1 1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 2 CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 5 PUBLIC MEETING NO. 07-01-03 6 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 9 Wednesday, January 3, 2007 10 Atlantic City Commission Offices 11 Joseph P. Lordi Public Meeting Room - First Floor 12 Tennessee Avenue and Boardwalk 13 Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401 14 10:32 a.m. to 10:48 a.m. 15 16 17 Certified Shorthand Reporter: Darlene Sillitoe 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 20 CIPOLLONI & ASSOCIATES, INC. 21 CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS 22 1125 ATLANTIC AVENUE, SUITE 416 23 ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY 08401 24 (609) 348-9190 25 www.cipolloni-associates.com 2 1 B E F O R E : 2 CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION: LINDA M. KASSEKERT, CHAIR 3 MICHAEL A. FEDORKO, VICE CHAIR RALPH G. FRULIO, COMMISSIONER 4 WILLIAM T. SOMMELING, COMMISSIONER 5 PRESENT FOR THE CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION: DARYL W. NANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 6 DANIEL J. HENEGHAN, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER 7 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL: DIANNA W. FAUNTLEROY, GENERAL COUNSEL/EXECUTIVE 8 SECRETARY STEVEN M. INGIS, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL 9 TERESA M. NAGENGAST, SENIOR COUNSEL CLAIRE FRANK, PROGRAM SUPERVISOR 10 DIVISION OF LICENSING: 11 JOHN BOWMAN, MANAGER SHARON HAND, MANAGER 12 DIVISION OF GAMING ENFORCEMENT: 13 DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL BRIAN BISCIEGLIA, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 1 A P P E A R A N C E S : 2 ITEM NO. 9 CLAIRE FRANK, PROGRAM MANAGER, SENIOR EEO COORDINATOR 3 BRIAN BISCIEGLIA, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL KAREN WOSNACK,ESQ. 4 FOR: HARRAH'S OPERATING COMPANY, INC. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4 1 AGENDA PUBLIC MEETING NO. 07-01-03 2 JANUARY 3, 2007, 10:32 a.m. ITEM PAGE VOTE 3 1 Ratification of the minutes of 8 8 December 13, 2006 4 2 Approval of Annual Meeting Schedule 9 9 3 Election of Vice Chair 9 10 5 4 Applications for employee and casino service industry licenses 6 Exhibit List 1 10 10 Exhibit List 2 12 13 7 Application of Kyong S. Case for a 11 11 casino employee license 8 Application of Susette M. Dessoye for a 11 12 casino employee license casino service 9 industry license Application for Susanna's, Inc., 12 12 10 Pursuant to NJSA 5:12-92(c) Applications for initial and renewal of 11 casino key employee licenses and for qualification: 12 Gregg L. Caren, Vice President of Hotel 13 14 Sales for Trump Marina Associates, LLC, 13 Trump Plaza Associates, LLC, and Trump Taj Mahal Associates, LLC 14 Richard M. Santoro Executive Vice 13 14 of Asset Protection & Risk Management 15 for Trump Marina Associates, LLC, Trump Plaza Associates, LLC, and Trump 16 Taj Mahal Associates, LLC Mark E. Starrett, Vice President of 13 14 17 Hotel Operations for Atlantic City Showboat, Inc. 18 For qualification in connection with their respective gaming related casino 19 service industry licenses pursuant to NJAC 19:51-1.1B(h): 20 Stephen M. Race, Bally's Gaming, Inc. 14 15 Merle H. Banta, American Gaming & 14 15 21 Electronics, Inc. 5 Stipulations of settlement and 22 consent agreements: a) Randy P. Brown (06-0615-EA) 15 17 23 b) Luis A. Moya-Vargas (a/k/a Luis 15 17 A. Moya, Luis A. Vargas) (06-0446-EA) 24 c) Celeste E. English (06-0129-EA) 15 17 d) James C. Klunk (06-0587-MI) 15 17 25 5 1 CONTINUED AGENDA PUBLIC MEETING NO. 07-01-03 2 JANUARY 3, 2007, 10:32 a.m. ITEM PAGE VOTE 3 6 Initial decision of State v. 17/23 25 Luis A. Maldonado (05-0751-RC) 4 7 Initial decision of State v. 18 19 Rosa M. Pena-Siguas (a/k/a Lillian 5 Rivera (05-0876-RC) 8 Application for Suspension of Doroteo 20 21 6 Roman-Ramirez (06-0629-RC) 9 Qualification of Jennifer Shatley to 21 22 7 serve as Program Vice President, Code of Commitment for Harrah's Operating Company, Inc. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 6 1 E X H I B I T S : 2 ITEM NO. 4 DESCRIPTION EVD 3 4 EL-1 Remand for hearings 14 license 10 applications 5 EL-2 Grant 11 licenses 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (Exhibits retained by Commission.) 7 ITEM NO. 1 1 (Public Meeting 07-01-03 was commenced 2 at 10:32 a.m.) 3 MR. NANCE: I'd like to read an opening 4 statement: 5 This is to advise the general public 6 that in compliance with Chapter 231 of the 7 Public Laws of 1975 entitled the "Open Public 8 Meetings Act," the New Jersey Casino Control 9 Commission on October 16th, 2006, filed with 10 the Secretary of State at the State House in 11 Trenton an annual meeting schedule. On October 12 16th, copies were mailed to the Press of 13 Atlantic City, the Newark Star Ledger. 14 Members of the press will be permitted 15 to take photographs, and we would ask that this 16 be done in a manner which is not disruptive or 17 distracting to the Commission. 