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HomeMy Public PortalAboutCarteret Port Authority 2020 MinutesFebruary 11, 2020 Carteret Port Authority Reorganization Meeting February 11, 2020 Approximately 2:00 p.m. Roll Call PRESENT: Councilmember Vincent Bellino Wesley Kaskiw Benny Waters, Mayor's Alternate Board Clerk Carmela Pogorzelski Also noted present was Ronald Gardner, Treasurer. AB SENT: Chairman Hank D'Orsi Vice Chairman Joseph Caliguari Mayor Daniel J. Reiman Also noted absent was Trevor Taylor, CME Associates. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE Emailed to the Home News Tribune and posted on the bulletin board on January 30, 2020. NOMINATION AND ELECTION 2020 Chairman, Vice Chairman/Secretary Coumcilmember Bellino made a motion to reelect Hank D'Orsi as Chairman. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw, Hank D'Orsi was reelected Chairman. Councilmember Bellino, members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. 1 February 11, 2020 Councilmember Bellino made a motion to reelect Joseph Caliguari Vice Chairman/Secretary. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmember Bellino and member Waters, Joseph Caliguari was reelected Vice Chairman/Secretary. Councilmember Bellino, members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Ors, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Resolution #20-01 Adopted CARTERET PORT AUTHORITY ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. Member Waters second the motion. Councilmember Bellino, members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chaiinian D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Resolution #20-02 Adopted DESIGNATING OFFICIAL DEPOSITORIES OF THE CARTERET PORT AUTHORITY Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. Member Waters second the motion. Councilmember Bellino, members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Resolution #20-03 Adopted DESIGNATING OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS OF THE CARTERET PORT AUTHORITY Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. Member Waters second the motion. Councilmember Bellino and members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. 2 February 11, 2020 Resolution #20-04 Adopted APPROVING CASH MANAGEMENT PLAN Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. Member Waters second the motion. Councilmember Bellino and members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Resolution #20-05 Adopted APPOINTING AUDITOR FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. Member Waters second the motion. Councilmember Bellino and members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Resolution #20-06 Adopted BUDGET AMENDMENT RESOLUTION Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. Member Waters second the motion. Councilmember Bellino and members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Resolution #20-07 Adopted ADOPTION OF THE 2020 PORT AUTHORITY BUDGET Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. Member Waters second the motion. Councilmember Bellino and members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. 3 February 11, 2020 BILL LIST Councilmember Bellino made a motion to approve the list of bills. Member Waters second the motion. Upon unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) members present all bills on the prepared list were ordered to be paid. RON GARDNER Explained that Resolution #20-06 and #20-07 were regarding the budget; he said the budget is being amended so the money can be spent. He said the state signed off on our budget which means it is in compliance and needs to be adopted today **Clerk's Note: Trevor Taylor, CME Associates was scheduled to give his report but had an unforeseen issue and was unable to attend the meeting. OPEN TO PUBLIC Upon MMS&C, by Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) members present, the meeting was opened to the public. MEETING CLOSED There being no comments or discussion, upon MMS&C, by Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) members present, the meeting was closed to the public. ADJOURN Councilmember Bellino made a motion to adjourn the meeting at approximately 2:09 p.m. Member Kaskiw second the motion. Councilmember Bellino, members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D' Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Respectfully submitted, tint Carmela Pogorzelski Board Clerk 4 February 11, 2020 **Clerk Note #2 Board Clerk Pogorzelski was asked by Board Treasurer Gardner to poll the board members regarding a 2% salary increase for the Treasurer and Board Clerk to take effect in 2020. At approximately 2:30 p.m. on February 11, 2020, Councilmember Bellino, Chaiiiiian D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and member Waters voted via a telephone call made by Board Clerk Pogorzelski in the affirmative to approve a 2% salary increase for the Board Treasurer and Board Clerk starting in 2020. Member Kaskiw's phone is out of order at this time and he was unable to be reached. cp 5 March 10, 2020 Carteret Port Authority Meeting March 10, 2020 Approximately 2:04 p.m. Roll Call PRESENT: Councilmember Vincent Bellino Wesley Kaskiw Benny Waters, Mayor's Alternate Board Clerk, Carmela Pogorzelski ABSENT: Chairman Hank D' Orsi Vice Chairman Joseph Caliguari Mayor Daniel J. Reiman Also noted present was Trevor Taylor, CME Associates. Also noted absent was Ronald F. Gardner, Treasurer. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE Emailed to the Home News Tribune and posted on the bulletin board on February 28, 2020. Resolution #20-08 Adopted WATERFRONT PARK MAINTENANCE CONTRACT Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. member Kaskiw second the motion. Councilmember Bellino, members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. 1 March 10, 2020 BOARD CLERK POGORZELSKI Said this is awarding a third year on the waterfront maintenance contract to Greenleaf Landscape Systems. BILL LIST Councilmember Bellino made a motion to approve the list of bills. member Waters second the motion. Upon unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) members present all bills on the prepared list were ordered to be paid. BOARD CLERK POGORZELSKI Said Ron Gardner was not able to attend the meeting today because he needed take his mother home from the hospital. TREVOR TAYLOR Said Phase II of the marina is substantially complete with the contractor, Tomar Construction, addressing minor punch list items. The marina has been winterized; however, several boats are still docked. He said of the $6.5M NJDEP ONRR grant, $5.3M has been reimbursed to date. Phase III is currently underway by Black Rock Enterprises, which includes the upland improvements; the parking lot, walkways, drainage system, site lighting and the import of fill to cap the site and to raise the elevation for the future building. He said Black Rock has completed retaining wall construction, earthwork, storm drainage, curbing, and utilities. The Contractor is currently installing site lighting with paving to follow. He said work is 75% complete, lights, conduit, paving surfaces need to be done; he said he anticipates work will be completed by April 1, 2020. COUNCILMEMBER BELLINO Asked Trevor if he knew anything with regard to the ferry. TREVOR TAYLOR Said he didn't know as he isn't working on that project, he thought they were starting permitting on the ferry but he can follow up and get back to the board. OPEN TO PUBLIC Upon MMS&C, by Councilmember Bellino and Kaskiw and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) members present, the meeting was opened to the public. 2 March 10, 2020 MEETING CLOSED There being no comments or discussion, upon MMS&C, by Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) members present, the meeting was closed to the public. ADJOURN Councilmember Bellino made a motion to adjourn the meeting at approximately 2:08 p.m. member Waters second the motion. Councilmember Bellino, members Kaskiw and Waters voted in the affirmative. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Respectfully submitted, cp Carmela Pogorzelski Board Clerk 3 October 27, 2020 Carteret Port Authority Meeting October 27, 2020 Approximately 2:07 p.m., remotely via telephone call -in. Roll Call PRESENT: Chairman Hank D' Orsi Councilmember Vincent Bellino Wesley Kaskiw Board Clerk, Carmela Pogorzelski ABSENT: Vice Chairman Joseph Caliguari Benny Waters, Mayor's Alternate Mayor Daniel J. Reiman Also noted present were Ronald F. Gardner, Treasurer and Trevor Taylor, CME Associates. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE Emailed to the Home News Tribune and posted on the bulletin board on October 20, 2020. Ronald Gardner, explained the resolutions to the commissioners before the vote; Resolution #20- 09, would approve the budget so it could be submitted the Division of Local Government Services for their review and approval. He said we set December 8th for the adoption of the budget. He said he would email the board members a draft budget if they wanted one. Resolution #20-10, the 2019 audit is being done now and hopes to give a draft copy to commissioners at the next meeting. 1 October 27, 2020 Resolution #20-09 Adopted 2021 BUDGET RESOLUTION Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. Chairman D'Orsi second the motion. Chairman D' Orsi, Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw voted in the affirmative. Vice Chairman Caliguari, member Waters and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Resolution #20-10 Adopted PROFESSIONAL SERVICES HOLMAN, FRENIA, ALLISON, P.C. RE: 2019 AUDIT Councilmember Bellino made a motion on the Resolution. Chairman D'Orsi second the motion. Chairman D'Orsi, Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw voted in the affirmative. Vice Chairman Caliguari, member Waters and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. BILL LIST Chairman D'Orsi made a motion to approve the list of bills. Councilmember Bellino second the motion. Upon unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) members present all bills on the prepared list were ordered to be paid. BOARD CLERK POGORZELSKI Prior to the commissioners voting on the list of bills explained that we would be paying the first five items now but since there wasn't a meeting since March due to the Pandemic; we would just be reaffirming the bills paid that were listed on the bill list and were approved by the members via phone poll in June, July and August. RONALD GARDNER Hopefully December 8th can hold the hearing to adopt the budget. Also hoped audit would be submitted and would be available for review. 