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MAY 2, 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/Police Facility, 230 Roosevelt Avenue,
Carteret, New Jersey on Thursday, May 2, 1996.
REGULAR
~1EETING
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Upon individual roll call vote, the following
were noted present:
ROLL
CALL
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Peter J. Sica
Deborah L. Bialowarczuk
James Failace
William Feingold
James O'Brien
Mayor
Councilmember
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Noted absent was Councilmember Jack Fazekas.
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.
PRAYER,
PLEn(;E OF
ALLEGIANCE
The Clerk stated that on April 26, 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.
STATEHENT
nF
~1EETING
Upon lÆMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold and
Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of
the four members present, the minutes of April 2,
1996 were approved as transcribed and engrossed
by the Clerk.
APPROVAL
OF
MINUTES
Mayor Sica announced that the Republican Party
submitted three (3) names to fill the vacant
Council seat. He asked the Council for a
nomination to fill that seat.
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TO VACANT
r:oUNCIL
SEAT
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Counc.ilmember Bialowarczuk nominated Joseph James
Kiraly. Councilmember Feingold second it.
MAY 2, 1996
MOTI ON
TO
TABLE
Councilmember O'Brien made a motion to
table the nomination. Councilmember
Failace second the motion.
At approximately 7:32 P. M. Councilmember
Fazekas was noted present.
COUNCILMEMBER
FAZEKAS
NOTED
PRESENT
Borough Attorney Hedesh explained that
there was a motion to appoint James
Kiraly to the vacant position. There is
a vote pending to table that motion.
TABLED
Councilmembers Failace,
O'Brien voted yes to
nomination. Councilmembers
and Feingold voted No.
Fazekas and
table the
Bialowarczuk
COMMENTS
Mayor Sica stated that he can't believe
that they are tabling this nomination.
He referred to a stack of bills which are
two to three months old that various
members of the council have not signed.
He said that they are not doing their
jobs and it happens to be the Democratic
Councilmembers.
Councilmember Failace said that is not
true. He said that he signed everything
and he has never gotten anything back.
Mayor Sica referred to the garbage bill
that cannot be paid, noting that four
people have to sign the bills.
Councilmember Failace said that the bills
have to be given to them.
The Mayor noted that all of these bills
were presented to the Council at the
Agenda Meetings. It seems that nobody
wants to sign them.
Councilmember Failace questioned whether
or not Councilmembers Bialowarczuk and
Feingold go through other department's
(bills) unless they are given to them.
Councilmember Bialowarczuk said that she
signs all of her departments.
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Councilmember Failace agreed and said that he
signs all of his departments, also. He said that
he'd appreciate being told if another signature
is needed.
CQf1MENTS
The Mayor referred to a folder, noting that the
Committeemembers are Semenza, Feingold and
Fazekas and Councilmember Fazekas' name is not on
any of them. He told Councilmember O'Brien that
he is on the Police Committee and his signature
is not on any of them. Nobody signed the
$5,000.00 for the Municipal Alliance.
Councilmember O'Brien stated that requisitions
over $2,500.00 require four signatures. Bills
only require two signatures from two members of
the committee. Every committee, with the
exception of Municipal Garage has two Republicans
on the committee.
Mayor Sica said that they signed everyone of
theirs.
Councilmember O'Brien said that then they should
be signed.
Mayor Sica disagreed and said that it takes four
signatures to do it.
Councilmember O'Brien disagreed.
The Mayor noted that he
everyone himself before
signs everyone before they
mathematics on them, too.
personally initial's
they are paid and he
are paid and does the
Mayor Sica questioned when these people are
supposed to get paid.
Councilmember Failace said that he signs all of
his bills.
The Mayor said that he gets calls from people
that say that we are not paying our bills.
The Mayor and Councilmember Failace argued about
the number of signatures needed on a bill.
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This was the night advertised to receive bids for
a 1996 Chevrolet Suburban or equivalent and the
Mayor called for all bids. Upon MMS&C, by
Councilmembers Failace and O'Brien and unanimous
affirmative vote of the five members present, the
Clerk was directed to open and read aloud all
bids received which were as follows:
BIDS
1996
CHEVROLET
SUBURBAN
OR E()LJIVALENT
MAY 2, 1996
BIDS
CON' 1.
Bidder
Jim Curley Pontiac/
GMC
Rt. 9 POB 516
Lakewood, NJ 08701
10%
BB
Bid Price
$33,793.00
HELD
FOR
STUDY
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and
Failace and unanimous affirmative vote of
the five present, the bids were held for
study.
