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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1996/03/21 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/Police Facility, 230 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey on Thursday, March 21, 1996. MARCH 21, 199F REGULAR ~1EETING t1ARCH 21, 1996 Upon individual roll call vote, the following ROLL were noted present: CALL Mayor Councilmember " " " " Peter J. Sica Deborah L. Bialowarczuk James Failace William Feingold James O'Brien Sam R. Semenza Noted absent was Councilmember Jack Fazekas. Also noted absent was Borough Attorney Robert Hedesh. The meeting was opened with a minute of silent prayer and the pledge of allegiance led by Mayor Peter J. Sica. At approximately 7:31 P.M., Councilmember Jack Fazekas and Borough Attorney Robert Hedesh were noted present. The Clerk stated that on March 15, 1996, in full compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act, a notice of tonight's meeting was sent to The Home News & Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the Bulletin Board. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the minutes of February 15 and 27, 1996 were approved as transcribed and engrossed by the Clerk. Presentation - N. J. Mayor's Association. Scott Olson, Assistant Executive Director of the New Jersey Mayor's Association presented the Mayor with a citation of Merit for a lifetime of dedication to the Borough of Carteret. He also presented Mayor Sica with a special citation of valor for saving three people from a burning building. PRAYER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE COUNCILMEMBEP FAZEKAS ~ BOROUGH ATTORNEY HEDESH NOTED PRESENT STATEMENT OF MEETI NG APPROVAL OF IHNUTES Bidder ~ 9. Consolidated Design & BB Building Corp. 440 E. Westfield Ave. Roselle Park, N. J. 07204 Bid Price $248,400.00 Field site- Work & Lighting 10.Double J. Construction BB Co., Inc. 33 Apple street Tinton Falls, N. J. 07724 $743,212.25 11.Spring Lake Construction BB Corp. 505 Mercer Avenue Spring Lake, N. J. 07762 $608,480.00 12.Maharaj Construction BB Inc. 2542 Crane Place Union, N. J. 07083 $693; 741. 00 13.Ritacco Construction BB Inc. 423 Union Avenue Belleville, N. J. 07109 $619,000.00 Field site- Work & Lighting $134,000.00 14.Del-Sano Contracting BB Corp. 539 Bloomfield Ave. Newark, N. J. 07107 $799,500.00 15.Nicosia & Sons BB Construction Co., Inc. 34 Newark Place Belleville, N. J. 07109 $671,408.00 16.Nicosia & Sons BB Construction co., Inc. 34 Newark Place Belleville, N. J. 07109 $149,443.00 Field site- Work & Lighting Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Failace and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the bids were held for study. This was the night advertised to receive bids for a 1996 Chevrolet Suburban or Equivalent and the Mayor called for all bids. 3 The Clerk stated that she did not receive any bids. The Mayor called a five minute recess. MARCH 21, 199f; BIDS - SPORTS RECREATION FACILITY HELD FOR STUDY BIDS - 1996 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN OR EOUIVALENT RECESS '. :.._~ Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative for the adoption. ORDINANCE #96-9 "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PURCHASE OF MUNICIPAL VEHICLES FOR THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING $60,000.00 FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF THE BOROUGH FOR THE COST THEREFOR" The Clerk stated that Ordinance #96-6 was introduced and passed upon First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council of the Borough of Carteret held on March 7, 1996. It was duly published in The Homes News & Tribune on March 12, 1996 with notice that it will be considered for final passage after Public Hearing to be held on March 21, 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. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be open: Pat Tozzi asked what this is. Mayor Sica explained that we have computers all over the place and it costs us money over here and money over there. We are trying to upgrade the computer system to make it centralized. He said that Jack Fazekas is heading up the program. We are not spending the money yet. We are looking at it and we will have money available if it proves out to be financially sound. Mr. Tozzi asked why we are appropriating $100,000.00 if we are just looking at it. 5 Mayor Sica said that if we are going to buy it, then we are going to buy it. When you appropriate it, you are saying that if we're going to buy it, the money is here. We want to be ready if we are going to do it. It doesn't mean we have to spend $100,000.00. It could conceivably come in at much less. We're just putting the mechanism there. If we don't do it, we just cancel the bond ordinance and that's the end of it. '1ARCH 21, 199f; ORDINANCE #96-9 