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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1996/10/17 The Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret was called to order by Mayor Peter 1. Sica, 7:30 P.M., Municipal Court/Police Facility, 230 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey on Thursday, October 17,1996. Upon individual roll call vote, the following were noted present: Mayor Peter J. Sica Councilmember Deborah Bialowarczuk " James F ailace " William Feingold " James O'Brien " John Vesey, Jf. Noted absent was Councilmember 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 1. Sica. Mayor Sica called up Dan Beasley from the Office of Emergency Management who presented the Borough of Carteret with a check for $16,605.00 which was received rrom FEMA to help us defray some of the costs from the snow storms. The Mayor said that they took the time to put in the application and it is because of them that the Borough got the $16,605.00. He said that he will personally insist that some of this money be returned to the Emergency Management people to upgrade their equipment. This was the night advertised to receive bids for a 29/32 Passenger Bus and the Mayor called for all bids. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Bialowarczuk and Vesey 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: Bidder 10% Bid Price 1 Wolfington Body Co., Inc. BB 2316 Route 38 POB 160 Monnt Holly, N. 1. 08060 $58,800.00 OCTOBER 17, 1996 REGUL.''I.R ~1EET P!G nCTnBEP 17, loaF P.OLL CALL PRAYER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRESENTATION - OEM BIDS - ADULT PASSENGER BUS OCTOBER 17, 1996 HELD FOR STU DY Upon ~1MS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the five present, the bids were held for study. PRESEínATIO¡¡ - n1C The Mayor introduced representations from the FMC Corp. who presented the Borough with a check for $1,000.00 for the Parks Department. The plant manager thanked the Borough of Carteret for helping to clean up the ferry slip area. They have an environmental honor roll and the Borough of Carteret and FMC made the honor roll of all FMC. Mayor Sica said that as long as we have neighbors like FMC, this Borough will always prosper. We will always be at their disposal if they need us. APPROV f\L OF ~lINUTES Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the five members present, the minutes of August 15th and 22nd, 1996 were approved as transcribed and engrossed by the Clerk. ORD rr~^NCE #96-24 TAX AßATEr1¿NT .I\ND/ OR EXHiPTIm¡ ORDINANCE #96-24 was introduced. Councilmember Failace asked for the Ordinance to be tabled because he had some questions he'd like to discuss. Mayor Sica. said that this is First Reading. Councihnember Failace noted that we have to publish it. The Mayor agreed, but said that he sees no reason to table something like this. Mayor Sica retèrred to the original Ordinance on tax abatements, noting that Councilmembers FedrofI, O'Brien, Pino, Semenza and Ziemba voted for it. Councilmember Failace said that he is not saying that he is against it, just that he has questions. Mayor Sica said that the questions should have been asked at the Agenda Meeting. ') '- Councilmember Failace disagreed and said not necessary. OCTOBER 17, 1996 The Mayor said that he has two weeks from now to get all of the answers he wants. He said that Equipco is a company that he, Community Development and Urban Enterprise have been working with for about a year to entice them to come to Carteret. We have 14 1/2 acres ofland that lie vacant, polluted for the past thirty years. It hasn't brought one penny of ratables, except for the land values and that stays the same. Even if the gentleman gets a tax abatement he still has to pay the taxes on the land. He went in front of the Planning Board and subdivided the fifteen acres of land. He is developing the bad piece. That leaves two more pieces that he can sell or build on and rent to someone else. That brings in more ratables to the City of Carteret, plus he is still paying the land taxes rrom now until doomsday. A year after he starts this particular project he is going to start paying taxes to the City of Carteret. References were made that these companies don't employ any people. There are approximately four-hundred new employees in these companies and at least ten percent come from Carteret. They brought into the City ofCarteret eighteen million dollars worth of new investments. Next year they project to bring in three-hundred thirty- three new jobs. They employ four-thousand three-hundred ninety people, four-hundred thirty- four part time people. It's unbelievable that we can turn this town around like that by giving a little tax incentive rather