ORDINANCE
#96-11
AMENDING
CODE -
ESCROW FEES
ORDINANCE #96-11 was introduced and
adopted on First Reading and the Clerk
authorized and directed to advertise same
for Public Hearing to be held May 16,
1996, upon MMS&C, by Counci1members
Bia10warczuk and Fazekas.
FIRST
READING
Upon individual roll call vote,
Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace,
Fazekas, Feingold and O'Brien voted in
the affirmative for the adoption.
ORDINANCE #96-11
"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 160
OF THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF
CARTERET, ARTICLE VI, ENTITLED LAND
DEVELOPMENT - MINIMUM ESCROW FEES.
COMMENTS
Councilmember O'Brien asked
be paid by the people
application to the boards.
if this would
making the
Mayor Sica asked him who he thinks would
pay it.
Councilmember O'Brien said that he just
wanted to make sure.
ORDINANCE
#96-12
INTERNET
FEES
ORDINANCE #96-12 was introduced and
adopted on First Reading and the Clerk
authorized and directed to advertise same
for Public Hearing to be held May 16,
1996, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers
Failace and Fazekas.
FIRST
READING
Upon individual roll call vote,
Cocmcilmembers Failace, Fazekas and
O'Brien voted in the affirmative for the
adoption. Councilmembers Bialowarczuk
and Feingold voted No.
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ORDINANCE #96-12
ORDINANCE
#96-12
CON'T.
"AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A FEE
FOR SPACE ON THE CARTERET INTERNET
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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 Failace and
unanimous affirmative vote of the five members
present, the meeting was opened for public input
on all resolutions.
MEETINr;
OPENEJ1 -
PUBLIC INPUT
ON
RESOLUTIONS
Harriet Leone referred to Resolution #96-125,
License Renewal for Carteret Mobile Park and
noted that all of the big tanks have been
removed. There are still some small ones, but
all of the big ones have been moved to the north
side.
Mayor Sica said that he will call tomorrow to
make sure that the small one are removed, too.
There being no further comments or objections to
the Resolutions, the Mayor declared the Public
Hearing to be closed upon MMS&C, by
Councilmembers Bialowarczuk and Failace and
unanimous affirmative vote of the five members
present.
MEETINr;
CLOSEn
RESOLUTION #96-124 was introduced by the Mayor
and was referred to the Council for action.
RESOLUTION
#96-124
BHIr;o
LICENSE
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Failace
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RESOLUTION #96-124
"DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF BINGO
LICENSES TO CARTERET JEWISH
COMMUNITY CENTER"
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was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote,
Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas,
Feingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative.
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RESOLUTION
#96-125
TRAILER PARK
LICENSE RENEWAL -
CARTERET
MOBILE PARK
RESOLUTION #96-125 was introduced by the
Mayor and was referred to the Council for
action.
ADOPTED
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers
Bialowarczuk and Failace
RESOLUTION #96-125
"AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF A TRAILER
PARK LICENSE TO CARTERET MOBILE PARK,
AT 1501 ROOSEVELT AVENUE FOR THE
1995-1996 LICENSE TERM"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call
vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk,
Failace, Fazekas and Feingold voted in
the affirmative. Councilmember O'Brien
abstained.
RESOLUTION
#96-126
TEMPORARY
BUDGET
RESOLUTION #96-126 was introduced by the
Mayor and was referred to the Council for
action.
ADOPTED
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers
Bialowarczuk and Feingold
RESOLUTION #96-126
"AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO THE 1996
TEMPORARY BUDGET"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call
vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk,
Failace, Fazekas, Feingold and 0' Brien
voted in the affirmative.
RESOLUTION
#96-127
REVIEW 1995
AUDIT
RESOLUTION #96-127 was introduced by the
Mayor and was referred to the Council for
action.
ADOPTED
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Failace and
Feingold
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RESOLUTION #96-127
"REVIEW OF 1995 AUDIT"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote,
Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas,
Feingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative.
RESOLUTION #96-128 was introduced by the Mayor
and was referred to the council for action.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Bialowarczuk and
Failace
RESOLUTION #96-128
"AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A
TAXICAB OWNER'S LICENSE FOR THE
1996-1997 LICENSE TERM TO EAGLE
CAB COMPANY"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote,
Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas,
Feingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative.
