) AND
REMINGTON & VERNICK FOR CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT/ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES
FOR STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AND
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM ON VARIOUS
ROADWAYS LOCATED IN COOPER PLAZA AND
LANNING SQUARE, CITY OF CAMDEN IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $784,300.00 –
CAF #9900130664.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD OF
CONTRACT WITH CARR & DUFF, INC. FOR
THE DVRPC TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION/
COORDINATION (BID B-1) ON HADDONFIELD-
BERLIN ROAD (CR561), TWP. OF CHERRY HILL
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $849,961.50 –
CAF #9900130311.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTIONS APPROVING PERSONNEL ACTIONS
REQUESTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF FREEHOLDER
GRECO.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION INSERTING CHAPTER 159 FUNDS
INTO THE BUDGET FOR JOHNSON PARK
REHABILITATION GREEN ACRES GRANT
IN AN AMOUNT OF $500,000.00.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OPEN SPACE,
RECREATION, AND FARMLAND, AND HISTORIC
PRESERVATION TRUST FUND TAX.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AMENDING SIGNATORIES FOR ALL
WIGGINS PARK MARINA AGREEMENTS.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION OFFERING COUNTY SUPPORT FOR
THE RENEWAL OF THE GARDEN STATE
PRESERVATION TRUST.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION OFFERING COUNTY SUPPORT
FOR THE U.S. MAYOR’S CLIMATE
PROTECTION AGREEMENT.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION #28
ADOPTED MARCH 15, 2007, AUTHORIZING
SUBMISSION BY THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS)
FOR THE 2007 ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION SMART
GROWTH PLANNING GRANT APPLICATION.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION APPROVING PERSONNEL ACTIONS
REQUESTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF FREEHOLDER
NASH.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION INSERTING CHAPTER 159 FUNDS
INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE OF THE
PROSECUTOR’S BULLETPROOF VEST PROGRAM
IN AN AMOUNT OF $13,124.50.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION INSERTING CHAPTER 159 FUNDS INTO
THE BUDGET FOR THE PARK POLICE BULLETPROOF
VEST PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT OF $1,716.54.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION INSERTING CHAPTER 159 FUNDS
INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY OF
CAMDEN (OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR)
INSURANCE FRAUD REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM
’07 IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000.00.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION INSERTING CHAPTER 159 FUNDS
INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY ENHANCED 9-1-1 GENERAL
ASSISTANCE GRANT ’06 – ’07 IN AN AMOUNT
OF $180,400.00.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SUBSTITUTION
IN AN AMOUNT OF $45,000.00 FOR THE PURCHASE
OF A FORKLIFT FOR THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS) FACILITY
WAREHOUSE.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION BY
THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (OFFICE OF THE
PROSECUTOR) FOR THE 2006 LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT FUND
APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,940.00

