HomeMy Public PortalAbout2002/11/07 NOVEMBER 7, 2002
The Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of COUNCIL MEETING
Carteret was called to order by Council President Janet Santoro
approximately 7:30 P.M. on Thursday, November 7, 2002, Municipal
Court/Police Facility, 230 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey.
ROLL CALL
Upon individual roll call, the following were noted present:
Council President Janet Santoro
Councilmember Frank Parisi
.... Daniel Reiman
" Ronald Rios
Also noted present was Borough Attorney Robert J. Bergen, Esq.
Noted absent were Mayor James A. Failace, Councilmembers Sohayda NOTED ABSENT
and Sosnowski.
The meeting was opened with a moment of Silent Prayer and The PRAYER, PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE
Pledge of Allegiance led by Council President Janet Santoro.
The Clerk stated that on November 1, 2002, in full compliance with STATEMENT OF
the Open Public Meetings Act, a notice of tonight's meeting was sent MEETING NOTICE
to The Home News Tribune, The Star-Ledger and posted on the
bulletin board.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman and unanimous APPROVAL OF MINUTES
affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, the minutes
of October 17, 2002 were approved as transcribed and engrossed by
the Clerk.
Councilmember Santoro suggested they wait to see if Councilmember COMMENTS
Sohayda would be attending tonight to present the commendations to
the Fire Department Poster Contest Winners.
The Clerk stated Ordinance #02-22 was introduced and passed upon ORDINANCE 5[02-22
First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council held on AMENDING ARTICLE I-
TRAFFIC AND PARKING
October 17, 2002. It was duly published in the Home News Tribune RE: LEFFERTS STREE'I
on October 22, 2002 with notice that it will be considered for final
passage after Public Hearing to be held on November 7, 2002 at
approximately 7:30 P.M. The Ordinance was posted on the bulletin
board and copies were made available to the general public and
according to law, she read the Ordinance by title.
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UBLIC HEARING Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman and unanimous
affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, Council
President Santoro declared the Public Hearing to be open:
tEARING CLOSED There being no comments or objections to the Ordinance, Council
President Santoro declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon
MMS&C, by Councilmembers Reiman and Parisi and unanimous
affirmative vote of the (4) Councilmembers present.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Reiman and Rios
ORDiNANCE #02-22
"AN ORDiNANCE AMENDiNG ARTICLE I, 'GENERA,L F
PROVISIONS; TRAFFIC AND pARKING REGULATIONS , O
CHAPTER 254 ENTITLED VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.OF THE
CODE OF THE BO-ROUGH OF CARTERET"
ADOPTED was finally adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers
Parisi, Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative.
Councilmembers Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
Approved and Adopted: November 7, 2002
-- October_~qfj~l 7 2002
Introduced:
Advertised as adopted on First Reading
with notice of Public Hearing: Oc~tober 22, 2002
-- November 7, 2002
Hearing held: --
Approved by:_ __ Mayor James A. Failace
Advertised as finally adopted:___ November 12, 2002
The Clerk stated Ordinance #02-23 was introduced and passed upon
ORDINANCE #02-23 First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council held on
ESTABLISHING October 17, 2002. It was duly published in the Home News Tribune
CARTERET EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES on October 22, 2002 with notice that it will be considered for final
passage after Public Hearing to be held on November 7, 2002 at
approximately 7:30 P.M. The Ordinance was posted on the bulletin
board and copies were made available to the general public an
according to law, she read the Ordinance by title.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Parisi and Rios and unanimous
PUBLIC HEARING affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, Council
President Santoro declared the Public Hearing to be open:
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There being no comments or objections to the Ordinance, Council HEARING CLOSED
President Santoro declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon
MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman and unanimous
affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman
ORDINANCE #02-23
"ESTABLISHING THE CARTERET EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES"
was finally adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers ADOPTED
Parisi, Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative.
