HomeMy Public PortalAbout01-06-13JANUARY 6, 2013
The Re- Organization Meeting of
Borough of Carteret was called
Reiman on Sunday, January 6,
Chambers, Memorial Municipal
Carteret, New Jersey.
the Governing Body of the
to order by Mayor Daniel J.
2013, 11:30 P.M., Council
Building, 61 Cooke Avenue,
REORGANIZATION
MEETING
ROLL CALL 2012 BOROUGH COUNCIL
Upon individual roll call vote the following were noted present:
Councilmember Vincent Bellino
Jorge Diaz
Dennis DiMascio
Randy Krum
Susan Naples
" Joseph W. Sitarz
Also noted present was Municipal Clerk, Kathleen M. Barney and
Borough Attorney, Robert Bergen.
2012 COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE
Mayor Reiman asked for a motion to adjourn the 2012 Borough
Council Sine Die.
There being no further business, the Borough Council of 2012
Adjourned, Sine Die upon MMS &C by Counciimembers Sitarz and
Diaz and unanimous affirmative vote of the full council present.
Certification of Election - Kathleen M. Barney, MMC
The Borough Clerk read the following statement. State of New
Jersey, County of Middlesex, a statement of Determination of the
January 6, 2013
ROLL CALL
2012 BOROUGH COUNCIf
2012 COUNCIL
ADJOURNMENT
SINE DIE
Certification of
Election
Dennis DiMascio
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Certification of Board of County Canvassers relative to an election held in the
Election Cont: County of Middlesex on the sixth day of November in the year of
our Lord, two thousand and twelve for the election of Borough
Council. The said Board did determine that at the said election
Dennis DiMascio was duly elected a Member of the Borough
Council for the Borough of Carteret, County of Middlesex, State of
New Jersey. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is true, full and
correct statement of the determination of the Board of County
Canvassers as filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Middlesex.
OATH OF OFFICE:
OATH OF OFFICE Mayor Daniel J. Reiman then administered the Oath of Office to
Dennis DiMascio Counciimember -elect DiMascio. At this time Councilmember
DiMascio took his seat on the dias.
Certification of Certification of Election - Kathleen M. Barney, MMC
Election The Borough Clerk read the following statement. State of New
Josepi Skippy Jersey, County of Middlesex, a statement of Determination of the
Sitarz Board of County Canvassers relative to an election held in the
County of Middlesex on the sixth day of November in the year of
our Lord, two thousand and twelve for the election of Borough
Council. The said Board did determine that at the said election
Joseph "Skippy" Sitarz was duly elected a Member of the Borough
Council for the Borough of Carteret, County of Middlesex, State of
New Jersey. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is true, full and
correct statement of the determination of the Board of County
Canvassers as filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Middlesex.
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OATH OF OFFICE:
Mayor Daniel J. Reiman then administered the Oath of Office to
Councilmember -elect Joseph "Skippy" Sitarz. At this time
Councilmember Sitarz took his seat on the digs.
ROLL CALL 2013 BOROUGH COUNCIL
Upon individual roll call vote the following were noted present:
Councilmember Vincent Bellino
Jorge Diaz
Dennis DiMascio
Randy Krun
Susan Naples
Joseph W. Sitarz
STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE
The Clerk stated that notice of this meeting was mailed to the
Home News Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the Bulletin
Board on December 28, 2012. Notice was also published In both
newspapers on December 31, 2012.
INVOCATION
Mayor Reiman then asked all present to welcome the Very
Reverend Taras Chubenko of Saint Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox
Cathedral, to lead us in prayer for the Invocation . He noted that
Father Chubenko has served us in many capacities over the years
as a Community Leader and as a Chaplin for our Police and Fire
Departments.
Reverend Chubenko then led the meeting in prayer.
OATH OF OFFICE
Joseph Skippy
Sitarz
ROLL CALL
2013 BOROUGH COUNCIL
STATEMENT OF
MEETING NOTICE
INVOCATION
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PLEDGE OF PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was then led by Mayor Daniel J. Reiman.
NOMINATION AND NOMINATION AND ELECTION — 2013 Borough Council President
ELECTION Mayor Reiman then asked for a nomination for the 2013 Borough
2013 Council Council President.
President
Councilmember Diaz then nominated Councilmember Joseph W.
Sitarz for Council President and the nomination was second by
Councilmember Bellino.
Mayor Reiman asked if there were any other nominations.
There were no other nominations.
Hearing None, the nomination was closed by Mayor Daniel J.
Reiman.
Upon MMS &c by Councilmembers Diaz and Bellino and
unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present,
Councilmembes Sitaz was elected Council President.
