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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1996/10/29 The Agenda Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret preceding the Regular Meeting November 7, 1996, was held on October 29,1996, 7:00 P.M., Council Office, Municipal Building, 61 Cooke Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey. The following were noted present: Mayor Peter J. Sica Councilmember Bialowarczuk " Failace " Feingold " O'Brien " Vesey Noted absent was Councilmember Fazekas. Also noted present was Borough Attorney Robert A. Hedesh. Mailed to The Home News and Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the Bulletin Board on October 24,1997. a) Borough Engineer - The Clerk said that Parmar wouldn't be there. The Mayor would have to read the report. Mayor Sica asked if they had a copy of Parmar's report and if they understood it or did they want him to explain. Councilmember Vesey said he is just looking for one thing. Councilmember Failace said Hermann Avenue. The Mayor said it was right there. (Inaudible) the road, cross Hermann Avenue and Whittier Road An inspection was made on 224 our sketches (inaudible). The sketch shows there is four (4) big pipes coming in.. A 66 inch pipe going to a 72 inch pipe. There are four (4) sinkholes in different spread out locations. On Middlesex Avenue at the crossing it is unusually high. The railroad crossings on Romanowski and Hermann Avenue are more or less high causing different effects on traveling on the road. The houses have to be raised and the road dropped.. He said there two (2) sixty six (66) inch sewage pipes coming into two (2) seventy two (72) inch storm lines at the crossing so it is likely that some of the pipes around Linden Street might have settled. In the past the road service might have done the following and then contour. The solution is to redo the crossings and improve it. 1 OCTOBER 29, 19<;(1 AGENDA ~ <ktober 29, 1996 l'RESEN!' srATEMENf OF ~ OOITœ 10 AOORE'ìS rovERNING ffDY Borough Engineer l OCIOBffi 29, 1996 Borough Engineer Continued Mayor Sica said now what we can do is let someone do some engineering work on the thing. He said the first thing we have to do is television all those big pipes coming in there and make sure we don't have any leakage. Ifwe have leakage then if the water goes by it will suck dirt in and as it sucks dirt in it undermines the road coming down. He said so the first thing we have to do is make sure we have no leaks in that particular area before we go waste our money. Then get an engineering company to come in and shoot some elevations and see if we could correct part of the dips by just raising them. Ifwe can do that fine, if we can't do that then it means we have to cut down the high spots and level it out which is easier (inaudible) cost. Councilmernber Failace said we would cut that down and he asked the Mayor if the other part would keep going down. Mayor Sica said it probably won't go down anymore if there is no leakage, but, ifthere is leakage then they have to dig the whole thing up and fix the leaks before we do that and take the crown out ofthe road. When you take the crown out of the road the water has to flow so you take too much crown out of the road the water isn't going to flow. He said it will take a lot of engineering work to figure it out and if they want he will get Parmar to get some cost estimates to televise. He said they just got this problem the other day. If we have a problem there is no sense worrying about operation or docking the elevation because we have to first fix the problem and if we have to dig it all up then they don't have to worry about the elevation because it will set al1lieu elevations. Elevations that will be in conjunction with the water flow. He said he will tell Parmar to get some dollar costs on televise and all those conjunctions where the transfer lines come in. He thinks that is the first thing he is going to do. He then commented that the rough plumbing is in the Sports Building and hopefully we will get the block either the end of this week or next week and we will start putting the block up right then and there Parmar is getting their shop drawings this week on the truces so they could order the truses. As soon as the block gets up they will have the truses to put the roof on and get it closed in before it gets real cold. They could work all winter on it and have that thing done in April or May and that whole building can be completed. Counci1member Fazekas noted present At approximately 7:04 p.m., Councilmember Fazekas was noted present. M~ FOR APPROV AI.. September 5, 19 & 26, 1996. ORDINANCES #96-24 Providing for Tax Abatement and/or Exemption !Tom Local Property Taxes, Re: Equipco. 