1 1 PATERSON HOUSING AUTHORITY PATERSON, NEW JERSEY 2 MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016 COMMENCING AT 5:36 P.M. 3 WORKSHOP MEETING 4 5 THERE BEING PRESENT: 6 REV. MICHAEL McDUFFIE, CHAIRPERSON 7 PETE RENDINA, VICE CHAIRPERSON 8 REV./DR. DOUGLAS MAVEN, COMMISSIONER 9 JOEL RAMIREZ, COMMISSIONER 10 BRENT NATION, COMMISSIONER 11 12 13 14 ALSO PRESENT: 15 DALE JONES ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 16 TERI DIAS 17 DEPARTMENT OF MODERNIZATION & DEVELOPMENT 18 LYNETTE WARREN RECORDING SECRETARY 19 DELINDA HOLMES 20 ASSISTANT PURCHASING AGENT 21 22 23 24 KIM O. FURBACHER, C.C.R., R.M.R. P.O. BOX 213 25 ROCHELLE PARK, NJ 07662 201-906-9761 2 1 2 ALSO PRESENT (cont'd): 3 JOHNNIE JACKSON 4 DIRECTOR OF LEASING & OCCUPANCY 5 ILEANA KMECH PERSONNEL OFFICER 6 7 8 M A N A G E R S P R E S E N T: 9 CLARA CANTY, PROPERTY MANAGER 10 11 12 A P P E A R A N C E S: 13 ROGUT McCARTHY TROY, LLC BY: PATRICE E. HEW, ESQ. 14 COUNSEL FOR THE PATERSON HOUSING AUTHORITY 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 KIM O. FURBACHER, C.C.R., R.M.R. P.O. BOX 213 25 ROCHELLE PARK, NEW JERSEY 07662-0213 (201) 906-9761 3 1 I N D E X 2 PAGE 3 DEPARTMENT OF MODERNIZATION & DEVELOPMENT Bids/Contracts (2) 4 1. Change Order No. 2 - Contract Decrease Electrical Panel and Maintenance Improv. 5 at NJ21-10 Taj Mahal Electrical Contractor 13 6 2. Contract Award for RFP for Roof Replace- ment at NJ21-12, Sojourner Douglass 16 7 DEPARTMENT OF LEASING & OCCUPANCY 8 Bids/Contracts (0) 9 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & GRANTS Bids/Contracts (2) 10 1. Approve Web-Hosting CSS Data for HOPE VI Tracking At-A-Glance (TAAG) 18 11 2. Rutgers School of Social Work HOPE VI Evaluation - Renewal for 5th year 21 12 Operations (0) 13 14 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION Bids/Contracts (1) 15 1. Contract Extension 2nd Year Option, Furnishing & Delivery of Plastic Bags 23 16 Operations (2) 17 1. Employee Benefits - Dental Plan 24 2. Bills - Payment for September 25 18 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 19 Operations (2) 1. HACP & Paterson Health Dept. - MOU 25 20 2. Approve Exe. Dir. Irma Gorham to attend the International NAHRO - Habitat III 21 Conference in Quito, Ecuador Oct. 17-21, 2016 28 22 SPEAKER PAGE 23 Robert F. Guarasci 5 24 25 4 1 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: I'd like 2 to call the meeting to order. 3 The Commissioners of the Housing 4 Authority of the City of Paterson are hereby called 5 to a Regular Meeting following the Workshop, here at 6 the offices of the Authority, on this date, which is, 7 of course, Monday, October 17, 2016. 8 Roll call. 9 (At this point in the proceeding roll 10 call is taken with Commissioners Maven, Nation, 11 Ramirez, and Acting Chairperson Rendina present, with 12 Commissioners Bonds, Diaz, and Chairperson McDuffie 13 absent.) 14 MR. JONES: This is a duly advertised 15 Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the 16 Housing Authority. 17 Notice of this meeting was given to 18 newspapers of local circulation in 2016. A copy of 19 this notice was filed with the City Clerk of 20 Paterson. These things were done to comply with the 21 Open Public Meetings Law. 22 BIDS/CONTRACTS 23 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: All right. 24 Let's see. We have resolutions. I got my packet 25 over here. 5 1 MR. GUARASCI: Excuse me. Can I ask at 2 what point I'll be sworn in to participate? 3 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: What would 4 you like to participate about? 5 MR. GUARASCI: I'd like to take my 6 seat, having been duly appointed by the Commissioners 7 of the Department of Community Affairs. 8 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: The letter 9 that you have has to go to the City Council, it 10 doesn't come to us. So the Department of Community 11 Affairs doesn't appoint people to this board, nor 12 does the governor, they don't, it has to go to City 13 Council, there has to be a resolution, and then at 14 the resolution time, they will take your resume and 15 then they will vote on your appointment. 16 MR. GUARASCI: Would you permit me to 17 read from the letter of the Commissioner where he 18 directs he has the direct authority to appoint me? 19 (Chairperson McDuffie is present at 20 5:38 p.m.) 21 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: First of 22 all, let me say this, they have no direct authority 23 over this Board, that's the first thing. 