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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1996/02/01 FEBRUARY 1, 1996 The Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret was called to order by Mayor Peter J. sica, 7:30 P.M., Municipal Court/Policy Facility, 230 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey on Thursday, February 1, 1996. REGUL.A R ~EETlNr; Upon individual roll call vote, the following were noted present: ROLL CALL Mayor Councilmember " " " " " Peter J. Sica Deborah L. Bialowarczuk James Failace Jack Fazekas William Feingold James O'Brien Sam R. Semenza Also noted present was Borough Attorney Robert A. Hedesh. The meeting was opened with a minute of silent prayer and the pledge of allegiance led by Mayor Peter J. Sica. The Mayor asked everyone to say a prayer for the Mayor's Aide who is in the hospital. PRAYEP, PLEOGE OF /lUEG lANCE The Clerk stated that on January 26, 1996, in full compliance with the Open publ.ic Meetings Act, a notice of tonight's meeting was sent to The Home News & Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the Bulletin Board. STATn1ENT OF ~EETING Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the minutes of January 1, 1996 were approved as transcribed and engrossed by the Clerk. APPROVAL OF mNUTES This was the night advertised to receive bids for Sampling and Testing of Industrial Sewage and the Mayor called for all bids. Upon MMS&C, by councilmembers O'Brien and Semenza and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the Clerk was directed to open and read aloud all bids received which were as follows: BInS - SAMPLI NG P. TESTI NI~ OF lNOUSTRlAL SHIAGE 1 Bidder 1. Accredited Laboratories, Inc. P. O. Box 369 Carteret, N. J. 07008 10% BB Bid Price $13,431. 60 FEBRUARY 1, 1996 ø BIDS Bidder J.Q1 Bid Price CON'T. 2. Q. C. , Inc. BB $14,240.00 1205 Industrial Way - POB 514 southampton, PA 18966 3. Garden state BB $ 9,356.00 Laboratories, Inc. 410 Hillside Avenue Hillside, N. J. 07205 4. Chemtech BB $ 9,61l.16 110 Route 4 Englewood, N. J. 07631 HELD FOR STUDY Upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the bids were held for study. ORDINANCE #96-2 ALARM SYSTEMS ORDINANCE #96-2 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for public Hearing to be held February 15, 1996, upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk. FIRST READING Upon individual roll call vote, councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, o'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative for the adoption. ORDINANCE #96-2 "AMENDING CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, CHAPTER 68 ENTITLED "ALARM SYSTEMS" ORDINANCE #95-61 VACATING PROPERTY The Clerk stated that ordinance #95-61 was introduced and passed upon First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough council of the Borough of Carteret held on December 7, 1995. It was duly published in The Home News & Tribune on December 12, 1995 and the Public Hearing was held January 18, 1996. The ordinance was tabled on January 18, 1996. ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Bialowarczuk and O'Brien 2 ORDINANCE #95-61 "VACATING BOROUGH OWNED PROPERTY BLOCK 208 LOTS 6.01 AND 6.02" FEBRUARY 1, 1996 was finally adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative for the adoption. councilmember Feingold Abstained. OROH1/lNCE #95-61 COWT. Approved and Adopted: February 1. 1996 Introduced: December 7. 1995 Advertised as adopted on First Reading with Notice of Public Hearing: December 12. 1995 Hearing Held: January 18, 1996 Approved by: Mavor Peter J. Sica Advertised as finally adopted: February 6. 1996 The Clerk stated that Ordinance #96-1 was introduced and passed upon First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council of the Borough of Carteret held on January 18, 1996. It was duly published in The Home News & Tribune on January 23, 1996 with notice that it will be considered for final passage after Public Hearing to be held on February 1, 1996 at approximately 7: 30 P. M. . The Ordinance was posted on the bulletin board and copies were made available to the general public and according to law, she read the Ordinance by title. ORDINANCE #96-1 VACATING EASEMENT upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers and unanimous affirmative membership present, the Mayor Hearing to be open: O'Brien and Semenza vote of the full declared the Public PUBLIC HEARING There being no comments or objections to the Ordinance, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and 0' Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present. HEARING CLOSED Upon MMS&C, Bialowarczuk by councilmembers Semenza and AOOPTED ORDINANCE #96-1 3 "VACATING EASEMENT OF LOT 6, BLOCK 208 KNOWN AS 178 PERSHING AVENUE" was finally adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmemhers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative for the adoption. councilmember Feingold Abstained. FEBRUARY 1, 1996 ORDINANCE #96-1 CON'T. Approved and Adopted: February 1. 1996 Introduced: January 18. 1996 Advertised as adopted on First Reading with Notice of public Hearing: January 23. 1996 Hearing Held: Februarv 1. 1996 Approved by: Mayor Peter J. sica Advertised as finally adopted: February 6. 