18 The use of cellular telephones in the 19 public meeting room while the Commission is in 20 session is prohibited. 21 Any members of the public who wish to 22 address the Commission will be given the 23 opportunity to do so before the Commission 24 adjourns for the day. 25 Please stand for the Pledge of 8 ITEM NO. 1 1 allegiance. 2 (The flag salute was recited.) 3 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Morning. 4 MR. NANCE: Good morning. 5 The matters discussed in closed session 6 were: Employee and enterprise license matters. 7 The Commission approved the December 8 13th, 2006, closed session minutes. 9 Litigation update regarding: Warren 10 Lackland and Lewis M. Springer, Jr. versus 11 State of New Jersey and the Casino Control 12 Commission; 13 And Gloria Ford versus State of New 14 Jersey, Casino Control Commission, et al; 15 Tyron J. Floyd versus the Casino Control 16 Commission and Sands Hotel Casino; 17 And Husain versus Casino Control 18 Commission, et al. 19 Item No. 1, ratification of the minutes 20 of December 13th, 2006, public meeting. 21 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: Move to 22 approve. 23 COMMISSIONER FEDORKO: Second. 24 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 25 made and seconded. All in favor? 9 ITEM NO. 2-3 1 (Ayes.) 2 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 3 (No response.) 4 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 5 MR. NANCE: Item No. 2, approval of 6 annual meeting schedule. 7 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Is there a motion to 8 approve the annual meeting schedule? 9 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: Motion to 10 approve. 11 COMMISSIONER FEDORKO: Second. 12 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 13 made and seconded. All in favor? 14 (Ayes.) 15 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 16 (No response.) 17 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 18 MR. NANCE: Item No. 3, election of Vice 19 Chair. 20 VICE CHAIR FRULIO: Madame Chair, I have 21 the high honor and distinct pleasure of 22 nominating for the Vice Chairman of the New 23 Jersey Casino Control Commission a man who, as 24 we speak, is building the log cabin he was born 25 in, a man who already sits at your right hand. 10 ITEM NO. 4 1 I nominate Michael A. Fedorko as Vice Chair. 2 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: Second. 3 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 4 made and seconded. All in favor? 5 (Ayes.) 6 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 7 (No response.) 8 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 9 Did you vote for yourself? 10 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: I can't vote for 11 myself. 12 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Motion carries. 13 Congratulations, Commissioner Fedorko. 14 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Thank you. 15 MR. NANCE: Item No. 4, application for 16 employee and casino service industry licenses. 17 This agenda item will be entered as Exhibit 18 List 1 and 2. 19 Exhibit List 1 consists of 14 20 applications for initial and/or renewal of 21 casino key and casino employee licenses. 22 The Division has objected to licensure. 23 COMMISSIONER FEDORKO: Motion to remand 24 for hearings. 25 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: Second. 11 ITEM NO. 4 1 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 2 made and seconded. All in favor? 3 (Ayes.) 4 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 5 (No response.) 6 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 7 MR. NANCE: For consideration is the 8 application of Kyong S. Case for a casino 9 employee license. 10 The Division took no position and 11 recommended that this application be remanded 12 for hearing. 13 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Motion to remand 14 for hearing. 15 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Second. 16 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 17 made and seconded. All those in favor? 18 (Ayes.) 19 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 20 (No response.) 21 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 22 MR. NANCE: For consideration is the 23 application of Susette M. Dessoye for a casino 24 employee license. 25 The Division has recommended that this 12 ITEM NO. 4 1 application be granted. 2 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Motion to remand 3 for a hearing. 4 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Second. 5 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 6 made and seconded. All in favor? 7 (Ayes.) 8 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 9 (No response.) 10 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 11 MR. NANCE: For consideration is the 12 casino service industry license application of 13 Susanna's, Inc., pursuant in NJSA 5:12-92(c). 14 The Division has recommended that this 15 application be granted. 