24 The second thing is that has to go to 25 the Council and the Council does a resolution. Is 6 1 there a Council resolution? 2 MR. GUARASCI: No, there's something 3 that supersedes it. 4 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Really? 5 MR. GUARASCI: Which is a letter from 6 the governor of New Jersey. 7 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: The same 8 governor that appointed Wildstein? 9 No, that is going to the City Council, 10 and the City Council is going to take that and your 11 resume, and when they vote, you can come back here. 12 MR. GUARASCI: Well, all I can say is 13 unless you change your mind -- 14 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Right. 15 MR. GUARASCI: -- let the record show 16 that this Commissioner appears to be defiance of an 17 order from the Office of the Governor, as well as the 18 Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs. 19 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Thank you 20 very much. 21 MR. GUARASCI: And that will be duly 22 registered. 23 I don't believe it's wise. I think 24 that this appointment has been duly and justly and 25 legally made, and your refusal to seat me tonight is 7 1 nothing more than a travesty of the statutes that 2 allowed my appointment. 3 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Duly 4 noted. 5 Go ahead. 6 COMMISSIONER MAVEN: May I hear from 7 counsel? 8 MS. HEW: We do everything through the 9 City Council, and that is what I have been advised, 10 and we have to wait to get the resolution from the 11 City Council before you can be sworn in. I was just 12 handed this letter right before the meeting started, 13 and so we're not prepared to even swear you in today, 14 because it just occurred literally ten minutes before 15 the meeting started. So we're not prepared to do 16 that today. 17 MR. GUARASCI: Well, I would just like 18 to say for the record that I think this Board, and I 19 have copies of this, if everyone would like a copy of 20 it, I think that this Board really should reconsider 21 and should in fact, if you don't mind, just take a 22 minute and look at the document (indicating). 23 So I would ask you to reconsider. 24 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: As best I 25 could see, and I'm going to read it to you, I would 8 1 like to read this to you, it says: "I am pleased to 2 inform you that you have been approved for 3 appointment as a member of the Housing Authority." 4 When I was approved as a member for 5 this Board by the councilperson, I had to go to the 6 City Council and they had to approve me, I mean, and 7 they have to send the resolution over. 8 I came here -- in fact, I will tell you 9 this. I came to a meeting and I sat down there and 10 everybody looked at me like something was wrong with 11 me, but honest to goodness, I didn't know what I was 12 supposed to do. And then I was told at the end of 13 the meeting that the resolution would come over. I'm 14 not saying that this isn't legitimate and -- 15 MR. GUARASCI: Yes. 16 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: You would 17 be good, to me, on the Board and I think you would be 18 good to the Board, but that's not what this says, 19 though, this says that they approved you, he approved 20 you, but it still has to go to City Council, if I'm 21 not mistaken, counsel. 22 MS. HEW: That is my understanding as 23 well. 24 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: It's not a 25 knock against anybody. 9 1 MS. HEW: That's how they've all come 2 in. 3 MR. GUARASCI: I understand that it's 4 your position. What I would say is the letter from 5 the Commissioner of the Department of Community 6 Affairs I think is amply clear that he, in his sole 7 authority, has the ability to appoint me as a state 8 representative to this body, absent the involvement 9 of any other body, such as the City Council. 10 I believe any case law that you might 11 want to check would corroborate that. 12 And the last thing that I'm here to do 13 is to make it difficult for anybody. In fact, I've 14 worked with each and every one of you, and I have 15 great respect for you, but this is, I believe, a 16 very, very clear appointment from the State of New 17 Jersey, and to not see me tonight would deprive me 18 and the appointing authority of the ability to 19 participate in the affairs that will be considered 20 this evening. 