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The Agenda Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of
Carteret preceding the Regular Meeting May 15, 1997 was held on
May 8, 1997, 7:00 P.M., Municipal Court, Police Facility, 230
Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey.
The following were noted present:
Mayor PeterJ. Sica
Councilmember Bialowarczuk
" DuPont
" Failace
" Feingold
" Gutowski
Noted absent was Councilmember Fazekas.
Also noted present was Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin.
Mailed to the Home News Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the
bulletin board on May 2, 1997.
Dr. Chenkin from the Board of Health addressed the Governing Body.
He said the Board of Health.. .(inaudible).. .what the Borough does
but they have heard rumors about the Board of Health being put into
several different buildings around town. He said he has also heard the
present Board of Health Building is going to be demolished. He said
he does not know neither does the Board of Health know what
building they are going to be put in. He said originally
.. . (inaudible). . .our best bet was to expand the Health Department out
towards the Municipal Building. He said the expansion would contain
all the things needed to run the clinics. He said the present clinics,
which takes place in the Community Center, are totally inadequate.
He said the Pediatrician who comes to examine the children said there
is so much background noise from some of the seniors there that she
can not properly hear the lung and heart sounds through the
stethoscope. He said the Board also finds the facilities they wanted
were put in the expansion and they have asked the architect for his
plans for that. He said in addition to that when he was on the old
.. . (inaudible). .. he wrote up grant for a private foundation and they
were hoping they would get money trom that source.
Mayor Sica said the Borough brought the Carteret Bank Building and
the Tax Office, Purchasing Department, Tax Collection, Treasurers
Office and everything out of the ground floor of the City Hall. He said
it is already barrier freed and everything. He said what they are
looking at, and nothing is in stone yet, is if all those departments are
moved into the new building what the cost would be to fix that area up
and use it for the Board of Health. He said it is probably twice as
much square footage as the Board of Health has now. He said it
would probably be almost twice as much as could be put at the current
building. He said without going through the whole expense of trying
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to barrier free the old Board of Health without trying to put a new roof
on it and the whole nine yards. He said nothing is in stone. He said
once they get the Tax Office and everybody else out of the ground
floor of the City Hall then they are going to ask the Board of Health to
look at the area but nothing is in stone yet. He said, as it is right now
the Board of Health is staying where it is. He said what they have
asked the Board of Health to do is not to expend any money on the
building and the Mayor and Council will not expend any money. He
said he would like this to be done until such time as the building at the
new bank is finished and see what it is going to cost to do either
project. He said if the Board of Health's idea is less costly and more
efficient then that project is the one that will be used. He said if the
project at the ground floor at the City Hall is less costly and efficient
then the Board of Health would be moved into that area.
Dr. Chenkin asked if the ground floor at the City Hall handicapped
accessible?
Mayor Sica said yes it is. He said the only thing that would be
required to be put down in the basement are handicapped accessible
bathrooms. He said a ramp has been built and automatic doors have
been put on the entrance to the basement area. He said the reason this
was done is because of the new laws stating everything has to be
handicapped accessible. He said but as for right now he still has not
looked at what it will cost so the Mayor and Council does not know if
the Board of Health will be moved.
Dr. Chenkin said he has been told it is damp and there is an odor in the
basement area.
Mayor Sica said the Borough has spent a lot of money water proofing
the basement. He said it is not damp in the basement. He said the
only part that is damp is in the front storage room under the old steps
that are not even used. He said, as it is right now he is contemplating
drawing up some preliminary drawings on eliminating those steps and
making a different design up to the tront of the building. He said the
front steps are all cracked up and water does leak into the old storage
building down there. He said the Purchasing Department, Welfare
Department, Tax Collection Department, Sewer Collection
Department, Payroll Department are down there. He said there is a lot
of activity down there. He said there are no problems with water
except for the one area. He said if it leaks or if it is damp then it will
of course be addressed in the cost of fixing everything.
Dr. Chenkin said he has the plans of the addition and the roof.
Mayor Sica said he has a copy of them he has seen them.
Dr. Chenkin said he was just wondering if the Council would like to
see a copy.
Mayor Sica said he could leave them and the Council could look at
them.
Dr. Chenkin said he could send them over.