1996 MEETING OPENED - PUBLIC I NPUT ON RESOLUTIONS A copy of each resolution was placed upon the table for public review prior to the meeting in accordance with the Rules of Council and upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened for public input on all resolutions. Jim Mancuso referred to Resolution #96-42 and said that he was at the Agenda Meeting the other night when Councilmember Failace wanted to put his name on for the zoning Board and the Mayor said that he'd like to talk to Jim in private. He felt that anything should have been discussed in front of him. Some information was passed on to Mr. Failace. One of the things was that when he was the commissioner of Housing he rarely showed up at meetings. He said that he has a letter from the Director of Housing showing that he missed one meeting because of the flu because he had gone to California on three days of his own, on a housing meeting. When he got back he was sick. Also, it was said that he didn't do too much down there. He said that he has the minutes of every meeting he was in. He implemented eighteen-nineteen different procedures. He said that he bought a book that shows how to get grants, which cost Hoboken $20,000.00, and he got a copy for the Mayor and Mrs. Hudson. He said that he spent six months going over the maintenance program down there. He said that he resents remarks about him behind his back. It was also said that he just quit, because he was dissatisfied. His letter to the Mayor and council dated November 20th says that he had to quit due to his work schedule as a police officer. 4 · :.'.~ ". '.~ FEBRUARY 1, 1996 He said that he went through the records down there and two of the Commissioners missed eight out of twelve meetings and nine out of twelve meetings. They went after them and they resigned. When his hours were changed, he didn't want to become one of those Commissioners in name only. He said that he spent a lot of time down there especially when Recycling began. Whether his name is put up or not, he feels that he wanted to do something for his town. If this is the way that this town is run, by defaming people's reputations, then he doesn't want to be on any committee. He said that he has started a watch group consisting of a few lawyers, engineers and some other people. Anyone in the City or on the Council is welcome to attend the meetings. They are non-political, but the City will know they're around. PUBLI C INPUT ON RESOLUTIONS CON'T. Harriet Leone referred to Resolution #96-43, Appointment to the Local Assistance Board and recommended that Theron Carmichael be reappointed. There being no further comments or objections to the Resolutions, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be closed upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present. MEETING CLOSED RESOLUTION #96-31 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. RESOLUTI ON #96-31 RAFFLE LICENSE upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Failace ADOPTED RESOLUTION #96-31 "DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF RAFFLE LICENSES TO COLUMBUS SCHOOL P.T.A." was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. 5 RESOLUTION #96-32 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. RESOLUTION #96-32 PAYMENT OF LIABILITY CLAIM RE: RODRIOUEZ FEBRUARY 1, 1996 ADOPTED upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien RESOLUTION #96-32 "AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF LIABILITY CLAIM" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-33 REJ ECTI NG & READV E RTI SING BIDS - COMMINUTOR RESOLUTION #96-33 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien RESOLUTION #96-33 "REJECTING BIDS FOR COMMINUTOR - DOROTHY STREET PUMP STATION" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTI ON #96-34 DOG WARDEN SERVICES RESOLUTION #96-34 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. ADOPTED upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Feingold and O'Brien RESOLUTION #96-34 "AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO EXECUTE INTER- LOCAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR DOG WARDEN SERVICES" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien, and Semenza voted in the affirmative. 6 FEBRUARY 1, 1996 RESOLUTION #96-35 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. RESOLUTI ON #96-35 MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AGREEMENT upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold and o'Brien ADOPTED RESOLUTION #96-35 "AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF 1996 MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AGREEMENT" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-36 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #q6-36 APPOINTHIG BtJCSAK - RECREATIm! COMMISSION TABLED RESOLUTION #96-36 "RESOLUTION APPOINTING MICHAEL BUCSAK TO THE RECREATION COMMISSION" was tabled. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-37 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. RESOLUTION #96-37 AUTHORIZING BIDS - WHEEL LOADER Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Feingold ADOPTED RESOLUTION #96-37 7 "AUTHORIZING BIDS FOR A WHEEL LOADER" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. FEBRUARY 1, 1996 COMMENTS councilmember Semenza said that we already have this piece of equipment and it's doing a great job. Mr. Kolibas is using it for the trees that he's cut down recently. It's also worked in the Park's Department in other categories. We're probably going to need it tonight and tomorrow if it snows. It will be an asset to the Borough. RESOLUTION #96-38 AMUSEMENT GAME DISTRIBUTORS LICENSE RESOLUTION #96-38 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the council for action. ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers o'Brien and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-38 "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF AMUSEMENT GAMES DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, o'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTI ON #96-39 MEMOR I ALI ZING SETTLEMENTS PEREZ VS. BOROUGH & PBA VS. BOROUGH RESOLUTION #96-39 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the council for action. ADOPTED upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-39 "MEMORIALIZING APPROVED SETTLEMENTS IN LITIGATION MATTERS OF PEREZ V. BOROUGH AND PBA LOCAL 47 V. BOROUGH AND AUTHORIZING CLERK TO EXECUTE ORDER OF SETTLEMENT IN MATTER OF PBA V. BOROUGH" 8 was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-40 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Semenza RESOLUTION #96-40 "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A 1996 AMUSEMENT DEVICES LICENSE" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-41 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-41 "AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO THE 1996 TEMPORARY BUDGET" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. Before RESOLUTION #96-42 was introduced the Mayor proposed the name of John DuPont and referred the Resolution to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold and Bialowarczuk 9 RESOLUTION #96-42 "APPOINTMENT TO CARTERET BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (ZONING BOARD)" FEBRUAPY 1, 1q96 RESOLUTI ON #96-40 AMUSn1ENT GAME DEVICE LICENSE ADOPTED RESOLl'TION #96-41 TH1PORARY BUDr:ET ADOPTED RESOLUTI ON #96-42 APPOINTMENT TO ZONING BOARD DUPONT ADOPTED February 1, 1996 RESOLUTION #96-42 CON'T. was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-43 APPOINTMENT TO LOCAL ASSISTANCE BOARD - CARMICHAEL Before RESOLUTION #96-43 was introduced, the Mayor proposed the name of Theron Carmichael and referred the Resolution to the Council for action. ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold and Fazekas RESOLUTION #96-43 "APPOINTMENT TO LOCAL ASSISTANCE BOARD" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. COMMENTS Mayor Sica said that the only reason that Mr. Carmichael wasn't put on in January was that he never got notice that he wanted to stay on there. He did a good job. PAyr1ENT OF BILLS Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk, all bills appearing on the prepared list, properly audited and signed, were ordered to be paid. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. COMMUNICATION TOWNSHIP OF PISCATAWAY AND CITY OF SOUTH AMBOY The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of a Resolution from the Township of Piscataway and the city of South Amboy concerning opposition to the proposed Land Use Regulatory Reform Act. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, it was ordered to be received and placed on file. 10 The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of a resolution from the Borough of Metuchen requesting the state Legislature to examine alternate methods of funding schools that do not rely on aggressive property tax. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, it was ordered to be received and placed on file. The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of the following reports: Fire: December and Annual 1995. Treasurer: Financial Report BUILDING & GROUNDS: Committee Chairman O'Brien reported that Ray Tobias is doing his regular good job at Borough Hall. Around January 1st or 2nd we purchased a new snow blower. The old one was over ten years old. A new safety valve was replaced on the boiler by Universal Oil. The pump on the boiler went and was replaced but it didn't cost the Borough anything because it was already under warranty. He said that he informed Mr. Parmar when he came back from his vacation to start searching out estimates for paving the parking lot. Once the weather gets nice, someone will need a job and hopefully we'll get a good price. He also told Parmar to sit down with Ray and Patrick DeBlasio about the work needed on the front steps, in regards to waterproofing and to prepare specifications by the end of February. He reported Progress. FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION: Committee Chairman Failace reported that the Mayor and Council have met with department heads over the last few weeks in reference to the 1996 Budget. We've made some headway but there's still a lot of work to do. It's going along fine. He reported Progress. Mayor Sica thanked the Council and everybody that sat in at those budget hearings the other night. It's not an easy job to build a budget, especially this year. It's going to take some sacrifice on a lot of people's parts. Hopefully, it will not necessitate any layoffs. 