21 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: You know, 22 I will just say this, when I was taking my classes 23 after my appointment, it was basically three years 24 ago, we had a number of people who were appointed by 25 the Governor's Office, but every one of them went to 10 1 their Council to get a resolution. 2 Now, I don't know if that was just as a 3 courtesy, I really don't know, you know, whatever, 4 I'm just saying that that's the way it was done. In 5 fact, it was brought up at the ethics meeting, 6 because one of the ladies there said, you know, I 7 went to my Council and they're the ones that approved 8 me. So if that means approved me, I mean "approved" 9 is a tough word, you understand that, Bob, so approve 10 means a lot of different things. 11 MR. GUARASCI: Yes. 12 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: What's one 13 more meeting? I think it's not going to make a lick 14 of difference in the realm of -- unless we all die. 15 You know, if we don't die, I think we'll all be happy 16 in a short period of time, whatever that means. 17 MR. GUARASCI: Okay. 18 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: You 19 understand -- I hate to say -- well, I shouldn't. 20 There was a person who also showed up 21 one time thinking they were approved, and they 22 weren't, they just, you know, weren't. That wasn't a 23 Governor's appointment, that was a Council's 24 appointment. Then they were told that they have to 25 get a resolution from the city, and the resolution in 11 1 fact, they held me up for two months because I didn't 2 send my resume in. 3 MR. GUARASCI: Okay. 4 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: I have a 5 great resume, by the way. 6 MR. GUARASCI: I bet. 7 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: And they 8 put it in there, so... 9 MR. GUARASCI: I understand your 10 position, and it's clear that it's one that you're 11 sticking with, and so I'll sit here as a member of 12 the audience. 13 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Don't be 14 mad as us. We're all working for the same thing. 15 Yes, sir, Mr. Commissioner. 16 MR. GUARASCI: No. 17 COMMISSIONER MAVEN: Mr. Chair, I can 18 only defer to counsel, it cites the local 19 Redevelopment and Housing Law, statute N.J.S.A. 20 40A:12A-17. 21 Are you familiar with that statute? 22 MS. HEW: I am not and I will need to 23 look that up, but, again, the issue here is that we 24 were just presented this ten minutes before the 25 meeting, it says that it's been copied to us, but 12 1 we've not received any notification from the DCA, 2 from the governor, from anyone else. I am not 3 disputing the authenticity of your document, 4 absolutely not, I'm saying that the Housing Authority 5 has not been notified. And I understand and 6 appreciate it all, but until we receive some 7 notification, as well as the approval from the City 8 Council, which is what we have always done, I can't 9 just swear you in and seat you to the Board. It's 10 not intended as a disrespect or to circumvent the 11 governor, of course, or anyone else, it's just, you 12 know, we haven't gotten anything. 13 MR. GUARASCI: Okay. I understand. 14 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Go ahead, 15 McDuffie. You do your thing. 16 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: No, we have to 17 follow counsel. 18 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: No, I'm 19 talking about he's going to stay for the meeting and 20 watch. 21 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: No, he could 22 stay. No problem. Tonight's an open public meeting. 23 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Because I 24 don't like being the boss. 25 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Of course. 13 1 ACTING CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Then you 2 can have your seat back. 3 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Okay. 4 VICE CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Thank you. 5 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: All right. The 6 meeting started already. 7 MR. JONES: Yes. 8 MS. HEW: We were about to start with 9 the resolutions from Department of Modernization. 10 BIDS/CONTRACTS 11 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Okay. Let's go 12 to resolutions. Department of Modernization. 