Councilmembers Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
Approved and Adopted: November 7, 2002
Introduced: October 17, 2002
Advertised as adopted on First Reading
with notice of Public Hearing:_ October 22, 2002
Heating held: November 7, 2002
Approved by: Ma/or James A. Failace
Advertised as finally adopted: November 12, 2002
Councilmember Rios said he felt this was something long coming to COMMENTS
Carteret, the First Aid Squad did a lot of volunteer work for the
community for many years. He said they were understaffed in the
daytime hours because of personal commitments. He said that was
understandable, then they went to Rural Metro and now the town is
establishing the Carteret Emergency Medical Services. He said they
looked at this last year and felt it is needed. He said they started to
implement the EMS from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. seven days a week starting
this past Monday. He said there was a new staff of EMT's and he was
very proud to be part of this.
Councilmember Santoro said she echoed Councilmember Rios'
remarks on this and felt it was done to ensure the residents of Carteret
get a response when they are calling 911 between the hours of 6 A.M.
and 6 P.M.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Reiman and Rios and unanimous AGENDA AMENDED
affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, the agenda TO INCLUDE
RESOLDTIONS #02-37~
was amended to include Resolution #02-376 and Resolution #02-377. AND #02-377
Councilmember Reiman said Resolution #02-376 was for Professional
Services for Borough Attorney Robert J. Bergen for title work on the
sale of Borough property. He said Resolution #02-377 was for the
temporary appointment of Hadiyah Muhammad to the Office on Aging
since the County took over Social Services.
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EETING OPENED A copy of each Resolution was placed on the table for public review
UBLIC INPUT prior to the meeting in accordance with the Rules of Council and upon
N ALL RESOLUTIONS MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman and unanimous
affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, the meeting
was opened for public input on all Resolutions.
[EETING CLOSED There being no comments or objections to the Resolutions, Council
President Santoro declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon
MMS&C, by Councilmembers Reiman and Rios and unanimous
affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present.
3LOCK AGENDA The Borough Clerk asked if any Councilmembers wanted any
Resolutions to be taken off the Block Agenda and asked for a motion.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman and unanimous
affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, Resolutions
#02-370 to #02-377 were approved.
RESOLUTION #02-370 RESOLUTION #02-370 was introduced by Council President Santoro~
DIRECTING THE and referred to the Council for action.
ISSUANCE OF
VARIOUS RAFFLE
LICENSES Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman
"DIRECTiNG THE ISSUANCE OF VARIOUS
RAFFLE LICENSES"
ADOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Parisi,
Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers
Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
RESOLUTION #02-371 was introduced by Council President Santoro
RESOLUTION #02-371 and referred to the Council for action.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
HARRISON A~
PIR. IP STATItI~I REPI_A~ Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman
"PROFESSIONAL SERVICES-T&M ASSOCIATES RE:
HARRISON AVENUE PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Parisi,
ADOPTED Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers
Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
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RESOLUTION #02-372 was introduced by Council President Santoro RESOLUTION #02-372
and referred to the Council for action.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman
"PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF SURPLUS FUNDS"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Padsi, ADOPTED
Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers
Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
RESOLUTION #02-373 was introduced by Council President Santoro RESOLUTION #02-3?3
PROPI~'P/ TAX
and referred to the Council for action. CANc~ IATION
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman
"PROPERTY TAX CANCELLATION"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Parisi, ADOPTED
Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers
Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
RESOLUTION #02-374 was introduced by Council President Santoro RESOLUTION #02-374
and referred to the Council for action. TO ~ RE~Ca.nqG
DEPlm'II'~fl?
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman
"TRANSFERRING LOIS LARAIA TO THE
RECYCLING DEPARTMENT"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Parisi, ADOPTED
Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers
Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
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ESOLUTION #02-375 RESOLUTION #02-375 was intro, duced by Council President Santoro
UTHORIZING and referred to the Council for action.
AYOR TO EXECUTE
EVELOPER ' S
.GREEMENT Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman
"AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ~
DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Parisi,
~,DOPTED Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers
Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
RESOLUTION #02-376 RESOLUTION #02-376 was introduced by Council President Santoro
AUTHORIZING and referred to the Council for action.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
SALE OF BOROUGH
OWNED PROPERTY Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman
"AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT-
SALE OF BOROUGH PROPERTY"
ADOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Parisi,
Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers -~
Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
RESOLUTION #02-377 RESOLUTION #02-377 was introduced by Council President Santoro
APPOINTING and referred to the Council for action.
i~ DIRlmaBR
OF SlItE OFFICE Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman
"APPOINTING HADIYAH IViUHAMMAD EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON AGING"
ADOPOTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Parisi,
Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers
Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Parisi all bills
pAYMENT OF appearing on the prepared list properly audited and signed were
BILLS ordered to be paid. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers
Parisi, Reiman, Rios and Santoro voted in the affirmative.