ADOPTION OF ADOPTION OF 2013 RULES OF BOROUGH COUNCIL
2013 RULES OF
BOROUGH COUNCIL
Upon MMS &C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Bellino the 2013
Rules of Council were Adopted. Upon Individual Roll Call Vote
Councilmembers Bellino, Diaz, DiMascio, Krum, Naples and Sitarz
voted in the Affirmative.
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RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS
#13 -1 Designating Official to Issue Certificates as to
Liability for Assessments for Municipal Improvements.
#13 -2 Designating Official to Issue Tax Searches for the
Borough of Carteret
#13 -3 Designating Official Newspapers of the Borough of
Carteret.
#13 -4 Designating Official Depositories of the Borough of
Carteret.
#13 -5 Fixing Rate of Interest to be Charged on Delinquent
Taxes and Assessments.
#13 -6 Establishing a Petty -Cash Fund for the Borough of
Carteret Pursuant to N.J.S.A.40A:5 -21.
#13 -7 Providing for a Temporary Budget for the Year 2013
Pursuant to N.J.S.A.40A:4 -19.
#13 -8 Directing the Issuance of Various Raffle Licenses.
#13 -9 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute any and all Grants
Agreements, Donations /Endowments on Behalf of the
Borough.
Mayor Reiman asked if there were any questions or comments Mayor Reiman
from the Councilmembers.
Hearing none, Mayor Reiman then asked for a motion on the
Consent Agenda.
Resolutions #13 -1 thru #13 -9 were introduced by the Mayor and CONSENT AGENDA
referred to the Council for action.
Upon MMS &C by Councilmembers Bellino and Krum
RESOLUTION #13 -1 RESOLUTION #13 -1
"DESIGNATING OFFICIAL TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES AS TO LIABILITY "Certificates as
FOR ASSESSMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS" to Liability for
Assessments for
Municipal
Improvements"
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RESOLUTION #13 -2
"Tax Searches for the
RESOLUTION #13 -2
Borough of Carteret
"DESIGNATING
OFFICAL TO ISSUE TAX SEARCHES FOR THE
BOROUGH OF CARTERET"
RESOLUTION #13 -3
"Official Newspapers
RESOLUTION #13 -3
of the Borough of
"DESIGNATING OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS OF THE BOROUGH OF
Carteret"
CARTERET"
RESOLUTION #13 -4
"Official Depositories
RESOLUTION 413 -4
of the Borough of
"DESIGNATING OFFICIAL DEPOSITORIES OF THE BOROUGH OF
Carteret"
CARTERET"
RESOLUTION #13 -5
"Rate of Interest to
be Charged on
RESOLUTION #13 -5
Delinquent Taxes and
"FIXING RATE OF INTEREST TO BE CHARGED ON DELINQUENT
Assessments"
TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS"
RESOLUTION 413 -6
"Petty Cash Fund for
RESOLUTION #13 -6
the Borough of
"ESTABLISHING A PETTY -CASH FUND FOR THE BOROUGH OF
Carteret"
CARTERET PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A.40A:5 -21"
RESOLUTION #13 -7
"Temporary Budget
RESOLUTION #13 -7
for the Year 2013"
"PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2013
PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A.40A:4 -19"
RESOLUTION x`13 -3
"Issuance of Various
RESOLUTION #13 -8
Raff Licenses"
"DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF VARIOUS RAFFLE LICENSES"
RESOLUTION #13 -9
Authorizing Mayor to
RESOLUTION #13 -9
Execute Any and All
"AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL GRANTS
Grants, Agreements,
AGREEMENTS, DONATIONS /ENDOWMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE
Donations /Endowments
BOROUGH"
ADOPTED were Adopted. Upon Individual Roll Call Vote Councilmembers
Bellino, Diaz, DiMascio, Krum, Naples and Sitarz voted in the
Affirmative.
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complaints. He wished everyone a safe and healthy new year and
wished Randy Krum a happy birthday.