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Mayor Sica said Dr. Chenkin could send over a copy to the City Hall
and whoever wishes to see the plans can look at them in City Hall.
Borough Engineer Pratap Parmar addressed the Governing Body.
No correspondence available unable to transcribe.
Borough Attorney Coughlin stated this deal with the confusion that
may have resulted from the envelope that was required for the bid to
be submitted in and having a different address then the meeting
location site. He said his initial sense was that there is a reasonable
argument that could be made seeing as how there was confusion with
regard to this. He said while the notice to the bidder is clear and there
.. . (inaudible). .. bids returned here. He said there is the envelope the
Borough requires that the bids be returned in which indicates it should
be returned to the Borough Hall. He said this would be a basis for
.. . (inaudible). .,
Mayor Sica said he thinks the reason why the address is on the
envelope is if you mail it in like the other guy did he did not deliver it
he mailed it in he would have had to deliver it to the Purchasing
Department there. He said if the specs are clearly read it said the bids
would be opened and received at also here at that meeting.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said clearly the notice to bidders, there is
no question about the notice to bidder indicating the bids should be
returned here.
Mayor Sica said he does not think there is a choice. He said either it is
given out or the Borough will loose $18,000.00.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said he does not think there has been any
objections from the unsuccessful bidder.
Mayor Sica said as long as the State is notified that it is going to be
awarded then they will not take the money.
Borough Engineer Parmar said there is no .. .(inaudible)... for the
.. .(inaudible)... Center. He said communication.. .(inaudible).. .was
contacted and he has submitted his price of $14,999.00 for five
telephones, one ... (inaudible). .. and one pager including wiring and
installation. He said he recommends approving this. He said seeing as
how they are a State approved contractor the job can be awarded to
them without bid.. . (inaudible).. .
Mayor Sica said telephones are needed.
Councilmember Gutowski asked was the Borough paying for this.
Mayor Sica said the Borough would have to pay to bring the service in
but each individual would have to pay for their own telephones. He
said someone has to pay to bring the service in.
Councilmember Gutowski said he understands that but it says the
Borough will be purchasing five telephones.. . (inaudible).. .
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Mayor Sica said each one would be asked to contribute. He said it has
to be put in.
Borough Engineer Parmar stated the Fire Department Building was
inspected. The remainder of the conversation is inaudible.
Mayor Sica asked where the $1500.00 price come from.
Borough Engineer Parmar said from the main contractor.
Mayor Sica said the price should not come from the main contractor.
He told the engineer to call a fence company and let them come in and
give a price. He said why should the Borough pay the main contractor
to tack on a profit.
Borough Engineer Parmar stated.. .(inaudible)... is asking for
$13, 500.00 for designing and comparing the contract document for
the.. . (inaudible). .. phase two of the Hill Section. He said a meeting
with Conrail is being sought as a last result before given up the
.. . (inaudible).. . assignment and the results will be presented to the
Council. He said he is seeking a meeting with Conrail and maybe he
can explain it to them and they will give permission. He said then the
Borough could go with the previous policy.. .(inaudible)... designing.
Mayor Sica stated to bring Conrail in.
Councilmember Failace said he was just going to ask if the Mayor had
tried to contact Conrail.
Mayor Sica said he would give the engineer a name from Conrail that
he would be able to reach out to and have them come to his office for a
meeting.
Borough Engineer Parmar said ...(inaudible)... He said if
contamination is detected the cost of addressing will depends on the
extent of the contamination.. . (inaudible).. . He said he is requesting
that funds be allotted for this work so if required they can advertise for
the bid say $13,000.00. He said another quote of $38,000.00 is from
. ..(inaudible) for.. . (inaudible).. . removal operations at a lump sum
for uncontaminated conditions only.
Mayor Sica said for the Borough Engineer to hold off on all of this
until Monday. He said the guy is willing to do this but wants to come
down and look at the site. He said he has to do all the work the guy
will not send his equipment in. He said he does not have any problems
with it if the guy does not have any problems.
Borough Engineer Parmar made a statement but the entire
conversation is inaudible. He mentioned something about being held
up.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said he called the attorney for the
company and he did not respond so he wrote them a letter. He said he
faxed it off to them today. He said he would follow up with this
tomorrow.