Councilmembers Sohayda and Sosnowski were noted absent.
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The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of the following report: REPORTS DEPARTMENT
1. Clerk's Office-October 2002
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Reiman and Parisi and
unanimous affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present,
all reports were ordered to be received and placed on file.
Council President Santoro asked Councilmember Ronald Rios to COMMENDATIONS:
present the commendations for the Fire Department Poster Contest FIRE DEP~.RTMENT
POSTER O3NTEST ~
Winners.
Councilmember Rios said every year the career Fire Department holds
a poster contest for school children in the Borough, which is held
during Fire Prevention Week and is on fire safety. He said this year's
theme was "Team Up for Fire Safety." He commended all the
students who participated in the poster contest. He said he felt fire
safety was very important and everyone should be focused on it and
said it gave him great pleasure to make the presentation to the winners.
He said the first place winners were at the meeting and first prize was
a three hundred dollar savings bond and a ride to school in the fire
truck; second prize was a hundred dollar savings bond and third prize
was a fifty dollar savings bond. He read the names of the winners,
showed their posters and gave out the commendations, the winners
were ICristine Mamanta from Nathan Hale School, Megan Meyer from
Columbus School, Katelyn Baez from Carteret Middle School, Jillian
Higgins from St. Joseph's School and Meghan Valdes from Minne
School. He congratulated all the winners.
Council President Santoro thanked all the winners and everyone who
participated and said she felt it was a great event. She said the Mayor,
Council and the Fire Department thank everyone who participated and
suggested the Council take a five-minute recess.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Parisi and unanimous RECESS
affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present the meeting
was in recess at approximately 7:48 P.M.
At approximately 7:52 P.M., the meeting was reconvened. Upon MEETING RECONVENED
individual roll call, the following were noted present, Councilmembers
Parisi, Reiman, Rios and Santoro. Councilmembers Sohayda and
Sosnowski were noted absent.
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TANDING COMMITTEES BUILDINGS & GROUNDS: Councilmember Reiman in the absence
of Committee Chairperson Sosnowski said the ramp at the Board of
Health has been installed. He said they are working on getting quotes
for some minor repairs at the Library/Community Center and Borough
Hall. He said they would have to redo some of the steps at the Board
of Health Building. He reported progress. --.,
F1NANCE & ADMINISTRATION: Committee Chairperson Reiman
said he asked the Council and Department Heads to finalize the
budgets for the next two months so that no major expenditures are
made. He said the projected deficit for next year is two and half to
three million dollars. He said the increased costs for insurance for
next year is a half a million dollars. He said they would be shopping
around to try to cut costs and they have to cut costs. He congratulated
Susan Naples and Randy Kmm, Councilmembers Elect and wished
them good luck.
FIRE: Councilmember Rios in the absence of Committee Chairperson
Sohayda said Sunday there will be a Firemen's Memorial Service at
St. Joseph's Church. He said they will dedicate the ambulances on
Saturday, he gave the details on both. He said on November 17th there
would be a disaster drill held by the Office of Emergency Management
that would be done with the cooperation of the Police, Fire, First Aid
and all the Borough's Emergency Services. He said this was
something that must be done to keep the Borough's emergency
services in tune with today's disasters, this has been done in the past
and would continue to be done. He reported continued progress in
Fire.
pARKS & RECREATION: Committee Chairperson Rios thanked the
Recreation Commission for the Soap Box Derby and Halloween
Parade. He said there were twenty-five children and six adults who
participated in the Soap Box Derby. He said Nicole Valerios, eleven
years old was the children's Queen of the Hill and the adult Champ of
the Hill was Jack Valenti. He spoke about how much fun he had at the
Soap Box Derby. He spoke about the Halloween Parade and said it
was the biggest parade yet. He thanked the Recreation Committee and
Michelle Grandell for volunteering their time. He said the Holiday
Tree Lighting would be on December 7t~ 6:00 P.M. at Carteret Park.