16 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Motion to remand 17 for hearing. 18 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Second. 19 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 20 made and seconded. All in favor? 21 (Ayes.) 22 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 23 (No response.) 24 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 25 MR. NANCE: Exhibit List 2 consists of 13 ITEM NO. 4 1 11 applications for initial and/or renewal of 2 casino key and casino employee licenses. 3 Staff and the Division has recommended 4 that these licenses be granted. 5 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Motion to grant 6 applications. 7 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Second. 8 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: Second. 9 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 10 made and seconded. All in favor? 11 (Ayes.) 12 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 13 (No response.) 14 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 15 MR. NANCE: For consideration are the 16 following applications for initial and/or 17 renewal of key employee licenses and for 18 qualification: Gregg L. Caren, Vice President 19 of Hotel Sales for Trump Marina Associates, 20 LLC, Trump Plaza Associates, LLC, and Trump Taj 21 Mahal Associates, LLC; Richard M. Santoro, 22 Executive Vice of Asset Protection and Risk 23 Management for Trump Marina Associates, LLC, 24 Trump Plaza Associates, LLC, and Trump Taj 25 Mahal Associates, LLC; and Mark Starrett, Vice 14 ITEM NO. 4 1 President of Hotel Operations for Atlantic City 2 Showboat, Inc. 3 Staff and the Division have recommended 4 that these applications be granted. 5 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Motion to grant 6 initial and/or key licenses and for 7 qualification. 8 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Second. 9 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Motion has been made 10 and seconded. This is a roll call vote. 11 MR. NANCE: Commissioner Sommeling? 12 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: Yes. 13 MR. NANCE: Commissioner Frulio? 14 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Yes. 15 MR. NANCE: Vice Chair Fedorko? 16 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Yes. 17 MR. NANCE: Chair Kassekert? 18 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Yes. 19 MR. NANCE: The record will reflect that 20 the motion is unanimous. 21 For consideration are the following for 22 qualification in connection with their 23 respective gaming related casino service 24 industry licenses pursuant to NJAC 25 19:51-1.14B(h): For Stephen M. Race, Bally's 15 ITEM NO. 5 1 Gaming, Inc.; and Merle H. Banta, American 2 Gaming and Electronics, Inc. 3 Staff and the Division have recommended 4 qualification. 5 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Motion to find 6 Stephen M. Race and Merle H. Banta plenarily 7 qualified in connection with their respective 8 gaming related gaming CSI licenses pursuant to 9 NJAC 19:51-1.14B(h). 10 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Second. 11 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 12 made and seconded. All in favor? 13 (Ayes.) 14 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 15 (No response.) 16 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 17 MR. NANCE: Item No. 5, stipulation of 18 settlement and consent agreements. 19 When I call your name, please come 20 forward, stand behind this middle table 21 spreading across the room so that you may be 22 seen. 23 Randy Brown, Luis Moya-Vargas, Celeste 24 English, and James Klunk. 25 Mr. Ingis? 16 ITEM NO. 5 1 MR. INGIS: Staff has nothing to add at 2 this time. 3 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 4 I'm going to ask that each of you just 5 state your name for the record, beginning with 6 you, ma'am. 7 MS. ENGLISH: Celeste English. 8 MR. MOYA-VARGAS: Luis Moya-Vargas. 9 MR. BROWN: Randy Brown. 10 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Okay. In a moment 11 we're going to vote on the stipulations that 12 you've agreed to with the Division of Gaming 13 Enforcement. 14 I'm going to ask at this point if any of 15 you wish to say anything on your matter. You 16 don't have to say anything if you don't want. 17 Would anyone like to be heard? 18 Okay. Mr. Biscieglia? 19 MR. BISCIEGLIA: Good morning, Chair, 20 Vice Chair, and Commissioners, and Happy New 21 Year. 22 The Division has nothing further to add 23 and ask the that Commission approve the 24 stipulations of settlement as submitted. 25 Thank you. 17 ITEM NO. 6 1 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 2 Any questions? 3 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Motion to approve 4 the stipulations. 5 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 6 made and seconded. All in favor? 7 (Ayes.) 8 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 9 (No response.) 10 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 11 Good luck. Thank you for coming. 