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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1996/06/12 The Agenda Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret preceding the Regular Meeting June 20, 1996, was held on Wednesday, June 12, 1996, 7:00 P.M, Council Office, Municipal Building, 61 Cooke Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey. The following were noted present: Councilmember Deborah Bialowarczuk "" James Failace "" Jack Fazekas "" William Feingold "" James O'Brien "" John Vesey Noted absent was Mayor Peter 1. Sica. Also noted absent was Borough Attorney Robert A. Hedesh. Mailed to The Home News and Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the bulletin board on June 7, 1996. Also, notice was published in The Home News & Tribune on June 8, 1996. MINUTES FOR APPROVAL: May 16, 1996. BIDS: Yearly Catch Basin & Sewer Pipe Rehabilitation TO ADDRESS GOVERNING BODY: a) Borough Engineer b) James Mancuso Mr. Parmar reported that the sewer repair work in West Carteret is in progress. The TV inspection work has started. The agreement with the Middlesex County Road Department has been executed and sent. The County is in the process of having the agreement executed by the Freeholder Director. Council President O'Brien stated that Ray Tobias said that someone from the County already can down to look at the lot. The matter of obtaining the permit from the Freehold Soil Conservation District for the sport's center and the library is being followed. The remaining amount of the permit fee to be paid is: $38.40 sports field project $454.80 library The sports field project is in progress. a) Electrical poles with lights are installed. b) Football field is topsoiled and graded. c) Sod is being laid d) Sprinklers will be required for watering the field. A quote is obtained. This is requested to be approved as a change order. JUNE 12, 1996 AGENDA MEETING June 12, 1996 ROLL CALL STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE West Carteret Borough Hall Parking Lot Library/Sports Center ~ JUNE 12, 1996 AGENDA MEETING -Continued The work in the Hill Section done by DeFino is being finalized. There is a net increase of$21,785.16 in line items and additional work as: Hi II Section -Change in PVC from 10" to 12" -Base for Manhole Change -Additional Manhole $750.00 $36300 $1,510.00 Approval of a final change order of $24,408.00 is required to finalize the project. Steps - Borough Hall The specs for renovating the steps of the Borough Hall are being prepared. They are expected to be completed by next week Councilmember Bialowarczuk asked if we are changing the steps. Council President O'Brien said that Mr. Parmar is recommending a cap over them. He said that the specs should be ready for the next meeting so we will need a resolution to advertise for bids. Catch Basins Councilman Vesey asked the engineer what the status is on the catch basins on Longfellow Street. Mr. Parmar explained that he already told the contractor that if they don't do the work by Friday, we will have it done and deduct it from their payments. Freehold Soil Conservation District Councilman Failace asked ifthe Soil Conservation District is part of the stop construction order. Mr. Parmar said no. The law is that we should not do any work unless the permit is. (inaudible). Councilman Failace asked why the sod is being put down before we have the sprinkler system put in. Mr. Parmar spoke but was inaudible. Blanchard Street Councilman Vesey asked about the status of the sewer work on Blanchard Street. Mr. Parmar said that it will be handled the same as the catch basins. If they don't finish the job, we will have it done and deduct it from their payments. Councilman Vesey said that Ted Smick is getting a lot of calls on it. 2 Mr. Parmar said that he is also getting calls. John Wanskus Councilman O'Brien asked if part of the agreement with John Wanskus was that he would have the specs and prints for them by May 27th. Mr. Parmar said that John Wanskus submitted everything on that last day. He said that he recommended paying him $64,283.18 only after receiving everything and finding that there are more things to be attended to. That is why he reduced the amount from $88,864.00. Mr. Wanskns didn't like it but to cover the Borough it had to be done. Councilman Fazekas asked we got any date, a time period, for the library. Mr. Parmar said that John Wanskus has to give us a date and then we have to decide whether we have to accept that date or not. Councilman Fazekas asked Mr. Parmar ifhe will follow up on it if he doesn't get back to us in a period of time. Mr. Parmar said absolutely. JAMES MANCUSO - Mr. Mancuso