He said the Holiday House Lighting Contest would be held on
December 15, 16 and 17t~ and entries are at Borough Hall and the
Annex and gave the details. He said the annual Senior House Light
Tour/Social would be held on December 17th. He thanked the PBA for
the Ragamuffin Parade that was held on Halloween. He said they
hired a new bus driver for the Senior Citizens. He said they have
consolidated some duties to cut costs to save some money. He said
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there are now two full timers and they did away with the part time STANDING COMMITYEES
position to save money for next year's budget. He said there would be
' a
a Veteran s D y service in Carteret Park on Monday, November 11th at
eleven o'clock. He reported continued progress in Parks.
POLICE: Committee Chairperson Santoro said she was proud to
announce they would have the anonymous phone line call within the
next two weeks. She said it would be advertised and it would be a new
number and explained how it would work. She said there were
transfers out of the police budget. She said they are going to be
purchasing two new police cars and a speed tracker that would track
the speed limits on the roads. She congratulated Dan Reiman on his
success in the Mayoral election and Sue Naples and Randy Krum. She
wished them a lot of luck in the future. She said she felt Carteret is on
a cusp of doing great and wondrous things and she hoped they would
continue on the direction that has been taken, and felt under the
direction of Dan Reiman they will. She said there was a drug arrest by
Jake Klimek at a West Carteret gas station. She said he is on vacation
this week so he couldn't get a commendation tonight. She said there
was a tentative agreement with the PBA that she felt would be
advertised within the next two weeks. She said the Fire Department
and the Blue Collar workers have also reached out to the Council to
have meetings and give their proposals. She said she hoped to settle
these contracts before they expired for the first time.
PUBLIC WORKS: Committee Chairperson Parisi said the Leaf Bag
Program was still in effect until November 27th, and urged residents to
pickup their leaf bags at the Recycling Department. He said the traffic
light at the bottom of the bridge in West Carteret has no delay between
the red and green. He said many trucks go through the light and since
there is a school at the end of Post Blvd. it is dangerous. He said he
spoke to Don Norbut and since Roosevelt Avenue is a County Road it
would take awhile. He spoke about the continuing paving project that
should be going on for the next three weeks. He said two other
concerns were the street sweepers and the lights on the bridge but he
would have to turn it over to the Borough Attorney since he would do
a much better j ob o f explaining them.
Borough Attorney Bergen said at the last meeting he was asked to find
out about the street sweeping in Middlesex County he said he spoke to
the County and found out that because of the drought no streets are
being paved in the County except before a paving project. He said the
County would be implementing a schedule in March, which would be
zoned. He said they would be faxing him a schedule so that Carteret
would be aware of it. He said Carteret would be placed in Zone One,
which included Woodbridge and Perth Amboy. He said the County
only has two sweepers for the entire County. He explained that
Woodbridge and Edison have the same orange colored sweepers as the
County. He said concerning the lights going over Roosevelt Avenue,
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T~.blDIIqG COPINITTEES after having a meeting with NJ Turnpike representatives, they agree
that the lights are the responsibility of Middlesex County. He said he
is trying to get access into boxes to see who is paying the electric bills.
He said he hoped to do this very shortly to get this resolved.
BOARD OF EDUCATION: Committee Chairperson Parisi said they
had a liaison meeting last night. He said some of the concerns were
still the zoning fees that were being handled by Borough Attorney
Bergen. He said there was also concerns about Columbus School
pick-up and drop off of children. He said the next negotiation meeting
would be held on November 21 with an arbitrator, and the next School
Board Meeting would be on November 26th which would be an
Agenda Meeting and the Regular Meeting. He said he sent his best
wishes to the woman on the Recreation Commission who had a slight
accident before the parade started.
Councilmember Santoro said the Councilmembers received Lower
COIIIIEItTS Roosevelt Avenue Redevelopment Plan and understood that last night
the Redevelopment Agency adopted this plan. She said the Council
has to forward the plan to the Planning Board. She asked the '-"
Councilmembers to submit their remarks and comments for the
Agenda Meeting so that it could be ready for the December Planning
Board Meeting.
Councilmember Rios asked if the Council could have more time to
review the plan since he did not want to feel he was under the gun and
may get some opinions on this from the residents.