than letting it stay vacant. ORDHJMlCE #96-24 CON/To The Mayor stated that Staten Island offered Equipco a twenty-five year tax incentive to come to Staten Island. No taxes the first five years, five percent for the next twenty years. Perth Amboy offered them a tax incentive similar to ours. They have an Urban Enterprise designation just like ours. Equipco, a major corporation, wants to come here. We're going to give him a little one year no taxes and for the next five years, twenty, forty, sixty, eighty and one-hundred percent taxes. Still, the land is still going to be paying the exact same amount of money that they paid. If the land value goes up, they pay on that. The only thing that stays stable is the twenty, forty, sixty and eighty until the five years. He said that he thinks that is the way to move Carteret forward and that Councilmember Failace should have asked the questions prior to this meeting. Why not put it out there for First Reading? Why not have people come here knowing these facts and the reason for putting tax incentives in? Mayor Sica noted that Woodbridge gives out a lot of tax incentives. At this point the Mayor and Councilmember Failace argued. 3 Councilmember Failace made a motion to table the Ordinance. Councilmember O'Brien second the moton. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Failace and O'Brien voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Feingold and Vesey voted No. Councilmember Fazekas was noted Absent. ~10T ION TO TAB LE - FAILS The Mayor and Councilmember Failace argued again. OCTOBER 17, 1996 ORDIì:J'.NCE #96-24 CON/To Ordinance #96-24 was adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for Public Hearing to be held November 7, 1996, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and Bialowarczuk. FIRST READmG Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Feingold and Vesey voted in the affirmative for the adoption. Councilmembers Failace and O'Brien voted No. Councilmember Fazekas was noted Absent. ORDINANCE #96-24 "PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEMENT AND/OR EXEMPTION FROM LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE IMPROVE- MENT TO OR CONSTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES" ~1;::ETrriG OPENED - PUBLIC IiiPUT ON RESOLUTIONS A copy of each resolution was placed upon the table for public review prior to the meeting in accordance with the Rules of Council and upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of the five members present, the meeting was opened for public input on all resolutions. AG NDA AlA NDED Mayor Sica asked for a motion to amend the Agenda to add Resolution #96-291 naming the Bocci Ball Court the Louis Pusillo Bocci Ball Court. The dedication will be Wednesday night at 6:00 P.M., Carteret Park. Councilmember Vesey made a motion to amend the Agenda to add Resolution #96-291. Councilmember Bialowarczuk second the motion. Upon unanimous affirmative vote of the five members present, the Agenda was amended. Pat Tozzi said that he had questions on the tax abatement, but the Mayor explained it fully. His questions were all answered. He said that he hopes that everybody realizes that now they know the truth about what is going on. ¡'1EETHJG 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 Vesey and Bialowarczuk and unanimous affirmative vote of the five members present. 4- <~:.,..~,.....< OCTOBER 17, 1996 RESOLUTION #96-287 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. APPOINTING VITALE - U\BORER Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Bialowarczuk and Vesey ADOPTED RESOLUTION #96-287 "APPOINTING KEVIN VITALE - PERMANENT LABORER IN THE RECYCLING DEPARTMENT" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Feingold and Vesey voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers Failace and O'Brien voted No. Councilmember Fazekas was noted Absent. Councilmember Failace stated that he didn't think that this was the time to hire full-time this late in the year. We should look at where we're going to be next year before we do anything like this. This was part of the grant money that was approved a while ago, but it's not time to......(inaudible). Cm1t1E~ns RESOLUTION #96-288 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. RESOLUTImJ #96-288 ÞJ1ENDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RESOLUTION - RE: ALBIri, ESQ. RE: STATE VS CONNOLLY Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Bialowarczuk and Vesey ADOPTED RESOLUTION #96-288 "AMENDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RESOLUTION - BARRY ALBIN, ESQ." 5 was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Feingold, O'Brien and Vesey voted in the affirmative. Councilmember Fazekas was noted Absent. -,."".