RESOLUTION #96-129 was introduced by the Mayor
and was referred to the council for action.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Bialowarczuk and
O'Brien
RESOLUTION #96-129
"AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF TWO
(2) TAXICAB DRIVERS LICENSES FOR
THE 1996-1997 LICENSE TERM"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote,
Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas,
Feingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative.
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RESOLUTION #96-130 was introduced by the Mayor
and was referred to the Council for action.
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RESOLUTION
#96-127
CON'T .
RESOLUTION
96-128
TAXICAB
OWNER'S
LICENSE -
EAGLE CAB CO.
ADOPTED
RESOLUTION
#91'-129
TAXICAB
J1RIVER'S
LICENSE
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RESOLUTION
#96-130
REFUNJ1 OF
TAX AND/OR
SEHER FEES
MAY 2, 1996
ADOPTED
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers
Bialowarczuk and Failace
RESOLUTION #96-130
"AUTHORIZING REFUND OF TAX AND/OR
SEWER FEES"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call
vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk,
Failace, Fazekas, Feingold and 0' Brien
voted in the affirmative.
RESOLUTI ON
#96-131
OPPOSING MERGER
OF GENERAL
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS
RESOLUTION #96-131 was introduced by the
Mayor and was referred to the Council for
action.
ADOPTED
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Failace and
O'Brien
RESOLUTION #96-131
"OPPOSITION OF LEGISLATION TO MERGE
MUNICIPAL GENERAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS INTO COUNTY BOARDS OF
SOCIAL SERVICES"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call
vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk,
Failace, Fazekas, Feingold and O'Brien
voted in the affirmative.
RESOLUTION
#96-132
APPOINTING
CHAPMAN -
BUILDING
SERVICE
WORKER
RESOLUTION #96-132 was introduced by the
Mayor and was referred to the Council for
action.
ADOPTED
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers
Bialowarczuk and Feingold
RESOLUTION #96-132
"APPOINTING THOMAS CHAPMAN TO THE
POSITION OF BUILDING SERVICE WORKER"
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MAY 2, 1996
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote,
Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas,
Feingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative.
RESOLUTION
#96-132
CON' 1.
RESOLUTION #96-133 was introduced by the Mayor
and was referred to the Council for action.
RESOLUTION
#96-133
LIABILITY
CLAIM -
ADVANCED
RECYCLING
TECHNOLOGY
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Bialowarczuk and
O'Brien
ADOPTED
RESOLUTION #96-133
"AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF LIABILITY
CLAIM"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote,
Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas,
Feingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative.
RESOLUTION #96-134 was introduced by the Mayor
and was referred to the Council for action.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Failace and O'Brien
RESOLUTION
#96-134
TRI\.NSFER OF
BOROUGH
VEHICLES
TO BO!\RD
OF EDUCATION
ADOPTEJ1
RESOLUTION #96-134
"AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF BOROUGH
VEHICLE TO CARTERET BOARD OF
EDUCATION"
was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote,
Counci1members Bialowarczuk, Failace, Fazekas,
Feingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative.
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Upon MHS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold 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,
E'eingold and O'Brien voted in the affirmative.
PI\,Y'1ENT
OF
BILLS
MAY 2, 1996
APPLI CATION
VOLUNTEER
FIRE CO. #2
The Clerk stated that she was in receipt
of a communication from Carteret
Volunteer Fire Co. #2 concerning approval
of new members James McKinney, Henry
Rokosz and Michael Spolizino.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold
and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative
vote of the five members present, it was
ordered to be approved.
COMMUNICATION
VOLUNTEER
FIRE CO. #2
The Clerk stated that she was in receipt
of a communication from Carteret
Volunteer Fire Co. #2 concerning
resignations in good standing of John
Muzyka and Matt Krynski.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold
and Bialowarczuk and unanimous
affirmative vote of the five members
present, it was ordered to be received
and placed on file.
COMMUNICATION
CARTERET AIR
POLLUTION
COMMISSIOtJ
The Clerk stated that she was in receipt
of a communication from the Carteret Air
Pollution Commission concerning a meeting
time change from 8:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
on the first Monday of each month.
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold
and Bialowarczuk and unanimous
affirmative vote of the five members
present, it was ordered to be received
and placed on file.
COMMUNICATION
CARTERET
POST OFFICE
The Clerk stated that she was in receipt
of a communication from the Carteret Post
Office concerning Customer Appreciation
Day, May 10, 1996, 11: 00 A.M. to 2: 00
P.M. .
