HomeMy Public PortalAbout02-07-13 agendaFEBRUARY 7, 2013
The Agenda Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of
Carteret preceding the Regular Meeting February 21, 2013 was
held on February 7, 2013, 6:00 P.M., Council Chambers, Memorial
Municipal Building, 61 Cooke Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey.
The following were noted present:
Mayor Daniel J. Reiman
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.
The 2013 Annual Notice was mailed to The Home News Tribune,
The Star Ledger and posted on the Bulletin Board on January 3,
2013. Notice was published in The Home News Tribune and The
Star Ledger on January 8, 2013.
The meeting was opened with a minute of silent prayer and the
Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Daniel J. Reiman.
AGENDA MEETING
February 7, 2013
PRESENT
STATEMENT OF
MEETING NOTICE
Minute of Prayer/
Pledge of Allegiancc
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MINUTES FOR Upon MMS &C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Bellino and
APPROVAL unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the .
Minutes of January 24, 2013 were approved and transcribed and
engrossed by the Clerk.
COMMENDATIONS COMMENDATIONS: Hurricane Sandy Volunteers.
Hurricane Mayor Reiman said he was taking the opportunity to thank our
Sandy
Volunteers Office of Emergency Management and their volunteers for their
work with Hurricane Sandy and spoke briefly about the extensive
damage that occurred from it. He explained how they are always
there to help throughout the year with parades, the charity
carnival, with downed power or telephone lines and with our
storm water or sewer system. He said they sometimes direct
traffic or block off streets and complimented them on being
dedicated volunteers that go above and beyond and deserve to be
recognized.
Mayor Reiman then read the names of the recipients of the
commendations into the record :
John Wyatt, Municipal Coordinator
Bob Smith, Deputy Coordinator
Mitchell Smith, Cadet Captain
Chris App, Cadet
Tre Alexander, Cadet
Dakota Smith, Cadet
Ben Lacatus, Cadet
Alex Makwinski, Cadet
Gregory Gadomski, Captain
Dave Arsenault, Deputy Coordinator
Anthony Alexander, Volunteer
Delvin Baez, Volunteer
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Hilda R. Burgos, Volunteer
Lisa Ciezza, Volunteer
Leo Garcia, Volunteer
Mendiver Herrera, Volunteer
Jane Herron, Vollunteer
John Hutchinson, Volunteer
Jason Makwinski, Volunteer
Joe Orosz, Volunteer
Robert Panazzolo, Volunteer
Clarence Prince, Volunteer
Patrick Prokopiak, Volunteer
Sue Prokopiak, Volunteer
Wilson Santana, Volunteer
Jagjit Singh, Volunteer
Nirav Shah, Volunteer
Michelina Smith, Shelter Manager
Bob Woods, Volunteer
Mayor Reiman read the Mayoral Commendation into the record
and then presented each of the recipients with one.
Mayor Reiman then presented a commendation to Henry
Maklune, who garbed in scuba gear went into the pond and fixed
the electrical wiring under the surface of the water.
Mayor Reiman asked Sergeant Wargocki and Captain McFadden
to come to speak about the Neighborhood Crime Watch Program.
He noted that statistically 2011 and 2012 were unchanged in
reference to crime and statistically the first days of 2013 were
unchanged. He then asked Sergeant Wargocki to come forward
COMMENDATION Cont:
Neighborhood
Crime Watch
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Neighborhood
Crime Watch
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noting that he is the coordinator for the Crime Watch Program
and he also is a platoon leader and a sergeant within a crew.
Sergeant Wargocki spoke about the Neighborhood Watch
Program which has been in existence for a number of years. He
explained they are trying to get the community involved and said
at their presentations they talk about burglary prevention and
holiday shopping safety, etc. He said they have been discussing
with the Mayor and Council to make the meetings twice a month
for a few months and then once a month after that but currently
they are quarterly and said they have registered members. He
said the first meeting will be on February 27` 6:30 in the evening
at the Community Center and the Mayor and Council will be
sending out post cards for the meetings with the topic that will be
discussed. He spoke briefly about the program.
Mayor Reiman explained over the last few years the
Neighborhood Watch Program has become more of a social
setting where members of the community will go and talk but he
would really like it to be more active and have the Police
Department be more pro- active. He said we will have
approximately twenty (20) meetings and explained that some of
the residents have recommended door knockers if there is a
burglary or crime in the neighborhood and he thought it was a
good idea. He said we have approved about 3500 more hours this
year for crime prevention for the Police Department, of which
besides more patrols, will include mitigation inspection where a
police officer can come to their home to inspect their property
and make recommendations. He spoke briefly on this and said
they will be video taping the Neighborhood Crime Watch
Meetings and will provide them on TV 36 and invite all residents
of the community to participate.
