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Home My Public Portal About1999/03/11 An Agenda Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret preceding the Regular Meeting of March 18, 1999, was held on March 11, 1999, 7:00 P.M., Municipal CourtlPolice Facility, 230 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey. ~ The following were noted present: Mayor James A. Failace Councilmember Patrick Crilley " " Stanley Gutowski " " James Mancuso " " James O'Brien " " Remy Quinones Also noted present was Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin. Noted Absent was Councilmember Jack Fazekas. Statement of Meeting Notice was mailed to The Home News Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the bulletin board on March 5,1999. To Address Governing Body: Albert Beninato, Killiarn & Associates Engineering- MUNICIP AL PROJECTS: Sports Recreation Facility and Field Area- Borough Engineer Beninato said the Borough received an extension of time in October to address deficiencies in regard to vegetation cover and drainage at the Sports Recreation Facility and field area from the Freehold Soil Conservation District. He spoke about the budget to address these issues as prepared and included in the 1999 Ordinance for Road and Park Improvements. He said opening day for Little League is scheduled for April 17th and it has been requested that the area between the Recreation Building and the baseball field be addressed. He said it is recommended that the areas be partially paved to address the problem area and also direct the surface water away from the building and he gave the details. He suggested that the work could be undertaken through a combination of contractors, the Public Works and Recreation Personnel. He said the estimated cost for the pavement under consideration is approximately $7,000.00 with the balance of work possibly being done through Public Works and Recreation. Councilmember Crilley said he had calls from the Little League requesting this since the area was muddy and it was near the concession stand. He said he spoke to Eric at Killiarn and he was not aware of opening day and he thought there was more time to take care 1 MARCH 11, 1999 AGENDA MEETING PRESENT NOTED ABSENT STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE TO ADDDRESS GOVERNING BODY- ALBERT BENINATO, KILLAM & ASSOCIATES DISCUSSION .RCH 11, 1999 [SCUSSION of the problem. He asked if they could tie the cost of the pavement part of this with the Louis Street project. Borough Engineer Beninato explained. - OTED PRESENT At approximately 7:07 P.M. Councilmember Fazekas was noted present. Borough Hall- ISCUSSION Borough Engineer Beninato said he spoke with Potter Associates regarding improvements to Borough Hall. He said they would need to address the deterioration and water conditions in the building. He said Potter's report has been issued to the Borough and he was waiting for authorization to proceed with some of the recommended measures to address the problems that were identified. He said he felt the problems associated with water entering the building appears to be a worsening condition. He suggested the person from Potter who visited Borough Hall revisit to see if there was any further deterioration of the potential sources for the water entry and see if interim measures can be undertaken to lessen this problem. Mayor Failace said they have been doing this for months now and he felt the bottom line was that we need a new Borough Hall. SEWER FACILITIES NJDEP Response-Compliance Evaluation Report- Borough Engineer Beninato said he received a response to the NJDEP Compliance Evaluation Report and it has been submitted to the Department addressing each of the areas of concern and deficiencies that are contained in the report. He explained the findings and spoke about the illegal sewer connections in the Linden Street area and the status of improvements for the Borough's wastewater pumping stations and efforts to address extraneous flows within the Hill District. Carteret High School Sewer Connections- He spoke about the letter he prepared for the Borough's review and the discussion prior to submitting it to the Carteret Board of Education. He said this letter is a follow up to the findings involving the sanitary sewer connections in the High School, which are connected to the storm sewer that travers below the High School Building. He said this letter is requesting the Board of Education secure the service of an Engineer/Contractor to develop a method and time schedule for disconnection of these sanitary sewer connections from the storm 2 sewer and connection into the available sanitary sewer facilities. He said he is requesting a time frame from the Board of Education to address this matter, so that it could be reported back to the NJDEP. Linden Street Sewer Separation Contract Borough Engineer Beninato said in accordance with the Borough's authorization they are finalizing the plans for the Phase II of the Linden Street area sewer separation project. He said this involves reconnection of the illegal connections, which were identified along Louis Street, and they are prepared to proceed with this project and request authorization by Resolution to advertise this project as Phase II ofthis project. Beverly Street Temporary Storm Water Pump Station Improvements- Borough Engineer Beninato requesting authorization to proceed with the solicitation of proposals for the repair of the recommended measures at the Beverly Street Storm with an estimated cost of $11,000.00. He spoke about the Beverly Street work and said the cost would be $1.3 million dollars. He said he met with the DOT and they would consider an application for discretionary funds, he gave the details. He said he felt this should eliminate the flooding problems in the area. Several Councilmembers asked about the pipeline. Borough Engineer Beninato explained the pipeline and the project and said he hoped discretionary funds would help with this matter. He gave his opinion on different solutions for the problems. Councilmember Crilley asked if they were funding one hundred thousand dollars right now in discretionary funds. Borough Engineer Beninato explained. Councilmember Crilley asked when they would be starting this proj ect. Borough Engineer Beninato said they would like to award the contract by August I st. He explained the procedure. Mayor Failace said let's do it. Mayor and Council agreed to put the application in for discretionary funds. 