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ESSEX COUNTY

IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

: TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED

REGULAR BOARD MEETING :

: PROCEEDINGS

_______________________:

27 Wright Way

Fairfield, New Jersey

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Commencing at 5:00 p.m.

M E M B E R S P R E S E N T:

COMMISSIONER MARK S. DUNEC

COMMISSIONER CLIFFORD ROSS, (Via telephone)

COMMISSIONER GERARD M. SPIESBACH

COMMISSIONER JACQUELINE YUSTEIN

COMMISSIONER RONALD J. BROWN, Vice Chairman,

(Via telephone)

COMMISSIONER STEVEN H. KLINGHOFFER, Chairman,

(Via telephone)

M E M B E R S A B S E N T:

COMMISSIONER CARLA A. STANZIALE

A L S O P R E S E N T:

STEVEN C. ROTHER, Executive Director

NIA H. GILL, ESQ., General Counsel, (Via telephone)

LUCY SAPINSKI, Director of Operations

THOMAS GOMEZ, Airport Manager

BETSY WILLIAMSON, Administrative Assistant

JOSEPH CALI, Senior Project Manager/Accounts Receivables

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SUNSHINE NOTICE 4 3

ROLL CALL 4 4

PUBLIC COMMENTS 5 5

ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES 6

Resolution No. 19-01 5 7

EXECUTIVE SESSION 8


Return to Open Session 10


RESOLUTIONS 12














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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/OTHER BUSINESS 22 17

Motion to adjourn meeting 18


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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Okay, let’s begin. 1

MR. DILLON: On the record. 2

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Are you ready, 3

Kevin? 4


COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Okay. 6

Notice was duly given by regular mail, 7

electronic mail, and facsimile to the Essex 8

County Executive, the Essex County Clerk, the 9

Clerk of the Board of Chosen Freeholders, 10

Freeholder President Gill, the News Editor of The 11

Herald News, the News Editor of The Star-Ledger, 12

and notice was posted on the bulletin board in 13

the Office of the Essex County Improvement 14

Authority stating the time, date, and location of 15

this Regular Board Meeting. 16

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ROLL CALL: 18

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Roll call please. 20

MS. SAPINSKI: Commissioner Brown? 21

VICE CHAIRMAN BROWN: Here. 22

MS. SAPINSKI: Commissioner Dunec? 23

COMMISSIONER DUNEC: Here. 24

MS. SAPINSKI: Commissioner Ross? 25

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COMMISSIONER ROSS: Here. 1

MS. SAPINSKI: Commissioner Spiesbach? 2

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Here. 3

MS. SAPINSKI: Commissioner Yustein? 4

COMMISSIONER YUSTEIN: Here. 5

MS. SAPINSKI: Chairman Klinghoffer? 6

CHAIRMAN KLINGHOFFER: Here. 7


Next would be Public Comment. 9

I don’t see anyone from the public. 10

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(Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 12

action on the following item: 13

ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES 14

RESOLUTION NO. 19-01 15

1. REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND EXECUTIVE SESSION 16

12-18-18.) 17

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: So, therefore, 19

we’ll move to next item, which is the Acceptance 20

of Minutes for the Regular Board Meeting and 21

Executive Session on December 18th, 2018. 22

COMMISSIONER DUNEC: I’ll make a motion.23

COMMISSIONER YUSTEIN: Second. 24


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VICE CHAIRMAN BROWN: Yes. 1


COMMISSIONER DUNEC: Yes. 3


COMMISSIONER ROSS: Yes. 5


COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Yes. 7


COMMISSIONER YUSTEIN: Yes. 9


CHAIRMAN KLINGHOFFER: Yes. 11

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: And I believe, Mr. 12

Director, you wanted to go to Executive 13

Session -- 14

MR. ROTHER: Yes. 15

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: -- at the 16

inception of the meeting? 17

MR. ROTHER: We would like to go -- 18

There’s one matter that we should discuss 19

before we -- we start to address the Resolutions. 20

And there’s only one other matter which I’d 21

like to bring to your attention, so we may as 22

well deal with them all at once up front. 23

And the basis for the Executive Session are 24

contract negotiation and personnel matters. 25

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A motion to go to Executive? 2