CON'T. ORO INANCE #9('-6 CAPITAL IMPROVEt1ENT OROINJI.NCE - RE: t1UNICIPf\.L GQMPUTER SYSTP~S PUBU C HEARING Councilmember Fazekas said that if you hook up to their main frame, they're going to charge you a price for the usage. You still have to upgrade your hardware here. Mayor Sica said that in 1983, when he first became Mayor, they bought the first computer and he thinks they still have it. Mr. Tozzi said that if we make an expenditure, we should do it to the advantage of either extending what we can do right now or save monies along the line in the near future. Councilmember Fazekas said that is what we are trying to accomplish. Mayor sica said that the problem is that every year someone wants to buy a computer. The Purchasing Department, Clerk's Office, Tax Office, Health Board and the Recycling Center have computers. Nothing works with one another. It's time that we said wait a minute, especially since we're going to get a new library. We're going to have a computer network in there. People can get information from that computer that is on the City's computer. Every department, with the exception of very few, like the Police Department, will be centralized where they are all compatible. In the long run, we'll save money. Mr. Tozzi said that he believes in centralization. It should have been done. Everybody has their own duplicating machines and contracts instead of consolidating it. Councilmember Fazekas said that part of the consolidating is to centralize the printers and scanners. One of the main problems we have now is that there are systems that are not even being backed up. If they were to lose information, they'd have to spend a lot of time putting that information in. All this is going to be worked out. We will work out the actual network. He said that he already talked to the Board of Education and the Library. We are trying to get it in within three years. There's a lot of changes to be made, not only from a way of thinking, but also from the way the people are going to be working. We will be seeing a big improvement in what we want to accomplish in the future. 7 There being no further comments or objections to the Ordinance, the Mayor declared the Publ Lc Hearing to be closed upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present. MARCH 21, 1 aQF Cm1~1Et!TS CON'T. HEf\.RING CLOSED MARCH 21, 1996 COMMENTS Mayor sica said that he has had such wonderful moments in this job, it's unreal. AS far as saving the people, everybody in the room would have done the same thing. BIDS - SPORTS RECREATION FACILITY This was the night advertised to receive bids for the sports Recreation Facility and the Mayor called for all bids. upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk 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: Bidder 1. Scaturro Bros. Inc. T/A Alpine painting & Sandblasting Constr. 17 Florida Avenue Paterson, N. J. 07503 ~ Bid Price BB $822,860.00 2. Landscape Maintenance BB Services, Inc. 666 plainsboro Rd. suite 525 plainsboro, N. J. 08536 $157,215.00 Field site- Work & Lighting 3. Ace Construction & -0- $657,572.00 Urban Renewal, Inc. 928 W. 8th street plainfield, N. J. 07063 4. Ventura Construction BB corp. 37 Mt. Pleasant Ave. East Hanover, N. J. 07936 $161,405.00 Field site- Work & Lighting 5. Chanree construction BB $732,800.00 Co., Inc. 104 Fourth Avenue ortley Beach, N. J. 08751 6. Abbott contracting BB Co. 539 Anderson Ave. Cliffside Park, N.J.07010 $146,058.04 Field site- Work & Lighting 7. Abbott Contracting BB $573,447.66 Co. 539 Anderson Ave. Cliffside park, N.J. 07010 8. Belcor construction BB $627,295.00 520 South River st. Hackensack, N. J. 07601 _,~i>"" Peter Bosco, a new resident to Carteret said he lives on Lincoln Avenue and he is the resident on the block without a driveway. said that he doesn't want to get a ticket or towed for parking in front of his own house. that only He be Borough Attorney Hedesh said that it is only for two spaces in front of the dentist's office. Mayor sica his house. give him a said that it has nothing to do If it becomes a problem, they special sticker for his car. with will There being no further comments or objections to the ordinance, 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. Upon MMS&C, Bialowarczuk by Councilmembers Semenza and ORDINANCE #96-7 "DESIGNATING LIMITED PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LINCOLN AVENUE AND ROOSEVELT AVENUE FOR PATIENT PARKING" was finally adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative for the adoption. Approved and Adopted: March 21. 1996 Introduced: March 7. 1996 Advertised as adopted on First Reading with Notice of Public Hearing: March 12. 1996 Hearing Held: March 21. 1996 Approved by: Mayor Peter J. Sica Advertised as finally adopted: March 29. 