3 MARCH 11, 1999 DISCUSSION RCH 11, 1999 [SCUSSION TO ADDRESS GOVERNING BODY- KAREN BLOOMENFELD NEW JERSEY GASP ROADS Louis and Fillmore Streets Borough Engineer Beninato said the Borough received a grant from the NJDOT for $163,000.00 for reconstruction and resurfacing of Louis Street and a portion of Fillmore Avenue. He requested a Resolution for the preparation and completion of final plans and specifications for this project for an engineering budget of $1 0,000.00. He spoke about the engineering service costs during construction as detailed in his report. He read the breakdown of the proposed 1999 Ordinance for Road and Park Improvements. 1999 Road and Park Improvement Ordinance He asked the Mayor and Council to refer to the breakdown of the proposed 1999 Road and Park Improvement Ordinance for their discussion prior to the final preparation of the Ordinance for First Reading. Councilmember Mancuso spoke abou~ the streets in town and said he was making a list with Ted Surick but felt all of the streets they went on there were areas that were collapsed. Councilmember Crilley asked about the soil erosion problem and if there was any money left from the project. - Borough Engineer Beninato explained and said they have put soil in more than once but there was no money left from the project. To Address Governing Body: Karen Bloomenfeld from New Jersey GASP, (Group Against Smoking Pollution)- Karen Bloomenfeld passed out packets to the Mayor and Council and explained the program. She said her organization was in existence for twenty- five years and their goal was to provide smoke-free air for non- smokers and eliminate smoking by teens. She spoke about her program so that Mayor and Council could decide what would be best for the Borough. She spoke about the New Jersey Ordinance and towns that have banned smoking in their towns and in just certain areas. Councilmember Crilley told Ms. Bloomenfeld Carteret has a policy that states no one can smoke on school grounds. Ms. Bloomenfeld said she would send sample Ordinances and the Borough Attorney could tailor it to the Borough's needs. She spoke about some of the programs that the American Cancer Society has. She showed some sample signs that are posted all over the State of New Jersey. She encouraged the Council to go over this information and place it in the Library for reference. 4 Mayor Failace asked for an Amendment to the Agenda Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, a motion was made to amend the Agenda to include additional Resolutions and a Bill List. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened for public input on Resolution #99-97. There being no comments or objections to the Resolution, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present. RESOLUTION #99-97 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and O'Brien RESOLUTION #99-97 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened for public input on Resolution #99-98. An unidentified voice asked about the amount on the Resolution. Mayor Failace explained that this was done before and they had to put in the amount of $760,000.00 and explained that the money was from Urban Enterprise Zone funds. There being no further comments or objections to the Resolution, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Mancuso and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present. 5 MARCH 11, 1999 AMENDMENT TO AGENDA TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS AND BILL LIST PUT INPUT ON RESOLUTION #99-97 MEETING CLOSED RESOLUTION #99-97 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES aJ'lIRACf FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES ADOPTED PUBLIC INPUT ON RESOLUTION 199-98 COMMENTS MEEITNG CWSID .RCH 11, 1999 ~SOLUTION #99.98 iENDING RESOLUTION }9-80 TOWN CENTER DOPTED OMMENTS OTION TO MEND RESOLUTION 99-99 TO INCLUDE ,FFECTIVE DATE 'UBLIC INPUT IN RESOLUTION '99-99 IEETING CLOSED lESOLUTION #99-99 'ROFESSIONAL >ERVICES FOR ÆGAL SERVICES \DOPTED RESOLUTION #99-98 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Fazekas RESOLUTION #99-98 "AMENDING RESOLUTION #99-80- TOWN CENTER" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. Borough Attorney Coughlin said he noticed on Resolution #99-99 there was no effective date and felt they should include the effective date of February 17th. He asked for a motion to amend the Resolution to include this date. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, a motion was made to amend Resolution #99-99 to reflect an effective date of February 17th. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened for public input on Resolution #99-99. There being no comments or objections to the Resolution, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present. RESOLUTION #99-99 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones RESOLUTION #99-99 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR LEGAL SERVICES" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. 