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold
and Bialowarczuk and unanimous
affirmative vote of the five members
present, it ~~ordered to be received and
placed on file.
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The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of a
Notice of Public Hearing from the Middlesex
County Division of Solid Waste Management
concerning an Amendment to the Solid Waste
Management Plan, Public Hearing to be held May
16, 1996, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
COM~1UN I CATI ON
MIDDLESEX
COUNTY DIVISION
OF SOLI D
WAST E
MANAGEMENT
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold and
Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of
the five members present, it was ordered to be
received and placed on file.
The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of an
Ordinance from the Township of Woodbridge
concerning an amendment to their Land Use and
Development Ordinance, Public Hearing to be held
May 7, 1996, re: Parking of Vehicles on Lawns.
cm1~1UNICATION
HOOJ1BR WGE
TOWNSHIP
Upon MMS&C, by councilmembers Feingold and
Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of
the five members present, it was ordered to be
received and placed on file.
The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of the
following reports:
REPORTS -
DEPARTt1ENTS
Fire - March 1996
Welfare - March 1996
Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Feingold and
O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the
five members present, all reports were ordered to
be received and placed on file.
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS: Committee Chairman O'Brien
reported that Patrick DeBlasio and Anthony
Neibert finished up the specifications for
electrical work at Borough Hall. Ray Tobias has
finished cleaning out the office underneath the
front steps. He will be discussing Mr. Parmar's
ideas about the front steps. The requisition for
the parking lot was signed at the last meeting
and a date will soon be set to start working on
that. The carpet should be done soon, as well.
He reported Progress.
STANDING
COf1MITTEES
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FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION: Committee Chairman
Fai1ace reported that Mr. DeBlasio was out sick
last week. He scheduled a meeting for May 13,
1996 to finalize the budget with the Council. He
reported Progress.
MAY 2, 1996
STANDING
COMMITTEES
CON'T.
FIRE: Committee Chairman Fazekas
welcomed the new Volunteer's from Company
#2, James McKinney, Henry Rokosz and
Michael Spolizino. They are looking into
making the fire truck a pump truck and
will be talking about that with Mr.
Greenberg.
PARKS & RECREATION: Committee Chairman
Bialowarczuk reported that they are still
planting trees and, as of today, they
finished up pretty much in West Carteret.
They had to stop twice this week to take
a couple of trees down and that slowed
them down a little. The fields are being
maintained for baseball games, the grass
is being cut. The empty lots have to be
taken care of also. Next week they will
start the spring planting of flowers in
the park and in all of the flower boxes
in town. This week, Mr. Kolibas is on
vacation and Rudy Stark is in charge of
the parks. If anyone has any questions
they can call Mr. Stark. She reported
Progress.
POLICE: Committee Chairman Feingold
reported that he attended the annual PBA
dinner again this year. It was a nice
affair. He congratulated the police
awardees, as well as the civilian
honorees. It's interesting to see the
many individuals that you don't know and
some of the heroism that is performed
both by the civilians and members of the
Police Department. He said that he
attended a SUDS (stop Underage Drinking
Seminar) Seminar at the Holiday Inn. It
was very informative. The tavern owners
and employees were invited. It was in
conjunction with the Middlesex County's
Prosecutor's Office and the Carteret
Police Department Dare Officers, Thomas
Curran was there along with a
representative from the Prosecutor's
Off ice. They talked about how to spot
underaged drinking, how to check fake
ID's, and the penalties for violating a
lot oÍ the laws.
Committee Chairman Feingold reported that
he will be riding with Officer Tarrant on
his monthly ride to get another
perspective from another officer
patrolling. That should prove to be
quite interesting. He said that he will
have a further report on that. He
reported Progress.
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PUBLIC WORKS: Committee Member Feingold reported
Progress.
STANJ1ING
COMMITTEES
CON'T.
MUNICIPAL GARAGE SERVICES: Committee Chairman
Failace reported that he has spoken with Mr.
Kazio and Mr. Moylan is doing better. He is in
our prayers. There is a bus that has been laid up
since last year that we were hoping to get to
before the accident with Mr. Moylan. He talked
to Mr. Kazio and he wants to talk to the Mayor
about the possibility of sending this bus out to
have it fixed and get it back on the road. He
reported Progress.
The Mayor asked for nominations for Council
President, but no name was proposed so he asked
for a motion to open the meeting to the public.
Councilmember Bialowarczuk made the motion and
Councilmember Failace second it. Mayor Sica said
that the meeting was opened to the public.
