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Home My Public Portal About2004/03/18 18, 2004 The Agenda Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the AGI~]DA ~rn~c Borough of Carteret preceding the Regular Meeting, March 25, 2004, was held on March 18, 2004, 7:00 P.M., Municipal ~ 18, 200~ Court, Police Facility, 230 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey. The following were noted present: Mayor Daniel J. Reiman Councilmember Susan Naples Ronald G. Rios " Joseph W. Sitarz " Brian Sosnowski Noted Absent were Councilmembers Krum and Parisi and Borough Attorney Robert J. Bergen. Mailed to the Home News Tribune, The Star Ledger and STA.~ OF posted on the Bulletin Board on March 12, 2004. Addiction Awareness Month - April 2004. First Reading- Capital Improvement, Appropriating $550,000.00 for Various Sewer Improvements. Amending Chapter 160 of the Code, Re: Publication. Public Hearing- #04-10 Bond Ordinance Providing for Capital Improvements, Appropriating $3,000,000.00 for Various Improvements. #04-11 Amending and Supplementing Article IX, Entitled "Conditional Uses" of Chapter 160 of the Code. #04-12 Regulating the Placement of Propane Tanks Used to Heat Residential Structures. #04-13 Prohibiting Parking Any '1~me on Certain Designated Streets, Re: Washington Avenue. #04-24 Prohibiting the Parking of Commercial Vehicles in Residential Zones. 18, 2004 Directing the Issuance of Various Raffle Licenses. Refund of Tax and/or Sewer User Fees. Amendment to the 2004 Temporary Budget. Supporting S-263 and A-1786 to call a Constitutional Convention. Approving Leave of Absence - Lisandro Villalba. Authorizing the Carteret Urban Enterprise Zone Development Corporation to Request Funding for Lower Washington Avenue Property Acquisition and Facade Improvement Project. Approving the Carteret Business Partnership Budget for 2004. Creating Handicapped Parking Space-39 Chrome Avenue. Appointing 3oseph Novakowski - UEZ Board. Appointing GR Murray as Risk Management Consultants. Professional Services - Beacon Planning IA Consulting Services, not to exceed $20,000.00, Re: Area in Need of Redevelopment Assessment, Waterfront Project. Professional Services-Beacon Planning lA Consulting Services, Not to Exceed $18,550.00, Re: Marina lA Ferry Service. Professional Services-Ron Gardner of Hodulik lA IVlorrison, Not to Exceed $5000.00 Re: Board of Education Budget Review. Mayor Reiman then asked if any of the Councilmembers had t.~ayo~: Reima~ any questions about the Order of Business. Councilmember Naples questioned Ordinance #04-14. She explained she does want the town clean but she did not want to pass something that would hurt the working person. Mayor Reiman explained in certain aspects of the ordinance it would only effect commercial vehicles over a certain tonnage and then said they would hold off on it for next weeks meeting until they debate and review it. He said they don't want to restrict a home base business but in the same token they don't want a street having too many. He then asked that the Council approve a resolution listed as #6, which is authorizing the Carteret UEZ to request funding for Lower Roosevelt Avenue for acquisition and fac;ade of the project and also the resolution listed as item #13, which is Professional Services, not to exceed $5000.00, for Ron Gardner of Holdulik and Morrison, regarding the Board of Education Budget Review. Councilmember Rios commented that he assumed he wanted to do #6 because of time. Mayor Reiman agreed saying that the UEZ Board voted on it l~yoc B~eim~ Co~L: yesterday and they have until tomorrow morning to consider the application and if they submit it by tomorrow morning then they will be eligible to go in front of the State UEZ Board by June. RESOLUTION #04-102 was introduced by the Mayor and ~~ ~-102 referred to the Council for a~ion. Re~luti~ ~ ~rt~t ~n Upon MMS~C by Councilmembers Rios and Si~ ~l~,~t ~ti~ to RESOLU~ON ~04-102 ~-t F~ For "RESOL~ON A~HORIZING THE ~RTER~ URBAN ~siti~ ENTERPRISE ZONE DEVELOPMENT CORPO~ON TO F~ ~t REQUE~ FUNDING FOR LOWER W~HIN~ON AVENUE ~j~t PROPER~ ACQUIS~ON AND FA~DE IMPROVEMENT PROJE~" was Adopted. Upon individual roll call vote Councilmembers A~ Naples Rios Sitarz and Sosnowski voted in the A~rmative. Councilmembers Krum and Parisi were noted Absent. RESOLUTION #04-103 was introduced by the Mayor and P, ESOLUtIO~ ~O~-103 referred to the Council for action. Aut[~izing A Professional Service Co~tract For A,~timg Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Rios and Sitarz Se~,-ices for the Review of the Board RESOLU~qON #04-103 of F~ucatiom Budget "AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR AUD~FING SERVICES FOR THE REVIEW OF THE BORAD OF EDUCATION BUDGET" was Adopted. Upon individual roll call vote Councilmembers Adopted Rios and Sitarz voted in the Affirmative, Councilmembers Naples and Sosnowski Abstained and Councilmembers Krum and Parisi were noted Absent. Mayor Reiman said they received a letter from Clean Earth ~ayor B~ima~, Inc. and he then directed the Assistant Clerk to