Minutes from February 16, 2022, Meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of the East Orange Parking Authority
Chairman McKnight called the meeting to order at 6:07 pm. He also read the Sunshine Act-Law, and roll call was taken. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was held via Zoom teleconference. The following Commissioners participated:
Chairman McKnight
Vice-Chair Muhammad
Commissioner Jonas
Kevin McManimon, Attorney-McManimon, Scotland, and Baumann (joined)
Michele “Mickey” Perrotta-McManimon, Scotland, and Baumann (joined)
Councilwoman Claybrooks (joined)
Public Portion:
No one from the public participated.
Minutes:
Vice-Chair Muhammad made a motion to approve the January 2022 minutes and was seconded by Commissioner Jonas. All Commissioners in attendance voted in favor.
Executive Session:
No executive session at this meeting.
General Session:
Councilwoman Claybrooks stated that the city is receiving complaints about people not being ticketed on Amherst and other areas for not having an overnight parking permit.
Councilwoman Claybrooks informed the board that she is still looking into the outstanding fine sharing payments for November and December 2021, and the replenishment of brick church escrow funds to the Parking Authority which is no longer being handled by Dan Jennings. It is now being overseen by his replacement, Tiffany Harris.
Councilwoman Claybrooks stated that the city council is working on finding additional board members for the Parking Authority.
Councilwoman Claybrooks asked for a comparison of sales in December 2019 vs. December 2021 to gauge the impact of prorating overnight permit parking. She will reach out to Tasha for this data.
Vice-Chair Muhammad made a motion nominating Clarence McKnight as Chairman and was seconded by Commissioner Jonas. All Commissioners in attendance voted in favor.
Commissioner Jonas made a motion to nominate Taahira Muhammad-Dozier as Vice-Chair and was seconded by Chairman McKnight. All Commissioners in attendance voted in favor.
Vice-Chair Muhammad made a motion to pay the February 2022 bills and was seconded by Commissioner Jonas. All Commissioners in attendance voted in favor.
Chairman McKnight read the summary of finances for January 2022.
Kevin informed the Board that he will send the RFP notice for accounting and legal services to Tasha to post on the website.
Vice-Chair Muhammad made a motion to approve the resolution designating PNC Bank as the official bank for the Parking Authority and was seconded by Commissioner Jonas. All Commissioners in attendance voted in favor.
Vice-Chair Muhammad made a motion to approve the 2022 Late Budget resolution and was seconded by Commissioner Jonas. All Commissioners in attendance voted in favor.
Vice-Chair Muhammad made a motion to approve the Introduced 2022 Budget Resolution and was seconded by Commissioner Jonas. All Commissioners in attendance voted in favor.
The chairman informed the Board that he had a discussion with Tony Jackson, DPW Director, and Assistant DPW Director about the cleaning and plowing of our lots.
Chairman asked Kevin to put together a new lot cleaning and plowing agreement. Chairman stated that we have received citations from the city because the lots were not clean, which should never have happened if DPW was cleaning the lots efficiently.
Commissioner Jonas asked if the city is going to reimburse us for the loss of revenue for the removal of our meters on Main Street due to the redevelopment project that started in September 2021 and is expected to end in July 2022. Chairman McKnight suggested that we address it with Councilwoman Claybrooks who has been looking into it.
Adjournment:
At 6:58 p.m. Vice-Chair Muhammad made a motion to adjourn the meeting and was seconded by Commissioner Jonas. All commissioners in attendance voted in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 6:58 p.m.