---- OCTOBER 17, 1996 RESOLUTION #96-289 REJECTING & READVERTISIí,jG BID - STAIR REiWVATIor~ RESOLUTION #96-289 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. þ,DOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councihnembers Vesey and O'Brien RESOLUTION #96-289 "REJECTING AND RE-ADVERTISING BID - MONUMENTAL STAIR RENOVATION - BOROUGH HALL" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Feingold, O'Brien and Vesey voted in the affirmative. Councilmember Fazekas was noted Absent. RESOLUTIOfi #96-290 CHANGE ORDER - fI.ßBOTT CO;iTRACTIí·¡G CO. RESOLUTION #96-290 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for action. J\DOPTE D Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and Bialowarczuk "RESOLUTION APPROV1NG CHANGE ORDER" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Feingold, O'Brien and Vesey voted in the affirmative. Councilmember Fazekas was noted Absent. RESOLUTION #96-2S1 DEDIC/\TIm¡ BOCC I ÐJ\LL COURT LOUIS PUSILLO RESOLUTION #96-291 was introduced by the Mayor and was referred to the Council for actiOlI. 6 ADOPTED Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and Bialowarczuk .~.;" ,.,..../.. OCTOBER 17,1996 RESOLUTION #96-291 RESOLUTION #96-291 cor~ IT. "DEDICATION OF BOCCI BALL COURT TO LOUIS PUSILLO" was adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bialowarczuk, Failace, Feingold, O'Brien and Vesey voted in the affirmative. Councilmembers Fazekas was noted Absent. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey 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, Feingold, O'Brien and Vesey voted in the affirmative. Councilmember Fazekas was noted Absent. PAY~1ENT OF BILLS The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of a communication from EcolSciences, Inc. concerning an application to the DEP for Statewide General Permit #4 Re: Carteret Landfill - Bellemead Development Corp. com1Ui'l I CATI ON - ECOL SCIENCES, INC. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and O'Brien 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 - DEPART~1ENTS Inspection of Buildings - September 1996; Total Estimated Cost of Construction, $616,456.00; To Treasurer, $15,722.00. Treasurer- September 1996. All reports were ordered to be received and placed on file. BUILDINGS & GROUNDS: Committee Chairman O'Brien reported that the final hookup of the electrical upgrade should be done next week. He hopes to get in bids on the steps. Ray Tobias is doing his good job as usual. He reported Progress. STArmING COMt1ITTEES 7 FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION: Committee Chairman Failace reported that by November they should have a pretty good handle on what the budget shortfalls will be in 1997. He would like to get a head start of where we will be and what they have to do to keep our taxes stable. He reported Progress. FIRE: In the absence of Committee Chairman Fazekas, Committee Member Vesey reported Progress. OCTOBER !7, 1996 STÞ,¡WII% COt1t1ITTtcS PARKS & RECREAION~ Committee Chairman Bialowarczuk reported that October 26, 1996 will be the Halloween Parade. Beverly Hedesh has done a great job putting it together this year. Next Thursday, she has called a meeting to be held in the Agenda Room at Borough Hall. Anyone who wants to help can show up that night. There is a lot of work that needs to be done. Committee Chairman Bialowarczuk said that she'd like to comment on the articles in yesterday's paper. We're sitting here tonight talking about the truth and lies. Don't believe in half truths. If a candidate like Mr. Gutowski running for office would like to go after one church he should go after them all, including his own, which is the same parish as hers. The Mayor doesn't do for one church because there's a son who is a political candidate. He does it for all of the churches. When there is a snowstorm, the phone rings and the Mayor does that on his own time out of his own pocket. She said that she is tired of people.....(inaudible).....the office of a Councilmember to the point where they've lost their sense of decency. There's something wrong when you go after somebody who gives of his heart and pocket every time you turn around. She referred to the Mayor giving a woman money to pay her taxes at Christmastime. She said that she'd like to see Mr. Gutowski find a problem with that. That is a decent person. When you go after one church, you go after the people of Carteret. We are all the churches in this town. He does it for everyone, not just for some. That's the truth that should be out in tomorrow's paper, not what she read yesterday. POLICE: Committee Chairman Feingold reported that things are moving right along in the "police Department. He received a