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Councilmember Failace said he had asked, .. . (inaudible). .. if he had
given a letter on the conditions on the streets. He said the man said he
had given this information to Parmar.
Borough Engineer Parmar said in his last report he stated the list had
been received but that it was incomplete. He said the name of the
street was given but they did not state from which crossing to which
crossmg.
Mayor Sica said all the man gave Parmar was a list of streets no
descriptions.
Borough Engineer Parmar said when the Council says which two or
three they want done then he will put more effort into them but until
then he will just keep on working on them.
Councilmember Failace said Pannar has to let the Council know what
will work. He said he would like to see the list Parmar has put
together and then the Council can look at it and make a decision.
Mayor Sica said he and the Council should go down physically and
look at the streets. He said he knows Sabo Street is one of them but it
is only that bottom corner. He said so all of Sabo Street would not be
painted only the bottom corner. He said unless someone goes down
and physically look at it and give the measurements on what needs to
be done then maybe twenty or thirty can be done. He said but if they
just go and try to reconstruct streets that are not necessary because
there is a hole some where on the street that is insanity.
Borough Engineer said last time when they had a few streets to fix
they only fixed the areas on the streets that needed to be fixed this
gave them the ability to do many streets.
Public Hearing - #97-13 Amending Salary Ordinance #71-9, RE:
Senior Clerk Typist, Community Development.
#97-14 Capital Improvement Providing for Funding of a Regional
Contribution Agreement, Appropriating $680,000.00 to be paid by the
Township of Cranbury.
#97-15 Capital Improvement Providing for Funding of a Regional
Contribution Agreement, Appropriating $2,320,000.00 to be paid by
the Township of Readington.
Amendment to Temporary Budget
Authorizing Mayor to Execute Escrow Agreement - Township of
Readington.
Carteret Jewish Community Center - Amend Bingo License.
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PUBLIC HEARING
RESOLUTIONS
APPLICATIONS
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COW1UNICATIONS
City of Perth Amboy - Resolution supporting legislation for
reimbursement to Municipalities for totally disabled Verterans'
property tax exemptions.
REPORTS
Air Pollution - February 1997.
Fire - March 1997.
Inspection of Buildings - April 1997.
Treasurer - April 1997.
Welfare - March & April 1997.
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RCA Agreements.
Mayor Sica said he was going to make a suggestion in order to get this
thing resolved. He said two members of the Council should be
appointed himself and the attorney to sit down with Mr. Raia and see
what it is going to take to resolve this thing before the Borough starts
losing money. He said this will in able them to come back with a
precis proposal and see how that flies. He asked Borough Attorney
Craig Coughlin what he thinks.
Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin said he feels this is certainly on way
to attempt to resolve the problem. He said he has not had a chance to
speak with everybody. He said he had a conversation with Shirley
Bishop who is the Executive Director of Affordable Housing. He said
he had been calling her in connection with having a meeting, which
was requested last time. He said he feels if pressed they would
probably come to a meeting but her opinion was she would prefer not
to because they viewed any dispute between the Borough and Mr. Raia
as just that a dispute between the Borough and the contractor should
have been resolved. He said Shirley Bishop stated any issues that
result as to the nature of the funding should have been addressed prior
to the construction of the building. He said they do not now want to be
placed in the position as being a mediator or in some way being the
adjudicating entity for a dispute between the Borough and Mr. Raia.
He said Shirley Bishop indicated she would prefer if the Borough
would sit down and attempt to negotiate a resolution with the
developer and to essentially keep COAH out of the mix. He said he
thinks it is possible to resolve things the way the Mayor stated
assuming there could be some negotiated resolution ofthe issue.
Councilmember Fazekas asked Borough Attorney Coughlin if he was
correct in understanding this does not affect the money from
Readington at this point.
Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin stated not practically speaking. He
said the article in the paper about the action that COAH took and what
his understanding about what they have done is they are preventing the
Borough from receiving funding until the issue is resolved with Mr.
Raia.
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Mayor Sica said COAH knows the Borough IS not gomg to get
Readington for at least a year.
Councilmember Failace said he thought they were talking about
Cranberry.
Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin said the next payment for Cranberry
is not due until June. He said as a practical matter it has no impact on
the Borough.
Mayor Sica said it has not impact on the Borough right now.
Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin said yes right now.
Mayor Sica said if the Borough does not resolve this there is going to
be a practical impact on the Borough and the Borough is going to
loose a bunch of money that could be given out.
Councilmember DuPont said he read it was approved yesterday.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said the agreement was certified.
Mayor Sica said the agreement was certified but the Borough is not
going to get the funds for a year rather the first payment of
$480,000.00 with five equal payments.
Councilmember DuPont said when he got a letter from Pat he was
nervous about what was going on.
Mayor Sica said what could be held out the Borough is not getting
anything this week.
Councilmember Gutowski asked if they were gomg to certify the
Borough's project plan.
Borough Attorney said a recommendation is needed from FMHA
before the agreement for the project plan can be certified.
Mayor Sica said it has been certified that they are going to work with
the Borough but now FMHA has the final say.
Borough Attorney said the project plan should have gone to the
FMHA first and then they make a recommendation to COAH who in
turn approves the agreement.
Councilmember Gutowski said he spoke with Kathy ...(inaudible)...
The same lady Pat Holden spoke with and she said the entire project
plan for Readington was for scattered site rehab. There is nothing
included for.. .(inaudible).. .or anything. He said he asked her for her
definition of scattered site rehab.
Mayor Sica said it means the Borough can give it out any way it
chooses to.
Councilmember Gutowski said as per Kathy.. . (inaudible).. . said it
was for existing occupied structures.
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Borough Attorney said right for occupied structures throughout the
community, or neighborhood, or for some geographic areas.
Mayor Sica said the Borough could give it out as either grants or loans.
Councilmember Gutowski said he did not ask her about that and she
did not want to get into answering to many questions. He said the only
thing he asked her was what was the project.. . (inaudible).. . this time.
He said she told him there was no indication of a project plan
.. .(inaudible)... anywhere about any developers and or anything else it
is just scattered rehab. He said what he hears Pat Holden telling him
and what he reads in the papers he does not know what is true.
Mayor Sica said that is why he thinks it is imperative that a committee
is put together and sit down and see if this whole thing can be ironed
out instead of beating a dead horse an in turn jeopardizing that
funding.
Councilmember Gutowski said he would certainly like to volunteer for
that committee.
Mayor Sica said no problem and asked who else would like to serve on
that committee.
Councilmember DuPont said he would like to be on it.
Mayor Sica said there could only be two on the committee along with
himself because then there would be a quorum.
Comcast - Asking Governing Body for support of re-examination of
Direct Broadcast Satellite's exemption from local taxes and fees
Councilmember Failace asked what exactly that meant.
Mayor Sica said Comcast does not want to pay taxes and fees on
anything they put up.
Councilmember Failace said when Comcast asks for a re-examination
is there something the Borough is doing now.
Mayor Sica said the Borough is not going to endorse Comcast request.
He said he thinks the request should be noted as received and placed
on file. He said what Comcast is saying is because they supply local
services they do not want to pay taxes if they put up a unit here. He
said he feels the Borough would rather have the taxes.
Remington & Vernick Engineers, Inc. - Asking for endorsement of
proposed legislation and requesting that grants be made available to
municipalities to remove and clean up underground storage tanks.
Mayor Sica said the Borough is all for that.
John Schantz, Esq. - Requesting Additional appropriation, $390.00,
RE: Sgt. Wurst.
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Borough Clerk Kathleen Barney said the Borough gave them $1000.00
and it came out to be $390.00 more. She asked if a Resolution had to
be put on.
Mayor Sica said no. He said he would like to see the breakdown of
what was done.
Borough Clerk Kathleen Barney said she had a copy ofthe breakdown.
Mayor Sica asked Borough Attorney Coughlin to find out what the
disposition was. He said there are 100 telephone calls and the case
never went to court. He said to hold this one.
Division of Local Government Services - Appointment of Public
Works Manger.
Mayor Sica said this should be discussed in Closed Session.
Health Department - Repairs.
Chief Sica- a) Commendations b) Sergeant's Promotional List
Mayor Sica said this should be discussed in Closed.