2 1 1 L 3 ._. -,- Councilmember Failace asked Pat Holden to be here tonight so he could talk to both of them about it. Pat Holden said she couldn't because of a prior engagement of something with her daughter. He then asked her if she would give him the file and she said that she had given the Clerk bound by bound books on this and he called the Clerk who said she had nothing on this. She called Pat and...........he commented he didn't know who has it. Mayor Sica said we had some books and everybody had it well equipped what it actually does. Councilmember Failace said he had asked her for specific information and she said she had to put information together and bound it. He commented that he wasn't sure what was happening. Mayor Sica said he has some information on it. Councilmember Failace commented that he had asked her for a copy of something and she gave it to him and he said quite honestly he didn't think that was enough information for us to be making a decision on it. He said he had put together (inaudible) if what he thinks we should be looking at that doesn't cost us anything when we are negotiating with various companies or when the Mayor is negotiating with various companies. He told the Mayor he should be doing the negotiating. That too many cooks spoil the pie. He thinks that when it comes down to the point that we are about to go into some kind of contract or we are about to do something, this is the kind of information that the Council should have and then be given a couple of more weeks. He commented that he may know a lot of the things but we don't. He said maybe they don't ask the right questions but with the information they had here he doesn't think he is asking for too much. He said this was not a certified........ this was just a typed Balance Sheet. Mayor Sica said this showed that they want outstanding debts. He asked if he wanted date of account. Councilmember Failace said you really can't get that from what they gave him here. Mayor Sica asked why they can't. Councilmember Failace said you need a breakdown of current assets and liabilities. Mayor Sica said they have Cash and Receivables Inventory. Councilmember Failace said this is a composite of their whole Balance Sheet. He said he thought the Mayor should get a copy of their audit and financials and Patrick should be able to look at it and answer some of the questions that we might have. He is not saying that they should be part of negotiating. He said the Mayor does the negotiating and that is fine. OCIDBER 29, 1997 ORDINANCE #96-24 J OCIOBffi 29, 1996 ORDINANCE #96-24 RESOWflOOS <nt1UNICATIOOS lllil-ÚRIS MATIFRS FOR DISC1JSSIrn Equipco Caupany Ordinance #96-23 Mayor Sica said his only problem is that people are not going to give us these kind of things. He spoke on the Urban Enterprise Zone for a while. Attorney Hedesh said once things like that are in our possession they become public record so he said he didn't know if the companies would turn over their financial records. Councilmember Failace agreed. Mayor Sica said he is going to ask him to give us whatever answers he feels comfortable with. Directing the Issuance of Various Raffie Licenses. Authorizing Refund of Tax Overpayment. Approving Transfer of Surplus Funds. Budget Insertion - $25,000.00 Cops Universal Hiring Grant. Directing the Issuance of Various Bingo Licenses. Authorizing Bids - 15 Mobile Home Heating Units. PSE&G _ Application for Freshwater Wetlands Statewide General Permit, Re: To authorize vegetation maintenance activities along natural gas transmission right of ways in areas considered to be regulated Wetlands. Paulus, Sokolowski & Sandor, Inc. - Application to be submitted to NJDEP for Stream Encroachment Permit - East Milton Avenue Bridge Construction. Carteret Planning Board - Copy of resolution authorizing revisions to the Borough of Carteret Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map. Board of Health - September 1996. Clerk's Office - October 1996. Fire - September 1996. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION: Councilman Failace - Equipco Company. Ordinance #96-23, No Parking Certain Hours - Tabled 10/3/96. The Clerk said she had invited the Chiefbut she didn't know if he could make it tonight. 