Councilmember Santoro said they have done this for a year and was
against delaying it. She said the Redevelopment Agency has been
open to all comments and anyone who took the time to be involved
have been welcomed by this agency. She felt if someone was
interested they would have reached out to them and it should not be
delayed. She said the plan has only minor changes and she felt the
town has waited a long time for this and a month would not change
anything.
Councilmember Reiman said they have it scheduled for the December
Planning Board Meeting so they need this before then.
Councilmember Santoro said the Planning Board advertises all of their
meetings and the public could attend if they wanted to make
comments. She said she was asking the Council to be ready with their
comments.
Councilmember Rios said he didn't want anyone to think that he was
trying to hold up any kind of progress that was not his intent. He said
his only intent was to review this and make a serious, educated
comment if there has to be any comments on this.
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Borough Attorney Bergen suggested that if they want to move forward COMMENTS
the plan should be referred back to Schoor DePalma. He said since
this plan incorporates by reference the initial plan and makes
amendments thereto, it would be just to make sure they don't have any
comments as to the changes that are made are still viable in
relationship to their plan. He said this could be done by motion.
Councilmember Santoro made a motion to send the plan to Schoor
DePalma for review and comments to come back to the Borough
Council's next Agenda Meeting.
Councilmember Reiman asked if there was any additional money left
on that line item.
Borough Attorney Bergen said he understood there was plenty of
money left for their initial appropriation to the Redevelopment Board
and they could ftmd Schoor DePalma looking at the plan. He said
since it was a combination of two plans they might have to bring two
engineers to the Planning Board to talk about the specs of the plans
and explained. He said the plan that is being presented is a
combination of both plans and he may have to go before the Planning
Board and since an amendment was never adopted, they may need
some input from both planners to say why both documents are
combined.
Councilmember Santoro asked if this would be included in the original
professional fees. She asked if the Council could argue the point that
this is the final stage. She asked if Borough Attorney Bergen was
telling the Council they needed to do this to move forward regardless
of where the money came from to do this.
Borough Attorney Bergen said the Council should authorize him to
take a look at this if they want some response by the Council's next
meeting. He said he would talk to the planners to see if that really
needs to be done.
Councilmember Santoro asked if they could send it to the Planning
Board and at a later date ask for input from Schoor DePalma before
the Council adopts the plan.
Borough Attorney Bergen said they could but the problem was they
are going to be presenting the plan to the Planning Board but someone
would have to bring a planner to the Planning Board to give testimony.
He said the original plan was to present the Schoor DePalma plan to
the Planning Board but it never got presented to them. He said that is
an amendment to this plan and some presentation may be needed as to
what they did initially and why it is still viable today and how this plan
makes it better.
Councilmember Santoro asked what Mr. Bergen recommended the
Council do.
Borough Attorney Bergen said he needed time to meet with the
Finance Chairman to make sure that money was available.
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Councilmember Santoro said the Finance Committee; the Finance
,OlqlqENTS Committee is present here tonight. She asked if there were any
objections. She said she had no objections.
Councilmember parisi said okay.
Councilmember Reiman asked if CME or Schoor DePalma have to
appear before the Redevelopment Agency. He said this is the final
plan he understood that is presented to the Council and he felt CME
would have to present the plan.
Borough Attorney Bergen said the Council's plan is what is to be
presented to the Planning Board, once it is approved it would be up to
the Redevelopment Agency to implement it. He wanted to make sure
Schoor DePalma agrees that the new document conforms to their
original document. He said it would be fine if they do it with a simple
letter to the Council.
Councilmember Reiman suggested they forward the document to Dave
Roberts of Schoor DePalma and Don Norbut ofT & M Associates.
Councilmember Santoro asked if Mr. Bergen needed a motion.
Borough Attorney Bergen said he did not think a motion was really
needed, as long as it was the consent of the Council.
Councilmember Santoro asked if the Council was in favor.
The Council agreed and Councilmember Santoro directed Borough
Clerk Barney to forward it.