Councilmember Failace asked why does the Sergeant's Promotional
List have to be discussed in Closed Session.
Mayor Sica said because it is personnel. He said there may be some
changes necessary. He then asked Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin
what he felt.
Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin stated his understanding of the issue
is the matter has already been or is about to be the subject of a
newspaper article. He said the newspaper contacted him today. He
said as a practical matter there are issues with regard to the validity of
the current list which he is not sure if they are in and of themselves
personnel issues. He said but what action taken may be personnel
matters, it may in fact require the Borough to notify the people
involved. He said in terms of the general outline of what is involved it
he does not know if that is a matter of Closed Session. He said they
would have to be very careful as they go along in discussing that to be
sure not to touch on any personnel matter involving and employee
without them being notified to be there.
Mayor Sica said this is why he said it should be discussed in Closed
Session.
Borough Attorney Craig Coughlin said what he is saying is depending
on what it is that will be discussed with regard to this. He said it is
either not a subject for Closed or if the employees involved are going
to be talked about directly then he feels they are entitled to be there.
Councilmember DuPont said all he wants to know about is the
certification of the list
Mayor Sica said the Council has not even gotten anything official. He
said the copy they have is just a courtesy copy. He said if the Council
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CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL
BARRY ALBIN ESQ.
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
SENATOR LESNIAK
ASSYMBLYMEN COHEN
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BID
MUNICIPAL WELFARE
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starts talking about this, it would be a problem. He said if it were
discussed in Closed Session, the Council would end up discussing the
people involved even if the names of the individual are not mentioned.
Construction Official- Waiver of Fees, M.S.!.
Barry Albin, Esq. - Resolution #96-315, legal service - Sgt. Zubenko
Borough Clerk Kathleen Barney said the attorney called and wanted to
bill her. She said there is a 92 resolution that says $100.00 an hour
and this one that says $125.00 per hour.
Welfare Department - Asking for resolution to petition State for funds
to administer welfare at local level.
Councilmember Failace stated he had a copy of this petition. He said
he would give Borough Attorney a copy. He said what the state is
doing is trying to consolidate.
Mayor Sica said the Borough does not want that. The Mayor said he
would like to keep it the way it is. He said the Borough would take
care of its own. He said to draw up a resolution.
Senator Lesniak, Assemblymen Cohen & Suliga - Asking
municipalities to write to Governor Whitman to urge her to veto
minutes of Turnpike Authority meeting, April 29, 1997 - Re: Proposed
Hazardous Waste Facility in Linden.
Ordinance - Reduction of Sewer User Fee.
Councilmember Failace stated this was the $50.00, which was set up at
the beginning of the year. He said the Council is just taking off the flat
fee.
Bid - Leffert Street Improvements
Municipal Welfare Association of New Jersey - Asking for resolution
to retain local Municipal General Assistance Programs.
Mayor Sica asked Councilmember Gutowski if he had any business to
be added.
Councilmember Gutowski said he asked Borough Attorney Coughlin a
few weeks ago about the Zoning Board thing with the workers. He
said he has spoken to a number of people and before he states what he
was told he asked Borough Attorney ifhe found out anything.
Borough Attorney Coughlin stated he wrote a letter indicating he felt
the law was unclear. He said someone had asked him to call DCA.
He said DCA indicated to him they believe the law is unclear as well
and they do not have a rule on per-say on it. He said they said the
Borough should rely on whatever opinion he gave essentially or
whatever rule the Council wanted to impose. He said it does not mean
there could not be litigation around it. He said they did say they did
not know what the consequences would be around that action but there
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is nothing that they know that would prevent the Borough from
prohibiting municipal employees from serving on the Zoning Board.
Councilmember Gutowski said he spoke with Woodbridge, Edison,
Sayreville, East Brunswick, and he got laughed at. He said they were
shocked the Borough would allow municipal employees on the Zoning
Board. He said he also spoke with the Attorney Generals Office,
DCA, Local Finance Board, and Division of Planning in the State and
they all basically said the same thing the Borough Attorney stated. He
said they informed him the law is unclear and to rely on your local
attorney.
Mayor Sica stated there is nothing that precludes it and there is nothing
to include it either.