NOtHNATION
OF COUNCIL
PRES IDENT
Councilmember O'Brien asked if there were any
nominations.
Mayor Sica said that they moved right through it
and no one made a nomination.
Councilmember O'Brien said that he would nominate
himself.
Mayor Sica said that he couldn't do that and
asked the Borough Attorney if he could.
Borough Attorney Hedesh noted that you cannot
nominate yourself for any position.
The Mayor again stated that the meeting is opened
to the public.
Councilmember Failace said that they have a right
to nominate.
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councilmember Failace made a motion to nominate
Councilmember O'Brien to the position of Council
President. Councilmember Fazekas second the
motion. Upon individual roll call vote,
Councilmembers Failace, Fazekas and O'Brien voted
in the affirmative. Councilmember Bialowarczuk
voted No. Councilmember Feingold abstained.
O'BRIEN
CONFIR~1EJ1 AS
COUNCI L
PRES WENT
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MAY 2, 1996
PUBLI C
DISCUSSION
5 MINUTE
LIMIT
Upon MMS&c, by councilmembers Failace and
O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of
the five Councilmembers present, the
meeting was opened to the public.
William Kolibas,
Fazekas why he
appointment of a
Jr. asked Councilmember
voted to table the
Borough Council person.
Councilmember Fazekas said that this is
the first time that he saw it. He
explained that Mr. Vesey resigned from
one of the boards because of health
problems. He stated that he would like
to at least know a little about the
candidates or get some more information.
They were not given this opportunity at
the Agenda meeting.
Mr. Kolibas asked him if he agrees that a
government elected by the people serves
better when all of its members are
present on the board.
councilmember Fazekas said that he agrees
with that.
John Vesey stated that he never resigned
from the Zoning Board because of health
reasons. They were not his words.
Councilmember Fazekas asked him what his
words were.
Mr. Vesey said he quit.
Pat Crilley said that he read in the
paper about the hazardous waste plant in
Linden that GAF is planning to build. He
asked if Carteret is taking a stand and
if there are any resolutions opposed to
it.
Mayor Sica said that we passed
resolutions against it but that he also
went there and spoke in front of about
1,000 people. He said that he is for
incineration 100%, but not for toxic
waste incineration. He said that he gave
those people his word that if they
attempt to bui_ld that facility there, he
will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with
them, knocking it down as fast as they
are putting it up. We've taken a strong
stand against it. We're on record.
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Mr. Crilley asked what the current status of the
plant is. According to the paper, Linden stood
a chance of getting it rejected recently.
Mayor Sica said that the current status is that
Linden doesn't have the right to reject it. The
Commissioners have approved it with provisos, one
being that there is an entrance and an exit
directly off the turnpike into it. The Judge
ruled that the health and safety plan did not
show that there will be ways for people to
evacuate if there was a problem with some of the
chemicals coming through the town. The Judge
then ruled that they can get an approval from the
turnpike to put an entrance and an exit there.
Then they might reconsider. In the interim, it
is knocked down because of that. Getting the
turnpike to approve that is like slim to nothing.
It would cost many millions of dollars, but not
just that, it's the cost of putting someone at
that toll booth. If you put a toll booth there,
can you tell people that they can't use it too?
He said that he doesn't think that it'll ever get
approved by the turnpike. The State of New
Jersey and the U. S. Government have got to look
at toxic waste and a way to get rid of it. He
said that he doesn't think, that the place to do
it is in Linden next to the city of Carteret.
There are many outlying areas where something
like that can be built if it is an absolute
necessity to keep industries like that in the
country, but not Linden N. J. next to Carteret.
We will actually be closer to it than 90% of the
residents in Linden.
Councilmember Failace added that he thinks that
the last report that .he saw said that there is
less toxic waste to go there.
Mayor Sica said that less toxic waste scares him.
Is this country using any less material than we
used twenty years ago? The only difference is
that it's all being made somewhere else now and
we don't have the jobs.
Paul Wolfe referred to the Urban Enterprise Zone
Meeting in the morning. He said that he went to
three companies and was turned down for a job.
People who are on welfare, try to get work to get
off welfare and the companies are not living up
to their obligations.
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and said that every
here so far has
the City of Carteret.
Mayor Sica disagreed
company that has come
hired many people from
MAY 2, 1996
PUBLI C
J1I SCUSS ION
CON'T.
MAY 2, 1996
PUBLIC
DISCUSSION
CON'T.
