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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2000/10/05 The Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret was called to order by Mayor James A. Failace approximately 7:30 P.M. on Thursday, October 5, 2000, Municipal CourtlPolice Facility, 230 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey. Upon individual roll call, the following were noted present: Councilmember Patrick Crilley " Jack Fazekas " James O'Brien " Remy Quinones " Janet Santoro Also noted present were Business Administrator Nicholas Goldsack . and Attorney Douglas Walsh, Esq. representing Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin. Noted absent were Councilmember Buddy Sohayda and Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin. The meeting was opened with a moment of Silent Prayer and The Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor James A. Failace. The Clerk stated that in full compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act, a notice of tonight's meeting was sent to the Home News Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the bulletin board on September 29,2000. Upon MMS&C, by Council members O'Brien and Crilley and unanimous affirmative vote of the five (5) Councilmembers present, the minutes of September 7, 2000 were approved as transcribed and engrossed by the Clerk. 1. OCTOBER 5, 2000 COUNCIL MEETING ROLL CALL PRAYER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE MINUTES FOR APPROVAL :TOBER 5, 2000 ROCLAMATION: ETER J. SICA AY, OCTOBER , 2000 RECESS MEETING RECONVENED ORDINANCE 100-44 AMENDING SALARY ORDINANCE #71-9, RE: YOUTH CORPS LABORER Mayor Failace read the following Proclamation into the minutes of the meeting: "PETER J. SICA DAY" WHEREAS, October 6, 2000 marks the First Anniversary of the tragic and untimely death of Former Mayor Peter J. Sica; and WHEREAS, Peter 1. Sica, fondly known as "Pete" to all who came to know him, dominated the Carteret political Landscape for twenty (20) years, through his deep commitment to the community and his flamboyant nature; and WHEREAS, Peter J. Sica contributed greatly to the Borough of Carteret and is deserving of kind thoughts and prayers from the entire Carteret Community on this sad occasion. NOW, THEREFORE, I JAMES A. FAILACE, Mayor of the Borough of Carteret do hereby proclaim: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000 PETER J. SICA DAY in the Borough of Carteret and direct that all flags on Borough Buildings be displayed at half-staff on that day in honor of Peter J. Sica. Upon MMS&C, by Council members Fazekas and Crilley and unanimous affirmative vote of the five (5) Councilmembers present the meeting was in recess at approximately 8: 10 P.M. At approximately 8:20 P.M. the meeting was reconvened. Upon individual roll call, the following were noted present, Council members Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones and Santoro. Noted absent was Council member Sohayda. ORDINANCE #00-44 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for Public Hearing to be held on October 19, 2000, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Quinones and Fazekas. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmember Sohayda was noted absent. 2. ORDINANCE #00-44 "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE #71-9 ESTABLISHING SALARY SCHEDULES AND FIXING THE MANNER OF PAYMENT OF SALARIES FOR VARIOUS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET" Mayor Failace said John Riggio received grant money to hire Youth Laborers. He said they would be cleaning up graffiti and doing other things to clean up the town. ORDINANCE #00-45 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for Public Hearing to be held on October 19, 2000, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmember Sohayda was noted absent. ORDINANCE #00-45 "ORDINANCE DESIGNATING LOUIS STREET AS A THROUGH STREET" ORDINANCE #00-46 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for Public Hearing to be held on October 19, 2000, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones and Santoro voted in the affirmative. Councilmember Sohayda was noted absent. ORDINANCE #00-46 3. "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET'S 'PARK AND RIDE' PARKING LOT" OCTOBER 5, 2000 FIRST READING COMMENTS ORDINANCE 100-45 DESIGNATING LOUIS STREET AS A THROUGH STREET FIRST READING ORDINANCE 100-46 ESTABLISHING A FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE BOROUGH'S "PARK & RIDE" PARKING LOT FIRST READING :TOBER 5, 2000 mINANCE 100-47 1ENDlNG mINANCE 189-18 ~: HEALTH ~SURANCE BENEFITS [RST READING :JMMENTS Council member Buddy Sohayda was noted present at 7:45 P.M. ORDINANCE #00-47 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for Public Hearing to be held on October 19, 2000, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers Fazekas, Santoro and Sohayda voted no. Mayor Failace broke the tie and voted in the affirmati ve. ORDINANCE #00-47 "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE #89-18" Councilmember Santoro asked Attorney Walsh if the existing Ordinance read only Mayor and Councilor did it include anyone else. Mayor Failace said it included the Borough Attorney and the Public Defender. Councilmember Santoro asked why they would just be eliminating the Council. Mayor Failace said this had nothing to do with the Ordinance right now and said it had to do with eliminating the benefits for the Mayor and Council. He said he brought this up because he didn't think the Mayor and Council should be receiving benefits. He said he asked Business Administrator Goldsack for a list of those included in the Ordinance and if there were any other employees that they could look at. He said the Council would be discussing this at the next Agenda meeting. Councilmember Santoro asked if the Council could just do a portion of the Ordinance. Attorney Walsh said if the Council created the benefits, the Council could certainly eliminate them. Councilmember Santoro asked Business Administrator Goldsack what the Borough was presently paying for the Council's benefits. 4. Business Administrator Goldsack said approximately thirty four thousand dollars. Councilmember Santoro said if the Council eliminated the benefits they would be saving thirty four thousand dollars not eighty four thousand dollars. Mayor Failace said right at this moment the town would be saving thirty five thousand dollars and said Ms. Santoro's benefits cost was eleven eight, Jack's cost twelve eight and Buddy and Jimmy were another ten grand between them. He said in the future any other Mayor or Councilmember if they choose to take the benefits it will be there for them. He said the savings actually would be approximately ninety thousand dollars for family benefits. Councilmember Santoro said the Mayor said this would be saving a tax point for the following year. She said that would be true if they were saving the money that year. She said it was a third of a tax point, which was four dollars per year. Mayor Failace said Councilmember Crilley does not take benefits but next year a new Councilmember might take benefits which would cost the Borough eleven or twelve thousand. Councilmember Santoro said Mr. O'Brien has been receiving benefits for six years. Mayor Failace said Ms. Santoro was correct in saying the savings would be thirty four