letter today indicating Sgt. Robert Talalai and his dog "Shadow" took part in a canine sweep at South Plainfield High School. Just having a dog available is a great deterrent to any illicit activity that is taking place in the town, in high schools particularly. Officer 'falalai is a fine officer. He demonstrated that dog to him and that dog was in the room two seconds when he found the drugs. It's amazing how fast and how efficient that dog is. Good things like this should be accentuated, rather than the bad things. Morale is up, crime is down, enforcement is high, and we have a fine Police Department. He reported Progress. PUBLIC WORKS: Committee Chairman Vesey reported that Mr. Surick is back in the hospital again with kidney stones. The department is being run by Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Radom'~ki, with no problems. They are fixing potholes, and hanging up new signs. There is a man coming in tomorrow to give them a demonstration on the gas tanks at the Borough Garage. He reported Progress. 8 ..... d' ... ,.,..,.~. :---..- OCTOBER 17, 1996 MUNICIPAL GARAGE SERVICES: Committee Chairman Failace reported Progress. STANDING Cm1~1ITTEES CON IT. Mayor Sica reported that he received a letter from Pat Holden about the Cranbury money that we are going to receive. A year and a half ago we passed it and it has taken that long for the State to review all of the projects. We are happy to announce that Cranbury expects to have their plan approved December 4, 1996 and they will be forwarding to Carteret $220,000.00 of the $680,000.00 mid-January. We will be accepting applications for some of that money beginning February 1 st. People can call Pat Holden for an application. He noted that he understands from the people in Trenton that the Readington money will be coming shortly after that. That is about another two million dollars. MAYOR Mayor Sica said that they received a letter from Schoor and DePalma about the Township of Alexandria. They have money to give away to various towns. Pat Holden pursued it and forwarded a letter that we will be very interested in sitting down with them and possibly get that $420,000.00. On behalf of the Governing Body, he sent a letter that they would like to sit down so that we could fix up some more houses. That's what we should be doing instead of worrying what church parking lot is not paved. The Mayor explained that everyone knows that we've been involved in a lawsuit predicated by the Democratic Party in the Borough of Carteret in reference to our garbage collection contract that we give to Dauman Industries. There was a clause in the contract that says if less garbage was picked up than it was thought would be, they have to give us an abatement. How much of an abatement would they give per ton if they didntt pick that garbage up? That was the part that was in dispute. He said that he is happy to announce that we saved $32,000.00 by that clause being in there. He asked the Borough Attorney if that was correct. Borough Attorney Hedesh explained that $32,000.00 is the credit. The net savings to the Borough is $29,000.00. The Mayor said that we were named in a lawsuit by Mr. Menzoff and Manella, Mr. Menzoffbeing the taxpayer and also the guy who ran against him as a Democrat for Mayor last year. 9 At this point, the Mayor read some ofMr. MenzofPs statements from the deposition. He noted that Mr. Menzoff didn't bother to look at anything, but he joined in the lawsuit. He said that they have an amended complaint and have filed a lawsuit against Mr. Menzoff for a frivilous lawsuit. All he did was try to make political hay out of this. Here is his own deposition that said that he doesn't even know what he was filing the suit for, never received the bids, never did anything, but has cost the city thousands of dollars to defend itself. OCTOCER 17, 1996 MAYOR COf'1t1ENTS CON IT. Now, Mr. Menzoff is in for a rough surprise. When people bring these lawsuits up, they shoud be called to task for it. If they continue to do this, then they should pay the consequences. If the lawsuit has no merit, they should then pay the consequences by either being fined or pay our legal expenses. We in the City of Carteret are going to sue Mr. Menzoff and the amended complaint has already been filed against him. Borough Attorney Hedesh stated that it will be filed tomorrow. Mayor Sica noted that the shame of the thing is that these guys talk about not giving anybody a job and this man came to him after he lost the election and he got him a job at D. B. Brown. The Mayor said that it gets really terrrible when politics has to stoop so low as what is happening with these churches, with this church parking lot. He said that he is not the kind of