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Upon MMS &C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Bellino and
unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the public
portion on Resolutions /Agenda Items and New Business was
opened to the public.
There were no comments from the public.
Upon MMS &C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Bellino and
unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the public
portion was closed.
Mayor Reiman read the Resolutions into the record:
1. Directing the Issuance of Various Raffle Licenses.
2. Professional Services — CME Associates, Re: 2013 General
Sewer Services.
3. Opposing A -1196, Changes to Worker's Compensation for
Public Safety Workers.
4. Support of A- 3128/S -2094, Spill Compensation and Control
Act.
5. Accepting and Approving RFQ's for Municipal Court Judge.
6. Property Tax Cancellation and Refund.
7. Appointing Public Agency Compliance Officer.
8. Professional Services -TM Associates, Re: Updated
Hydrographic Survey Dredging Plan.
9. Directing the Issuance of a Taxicab Driver's License — John
R. Cook, Safeway Taxi and Limo.
10. Approving the 2013 Budget of the Carteret Business
Partnership, Inc. —SID i & SID 11.
11. Award of Bid for Waterfront Park Maintenance.
Public Portion on
Resolutions /Agenda
Items and Nero
Business
Public Portion
Closed
RESOLUTIONS
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Mayor Reiman Mayor Reiman, explained, in reference to resolution #8,
Re: Resolution "Professional Services -T &M Associates, Re: Updated Hydrographic
# Survey & Dredging Plan" on the Order of Business, this would
allow added capacity and volume in the creek and hopefully
would be enough volume to handle any type of additional surge
that would be coming from the channel.
Mayor Reiman then asked for a motion on the Consent Agenda.
CONSENT AGENDA Resolutions #13 -26 thru 413 -35 were introduced by the Mayor
and referred to the Council for action.
Upon MMS &C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Bellino
RESOLUTION RESOLUTION #13 -26
#13 -26 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — CME ASSOCIATES, RE: 2013 GENERAL
DIE Associates SEWER SERVICES"
RESOLUTION #13 -27 RESOLUTION #13 -27
Workers "OPPOSING A -1196, CHANGES TO WORKER'S COMPENSATION
Compensation FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS"
RESOLUTION #13 -28 RESOLUTION #13 -28
Spill Compensation "SUPPORT OF A- 3128/5 -2094, SPILL COMPENSATON AND
& Control Act CONTROL ACT"
RESOLUTION #13 -29
RFQ- Municipal Court
Judge
RESOLUTION #13 -30
Property Tax
Cancellation &
Refund
RESOLUTION #13 -31
Public Agency
Compliance Officer
RESOLUTION #13 -29
"ACCEPTING AND APPROVING RFQ'S FOR MUNICIPAL COURT
JUDGE"
RESOLUTION #13 -30
"PROPERTY TAX CANCELLATION AND REFUND"
RESOLUTION 413 -31
"APPOINTING PUBLIC AGENCY COMPLIANCE OFFICER"
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RESOLUTION #13 -32 RESOLUTION #13 -32
"PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — T &M ASSOCIATES, RE: UPDATED Updated Hydrograph:
Survey & Dredging
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY & DREDGING PLAN Plan
RESOLUTION #13 -33 RESOLUTION #13 -33
"DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF A TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE — Taxi Driver Licens(
JOHN R. COOK, SAFEWAY TAXI & LIMO" John R. Cook
RESOLUTION 413 -34 RESOLUTION #13 -34
"APPROVING THE 2013 BUDGET OF THE CARTERET BUSINESS 2013 Budget- Cartere
PARTNERSHIP, INC. —SID 1 &SID II" Business Partnershi Inc. -SID 1 SID 11
RESOLUTION #13 -35 RESOLUTION #13 -35
Award of Bid -
"AWARD OF BID FOR WATERFRONT PARK MAINTENANCE" Waterfront Park
Maintenance
were Adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers
Bellino, Diaz, DiMascio, Krum, Naples and Sitarz voted in the ADOPTED
Affirmative.