thousand right now. He said if anyone took family benefits right now it would be approximately ninety thousand dollars. He said there will be different Council members next year and the year after that but said he did not take benefits. He said the savings would be ninety thousand and close to one hundred thousand as it goes up. He said this would eliminate the possibilities of any elected officials or public servants in Carteret from taking benefits. Mayor Failace said this is a great saving for Carteret and said when the town has to bond for sewers the town could take advantage of these savings. Councilmember Crilley said he has never taken benefits and told the Council that the state Board of Education has made it a point to eliminate these benefits from all municipal school board members through out the state. He said people do not become Councilmembers for the salary or benefits he felt they became Councilmembers to help the town. Councilmember O'Brien said he has questions and had to speak with Patrick on concerning this Ordinance. Councilmember Santoro said benefits have been in effect since 1988 and numerous people have taken them. She said two Councilmembers were leaving this year and she didn't feel these Councilmembers should be deciding whether a future Councilmember should be receiving benefits. She said other districts offer benefits to their Councilmembers and wanted to clarify that the savings would be thirty four thousand and not eighty four thousand. 5. Mayor Failace said the Council would be saving thirty four thousand dollars and said in the future the savings could be ninety to a hundred thousand dollars and felt this ensures that this will not happen in the future. OCTOBER 5, 2000 COMMENTS (Continued) ;TOBER 5, 2000 )TION MADE ) AMEND THE ;ENDA mINANCE 100-36 ~ENDING CHAPTER 168 I" THE CODE, ~GULATING USE OF JBILE TELEPHONES :tILE OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE :JMMENTS OUNCILMEMBER ARRY DANKINSON ARLBORO TOWNSHIP Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present a motion was made to amend the Agenda so that Ordinance #00-36 could be moved on the order of business from adoption to before the Public Hearing. This would allow the Councilmember from Marlboro who initiated this Ordinance in Marlboro to speak on Ordinance #00-36 because he had to leave for a Council meeting in his town. The Clerk stated Ordinance #00-36 was introduced and passed upon Fir~t Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council held on September 20,2000. It was duly published in the Home News Tribune on September 12, 2000 with notice it will be considered for final passage after Public Hearing to be held on September 26, 2000 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. Mayor Failace said this Ordinance has already had a First Reading and Public Hearing but Council member O'Brien has asked that the Ordinance move up in the Agenda. This would allow the Councilmember who introduced this Ordinance in Marlboro who was at this meeting to speak on the Ordinance and had to leave because he had another Council Meeting. Barry Dankinson, Vice President of the Marlboro Township Council said he was the Councilmember that introduced this legislation to Marlboro Township in June of this year. He thanked Councilmember O'Brien and the Council for allowing him to speak and said he has been in contact with Councilmember O'Brien many times concerning this Ordinance. He said this was a momentous occasion for the town of Carteret by making the choice to join Marlboro in the effort to get legislation on a statewide basis. He said this was a state responsibility but the reason he started this was because he felt the state has not done its job. He said there are two Bills sitting for two years waiting for the State Senate and Assembly to act and they have not moved as of yet. He said he has gotten the support of Majority Leader John Bennett in the State Senate and said Senator Bennett has assured him that in the next few months hearings will be held concerning this issue. He said when towns like Carteret come on board they could persuade the legislature to take the responsibility and do their job. He said this was an important public safety issue and said there have been a number of accidents caused by the use of cellular phones. He said he has heard all the arguments for and against this Ordinance, which included other types of distractions but wasn't here to discuss those other things. He said he did want to address the issue brought up by Assemblyman Wisniewski who said that there are state statues concerning careless dri ving and that the state did not need any additional legislation. 6. Council member Dankinson said those state laws on careless driving do not deter people who drive while using cell phones and said that was the reason states have enacted drunk driving laws which have stiff penalties and act as a deterrent to prevent tragic accidents. He addressed the Council and said it would be one of the few times the Councilmembers could make a difference not only locally, but statewide and nationally. He spoke about a family in Pennsylvania who lost their two-year daughter while driving due to a person driving while talking on a cell phone. He said the state had statutes on the books such as seat belt and drunk driving laws to protect the public safety. He also spoke about Lynn Kolzecki who was present at the meeting and had lost a son because of a driver using a hand held cell phone. He said he wants to prevent tragedies like these from happening in the future and felt the use of cellular phones was on the increase. He said all the opposition that Marlboro receives would not stop them from going forward with this. He urged the Council before voting on this issue not to vote as a partisan issue, a Republican or Democrat issue but to join Marlboro Township and show the state of New Jersey that they need to enact legislation to regulate this kind of conduct before there are any more tragedies. Mayor Failace said Attorney Walsh advised him it was in the best interest of the citizens to allow the Council to open this Ordinance to the public again. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmember Crilley and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be open: Jim from B & L Towing said his company does work for the town and the Turnpike he said his attorney sent a letter to the Council and he had also passed out additional information concerning the cost the town of Marlboro is going through to fight the Ordinance they passed. He went on to explain various towns that were having problems and told of different statutes the state has concerning careless driving. He said the state has something in the works and urged the Council to pass on the Ordinance and wait to see what the state does about it. He said if the state does pass a Bill towns would not have to worry about this and they would be saving a lot of money. He said he has seen more accidents than anyone in the room and he knew that most of the accidents were caused by careless driving and not by cellular phones. He said the town has sewer problems, which will cost the town money and urged the Council not to cause the town to spend unnecessary money on legal costs fighting legal matters concerning this Ordinance. 