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The Agenda Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of
Carteret preceding the Regular Meeting January 21, 1999 was held on
January 14, 1999, 7:00 P.M., Municipal Court/Police Facility, 230
Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey.
The following were noted present:
Mayor James A. Fai1ace
Councilmember Crilley
" Fazekas
" Gutowski
" Mancuso
" O'Brien
" Quinones
Also noted present was Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin.
A Statement of Meeting Notice was mailed to The Home News
Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the bulletin board on January
8, 1999.
Mayor Failace asked for a motion to go into Closed Session to discuss
Litigation and Personnel Matters.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Fazekas and O'Brien
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was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley,
Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the
affirmative.
At approximately 7:04 P.M. a Closed Session was held.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and Fazekas and
unanimous affirmative vote of the full Councilmembers present this
meeting was opened to the public at approximately 7 :30 P.M.
TO ADDRESS THE GOVERNING BODY:
Jim ...(inaudible)... and Steve ...(inaudible)... from Rural Metro
Addressed the Governing Body. Jim said Rural Metro is a private
ambulance service who would assist in responding to First Aid calls
during the weekday. He said this service is already being provided in
other towns. He said they do accept most insurance coverage. He said
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in a case in which the individual does not have insurance
.. . (inaudible).. .doesn't go to collections. He said they accept
assignments for all insurance companies. He said they are required by
law to send 20% ofthe bill to Medicare patients.
Councilmember Crilley said he had spoken with one of them on the
phone. He said he also spoke with the First Aid Squad in a meeting
the other night and they gave some information on what
.. .(inaudible)... He said his has a few questions. He asked if there
would be a problem covering a twelve-hour time frame from 6:00
A.M. to 6:00 P.M., which is the problem time frame within the
Borough.
Jim from Rural Metro said no that would not be a problem.
Councilmember Crilley asked if a certified staff would man the
ambulances. He asked if the individuals responding to the calls would
be EMT certified and the drivers as well or would the drivers only
have the basic First Aid Certification.
Jim from Rural Metro said they are all ...(inaudible)... He said by
state law they have to have at least two that are certified.
Councilmember Crilley said ok he does remember that being
mentioned about the state law. He said Rural is only required to have
two certified whereas in the Borough's case because they are a
volunteer squad they could have one EMT and one certified CPR.
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Jim from Rural Metro said they fall under different guidelines from the
Department of Health.
Councilmember Crilley asked if Rural would be usmg its own
ambulance and equipment.
Jim from Rural said that is correct.
Councilmember Crilley asked if the materials used on a call would be
billed to the patient or insurance.
Jim from Rural said oxygen or disposables are billable but that is sent
into the ...(inaudible)... they don't pay.
Councilmember Crilley asked about the liabilities for the workers and
drivers all came through Rural.
The response to this question from Jim from Rural Metro is totally
inaudible.
Councilmember Crilley asked if Rural would be housing the
ambulance in the Borough.
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Jim from Rural said this was discussed with the squad. He said
usually wherever it is best suited to be used. He said if the First Aid
building is the best place then it would be left there.
Councilmember Crilley said " so you're looking to house it in the
Borough and not your place."
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Jim from Rural said the vehicle stays within the boundaries of the
town. He said there are no requirements that they have to be at the
squad building.
Councilmember Crilley said if the Borough chooses to go with this an
accommodation would be made.
Jim from Rural said the crews are not allowed to roam to different
municipalities if they are assigned to Carteret.
Councilmember Crilley said correct if they are assigned here then they
stay here. He also asked about the second call, the back up.
Jim from Rural said in other municipalities what is usually done is the
one truck is dedicated and that is a guarantee. He said what the other
towns have done is put them on a Mutual Aid list. He said their main
office would be called in but there is no guarantee for the second truck
but normally one will be available.
Mayor Failace asked could it be a one-year contract.
Jim from Rural said yes the contract could be for one year, and he said
there is always the thirty/ninety days where the Borough could cancel
the agreement.
Councilmember Crilley said he would like to sit down with Rural,
First Aid and the Council to make sure everyone is in agreement and
everything is in order and then come to an agreement one way or the
other. He said he feels the agreement would have to be between the
Borough and Rural rather then the First Aid Squad. He said the First
Aid is a separate corporation.