COMMISSIONER YUSTEIN: Motion. 3

COMMISSIONER DUNEC: Second. 4














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(Whereupon, the Board moved to Executive 19

Session at 5:02 p.m., Resolution No. 19-028.) 20

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(Whereupon, the Board returned to Open 22

Session at 5:37 p.m., Resolution No. 19-02.) 23

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Okay, we’re back 1

on the record. 2

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(Whereupon, the Board discussed the 4

following items: 5

LATE STARTERS 6

ADMINISTRATIVE 7

1. RESOLUTION NO. 19-025 - WITHDRAWN - 8

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SALARY RANGE CHART FOR 9

ECIA EMPLOYEES; and 10

2. RESOLUTION NO. 19-026 - WITHDRAWN - 11

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SALARIES FOR ECIA 12

EMPLOYEES FOR 2019.) 13

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Having come out of 15

Executive, actions resulting from Executive 16

Session will be that we will be removing Late 17

Starter -- we’ll be deferring -- 18

MR. ROTHER: We’re -- we’re going to -- 19

we’re going to withdraw the -- the Late Starter 20

19-25 and 19-26. We’re going to withdraw for the 21

moment. 22


But we’re going to retain 19-027. 24

MR. ROTHER: Correct. 25

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: And we’ll get back 1

to that after the formal agenda. 2

Okay. So, with that, we’re back on the 3

record and we have our formal agenda. 4

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action on the following items: 7

ADMINISTRATIVE 8

1. RESOLUTION NO. 19-001 - RESOLUTION 9

RATIFYING PAYMENT TO AUDIO-DIGITAL TRANSCRIPTION 10

SERVICES, LLC FOR TRANSCRIPTION OF BOARD MEETING 11

ON 12-18-18; 12


RATIFYING PAYMENT OF RECURRING BILLS (BILL LIST); 14

and 15


AUTHORIZING PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS THROUGH THE 17

COUNTY OF ESSEX PAYROLL SERVICE PROVIDER (UNICORN 18

HRO).) 19

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Resolutions 1 21

through 3 are Administrative. 22

Are there any questions or concerns? 23

If not, can we have a motion to approve? 24

COMMISSIONER DUNEC: Motion. 25

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NEWARK PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROJECT 19


RATIFYING PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $215.00 TO 21

CHIESA, SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI, PC FOR LEGAL 22

SERVICES RENDERED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2018.) 23

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Next would be the 25

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Newark Property Acquisition Project, one 1

Resolution, number 4. 2
















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CORRECTIONAL FACILITY/CELANESE/ENVIRONMENTAL 21

EXPOSURE 22

ALL EXPENSES PAID FROM ECIA OPERATIONS ACCOUNT 23


AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT #3 TO THE 2018 AGREEMENT 25

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WITH BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY, PC IN THE 1

AMOUNT OF $9,052.59 FOR ADDITIONAL LEGAL 2

SERVICES; 3


RATIFYING PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $41,222.12 TO 5

BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY, PC FOR LEGAL 6

SERVICES RENDERED IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2018; 7

and 8



BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY, PC FOR SERVICES 11

RENDERED BY HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.) 12

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Next, under 14

Correctional Facility/Celanese/Environmental 15

Exposure, there are three Resolutions, 5, 6 and 16

7. 17

If there are no questions from any of the 18

Commissioners, can we have a motion to approve? 19







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AIRPORT 13


AUTHORIZING A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH 15

SECURITY 101 FOR MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY 16

EQUIPMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $18,281.00 17

FOR THE YEAR 2019; 18


AUTHORIZING A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH AURORA 20

ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION AND 21

MAINTENANCE OF DIESEL AND UNLEADED FUELING 22

EQUIPMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,750.00 23

FOR THE YEAR 2019; 24


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PARK PLACE FOR SNOW REMOVAL AND SALT SPREADING 2

SERVICES ALONG ACCESS ROAD; 3


RATIFYING A PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $210.00 TO 5

CONNELL FOLEY FOR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED IN 6

CONNECTION WITH AIRPORT THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 7

2018; and 8

DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT 9

Project Funded: 10

NJDOT 90%, ECIA 10% 11


RATIFYING PAYMENT TO C & S ENGINEERS, INC., IN 13

THE AMOUNT OF $3,423.73 FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES 14