7. Council member O'Brien said the Pennsylvania Ordinance was on a traffic-based item and said ours was on a public safety issue. He named several companies that were in favor of this Ordinance and said talking on hand held cellular phones has caused accidents and did not want it to happen again in this town. He said he didn't want to wait for legislation and hoped he would save someone's life and he hoped he would push the state into action. OCTOBER 5, 2000 COUNCILMEMBER DANKINSON (Continued) PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS :TOBER 5, 2000 )MMENTS ;ontinued) Jim from B & L Towing said this is going to cost Carteret a lot of money and said Carteret should wait because in the next four months the legislation could be passed statewide. He said Carteret is going through the cost of fixing the sewers and shouldn't have this expense. Councilmember Quinones said she served as a Municipal Prosecutor for several years and said she has not once seen anyone issued a ticket for careless driving while using a cellular phone. She said the hands free phones would not totally eliminate the use of phones while dri ving. Jim from B & L Towing said he could bring in a State Trooper who could tell the Council that he has issued tickets for careless driving while using a cellular phone and asked Councilmember Quinones how long ago she was the Municipal Prosecutor. Councilmember Quinones said it was as recently as a year and a half- ago and said she spent several years working with local and state police and not one ticket was issued. Councilmember Dankinson said he wanted to address the cost issue on the Ordinance because the gentleman from B & L Towing said he hadn't addressed it. He said the cost to Marlboro Township was absolutely zero at this time because Sprint withdrew their suit against his town and said if this does go to court the town's attorney has volunteered to defend the town for free. He said the cost to the town would be twelve thousand five hundred dollars to post signs throughout the town. He said the Council should not weigh the cost of putting up signs or the fate of a lawsuit against saving one life. He said his town has constructed a prototype sign and sent it to the DOT but said that the DOT didn't approve or disapprove the sign they just passed on it. He said the town was in the final stages of getting the signs ready and the DOT would have to approve the size of the letters. He said the town asked for recommended language and the DOT decided not to tell his town what the language should be. Mayor Failace said there was an article in New Jersey Municipalities Magazine regarding the Marlboro decision and said thirty-three states have been trying to do something like this since 1995. Thirteen foreign countries have already passed comparable laws and said we are so far behind on this issue. EATING CLOSED There being no further comments or objections to the Ordinance, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon MMS&C, by the Councilmembers O'Brien and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present. 8. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Fazekas ORDINANCE #00-36 "AMENDING CHAPTER 168 OF THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET BY ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION REGULATING THE USE OF MOBILE TELEPHONES WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE" was finally adopted. Upon individual roll vote, Councilmembers Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers Crilley, Santoro and Sohayda voted no. Mayor Failace voted yes to break the tie. Councilmember Crilley said he could not comprehend the loss of a child but he said he was a pallbearer at the funeral of a two-year-old child who was killed in a car accident he said that was one of the hardest days of his life. He said he thought this was wrong because he felt it singled out one item and didn't feel it would hold out. He said the state and the police department should strengthen the enforcement. He said people should keep two hands on the wheel one hundred percent of the time and not take their hands off the wheel for any reason like combing your hair, eating a sandwich or adjusting the radio. He said no one in the room could say they keep their hands on the wheel and until they do tell him that, he felt he could not support the Ordinance. He also said he wanted everyone to know for the record he does not have a cell phone. Councilmember Fazekas said this has been on the books in many states but that no one has enacted the Ordinance. He said Jim O'Brien has brought awareness as well as Marlboro and said awareness doesn't mean it is totally correct. He said there might be some things in compliance with other laws that would have to be modified. He said regular awareness in our society and technology has to merge which might cause problems but said with different communities looking at this it has made people aware of the problem. He felt the Council should enact this Ordinance. 9. Councilmember O'Brien said he has been pushing for this since he brought it up in the beginning of the year. He said he has been dri ving to and from work up and down the turnpike while observing people who are driving while talking on cell phones who are not paying attention while going back and forth between lanes. He said in the passed few weeks at his school in Bayonne several deaths related to the children were caused by careless driving and said he strongly voted yes. OCTOBER 5, 2000 ORDINANCE 100-36 AMENDING CHAPTER 168 OF THE CODE, RE: REGULATING USE OF MOBILE TELEPHONES WHILE DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE ADOPTED COMMENTS ;TOBER 5, 2000 )MMENTS ;ontinued) Councilmember Quinones commended Councilmember O'Brien for introducing the Ordinance, which she felt, was a good piece of legislation and adhering to his passion for this Ordinance regardless of the criticism. She said she felt it was time to send a strong message to the state telling them to act on this issue. She addressed Jim from B & L Towing and quoted some of the letter his attorney sent to the Council. She assured Jim that his company was protected and told him according to his letter how this would not affect him. She said she felt this was a necessary piece of legislation. Councilmember Santoro said she felt this should be regulated by the state. She said she has checked with different towns and areas on this issue and spoke to law enforcement to ask their input. She said she received a national driving survey that listed the driving habits of a thousand people. She went on to list some of the results which included tuning a radio station sixty-two percent of the people had accidents; eating, fifty-seven percent were involved in accidents; turning your head around to speak, fifty-six percent; were involved in accidents; reading, writing, thirty-two percent were involved in accidents; using the glove compartment, thirty-two percent were involved in accidents; talking on a cell phone twenty-nine percent were involved in accidents. She said she felt as Councilmember Crilley that if the Council wasn't going to regulate all these items, then she felt the Council should urge the state to pass this and didn't feel it should be passed on a local level. Mayor Failace said it was brave of the Councilmember from Marlboro and Councilmember O'Brien for sticking with this. He said he is an offender of using a cell phone while driving, but