Mayor Failace said if there is nothing else then the Council would be
in contact with them.
Borough Engineer to Address the Governing Body. His report read as
follows: 1) Municipal Projects. A) Under Storage Tanks - NJDEP
Compliance - Borough Engineer Beninato said the NJDEP has issued
a Memorandum of Understanding approving the Borough's request to
extend operations of UST's program. As a result of the Borough's
efforts, there will be no fines and/or penalties imposed upon the
Borough from the NJDEP for UST operations after the December 22,
1998 compliance deadline. The following steps are currently plarmed
for the Borough's UST location: Public Works Facility - Finalize
plans for the UST closure and the new AST installation. Police
Station _ The current plan is to close the existing UST and either
replace it with an AST or convert the heating system at the Police
Station to gas. The cost of these alternatives needs to be evaluated.
Abandoned WWTP - The existing UST's need to be closed in
accordance with the regulations. The estimated cost to complete the
engineering, laboratory and testing services and the tank closures is in
the amount of approximately $58,800 as broken down on the attached
cost summary. Authorization is requested for the engineering,
laboratory and testing services in the amount of $23,000, which will be
performed on the basis of a not to exceed budget.
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B) Waterfront Development Project - Borough Engineer Beninato
said his office has been informed by the NJDEP that they have
received the remedial investigation report that was filed for the DuPont
property adjacent to the Borough's Waterfront Park project site. A
meeting is scheduled with the NJDEP on January 20th to review the
file in order to determine if there are any issues affecting the
Waterfront Development Project. His Office will stay in
communication with Green Acres as it relates to the efforts on this
matter.
2) Sewer Facilities: A) Hermann Street Relief Sewer and Linden
Street and Lowell Street Sewer Separation Contract No. 98-11 -
Borough Engineer Beninato said the construction of the Sewer
Separation Project on the Phase 1 portion of Linden Street and Lowell
Street has been completed. The Relief Sewer for Hermarm Street is
approximately 50 percent complete. B) Hill District Sewer
Investigation - Borough Engineer Beninato said his office has
completed the preliminary investigation of the Hill District Area as it
pertains to extraneous flow sources and capacity issues within the
system. A report has been prepared and has been forwarded, to the
Borough, as well as the NJDEP. In addition, Municipal Maintenance
Company, Inc. has completed the investigation of the existing sewage
pumps at the Hayward Street Sewage Pumping Station and Bergen
Street Pumping Station. Based upon the condition of the pumps at
both pumping stations, it is recommended, that the Borough purchase
two new pumps for each station and rebuild two of the remaining
pumps for spares. Premature failure of various pump system
components have been identified including power cables, that may
have been affected by the constituents in the sanitary sewer discharges
entering the pumping stations. Weare investigating the potential
causes for the wastewater characteristics in order to identify the
appropriate remedies and corrosive resistant pump materials. C)
Infiltration/Inflow Reduction Program and System Rehabilitation
Borough Engineer Beninato said a copy of the draft
Infiltration/Inflow Reduction Program, which has been presented to
the Borough, has been forwarded to the Middlesex County Utilities
Authority for review and comment. Upon receiving their comments
the Program can be finalized for adoption by the Borough. To
effectively proceed with the sewer system project, the Borough is
considering the Clean Water Financing program through the NJDEP as
a financing mechanism. In order to be considered for the next fiscal
year program a Letter of Commitment must be sent to the NJDEP by
February I, 1999. Also, prior to submitting a Letter of Commitment, a
pre-application meeting must be held with the Department. A pre-
application meeting has been scheduled for January 27th at the DEP
and a Letter of Commitment has been drafted for the Borough. A copy
of the draft letter is attached to this report. The Program's submittal
deadlines are identified below:
Plarming Documents
Design Documents
Loan Application
June 7, 1999
February 7, 2000
March 6, 2000
Upon concurrence by the Borough to go forward with the Financing
Program, we will prepare the scope of work and budget for the
engineering and preparation of the PI arming Documents. The overall
project budget estimate to be forwarded to the DEP is in the amount of
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$8,000,000, which IS a preliminary cost estimate to address the
following:
· III Reduction
· Sanitary Sewer System Rehabilitation
· Storm Water System Improvements
Parallel with this financing application the Borough will continue to
pursue funding through the Federal Government.