1996 9 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 O'Brien and Semenza and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened foy public input on all resolutions. MJI.RCH 21, 19Qf; PUBLIC HEARING CON'T. HEARI~IG CLOSED ADOPTED t~EETING OP E~!ED - PUBLIC HIPUT ON RESOLUTIONS MARCH 21, 1996 ., RECONVENED Upon roll call, the following were noted present: Mayor Councilmember " " " Peter J. Sica Deborah L. Bialowarczuk James Failace Jack Fazekas William Feingold James O'Brien Sam Semenza " " Borough Attorney Robert Hedesh was also noted present. MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY DRIVE - COOL & CASUAL CAP DAY Mayor sica stated that last year we had a Cool and casual Day sponsored by the Post Office and T-shirts were sold to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. They gave the Jerry Lewis Telethon a substantial amount of money. They are doing it again this year, but their calling it "Cool and Casual cap Day". He asked everyone to participate and buy a cap for $10.00. He told Mike LePree, the Post Office representative, that he will buy ten caps. He asked the Clerk to head up selling the caps in Borough Hall. , ORD I NANCE #96-8 AMENDING CODE - TREES & SHRUBS ORDINANCE #96-8 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for public Hearing to be held April 2, 1996, upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk. FIRST READING Upon individual roll call vote, councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Fazekas, Feingold and Semenza voted ln the affirmative for the adoption. Councilmembers Failace and o'Brien voted No. ORDINANCE #96-8 "AMENDING CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET - CHAPTER 246, ENTITLED "TREES & SHRUBS" ORDINANCE #96-9 CAP IT AL IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE #96-9 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for Public Hearing to be held April 2, 1996, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk. 4 ,,,,., Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and O'Brien RESOLUTION #96-82 "AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A NEW TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR THE 1995-1996 LICENSE TERM" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmember Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-83 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Fazekas RESOLUTION #96-83 "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 #96-84 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-84 "AUTHORIZING PURCHASING AGENT TO ADVERTISE FOR SALE OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. 11 RESOLUTION #96-85 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. t~ARCH 21, 199f; ADOPTEr) RESOLUTION #96-83 PAY~1ENT OF LIJlB IL ITY CLAIt~ GONZALEZ ADOPTED RESOLUTION #9('-84 AUTHORI7ItIG SALE - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ADOPTED RESOLUTION #96-85 TITLE CHANGE FROM CHAUFFEUR TO OMNIBUS OPERATOR ~ . MARCH 21, 1996 COMMENTS CON'T. Mr. Tozzi asked what advantage we would get from the $100,000.00 expenditure. Councilmember Fazekas explained that we are going to be centralizing all of the processing and all of the contracts. We have multiple contracts. We also have different software and hardware requirements. Evidently, what is happening is that we're actually getting overcharged. People are coming in and they are servicing only one or two computers. Our computers are outdated. We have different versions. We have people just sitting there waiting for responses from the computer to come back. We have different versions of the software. All of this is costing us, as we sit here, it's costing us money. What we want to do is centralize so that people can communicate with one another on the same level of hardware and software. He said that he understands that $lOO,OOO.OO....he's worked up a sketch and that is a rough figure. Whether we're going to spend that or not depends. Mr. Tozzi asked if we would save anything. Mayor Sica said that in the long run, we will. Councilmember Fazekas stated that we are not only looking at the Borough itself. We are also looking at ways of communicating, tying in to the Board of Education and the Library. Mayor Sica said we will also tie into the Health Board. councilmember Fazekas said that it would be approximately three months before we can give a precise figure. That will change also as the software and hardware industry lowers its price. Mr. Tozzi asked if he thought about an outside service instead of having it in- house. Councilmember Fazekas said that the outside service will be servicing the hardware or the software. 