said that he will not do this anymore. The Mayor said the article from the League of Municipalities Magazine states Marlboro hopes the state enacts certain laws on behalf of public health and safety and regulating the use of mobile phones. He quoted the last line that stated "if not, then it may have to be done town by town". He said he was very proud of Carteret for joining the fight. He said he hoped other towns would join in as well which he felt would tell the state this was what the citizens want and that was what the state needed to do for the good of the state. Mayor Failace thanked the Council and said he was very happy this Ordinance passed. Approved and Adopted: October 5, 2000 Introduced: Au,?ust 29, 2000 Advertised as Adopted on First Reading with notice of Public Hearing: September 4, 2000 Tabled: September 20, 2000 Hearing held: October 5,2000 Approved by: Mavor James A. Failace Advertised as Finally Adopted: October 12, 2000 10. The clerk stated Ordinance #00-40 was introduced and passed upon First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council held on September 20, 2000. It was duly published in the Home News Tribune on September 26, 2000 with notice that it will be considered for final passage after Public Hearing to be held on October 5, 2000 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. Upon MMS&C, by Council members Quinones and Crilley and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be open: There being no comments or objections to the Ordinance, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present. Upon MMS&C, by Council members Quinones and Crilley ORDINANCE #00-40 "ORDINANCE CREATING THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS" was finally adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. Councilmember Santoro voted no. Council members Fazekas and Sohayda abstained from voting. 11. Approved and Adopted: October 5, 2000 Introduced: September 20, 2000 Advertised as Adopted on First Reading with notice of Public Hearing: September 26, 2000 Hearing held: October 5, 2000 Approved by: Mayor James A. Failace Advertised as Finally Adopted: October 12, 2000 OCTOBER 5, 2000 ORDINANCE 100-40 CREATING THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC HEARING HEARING CLOSED ADOPTED ;TOBER 5, 2000 mINANCE 100-41 1ENDING SALARY. mINANCE #71-9, ~: DIRECTOR I" PUBLIC WORKS The Clerk stated Ordinance #00-41 was introduced and passed upon First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council held on September 20, 2000. It was duly published in the Home News Tribune on September 26, 2000 with notice that it will be considered for final passage after Public Hearing to be held on October 5, 2000 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. IJBLIC HEARING Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be open: ~ARING CLOSED There being no comments or objections to the Ordinance, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Quinones and Crilley ORDINANCE #00-41 "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE #71-9 ESTABLISHING SALARY SCHEDULES AND FIXING THE MANNER OF PA YMENTS OF SALARIES FOR V ARIOUS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET" DOPTED was finally adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. Councilmember Santoro voted no. Councilmembers Fazekas and Sohayda abstained from voting. Approved and Adopted: October 5, 2000 Introduced: September 20, 2000 Advertised as adopted on First Reading with notice of Public Hearing: September 26, 2000 Hearing Held: October 5, 2000 Approved by: Mavor James A. Failace Advertised as Finally Adopted: October 12, 2000 12. The Clerk stated Ordinance #00-42 was introduced and passed upon First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council held on September 20, 2000. It was duly published in the Home News Tribune on September 26, 2000 with notice that it will be considered for final passage after Public Hearing to be held on October 5, 2000 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. Upon MMS&C, by Council members Crilley and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be open: There being no comments or objections to the Ordinance, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Quinones and Crilley ORDINANCE #00-42 "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE #71-9 ESTABLISHING SALARY SCHEDULES AND FIXING THE MANNER OF PAYMENT OF SALARIES FOR V ARIOUS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET" was finally adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers Fazekas, Santoro and Sohayda abstained from voting. Mayor Failace said the Councilmembers that abstained were not at the last meeting and did not hear what some of the public and municipal employees had to say. 13. Council member Santoro said she listened to the tape and knew what was said. Mayor Failace told Mrs. Santoro he felt it was good she listened to the tape and heard what people had to say. OCTOBER 5, 2000 ORDINANCE 100-42 AMENDING SALARY ORDINANCE 171-9, RE: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR & MUNICIPAL CLERK PUBLIC HEARING HEARING CLOSED ADOPTED COMMENTS :TOBER 5, 2000 Approved and Adopted: October 5, 2000 Introduced: September 20, 2000 Advertised as Adopted on First Reading with notice of Public Hearing: September 26, 2000 Hearing held: October 5, 2000 Approved by: Mavor James A. Failace Advertised as Finally Adopted: October 12, 2000 mINANCE 100-43 1ENDING SALARY mINANCE 171-9, :'ERK TYPIST- ~CYCLING The Clerk stated Ordinance #00-43 was introduced and passed upon First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council held on September 20, 2000. It was duly published in the Home News Tribune on September 26, 2000 with notice that it will be considered for final passage after Public Hearing to be held on October 5,2000 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. IJBLIC HEARING Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and O'Brien and unanimous affirmati ve vote of the full Council present, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be open: EARING CLOSED There being no comments or objections to the Ordinance the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones ORDINANCE #00-43 "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE #71-9 ESTABLISHING SALARY SCHEDULES AND FIXING THE MANNEER OF PAYMENTS OF SALARIES FOR VARIOUS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET" 14. DOPTED was finally adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. Approved and Adopted: October 5, 2000 Introduced: September 20, 2000 Ad vertised as adopted on First Reading with notice of Public Hearing: September 26, 2000 Hearing held: October 5, 2000 Approved by: Mavor James A. Failace Advertised as Finally Adopted: October 12. 2000 A copy of each Resolution was placed on the table for public review prior to the meeting in accordance with the Rules of Council and upon MMS&C, by Council members Crilley and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the meeting was opened for public input on all Resolutions. There being no comments or objections to the Resolutions, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones and unanimous affirmati ve vote of the full Council present. RESOLUTION #00-317 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Quinones and Crilley RESOLUTION #00-317 "DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF RAFFLE LICENSES TO COLUMBUS SCHOOL PTO" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. Council member Crilley abstained from voting. 