They don't just give everybody a job.
You have to be qualified for the job. He
said that he knows of one company alone
tha t has forty employees and has hired
twenty from Carteret. White Rose hires a
lot of people from Carteret. He referred
to a company hiring thirty high school
students for part-time summer work. Just
because someone is from Carteret doesn't
mean that you will be hired.
Mr. Wolfe said that there was a system
set up in Borough Hall to accept resumes.
Borough Attorney Hedesh and Mayor Sica
said that Karen Fedroff ran that.
The Mayor explained that if someone fills
out a Borough employment application and
someone calls him, he sends the person
for the job. He has sent many people to
L & M Foods.
Mr. Wolfe explained the problems he is
having getting a job and noted that his
applications and resumes are mysteriously
disappearing. He said that he doesn't
know if it is him or the system down at
White Rose.
Mayor Sica said that he doesn't think
that it is the system at White Rose.
White Rose has been quite successful in
running their system the way they want
to. It's not their problem, but it may
be his problem.
Mr. Wolfe said that the system has to be
changed.
The Mayor said that he can't tell White
Rose how to run their office or who to
hire or not to hire. He said that he has
sent many people to White Rose and D. B.
Brown that have gotten jobs. People that
sat on this Council got jobs at those
particular companies. He said that he's
gotten people jobs at L & M Foods, DSL
Atlantic, FMI, FMC and GATX.
Mayor Sica asked Paul Wolfe what kinds of
jobs he applied for.
Mr. Wolfe mentioned various jobs.
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The Mayor said that he knows that he
applied for a job as a security guard.
MAY 2, 1991'
Once they took a look at his problems, they were
not going to hire him as a security guard.
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Mr. Wolfe said that was true. They offered him
another position as a janitor but somebody opened
up their big mouth in town and said that the
Senior Ci ti zen's were afraid of him. He said
that he thinks that the Mayor and Council should
sit down with him and talk.
The Mayor said that he didn't think they should
sit down wi th him. He thinks that he has a
problem that he has to solve. Every time he comes
to him with something, it causes a problem. Last
week he came to him concerning a different group
and he got calls from allover the country saying
that he is not a representative of Dick Clark.
Mr. Wolfe said that he never said that he was an
authorized representative.
Mayor Sica said that he has a flyer on his desk.
We passed a resolution endorsing this fundraiser.
Mr Wolfe noted that it is a group called "Why
Me". They cancelled it and called him the day
before.
The Mayor told Mr. Wolfe that he has a personal
problem and he has to get his act together. He
said that he is not here to solve his personal
problems and he can't help him.
Mr. Wolfe said that he agrees with the signs on
both sides of town, Carteret is a proud
community. He spoke about his former job at the
Office on Aging. There was an accusation made
that was untrue. He said that he came to the
Mayor and he was supposed to check into it. He
was terminated for no reason at all.
Mayor Sica said
what happened.
here.
that he will tell him tomorrow
This should not be discussed
Jessie Bagala asked what is being done with the
proposed Youth Center.
Mayor Sica said that today he met with Abbott
Contracting Co., the low bidder. They are giving
him some revised numbers on changing the roof
specifications that could save us some money and
a few other things that they looked at today.
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Mrs. Bagala said that the kids need someplace to
go.
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Mayor Sica noted that today the minister
from the First Presbyterian Church met
with him and they discussed basically the
same thing. They are willing to open up
the annex to their church, which is like
a gymnasium, in the interim, for some
kind of youth center. Last week they met
with United Way and Catholic Charities
and they have somewhere between
$20,000.00 and $60,000.00 that can be
used for a full time director, etc.. The
Mayor said that his wife will get in
touch with them tomorrow to see if she
can set up a meeting to see if we can use
this annex and money until we get our
Library and Community Center. Our
ultimate goal is to build a Library and
Communi ty Center on the property over
here and utilize the existing Senior
Citizen Center as a full service
Recreation Facility. That's in the
future, but in the interim, he is working
wi th the First Presbyterian Church on
carteret Avenue.
Mayor Sica referred to the Sports Complex
and noted that he met with the contractor
that is going to put in the concrete
foundation and they are working on a
schedule on that right now. His
contention is that they designed
something that services all different
recreation facilities, football, Little
League, Girls Softball, Girl's Cheering,
a concession stand, lights, revising the
football field to the right size and
whatever the cost is going to be, the
cost is going to be. He recommended
years ago that the schools be fixed. Two
(2) members of the school board are here.