make copies Clean Earth for the Council for tomorrow. He explained that they are working with Stayflex in the redevelopment of their piece of property on the Industrial Road. He said for anyone that did not know, Stayflex site had been demolished to make way for a Distribution Center. He said it should nearly triple the amount of tax revenue generated off the site. Clean Earth is looking to bring in approximately five (5) truckloads of rock material after 5:00 P.M., but there is not Borough approval 3 18, Cl~,~ Earth Cout: for that, so they need temporary approval for it. They already have DEP approval and have been certified as fill material. ~otioo D~de The Mayor asked for a motion to be made to give Clean Earth temporary approval to be able to bring in truckloads of rock material after 5:00 P.M. Hotim~ c~rried Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Rios and Sitarz and unanimous affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present the motion was approved. The Mayor directed the Assistant Clerk to send them a letter granting them temporary approval. APPLICATIOIqS APPLICATIONS: Mayor Reiman then said they had Firefighter interviews and they will be hiring potentially one (I) and possibly two (2) at the next meeting. PA¥I~I~r OF PAYMENT OF BILLS: BILLS List of Bills properly audited and signed. REPORTS: Board of Health - February 2004. Inspection of Buildings - February 2004. ~t~r~-tz~S FO~ MA"I-I'ERS FOR DISCUSSION: DISOISSlO~1 Hadiyah Muhammad - Requesting to hire Omnibus Operator. BUSINESS TO BE ADDED: l~USll~gSS TO BE ~J)D~) Mayor Reiman then spoke about a letter from Tax Assessor and explained that last year they has appointed him two (2) Tax Assessment temporary part-time assistants and neither one has worked Office SO far this year. He is looking for a part-time temporary employee to work twenty (20) hours and reminded the Council that the better equipped the Tax Assessment Office is, the better it will perform it duties. He said there will be a resolution put on for the Council Meeting next week. 4 Mayor Reiman said on the Agenda there is a resolution SZl) Buclget approving the Carteret Business Partnership Budget for 2004. He explained that is the SID Budget. They are expected to vote on their budget tomorrow morning and it needs to be approved by the Council. At approximately 7:06 Attorney Bergen was noted Present. Athos-ney Becge~ Councilmember Sosnowski said he received a letter in his Ni.~ue School mailbox from the Alliance for the Disabled pertaining to voting places and listed some problems in Minue School and he suggested to reach out to the Board of Education. Councilmember Sosnowski the spoke about Lisandro Villalba Ltsancl~o Villall~a asking for a Leave of Absence from him job as Truck Driver, so they will need to replace him for this time. The Mayor directed the Assistant Clerk to post for the job of Job Temporary Part '~me Truck Driver. Councilmember Rios said they upgraded our end of the linc Ordinance for HRC. They added two (2) more voting members. He said they had a meeting and the HRC is going to send the Mayor and Council a letter requesting that they may add five (5) non voting members. They would like to have three (3) be students from the High School and two (2) citizens for Advisory Board Members. Councilmember Rios said he would like the Council to 911 Memorial ?lacque consider putting something on the pier towards the landfill in Staten Tsland in honor of the World Trade Center Victims. Councilmember Naples agreed. Councilmember Sitarz then spoke about the problems they ~lte~ ~les are having in West Carteret at Charlies Angles. He suggested to bring them in for a hearing. Attorney Bergen agreed saying all the complaints are drafted but they have to pick a day for the hearing. All present spoke briefly on this. Councilmember Sitarz then said he wanted to appoint a part- ?a~tl'ime/~e~ time per diem Dispatcher. At approximately 7:09 p. IVl., Councilmember Parisi was noted Cou.cilm~hec Present. noted I~RCH 18, 2004 Mayor Reiman explained to Councilmember Parisi briefly what business had been discussed so far and then asked him if he had anything to add. Councilmember Parisi said he did not. tqm, L1](; DISGLISSIOI~IUpon MMS&C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Rios and ~ unanimous affirmative vote of the five (5) Councilmembers present, the meeting was opened for Public Discussion. PUBLIC DISCUSSION: Mrs. Gaydos spoke about something in reference to Carteret Packaging. Mr. Sudia spoke about the fantastic job the town does for snow clean up. BIIBL~3 DISOJSSIOI~I Upon MMS&C by Councilmember Rios and Sitarz and ~ unanimous affirmative vote of the five (5) Councilmembers present, the Public Discussion was closed. The IVlayor then said there was nothing to discuss for Closed Session. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Rios and Sitarz and unanimous affirmative vote of the five (5) Councilmembers present this meeting was Adjourned at approximately 7:17 P.M. Respectfully submitted, LINDA A. RIYER~ Assistant I~lunidpal Clerk 6