In reference to Resolution #5, "Accepting and Approving RFQ's for Councilmember
Municipal Court Judge ", Councilmember DiMascio asked if Judge DiMascio, Re:
Comba was retiring. Resolution #5
Mayor Reiman said he was not retiring and said he was not Mayor Reiman
appointing a judge, this is just a request for qualifications we had
issued and there are three (3) resumes and he will make a
recommendation to the Council
Please note that Resolution #1 on the Consent Agenda "Directing Clerk's Note
the Issuance of Various Raffle Licenses" was omitted from the
Consent Agenda
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PAYMENT OF Upon MMS &C by Councilmembers Diaz and Sitarz all bills
BILLS appearing on the prepared list, properly audited and signed, were
ordered to be paid..Upon individual roll call vote Councilmembers
Bellino, Diaz, DiMascio, Krum, Naples and Sitarz voted in the
Affirmative.
REPORTS REPORTS:
Clerk's Office Clerk's Office — January 2013.
Upon MMS &C by Councilmembers Diaz and Naples and
unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, all Reports
were ordered to be received and placed on file.
BUSINESS BUSINESS TO BE ADDED:
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Councilmember DiMascio said they are watching the upcoming
Councilmember snow storm and reported it was up to six (6) inches and the plows
DiMascio and salt trucks are ready to go.
Mayor Reiman Mayor Reiman said moments before the meeting the National
Weather Service updated it from eight (8) to twelve (12) inches.
Councilmember Councilmember DiMascio said in Paterson they have a brime that
DiMascio they put down.
Mayor Reiman Mayor Reiman explained that they have looked into it and more
then that they have to have the ability to store it. He said we have
also looked into what is called snow melters that are used in the
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air ports but the problem with that is it would take too long to get
done with this.
Councilmember Krum said he has been involved with the
Community Block Grants for so many years and he saw that the
Governor received a lot of money to be used for Block Grants.
Mayor Reiman told Councilmember Krum he knew he had a
meeting coming up soon and we just received notification out of
the forty (40) billion that is coming to New Jersey 1.8 billion has
been allocated for Community Development Block Grants so we
are waiting for the application packet and to see whether it is
discretionary or programmatic and he explained that
programmatic would mean we would get it based upon pro
capita, so Middlesex County typically gets X amount of dollars and
each town gets $5.00 for every resident. He explained
discretionary would allow for an application to be filed and it is
based upon the actual program or project that the town is
applying for.
Councilmember Naples said she had nothing at this time in
reference to Buildings and Grounds but she wants to wish
everyone well throughout the storm and said to make sure they
had all their personal supplies and she again personally thanked
all our volunteers.
Council President Sitarz reported we are in the process of buying
new police cars. He then asked when Gio's up the hill, would be
coming before the Council on his license.
Mayor Reiman explained the bar has been sold and Gios, without
naming names, the business operation has pending criminal
charges. He said the Mayor and Council sit as the ABC Board, so
we have in some instances jurisdiction over a business's liquor
license but before we can have a hearing on the liquor license he
has to resolve his criminal complaint, of which under our
BUSINESS TO BE
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Councilmember Krum
Mayor Reiman
Councilmember Naple:
Council President
Sitarz
Mayor Reiman
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BUSINESS TO constitution, is innocent until proven guilty, so once they go
BE ADDED Cont: through New Brunswick Superior Court we will be able to have
Mayor Reiman our charges on the ABC License, but, he said the building is under
contract and there is a zoning application coming out in about a
month which should call for the current operation to shut down.
Councilmember Councilmember DiMascio said the business is still running.
DiMascio
Mayor Reiman Mayor Reiman asked Captain McFadden, who was present in the
audience, if he had seen any operation there.
Capt. McFadden Captain McFadden said he saw none.
Mayor Reiman Mayor Reiman said he was not shut down by any court order so
he has the ability to open up but he has issues and we have had
some drug concerns there.
Councilmember Councilmember Diaz said he wanted to personally thank the
Diaz Office of Emergency Management with the work they did with
Hurricane Sandy and to the residents that volunteered at the
shelter and for those who came out and helped and contributed.
Councilmember Councilmember Bellino also extended his thanks to the OEM and
Bellino said although he is an absentee member he saw what they do and
explained on the Council side we have other things that we do. He
said this shows real community and told them they did an
outstanding job.
Mayor Reiman Mayor Reiman said last year at his annual Mayor's Ball, where
money is raised for charity, we had the opportunity to honor and
recognize OEM and said they could be recognized every year. He
again thanked them on behalf of all the residents of our
community and he wished them luck and continued prosperity
and support.
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After no further
discussion, upon
MMS &C by
Councilmembers ADJOURNED
Diaz and Bellino
and unanimous
affirmative
vote of the full
Council present,
this meeting was
Adjourned
at approximately
6:35 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, MMC
Municipal Clerk
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