6 Mr. Tozzi asked about hooking up to their main frame. Other cities are doing that now. Upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-88 "AUTHORIZING PURCHASING AGENT TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR 1996 YEARLY SEWER MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY SEWER WORK" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-89 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Feingold RESOLUTION #96-89 "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SALE BY TAX COLLECTOR" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-90 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Failace and Semenza RESOLUTION #96-90 "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. 13 RESOLUTION #96-91 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. MARCH 21, 199(' ADOPT En RESOLUTI ON #96-89 AUTHORIZING TAX SALE ADOPTED RESOLUTI ON #96-90 AMENDMENT TO TEMPORARY BUDGET ADOPTED RESOLUTION #96-91 OPPOSING RELOCATION - POST OFFICE DRIVEWAY MARCH 21, 1996 ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Feingold ORDINANCE #96-6 "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PURCHASE OF MUNICIPAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING $100,000.00 FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF THE BOROUGH FOR THE COST THERFOR" was finally adopted. upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative for the adoption. Approved and Adopted: March 21. 1996 Introduced: March 7. 1996 Advertised as adopted on First Reading with Notice of Public Hearing: March 12. 1996 Hearing Held: March 21. 1996 Approved by: Mayor Peter J. Sica Advertised as finally adopted: March 29. 1996 ORDINANCE #96-7 DES IGNATING LIMITED PARKING - LINCOLN AVENUE The Clerk stated that Ordinance #96-7 was introduced and passed upon First Reading at a Regular Meeting of the Borough Council of the Borough of Carteret held on March 7, 1996. It was duly published in The Home News and Tribune on March 12, 1996 with notice that it will be considered for final passage after Public Hearing to be held on March 21, 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. PUBLIC HEARING upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Semenza and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the Mayor declared the Public Hearing to be open: " 8 was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-94 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the council for action. Upon MMS&C, Bialowarczuk by Councilmembers Semenza and RESOLUTION #96-94 "AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR SITE INSPECTION" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. Councilmember O'Brien asked if this was for the West Carteret job. Mayor Sica said yes. Councilmember O'Brien asked if this man will be ul timately responsible just in case there's a problem down the road. He knows there were problems with Blanchard Street. He just wants to make sure that he'll be responsible. Mayor Sica said that Mr. cilo is putting the guy on and his ultimate responsibility is that if it's not built according to specifications and his inspector let it go through he's going to be responsible... .his insurance company. The way it's usually done is that you give an engineering company a contract to design and bid it and all of that. Then you hire some engineering company to oversee it. That usually costs 10%. That job up there went for a little over a million dollars. You'd be spending $100,000.00. Doing it this way using our Borough Engineer and then hiring an inspector through an engineering company, it's only costing us $30,000.00. What we are saving is about $70,000.00 doing it this way. 15 RESOLUTION #96-95 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. MARCH 21, 1996 RESOLUTION #9('-93 CON'T. RESOLUTION #9('-94 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - JOHN CILO RE: SITE INSPECTIONS ADOPTED COMMENTS RESOLUTIml #96-95 zOtn Nt; BOARD ALTERNATES MARCH 21, 1996 MEETI NG CLOSED 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. RESOLUTION #96-80 RAFFLE LI CENSE RESOLUTION #96-80 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the council for action. ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-80 "DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF RAFFLE LICENSES TO ST. JOSEPH CHURCH" was adopted. upon individual roll call vote, Councilmember Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-81 TAXICAB OWNER'S LICENSE - ORCH I D TAXI RESOLUTION #96-81 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by councilmembers O'Brien and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-81 "AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TAXICAB OWNER'S LICENSE TO ORCHID TAXI FOR THE 1995-1996 LICENSE TERM" was adopted. upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. 