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Home My Public Portal Aboutr 97:280 No, 97-280 DataafAdoption SEPT. 4, 1997 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WHEREAS, there exists a need for professional services to perform certain services as outlined in the attached proposal dated May 30, 1997, along with such litigation as assigned by the Mayor and Council; and WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1){a) professional services are exempt from the requirements of competitive bidding, and WHEREAS, the local finance officer has certified that funds are available, NOW, THEREFORE, SE iT RESOLVED that effective May 30, 1997, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret does hereby approve the appointment of Helmer, Kassel and Stowell at a maximum cost of not to exceed _ ~25,000.00 billable per attached contract. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Borough Clerk ere hereby authorized to execute said contract; IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the contract is awarded without competitive bids in accordance with N,J.S.A, 40A:11-5(1)(a} due to the specialized and professional nature of the services provided. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that notice of this action be published in The Home News & Tribune on September 09..., 1997, Adopted this 4th day of September, 1997 and certified as a true copy of the original on September 5, 1997. KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, Municipal Clerk HELMER KA$$EL & STOWELL A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW 111 WHITE HORSE PIKE HADDON HEIOHTS NJ 0803S TODD~ OELFAND' May 30, 1997 Mayor Peter J. Sica and Council Borough of Carteret 61 Cooke Avenue Carteret, NJ 07008 Re: Proposal for Services: Special Counsel/Management Consultant Dear Mayor Sica and Council: I, Ron Helmer and Todd Gelfand enjoyed meeting with Council on Thursday, May 29, 1997. Please accept this proposal for our services. We are prepared to assist your Borough as legal counsel and Consultants in regard to the operation of the police department and/or other Municipal Departments if and as assigned. These duties will include, at a mininmm but not necessarily exclusively, the following: 1. We will review and, if necessary, redraft, your municipal ordinances establishing and governing your police department to ensure that they conform to statute and the most recent common law. 2. We will then review and, if necessary, rewrite the rules and regulations to govern the day to day operations of the police department. 3. We will also serve as consultants on any police related matters. We anticipate that this initial process will be completed between 60 and 120 days, but time estimate is extremely flexible. ~.~, ',/7~);~// Mayor and Council May 30, 1997 page 2 Our duties will then continue whereby we will review the existing police department policies and procedures and we will make recommendations to help the appropriate authority promulgate new policies as needed. We will also function as a consultant for the police administration to ensure that tile policies promulgated by the appropriate authority are properly implemented. Our duties will include providing evaluations of the efficiency and productivity of thc Department, including a review of its day to day operations, current deployment practices and promotional policies. We will also teach and assist the Police Administration in the implementation of modem management techniques to include, at a minimum, data capture, analysis and application of the data to management decisions; (i.e., a Id-partite personnel evaluation system, etc.). These systems are desigmed to insure a days work for a days pay and to compel middle-managers to do their job and not just be "...one of the boys...". It is also our understanding that if any incompetency or misconduct is found, we will make the necessary investigation, draft the appropriate charges and specifications for any discipline which may be indicated and we will function as special counsel to prosecute such matlers after consultation with the appropriate authoriD', the charging authority and your solicitor. The services of this finn will be billed at the accommodated rate of $150 per hour, plus costs, whether we are acting in a consultant or prosecutorial capacity. We will, of course, provide the Borough with a monthly statement outlining the time spent and documenting any out of pocket expenses for which we are entitled to be reimbursed. It is our understanding that an initial appropriation of $25,000 will be set aside to fund this effort. We look forward to the opportunity of working for the Borough. Very truly yours, HELMER, K.ASSEL & STOWELL, P.A. GARY F. STOWELL, ESQUIRE /laf Enclosure - Resume of Gary F. Stowell GARY FRANKLIN STOWELL, SR. /~)'" 328 Stoney Brook Lane /'~"' Marlton, New ,ersey 08053 ~?~ FOCAL EDUCATION ~{:~..~". High School - Upper Moreland High School, Willow Grove, PA. A.S. degree - Law Enforcement Administration (1977); Camden County College, Blac~ood, N.J. B.A. degree - Law & Justice and ~blic Admhfistration double major); Glassboro State College, Glassboro, N.J, M.P.P. degree - Masters in Public Policy (1982) Rutgers U~versi~, Camden, N.J. Juris Doctorate - Law Degree (1989) Rutgers U~versiW, Camden, N.J. (Member PA. and N,J. Bar - Dec. 1989) ADDITIONAL EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS Surveyor's School - U.S. Marine Corps, 1600 hrs. (1964). Graduated as Survey Chief, first in class. Land Mine Warfare & Explosives School - U.S.M.C., 80 hrs. Training Programs, F.B.I., 166 hrs, Arrest techniques, major police problems, basic police practices and procedures. Pennsylvania State Police Academy (April 1966 - September 1966). Graduated second in class. Radar Maintenance & Operation of Equipment training, Pennsylvania State Police (1966). - · Intoximeter training, Pennsylvania State