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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1996/11/26 The Agenda Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret preceding the Regular Meeting December 5, 1996 was held on November 26, 1996, 7:00 P.M Council Office, Municipal Building, 61 Cooke Avenue, Carteret, N.J. The following were noted present: Mayor Peter J. Sica Councilmember Bialowarczuk " Failace " Feingold " O'Brien " Vesey Noted absent was Councilmember Jack Fazekas. Also noted present was Borough Attorney Robert A. Hedesh. Mailed to The Home News & Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the bulletin board on November 20, 1996. a) Borough Engineer - Parmar spoke about the sewer work being done in the Chrome Area. Mayor Sica said the problem is when they went into Urban Renewal down there, H. Thomas Carr was the Engineer of record and they did what ever they wanted and now it is coming back to haunt us and we have all that problem down there because we have such an influx of water through the Bergen Street Pump Station. Mr. Parmar said he would like a Professional Service Resolution on not to exceed $10,00000 for Shoreline to investigate the area. At approximately 7:04 p.m., Councilmember Fazekas was noted present. Mayor Sica spoke about the testing being an extensive job and said this is what happens when things are done incorrectly in the past. 1 OOVÐ1BER 26, 1996 AGE1IDA MEEITNG November 26, 1996 PRESENI STATEMEMl' OF MEEITNG OOTICE 10 ADDRESS 00\IERNm; lO)Y pm:mar Counci1member Fazekas noted present OOVFMBER 26, 1996 Parmar Continued Harold Ferguson t1INtIDS FOR APPROV AI.. ORDlNANCFS Public Hearing RESOWITOOS Mayor Sica said when they went to do Leber Avenue they found out that there is water lines going right through the sewer lines and the flow is cut down because of it; He said there is going to be extensive amounts of more work that will have to be done. He spoke about this problem for a while. He said we will have to appropriate the $10,000.00 to Shoreline to continue the investigation until we get that out. He said we will be paying dearly to the MCUA if we don't continue to withdraw the storm water from the system. He told Parmar to draw up a resolution authorizing the $10,000.00. .~ Parmar then spoke on the second phase of the Hill Section storm system that is technically complete. Mayor Sica said he was talking approximately an extra $150,000.00 just to put piles in but there is no alternative. It is the only way to get the water from the back side of the Hill Section to the river. If we can get an okay from Conrail, we will probably have to buy the easement, then we will do it that way, otherwise we will have to explore putting it on piles. He said we can't have a halfway done job. Mayor Sica said on the Ferry Project......originally we were supposed to put this ferry on U.S. Metals property and that became somewhat ofa nightmare because no on wanted to give up anything. U.S. Metals felt that they weren't getting a fair share from the Ferry Boat people. and the Ferry Boat people felt they were giving up too much to U.S. Metals., etc. etc. He asked Mr. Deutch the former Vice President to intercede and he has interceded with the people out of Denver Colorado and if necessary they are willing to sit down and talk about it again, so, there are still other areas where we can put the ferry boat but that avenue has reopened anyway. - b) Harold Ferguson - Wants a discussion in a Closed Session. October 17 & November 7, 1996. Public Hearing. #96-26 Amending Code, Chapter 182, Entitled "Park & Recreational Fees. " #96-27 Amending Code, Chapter 4, Entitled "Administration of Government," Section 4-20C, Re: Engineering Department. #96-28 Amending Code, Chapter 42, Entitled "Police Department, Section 42-1, Establishment; Composition. Directing the Issuance of Various Bingo Licenses. Directing the Issuance of Various Raffle Licenses. Approving Transfer of Surplus Funds. RCA - Escrow Agreement. 2 .,-~,.,... '" ~."",,':"i Councilmember Failace asked what was the RCA Escrow Agreement. The Clerk said she doesn't have anything on that yet. 1 The Mayor said it has to be some kind of money we put into an Escrow Account or they put into it. Councilmember Failace said that is what he was thinking. Attorney Hedesh said they would put it in prior to going down to the State to negotiate the contract. The Mayor said they would have to put the money into an account and say the initial account payment was...........he would assume. Cancellation of Tax Overpayments. Refund of Tax Overpayments CHS Band Parents Association - Amend RL1418-A By adding a date. L NJ Transit - Public Notice of 1997 Request for Federal Financial Assistance. :Furgo Est., Inc. - Application for permit, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. for Pipeline maintenance projects. Comments accepted. Twp. of Edison - Resolution opposing proposed division of Edison into two (2) area codes. Twp. of Maple Shade - Resolution supporting initiative to change the mechanism for funding education in the State of New Jersey. NJDEP - Notice of 1997 Loans from the Wastewater Treatment Financing Program & Public Hearing, January 8, 1997 - Lawrenceville, NJ on the Proposed Priority System Intended Use Plan and Priority List for Federal Fiscal Year 1998. MC Dept. of Planning - Public Hearing, December 5, 1996 - New Brunswick, NJ on an amendment to the County's Solid Waste Mgmt. Plan. Board of Health - October 1996. Clerk's Office - November 1996 Fire - October 1996. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION John Vesey - Ordinance, Re: Sweeping leaves into streets. 