to speak specifically to the ordinance that we're going to vote on. The time which to speak openly about any matter is either signing up for the hearing of citizens at the end or coming during the pre-counsel meeting, and then you'll have an opportunity to speak. Unfortunately, if you're not signed up. I did sign up. Okay, so then when that topic, when your name comes up, when we're at the end of the meeting, then you'll have an opportunity to come up and speak about anything else. But right now, you have to speak on the ordinance. Okay. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, George Tillman Jr. Good afternoon. So it's not, again, against the development. I believe that after yesterday, I presented to the council the Oprah request that I submitted to the city regarding the hiring of Newark residents, which is directly affected with these tax abatements. And no response from administration. That is troubling because if you look at the document that I gave you, the request was for 10 years of documentation of the hiring of Newark residents. The department, the affirmative action, the clerk's office, economic development, Newark works, all of these agencies are in departments are included in this Oprah request. This information, not only it was specific to the ordinance, that information, those quarterly reports, those semi-annual reports, those are a part of our law. When we have no records of the hiring of Newark residents, it's troubling because someone is supposed to be monitoring and enforcing the Newark resident employment policy. Mr. Tillman. Yes. Please speak to the ordinance. I am speaking to the ordinance. Thank you. This is my problem with the tax abatement. We're giving out the tax abatement and there's an issue of noncompliance with the government. I've come several times discussing the affirmative action review council who's supposed to be doing the monitoring and enforcement of the Newark resident employment policy. There was no documentation brought at the last two meetings to show any compliancy of any of these projects. There has to be some sort of response. There's no way that the administration, this municipal council continue to ignore the fact that this government is out of compliance. This is a serious problem, Mr. President, when there is no documentation. It's law that these agencies were supposed to be keeping records of the hiring of…
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to speak specifically to the ordinance that we're going to vote on. The time which to speak openly about any matter is either signing up for the hearing of citizens at the end or coming during the pre-counsel meeting, and then you'll have an opportunity to speak. Unfortunately, if you're not signed up. I did sign up. Okay, so then when that topic, when your name comes up, when we're at the end of the meeting, then you'll have an opportunity to come up and speak about anything else. But right now, you have to speak on the ordinance. Okay. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, George Tillman Jr. Good afternoon. So it's not, again, against the development. I believe that after yesterday, I presented to the council the Oprah request that I submitted to the city regarding the hiring of Newark residents, which is directly affected with these tax abatements. And no response from administration. That is troubling because if you look at the document that I gave you, the request was for 10 years of documentation of the hiring of Newark residents. The department, the affirmative action, the clerk's office, economic development, Newark works, all of these agencies are in departments are included in this Oprah request. This information, not only it was specific to the ordinance, that information, those quarterly reports, those semi-annual reports, those are a part of our law. When we have no records of the hiring of Newark residents, it's troubling because someone is supposed to be monitoring and enforcing the Newark resident employment policy. Mr. Tillman. Yes. Please speak to the ordinance. I am speaking to the ordinance. Thank you. This is my problem with the tax abatement. We're giving out the tax abatement and there's an issue of noncompliance with the government. I've come several times discussing the affirmative action review council who's supposed to be doing the monitoring and enforcement of the Newark resident employment policy. There was no documentation brought at the last two meetings to show any compliancy of any of these projects. There has to be some sort of response. There's no way that the administration, this municipal council continue to ignore the fact that this government is out of compliance. This is a serious problem, Mr. President, when there is no documentation. It's law that these agencies were supposed to be keeping records of the hiring of Newark residents. How is it that we're giving out tax abatements and there's a record of the hiring of Newark residents? Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Seeing none, public speaking is now closed. Councilman, council. Ms. Chair, I'd like to
to speak specifically to the ordinance that we're going to vote on. The time which to speak openly about any matter is either signing up for the hearing of citizens at the end or coming during the pre-counsel meeting, and then you'll have an opportunity to speak. Unfortunately, if you're not signed up. I did sign up. Okay, so then when that topic, when your name comes up, when we're at the end of the meeting, then you'll have an opportunity to come up and speak about anything else. But right now, you have to speak on the ordinance. Okay. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, George Tillman Jr. Good afternoon. So it's not, again, against the development. I believe that after yesterday, I presented to the council the Oprah request that I submitted to the city regarding the hiring of Newark residents, which is directly affected with these tax abatements. And no response from administration. That is troubling because if you look at the document that I gave you, the request was for 10 years of documentation of the hiring of Newark residents. The department, the affirmative action, the clerk's office, economic development, Newark works, all of these agencies are in departments are included in this Oprah request. This information, not only it was specific to the ordinance, that information, those quarterly reports, those semi-annual reports, those are a part of our law. When we have no records of the hiring of Newark residents, it's troubling because someone is supposed to be monitoring and enforcing the Newark resident employment policy. Mr. Tillman. Yes. Please speak to the ordinance. I am speaking to the ordinance. Thank you. This is my problem with the tax abatement. We're giving out the tax abatement and there's an issue of noncompliance with the government. I've come several times discussing the affirmative action review council who's supposed to be doing the monitoring and enforcement of the Newark resident employment policy. There was no documentation brought at the last two meetings to show any compliancy of any of these projects. There has to be some sort of response. There's no way that the administration, this municipal council continue to ignore the fact that this government is out of compliance. This is a serious problem, Mr. President, when there is no documentation. It's law that these agencies were supposed to be keeping records of the hiring of…
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to speak specifically to the ordinance that we're going to vote on. The time which to speak openly about any matter is either signing up for the hearing of citizens at the end or coming during the pre-counsel meeting, and then you'll have an opportunity to speak. Unfortunately, if you're not signed up. I did sign up. Okay, so then when that topic, when your name comes up, when we're at the end of the meeting, then you'll have an opportunity to come up and speak about anything else. But right now, you have to speak on the ordinance. Okay. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, George Tillman Jr. Good afternoon. So it's not, again, against the development. I believe that after yesterday, I presented to the council the Oprah request that I submitted to the city regarding the hiring of Newark residents, which is directly affected with these tax abatements. And no response from administration. That is troubling because if you look at the document that I gave you, the request was for 10 years of documentation of the hiring of Newark residents. The department, the affirmative action, the clerk's office, economic development, Newark works, all of these agencies are in departments are included in this Oprah request. This information, not only it was specific to the ordinance, that information, those quarterly reports, those semi-annual reports, those are a part of our law. When we have no records of the hiring of Newark residents, it's troubling because someone is supposed to be monitoring and enforcing the Newark resident employment policy. Mr. Tillman. Yes. Please speak to the ordinance. I am speaking to the ordinance. Thank you. This is my problem with the tax abatement. We're giving out the tax abatement and there's an issue of noncompliance with the government. I've come several times discussing the affirmative action review council who's supposed to be doing the monitoring and enforcement of the Newark resident employment policy. There was no documentation brought at the last two meetings to show any compliancy of any of these projects. There has to be some sort of response. There's no way that the administration, this municipal council continue to ignore the fact that this government is out of compliance. This is a serious problem, Mr. President, when there is no documentation. It's law that these agencies were supposed to be keeping records of the hiring of Newark residents. How is it that we're giving out tax abatements and there's a record of the hiring of Newark residents? Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Seeing none, public speaking is now closed. Councilman, council. Ms. Chair, I'd like to