13 MS. DIAS: Hi. 14 Modernization has two resos. I'm going 15 to also do the supplemental one at this time as well. 16 The first resolution is for a Change 17 Order No. 2 for a contract decrease for the 18 electrical panel and maintenance improvements at 19 NJ21-10. 20 Whereas, at its meeting of February 16, 21 2016, the Board awarded a contract to Taj Mahal in an 22 amount not to exceed $64,800 for the electrical 23 panels and maintenance improvements at NJ21-10. 24 Whereas, at the August 15th Board 25 meeting, the Board authorized Change Order No. 1, via 14 1 Resolution 16-07, for a time extension of 30 days. 2 Whereas, five units did not receive 3 panel upgrades, and a credit is due to the Authority 4 for labor and materials. 5 Whereas, the architect and the staff 6 are in agreement with the amount of the credit. 7 Now, therefore, be it resolved by the 8 Board of Commissioners that they hereby authorize 9 Change Order No. 2 to the contract between Taj Mahal 10 and the Authority in an amount not to exceed $2,958, 11 reducing the contract amount to $61,842. 12 Be it further resolved that the 2015 13 CFP Budget will be revised accordingly. 14 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Questions, 15 comments? 16 VICE CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: I got a 17 question. 18 Again, I'm going to say that I'm glad 19 we picked this, these folks, because they have a 20 very, very good price. I mean, I just want to know 21 what those other two people are thinking about how 22 high their price was? 23 I think this is good, we did good, and 24 I think we picked the right people in this case, but 25 the other two firms, I mean, the one is more than 15 1 three times the amount. You know, I don't know what 2 goes on elsewhere, but those people are off the wall 3 for that one and the other one is double the price. 4 So, you know, I'm glad we picked them 5 and I'm glad Aparri showed up, I'll just say. I 6 don't know what LSEA Engineering is doing that they 7 would make that high a price. I know you can't 8 answer that, I'm just saying that's just a comment on 9 that. 10 COMMISSIONER NATION: In this? 11 MS. DIAS: I think we're talking about 12 the wrong reso. 13 VICE CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: The wrong 14 one? Oh, okay. Shucks, I was all ready for that 15 too. 16 COMMISSIONER NATION: You said five 17 units did not receive panel upgrade, they did not get 18 it because they didn't need it? 19 MS. DIAS: Right, because they were 20 already done by the staff. 21 COMMISSIONER NATION: Therefore, the 22 credit. 23 All right. 24 VICE CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Don't erase 25 what I said, because I want the same thing to be said 16 1 when it's time for me to say that. 2 Don't laugh at me, Mr. Jones. 3 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Go ahead. 4 MS. DIAS: One more. 5 The next resolution is for contract 6 award for roof replacement. 7 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: That's your 8 supplemental on your desk. 9 Go ahead. 10 MS. DIAS: Yes. 11 For roof replacement at NJ21-12. 12 Whereas, the Housing Authority of the 13 City of Paterson advertised for Request for Proposal 14 for roof replacement at NJ21-12, Sojourner Douglass 15 Homes. 16 Whereas, four entities picked up the 17 RFPs, and three proposals were submitted. 18 Whereas, after reviewing the RFPs 19 submitted, staff has determined that Aparri 20 Associates submitted the most advantageous and 21 responsible proposal based on the A/E rating criteria 22 and cost. 23 Now, therefore, be it resolved by the 24 Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority that 25 they hereby authorize staff to award a contract to 17 1 Aparri & Associates in an amount not to exceed 2 $8,936. 3 Be it further resolved that the 2015 4 budget will be reprogrammed accordingly. 5 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Questions, 6 comments? 7 COMMISSIONER NATION: Mr. Jones. 8 MR. JONES: Yes, sir. 9 COMMISSIONER NATION: The point ratings 10 of the two qualified or two top qualified, the prices 11 are pretty glaring. I mean, you can't answer why, 12 but because the points are so close, the ratings had 13 nothing to do with money, just capabilities? 14 MR. JONES: Well, it's capability and 15 prior experience working with the Housing Authority. 