Council President Skippy Sitarz, Police & Pubic Safety: He
thanked everyone for coming and wished them a Happy New Year
and said this is again a big thing in his life after many years. He
thanked the Police Department and OEM for all the work they did
with Hurricane Sandy. He reported in 2012 under the Police
Department they had responded to twenty thousand (20,000)
calls and generated over seven thousand (7,000) police reports
and there were over eleven hundred (1100) arrests made and
five thousand (5,000) motor vehicle summons were issued. He
said there was approximately fifteen hundred (1500) hours of
police training and said members of the Carteret Police
Department continue to be part of the MCPO law enforcement
marine vessel, which are responsible for patrolling the waters for
Carteret, Woodbridge and Perth Amboy. He said for the tenth
year in a row Carteret was selected as a National Night Out award
winner in the 29 annual National Night Out Campaign. He said
the Juvenile Bureau of the Carteret Police Department
participated in the NCPO Clean Slate Program which is a station
house adjustment program utilized in lieu of signing a criminal
complaint against a juvenile offender. He reported at the present
time we have four (4) SLEO Officers and two (2) officers going to
Ocean County Police Academy and upon their graduation there
will be SLEO Officer. He stated that our present manpower is
down to fifty -three (53) and we are looking to update our full time
Police Department. He said the Carteret Police Department
received an additional Automatic License Plate Reader from
Homeland Security, with the help of Assistant Freeholder Rios and
distributed by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Officer and this
device has the capability to read license plates and check them
against numerous data bases to identify individuals who may be
wanted by law enforcement agencies and vehicles which have not
been used in criminal activities. He said in 2012 the Police
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NAMING OF 2013 STANDING COMMITTEE
Mayor Reiman said he is keeping the Committees the same as in
2012 and he read them into the record:
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS:
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION:
FIRE & DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS:
PARKS & RECREATION/
PUBLIC PROPERTY:
POLICE & PUBLIC SAFETY:
PUBLIC WORKS:
BOARD OF EDUCATION LIAISON:
NAPLES, Krum, Diaz
DIAZ, DiMascio, Bellino
KRUM, Diaz, Bellino
BELLING, DiMascio, Sitarz
SITARZ, Naples, Diaz
DIMASCIO,Krum,Sitarz
NAPLES, Bellino, Diaz
REMARKS: New Councilmembers
Councilmember DiMascio, Public Works: He thanked everyone
for coming today and wished them a Healthy and Safe New Year.
He said he hoped there would be no more tragedies like
Hurricane Sandy which brought such devastation and said he was
grateful, like so many others, that he just lost power and thanked
all the Borough workers and volunteers for their many days of
work and said how helpful the Mayor was in keeping residents up
to date on Facebook and phone calls. He reported that the
Streets and Roads Department added several new vehicles and all
maintenance was performed by our garage. He said the NJDEP
commended the Borough for its efficient and clean recycling yard
in 2012 and thanked John Riley for always doing a great job. He
said they had added Borough speed bumps on the streets by the
schools and many other streets and said this year they will be
adding two (2) speed bumps on the ends of Monroe Street. He
then thanked John DuPont for always acting quickly for any
NAMING OF 2013
STANDING COMMITTEE
REPIARKS
CouncilmemUer
DiMascio
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Department purchased three (3) new hybrids for a grand total of
nine (9), which was a great savings on petroleum and are also in
the process of purchasing a CAD System and hopes to have it in
use by 2013, which will enable the police officer to do his
paperwork in the police car which will go right to headquarters.
He said lastly the Police Department participated in the Click It Or
Ticket Program.
Councilmember Susan Naples, Buildings & Grounds and Board of
Education Liaison: She said, as her colleges have stated, Hurricane
Sandy was the most trying event of 2012 for our Buildings
Department. She reported the Library carpeting is currently being
replaced and the electric in the Department of Public Works has
been replaced and the walls have been replaced in the Sports
Center and the Department of Public Works. She reported there is
still much work to be done and they are waiting for final quotes
from vendors for both the Department of Public Works and the
Sports Center. Her and her colleges all commend the employees
in Buildings and Grounds led by Mr. Tony Neibert, working
together with Mr. John DuPont, commenting that we are short
staffed but want to bring the best services to our Borough. She
also thanked the Mayor and Mr. Neiibert for bringing on Nidia full
time, who has been an employee for many years, working very
hard and the appointment was very well deserved.
Councilmember Naples, in reference to the Board of Education,
reported highlights, such as a United Way Grant that will serve
students in the lower grades and will provide supplies, reading
intervention services to the students in Columbus School and the
grant for the Boys and Girls Club in Carteret High School which has
been up and running with after school clubs and activities, prep
classes and Play it Smart Classes for athletes who need to keep
their grades to participate in extra curricular activities, a theater
program, a school choir and additional activities such as a
photography program. She explained there has been some
discussion and movement in bringing the CASA after school
Councilmember
DiMascio Cont:
Councilmember Naple:
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Councilmember program back to the Middle School but we were slightly out -
Naples Cont: scored in a grant loosing funds for this year. She said she knows
the Board of Education is working to continue with school safety
procedures and that was started prior to the Connecticut incident
and they have put into place different exit and entrance
procedures and they are going to have key cards to get into the
class rooms and the buildings so they can keep track of who is
entering or leaving the buildings. She reported that the Uniform
Pilot Program in Nathan Hale School has been highly successful
and said she and some of her colleges have been approached to
make it district wide and are looking to the Board of Education to
possibly consider that. She said there has been many Ivy League
acceptances, with one (1) student receiving a full scholarship to
Princeton University. She commended the Carteret High School
Football Team who won the State Championship and the
coaching staff and student body and then thanked the Mayor for
the transportation he provided along with the admission tickets
and the wonderful hero's welcome on their arrival back to Exit 12.