Mayor and Council gave permission to proceed.
D) Bergen and Hayward Street Pumping Stations - Electrical
Improvements - Borough Engineer Beninato said the plan and
specifications have been completed for the electrical improvements at
the Bergen and Hayward Street Pumping Stations. We will schedule
advertisement dates with the Borough Clerk's office and get this
project underway. As a reminder, this project involves the
replacement of the failing components in the wet wells, which have
been subject to submergence during flooding conditions.
2) Road Projects: A) Industrial Road Extension - Borough
Engineer Beninato said he has been in contact with the NJDOT
regarding the funding and schedule for the Industrial Road Extension
project. Based upon this communication. It is our understanding that a
Guidance Document will be sent to the Borough over the next one to
two month period.
Councilmember Fazekas said he thinks it is imperative to get someone
to look at the exit 12 exchanged especially with the expansion road
extending into Woodbridge. He said the truck traffic would then
mcrease.
Mayor Failace said he called Woodbridge to discuss the Industrial
Road extension and to find out where they stand on their portion of the
Industrial Road Proj ect. He said they are still waiting on some
businessmen to make a decision on whether they want to do the road
or not. He said he spoke with Tim Dacie and it looks like it will be a
while before they are even close to making a decision. He said he told
them basically if that were the case the road would be dropped off at
the end of the Abattoir because the Borough could not wait much
longer. He said that is not what the Borough wants to do but he does
not see any other way to move if they are not going to do anything.
He said Tim told him something that bothers him a little bit. He was
told that the $2,000,000 the Borough got, he was under the impression
the Borough got this money and had $2,000,000 to spend on this road
and after getting the designs the Borough gets the money and spends
it, or does it take a lot longer and many other process to go through
with the Federal Government.
Borough Engineer Beninato said there are two approaches the Federal
Government takes with funding for roadway projects. He said the one
approach is which is similar to the Industrial Road Exchange. He said
the state implements the projects as the design agency and the agency
implements it and it is pointed through the Federal Government. He
said this project is being handled like a DOT Local Aid project so the
Federal Government has given the money to DOT to issue it to the
municipality to carry the project through. He said now the Borough
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designs it and implements.. .(inaudible)... the guidance document we
are waiting for from DOT. He said it tells the Borough the steps that
must be taken in order to satisfy the DOT, State requirements as well
as the Federal requirements. He said there are additional
environmental analysis that need to be undertaken to satisfy Federal
Govemment. He said there are some suspect areas with regards to the
extension of that roadway through potentially contaminated areas. He
said there are some sites back there that have been questionable so
there will have to be an assessment for those properties.
Mayor Failace said ok, because it was made to sound like as though it
would be years and years before the Borough would be able to spend
that money.
Borough Engineer Beninato said it might take time to go through the
environmental assessment, through the planning of alignment, as well
as the funding. He said it is not a matter of design and construction
next year it will take a little longer than that.
Mayor Failace said he feels the Borough is going to have to go ahead
and he hates to do things this way but he does not believe Woodbridge
is any way near making a decision.
B) Road Evaluation Program - Borough Engineer Beninato said the
Road Evaluation Program is substantially complete and we are in the
process of compiling the evaluation data for the report. Attached to
this report is an advanced copy of the roadway-rating sUlllffiary based
upon the factors, which were taken into consideration in the
evaluation. Interestingly, the evaluation concluded with the highest
priority for Louis Street, which has received a grant from the NJDOT
through the Local Aid Program. Upon receiving input and
concurrence from Mayor and Council and the Road Department
Director on the roadway priorities, we will proceed with the following:
· Finalize the report.
· Prepare budget estimates for the prioritized
roadways.
· Notify the utility companies of the roadways
considered for improvement.
· Identify Borough owned utility needs in the selected
priority roadways.