4 Mayor Sica said to hold it. He commented that he hoped no one got killed over there. It is a bigger mess today then when they took it down. L Attorney Hedesh suggested if he is concerned about the safety of it maybe they are better off to pass it and then if there is a problem you could always modifY it. Mayor Sica said he thinks we should. He said put it on for Public Hearing and pass it. Pat Holden - Recovery Agreement, Re: Redevelopment Agency Funds. Councilmember Failace said we are going to get $28,000.00 and some where along the line it will cost us $12,000.00. He asked if that was basically it. Mayor Sica said yes and then went on to say, what happened was that somewhere along the line when Urban Redevelopment came in here $28,000.00 was put aside somewhere for us. Either !Tom some property that was sold or whatever it is. This company now says they can get you that $28,000.00 but they have to get $12,000.00. We don't have anything so we might as well give them $12,000.00. If we don't get nothing they don't get nothing. Attorney Hedesh asked to go into Closed Session this. League of Municipalities Convention - Borough allotment. Mayor Sica said $100.00. American International Recovery, Inc. - Requesting payment - $22,555.56, Re: PBA vs. Borough. Attorney Hedesh said they have to pay it. This is the one they settled in Federal Court. It is the infamous Civil Rights Case. Holy Family R.C. Church - Requesting tax exempt status for acquired property. Mayor Sica said if it is owned by the church it is automatic. Attorney Hedesh said because it was on the Tax Roles once it has to be accepted. Mayor Sica said okay to put it on. Bids _ Senior Bus. The Clerk said they only received one bid. She asked if it should be readvertised. Mayor Sica said yes. You can't just take it with one (I) bid. Scottsdale Insurance Co. - Requesting payment of various claims, Perez _ $\0,000.00, Sica - $10,000.00 & Materazzo - $10,000.00. Attorney Hedesh said they have to pay them. 0; OC1OBER 29, 1996 OCCYLru.mce #96-23 Continued Recovery Agreement League of ttmic.ipalities Convention American InternatiOJÙ Recovery Inc. Holy FæJily R.C. Qnn:c.h Bids, Re: Senior Bus Scottsdale Ins. Co. OCl'OBffi 29, 1996 Frank Taoczuk Sally Mesler Carteret Health Department Police QÜef Sica BUSINESS 10 BE ADDED County Block Grant Ordinance, Re: "Peace and Good Order" Sa1 LoRicco "~ Frank Tomczuk - American Legion. Requesting amendment to Raffie License because of date change. This was okay. Sally Mesler - Requesting ordinance prohibiting blowing leaves into street. Mayor Sica told Attorney Hedesh to check the ordinance rrom other towns and lets see what they do. He told him that they have to find out an ordinance. Carteret Health Department - Salary ordinance pertaining to 8 additional vacation days given to union employees. Mayor Sica answered no to this. Police Chief Sica - Requesting commendations for members of the Police Department. Mayor Sica said this is on the little boy that lost his foot. He said to make out certificates for those guys. BUSINESS TO BE ADDED: Mayor Sica said the Middlesex County Block Grant has been approved for Carteret and we are going to use $51,400.00 for Housing Rehabilitation and $7200.00 for a van driver. $10,800.00 for Housing Security . $13,600.00 for new apparatus for the Fire Department and $5000.00 for Park improvements that have been approved by the County. He said it looks like $85,000.00, give or take a thousand. He said we also applied for a grant from the United States Department of Justice, Police, and we were awarded $16,289.00. He said to turn this over to the Chief. Mayor Sica said he wants to put on an ordinance for First Reading. "Peace and Good Order." Then what happens everytime there is a disorderly person they can charge him under C2 and fine him, the state gets the money. Mayor Sica then went on to talk about a disturbing letter he received via Certified Mail from somebody named Chodosh. It appears that she owns a house on Jersey Street near Fillmore. They smashed their sidewalks when they were putting up the buildings up there. They sent a letter to Panigrosso and Santoro and she got no satisfaction at all. He read the letter. He suggested to turn this over to the attorney and have him send a letter to the School Board telling Attorney Hedesh suggested a Closed Session. now. Mayor Sica said they would go into Closed Session. He said they are going to get sued if somebody gets hurt over there. Sal LoRicco (a citizen) spoke. He lives on 30 Whitman Street. He said on the corner of Whitman and Lexington, the last storm that we had, since he bought the house in 1985, every time there is a bad storm the water comes in his sewer pipe. In his downstairs shower and toilet. He said he has talked to the engineer, AI Biel.....everybody comes and looks when the weather is fine. There is nothing there. Somewhere when that street fills up it comes up in his and his neighbors house. 