11 FIRE: Committee Chairman Fazekas reported that he has been going over the Fire Department budget with Superintendent Greenberg. In addition, he had a discussion with Mr. Greenberg concerning the schools. A directive was issued that all schools be inspected on a daily basis concerning fire exits and work areas to make sure that they're clear of debris and obstructions to ensure the safety of the children. FEBRUARY 1, 1996 COM~1UNICATION BO~OlJGH OF ~1ETlJCHEN REPORTS - DEPARTMENTS STANDING COMMITTEES FEBRUARY 1, 1996 STANDING COMMITTEES CON' 1. PARKS & RECREATION: Committee Chairman Bialowarczuk reported that due to the construction at the schools at this time, the men's night basketball league is on hold until the main entrance of the Lincoln School is cleared. The grade school girl's basketball programs have been moved to Columbus School on Saturday's. As soon as they know what is what with the men's league, they will make sure everybody knows about it. She reported that any organization can have something put on the bulletin board by Shop-Rite. All they have to do is call the Parks Department and ask for Mr. Kolibas. She reported Progress. Mayor Sica said that material will be dumped by ci vic Center Park. Dauman Industries was good enough to donate all of the mulch necessary to make top soil. He said that he donated all of the sand that is necessary and they're in the process of hauling in the sand and the mulch and mixing it together to make a real good topsoil so we can top the Pop Warner Field rather than have glass and rocks and everything else sticking up. We're going to have six-eight inches of pure top soil with no stones or anything else in it. The unfortunate thing is that some people that live in that neighborhood just abused everybody. They threatened the people working on the job, put their cars in the middle of the street because they didn't want us to put the dirt over there. It's just ridiculous. The same people parked a boat on City property for a year and nobody bothered those people. We're going to build that park whether they like it or not. POLICE: Committee Chairman Feingold said that last week he spoke about our community policing programs, the Federal Housing Patrol and the Crime Prevention unit. The third program he'd like to talk about briefly under community policing is Municipal Alliance. We just adopted the resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute that contract which is funded by a grant from the State of New Jersey. The Municipal Alliance is in the process of setting up domestic violence crisis units which will fund and oversee the Carteret Police Department Domestic Violence unit and incidents in Carteret. 12 Domestic violence doesn't only cover husbands and wives, it covers basically any co-habitants including parents and children, boyfriends and girlfriends and people under the same roof which are covered under the ruling of the domestic violence statute. That is a laudible task that they are undertaking to attempt to allay some of the problems associated with domestic violence in our community. The Alliance also sponsors other programs and information is available. The Juvenile Aid Bureau is doing a fine job in connection with conducting burglar surveys for all Senior citizen homes as well as working with the DARE unit to promote child safety and bicycle safety and other various safety programs in the community. The Juvenile Officers should be commended as well. He reported Progress. PUBLIC WORKS: Committee Chairman Semenza reported that under sewage he thanked the people of Carteret for being patient. Most people got through the problem. We had a tremendous melt- down from that heavy snow we had, added to the torrential rain. Between the two of them, we had some of the worst flooding. Carteret wasn't the only town. Other towns had it just as bad, if not worse. We didn't have as many~plaints as we usually have. People understand that when you have that much snow on the ground and a melt down and rain at the same time, you're going to have problems. The Sewer Department worked right through it. The Fire Department was out there, the Police, Emergency Management, helping people who were stranded. Once again, they did a fine job. 13 Councilmember Semenza reported that under Streets and Roads, we are up again tomorrow for a major snowfall. There's a possibility of eight inches to a foot. We're going to do the same thing we did the last time. We're going to clean the roads and the snow is going to get pushed to the side. Unfortunately, the people will have to clean their driveways or aprons more than once. We have to make room for emergency vehicles. During the last snowfall, one of his men was accused by Mr. Menzoff and Mr. Comba of deliberately blocking in their aprons. If you took a survey around this town, you'd find more than ten people that the people had to do their aprons at least two or three times due to the plowing. We all had to shovel more than once. Nothing was done deliberately by the Street's and Road's Department. It's their job to go out, Mr. Surick tells the men to go out after the snow and start widening the roads. This is the only way it can be handled. The Governing Body has talked about possibly coming up with an idea of maybe going to one side parking in certain areas. FEBRUARY 1, 1qq6 STANDU!G COMrlITTEES CON'T. FEBRUARY 1, 1996 STANDING COMMITTEES CON'T. They're going to work on that to see if they can alleviate some of the problems with our narrow streets in the Hill Section and some other parts of town. They will do everything possible to cooperate and try to assist the people of Carteret. He said that they have to have