guy who sits up there and brags about what he does for anybody. There has never been a church or anybody that has come to him that he hasn't helped. He referred to the constitution and freedom of religion as an unalienable right secured its protection in the first amendment to the Constitution. He referred to a lawsuit filed in Texas because some church was denied the right to expand and its going to be heard by the U. S. Supreme Court. Borough Attorney Hedesh explained that the Appelate Division upheld the law. The Supreme Court just yesterday, ironically, has agreed to hear the case whether or not local regulations can be applied to churches. Mayor Sica asked why we have to drag churches into the political realm. If they have no sanctity with the church, how much could they care about you as an individual? How could a person like Mr. Gutowski want to sit on the Council when he can take the church and drag it through the mud? The Mayor spoke about various churches in the Borough that he's helped. Mr. Gutowski's own church bought the house next to the hall because they want to make a little playground and maybe a parking lot for their parishoners. They asked him to take down the house so he said that he would not charge for his time, machines, insurance or manpower. All he asked for was for them to pay the disposal fees. Father Ed agreed. He noted that he took the house down and they didn't have the money to pay him so he paid the disposal cost and waited for his money. In the interim, he donated the stone for Holy Family Church. 10 The ironic thing is that Father Ed and some of the members of Mr. Gutowski's church came to him and asked him to help them with the lot on the corner. He told them that it will not be a problem. He told them not to worry about the permits either, that they wouldn't have to pay for them because churches are not supposed to pay for them. He said that he will donate the stone and the work that is necessary to put the parking lot in there. The Mayor referred to helping the Presbytarian Church with a handicapped ramp and sidewalks. He said that he donated a flag pole to the Slovak Church. He said that he didn't tell anybody about any of these things he did. This shows the low life that is out there, how low they will sink to defame somebody or to aggravate him. These are the kind of people that want to sit up here. He noted that he will buy a half television time next week and go on television and tell them all about these guys. Upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Vesey and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting was opened to the public. An unidentified woman said that at the last Council Meeting she asked for money to be donated to pay for a police officer for the first Middle School dance. It is $25.00 an hour for the next four hours. Mayor Sica gave her $100.00. An unidentified man complained about his sewer problem. It is supposed to be a four inch sewer with 45 degree elbows. The Mayor said that he has the Borough Engineer looking into it and we will redesignate it and put it back in at the Borough's expense. The man said that he hopes that the statute oflimitations doesn't run out. Mayor Sica stated that the statute of limitations never runs out on a mistake. If it was a mistake and it was the Borough's fault, we disconnected you and re-hooked you, we will fix it. Sohpie Cherepon asked for more information on the abatements and exemptions. She said what comes to mind is Kopper's Koke in Port Reading. As soon as their exemptions and things were done, they packed their bags and went away. 1 " ....:. Mayor Sica explained that the land has a value with or without buildings on it. They always have to pay that tax. If a company comes in and wants to put a building up there that will cost about three million dollars, he wants a tax: break for a little while. It's empty land, it's contaminated and not worth anything. All we are getting is taxes on the land. OCTOBER 17, 1996 cOt~~~mTS cor·: IT. PUBLIC DISCCSSION - 5 rm~UTE LHHT OCTOBER 17, 1996 PUGLIC DISCUSSIOIJ - corJ IT. He said that Kopper's didn't pay taxes. They rented the place. What we are saying is that they have to pay the taxes on the land always. If he puts up a three million dollar building, maybe it is worth $700,000.00 on tax records. He may have paid an additional $30,000.00 the first year. The second year they'd have to pay us $6,000.00, the 20%. The third year they'd pay $12,000.00 plus the land taxes. The fourth year, the 5th year. At the end of the fifth year they have to pay us the going rate of the taxes, plus the land taxes. The Mayor continued to explain that we are trying to get industries located in Carteret that are Urban Enterprise Zone geared. IKEA has a thirty year "ax abatement and pay three, six, nine, twelve, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-seven, until they get to 100% taxes. They did one- hundred five million dollars worth of sales and paid Elizabeth ........