15. OCTOBER 5, 2000 ORDINANCE 100-43 AMENDING SALARY ORDINANCE 171-9, RE: CLERK TYPIST RECYCLING (Continued) MEETING OPENED PUBLIC INPUT ON ALL RESOLUTIONS MEETING CLOSED RESOLUTION 100-317 DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF VARIOUS RAFFLE LICENSES ADOPTED ::TOBER 5, 2000 :JTION tlADE TO MEND RESOLUTION 00318 Upon MMS&C, by Council members Crilley and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, a motion to amend Resolution #00-318 to include forwarding copies of the Resolution to Governor Whitman, all State Senators and members of the Assembly in addition to the legislators listed on the Resolution. ESOLUTION #00-318 UPPORTING S-1680 EGULATING WASTE RANSPORTATION Y RAIL RESOLUTION #00-318 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and O'Brien RESOLUTION #00-318 "RESOLUTION SUPPORTING S-1680 REGULATING WASTE TRANSPORTATION BY RAIL" DOPTED AS AMENDED was adopted as amended. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. OMMENTS Mayor Failace said this was very important and said a few weeks ago he was in New York with former Council president Stan Gutowski and former Councilmember Jim Mancuso who went to the Recycling Advisory Board. Mayor Failace said it was important that Carteret stops this. He said John Riggio from the Solid Waste Advisory Board and various other officials from New Jersey municipalities were in attendance. He also listed the numerous letters received from different towns who are opposing this trash coming from New York and going to the transfer station in Linden. He said this was going to be an uphill battle and felt this was very important and spoke about the recent accident involving the chemical train. Councilmember Crilley wanted to amend this Resolution to send a copy of this Resolution to all members of the State Senate and Assembly as well as Governor Whitman. 16. RESOLUTION #00-319 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-319 "REQUESTING APPROVAL OF INSERTION OF $10,324.24 THE 2000 BUDGET REVENUE A V AILABLE FROM THE BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT GRANT" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #00-320 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-320 "PROPERTY T AX CANCELLATION" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Council members Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #00-321 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. 17. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-321 "AUTHORIZING VARIOUS CONTRACTORS TO PERFORM REHABILITATION OF HOMES PURSUANT TO COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING (COAH) REGULATIONS" OCTOBER 5, 2000 RESOLUTION 100-319 BUDGET INSERTION- BODY AMOR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM GRANT ADOPTED RESOLUTION 100-320 PROPERTY TAX CANCELLATION ADOPTED RESOLUTION 100-321 AUTHORIZING VARIOUS CONTRACTORS TO PERFORM REHABILITATION OF HOMES PURSUANT TO COAH REGULATIONS :TOBER 5, 2000 )OPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. ~SOLUTION 100-322 PPOINTMENTS TO 000 YOUTH CORPS ROGRAM RESOLUTION #00-322 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-322 "APPOINTMENTS TO 2000 YOUTH CORPS PROGRAMS" DOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. :ESOLUTION 100-323 .PPOINTING SCHOOL :UARDS FOR THE :00/2001 SCHOOL ~EAR RESOLUTION #00-323 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-323 "APPOINTING SCHOOL TRAFFIC GUARDS FOR THE 2000-2001 SCHOOL SEASON" mOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. 18. RESOLUTION #00-324 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-324 "APPROVING CHANGE ORDER" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #00-325 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-325 "APPROVING CHANGE ORDER" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #00-326 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones RESOLUTION #00-326 "APPOINTING LORI CARRICO TO THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT VIOLATIONS CLERK" 19. was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. OCTOBER 5, 2000 RESOLUTION #00-324 APPROVING CHANGE ORDER, $18,404.00- VALKYRIE CONSTRUCTION, INC. ADOPTED RESOLUTION 100-325 APPROVING CHANGE ORDER, $14,800.00- MARVEC CONSTRUCTION RE: TOWN CENTER PROJECT ADOPTED RESOLUTION 100-326 APPOINTING LORI CARRICO-ASSISTANT VIOLATIONS CLERK ADOPTED :TOBER 5, 2000 ~SOLUTION 100-327 ~POINTING \TRICIA ROMERO- {PIST/RECYCLING RESOLUTION #00-327 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Cri1ley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-327 "APPOINTING PATRICIA ROMERO- CLERK TYPIST" DOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. ESOLUTIION 100-328 ROFESSIONAL ERVICES-KILLAM SSOCIATES, NOT o EXCEED $3,000.00 E: HARRISON AVENUE UMP STATION- RLIMINARY DESIGN ,VALUATION RESOLUTION #00-328 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-328 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES" .DOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote by Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. ~ESOLUTION 100-329 'ROFESSIONAL iERVICES-KILLAM .SSOCIATE, NOT TO ¡XCEED $6200.00, RE: ¡LECTRICAL CONTROL lND PUMP EVALUATION lOOSEVELT AVENUE 'UMP STATION RESOLUTION #00-329 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Counci 1 for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-329 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES" mOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. 20. RESOLUTION #00-330 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-330 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Council members Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #00-331 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-331 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. 21. OCTOBER 5, 2000 RESOLUTION 100-330 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES-KILLAM ASSOCIATES, NOT TO EXCEED $11,700.00, RE: DESIGN SERVICES FOR BID DOCUMENTS, RE: ROOSEVELT AVE PUMP STATION ADOPTED RESOLUTION #00-331 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES-KILLAM ASSOCIATES, NOT TO EXCEED $35,000.00, RE: DOROTHY STREET PUMP STATION ADOPTED ;TOBER 5, 2000 ~SOLUTION 100-332 ROFESSIONAL ~RVICES-KILLA!1 SSOCIATES, NOT :J EXCEED $86,500.00 E: CONTINUED NGINEERING ERVICES, I & I ROGRAM RESOLUTION #00-332 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas "RESOLUTION #00-332 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES" DOPTED was adopted. Upon individual rolI call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro, Quinones and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. .ESOLUTION 100-333 .EQUESTING BUS HELTERS AND .UTHORIZING IAYOR TO :XECUTE .GREEMENT- IJ TRANSIT RESOLUTION #00-333 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. MMS&C, by Councilmembers Cri1ley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-333 "RESOLUTION REQUESTING BUS SHELTER" .DOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmati ve. lESOLUTION 100-334 lPPOINTlNG lUTHANN DONOVAN- lOUSING AUTHORITY RESOLUTION #00-334 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-334 22. "APPOINTMENT TO THE CARTERET HOUSING AUTHORITY" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #00-335 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-335 "SUPPLEMENTING RESOLUTION #00-252 AND ADOPTING THE BOROUGH'S HOUSING ELEMENT AS THE UPDATED FAIR SHARE PLAN" was adopted. Upon individual roll ca]] vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #00-336 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-336 "APPOINTING PURCHASING AGENT TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR LIGHTS AT VETERANS' FIELD" was adopted. Upon individual ro]] call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. 