12 FROM THE FLOOR: Thank you. 13 MR. NANCE: Item No. 6, stipulation -- 14 excuse me -- initial decision of State versus 15 Luis A. Maldonado. 16 Mr. Ingis? 17 MR. INGIS: Good morning, Madame Chair 18 and Commissioners. 19 I would ask if Mr. Maldonado is present 20 or represented today in the meeting room? 21 Chair, Mr. Maldonado was represented at 22 the hearing by Stephen Funk of the law firm of 23 Jacobs & Barbone. 24 It's the Commission's discretion if you 25 want to hold this matter for maybe ten minutes. 18 ITEM NO. 7 1 I could have an opportunity to make a phone 2 call and see if he's going to be appearing. 3 Exceptions were filed on his behalf. 4 CHAIR KASSEKERT: We can hold and make a 5 phone call, if somebody wants to try to get a 6 hold of him. 7 Move on to Item 7 then. 8 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 9 MR. INGIS: Yes. I'll make that phone 10 call. Thank you. 11 MR. NANCE: Item No. 7, initial decision 12 of State versus Rosa M. Pena-Siguas. 13 MS. NAGENGAST: Good morning, Chair, 14 Commissioners. 15 MR. NANCE: Miss Nagengast? 16 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Good morning. 17 MS. NAGENGAST: For your consideration 18 this morning is the initial decision of 19 Commissioner Epps in the matter of State versus 20 Pena-Siguas. 21 Commissioner Epps found Miss Siguas 22 disqualified pursuant to section 86c(1) of the 23 Act, recommended revoking her registration but 24 recommended finding good cause to permit her to 25 work in a noncredential position. 19 ITEM NO. 7 1 Miss Pena-Siguas was represented by 2 counsel. She is not here today nor is she 3 represented, but there were no exceptions 4 filed. 5 So the Division is here. 6 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 7 Mr. Biscieglia? Anything to add? 8 MR. BISCIEGLIA: Thank you, Chair. 9 No. As Miss Nagengast stated, the 10 Division has filed no exceptions and has 11 nothing further. 12 Thank you. 13 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 14 Any questions? 15 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: Madame Chair, 16 move to adopt the initial decision finding Rosa 17 M. Pena-Siguas disqualified and revoke her 18 casino service registration but find good cause 19 to permit her to work in a noncredential hotel 20 position. 21 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Second. 22 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Second. 23 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 24 made and seconded. All in favor? 25 (Ayes.) 20 ITEM NO. 8 1 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 2 (No response.) 3 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 4 MR. NANCE: Item No. 8, application for 5 suspension of Doroteo Roman-Ramirez. 6 Miss Nagengast? 7 MS. NAGENGAST: Chair and Commissioners, 8 before we begin, let me just ask if Mr. 9 Roman-Ramirez is present or represented? 10 Apparently not. 11 This is the Division's complaint, so 12 I'll let them move forward. 13 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 14 Mr. Biscieglia? 15 MR. BISCIEGLIA: Thank you. 16 The only thing further the Division had 17 to add material to the issue at hand is that 18 this matter is currently pending a grand jury, 19 and no date has been set. 20 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 21 Any questions? 22 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Motion to grant 23 the Division's application to suspend Mr. 24 Roman-Ramirez's casino employee license. 25 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Second. 21 ITEM NO. 9 1 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 2 made and seconded. All in favor? 3 (Ayes.) 4 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 5 (No response.) 6 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 7 MR. NANCE: Item No. 9, consideration of 8 the qualification of Jennifer Shatley to serve 9 as Program Vice President, Code of Commitment 10 for Harrah's Operating Company, Inc. 11 Miss Frank? 12 MS. FRANK: Good morning, Chair and 13 Commissioners. 14 Jennifer Shatley received temporary 15 qualification from the Commission on April 19th 16 of 2006. A draft resolution on her plenary 17 qualification has been distributed to the 18 parties. 19 Miss Wosnack is here for Harrah's and 20 Mr. Biscieglia for the Division. 21 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 22 Good morning, Ms. Wosnack. 23 MS. WOSNACK: Good morning, Chair, 24 Commissioners. Happy New Year to everyone. 25 I have nothing to add. The resolution 22 ITEM NO. 9 1 is fine as is. 2 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 3 Mr. Biscieglia, anything to add? 4 MR. BISCIEGLIA: The Division has 5 recommended that the qualification be granted 6 and also has nothing to add. 7 Thank you. 8 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 9 Any questions? 10 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: No questions, 11 Madame Chair. 