3 OOVEMBER 26, 1996 RCA Agreement RESOWITOOS Continued APPLICATIOOS rot1UNICATICI'lS REPŒ1'S MA1'l'ERS FOR DIsaJSSlOO Leaves OO\'EMBER 26, 1996 Leaves Continued Bid, Re: Passenger Bus Municipal Clerk Unfair Practice Q\arge Exam, Re: Senior Puaping Station Repairer Carteret Planning Board BUSINESS ADOED Purchase of Bank Mayor Sica said we have to stop these people from sweeping the leaves into the streets. The~ey go into the sewer. Councilmember Vesey said we have to put something into the books. We have nothing in there. Mayor Sica said we will. Attorney Hedesh said the problem will not be drawing it up, but enforcing it. Bid _ Passenger Bus - The Clerk said they have two (2) bids. One from the last time and one this time. Mayor Sica said he will look at it and see where they dropped from and what the reason was. They might have dropped down from 58 to 51 and gave us something He said he would look at it and make a recommendation. Municipal Clerk - Personnel Matter. This will be discussed in a Closed Session. AFSCME Local #3850 - Unfair Practice Charge. This will be discussed in a Closed Session. NJ Department of Personnel- Notice of Promotional Exam for title of Senior Pumping Station Repairer Provisionals: Ed Wilk & Michael Carnevale Do Do Not x want a test. Carteret Planning Board - a) Requesting appropriation for W. Thomas Watkinson to conduct a review of the Master Plan - $8500.00 b)Requesting appropriation for Joseph P Schiappa, Esq. to conduct a review of the Master Plan - $3500.00. Mayor Sica said we don't have a choice. He said to this day he can never understand this, but the law says every so many years they can review the Master Plan and every so many years it cost us so much money. Carteret is not getting any bigger or changing that much. Mayor Sica said the other night he was negotiating with the banks to buy the bank for $150,00000. His contention being if they get the bank they can knock down the Health Building and move it down into the bottom floor of the City Hall, moving all our Financial Offices over there and maybe our Executive Offices, meaning the Mayor and Council. Then they are barrier free for Agenda Meetings, etc. etc. There is enough room there to do that. He counter acted their $150,000.00 with $135,000.00 and said we will get it for $140,000.00. He thinks it is a bargain all in itself. 4 1 Mayor Sica said he sat down with Patrick and discussed the financing of this thing....... ..He said the appraised value of this building is $810,800.00 so they made a real buy. He asked the Council if they want him to buy it because he has to close the deal before the first of the year. He said the whole bottom floor was going there and that it would cost them in the area of $60,000.00 to do all they want to do. The air conditioning unit has to be fixed, it must be painted and the ADA compliance upgraded. The bathroom, carpeting and wires fixed. He said he figured to pay for this, when they got the $100,000.00 from Belle Mead he put it in an account and it wasn't touched, so they can take that and then they could take $40,000.00 out of Surplus that we will have this year and that will pay for that. We can then take $60,000.00 out of our Sewer Surplus because that will be where everything to do with that account will be stationed. Councilmember Failace asked if we also appropriated money to fix the Board of Health. Mayor Sica said that is a bond and we are going to change it. They never did it. The bond is sitting there. Now we are not going to have to do that. He said if the Council agrees with the purchase of this building tonight he is going to issue a Directive to the Health Board not to spend any money over there because they are going to tear it down. Even to just fix it would cost a fortune. He said he has figured that it would cost about $15,800.00 a year to run that building over there between the water, gas, electricity and insurance, but we will be saving not having the Health Department over there. He said it will cost us a little more money but some of that will come out of our Sewer User Fee because all the sewer costs will come from over there so that becomes an eligible cost against the sewers, so if the Council agrees he will sign this agreement and send it back and the only stipulations are, the sale price was $150,000.00, it is now $140,000.00, cash or certified check, no mortgage or other finance contengencies. Deed restricted to be recorded indicating the property will never again be used as a bank, finance institution or similar operation in any way what so ever. He send he could understand that, they are not going to sell their bank to have another bank go there. Settlement to incur thirty (30) days after the agreement of sale is signed by the buyer and seller, but no later than 12/31/96. An agreement of sale to be executed by the buyer December 6, 1996, day after sellers acceptance (inaudible) the agreement of the sale will be incorporated in the usual term in the condition of transaction this size and scope. This offer is contingent upon the seller's acceptance within fourteen (14) days. He explained that he got this the other day so we don't have a lot oftime to decide on this. He said the original was on the fourteenth of November for the $150,000.00, then he negotiated down and we didn't negotiate it down until about four (4) days ago, so it is fourteen (14) days from then. Should the Borough of Carteret accept the above conditions please sign in this space provided below, additionally please include a copy of any Borough Council resolutions included below necessary to effectuate this transaction. Then he asked if he could sign it. 5 t«)VEMBER 26, 1996 Purchase of Bank continued --1 t«)VEMBER 26, 1996 PlJRQIASE OF BANK Attorney Hedesh told