23. Councilmember Santoro asked if there was a problem with the building department on this. OCTOBER 5, 2000 ADOPTED RESOLUTION 100-335 SUPPLEMENTING RESOLUTION 100-252 AND ADOPTING THE BOROUGH'S HOUSING ELEMENT AS THE UPDATED FAIR SHARE PLAN ADOPTED RESOLUTION 100-336 AUTHORIZING BIDS- LIGHTS AT VETERAN'S FIELD ADOPTED COMMENTS :TOBER 5, 2000 )MMENTS ;ontinued) Counci lmember Cri lley stated the first one was requesting bids based on speci fications and the second was authorizing $15,000.00 to Killam Associates. He said there has been some debate between the Zoning Attorney, Borough Attorney and the Construction Officials. He said the Borough would have to go before the Zoning Board for approval before putting up these lights on the field and felt it was a great area and they would be going on with this project. Mayor Fai lace said this was a field that should have been lighted all along. ESOLUTION 100-337 ROFESSIONAL ERVICES-KILLAM SSOCIATES, NOT TO XCEED $15,000.00, E: LIGHTS AT ETERAN'S FIELD RESOLUTION #00-337 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #00-337 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES" .DOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmati ve. œPLICATIONS: lBC LICENSE- ŒIBIS LIQUORS ro MELDI MAA & ;TAR LIQUORS ro NEHA-JIGAR, [NC. The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of an application for ABC License transfer from Reibis Liquors to Meldi Maa Corporation and an application for ABC License transfer from Star Liquors to Neha-Jigar, Incorporated. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and O'Brien and unanimous affirmati ve vote of the full Council present they were ordered to be accepted to be sent to the Police Department for further consideration. MOTION MADE ro AMEND THE BILL LIST ro INCLUDE VALKYRIE CONSTRUCTION Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Crilley a Motion was made to Amend the Bill List to include #3,933.80 for Valkyrie Construction, Inc. for the installation of a temporary tank for the Police Department's heating system. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. 24. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas all bills appearing on the prepared list properly audited and signed were ordered to be paid as amended. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, O'Brien, Quinones, Santoro and Sohayda voted in the affirmative. The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of the following reports: 1. Clerk's Office-September 2000 2. Sewage Collection-August 2000 3. Treasurer-September 2000 Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the ful1 Council present, all reports were ordered to be received and placed on file. BUILDINGS & GROUNDS: Committee Chairperson Santoro said as of Friday, the local inspectors have signed off on the Community Center for a CO and the town was waiting for Killam for the final CO. She said the town was in discussions with the contractor and the town architects regarding outstanding issues. She said the Council is doing everything possible to open the building. She said last week she spoke in front of the Freeholders in regards to a hundred thousand-dollar grant which could be used for the downtown area. She said she spoke to John Riggio who told her the money could be used in the Washington Avenue area or the West Carteret area and is waiting for Mr. Riggio to present his proposal at an Agenda Meeting so that the town could move forward on this grant. She reported progress. !5. FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION: Committee Chairperson O'Brien said the high cost of fuel oil is a problem for the town as well as for the residents. He said he has served on the Council for six years and has never been so passionate over any issue, he said he was nervous on the way home from work as to whether or not the Cel1 Phone Ordinance would pass. He thanked the Council for passing the Ordinance and reported total progress not just in Finance but in everything. FIRE: Committee Chairperson Fazekas thanked the on and off duty firefighters for installing a stockade fence around the firehouse in West Carteret. He said the fire department was OCTOBER 5, 2000 PAYMENT OF BILLS AS AMENDED REPORTS DEPARTMENT STANDING COMMITTEES :TOBER 5, 2000 rANDING JMHITTEES :;ontinued) instal1ing fire hydrant flags on fire hydrants throughout the Borough, which would help the men plowing the roads in snowstorms. He said the Council has applied for another imagining camera from the state. He said the free CPR classes for residents of all ages which would be held at 7:00 P.M., October 25, 26, and 27th at the firehouse. He thanked Saint Barnabas for giving third graders of Carteret free batteries for smoke detectors and a tour. He said the annual open house at the firehouse would be held on Saturday October 14th from twelve to three o'clock. He said there was a Fire Truck Committee meeting held last week so that they could come up with the specs for the new fire truck. He said he knew the fire truck would cost four hundred thousand dol1ars, but that this would be an investment in the future and spoke about the ages and condition of the fire equipment the town uses and how much new equipment is needed. He explained to Mayor and Council the rules and regulations regarding fire equipment for a town the size of Carteret. He said the Council was looking into spending money for EMS. He said he had checked out the surrounding towns and what they do concerning their EMS. He said the current first aid squad was doing a spectacular job and has taken Rural Metro in as an outside company and went over the costs of these services. He said the Borough should look into EMS services in the near future but said we have a very good response time because the Fire Department works with the First Aid and Police Department and we have the manpower. He thanked the Mayor and Council for keeping the Fire Department at the top of this and keeping up with technology. C0I1MENTS Mayor Failace commended Councilmember Fazekas who has stayed on top of the Council for years to make sure the town has the equipment, the radios, the trucks, etc. that the town needs to keep the community safe. STANDING COMMITTEES (Continued) PARKS & RECREATION: Committee Chairperson Crilley said the Council would be lighting Veteran's Field, which should have had lights when the other field was lighted. He said both fields are where the Recreation Building is and this would be beneficial for the Recreation Building and the concession stand and the cost was already budgeted. He said he looked forward to seeing the lights installed by the spring Baseball/Softball season. He said the Soap Box Derby was this Saturday on Pershing A venue and gave the details as to the race and the rain dates and also gave the details on the Halloween Parade, which will be held