6 -.-. l Mayor Sica told him there could be two (2) reasons for that. First of all the house was probably built with a bathroom upstairs and no bathroom in the cellar. He said when you are up high here (inaudible) it is going to go down. Now when you get the sewer pipe that is full and in bad weather conditions it can't go down it has to go back up. It won't come downstairs into your house but it will come downstairs into your wash sink or your bathroom commode or your shower. He said the way you solve that problem, when the bathroom was put in there, they should have put in a stop check valve. Mr. Lo Ricco said he has that. Mayor Sica then questioned how could it do that. Mr. Lo Ricco said he wanted to know where the sewers were separated. Mayor Sica said maybe his stop check valve isn't working. Then maybe the other problem is when they built that house they put him on the wrong sewer line. He said there is no way the city of Carteret can know what sewer line he is on until you have a problem. Then when you have a problem the problem becomes your problem. Perhaps when that house was built there was only one sewer line to put it in. When the second sewer line was put in the storm line, anybody that was in the storm line was supposed to take them selves off of that and put themselves into a sanitary line, so it appears that if you are getting it in severe storms then he is in wrong sewer line...... you are in the storm sewer. If that is the case then you have to take it off of that and put it into your sanitary line. Mr. Lo Ricco commented that he would have to pay for it. Mayor Sica said yes. Then he commented that they didn't know for a fact that they were on the wrong line. He asked him if he would allow them to come into his house and die check because he don't want him to spend the money ifhe don't have to spend the money. He said he will make an appointment the next day with Mr. Parmar for the testing. Mr. Lo Ricco complained about the engineer Mayor Sica spoke on this for a while, speaking about the old sewer plant and sewer separation project. Attorney Hedesh told the Mayor that he has to instruct the Building Office to issue a Demolition as per the Kings Wok, a Chinese restaurant. Mayor Sica said he had called him the other day personally... . . . and he said to them issue.......then he mentioned to forget about him. He then told Attorney Hedesh to send a notice to these people that they are required to be at a hearing on November 15th on the demolition (inaudible) and if they don't show up he will demolish it. 7 OCl'OBffi 29, 1996 Sal LoRicco Continued Kings Wok OCIOBffi 29, 1996 Kings Wok Continued Mayor Sica told the Building Department to send a notice to the people in Brooklyn that own the restaurant, saying that he is giving them a hearing to demolish their building. He sent them a Violation Notice instead. He told Attorney Hedesh to send them the notice and if they don't show up the next day he will knock it down. Attorney Hedesh said he couldn't do it on the 16th. Mayor Sica commented "whatever day." Then he said the next day they will knock it down. W. Kolibas said they have a building in the garage in back of Gruhins that the Redevelopment Agency gave us. Inside is an old truck. Mr. Gruhin wants to know if we can knock that building down. Mayor Sica asked whose property it is. W. Kolibas said it is the Boroughs. Mayor Sica said to knock it down. Then he said he would go look at it tomorrow. Attorney Hedesh said to get the Lot and Block from Patrick. RESOUJITrn #96-292 RESOLUTION #96-292 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Closed Session Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and Fazekas RESOLUTION #96-292 "RESOLUTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION" Adopted was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative. ADJOORNED 10 CLOSED SESSlrn At approximately 7:55 P.M., a Closed Session was held. OPFN SESSlrn At approximately 8:15 p.m., upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Failace and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened to the public 8 J L QCl'OBER 29, 1997 At approximately 8:16 p.m., a motion to adjourn was made by Councilmember O'Brien and second by Councilmember Vesey. After no further discussion this meeting was adjourned. ADJOURNED Respectfully submitted, ¡;;;&~_~~£~"J_..____ KATHLEENM. BARNEY c:T" Municipal Clerk KMB/lr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- a -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------