Jack DeGroot
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 11
- Total speaking time
- 20:53
- Avg per meeting
- 1:54
- Segments
- 238
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Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)
Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness
No county cost; the proclamation is awareness-only.
Sheriff's Office emergency communications and equipment purchases
$3.7 million in federal funding flowing into county public safety without a local tax increase.
Veteran Service Officer Availability
Speakers asked the county to fund three full-time VSO positions from state veteran services funding.
Cellebrite digital forensics for the Prosecutor's Office
$103,505.68 in annual software maintenance for law enforcement.
Cold Case Arrest in Sussex County's Most Notorious Murder
Youth Services Commission appointments
July 3-4 storm response and emergency funding advocacy
Unknown — storm cleanup costs and vacancies strain the public works budget.
Opposition to state laws limiting ICE cooperation
Speakers cited an estimated $7.5 billion annual cost of sanctuary policies nationally, while opponents said the resolution wastes county resources.
Opioid settlement funding appropriation
$574,663 in settlement money is headed to opioid remediation and treatment programs in 2026.
Old jail as prosecutor's office space
A feasibility study is underway; potential future capital spending not yet quantified.
Security screening at commissioner meetings
Costs weren't spelled out at this meeting.
Medicaid Cuts End Local Youth Counseling Program
Local nonprofits face the loss of federal grant money, though the county's $574,663 settlement appropriation is unaffected.
Mosquito surveillance and West Nile risk
Election integrity investigation resolution
The special meeting itself cost taxpayer money, and critics warned a legislative investigation could run into millions.
Proposed ICE detention facility in Roxbury
A regional detention facility could strain the Musconetcong Sewerage Authority system serving Sussex towns like Byram, Stanhope and Hopatcong.
Tick-borne illness in Sussex County
Courthouse parking lot safety
911 Center Cybersecurity Grant
$15,714 in grant-funded telecom upgrades, no local cost noted.
Allegations regarding County Counsel Doug Steinhardt
Save Act and voter ID debate
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while DeGroot was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
RESOLUTION RE: AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE NJ DEPARTMENT OF LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY FFY22-23 BYRNE STATE CRISIS INTERVENTION PROGRAM (SCIP) COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S EXTREME RISK PROTECTIVE ORDER (ERPO) GRANT PROGRAM IN…
RESOLUTION RE: AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SUSSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TO APPLY FOR, AND ACCEPT, SUBAWARD #JAG 1-19TF-24 WITH THE NJ DEPARTMENT OF LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, FOR THE FFY24 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL…
Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
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