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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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RECONVENED
Upon roll call, the following were noted
present:
Mayor
Councilmember
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Peter J. Sica
Deborah L. Bialowarczuk
James Failace
Jack Fazekas
William Feingold
James O'Brien
Sam Semenza
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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~1ADCH 21, 1996
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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
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RESOLUTION #96-93
"AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
FOR LEGAL SERVICES"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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