(inaudible).......15% of the taxes because they're there five years and $3.1 million dollars went to the City of Elizabeth in sales tax. Equipco, last week, signed a contract with Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island shipping to them millions of dollars worth of equipment. Sophie Cherepon said that she thought the landfill was closing down. Mayor Sica said that it is clOS:.lg in the year 2000. In the meantime, you still have to bulldoze the garbage. He stated that Mobile Chemical was there before, fifteen acres polluted, laying dormant, contaminated and not bringing in anything to the City of Carteret. These people are going to bring in twenty jobs, a new building, sales tax money and a ratable. Sophie Cherepon said that it should be cleaned up. Mayor Sica said that they cleaned it up already. They couldn't sell it unless it was cleaned up. There are restrictions, that you can only build a building on certain parts of it. The rest of it has to stay empty. You cannot dig on the rest of it. We hit a home run. Otherwise, it would lay empty and we'd get nothing for it. Sophie Cherepon said that she would wait for the testing. Mayor Sica noted that Conoco cleaned it up under court order. Borough Attorney Hedesh stated that they were the parent corporation of Mobil Chemical at the time. When it was transferred they were under a curt order to clean it up. 12 Sophie Cherepon said that living here her whole life she wonders if it'll ever be cleaned up. Michael Carnevale asked what happens if they don't pay in five years. Do we take the building? Mayor Sica said yes. We would own the building and the land. If a homeowner doesn't pay in two years they lose their house. Mayor Sica added that the problem was, like what Sophie Cherepon was saying, was that Koppers Koke and places, like that never owned the land. They had a lease ont he land rrom somebody and went and got all of these tax breaks and decided to walk away from it. The land was owned by someone else and Woodbridge lost it all. That can't work in Carteret. An unidentified woman asked if D. B. Brown and White Rose own the land or rent. The Mayor said that they have options to buy it. The woman said that they are renting now. Mayor Sica noted that they are paying a lot of taxes, too. He said that he doesn't think that anybody is going to walk away rrom a 650,000 square foot office warehouse. Even if that did happen, what difference would it make? The land is owned by Cypress. The woman said Amax. Mayor Sica said that Amax is no longer Amax. There is no more Amax. It's owned now by a company called Cypress. The building is owned jointly by Cypress and V. Paulius Associates. Eric Chubenko stated that the Mayor has donated snow removal for fifteen to twenty years for every single church and organization that probably would have cost $100,000.00 to $200,000.00. Mayor Sica referred to a church sermon about the responsibility to help those who are less fortunate. If we continue to allow areas in Carteret to become depleated... . . . . cities like Newark to fall into disrepair, New York City or Camden, Philadelphia or anywhere in the US., it will affect people in the City of Carteret. When we allow that to happen in the City of Carteret, then we should be ashamed of ourselves, especially those people that are a little bit more fortunate that can afford to pay a little more so that someone else can have a decent chance in life. There is something wrong when we can sit up here and argue about giving someone a decent place to live. 13 There being no further business or discussion, upon MMS&C, by Councilmembers Failace and O'Brien and unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership present, the meeting adjourned at approximately 8:30 P.M. ,r/ ' / KATHLEEN M. BARNEY Municipal Clerk KMB/vc OCTOBER 17, 1996 PUBLIC DISCUSS ION - CON/To ADJOURNED OCTOBER 17, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------.------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------_.~----------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 -------------------------------_.~-------------------------------------- COUNCIL MEETING BUILDING ESCROW W. THOMAS WATKINSON MARK KOT $1,717.50 2220.97 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PATFII CK#8275-8294 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 OCTOBER 17,1996 3938.47 8,862.82 356,748.61 11,001.50 8,500.00 623.86 37.90 1,791,699.38 9,135.00 0.00 0.00 $2,190,547.54