IN CONNECTION WITH DESIGN THROUGH DECEMBER 7, 15

2018; 16

ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS - HANGAR 1 AND HANGAR 3 17

Project Funded: 18

AIRPORT - 100% 19


AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO H2M ASSOCIATES INC., IN 21

THE AMOUNT OF $602.00 FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, 22

SITE REMEDIATION AT HANGAR 1 AREA; and 23


AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO H2M ASSOCIATES INC., IN 25

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THE AMOUNT OF $4,868.50 FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, 1

SITE REMEDIATION AT HANGAR 3 AREA.) 2

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: And now under 4

Airport -- and I guess all of these are sub-5

categories under that -- 6

MR. ROTHER: Yup. Yup. 7

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: -- that would be 8

from item number 8 -- 9

MR. ROTHER: To 14. 10

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: -- through -- 11

Eighteen? 12

MS. SAPINSKI: Fourteen. 13

MR. ROTHER: Fourteen. 14

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: -- 14. 15

Okay. Through 14. 16










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SPORTSPLEX COMPLEX 10


AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH COMITO ASSOCIATES 12

PC IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000.00 FOR 13

ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE 14

DESIGN OF THE NEW LOTUS/ECIA PARKING GARAGE FOR 15

THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2019 TO DECEMBER 31, 2019; 16


RATIFYING A PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,550.00 TO 18

CONNELL FOLEY FOR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED IN 19

CONNECTION WITH THE SPORTSPLEX COMPLEX THROUGH 20

DECEMBER 31, 2018; 21


RATIFYING A PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $811.50 TO 23

GIBBONS, PC FOR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED IN 24

CONNECTION WITH THE SPORTSPLEX BONDS THROUGH 25

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DECEMBER 31, 2018; and 1



PPMG, LLC FOR GARAGE ELEVATOR AND STAIRWELLS 4

CLEANING SERVICES.) 5

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: And under 7

Sportsplex Complex, four Resolutions, 15 through 8

18. 9

If there are no questions? 10
















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JUROR PARKING FACILITY 4


AUTHORIZING MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH 6

SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION FOR FULL 7

MAINTENANCE SERVICE FOR TWO SCHINDLER HYDRAULIC 8

PASSENGER ELEVATORS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 9

$10,000.00 FOR THE YEAR 2019; 10


RATIFYING PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $450.12 TO 12

POSITIVE ELECTRIC FOR ELECTRIC REPAIRS AT THE 13

FACILITY; and 14


AUTHORIZING PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,816.60 TO 16

ID CARDS FOR PROXIMITY ACCESS CARDS.) 17

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Juror Parking 19

Facility, three Resolutions, 19 through 21. 20






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FINANCE 13



PEARLMAN & MIRANDA, LLC FOR SERVICES RENDERED 16

THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2018; 17


AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT #1 TO THE 2018 AGREEMENT 19

WITH GALLEROS-KOH, LLP IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,190.00 20

FOR ADDITIONAL WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE 21

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE; 22

and 23


AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES OF 25

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THE AUTHORITY’S $150,000,000.00 POOLED GOVERNMENT 1

LOAN PROGRAM, SERIES 1986 2

PAYMENTS DUE OTHERS FOR PGLP SERVICES 3

GALLEROS KOH, LLP, - FINANCIAL CONSULTANT 4

- JANUARY 2019 - $2,000.00; 5

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON - TRUSTEE FEE - 6

1-1-19 TO 3-31-19 - $4,000.00; 7

ECIA - 2018 AUDIT FEE - $7,500.00.) 8

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: And under -- 10

Excuse me. 11

-- under Finance, Resolutions 22 through 12

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LATE STARTERS 7

SPORTSPLEX GARAGE 8


AUTHORIZING A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH 494 PARKING 10

LLC FOR PARKING SPACES AT THE GARAGE.) 11

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: And now we’ll go 13

the Late Starter. 14

The one item that is not being deferred is 15

Resolution 19-027 under SportsPlex Garage. 16


CHAIRMAN KLINGHOFFER: Before we vote, I’m 18

going to recuse myself based upon the advice of 19

counsel. 20

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: So noted. 21

MS. SAPINSKI: We have a motion by 22

Commissioner Dunec. 23

I need second? 24


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MS. SAPINSKI: And Chairman Klinghoffer? 11