1n RESOLUTI ON #96-82 TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE - ELBASYOUNY RESOLUTION #96-82 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of an application from st. Joseph's Church concerning amending BL1382A by adding games. Upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, it was ordered to be approved. The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of a resolution from the Township of Edison opposing the 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. The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of a resolution from the Borough of Sayreville requesting that communication towers be placed in the same category as other private profit making proprietary enterprises. 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 a resolution from the Middlesex County Board of Taxation establishing 100% as the ratio of assessed to true value of real property to be used for the purpose of assessing taxable values used in levying taxes for 1996. 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: 7 Board of Health - February 1996. Clerk's Office - February 1996; To Treasurer, $1,457.00. Fire - February 1996. Inspection of Buildings - February 1996; Total Estimated Cost of Construction, $454,859.00; To Treasurer, $10,225.00. Treasurer - February 1996. MARCH 21, 1 QQf; APPLIC.ATION ST. JOSEPH'S Cm1MIJN I CATION TOHNSHIP OF EDISON COM~1l1'l I C.AT I ON B0rOW:1I nF SJlynEVILLE CO'1'~UN IC.ATION MIDDLESEX COUNTY BOARD OF TfIX ATION REPORTS - DEPARP'E'ITS MARCH 21, 1996 ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Bialowarczuk and Semenza RESOLUTION #96-85 "APPROVING CHANGE OF TITLE FROM CHAUFFEUR TO OMNIBUS OPERATOR IN THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmember Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTION #96-86 AWARD OF BID COMMINUTOR RESOLUTION #96-86 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-86 "AWARD OF BID - COMMINUTOR" was adopted. upon individual roll call vote, Councilmember Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTI ON #96-87 AWARD OF BID WHEEL LOADER RESOLUTION #96-87 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Failace RESOLUTION #96-87 "AWARD OF BID - WHEEL LOADER" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. 12 RESOLUTI ON #96-88 AUTHORIZE BIDS - YEARLY SEWER MAINTENANCE RESOLUTION #96-88 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. --"''-..~'' ~1ADCH 21, 1996 21 We have offers to purchase that piece of property for a considerable amount of money and our proposal in Trenton was to allow us to sell that piece of property and use that money to augment what we're doing at the civic Center Park, the bids that came in tonight. We appropriated approximately $500,000.00 to do that job and the bids are substantially higher. If we were allowed to sell th~tpiece of land, that's enough money to get that project just about fully funded without having to appropriate more money. We've been trying to do this since 1983. We were successful in getting a piece out on John street, which was a 50XIOO piece of property. We had already built a house on it, so they allowed us to take that out. He said that he is happy to report that we made substantial progress in that this time. What we're going to do is, in the front of the new library, we're going to have approximately 1/2 to 3/4 of an acre that is going to be designated as Green Acres. That makes it possible that we could get funding to do some of the landscaping work. The park in front of the Borough Hall, where the Veteran's Honor Roll is, will be put into Green Acres. The piece of property on Coolidge Avenue, the Fireman's little park, will be put into Green Acres. At the end of Carteret Avenue there is a triangle, a green area with a few benches on it that will be put into Green Acres. We'll make all of those little pieces eligible for funding from Green Acres. By doing that and using the money that we'll sell the Leffert street property for, we'll be able to get that Leffert street piece of property out of Green Acres. He said that he is 99.9% sure that they are going to agree with it. It's going in front of the state House Committee as soon as we can supply them with the pictures. Mr. Spoganetz, who handled the sale of the property, is drawing up the application and the pictures. In addition to that, on Monday he met with the County Engineer, John Reiser. The meeting was very fruitful. Mr. Alan Haag, the Director of the Freeholders, helped to set the meeting up and they were very successful there in getting the county to agree to join forces with the city of Carteret and once and for all, get the bridge in West Carteret moving ahead to make it into a more feasible thing. One of the proposals he made to them was to make two left hand turning lanes onto the turnpike. That will move the traffic in a whole lot faster. In West Carteret there can be ·two left hand turning lanes onto Federal Boulevard, indicating that it is the truck route, keeping trucks out of West Carteret. You're talking about a substantial amount of money to do that. '1A YOR 'S Cm11~P!TS CON'T, Mayor Sica