2 October 27, 2020 TREVOR TAYLOR Phase III is wrapping up and they expect to be done in the next couple of weeks. All environmental work is done. CME is working with Excel Environmental for both NJDEP RSDRF and NJDEP Green Acres Department so that the Borough could be reimbursed for the expenditures to date. OPEN TO PUBLIC Upon MMS&C, by Chairman D'Orsi and Councilmember Bellino and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) members present, the meeting was opened to the public. MEETING CLOSED There being no comments or discussion, upon MMS&C, by Councilmember Bellino and Chairman D'orsi and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) members present, the meeting was closed to the public. ADJOURN Chairman D'Orsi made a motion to adjourn the meeting at approximately 2:11 p.m. Councilmember Bellino second the motion. Chairman D'Orsi, Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw voted in the affirmative. Vice Chairman Caliguari, member Waters and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. cp Respectfully submitted, VY L Carmela Pogorzelski Board Clerk 3 December 8, 2020 Carteret Port Authority Meeting December 8, 2020 Approximately 2:05 p.m., remotely via telephone call -in. Roll Call PRESENT: Chairman Hank D' Orsi Vice Chairman Joseph Caliguari Councilmember Vincent Bellino Wesley Kaskiw Board Clerk, Carmela Pogorzelski ABSENT: Benny Waters, Mayor's Alternate Mayor Daniel J. Reiman Also noted present were Ronald F. Gardner, Treasurer and Trevor Taylor, CME Associates. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE Emailed to the Home News Tribune and posted on the bulletin board on November 30, 2020. RONALD GARDNER Explained the resolutions to the commissioners before the vote; he said with regard to Resolution #20-11, the audit was filed two to three weeks ago, there was a delay due to the COVID-19 Pandemic; the commissioners would be signing an affidavit that they read the recommendation and comment section of the 2019 audit. He said there were no recommendations, it is a statutory requirement. He said with regard to Resolution #20- 12, the commissioners would be voting to adopt the budget that was introduced and approved at the October meeting. He said it was reviewed by the Division of Local Government Services and we have their approval to adopt. He explained. 1 December 8, 2020 Resolution #20-11 Adopted ACCEPTING THE 2019 AUDIT & GROUP AFFIDAVIT FORM Chairman D'Oris made a motion on the Resolution. Councilmember Bellino second the motion. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari, Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw voted in the affirmative. Member Waters and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Resolution #20-12 Adopted ADOPTION OF THE 2021 PORT AUTHORITY BUDGET Chairman D'Orsi made a motion on the Resolution. Councilmember Bellino second the motion. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari, Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw voted in the affirmative. Member Waters and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. BILL LIST Chairman D'Orsi made a motion to approve the list of bills. Vice Chairman Caliguari second the motion. Upon unanimous affirmative vote of the four (4) members present all bills on the prepared list were ordered to be paid. TREVOR TAYLOR Phase III is wrapping up which includes the upland improvements; the parking lot, walkways, drainage system, site lighting and the import of fill to cap the site that would raise the elevation for the future building. Site improvements are substantially completed with the exception of the additional gangway improvements from the pier down to the marina. The marina winterization has been done. CME is working with Excel Environmental for both NJDEP HSDRF and NJDEP Green Acres Department so that the Borough could be reimbursed for the expenditures to date. 2 December 8, 2020 OPEN TO PUBLIC Upon MMS&C, by Chairman D'Orsi and Councilmember Bellino and unanimous affirmative vote of the four (4) members present, the meeting was opened to the public. MEETING CLOSED There being no comments or discussion, upon MMS&C, by Chairman D'orsi and Councilmember Bellino and unanimous affirmative vote of the four (4) members present, the meeting was closed to the public. ADJOURN Chairman D'Orsi made a motion to adjourn the meeting at approximately 2:09 p.m. Councilmember Bellino second the motion. Chairman D'Orsi, Vice Chairman Caliguari, Councilmember Bellino and member Kaskiw voted in the affirmative. Member Waters and Mayor Reiman were noted absent. Respectfully submitted, cp 3 QcaP CarnIela PogorzeIski Board Clerk (7-6i6t“