16 COMMISSIONER NATION: Because either 17 one was going to stop halfway or the other is making 18 a lot of money off of us, but I guess from your 19 rating, this is -- do we do internal costing to see 20 if this $27,000 one is outlandish? 21 MR. JONES: No, the A/E -- well, we 22 have estimates from the Five-Year Plan of some of 23 these jobs, a needs assessment. 24 MS. DIAS: Right. 25 COMMISSIONER NATION: Is 27 average? 18 1 MS. DIAS: Not normally. 2 We normally get price ranges from 12 to 3 17, maybe $20,000 for architect, depending on what 4 job it is. So the 27 is fairly high. 5 MR. JONES: Some of these companies, 6 because of their overhead, but they've done a lot of 7 work for us in the past. 8 MS. DIAS: LSEA and Aparri have both 9 done a lot of work in the past. 10 COMMISSIONER NATION: I'll go with your 11 recommendation, but, I mean, the pricing is so 12 different, so wide. 13 Okay. 14 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Okay? 15 All right. Department of Planning & 16 Grants. 17 MS. HOLMES: Good evening. 18 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Good evening. 19 MS. HOLMES: The planning and Grants 20 Department is out today, so I'm going to read their 21 resos for them. 22 The first one is to approve web-hosting 23 CSS data for HOPE VI Tracking At-A-Glance, known as 24 TAAG. 25 Whereas, part of the FY 2010 HOPE VI 19 1 Revitalization Program, the Housing Authority of the 2 City of Paterson received U.S. HUD approval on 3 February 29, 2012 to facilitate a Community and 4 Supportive Service program for former residents of 5 the Alexander Hamilton Development and new residents 6 living at the revitalized site. 7 And, whereas, the CSS program utilizes 8 Designing Success' Tracking At-A-Glance web-based 9 software system for case management and performance 10 tracking of HOPE VI residents for both the pre and 11 post revitalization. 12 And, whereas, the Housing Authority 13 hosted the TAAG website on an in-house server, which 14 has recently been compromised, and in order to 15 continue the use of the database for the ongoing 16 reporting requirements for the HOPE VI program, it 17 was necessary to switch from an in-house hosting to 18 web-based with Designing Success server to allow CSS 19 staff continued access to resident files for 20 maintenance, monitoring, and evaluating the HOPE VI 21 CSS program. 22 Now, therefore, be it resolved by the 23 Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of 24 the City of Paterson that they hereby approve a 25 contract for one year web-based hosting with 20 1 Designing Success LLC of Deerfield Beach, Florida, in 2 an amount not to exceed $5,400 for the period 3 retroactive from October 7, 2016 to September 17, 4 2017. 5 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Questions, 6 comments? 7 COMMISSIONER MAVEN: Is this company 8 used by a lot of Housing Authorities throughout the 9 country for the HOPE VI? 10 MS. HOLMES: When they first came one, 11 when Ms. Gladis was here, it was noted and we did 12 check a couple of other Housing Authorities before 13 they were awarded the contract. 14 MR. JONES: Yes, Commissioners, they're 15 a national company that does a lot for the HOPE VI 16 program for agencies across the country. 17 COMMISSIONER NATION: Our in-house 18 server, was that compromised from hacking or some 19 other factor? 20 MR. JONES: It was a hacking. The 21 website for this company, Designing Success, was 22 hosted on our server. And so IT had to shut the 23 server, the access to that website down. And as a 24 result, we couldn't retrieve the data. 25 So what we did, we had Designing 21 1 Success backup the data from the backup we had 2 previously to their website, so that our staff can 3 access it through their website. 4 COMMISSIONER NATION: All right. 5 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Okay. 6 MS. HOLMES: The next resolution for 7 grants is for Rutgers School of Social Work, HOPE VI, 8 evaluation, which is a renewal for five years, for a 9 fifth year. 10 Whereas, the Housing Authority of the 11 City of Paterson's 2010 and 2011 HOPE VI application 12 required the designation of a university to evaluate 13 the performance and impact of the funded HOPE VI 14 Revitalization Plan over the life of the grant. 15 And, whereas, Rutgers, The State 16 University of New Jersey - School of Social Work has 17 been a collaborative partner with the Housing 18 Authority, City of Paterson, for the past ten years 19 and has an esteemed track record in research and 20 evaluation. 