The proposed schedule for the roadway improvements should allow
for the identification and correction of utility needs in the spring of
each year and the roadway improvements to be completed the
following fall. I therefore request review and comment on the attached
priority list in order to continue with this program. C) Street Scape
Projects - Borough Engineer Beninato said preliminary street scape
concept plans have been prepared for Roosevelt Avenue from Essex
Street to Arthur Street and for the Municipal Complex area. A
meeting was held with Councilman Fazekas and John Riggio to
discuss the concept plans and receive their input. Along with the plans
we prepared preliminary construction cost estimate which should be
sufficient to allow the Borough to proceed with funding applications
(copies attached). The Municipal Complex concept plan was prepared
with the assistance of Potter Associates who provide a concept sketch
for the project. The estimated project cost for the Roosevelt Avenue
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project is approximately $610,000.00 excluding off-street parking,
property acquisition and building demolition. The estimated project
cost for the Municipal Complex project is approximately $980,000.00
Upon receiving review comments from Mayor and Council on the
Roosevelt Avenue concept plans a meeting should be scheduled with
the Middlesex County Engineering Department to discuss the project.
Also, meetings should be scheduled with the interested business and
property owners in the area of the project to discuss the project scope
and involvement. Also a meeting should be scheduled to discuss the
Municipal Complex Project with the Mayor, Council Representative(s)
John Riggio, Potter Associates and our office.
Unable to transcribe this portion of the meeting due to tape
malfunctions. According to meeting notes a letter was received about
Sewer user (.. .inaudible...) from residents. Mayor and Council were
asked to please review.
According to meeting notes Councilmember Mancuso discussed the
following: Down spouts, Street Sweeping, Milik Street drainage and
road opening, and paving.
Per meeting notes Borough Attorney Coughlin said he would send
PSE&G a letter as well as other utility companies.
Per meeting notes there was a discussion regarding the estimated cost
to put fans in the Municipal Garage.
At approximately 8:47 P.M. Councilmember Fazekas was noted
absent.
Tape back on.
John Riggio from Community Development addressed the Governing
Body. He stated he wanted to talk about COAH, give brief overview
on the finances and go away with at least a consensus to hire an
outside consulting firm. He distributed a report showing the original
balance verses the money that had been utilized from COAH in regard
to low-income housing. He stated of the money given the Borough
from East Amwell, Cranbury and Readington there is still about
$185,000.00 left to be utilized. He said there are still nine units to be
finished and they have to be completed by July 1, 2003. He said at
the bottom of the report there is a note about the money the Borough
has to work with each year. He said, as of April 1, 1999 the
$214,000.00 was money leftover from Readington after $250,000.00
was given to start the Cardinal China Project. He said in May of the
same year the Borough gets a transferred amount of money from East
Amwell approximately $100,000.00 as well as another $214,000.00
from Readington minus another $250,000.00 owed for Cardinal China.
He said the approximate working money for this year would be
$528,000.00 He said approximately every year from 1999 the Borough
will have a little over a Yz million dollars, year 2000 $564,000.00,
April 1 st $564,000.00, and 2002 the Borough will have $464,000.00.
Councilmember Crilley asked if development commitments are done
in 1999. He said the Borough's commitments to developers that have
already been made are done for this year.
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John Riggio said yes, they are done for this year. He said do not forget
he did not count any moneys for Cranbury because the Borough is not
100% sure of the direction it is going to take yet. He said less interest
the full amount of operating money is 2 billion dollars. He said this is
exactly the finance the Borough is going to be working with to do the
COAH projects. He said after investigating and listening to COAH it
looks like it would be in the best interest of Carteret to go out and hire
the professional services of a consulting firm. He said what's nice
about that is any thing spent with the consulting firm will be of no cost
to the Borough of Carteret. He said everything that comes out of
payment is part of COAH. He said COAH allows 20% of soft cost
against the hard cost. He said actually Carteret is not going to be
spending any money. He said it would be in the Borough's best
interest to hire some rehab firm that does rehab proj ects and takes care
of them from the beginning to the end. He said also be sure when
developing the contracts to include the items need to be included in
order for Carteret to still maintain control of the entire project. He said
what he would like to go away with is a consensus that he can submit a
resolution to hire outside firms at no cost to Carteret.
Mayor Failace said he does not think the Council would have any
problems with that. He asked if Mr. Riggio would be giving the
Council a name.