showed the Council pictures of various tank cars and spoke about the dangerous and extremely flammable materials that they carry. He said that these tank cars have been at the back of Jackson Avenue and Monroe Avenue for the last 6 weeks. Two years ago they had a meeting with Conrail and they had agreed to keep these things off of the back of their property. Six weeks ago, Woodbridge had sued Conrail. Mayor McGreevey came over his house about 2 weeks ago and they explained what was going on to him. Mayor McGreevey said that they have an agreement with Conrail to get the trains out of there. Mr. Mancuso said that if you read the agreement, it doesn't say that they are taking the trains out of there. They're going to leave the trains. The aide to Mayor McGreevey said that it doesn't read like that and that they are going to take out the trains. 3 Mr. Mancuso noted that if they read it, that is not what they will find. He said that he had a meeting Monday with ..(inaudible)..and Mr. Garafalo. Their attitude at first was a little obnoxious. He explained to them that last year they told Woodbridge that if they would let them go in the yards, they would put a fire suppression system, a sprinkler system in and that there would be no trains back there. Woodbridge had agreed to this and they went in. He said that he showed them the pictures and noted that there are no fire hydrants back there. The only access getting there from Carteret is off Jackson Avenue. There is no sprinkler system. There is no fire retarding system. If one of these tankers goes, you have to evacuate 1/2 mile according to the hazmat book Anybody within a certain amount of feet !Tom this is dead. He called Mr. Greenberg and asked him what kind of plan Carteret has iflightning were to strike one of these cars. There is no contingent plan. Emergency Management doesn't have any real kind of plan for this because they don't have any equipment. If one of these tankers goes, it'll be a chain reaction. Never mind a quarter mile of Carteret, there's going to be no Carteret. He said that he lives there. He knows what it is like. They had agreed to put a marker where Port Reading ends and Carteret begins. That doesn't solve the problem. We solved it a year and a half ago and we're solving it now. JUNE 12, 1996 AGENDA MEETING -Continued John Wanskus Conrail JUNE 12, 1996 AGENDA MEETING -Continued Mr. Mancuso stated that last year there was a bill that was going to be introduced which would prohibit trains within 500 feet of anyone's home. At the time, Randy Corman was going to present it but he lost the election so the bill never went that far. Mr. Mancuso asked the Council to come up with an ordinance that prohibits the trains The reason they came to Carteret is because about 2 years ago, Linden came out with an ordinance about where they were storing trains. They came to Carteret. Woodbridge kicked them out of the yard down there because they came up with an ordinance making them spend almost a million dollars. We have nothing on the books. The Council should write to other towns and get a copy of the bill that was going to be passed and push for this thing to be re-enacted. This town is surrounded by tracks and they can put these trains anywhere they want. If one of these tanks went up, you'd have a lot of dead people and children. If you inhale type 3 sulfuric acid, you die. This Council should get together on something like this. There is one gentleman who has a house 15 feet !Tom the tankers. These people are taxpayers in this town. He said that he is getting as many names as he can on a petition. Councilman Fazekas asked if Conrail was kicked out of Linden. Mr. Mancuso said yes. They were kicked out of Linden and Woodbridge wouldn't allow them to use the yard until they spent almost a million dollars. They put in a fire suppression system, a sprinkler system and fire hydrants and yet the same thing that is sitting there is sitting in back of his house. Councilman O'Brien asked Mr. Mancuso for a copy of the bill that Randy Corman was going to submit. He told him to also give a copy to Bobby Hedesh so that he can prepare an ordinance for next Thursday. Mr. Mancuso suggested that someone contact Linden for copies of ordinances they drew up. ORDINANCES: Public Hearing - 1. #96-16 Establishing Position of Public Safety T elecommunicator. 2. #96-17 Establishing Position of Public Safety Telecommunicator Trainee. 3. #96-18 Amending Salary Ordinance #71-9, Re: Public Safety Telecommunicator and Trainee 4. #96-19 Providing for the Abatement and/or Exemption from Local Property Taxes for the Improvement to or Construction of Commercial or Industrial Structures. RESOLUTIONS 4 1. Directing Issuance of various Raffle Licenses. 