Councilmember Gutowski said what he is being told is it is a local call.
Mayor Sica said he has been appointed for five years and when his
appointment is up then the Council will make the call. He said if the
Council tries to remove him, it would just cause litigation.
Councilmember Gutowski stated that is a chance the Council can take.
He said what if someone comes before the Zoning Board and their
opinion is they do not feel this person technically should be there
because of a violation of state law.
Mayor Sica said a state law is not be violated.
Councilmember Gutowski said some people say the Borough is
violating a state law and some say the Borough is not violating a state
law.
Borough Attorney Coughlin said if there is not a dully-constituted
board then certainly the actions could be called into question. He said
at this point the step the Council would have to go through is to
remove someone. He said the position would be that the person was
inappropriately appointed or that they were not qualified to serve.
Mayor Sica said then the Borough would have to go to court.
Borough Attorney Coughlin he the Borough would not have to go to
court in the first instance unless someone contested the action then he
suspects that it where it would end up. He said he thinks the better
rule is not to have a municipal employee on the board. He said he
thinks this is generally accepted. He said the language in the statute to
him seems to be clear on its face that there should not be a municipal
employee on the Zoning Board. He said as he pointed out before there
is a case that could question this. He said in his opinion the language
of that statute is very clear.
Mayor Sica said when the appointment expires Councilmember
Gutowski can do whatever he wants to do but in the meantime, it
would get the Borough in litigation. He said Councilmember
Gutowski would have to provide a reason from doing it and if there is
no valid law saying it can or cannot be done then there is going to be a
problem.
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ANTHONY ABELLO
REVIVAL CENTER
CHURCH
FIRE DEPARTMENT
RESOLUTI ON #97-161
RESOLUTI ON TO GO
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Borough Attorney said he does not feel the Council should go after
someone specifically. He said he thinks generally and conceptually in
his opinion on the face, the statute says it can not do it.
Mayor Sica said Anthony Abello, the guy who has been working part-
time to help Ray clean, as of Friday May 16th he is going to give up the
job. He said Mr. Abello stated his brother would like to take the part-
time job so it is up to the Council.
Councilmember FaîLace stated it must be his brother Jason Abello.
Mayor Sica stated he received a request trom the Revival Center
Church. He said they want to start a Daycare Center and they are
looking for perhaps a building the Borough may have or a piece of
property or something like that. He said he would ask Patrick to look
at any of the foreclosures coming up that are down in that area. He
said they want to start a Daycare Center to help working mothers. He
said it comes from Pastor Andrews. He said Pastor Andrews gives a
complete breakdown of what he wants to do. He said they are not
asking the Borough for money they are asking the Borough for a place.
He said he told Pastor Andrews he would turn it over to Patrick
tomorrow morning. He said he did not think the Council would have
any problems with something like that.
Council said no they do not have a problem with that.
Mayor Sica said the other thing he wanted to discuss is about the Fire
Department and this needs to be discussed in Closed Session because
it is rather serious.
Mayor Sica asked for a motion to go into Closed Session to discuss
Personnel Matters and Possible Litigation.
Resolution #97-161 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the
Council for action
Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers DuPont and Bialowarczuk
RESOLUTION #97-161
"RESOLUTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers
Bialowarczuk, DuPont, Failace, Feingold, and Gutowski
voted in the affirmative.
At approximately 7:40 p.rn. a Closed Session was held.
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Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Failace and Bialowarczuk and
unanimous affirmative vote of the five Councilmembers present the
Agenda Meeting was re-opened at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Councilmember Failace said he had something to go over quickly. He
said Chico Basilici told him a corner of his property last year in the
snowstorm, the Payloader, while moving the snow broke the curb on
the corner of his property. He said Chico is asking if there is anything
the Council could due because he got a bill for $500.00.
Mayor Sica said in order for the Borough to do anything the Council
would need before and after pictures.
Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Failace and DuPont and
unanimous affirmative vote of the five Councilmembers present, after
no further discussion, this meeting was adjourned at approximately
8:40 p.m.
~submitted'
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KATHLEEN M. BARNEY 1Uv~
Municipal Clerk
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MAY 8, 1997
MEETI NG OPENED
CHICO BASILICI
ADJOURNED
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