Mr. Riggio said he has a name he is going to give the Borough
Attorney Coughlin a copy of a contract to review and make
suggestions and final approval. He said should anyone have any
question he will be available.
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Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and O'Brien and
unanimous affirmative vote of the five (5) Councilmembers present
the meeting was in recess at approximately 9:00 P.M.
RECONVENED
At approximately 9:10 P.M. the meeting was reconvened. Upon
individual roll call, the following were noted present, Councilmembers
Crilley, Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones.
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APPROVAL
December 8, 1997
January I, 1998
March 19, 1998
April 2, 1998
RESOLUTIONS
1. Directing the Issuance of Various Bingo Licenses.
2. Directing the Issuance of Various Raffle Licenses.
3. Designating Official Depositories.
4. Directing the Issuance of Various Amusement Game Distributers
Licenses for 1999.
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5. Directing the Issuance of Various Amusement Device Licenses for
1999.
6. Refund of Tax an/or Sewer Fee Overpayment.
7. Appointing Members to the Urban Enterprise Zone Advisory
Committee.
8. Authorizing execution of TW A Consent Form - Matzel &
Mumford Organization.
9. Amendment to the 1999 Temporary Budget.
10. Authorizing Purchase from State Contractors for 1999.
11. Approving the Renewal of Mid-State Credit Union - Parking Lot
Lease.
12. Approving Dog Warden Contract for 1999.
13. Amending Short Term Disability Payments for 1999.
1. Volunteer Fire Co. #1 - Applications for new membership, Wayne
Malek & Chris Wisniewski.
2. Volunteer Fire Co. #2 - Application for membership, Ronald
Sikora.
3. David R. Bass - Renewal of Junkyard License.
1. Townships of East Brunswick & Edison - Resolutions opposing
disposal of New York City or State municipal solid waste in the
State of New Jersey.
2. Ferrara and Associates - Petition of Academy Express, Inc. for
Atlantic City bus service & revised Street by Street description.
3. Jerry Casser, Esq. - Petition of Leisure Time Tours for Atlantic
City bus service.
4. Township of Monroe - resolution regarding proposed legislation
concerning Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act.
5. Middlesex Water Company - Public Hearing, 2/24/99,
Woodbridge, NJ - Re: Rate Increase. - Mayor Failace said to
check and see if a resolution was ever past opposing this if not
Borough Attorney Coughlin is to do a letter opposing.
1. Air Pollution - September 1998.
2. Board of Health - November 1998.
3. Clerk's Office - December 1998.
Unable to transcribe this portion of the meeting due to tape
malfunctions. The information listed below was done per meeting
notes.
1. Uszula Hetmanczyk - Request to lease or purchase property on
Chrome Avenue. - To be placed on Hold
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2. NJ DOP - a) Certification of Eligibles for Appointment, Payroll
Clerk. Date of Disposition, 1/23/1999. - Council said to ask for
updated list. Try and ask for an extension. b) Certification of
Eligibles for Appointment - Public Safety Telecommunicator.
Date of Disposition, 3/9/99. Provisional Serving - Joy Walko. -
To be put on Resolution.
3. Scottsdale Insurance Company - Request for Payment of Liability
Deductibles: a) Lynch, T. - $119.30 b) Nix, K. - $5,105.60 -
Council gave ok.
4. 1999 Wrecker Ordinance & Licenses. Council agreed to extend
1998 list - put on Resolution.
5. Police Department - Request to move bus stops at Washington &
Columbus Schools. - This would be placed on hold.
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6. Councilmember O'Brien - Buildings & Grounds Report. -
Councilmember O'Brien said specs are being prepared to take
care of the water proofing problem in Borough Hall from the
ground to the top of the building which has to be done no
matter what the Council decides to do with the building. He
said in regards to what the Council may want to do with the
building three other estimates were asked to be given to the
Council to look at. He said one estimate is just to completely
fix everything, tbe other to extend out over the parking lot,
and the third estimate is just to give the Council and idea
about starting from scratch. He said there is some money out
there which has been mentioned to the Council, one Federal
and State Grant called Born Again. He said he has already
been in contact with Michelle at Senator Vitale's office she is
looking into this as well as AI from Congressman Menendez's
office that will be checking into it as well. He said a little
mini-department has been formed with Red and the Police
Station and Chapman over at tbe Fire Building. He said
because of the travel between all the buildings now and
bringing equipment from one place to another is it possible to
get a truck for them. He said currently when available
Charlie Nagy's truck is used but this truck is not always
available.