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION
BY THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (OFFICE OF THE
PROSECUTOR) FOR THE 2007 BULLETPROOF
VEST PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION
IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,959.00.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE SUBMISSION
BY THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (OFFICE
OF THE PROSECUTOR) FOR THE PROJECT
SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD ANTI-GANG
INITIATIVE GRANT APPLICATION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $175,813.00.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF
CAMDEN (OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR) TO
CONDUCT THE SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY
NO LONGER NEEDED FOR PUBLIC USE ON AN
ONLINE AUCTION WEBSITE.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT BY
AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR) AND WARNOCK
MOTOR SALES, INC., (STATE CONTRACT A-767129)
FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO (2) 2007 DODGE
CHARGERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$35,892.00 – CAF #9900130534.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF
CAMDEN (OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF) TO TRANSFER
A 1998 FORD E-250 VAN TO THE RUNNEMEDE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF
CAMDEN (OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF) TO DONATE
FIFTEEN (15) FILE CABINETS TO THE RUNNEMEDE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION BY
THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS) FOR THE 2007 BULLETPROOF
VEST PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION
IN THE AMOUNT OF $84,021.00.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY
THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS) TO AMSAN, LLC FOR REPAIRS
TO ONE (1) EUREKA VACUUM AND TWO (2)
NSS MUSTANG BUFFERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $468.40 – CAF #9900129508.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A MONTH TO
MONTH AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE
COUNTY OF CAMDEN (DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS) AND KEEFE COMMISSARY
NETWORK, LLC FOR THE PROVISION OF
COMMISSARY SERVICES PENDING RE-
PROCUREMENT OF SAME AT NO COST TO
THE COUNTY.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION
BY THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (CAMDEN OF
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY) FOR THE
2007 BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM APPLICATION.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT
EXTENSION WITH CAMDEN COUNTY EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES COMMISSION FOR PROVISION OF
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT THE CAMDEN COUNTY
YOUTH CENTER THROUGH 6/30/08 IN A TOTAL
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $661,510.00. COUNTY PORTION
NOT TO EXCEED $356,400.00 – CAF #9900130452 FOR
$205,920.00. BALANCE OF FUNDING IS CONTINGENT
UPON THE AVAILABILITY AND APPROPRIATION OF
FUNDS IN THE 2007 AND 2008 TEMPORARY AND
PERMANENT BUDGETS.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER
#6 BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(YOUTH CENTER) AND C. H. SCHWERTNER & SON
INC. FOR THE ADDITIONAL PROVISION OF CAMERAS
AND A ROOF GUARD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$158,533.00 – CAF #9900130703.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CAMDEN
COUNTY YOUTH CENTER TO IMPLEMENT
POLICY #5.5.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACT
BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY) AND PLATINUM
COMMUNICATIONS (STATE CONTRACT A-42285) TO
PURCHASE A SOFTWARE SYSTEM UPGRADE FOR
THE NEW 9-1-1 TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $24,276.00 – CAF #9900130496.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACT
BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY) AND AVAYA, INC.,
C/O PLATINUM COMMUNICATIONS (STATE CONTRACT
A-42285) FOR A THREE (3) YEAR MAINTENANCE
CONTRACT FOR TELEPHONE NETWORK SERVICES
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,197.88 PER YEAR -
CAF #9900130497.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCESS AGREEMENTS
WITH VARIOUS CAMDEN COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES
TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING
SELF-SUPPORTED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
TOWERS FOR THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD OF CONTRACT
BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY) AND GEN-EL SAFETY & INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTS, LLC FOR THE PURCHASE OF HAZ-MAT GLOVES
AND BOOTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $262.00 –
CAF #9900130255.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN
APPLICATION BY THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY) TO THE NEW
JERSEY OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND
PREPAREDNESS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000.00.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF
AN APPLICATION BY THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY) TO NEW
JERSEY DIVISION OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
FOR THE CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY EDUCATION
GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,192.00.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BY
AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY) AND THE
HOME P0RT ALLIANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF CAMDEN COUNTY PARK POLICE BEFORE, DURING
AND AFTER SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE BATTLESHIP
NEW JERSEY.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BY
AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY) AND LIVE
NATION, D/B/A THE TWEETER CENTER FOR THE
DEPLOYMENT OF CAMDEN COUNTY PARK POLICE
IN WIGGINS PARK BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER
CERTAIN CONCERTS.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy Director McDonnell. On roll call the following vote resulted.