2. Approval of ABC License Renewals for 1996/1997. 3. Approval of ABC License - Carteret Mall Liquors. Councilman Failace asked why this renewal is being done separately. The Clerk explained that there was a special ruling on the renewal that was approved by the ABC. Now, we can approve it. They are without a premise. They are Shop-Rite Liquors. Council President O'Brien asked what the resolution for Tanaz Parmar is about. The Clerk explained that the Mayor put a resolution on to congratulate Mr. Parmar's daughter for graduating !Tom Cornell. REPORTS: I. Air Pollution - April & May 1996. 2. Board of Health - May 1996. 3. Clerk's Office - May 1996. 4. Inspection of Buildings - May 1996. 5. Treasurer-May 1996. 6. Welfare - May 1996. COMMUNICATIONS: I. Twp. of East Brunswick - Resolution opposing reform of OSHA as proposed in S-1423. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION: 1. Ordinance #96-11, Tabled 5/16/96 - Re: Attorneys fees for Professional Services. Council President O'Brien said that the ordinance has to be changed from per lot to per application. The Clerk said that she doesn't know why the ordinance was tabled [and not amended] at that meeting because she wasn't there. Council President O'Brien asked the Clerk to check with the Borough Attorney to make sure. 2. AFSCME Local #3850 - Requesting meeting to negotiate. The Clerk said that she will set up a meeting with the negotiating committee. 3. Scottsdale Insurance Co. - Requesting payment of claim, $6824.00, Re: Mares 5 The Clerk explained that this was an assault, an alleged failure to protect someone at a bus stop. They settled it. Resolution for meeting. 4. Gov!. Finance Officers Association - Requesting resolution opposing change in accounting system. Okay. JUNE 12, 1996 AGENDA MEETING -Continued JUNE 12, 1996 AGENDA MEETING -Continued 5. Mark Cholowski, Esq. - Requesting additional appropriation of $410.00 for B&L Tires vs. Board of Adjustment. The Clerk said that he sent a letter explaining why he went over his original appropriation and requesting a resolution. 6. William Kolibas - a) Proposed Basketball Camp salary increase. Director - !Tom $650.00 per week to $700.00 Supervisor - !Tom $250.00 per week to $350.00 Ordinance for meeting. b) Status - abandoned house at 3 Sharot Street. Mr. Kolibas said that the grass is so high that they have to cut it. The house is abandoned. The Clerk said that we have to find out who owns it. Mr. Kolibas said that it belongs to the Borough. The Clerk said that she will double check. Council President O'Brien stated that we may have to demolish it. The Clerk said that she will turn it over to Attorney Hedesh. Councilmember Bialowarczuk said that it is overgrown with poison IVy. The Clerk said that then the Board of Health should be called. Council President O'Brien said that we have to make sure that the Borough owns it and then maybe we can demolish it. 7. Ordinance #96-19, Tax Abatements has to be amended to correct % steps. Council President O'Brien said that instead of ditto signs, the years have to be put in. 8. ABC Licenses - (Informative) a) 562 Roosevelt Avenue (Peek-a-Boo's) - Received Special Ruling from ABC for 1995/1996 but the Borough did not take action. Has filed for 1996/1997 Special Ruling. 6 b) V&C Entertainment, Inc. - has filed for a Special Ruling from ABC. JUNE 12, 1996 The Clerk said that she will turn these ABC license matters over to the Borough Attorney. AGENDA MEETING -Continued BUSINESS TO BE ADDED Councilman Failace asked for a resolution to keep America's Most Wanted on TV. America's Most Wanted The Clerk said that she has a Bingo Amendment for St. Elizabeth's Church Holy Name Society that came in late. Bingo Amendment She noted that the Soap Box Derby will be July 13, 1996. Certificates -Girl's Softball Team Soap Box Derby Councilmember Bialowarczuk asked for certificates for the Girl's Softball Team. Councilman Vesey said that the MDA wants to thank all of the people involved with helping them out. They want to have another one next year. MDA Councilman O'Brien asked for a resolution for Michael LaPree who ran the fund drive. Councilman Fazekas asked for certificates for the firemen who fought the tank fire. Certificates -Tank Fire Councilmember Bialowarczuk said that the Mayor is at the tank fire now and that is why he couldn't be here tonight. There being no further discussion, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Vesey and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting adjourned at approximately 7:35 PM ADJOURNED Respectfully submitted, ~,~~ KATHLEEN MOB Y, êJ Municipal Clerk