explained that he talked to the Chubb people 'Ñho are going to build the Power Mall and if they continue on the course that they are, it .vill become a reality in the not too distant future and they will participate with money. MARCH 21, 1996 ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-91 "OPPOSING RELOCATION OF POST OFFICE DRIVEWAY" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. RESOLUTI ON #96-92 AUTHORIZE TAX ASSESSOR TO FILE TAX APPEALS RESOLUTION #96-92 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. ADOPTED upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-92 "AUTHORIZING TAX ASSESSOR TO FILE TAX APPEALS" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. COMMENTS Borough Attorney Hedesh stated that this was primarily for settlements that have been effectuated that were not put on the books or pursuant to ordinance's passed by the Borough. RESOLUTION #96-93 PROFESS IONAL SERVICES - SCHANTZ, ESQ. RE: STATE VS BOLAND RESOLUTION #96-93 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. ADOPTED upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk 14 RESOLUTION #96-93 "AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR LEGAL SERVICES" ../ PARKS & RECREATION: commi ttee Chairman Bialowarczuk reported that the Parks Department is just about done cutting all of the trees. As we've said before, the new trees will be in in May. If people need their sidewalks repaired, they should get them repaired prior to the new trees coming in and being planted. Mr. Kolibas did get a chance to go out and help a few people after the storm we had the other night. We had quite a few trees down. A lot of people were very thankful that he gave them a hand. committee Chairman Bialowarczuk reported that they will be starting to clean up the Parks for the Little League season. They are a little bit behind, only because of the bad weather. They are putting in a new back stop on the Louis street ballpark and they should be ready to open for Little League's opening day on April 13, 1996. committee Chairman Bialowarczuk reported that the bulletin board by Shop-Rite is first come, first served. Mr. Kolibas had an excellent idea that we should have gotten two bulletin boards because there's so many people that want to put information on there. She said that she wishes that we could make it easier, but we can't. committee Chairman Bialowarczuk reminded everyone that Sunday is Handicapped Awareness Day. She invited everyone to come out to st. Demetrius in the afternoon. She reported Progress. PUBLIC WORKS: committee Chairman Semenza reported that under streets and Road, hopefully, winter is over. He thanked all of the people of Carteret for their cooperation this year. The first snowstorm was a disaster as far as cooperation, but after that and after seeing the problems people were having with their parking cars on the street and not moving them when they have fair warning, people did a great job in the storms that followed. The Mayor and council would like to thank Mr. surick who did a fine job and also Mr. Kolibas who assisted in snow removal and plowing. councilmember Semenza reported that under Recycling, sally Messler is doing a fine job. He is glad to see the cooperation of the people when we have a wind storm like the other night, that the people stay home and off the streets. We didn't have that much rain, but we did have a lot of power lines down. 19 committee Chairman Semenza reported that the Sewer Department will continue the catch basin clean-ups. They are just about finished with half of West Carteret. t1Af~CH 21, 199f; STAtl!1ING CO~MITTEES CON'T. MARCH 21, 1996 ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and Bialowarczuk RESOLUTION #96-95 "APPROVING POLICY FOR APPOINTMENTS OF ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE ZONING BOARD TO REGULAR MEMBERSHIP" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. COMMENTS Councilmember Semenza said that for over a year they've been talking about moving in this direction. Our alternates that come up month after month on these boards show good attendance, pick up the knowledge of what's going on and then unfortunately, when members come in, the members go into a permanent position and the alternates remain alternates. We feel that isn't fair and this will allow us to move up al ternates to open positions. We believe that it's a fair system and it should work. RESOLUTION #96-96 ABC TRANSFER HISPANIC CLUB RESOLUTION #96-96 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Councµ for action. ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Semenza and o'Brien RESOLUTION #96-96 "AUTHORIZING PLACE-TO-PLACE TRANSFER OF A.B.C. LICENSE #1201-31-063-001, HISPANIC DEMOCRATIC AND SOCIAL CLUB OF CARTERET, INC. FROM: 93 ROOSEVELT AVENUE TO: 61 ROOSEVELT AVENUE" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas, Feingold, O'Brien and Semenza voted in the affirmative. PAYMENT 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. 