cooperation. The men that are out there have a job and trying to do it so that emergency equipment can get down every street in town and protect lives and property in this town. We will not tolerate it and if they have to they will ask the police to arrest people if they continue to abuse our equipment and our manpower. He reported Progress. ~1AYOR COMMENTS Mayor Sica said that people just don't realize that you can't push all of the snow at one time. It's over thirty inches of snow. On Beverly Street we had seven foot snow drifts. You can't push this kind of snow at one time. You have to keep going around and around, especially on a small narrow street. If they ever tried to push ten or twelve inches of snow on John street, Christopher Street, Charles Street or Leffert Street, they'd smash every car on that street. Plus, they'd never be able to get through. On top of that, years ago, you were lucky if there was one car to a family. Most people took the bus. Today everybody has a car, two, three, four cars in front of a one family in front of one house. It doesn't leave much room to put anything. The best one he heard was that they should lift the plow up at every driveway. The people just have to cooperate. As he said at that last meeting, Carteret was the best plowed town in the State of New Jersey as far as he is concerned. We never once shut Washington Avenue or Roosevelt Avenue down. We had a contingency to get a f ire truck or ambulance any where we wanted it. On Monday, Governor Whitman declared a state of Emergency and no cars were supposed to be on the streets. If you looked at Carteret, you would have thought it was the Fourth of July. Everybody that was off work decided that they were going to go sightseeing. If that ever happens again, we're going to have everybody on the street arrested. The abuse that they have to take is not worth it. He said that he would not have taken the abuse that Ted Surick took. One guy actually went out there and hit the truck with a shovel. , , 14 ,.'; FEBRUARY 1, 1996 Mayor Sica said that we had a major sewer collapse on Blanchard Street. It was a twenty- four inch PVC pipe. They've done some research work on that and found out that the pipe was put in, in 1987 by LAD Construction who is now bankrupt. The Engineering firm that did the job happened to be T & M. We happened to request all of their data on it. We found when we exposed the pipe, that we considered it to be poor workmanship. By virtue of a letter today, T & M and even the manufacturer of the pipe was put on notice that we are going to look into it and that there's a possibility of a lawsuit to recoup any losses we've had. This pipe is three-hundred feet long. We've had to replace twenty some feet of it. We are using the TV camera on the rest of the pipe to see if there are any other parts where it may be buckling or bowing and possibly collapse. We will pursue it and everbody is on notice. r1AYOR COMMENTS Committee Chairman Semenza said that under Streets and Roads, he and the Mayor at the last Council Meeting, requested that all of the people in town that have a fire hydrant either in front of their house or to the side of their house, please get back to the old way and go out there and knock the snow off. It's important for our f iref ighter' s to be able to see the hydrants. They will appreciate any help they could get. It will help the Fire Department to do the job they're supposed to do. MUNICIPAL GARAGE SERVICES: Committee Chairman Failace reported that he agreed with the Mayor regarding what Carteret looked like after the last snow storm. We were 100% better than any of the towns he saw. It was a real team effort and was exemplary, the way the Roads, parks's Department and Municipal Garage did what they did. Councilmember Semenza told him that Streets and Roads and the Municipal Garage are ready for tomorrow. The equipment is ready. We have a new front loader and he thinks that things will go well. He reported that he has a meeting with Sam and Jimmy after this to discuss a couple of problems down at the garage. There is a leak in the roof that has to be looked at. He reported Progress. ST/IJIDINf:: CO"~ITTFES CON'T. 15 Mayor Sica reported that the mall project is moving along well. There have been meetings held at the DEP already. Yesterday, we were privy to get conceptual drawings of what it will look like. He showed them to the Council. If anybody would like to see them, they will be in the Mayor's office tomorrow. From the comments from the Council, it really looks good. That's moving along well. FEBRUARY 1, 1996 . i . PROCLAMATION JERUSALn1 3000 The Mayor issued Proclamation: the following "JERUSALEM 3000" WHEREAS, in 1996 the City of Jerusalem will commemorate its Trimillennium, marking the 3,000th anniversay since King David made Jerusalem the eternal capital of the Jewish nation; and WHEREAS, for the past 3,000 years, the city of Jerusalem has been a site of pilgrimage and a source of inspiration to artists and visionaries, calling forth religious longing and artistic creativity in all ages and in all continents around the globe; and WHEREAS, the Trimillennium will offer an opportunity to support the efforts of the city of Jerusalem to preserve and protect its unique historic and religious character while developing it as a modern city for the benefit of all its residents and its