12 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Motion to adopt the 13 draft resolution and find Jennifer Shatley 14 qualified to serve as Program Vice President, 15 Code of Commitment for Harrah's Operating 16 Company, Inc. 17 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Second. 18 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Motion has been made 19 and seconded. This is a role call vote. 20 MR. NANCE: Commissioner Sommeling? 21 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: Yes. 22 MR. NANCE: Commissioner Frulio? 23 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Yes. 24 MR. NANCE: Vice Chair Fedorko? 25 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Yes. 23 ITEM NO. 6 1 MR. NANCE: Chair Kassekert? 2 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Yes. 3 MR. NANCE: The record will reflect that 4 the motion is unanimous. 5 MS. WOSNACK: Thank you. 6 CHAIR KASSEKERT: We'll now return to 7 Item No. 6. 8 MR. INGIS: We're attempting to contact 9 Mr. Funk now and just waiting for them. 10 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Okay. Want to take a 11 brief recess? Do you want to hear it anyway? 12 You want to tell some jokes? 13 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Well, this lawyer 14 was walking into... 15 CHAIR KASSEKERT: We'll go off the 16 record and then go back on. 17 (A recess was taken from 10:43 to 10:45 18 a.m.) 19 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Go back on the record 20 to consider Item No. 6. 21 Mr. Ingis? 22 MR. INGIS: Commissioners, staff had an 23 opportunity to contact Mr. Funk's office, and 24 they have determined to rely on their written 25 exceptions, and they will not be present today. 24 ITEM NO. 6 1 This is an initial decision for your 2 consideration which, if adopted, will result in 3 the revocation of Mr. Maldonado's casino 4 service employee registration. 5 As I indicated before, exceptions were 6 filed, and the Division filed a reply to those 7 exceptions. 8 Mr. Biscieglia is here for the Division. 9 MR. BISCIEGLIA: Thank you, Chair. 10 As the Division's reply states, it is 11 the Division's position that the initial 12 decision was a well reasoned, thought-out 13 decision based on the facts in evidence 14 presented at the case. 15 The Respondent's exceptions do not raise 16 any new substantive issues that were not 17 directly addressed at the hearing that took 18 place. In fact, most of the exceptions seem to 19 be a very subjective recitation of how the 20 Respondent and Respondent's counsel believes 21 the hearing system should work and not of how 22 it actually does work. 23 So, in closing, the Division would 24 ask -- respectfully ask that the Commission 25 adopt the initial decision as written. 25 ITEM NO. 6 1 Thank you. 2 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 3 Any questions? 4 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: No questions, 5 Madame Chair. 6 VICE CHAIR FEDORKO: Motion to adopt the 7 initial decision finding Mr. Maldonado 8 disqualified and revoke his casino service 9 employee registration and prohibit him from 10 employment by a casino licensee in any 11 capacity. 12 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Second. 13 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 14 made and seconded. All in favor? 15 (Ayes.) 16 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 17 (No response.) 18 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 19 MR. NANCE: In accordance with 20 Resolution No. 06-12-13-20, the next closed 21 session of the Commission shall be held on 22 Wednesday, January 17th, 2007, at 9:15 a.m. in 23 the Commission offices. 24 It is now time for the public 25 participation portion of the meeting. 26 1 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Is there anyone from 2 the public who wishes to be heard? 3 Seeing no one -- seeing absolutely no 4 one, I will declare this portion of the meeting 5 closed and entertain a motion to adjourn. 6 COMMISSIONER SOMMELING: Motion to 7 adjourn. 8 COMMISSIONER FRULIO: Motion to adjourn. 9 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion has been 10 made and seconded. All in favor? 11 (Ayes.) 12 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Opposed? 13 (No response.) 14 CHAIR KASSEKERT: The motion carries. 15 MR. BISCIEGLIA: Have a good one, 16 Commissioners. 17 CHAIR KASSEKERT: Thank you. 18 New record. 19 (Public Meeting 07-01-03 was adjourned 20 at 10:48 a.m.) 21 22 23 24 25 27 1 2 C E R T I F I C A T E 3 4 5 I, DARLENE SILLITOE, a Certified 6 Shorthand Reporter and Notary Public of the 7 State of New Jersey, certify that the foregoing 8 is a true and accurate transcript of the 9 proceedings. 10 11 12 I further certify that I am neither 13 attorney, of counsel for, nor related to or 14 employed by any of the parties to the action; 15 further that I am not a relative or employee of 16 any attorney or counsel employed in this case; 17 nor am I financially interested in the action. 18 19 20 DARLENE SILLITOE CSR 21 License No XI01023 22 23 Dated: January 5, 2007 24 My Commission Expires on July 10, 2009 25 ID No 2062871