on Saturday, October 28th at 2 P.M. He commended the Recreation Commission for the great job they do for the town. 26. Council member Santoro was noted absent at 8:48 P.M. Councilmember Crilley also mentioned the Carteret High School band and their involvement in the Halloween Parade and commended them on the fantastic job they always do for the town, anytime they are asked he said they would always be there if their schedule permits. Councilmember Santoro was noted present at 8:50 P.M. Councilmember Crilley thanked the volunteer Fire Department and First Aid Squad for their dedication and work that they do. He asked the Mayor to appoint a committee, which he felt, should include the public safety department heads, Business Administrator Goldsack as well as members of the community and Council to review this problem and to see what options the town had. He said he felt volunteerism was at an all time low and didn't see it increasing anytime soon and felt for the safety of the residents this needed to be addressed now and no one should put a cost on saving a life. He reported progress. POLICE: Committee Chairperson Quinones reported progress. PUBLIC WORKS: Committee Chairperson Sohayda said he had no report. BOARD OF EDUCATION: Committee Chairperson Santoro said there was a terrible accident at the High School and said after speaking to the Board of Education they both agreed this should never happen again. 27. Councilmember Fazekas said he had met with the Board of Education concerning technology. He said they discussed the telephone system, which is the same system installed throughout the Borough offices as well as the new Library. He said the Board of Education would be able to save costs since their system would be a piggyback system, which he felt would help the Borough as a whole. He said they also talked about the standardization of the hardware and software, which would save costs when purchasing these items. He said they spoke OCTOBER 5, 2000 STANDING COMMITTEES (Continued) :TOBER 5, 2000 [ANDING COMMITTEES ::ontinued) about creating a data center, which would encompass the Board of Education and the Borough this would make grants available to the town. He said it would be to our advantage to combine costs this would save us money. The Council would be applying for grants to save the town money. PPOINTING ONY NEIBERT LANNING BOARD, ,LASS 2 Mayor Failace appointed Tony Neibert to the Planning Board Class 2, December 31, 2000. The Mayor said Tony and Charlie Nagy have been doing one heck of a job as construction officials. He said the town could be getting close to a million dollars in fees this year and said the construction department was doing a lot of work and with Tony on the board it would be a help. ;OMMENTS Councilmember Cri1ley said last night he left a message on Mr. Neibert's answering machine and Mr. Neibert returned the can to Councilmember Crilley's office six thirty this morning. Mayor Failace agreed and said he had called the construction department early this morning and Charlie answered the phone, the Mayor asked Charlie to have Tony call him back, but Tony was already there on the phone, he said probably with Councilmember Crilley. PROCLAMATION: FIRE PREVENTION WEEK-OCTOBER 8-12, 2000 Mayor Failace read the following proclamation: "FIRE PREVENTION WEEK" WHEREAS, smoke and poisonous gases are the leading cause of death in fires and can kill a person long before the flames will; and WHEREAS, underestimating the power of fire and the time it takes to escape a home fire put people at severe risk of fire death and injury; and WHEREAS, developing and practicing a home fire escape plan at least twice a year are critical to escaping a real fire safely; and WHEREAS, a complete home escape plan includes working smoke alarms everyone in the household knowing two ways out of each room, having an outside location where everyone will meet upon exiting, and memorizing the local fire department's emergency telephone number; and 28. WHEREAS, the Fire Prevention Week 2000 theme - Fire Drills: The Great Escape!"-emphasizes the extreme importance of not only having a home escape plan, but physically practicing it regularly; and WHEREAS, the fire service of the Borough of Carteret is dedicated to the safety of life and property from the devastating effects of fire; and WHEREAS, the members of the fire service are joined by other concerned citizens of this Borough as well as other emergency providers and safety advocates, businesses, schools, service clubs and organizations in their fire safety efforts; I, JAMES A. FAILACE, MAYOR OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, in cooperation with non-profit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) do hereby proclaim the week of OCTOBER 8-14, 2000 as "FIRE PREVENTION WEEK" This week commemorates the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which killed more than 250 persons, left 10,000 homeless and destroyed more than 17,400 buildings. I call upon the people of the Borough of Carteret to participate in fire prevention activities at home, work and school, and to execute "The Great Escape" to ensure their safety and the safety of their families in the event of fire. Mayor Failace read the following proclamation: "BOROUGH OF CARTERET NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION MONTH OCTOBER 2000" 29. WHEREAS, the vitality of our town depends on how safe we keep our homes, neighborhoods, schools, workplaces and communities; WHEREAS, crime and fear destroys our trust in others and institutions, threatening the community's health, prosperity and quality of life; OCTOBER 5, 2000 PROCLAMATION: FIRE PREVENTION WEEK (Continued) PROCLAMATION: NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION MONTH :TOBER 5, 2000 lOCLAMATION: &.TIONAL CRlItE REVENTION :JNTH (Continued) WHEREAS, people of all ages must be made aware of what they can do to prevent themselves, their families, neighbors and co-workers from being harmed by drugs, violence, and other crime; WHEREAS, the personal injury, financial loss and community deterioration resulting from crime are intolerable and require investment from the whole community; WHEREAS, crime prevention initiative must include self- protection and security, but they must go beyond these to promote col1aborative efforts to make neighborhoods safe for all ages and to develop positive educational and recreational opportunities for young people; WHEREAS, adults must invest time, resources and policy support in effective prevention and intervention strategies for youth and teens must be engaged in driving crime from their communities; WHEREAS, effective crime prevention programs excel because of partnerships among law enforcement, other government agencies, civic groups, schools, faith communities, businesses and individuals as they help to nurture communal reponsibility and instill pride; NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR JAMES A. FAILACE, do hereby proclaim October 2000 as crime Prevention Month in the Borough of Carteret and urge all citizens, government agencies, public and private institutions, and businesses to invest in the power of prevention and work together for the common good. PROCLAMATION: COLUMBUS DAY Mayor Failace read the following proclamation: "CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAY" WHEREAS, there are many residents