AYE: CREAM, GRECO, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, MCDONNELL, CAPPELLI
ABSTAIN: NASH

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY) AND
THE FOP LODGE #76 (CAMDEN COUNTY PARK
POLICE) ALLOWING THE COUNTY TO ACT AS
AN EMPLOYMENT FACILITATOR FOR THE
DEPLOYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT OF
SPECIAL DETAIL WORK.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION APPROVING PERSONNEL ACTIONS
REQUESTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF FREEHOLDER
RIPA.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACT
(BID A-10) BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES) WITH
GOLDEN EAGLE CLEANING SERVICES FOR THE PROVISION
OF JANITORIAL SERVICES AT VARIOUS CAMDEN HEALTH
FACILITIES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$10,484.63 – CAF #9900130590.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION REJECTING BID A-9 FOR THE
PROVISION OF CONGREGANT NUTRITION
SERVICES.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO
THE MONTH-TO-MONTH AGREEMENT WITH THE
SALVATION ARMY FOR CONGREGANT NUTRITION
SERVICES IN AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF
$15,000.00 – CAF #9900130594.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR THE
2007 COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ACT
GRANT IN AN AMOUNT OF $258,000.00 FROM
JANUARY 1, 2007 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2007.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACTS
PURSUANT OT A PUBLICLY ADVERTISED REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL
SERVICES UTILIZING THE 2007 HUMAN SERVICES
GRANT TO VARIOUS CPAC APPROVED AGENCIES
FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2007 THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, 2007 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $572,500.00, FUNDING CONTINGENT
UPON THE PASSAGE OF THE 2007 PERMANENT
COUNTY BUDGET.

Freeholder Nash moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call the following vote resulted.

AYE: GRECO, NASH, RODRIGUEZ, CAPPELLI
ABSTAIN: CREAM, RIPA, MCDONNELL

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A MEMORANDUM
OF AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY
OF CAMDEN (DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES) AND THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH & SENIOR SERVICES (DIVISION OF
PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES)
TO PERFORM CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES
FOR VARIOUS CAMDEN COUNTY DIVISIONS FOR
THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2007 THROUGH DECEMBER 31,
2007 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $28,844.30 –
CAF #’S 9900130250, 9900130252.

Freeholder Ripa moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Greco. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BY
AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES)
AND CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE FOR
PARTICIPATION IN A CLINICAL EDUCATION
PLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE STUDENT
DIETETIC TECHNICIAN PROGRAM AT NO
COST FOR THE PERIOD MAY 1, 2007 THROUGH
APRIL 30, 2008.

Deputy Director McDonnell moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Freeholder Ripa. On roll call the following vote resulted.

AYE: CREAM, GRECO, NASH, RIPA, RODRIGUEZ, CAPPELLI
ABSTAIN: MCDONNELL

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BY
AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES)
AND WALDEN UNIVERSITY FOR PARTICIPATION
IN A CLINICAL EDUCATION PLACEMENT PROGRAM
FOR STUDENT PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING AT NO
COST FOR THE PERIOD MAY 1, 2007 THROUGH
APRIL 30, 2008.

Freeholder Greco moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
(DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES)
AND TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR
PARTICIPATION IN A CLINICAL EDUCATION
PLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR STUDENT PUBLIC
HEALTH TRAINING AT NO COST FOR THE PERIOD
MAY 1, 2007 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2008.

Freeholder Greco moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD OF CONTRACT
BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN (DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES) AND THE MASSO GROUP
LLC FOR THE PROVISION OF LINENS FOR THE WOMAN’S
HEALTH CONFERENCE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$3,038.00 – CAF #9900130159.

Freeholder Greco moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION APPROVING PERSONNEL ACTIONS
REQUESTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF FREEHOLDER
RODRIGUEZ.

Freeholder Greco moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD OF
CONTRACT PURSUANT TO A PUBLICLY
ADVERTISED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS BY
AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN AND
BROWN & BROWN FOR NURSE PROFESSIONAL
LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT
NURSES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$48,890.88 – CAF #990013533.

Freeholder Greco moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD OF
CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY
OF CAMDEN AND BANC OF AMERICA FOR
THE RENEWAL OF CONTRACTORS POLLUTION
LIABILITY POLICY FOR THE MOSQUITO
COMMISSION OPERATIONS IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $15,000.00 – CAF #9900130532.

Freeholder Greco moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.

The Clerk read the following resolution:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD OF
CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY
OF CAMDEN AND GALLAGHER ASSOCIATES,
INC. FOR THE RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL
POLLUTION LEGAL LIABILITY POLICY FOR
THE COUNTY OVER/UNDER GROUND GASOLINE
STORAGE TANKS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $14,112.03 – CAF #9900130515.

Freeholder Greco moved for the adoption of said resolution which motion was second by Deputy-Director McDonnell. On roll call all Freeholders present, voted aye.