She said all the student athletes, cheerleaders and band members
represented our community very well and in speaking to an
Operations Manager at the Meadowlands he was very impressed
by the size of our Group II School and that the crowd was
unprecedented that came out to support our team this year. She
thanked the community and gave a big thanks to the schools for
working with the Borough and the emergency services to provide
shelter for our residents displaced by Hurricane Sandy and by the
power outages and thanked many residents for their help in
delivering meals to residents who were shut in and did not leave
their homes during the hurricane. She then acknowledged from
the audience Dennis Cherepski, former School Board President
and member and Marty Murray former School Board member and
Jasbir Judge, a newly elected School Board member.
Mayor Reiman Mayor Reiman said before he continued with the Council Reports
he wanted to recognize some elected officials and dignitaries
present. He introduced, from Washington DC, Congressman
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Frank Pallone, Deputy Director Freeholder, Ron Rios, Sheriff Millie Mayor Reiman Cont:
Scott, Freeholder Blanquita Valenti, County Surrogate Kevin
Hoagland and County Clerk Elaine Flynn, Municipal Court
Magistrate Allen Comba, newly elected Councilmember from
South Amboy Zuzette Dato, former Councilmember from Carteret,
William Feingold and Father Taras Chubenko and our past
Commander and Chief for the Veterans of Foreign War, George
Lisicki.
Councilmember Jorge Diaz, Finance and Administration: He Councilmember Diaz
reported in 2012 they continued with our aggressive pursuit of
grants and public funding for improvements to our Borough
infrastructure, upgrades to our Parks and Recreation,
revitalization and smart growth of our retail and commercial
corridors, while stimulating local economic development. He said
in the last ten (10) years, during the tenure of this administration,
the total amount awarded to the Borough has surpassed eighty -
seven (87) million dollars in grants and public funding and said
over forty (40) million dollars alone have been invested in the
upgrades to our parks and recreation, increasing the quality of life
and expanding recreational opportunities to our residents and
under Economic Development we continue to provide dynamic
programming, guidance and resources to support our local
resources and economy, such as job fares, trainings and programs
that make low interest funding available for small businesses and
have been able to improve our commercial corridors while
fostering continued economic growth and said these programs,
along with working closely with the Carteret Business Partnership,
represents the forward thinking that has created jobs and
restored our commercial backbone. He said within the next year
we will witness the construction of Investor's Bank and the new
Medical Arts Building on Washington Avenue ushering the
creation of jobs and expanding our Economic Development
opportunities and said we have demonstrated strong fiscal
responsibilities, cutting operation costs, consolidating
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Councilmember Diaz departments and have fostered shared service agreements with
Cont: our Board of Education and neighboring towns. He reported we
have effectively reduced our total debt and general obligations by
over twenty -seven percent over the last ten (10) years and our
pro - development policies have paved the way for the revaluation
of properties whose assessed values rose from one (1) billion to
over two (2) billion before the revaluation and explained the
revaluation of all properties have been completed this past year
and as a result residents realized an average tax cut of $400.00.
He spoke about the $100.00 Sewer Rebate Program which has
continued for Seniors, Veterans and Disabled residents and is the
only program of its kind in the State of New Jersey, of which over
nine hundred (900) taxpayers applied and were provided the
rebate. He said as we look forward to 2013 he wanted to
congratulate Councilmembers Sitarz and Dlmascio on their re-
election wishing them much success in their new term and he
looked forward to our team working together to ensure that
Carteret continues to be a place to live, work and raise a family.
He then thanked the professional staff and department heads and
said the success of this administration is due in large part to the
guidance and their expertise and dedication and their work ethic
continues to be first of all and second to none. He then wished
the guests and the good residents of Carteret a very healthy,
happy and prosperous New Year.