He said that he is the happiest person in
the world that they're finally doing
something with the schools. He is not
happy with what we are doing, but it's
better than what we have. Unfortunately,
the people didn't even support the school
board. We are piecemealing it instead of
doing it the way we wanted to do it if we
had the support of the people.
Pat Crilley said that they could have
done a better job, but he believes that
they are going in the right direction.
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Mayor Sica agreed that we are going in
the right direction, but maybe not far
enough, not through Mr. Crilley or Mr.
Parisi's fault.
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Mr. Crilley said that with what they have,
they've gone as far as they can go.
The Mayor said that he is not going to cut
corners on a recreation building that he
considers, is going to sit there for sixty or
seventy years to benefit the youth of Carteret.
If it means spending an extra couple of thousands
of dollars, then let's up spend it today because
today's dollars is not tomorrow's dollars. It's
time that the people in the city of Carteret
start to realize that you only get what you pay
for. Decent schools, a Library, Community Center
and a marina park entice people to want to live
in the Borough of Carteret. If we don't have
these things, the town is going to continue to
decrease in value. Each and every home is going
to decrease in value.
Jessie Bagala said that she heard that council
doesn't want to give the Catholic Schools busing.
She said that one of the Councilmembers
complained about the busing. She stated that if
four children go the Catholic School, they are
saving four seats in their school. They deserve
at least busing, if nothing else.
Mayor Sica said that in all honesty, he has never
heard a Councilmember say that. It is a fact, we
will be sitting down with the Board of Education
and let them bring it up then.
Pat Crilley suggested that the Mayor and Council
sit down with the school board to see if they can
come up with something for the high school kids.
Councilmember Bialowarczuk said that she met with
Mrs. O'Grady and discussed what could be done for
the high school kids.
Pat Crilley said they are doing a lot but it's
mostly geared to thirteen and under. We need to
really sit down and come up with some kind of
plan to see what we can do to put some programs
together.
Mayor Sica said that he wants to have some place
for the kids to go. He wants to have a decent
library that kids will want to go to.
That is the only way we are going to stem
the criminal activity, not just in Carteret,
but throughout this country, through
educating the kids and their parents.
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He said that when he spoke to the
minister from the First Presbyterian
Church, they estimate that for every kid
that goes bad, it costs $50,000.00 in
doctoring and psychiatric help, etc.
What is the difference if we spend a
million dollars on the sports building if
we save ten kids in the course of 100
years, we've got our money back.
The Mayor praised the Board of Education
for their stance in getting the schools
done. Maybe he doesn't agree with the
way it was done or maybe they didn't go
far enough.
Pat Crilley said that, unfortunately,
they are bound by that vote.
Mayor Sica said that maybe there is a way
of changing it. He said that he met with
Mr. panigrosso, Mr. Torre and some
financial people. Maybe there is a way
that we can change it and get the other
things they want. He's working on it.
Michael Sica, Republican Chairman in
Carteret, said that they had their
meeting last night and submitted the
three names for Borough Council
consideration to be the new member of the
Governing Body of Carteret. He said that
he stands wholeheartedly behind all three
of the names. What happened tonight is a
real shame. Tonight they spoke about
Carteret's new Library, Community Center,
Senior Citizen's Center, Recreation
Center and Waterfront Proj ect. He said
that everyone of them would love to take
credit for this. Some of them have voted
No on some of the resolutions for these
projects and he understands that because
that is a part of government and they
have their right. The point is that
everyone on this Council should be trying
to move Carteret forward. What the
members of the Democratic Organization
that are sitting on this Council have
done, have deprived the people of
Carteret of the right to have full
representation. He said that
Councilmember Fazekas wants to know
more about the three candidates which
means that he doesn't know carteret.
He hopes that at the next Council
meeting, the first order of business
will be to select one of these
three names. He has never told
anyone how to vote.
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His job as Republican Chairman is to try to elect
people who he thinks will do a good job. When he
submitted the names of John Vesey, Jimmy Kiraly
and Eric Chubenko, they are people who want to do
good for this town. He hopes that at the next
meeting, they give the people of Carteret the
right to have full representation. He is proud
of what he and his organization did for this
town. He said that they are playing politics and
it is his opinion that it is wrong.
Councilmember Failace said that Councilmember
Semenza told him at the last Agenda Meeting that
his problem is that he wants to know too much.