21 And, whereas, the Housing Authority 22 entered into a contract with Rutgers on November 16, 23 2012, at an annual cost of $20,000 per year, 24 renewable yearly over the life of the grant, to 25 perform an in-depth evaluation. 22 1 And, whereas, Rutgers prepared the 2 evaluation plan for the HOPE VI application and was 3 included in the Housing Authority's HOPE VI CSS plan 4 that was approved on February 29, 2012. 5 And, whereas, the evaluation plan 6 addresses the impact of the HOPE VI efforts on the 7 lives of residents, the nature and extent of economic 8 development generated in the community, the effect of 9 the revitalization on the surrounding community, and 10 the successes of integrating physical and community 11 supportive services as an aspect of the strategy. 12 And, whereas, Rutgers, The State 13 University of New Jersey - School of Social Work - 14 Institute of Families has successfully worked with 15 the Housing Authority over the past year as HOPE VI 16 evaluators. 17 Now, therefore, be it resolved by the 18 Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of 19 the City of Paterson that they hereby approve staff 20 to renew contract for the fourth year option with 21 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - School 22 of Social Work - Institute of Families, in New 23 Brunswick, New Jersey, beginning on November 16, 24 2016, and ending November 15, 2017, at an annual cost 25 of $20,000 per year, continued yearly renewal to 23 1 perform ongoing evaluation services as it relates to 2 the 2010/2011 HOPE VI revitalization grant and HOPE 3 VI CSS plan. 4 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Questions, 5 comments? 6 (No response.) 7 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Okay. 8 Department of Administration, contract 9 extension. 10 MS. HOLMES: The next resolution is for 11 the second year option for furnishing and delivery of 12 plastic bags. 13 Whereas, the Board of Commissioners at 14 its 2015, December 21st meeting, awarded a contract 15 to Central Poly Corp. out of Linden, New Jersey, for 16 the furnishing and delivery of plastic bags via 17 Resolution 15-12-150. 18 Whereas, said contract is due to expire 19 on December 31st, 2016. 20 And, whereas, the current contract has 21 an option to extend for an additional year. 22 Now, therefore, be it resolved by the 23 Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of 24 the City of Paterson that they hereby authorize staff 25 to exercise that option for an additional year with 24 1 Central Poly Corp., out of Linden, New Jersey, in an 2 amount not to exceed $30,000 for the furnishing and 3 delivery of plastic bags. 4 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Questions, 5 comments? 6 COMMISSIONER MAVEN: My goodness, I 7 should be in the plastic bag business! 8 MS. HOLMES: We change the compactors 9 at our sites every day. That also includes 10 compactors. 11 COMMISSIONER MAVEN: Okay. Wow! 12 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Operations. 13 MS. KMECH: Employee benefits - dental 14 plan. 15 Whereas, the current dental service 16 plan for both active and retired employee will expire 17 on October 31st, 2016, through provider Delta Dental 18 Plan. 19 And, whereas, Delta Dental is currently 20 providing said coverage at a cost of $37.75 per 21 employee per month. 22 And, whereas, Delta Dental Plan of New 23 Jersey has proposed a one year renewal rate at the 24 current rate of $37.75 per employee per month. 25 And, whereas, a comparison was made 25 1 with the State Health Benefits plan for dental rates, 2 and it is more beneficial and cost effective for the 3 Housing Authority of the City of Paterson to remain 4 with the Delta Dental Plan. 5 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Questions, 6 comments? 7 (No response.) 8 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Questions on the 9 bills for September? 10 (No response.) 11 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: There's the 12 Deputy Director. Please comment on operations. 13 MR. JONES: The next resolution, 14 Commissioners, is seeking your approval for the 15 Housing Authority to enter into an MOU with the 16 Paterson Health Department. 17 The resolution recites: 18 Whereas, the Housing Authority of the 19 City of Paterson was approached by the Paterson 20 Division of Health to have the Authority staff and 21 housing sites become a Closed Point of Dispensing in 22 the event of a public health emergency. 