Councilmember Mancuso said he would see if something could
be worked out with Teddy for one of his trucks.
Councilmember O'Brien said he spoke with Patrick regarding
the budget. He said improvements to buildings such as
furnaces etc. He said Patrick is not sure how to estimate those
amounts so what is he is going to tell ...(inaudible)... and
O'Connor to put it in their budgets now for O.E. with the
understanding that the money is going to come from their
O.E. and into Buildings and Grounds accounts. He said one
other thing he met with the Tomczuck who was once in charge
ofthe Historical Commission about a week ago and there were
people put on this commission who are no longer with the
Borough. He said new people are needed to be put on there.
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He asked Borough Clerk to pull out the resolution and
contact the members to see who still wants to be apart of the
commission and who doesn't so if need be people can be
replaced. He said he also has one more thing to be discussed
in Closed Session.
Councilmember Mancuso said since the Council was discussing
Buildings and Grounds he wanted to inform everyone that a
dumpster would be put out. He said he went to all the
departments and told them anything that is junk is to be thrown
in the dumpster and anything that could be put up for auction...
one room will be dedicated and a list will be made of everything
that is not used and put it up for auction.
Mayor Failace asked is that all that needs to be done for an
auction.
Councilmember Mancuso said he is going to fmd that out.
7. Middlesex County Health Department - Renewal of Hazardous
Materials Cost Recovery Interlocal Agreement. To be put on
Resolution.
8. David Dreifuss, Esq. - Federal Boulevard and Leffert Street
Projects. - To be discussed in Closed Session.
9. C3 Operator - a) Alexander Biel, Jr. - Asking to be re-appointed
as C3 Operator for 1999. - Mayor and Council will re-appoint
by Resolution. b) Tony Stupiello - Requesting appointment as
C3 Operator.
10. Volunteer Fire Companies - Contract - Closed Session.
11. John Spoganetz, Esq. - Requesting payment for temporary
construction easement and permanent storm sewer easement, Re:
Bass Mechanical, Inc. - Borough Attorney Coughlin will call
John Spoganetz and fmd out the information.
12. Killiam Associates - a) Recommending acceptance of proposal
from Genserve, Inc. for preventive maintenance service for
generator. Council approved. b) Requesting payment to
Oswald Enterprises, $2250.00 for sewer cleaning and TV
inspections at various locations. - Council approved.
13. Mankoff, Esq. - Request for payment, $2611.60 - Re: Nagy V
Borough of Carteret. Closed Session
14. Francis Hartman, Esq. - Request for represent Officer Singura,
Re: Complaints. Borough Attorney Coughlin will handle.
15. Middlesex County Health Department of Hazardous Materials
Cost Recovery "Interlocal Agreement" - Already Mentioned on
Number Seven on matters for discussion.
16. Holiness to Jehovah - Lease Agreement. To be put on
Ordinance.
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Councilmember Mancuso - He said he and Teddy went over this
thing with the lights on the bridge. He said he did a little investigation.
He said Carteret and five other towns in all of Middlesex County that
has Turnpike bridges over them, Carteret is the only one that seems to
have to pay for the maintenance of the lights. He said Teddy is going
to try and fix them this time. He said he has a letter from PSE&G that
say the poles do not belong to them they belong to the Turnpike. He
said he has a letter from the Turnpike stating it does not belong to
them it belongs to the Borough. He said they are exposing an
agreement that was dated years back, which stated the Borough,
maintains the lights and railings on the bridge. He said he spoke with
their attorney and said the Borough is going to take the lights and the
railings down, who in turn said that can not be done because then the
bridge becomes dangerous. He said he told him it is the Borough's
lights and railing so the Borough is going to take care of it. He said he
feels the Borough Attorney should get in touch with them and find out
who designates that the Turnpike pays for most of the maintenance
everywhere else but not for Carteret. He said why should a small town
like this have to pay $400 to $500 to maintain those lights.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said he would like to get a copy of that
alleged agreement.