6 RESOLUTION #99-100 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Quinones and Gutowski RESOLUTION #99-100 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR LEGAL SERVICES" was tabled. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened for public input on Resolution #99-10 I. There being no comments or objections to the Resolution, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present. RESOLUTION #99-101 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas RESOLUTION #99-101 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR PLANNING SERVICES" r..DOPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened for public input on Resolution #99-102. There being no comments or objections to the Resolution, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present. 7 MARCH 11, 1999 RESOLUTION #99-100 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE~ FOR UGAL SERVICES TABLED PUBLIC INPUT ON RESOLUTION 199-101 MEETING CLOSED RESOLUTION 199-101 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR PLANNING SERVICES PUBLIC INPUT ON RESOLUTION #99-102 MEETING CLOSED ·RCH 11, 1999 ~SOLUTION #99-102 I'JHORlZlNG PURæASE . HAYWARD AND BERGrn :REEl' PUMP STATION !(JIPMENI ON AN IERGENCY BASIS RESOLUTION #99-102 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Quinones RESOLUTION #99-102 "AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF HA YW ARD AND BERGEN STREET PUMP STATION EQUIPMENT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS" i)OPTED was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. AYMENT OF ILLS Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Crilley and Fazekas all bills appearing on the prepared list properly audited and signed were ordered to be paid. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Crilley, Fazekas, Gutowski, Mancuso, O'Brien and Quinones voted in the affirmative. INUTES FOR PPROVAL Minutes for Approval-May 21, 1998, January 21, February 4, 18 and 25,1999. IDS BIDS: a) Sale of Snorkel Fire Truck b) Dump Truck c) Tractor 'UBLIC HEARING 999 LOCAL IUNICIPAL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING: 1999 Local Municipal Budget IRDINANCES ORDINANCES: Public Hearing I. #99-7 Amending the Code of the Borough, Entitled "Construction Codes, Uniform", Re: Fees. 2. #99-8 Amending Salary Ordinance #71-9, Re: Recreation Umpires & Coordinators. 3. #99-9 Capital Improvement, Appropriating $850,000.00 for Various Sewer Improvements. 4. #99-10 Establishing Position of Confidential Assistant. 5. #99-11 Amending Salary Ordinance #71-9, Re: Confidential Assistant. 8 RESOLUTIONS: I. Directing the Issuance of Various Bingo Licenses. 2. Directing the Issuance of Various Raffle Licenses. 3. Amendment to 1999 Temporary Budget. 4. Declaring an Emergency-Bergen & Hayward Pump Stations. 5. Authorizing Bids-Rebuilding Pumps. 6. Appointing Temporary Seasonal Employees-Recreation Program. 7. Approving Refund of Escrow Fees-St. Joseph Church. 8. Approving Refund of Escrow Fees-Revival Center Church. 9. Award of Bid-Annual Contract for Repair and Installation of Sanitary and Storm Sewer System Components and Emergency Service. 10. Appointing Chris Kazio-Confidential Assistant. II. Dedication by Rider-Recreation Trust. COMMUNICATIONS: I. Township of Old Bridge-Resolution requesting FAA to institute live trial of ocean routing that could result in jet noise and air pollution reduction in New Jersey. 2. Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders-Resolution opposing plan by NYC to ship its garbage to transfer stations in northern New Jersey. REPORTS: I. Air Pollution-December 1998 & January 1999. 2. Board of Health-February 1999. 3. Inspection of Buildings-February 1999. 4. Office for the Disabled-I 998 Annual Report. 5. Sewage Collection System-February 1999. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION: I. Middlesex County Clerk-Passport Services. Borough Clerk Barney said the County is offering the Passport Service again if the Council wanted it. Mayor Failace said okay. 2. JozsefKiss-Handicapped Parking Space. Mayor Failace asked if Borough Attorney Coughlin saw this and explained. Borough Attorney Coughlin said they should go through the procedure that they go through with other spaces. Borough Clerk Barney said it was approved before and the County deferred it back to the Borough saying it was the Borough's decision. Mayor Failace said the Resolution was done in 1996. Borough Clerk Barney agreed and 9 MARCH 11, 1999 RESOLUTIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION .RCH 11, 1999 [SCUSSlON showed them the Resolution and suggested she call the County about this. 3. Charitable Canvassing-Police Department. - Borough Clerk Barney said the Police Department always handled this and now it is put on the Clerk's Office. Mayor Failace explained that the adults were collecting money by the Turnpike. Councilmember Crilley said no one could do it, not adults or children on main roads because ofliability. 4. Valco Realty Company-Asking for refund of Sewer User Fee. Mayor Failace said Patrick DeBlasio said they are getting charged based on consumption-no. 5. Volunteer Fireman's Agreement. Borough Clerk Barney said she would give a copy of the agreement to the Mayor and Council and Borough Attorney Coughlin for their review. 6. Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer-Middlesex County Improvement Authority Equipment Lease Program. Mayor Failace explained and said they should hold this for further review. 7. Middlesex County Urban Forestry Advisory Committee-Municipal Representative. Mayor Failace suggested Councilmember O'Brien or Ted Surick since he knew about trees but he would speak to Ted Surick about this. 8. Robert Hedesh, Esq.