the Mayor he couldn't sign it they don't have a resolution. Mayor Sica said they could sign it with a resolution to be encumbered. He said he didn't want to lose his fourteen (14) days. Then they will want to come back and get their $10,000.00 back. Attorney Hedesh said there is nothing in there. He has to prepare a contract for sale He told the Mayor he could sign if you want. He said they would have to put a resolution on for the next meeting to close it. He said he will do a title search and he will start it tomorrow. Mayor Sica told the Clerk to give that to Patrick tomorrow and tell him that we have found it over pending the outcome of the resolution. Show them that we are negotiating in good faith. Attorney Hedesh said he will prepare the contract for their signature tomorrow Then by the time it comes back we will have the Council Meeting and then he will get him to sign it and he will get the title work going. He said it is a cash deal. Mayor Sica said he is looking at something else on the steps in the front. He may come up with a different approach to save us a whole lot of money on those steps. He said rebuilding those steps would be impossible at any kind of reasonable types of dollars He said he will propose to Parmar tomorrow, that we brick up the front, fill it in and pour slab and we buy a metal stairway going both ways out the sides. One or both could be a metal ramp or one could be stairway. They could change the design of the whole front of the City Hall. and it could be more decorative and cost much less than to rebuild the steps. All present spoke about the move for a short while. Attorney Hedesh asked the Governing Body to give him a motion to authorize the title work. Councilmember Vesey made the motion to authorize the title work and Councilmember Bialowarczuk second the motion. Then there was six (6) "Ayes", making it all in favor. Councilmember O'Brien said he would be bringing a group a kids to the next Council Meeting to watch government in action. Councilmember Failace said Patrick had called him and told him that they want to switch the payroll services. Mayor Sica said yes, that they would save $12,500.00 and he said he had already approved it. Councilmember Failace said Patrick recommended that a resolution be adopted Councilmember Fazekas asked if that was scheduled for 1997. 6 ./ ........~--- Mayor Sica said it will start in January. Councilmember Failace said Patrick said they had to leave about a half a million dollars in the bank to pay the agency out of the interest. 1 Mayor Sica said what we have negotiated with the new bank that sold us this building is that we are going to do a lot more business with them. We are going to put our money into a Sweep Account where they invest our money every Friday and then they put it back for us. Councilmember Bialowarczuk said to put a resolution on to certify those four (4) sergeant promotions. The Clerk said she didn't have the cert yet. Councilmember Vesey said he wanted to put a resolution making George Carpenter acting Foreman for Streets and Roads. Mayor Sica asked ifhe was going to be acting Foreman in the absence of Mr. Surick. Councilmember Vesey said yes. Mayor Sica said okay. Attorney Hedesh said he prepared a letter for the Mayor. He said what Eqipco wants from Conrail if they want to vacate Liebic Lane, but they still have to provide an access to DuPont in the back. He has spoken to the attorney from Equipco, the Mayor, spoke to Pat Holden about if they gave us a road looking down on the south side what happens is this, now we would have a direct road to the marina, gives them legal claim and gives access to DuPont and everybody wins. They need Conrail to approve the crossing of the tracks. He suggested for the Mayor to write a letter to Conrail saying if they would do this they would help the Borough. Mayor Sica said they came in front of the Planning Board. It was discussed before them. He said it doesn't benefit us one bit to go through the middle of someones property. Then you have two (2) pieces of property that are contiguous except for these roads and they readily agreed to give us 36 foot roadways all the way down to the DuPont end. If they would put the ferry boat back there then we already have the access road back there. Attorney Hedesh spoke on KINBUC He said we are out of the case. They have issued a voluntary dismissal for KINBUC Attorney Hedesh then spoke on arbitration. It was specifically taken out of the Borough Attorney's Duties. He said they agreed on Mr. Tanner as an arbitrator, in the documents he has. He told the Governing Body to tell him what they want to do in that situation. -, t«)VEMBER 26, 1996 PlJRQIASE OF BANK axmNUIID Sergeant Pranotions George Carpenter liebic Lane KINBUC Arbitration OOVEMBER 26, 1996 Manella RESOWITOO #96-33 Closed Session Adopted ADJOORNED TO CLOSED SESSlOO OPEN SESSlOO ADJOORNED Attorney Hedesh said in reference to Manella, they need to do another Professional Service Resolution, he said he has exceeded that number by far. RESOLUTION #96-33 was introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and O'Brien RESOLUTION #96-33 "RESOLUTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Vesey voted in the affirmative At approximately 7:45 P.M., a Closed Session was held. At approximately 8:14 p.m., upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present this meeting was opened to the public. At approximately 8:15 p.m., an motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Councilmember Vesey and second by Councilmember Bialowarczuk. After no further discussion this meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, ~~ . 'M . ~ý/ THLEEN M B 'IV/ Municipal Clerk KMB/lr 8