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Councilmember Mancuso said that is on its way. He said he has been
trying to get it from the County and they said they would get it for
him.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said the County has it.
Councilmember Mancuso said yes, the County has a copy of the
agreement, we had a copy of it but it disappeared. He said it had
something to do with when the Holiday Inn ... He said when the
agreement is read everyone will see what he means. He said also with
the Wiz - fiber optics that is going in there. He said they want to
come across Blair Road and then go all the way down the street. He
said their original plan is to go on the sidewalk. He said even though
the sidewalk is considered under the Borough jurisdiction does the
Borough have the right to give the Wiz the right to go down the
sidewalk adjourning to other people's property.
Mayor Failace said they want to come across the street to run this fiber
optics.. .
Councilmember Mancuso said on the sidewalks.
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Mayor Failace said know you say sidewalks... it's not really
sidewalks, it's dirt.
Councilmember Mancuso said most of it is dirt but there are pieces
that are sidewalk, but again does the Borough have the authority to tell
them yes they can go on the property even though. . .
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Borough Attorney Coughlin said what is the Borough doing in this
process.
Councilmember Mancuso said nothing. The Wiz IS looking for
permission from us to go on that property to do it...
Borough Attorney said the Council could only give permission with
regard to the Borough's property or properties .. . (inaudible). . .
Councilmember Mancuso said the Wiz is saying the city takes
responsibility of the sidewalk saying they can do what they want but
the homeowner has to maintain it.
Borough Attorney said the Borough could not give them permission...
Mayor Failace asked whom did the Wiz come to.
Councilmember Mancuso said the Wiz came to Teddy and asked to set
up a meeting with himself. He said he told them it would do no good
having a meeting with him and Teddy an attorney would have to be
present and maybe even the Engineer what they wanted to do before
anyone could give an ok.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said the Borough would have to match it
up with.. . (inaudible).. . He said if the Borough has a right of way
then we could allow it. . .
Councilmember Mancuso said the reason he is receptive to this is
because the Wiz is going to put three to four million dollars to
renovate that building.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said he does not think the Council is
trying to be obstructive but the Council is trying not to exceed its
authority.
Mayor Failace asked if Teddy has a card.
Councilmember Mancuso said Teddy has a card and he told him he
would speak to the Council and then maybe set up a meeting.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said his sense is that the Council wants to
be as cooperative as possible but not to exceed its authority.
Mayor Failace said to set up something with the Borough Attorney and
he would like to sit in on the meeting.
Councilmember Mancuso said everything else is Closed Session.
Councilmember Quinones - She asked Borough Attorney Craig to
look into the Graffiti Ordinance and check with a few other towns and
see if maybe some revisions can be made to the current ordinance.
She said right now the way it's written it basically declares graffiti a
public nuisance but it does not punish the act. She said recently it was
brought to her attention that there was a racial ... (inaudible)... spray
painted inside of the old Gruhin Pharmacy building. She said she
believes Councilmember Gutowski is looking into this with the Police
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Councilmember Gutowski - He said if there are any bids for any
projects they must be given to the Clerk's Office not the Purchasing
Agent. He said the form given to bidders should say that the bids are
to be returned to the Clerk's Office not the Purchasing Agent. He said
he has three personnel items for Closed Session.
Councilmember O'Brien - He said Potter is going to look at the
resolution to see how much money the Borough appropriated last year
to see how much they have left to review Borough Hall to see if they
have any more and to cover the cost of the.. .(inaudible)... He said
hopefully there is about $20,000.00 left from a bond that was done
back with the original library and hopefully there is still $20,000.00
left to do the water proofing but we do not know yet. He said he told
Tom from Potter to get back to him if there was any more money
needed to do the estimates and specs before the next Council Meeting.