many visitors; and WHEREAS, the Trimillennium will offer an opportunity to give expression to the firm commitment of the City of Jerusalem to keep the city a place where all people are welcome to freely practice their faith's and visit the shrines holy to their religions; and WHEREAS, the united States Conference of Mayors, as one of the major sponsors of the Jerusalem Conference of Mayors, has sent delegations of American Mayors to the past 15 conferences; NOW, THEREFORE, I, PETER J. SICA, MAYOR OR THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET do hereby proclaim: "JERSUSALEM 3000" and urge my fellow Mayors to initiate such special projects as naming a square, street or playground after Jerusalem, issuing proclamations in honor of this anniversary, and encouraging appropriate cultural activities including festivals, exhibits of photographs and paintings, forums and student exchanges. 16 The Mayor issued the following proclamation: "BUCKLE UP AMERICA WEEK" FEBRUARY 5 - 9, 1996 WHEREAS, February 5 - 9, 1996 has been declared BUCKLE UP AMERICA WEEK!; and WHEREAS, motor vehicle crashes are the greatest single cause of death in the united states for every age from 5 to 32 years old; and WHEREAS, the lives of 5,344 front seat occupants over four years old were saved by safety belts in 1993; and over 139,000 serious injuries were prevented; and WHEREAS, lap/shoulder belts, when used, reduce the risk of fatal injury to front seat passenger car occupants by 45% and the risk of serious injury by 55%, and in light trucks these risks are reduced even more, by 60 and 65%; and WHEREAS, alcohol-related fatalities peak during the summer driving season; and WHEREAS, one of the best defenses against the drunk or drugged driver is the use of safety belts combined with air bags or child safety seats; WHEREAS, those drivers who use their safety belts only on long trips or highway driving should know that three out of four crashes occur within 25 miles of home; and WHEREAS, 48 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U. S. Territories have enacted safety belt use laws, and all 50 states, the District of columbia, Puerto Rico and the Territories have enacted laws requiring the use of child passenger restraint systems; WHEREAS, through continued public awareness, education and enforcement of safety belt laws to increase usage, death and serious injury can be significantly reduced; 17 WHEREAS, BUCKLE UP AMERICA WEEK provides communities and organizations an opportunity to join together to work toward increasing the correct use of safety belts and child safety seats by focusing public attention on the life- saving benefits of these systems, automatic belt systems and air bags; FEBRUARY 1, 19q6 PROCLAt1AT I on BUCKLE-UP A~1ERICA WEEK FEBRUARY 1, 1996 PROCLAMATION CON'T. NOW, THEREFORE, I, PETER J. SICA, MAYOR of the Borough of Carteret, New Jersey, in recognition of this national life- saving opportunity, join with others across the county to proclaim our support for: BUCKLE UP AMERICA WEEK and encourage the community to observe the week with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities to increase the use of safety belts and safety seats with the goal of increasing state use rates; to support the efforts of enforcement agencies to increase compliance with state occupant protection laws; and to encourage part-time users to become full- time users. PUBLI C DISCUSSION - 5 MINUTE LIMIT Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened to the public. stanley Gutowski said that he recently completed a course on municipal government with Mr. Failace and Mr. Fazekas and part of their class was about Zoning and Planning Boards. He said that he came across something that he wants to bring to their attention and that is that a Class 4 member of a Planning Board cannot be an employee of the Borough. As far as he can see, we have two employees of the Borough of Carteret serving on the Planning Board. He asks that they either resign their positions or that the Mayor remove them. The two are the Mayor's Aide, Mr. Orlando and William Kobibas, Jr. who is now working for Streets and Roads. Mayor Sica said that the Borough Attorney will research it and see what it is all about. Mr. Gutowski said that it is a state statute and is also in our Code, 16025. 113 FEBRUARY 1, 1996 There being no further business or discussion, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting adjourned at approximately 8:10 P.M. ADJOURNED Respectfully submitted, ~~~,~ KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, RM Municipal Clerk ~ KMB/vc ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------- 19 ------------------------------------------------- FEBRUARY 1, 1996 ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 20 COUNCIL MEETING February 1, 1996 BUILDING ESCROW Thomas Watkinson $270.00 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PATFII CK# 7017- 0.00 TOTAL CHARGES TO 1996 BUDGET TOTAL CHARGES TO 1995 BUDGET TOTAL CHARGES TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL CHARGES TO TRUST ACCOUNT TOTAL CHARGES TO LIBRARY RESERVE TOTAL CHARGES TO OTHER RESERVES TOTAL CHARGES TO GRANT FUNDS TOTAL CHARGES TO DOG TRUST FUND TOTAL CHARGES TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TOTAL 97,360.93 66,182.64 11,231.68 13,133.18 0.00 668,342.05 20,304.79 0.00 2,995.35 $879,820.62