CHAIRMAN KLINGHOFFER: Recusing myself; -- 12

MS. SAPINSKI: Abstain? 13

MR. ROTHER: Yeah. 14

CHAIRMAN KLINGHOFFER: -- not voting. 15

MS. SAPINSKI: Recuse? 16

MR. ROTHER: And -- 17

MS. SAPINSKI: Okay. 18

MR. ROTHER: And, just for the record, I 19

was not at all involved in negotiating that -- 20

that deal because of my conflict, which was 21

totally handled by Lucy and our -- our 22

independent counsel. 23

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/OTHER BUSINESS: 25

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MR. ROTHER: And I have just one more item 2

that I should bring to your attention. It’s -- 3

it’s going to be a matter that you may read about 4

shortly. 5

But the -- the County Exec has approved our 6

ability to go out and do financing for 7

municipalities and school boards, you know, for 8

equipment and other financing capital needs, 9

utilizing the -- the County’s new AAA rating. 10

There’s going to be a -- 11

CHAIRMAN KLINGHOFFER: Great. 12

MR. ROTHER: -- a backstop guarantee from 13

-- from the County. And very shortly we will 14

be -- we’ll -- 15

In fact, we’re drafting right now an 16

invitation letter to municipalities and school 17

boards to come to a breakfast meeting where they 18

will -- 19

COMMISSIONER DUNEC: That’s great. 20

MR. ROTHER: -- be invited to -- to give us 21

various projects, whether it’s school buses, fire 22

engines, or you name it. 23

And they’ll all get the benefit of the AAA 24

rating -- 25

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Wonderful. 1

MR. ROTHER: -- that the County now has. 2

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: So our -- 3

MR. ROTHER: So -- 4

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: -- mission has 5

been expanded? 6

MR. ROTHER: Yup. 7

So that’s -- 8

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Good news. 9

MR. ROTHER: -- that’s going to be -- 10

COMMISSIONER DUNEC: That’s great. 11

MR. ROTHER: -- some new business. 12

COMMISSIONER YUSTEIN: That’s exciting. 13

MR. ROTHER: Yup. It sure is. Very 14

exciting. 15

COMMISSIONER YUSTEIN: Most -- 16


COMMISSIONER YUSTEIN: -- towns don’t have 18

triple -- 19

MR. ROTHER: No. No. No. 20


COMMISSIONER ROSS: When will that meeting 22

be, Steve? 23

MR. ROTHER: We don’t know yet. We’re -- 24

we’re -- 25

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COMMISSIONER ROSS: Oh. 1

MR. ROTHER: -- we’re just now circulating 2

the invitation letter. And probably going to be 3

at McLoone’s; a breakfast meeting. 4

We’ll let you all know so if you want to 5

join us you can -- you can come -- come see 6

what’s happening. 7

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Sounds like -- 8

CHAIRMAN KLINGHOFFER: Great. 9

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: -- a great 10

opportunity -- 11

CHAIRMAN KLINGHOFFER: Yup. 12

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: -- to market 13

additional capabilities -- 14

MR. ROTHER: Yup. 15

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: -- that we can 16

bring to the municipalities. 17

MR. ROTHER: Yup. 18

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Wonderful. 19

MR. ROTHER: Yup. 20

COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Well that was the 21

end -- 22

Is there anything else, Steve? 23

MR. ROTHER: Nope. 24

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COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Okay, with that we 3

came to the end of our formal agenda. 4

So if there’s any comments from any of the 5

Commissioners? 6

If not, we can adjourn the meeting. 7

COMMISSIONER YUSTEIN: Motion to adjourn. 8














COMMISSIONER SPIESBACH: Thank you all. 22

MS. SAPINSKI: Thank you all. 23

CHAIRMAN KLINGHOFFER: Thank you, Gerry, 24

you did a great job. 25

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I, Karen A. Marino, assigned transcriber, 5

do hereby affirm that the foregoing is a true and 6

accurate transcript of the REGULAR BOARD MEETING 7

of the ESSEX COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY heard 8

on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, and recorded on 9

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Monitored by: Kevin Dillon, Sr. 24

Proofread by: Deborah Dillon 25

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