1f; George Malek, 32 Ann street, said that he noticed that on Hayward Avenue there was a dormant building. Someone had purchased it and made a new front on it and it looks beautifu1. He understands that it is a carpet company. He said that he was amazed at all of the grafitti that he has seen around there. He took pictures. The Hayward Pump station has a high fence and they put grafitti there. The Cardinal China building and the VFW has graffiti. Cleveland Arms had it but it was cleaned up. The two buildings at Civic Center Park are a disgrace. If they are caught, they should be made to take if off and paint the building at their own expense. Mayor sica said that he instructed the police Department that the person they catch, he will personally sign the complaint against them and personally go to court against them and make sure that their parents or someone pays the maximum fine of $1,000.00. Mr. Malek complained that unbelievable. The people have and report it. W. carteret is to stick together Mayor sica said that he has instructed the police Department to crack down on it as hard as possible and we will enforce the law to its maximum. We do have an ordinance on the books and he has someone looking to get him additional ordinances from other towns to see if there is a stronger one. Jose Perez spoke through an asked about street cleaning. went to the municipal building and the guy snapped at him. what streets were cleaned and told by some guy that he only interpreter. He He said that he and asked about it He inquired as to what times and was does by his house. Mayor Sica said that we don't have a schedule to clean streets because if it's too cold, we can't spray water. If it's raining, we can't clean the street. We try to get around as much as we could. He said that he will check tomorrow why that man said he does only by his house and no place else and why he said it's not his business. He will be down there tomorrow to check. 23 Mr. Perez said that it was not the guy on the machine, it was the guy in the office who said this to him. Mayor sica said that is where he is going. t1ARCH 21, 1 qqF PUBLI C DISCUSSION CON'T. MARCH 21, 1996 STANDING CQt1MITTEES BUILDING & GROUNDS: Committee Chairman 0' Brien reported that a few weeks ago Patrick DeBlasio had a group come to put new lighting fixtures in the Hall. Last week at the Agenda Meeting they approached the Council and the Council approved for them to come in to take care of the Police Building, Fire Building, the Borough Hall and the Borough Garage. It will ultimately end up being a savings in our electric bill for the future. Ray Tobias is doing his usual good job around Borough Hall. He reported Progress. FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION: Committee Chairman Failace reported that he received a letter from the State Department of Community Affairs in reference to our discretionary aid. They have not decided on what that amount is going to be yet, but they said they have received the application. Hopefully, we'll have a number by the end of the month and we'll see where we stand with the budget. Also, we received a letter from the Department of Transportation that we received $13,000.00 to fix our potholes. Mayor Sica added that we're receiving $12,836.00. councilmember Failace said that the money will certainly help us. He reported Progress. FIRE: Committee Chairman Fazekas reported that they are looking at specifications for a new aerial tower. He had an impromptu meeting with the Fire Department to go over schedules for the training and also for looking at training in terms of the EMT's. POLICE: Committee Chairman Feingold reported that everyone is familiar with the intersection by the Chevrolet dealership. Many times motorists disregard the red light and proceed right through and use the left....(inaudible)...to West Carteret and go straight on to the turnpike creating a real hazzard there in a busy part of town. The police have been actively monitoring that intersection and making traffic stops and issuing summonses to violators. He commended the Police Department on that. He told everyone to beware and not to run that red light. He reported Progress. 18 COUNCIL MEETING BUILDING ESCROW D'Amino Dauman Recycling C.D.I. Watkinson, Thomas $7,785.44 120.40 94.16 1,755.00 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PATFII CK# 7270-7291 SUI TRUST N.J. Employment Security Agency 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 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TOTAL CHARGES TO DOG TRUST FUND TOTAL March 21, 1996 $9,755.00 2,538.40 476.39 246,432.80 405,916.82 11,644.40 405.72 1,946.24 659,826.88 48,996.00 512.81 0.00 $1,388,451.46