-Workman's Compensation matters. Borough Attorney Coughlin said he would set up a meeting with Bob Hedesh and the Workman's Compo Carrier representatives to try to eliminate some of the problems the Borough has been having with them. - 10 BUSINESS TO BE ADDED: Councilmember Mancuso said a notice went out to some departments that starting April 1st they have to wear uniforms. He asked for permission for Ted Surick to look at a second hand backhoe and explained the cost. He said at the SW AC meeting he was told that a company would be putting in a transfer station in Staten Island to handle the garbage and gave the details of how it would be shipped through our area. He said he has been trying to get rid of the junk equipment with Ted Surick so they could clean up the Sewer Plant. He suggested closing off the street next to the Police Department to make parking for the Police Department. Councilmember Quinones said she had some things for Closed Session. Councilmember Gutowski said the Middlesex County Park Police would have an officer working in Carteret with the Carteret Police. He said they would pay the entire salary for this year and went down the pay schedule for how he would be paid up until 2004. Councilmember O'Brien said he had something for Closed Session. Councilmember Crilley said he wanted to reiterate something about the Recreation Trust that is on for next week's Resolutions. He said they are taking money out and putting money back in, he explained and said it is not an expenditure. He said Patrick spoke to Gary Higgins, Borough Auditor who advised him to do this so that it was done properly. He said it was done through the Borough for the Recreation Commission. He explained how this worked and said they were debating this for a few years. Mayor Failace asked if the Borough was allowed to do this and wanted to make sure it was done correctly. Borough Attorney Coughlin said he would check. He said he felt it was important to track the insurance claims. He explained and spoke about a recent case and forms that needed to be filled out to help with gathering information, which would work with the Clerk's Office. Mayor Failace said Central Jersey All-Stars need a bus to take them to the airport on the 24th and pick them up from the airport on the 29th. Councilmember Crilley suggested they give the information to Bobby Kately and he would tell him. Mayor Failace said he felt they needed a big bus and thought they were talking about fifty people. He said they are looking for money and felt it would be nice ifthe Council could give them a little money. Councilmember Crilley said he did not think they could give them money. Borough Attorney Coughlin asked who they were. 11 MARCH 11, 1999 BUSINESS TO BE ADDED .RCH 11, 1999 [SCUSSION Mayor Failace said they are cheerleaders and seventy-five percent of the girls on the team live in Carteret. He said they are not looking for a specific amount of money, they are looking to raise about eight thousand dollars and anything the Council could do to help would help them. Councilmember Crilley said they are not a Recreation Program. Borough Attorney Coughlin asked if they were sponsored by the Borough. Mayor Failace said they have had the bus before and felt they could have it again. Councilmember Crilley asked when they would be going and suggested they use the two Senior Citizen Buses since it was not during the work day. Mayor Failace said he did not care as long as they get the buses. Borough Attorney Coughlin said the Mayor and Council could not make a direct contribution. Councilmember Mancuso suggested some of the businesses in town could give money. Councilmember Fazekas spoke about purchasing a car through the MCIA and gave the details. He spoke about a car for the Assistant Fire Chief and the costs involved. He said they can wait for the truck but need to get Brian O'Connor a car and he suggested a lease. Mayor Failace said they could look into this but did not want to put more money into the budget for this. He said it was cheaper to buy the fire truck by themselves then through the MCIA and they would have to check this out. Councilmember Fazekas said Brian O'Connor would check on it. He spoke about the Y2K computer system and the older computers in the Borough. He said he had a meeting with the Acting Chief and he would be reviewing Y2K with the Police Department. He said he would be having a meeting on Monday with all the department heads. He spoke about what he has been doing and what still needs to be done to be in compliance. He spoke about networking the Borough with the Clerk's Office and Finance Office. He said he would be putting together a program for residents to get help with services and gave the details. He said he would put out a paper on the 800 number and said the services would be logged. He gave the costs and details on upgrading the computer system for the Police Department. Nick Mirandi said he felt the Borough would be fine with Bell Atlantic in regard to the 911 system. He gave some of the details about his meeting with Bell Atlantic. 12 RESOLUTION #99-103 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Quinones and Fazekas RESOLUTION #99-103 "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 8:52 P.M., a Closed Session was held. At approximately 9:59 P.M., upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and Quinones and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened to the public. At approximately 10:00 P.M., upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Gutowski and Fazekas and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, this meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, ~ 'KA HLEENM.B Y,RMC/C Municipal Clerk KMB/cp 13 MARCH 11, 1~~~ RESOLUTION 199-103 RESOLUTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION ADOPTED CLOSED SESSION MEETING OPENED TO PUBLIC ADJOURNED --,. .RCH 11, 1999 ;ENDA MEETING 14