Council President Santoro read the following proclamation:
PROCLAHATION:
BIBLE WEEK "BIBLE WEEK"
WHEREAS, the Bible has been a constant source of moral and
spiritual guidance for many people throughout the centuries; and
WHEREAS, the Bible has profoundly influenced art, literature, music
and codes of law; and
WHEREAS, the Bible has motivated many acts of compassion and
charity; and
WHEREAS, the Bible continues to provide inspiration, hope and
comfort for millions of Americans today; and
WHEREAS, for sixty-two years, women and men of many faiths have
banned together with the National Bible Association to sponsor
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National Bible Week as a time to -be reminded of the Bible's unique BIBLE WEEK
place in American life; and PROCLAMATION (Con'
WHEREAS, Bible Week is an annual celebration that encourages the
reading of the Bible;
-- NOW, THEREFORE, I James A. Failace, Mayor of the Borough of
Carteret do hereby proclaim the week of
NOVEMBER 24-DECEMBER 1, 2002
"BIBLE WEEK"
in the Borough of Carteret and encourage interested citizens to
participate in this observance.
Council President Santoro read the following proclamation:
PROCLAMATION:
"VETERAN'S DAY" VETERAN'S DAY
WHEREAS, we Americans hold freedom as our birthright, cherishing
it as the basic condition to our way of life; and
WHEREAS, our freedom was won in the agony of armed conflict and
has since been preserved through the willingness of gallant Americans,
men and women, to risk their lives for the perpetuation of the
American way of life; and
WHEREAS, there are millions of men and women in all walks of life
today who have met the greatest demand of citizenship, honorable
military service in time of war; and
WHEREAS, the services performed by these millions of American
Veterans have demonstrated the willingness of our Nation to met the
challenge of armed aggressors who have threatened our freedom and
the cause of individual determination throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, the Nation and the free world are eternally grateful for
__ the contributions of American Veterans to the advancement of the
cause of an honorable world peace; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that a day be set aside to honor
those who have served our Nation honorably in time of war;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, James A. Failace, Mayor of the Borough of
Carteret do hereby call upon all citizens to observe.
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ETERAN'S DAY Monday, Novemberll, 2002
ROCLAMATION as
Continued) VETERAN'S DAY
and ask that the day be observed with appropriate ceremonies in honor
of those who have served on behalf of the national purpose to preserve
the principles of Justice, Freedom and Democracy.
I FURTHER CALL UPON all citizens and business firms to mark this
day with the proud display of the Flag of the United States in
reaffirmation of our national unity and pride and in rededication of our
national ideals.
IN WITNESS THEREFORE, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
to be affixed the official seal of the Borough of Carteret, in the County
of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey on this 11th day of November
2002.
PUBLIC Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Rios and Reiman and unanimous
DISCtlSSION affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, the meeting
was opened to the public for discussion.
Lou Mangieri asked what the Redevelopment Project would cost.
COMMENTS
Councilmember Santoro said it would not cost anything right now and
her understanding was...
Lou Mangieri said the Council was going to adopt plans and asked if
there was an mount of money that would be involved in that.
Councilmember Santoro said there is a separate entity where they have
allocated seventy five thousand dollars for the agency to set up this
agency. She said as far as the Borough is concerned that is a separate
entity and Mr. Mangieri should go to their meetings for his questions.
Councilmember Reiman said ultimately it would not cost the taxpayers
anything. He said there are four developers who have submitted
proposals with plans that range from twenty five to forty million
dollars of private capital money and explained.
Councilmember Santoro said the only cost right now is the Executive
Director, the Secretary and the basic funds to run the agency.
Councilmember Reiman said currently the Borough is funding the
agency for part of last year and this year, which is currently seventy-
five to ninety thousand dollars. He said once they enter into an
agreement with a developer the developer will provide the funds and
the agency will use some of those funds for the costs.
Lou Mangieri asked if the Council felt it would be better to let the
Council-Elect review the plans.
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Councilmember Santoro said the two new Councilmembers would be COMMENTS
the ones that would vote on this plan. She said right now all this
Council is doing is sending the plan forth to the Planning Board. She
said when a Councilmember becomes Council-Elect they are eligible
to receive any information for the two months after they are elected
and be included in Closed Sessions. She said they would be fully
informed.
There being no further business or discussion, upon MMS&C, by ADJOURNED
Councilmembers Parisi and Rios and unanimous affirmative vote of
the four (4) Councilmembers present, the meeting was adjourned at
approximately 8:25 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Municipal Clerk
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