Councilmember Krum Councilmember Krum, Fire and Domestic Preparedness: He
reported in 2012 the Fire Department responded to 27,278 calls
for assistance, explaining this was the busiest year in the history
of the department and said the calls ranked from medical
emergencies to house fires, industrial fires, water rescues and
vehicle (inaudible). He went on to report in 2012 the Fire
Department added a new ambulance to its fleet and received a
new foam tanker from Middlesex County, which was funded by
Homeland Security, of which carries four thousand gallons of fire
fighting foam which will be of great asset to the Borough in the
event of this type of emergency and will respond throughout the
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count when requested. He said training is also a big Councilmember Krum
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duties and responsibilities and said this year the career and
volunteer fire fighters continue their training classes at the
Middlesex Fire Academy and we also continued our co- operative
training with Kinder Morgan Company and its merchant response
team conducting drills at the Kinder Morgan Facility and also at
the Fire Academy. He said fire prevention has its busiest year
conducting over twelve hundred code enforcement actions and
the total included annual inspections, complaints, permit
inspections and also investigations and our inspection staff is to
be congratulated for their outstanding effort in completing all
required life hazard use inspections this year. He said the Fire
Department continued its public servant efforts and it highly
successful and appreciated morning checkup program, where
senior citizens living alone are contacted by a fire fighter or an
emt each morning to check on their well being and our child seat
program, which has our specialty trained car seat technicians help
residents install new car seats in their vehicles has proven to be a
great benefit to our residents in helping to ensure the proper
child seat is used and Installed properly. He went on to explain
that another well appreciated service the Borough provides to
residents is the vehicle lock -up program and the department
distributed hundreds of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide
detectors through a special grant provided by the Borough and
continues to participate in events such as Disability Awareness
Day , the Middlesex Community County Special Olympics, our
poster contest, where the children win a ride to school in a fire
truck and an Open House, which he understood is one of the best
in the State of New Jersey. He went on to say the past year
provided several challenges to the fire fighters with several house
fires throughout the year and they performed their first water
rescue in the Arthur Kill when a wave run was partially submerged
in the river with a father and daughter clinging to it in very cold
water and the fire fighters, using our new boat, pulled victims out
of the water and brought the wave runner to shore and during
Hurricane Sandy our fire fighters were fighting multiple house
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Councilmember Krum fires in chest deep water and rescuing people and responded to
Cont: many calls. He asked for the career and volunteer fire fighters to
be recognized for their outstanding efforts during a difficult and
dangerous time and he went on to thank Emergency
Management for the great job during the storm and for helping
out the fire fighters. He then congratulated Councilmembers
Sitarz and DiMascio for their election victory and the Mayor and
his Council mates, the Borough workers and the residents of
Carteret and wished them a safe and happy New Year.
Councilmember Bellino Councilmember Bellino, Parks & Recreation /Public Property: He
wished all a Happy New Year. He then spoke about the various
functions they had during the year and mentioned the Memorial
Day Parade, Concerts at the Bay, the Kelly Miller Circus,
Waterfront Festival, Battle of the Bands, the Coffee House, the
open microphone at the Community Center, Miniature Golf from
June to October, Ethnic Day, the car show, 911 Memorial, Latino
Festival led by Councilmembr Diaz, Joe Medwick Park re- opening,
the Halloween Parade, Washington Avenue Street Festival, the
Carteret Veterans Day Service, the Christmas Holiday Festival,
baseball, basketball and softball clinics, park improvements, the
pier extension and soon the spray park. He said they had two (2)
candle light vigils, which were heartbreaking. He then sent a
special thanks to the community, our volunteers, our Police and
Fire Departments, Emergency Management and all the people
who volunteered their time with Hurricane Sandy and he spoke of
its devastation and how the town came back strong with the help
and support of our volunteer organizations, our police and our
fire, of which some had hardships of their own and still no one
said no. He thanked them all from his heart.
Mayor Reiman Mayor Reiman said for his one (1) hour State of the Borough
Address they will have to wait until February. He then
congratulated Councilmembers DiMascio and Sitarz and said they
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worked together for the last ten (10) years in this administration Mayor Reiman Cont:
and made tremendous improvements in Carteret and said there is
much more to do, much more initiatives on the drawing board
and are expected to be in the ground this year. He thanked the
Borough Council for their support and the employees of the
Borough, members of OEM, Fire and Police Departments and all
of the staff that ensure each and every day the utmost
professionalism on behalf of the residents of our community.
Mayor Reiman then asked the Very Reverend Taras Chubenko to
join them for the Benediction.
Father Chubenko then delivered the Benediction. BENEDICTION
Mayor Reiman then invited everyone present for light
refreshments in the hall way .
After no further disicussion, upon MMS &C by Councilmembers ADJOURNED
DiMascio and Bellino and unanimous affirmative vote of the full
Council present, the meeting was Adjourned at approximately
12:05 P.M.
Respectfully,submitted,
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, MMC
Municipal Clerk
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