of the Borough of Carteret who are of Italian American heritage; and WHEREAS, these residents devote their efforts toward implanting the example of the courage and progressive ideals of Christopher Columbus in the hearts and minds of all our people; and 30. WHEREAS, we must individually dedicate ourselves to these principals as the major bulwark against totalitarianism; and NOW, THEREFORE, I JAMES A. FAILACE, MAYOR OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, in the County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey do hereby proclaim MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2000 as CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAY in the Borough of Carteret and request that all nationalities of this Borough stand with the Italian Citizenry in helping them observe this Patriotic Day of their Compatriot, Christopher Columbus, whose name shall be honored at the Flag Raising Ceremony conducted at the front of Borough Annex on Monday, October 9,2000, at 10:00 A.M. FURTHER, I JAMES A. FAILACE, MAYOR OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, do hereby proclaim MONDAY OCTOBER 9, 2000 be designated as ITALIAN-AMERICAN DAY in the Borough of Carteret and hereby order the Flag of Italy be displayed at Borough Annex this day in honor of all Italian- Americans who fought and died to save the freedoms of the United States of America. Mayor Failace said he asked Tony Neibert to be at the meeting with Charlie Nagy to respond to the newspaper articles and what was happening with the accident involving the High School but he understood they are in the office six thirty in the morning. 31. Tony Neibert said each of the Council received reports concerning the School Board and the accident at the high school and the work being done. He said himself and Mr. Nagy went to the site when he received word things weren't being done correctly. He said his department issues building permits based on the uniform construction code, and said his department is not the health department, or the Borough's OSHA group. Mr. Neibert said the contractor was in conjunction with the permit and went on to discuss several of the details to the Council concerning this. He went on to explain the requirements needed to receive permits and what needed to be done. Mr. Neibert said he felt the common sense approach was to do this work in July. Mayor Failace said he knew Mr. Neibert and his department would never do anything but what was required in the code book and apologized for the rumors and newspaper articles that said otherwise. He said the Council was doing everything to help get this done properly. OCTOBER 5, 2000 PROCLAMATION: COLUMBUS DAY (Continued) COMMENTS :TOBER 5, 2000 :JMMENTS Continued) Mayor Failace said he should know next week if we wi]] be definitely receiving the HUD Appropriation Bill for one point five million dollars for the sewer grant initiated by Senator Lautenberg which passed the House and the Senate's approval. Mayor Failace said he will be meeting with OENJ Cherokee, regarding the Woodbridge project and extending Industrial Road project and finalizing the plans to get the truck traffic off Industrial Road. Mayor Failace said he went back to the blue-collar workers for negotiation and said the negotiation committee said they would accept flex-time from April through August only. The Mayor said they accepted that and said the blue collar made the offer that new hires would work the flextime, the Council accepted that. He said the blue collar made the offer for reverse seniority, which meant the newest employees would work first, in reference to existing employees concerning flextime. He said the blue-collar committee brought the issues back to their people and they turned it down. He said he doesn't know what else he could do and said the blue collar has chosen not to accept anything. PUBLIC DISCUSSION Upon MMS&C, by Councilmember Cri]]ey and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the meeting was opened for Public Discussion. COMMENTS Joe Lombardi, 26 Dunster Street said he was one of the career fireman who would be teaching the CPR class and said the class would be held in Columbus School and said the class would be held for three days. He gave all the details concerning certification and said the certification card was good for two years. Tom Robbins said he was glad to hear that the sewer bill grant was passed with the help of Senator Launtenberg and said he hoped that it really does come to be. He said he spoke to Congressman Menendez few years back about a two or three hundred do]]ar tax deduction on your income tax for your sewer tax and told the Mayor that he should remind Congressman Mendendez about this credit. He said when the state passes a Clean Water Act the town should be getting money from the government for the costs and not take on loans. He asked why the town wasn't looking into no-interest loans as other towns have done. Councilmember Crilley said the state did pass the law but jokingly stated ridiculous conditions that needed to occur before money could come back to the town. 31. Mayor Failace said the town has twelve or thirteen million do]]ars in sewer projects and the Council is looking into all available state funds. OCTOBER 5, 2000 Tom Robbins asked if the town has tried to be a needy school district. COMMENTS (Continued) Mayor Failace said the Board of Education has applied. Councilmember Santoro said the Board of Education applied years ago. She said the state would not amend the original speciaJ needs districts. John Sudia, Cypress Street, said the Mayor should speak to the Business Administrator to make an emergency appropriation to purchase the Mayor a gavel. Mayor Failace said the Gaydos family was kind enough to give him a gavel but it was stolen. John Sudia said the Council are temporary appointments and the premiums would be lost when these people leave. He said most of the peopJe have family coverage and felt there was no need to duplicate coverage. Mr. Sudia told the Mayor and Council to keep up their fight in regard to the garbage transportation. Mr. Sudia said it was nice to hear the Cell Phone ordinance has passed and he went on to speak of his experiences with careless drivers who were on cell phones. Mr. Sudia praised Sue Ivanitski and Ruthann Donovan for the terrific job they are doing giving out the leaf bags to the residents and serving them coffee. Mayor Failace said he thought maybe they were a little too nice, because people were starting to hang around there and said Sue could talk to anyone for hours. Jim Mancuso, Jackson Avenue said the accident at the high school should not have happened. He said the Board of Health notified the Board of Education to stop working but the work continued. He asked if the Mayor and Council got a report and said the Board of Education should be held responsible and should answer to the Council. Mayor Failace said he spoke to Larry Aleksandrich over the Board of Health issues and summons. There being no further business or discussion, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full Council present, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:30 P.M. ADJOURNED 32. Respectfully submitted, } X;;:;;¡ä-<'fi--Ø7 ,$'>-J~_~ KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, RM('j''9M Municipal Clerk -.... KMB/cp :TOBER 5, 2000 )UNCIL MEETING 33.