Councilmember Crilley - He said the Community Development
Meeting in two weeks on the 26 is the preliminary meeting where we
get the figures and stuff like that and then there is another meeting in
February where the funds are actually.. . (inaudible).. . He said John is
actually talking to the County and, he thinks the Mayor knows because
he was with him, about upping the amount of money that the Borough
has been getting. He said the Borough has been getting the same
amount $88,000.000, which is a good amount in proportion to what
everyone else in the County gets. He said John as been talking trying
to get about $130,000.00. He said the other thing he would like to
address is he gave everybody a copy of the report from a meeting he
had the other night with Jack, Jim and himself, with the Fire, Police
Department and First Aid Squad. He said he would like to go over
some recommendations he put in his report. He said the first
recommendation pertains to the Police Department being the first
response in most First Aid calls. He said what happens is per the
discussion all police come out of training CPR Certified but they do
not continue and a person has to be recertified every year. He said an
in house training needs to be formed not only for CPR but also of basic
First Response Techniques. He said in most cases the Police
Department is the first Borough personnel on the scene, so a program
needs to be put together where the training and the CPR certifications
are done on a yearly basis and kept on file. He said the second
recommendation pertains to the presentation that was done before the
Council last month by Captains Magella and O'Connor from the Fire
Department. He said they are suggesting hiring a fireman to not only
use as a First Responder but also to do the inspections for the fire
inspections. He said he does not think it would be a good idea because
of the cost. He said it also does not solve the problem because even
though the may be able to respond quicker than the First Aid but in a
lot of cases they will not be able to respond if they are at a fire and
they can not transport because they do not have enough manpower at
times. He said the third thing is to offer the Borough employees
primarily the Blue and White Collar employees an incentive of a dollar
amount to become EMT's and/or First Aid drivers as the Mayor
mentioned so that the Borough can build up the daytime First Aid
Squad. He said it is his belief that at least four additional EMT's and
four drivers are needed so that the same people are not leaving their
job every day. He said along those lines he spoke with John Riggio
about sending a letter to the different businesses in town requesting
their cooperation in encouraging their employees to become trained or
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who may already be trained for other towns but working in Carteret
during the day to participate. He said his last recommendation is to
contract with an outside service as a temporary solution to give the
Borough time to implement the recommend long-term solutions. He
said he thinks the Rural Metro's program at no cost to the Borough
gives the Borough a quick solution to the problem and everybody
knows that this is a safety issue that the Council can not let hang
around too much longer something has to be done. He said he asked
Borough Attorney Coughlin to contact Rural Metro tomorrow and get
a copy of the contract for his review and then he would sit down with
the committee and the First Aid Department and possibly Rural Metro
and iron out the details and hopefully have it set by the next Agenda
Meeting to put on our next Council Meeting. He said he feels this is
definitely a very good short-term solution.
Mayor Failace said he thinks that would be an excellent idea.
Borough Attorney Coughlin - He said there is a company named
Dajon, Inc. who put in some temporary shoring on the new library
building on behalf of the Borough and the initial investigating by
Potter indicated a need for that in order to prevent collapsing. He said
they have left that temporary shoring in place until just recently when
the contractor was able to put in their own shoring and have now
concluded that portion of the construction and so there is no
continuing problem He said there were several calls back and forth
with regard to the responsible party. He said it seems that the Borough
had given them the go ahead to do that so it seems the Borough is
responsible for the $3500.00. He said the Mayor has the invoice. He
said he recommends that the Council goes ahead and authorize
payment on this bill. He said he believes there was a resolution, which
appointed them, but he is not sure if it addressed the continuing nature
of the shoring being in placed and the Council may want to address
that. He said to do a resolution approving and then the bill can be
approved. He said everything else he has is for Closed Session.
Mayor Failace - He said he has two items for Closed Session.
Mayor asked for a motion to go into Closed Session to discuss
Personnel and Litigation.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and Fazekas
RESOLUTION #99-17
"RESOLUTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley,
Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the
affirmative.
At approximately 9:45 P.M., a Closed Session was held.
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MEETING OPENED
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Fazekas and
unanimous affirmative vote of the full Councilmembers present this
meeting was opened to the public at approximately 10:59 P.M.
ADJOURNED
Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers O'Brien and Fazekas and
unanimous affirmative vote of the full Councilmembers present, after
no further discussion, this meeting was adjourned at approximately
11:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Municipal Clerk
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