23 And, whereas, Paterson Division of 24 Health requires the Housing Authority to enter into 25 an MOU in order for the Authority to become a POD. 26 1 In addition, the Paterson Division of 2 Health would train all staff that would be involved 3 in the POD, and the MOU will also allow the household 4 members of staff to be included in the POD. 5 Now, therefore, be it resolved by the 6 Board of Commissioners of the City of Paterson that 7 they hereby authorize the Executive Director to 8 execute the MOU for the Paterson Division of Health 9 for the Housing Authority to become a POD, Point Of 10 Dispensing. 11 COMMISSIONER NATION: What does that 12 entail? 13 MR. JONES: So what this entails, 14 Commissioners, in the case of an emergency, for 15 example, anthrax, the Health Department will receive 16 pills, drugs from the state Health Department, and 17 what they're doing, the Health Department is doing, 18 they're targeting employers or housing developments 19 of 100 or more units, and they're going to train 20 these sites. And we will be given the drug to 21 dispense to our residents, in case of a public health 22 emergency. So this is what this is all about. 23 COMMISSIONER NATION: So if we're 24 dispensing drugs, I presume there's they're 25 prepackaged? 27 1 MR. JONES: Yes. 2 COMMISSIONER NATION: And it will just 3 be a simple dispensation? 4 MR. JONES: Yes. 5 MS. HEW: We are going to be trained, 6 everyone is going to be trained, who dispenses. 7 COMMISSIONER NATION: The pharmacist is 8 trained for drugs. I'm just saying if they already 9 come prepackaged, that's fine. 10 MR. JONES: It comes prepackaged and 11 it's one pill per person. They're pills, they're not 12 injection. 13 COMMISSIONER NATION: Because, you 14 know, that is medicine. 15 MR. JONES: Yes. 16 COMMISSIONER NATION: So my concern is 17 I don't want us to take something that down the road 18 might rub in our face. 19 You're saying it's going to be a pre 20 single disposal? So I can't give Rev. McDuffie two 21 instead of one? It's one for everybody, whether it's 22 one injection, one pill? 23 MR. JONES: There's no injection. 24 COMMISSIONER NATION: I'm saying 25 whatever it is, it's a single dosage per person? 28 1 MR. JONES: Yes. 2 And the purpose of the training is so 3 that we are covered under the Health Department 4 insurance. So we have to be trained -- 5 COMMISSIONER NATION: All right. 6 MR. JONES: -- in order to dispense in 7 case of emergency. Plus, it covers the employees and 8 their family members as well. 9 COMMISSIONER NATION: Okay. 10 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Okay. The next 11 one. 12 MR. JONES: The next resolution, 13 Commissioners, is seeking your approval for the 14 Executive Director to attend a NAHRO International - 15 Habitat III Conference on Housing and Sustainable 16 Urban Development, which this is being held in Quito, 17 Ecuador, from October 17th through the 21st. 18 The conference will provide key 19 sessions, such as Urban Infrastructure and Basic 20 Services; Municipal Finance; Urban Planning and 21 Design; Rules and Legislation; Informal Settlements; 22 Local Economic Development; Smart Cities, etc. 23 Now, therefore, be it resolved by the 24 Board of Commissioners that they hereby approve Irma 25 Gorham, Executive Director, to attend the NAHRO 29 1 International Habitat III Conference from 2 October 17th through the 21st, at a cost of $964.18 3 for hotel accommodations, and $864.58 for airfare, 4 and per diem of $240. 5 COMMISSIONER MAVEN: Mr. Chair, didn't 6 we send her on NAHRO last month? 7 MR. JONES: No, this is not for last 8 month. 9 COMMISSIONER MAVEN: The 17th is today, 10 right? 11 MR. JONES: Yes. We didn't have all 12 the information, so this was not on for that meeting. 13 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: All right. Is 14 that all the resolutions? 15 MR. JONES: Yes. 16 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Okay. Can I get 17 a motion to close the Workshop? 18 VICE CHAIRPERSON RENDINA: Make a 19 motion. 20 COMMISSIONER NATION: Second. 21 CHAIRPERSON McDUFFIE: Roll call. 22 (At this point in the proceeding roll 23 call is taken and the motion to adjourn the Workshop 24 Meeting is passed by a vote of five in favor, with 25 Commissioners Bonds and Diaz absent.) 30 1 C E R T I F I C A T I O N 2 3 4 I, KIM O. 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