Sometimes that is probably true. He said that he
has nothing against any of the three people's
names they put in. He said that he agrees with
Councilmember Fazekas, that they just got the
three names today. He feels that he should be
able to choose the person that he feels, in his
heart, is the best one. They can call it
politics or whatever they want. If they had the
names two weeks ago and he didn't make a choice,
maybe they'd have the right to feel this way.
All he is asking for is if he can talk to the
gentlemen.
An unidentified
the Middlesex
Commission.
woman asked about the meeting of
County Solid Waste Management
Mayor Sica said that it has nothing to do with
Carteret. It is for a cardboard recycling plant
in South Brunswick. We have to be notified
because we are a member of the Solid Waste
Authority.
Sophie cherepon complained about a van that
almost hit her daughter's car. The van was from
1300 Federal Boulevard and she told the police.
It was from Nobody Beats the wiz. She complained
that the company had drivers operating like this.
Mayor Sica said that her daughter should have
signed a complaint.
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Sophie Cherepon said that she would like to
correct Michael Sica because every person sitting
up there is politically oriented. She doesn't
care if they are Republican or Democrat. They
have their rights. The new councilmembers will
adjust and learn some of the ropes. There isn't
anyone sitting in the audience that isn't
interested in the politics. That's why they're
there.
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Georgia Barron said that she would like
to clear up what was in the paper last
Saturday. She told Councilmember Failace
that she doesn't know where he got his
information.
councilmember Failace explained that
those numbers were a misunderstanding
between him and the newspaper. He is
sorry for that. They voted for it.
Mayor Sica said that the contract is
retroactive to January.
Georgia Barron said that they already had
the vacation pay and clothing allowance.
She doesn't want this town to think that
they are getting the world.
Mayor Sica said that the owner of the
Carteret Shopping Center asked him if it
was true that the Wiz was moving out of
Carteret. The Wiz owns the building in
Carteret and he has been assured that
they will stay here. He was told that
some Councilmembers said that the Wiz is
here five years and didn't have to pay
taxes for five years, so now they are
leaving. The Wiz has been paying full
taxes all of the while they were here.
As a matter of fact, they did something
wrong and they were fined $40,000.00.
Georgia Barron again referred to items in
the contract that they are already
getting which were reported in the
newspaper. She doesn't want people to
think that they are getting all of this
stuff.
Councilmember Failace said
newspaper was repeating the
not only the new items.
that the
agreement,
Mayor Sica said that the school crossing
guards have given the community of
Carteret a great service, not only in
their work, but in their understanding
that this is not a year that they would
get a raise. He hopes that the rest of
the municipal employees understand that
or some of them will be looking for jobs.
Councilmember Failace said that he voted
for the contract.
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Frank Parisi asked if there is a date for
the start of the work on
the... (inaudible) ....Sports Facility.
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Mayor Sica said that they are hoping to have it
finished by the 15th of May. The delivery on the
concrete poles were nine weeks. Then they looked
at galvanized poles. They would cost $3,000.00
more, plus they would have to put a concrete base
in. They agreed to do that. In the interim they
found someone else that would deliver the
concrete poles. The extra cost of the delivery
pushes the date up to this week and it was like
$3,000.00, so they are still saving money. They
don't have to build concrete bases. He told the
contractor that he would set the poles as soon as
they come in. We will save the cost of setting
these poles. The delivery of the light fixtures
themselves was four to five weeks, but there is
an alternate light fixture of the same quality
and the same dollar value so they've changed from
GE to whatever. They are trying to get it done
for the 15th.
Mr. Parisi asked if it will stop the use of the
fields.
Mayor Sica said that it will not stop it.
George Malek spoke about the old Foodtown on
Washington Avenue years ago and how the owner
said that he would donate the building for $1.00
a year for the kids to use. They had dances and
movies in the old telephone building. They had
this for the kids and it didn't cost the town a
penny. They had places to go. Senior Citizen's
used to clean leaves and there never were any
sewer problems. There was a television show.
Then the Democrat's came into power and took
everything away from the kids.
There being no further business or discussion,
upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers O'Brien and Failace
and unanimous affirmative vote of the five
members present, the meeting was adjourned at
approximately 8:35 P.M..
Respectfully submitted,
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Municipal Clerk
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COUNCIL MEETING
BUILDING ESCROW
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
PATFII CK# 7431-7541
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
MAY 2.1996
$0.00
16,470.73
263,382.52
7,636.66
23,123.00
19,964.45
459.90
710,092.20
43.553.74
1,120.00
1,195.00
$1.086.998.20