Police (1966). · Guidance to Public Service course, Pennsylvania State Police (1968). · N.J. State Police Academy, West Trenton. (Nov. 1968 - Feb. 1969). Graduated first in class. · Criminal Intelligence Course, N.J. State Police. (First in class) · Narcotic Enforcement Training, N.J. State Police. (First in class) · Monadnock Prosecutor PR-24. Certified Instructor. · N.J. State Police Training Commission. Certified Instructor. April 1992 to ~, principal shareholder in the law firm of Present Helmer, Kassel & Stowell, P.A. 111 White Horse Pike Haddon Heights, New Jersey 08035 (609) 547-7888 June 1990 to ~M[O~, employed by the law firm of April 1992 Slater, Tenaglia & Helmer, P.A. 26 West Main Street Marlton, New Jersey 08053 (609) 596-0100 April 1975 to .C, lfiM_o. LP__Oi~, Winslow Twp, Camden County, New Jersey April 1990 Directly responsible for a 77 member department. This department was a part-time force until 4 years prior to my appointment, consisting of 12 men and 6 vehicles. I was directly responsible for promulgating and implementing modern and effective administrative, managerial, and supervisory techniques which have developed the Winslow Township Police Department into a viable and respected law enforcement organi- zation; in short, the birth of a police department. 2 November 1968 N..I. State Trooper, N.J. State Police to April 1975 April 1966 to Pemtsylvania State Trooper, Pe~msylvaaia State Police October 1968 August 1965 to Upper Moreland Twp. Police Department, April 1966 Willow Grove, PA. Patrolman. · "Civilian Review Boards," ~tlr~;t~/~hi~, April 1977 · "The Winslow Twp. Police Fleet Concept" (in various trade journals). ~N'PUBI,ISHED COPYRIGHTS * The Winslow Fleet Concept * Integrated Systems of Personnel Management MILITARY SERVICE · U.S.M.C. July 1961 - July 1965. Honorable Discharge. · U.S,A.R. Commissioned Captain, September 23, 1981. DIPLOMAS~ CLIPPINGS; & COMMENDATIONS · Police Medal of Honor (highest police award, usually awarded posthumously). · Colnbat Cross with oak leaf cluster (valor under gunpoint - multiple awards). * Level V Life Saving Award with oak leaf cluster. · Level IV Excellent Achievement Service Award with oak leaf cluster and bronze star (multiple awards). 3 SEMINARS TAUGHT · The Division of Professional Standards for Massachusetts Criminal ,l'ustice Training Counsel attended by over sixty Police Administrators throughout the State of Massachusetts. * The Police Administrators Association for the State of New Jersey - Presented September 10, 1986 · New Jersey College and University Public Safety Association - Attended by Public Safety Representatives from Academic Environments. (1987) · New Jersey College and University Public Safety Association - Attended by Public Safety Representatives from Academic Environments. (1987) * United Lightening Protection Association - Presented in Dallas, Texas. (1988) · Gloucester County Police Academy - Presented to Police Administrator's throughout Glo~lcester County, New Jersey. (1990) Presented seminar update 1996. * Cape May County Chiefs of Police - Attended by Police Administrators throughout Cape May County, New Jersey. (1990) * New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police - Presented at their 1991 Annual Conference to Police Administrators throughout the State of New Jersey. · Ocean County Prosecutors Office - Presented to Police Administrators thi'oughout Ocean County, New Jersey, (1991) Presented seminar update 1996. , Union County Prosecutors Office - Presented to Police Administrators throughout Union County, New Jersey. (1992) Presented seminar update 1996. · Burlington County Prosecutors Office - Presented to Police Administrators throughout Burlington County, New Jersey. (1992) * Edison Township Police Department - Presented to Police Administrators throughout Middlesex County, New Jersey. (1993) · Woodbridge Township Police Department - Presented to Woodbridge Police Deparmaent members and administration. (1995) References lhrnished upon request. 4 KATHLEEN M. B.~RHEY MUNICIPAL CLERY~ " Date: September 4, 1997 TO: Patrick DeBlasio, Treasurer Borough of Carteret ~QUEST FOR CERTIFICATION OF AVAILABLE FUNDS: For: Hehner, Kassel ~dSt~ell,'Esqs. ~soluti~ ~7-280 Name of Account: mOUNT TO BE ENCUMBERED: Not to E~eed $25,000.00. /~THLEEN M. B~NEY, Municipal Clerk CERTIFICATION OF. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS I, Treasurer of the Borough of Carteret, do hereby certify that there are sufficient funds available in the current budget to enable the Municipal Council to authorize the entering into a Contract between the Borough of Carteret and: · The funds available for this contract are in the Budget, in the account of: in the amount of: }-~"~,~o, o~ By this certification, I have hereby encumbered the above named account for the amount of the contract pending Council action. Pa t r~f~k DeBlasio, Treasurer DATE: c7/V/t/~ r Affidavit of Publication Printer's Fee $19~ 04 State of New Jersey } ss. MONMOUTH COUNTY , OFFIC,,£ OF Personally appeared PAT HENEOHAN of The Home News & Tribune, a newspaper printed In Freehold, NJ and published NEPTUNE, In said County and State, who being duly sworn, deposeth and salth that the advertisement of which the annexed Is a true copy, has been published In the said newspaper 1 (ONE) times, once In each issue, as follows ~/0~/~?, COMMISSIoNBEATRICE JEAN HOLMESExPiRES FEB." 2000 NOTARY PUBLIC Of NEW JERSEY _ MY ~,4, Sworn and subscribed b/ffore me this ~ ~ ~~ 9th day of September, A.D., 1997 Notary Public of New ~rsey BOROUGH OF CARTERET No'rICE OF CONTRACT AWARDED T~e Borough of Carteret has awarded a contract without com etitive biddin as a rofessional service pursuant to N.J.~.A. 4OA:11-5 ~¢1) (a). ~-his contract and the resolution authorizing it are available for public inspection in the office of the Municipal Clerk. Awarded to HELMER, KASSEL AND STOWELL Services LEGAL & MANAGEMENT SERVICES