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Home My Public Portal About08-05-22c MAY 22, 2008 A Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret was called to order by Mayor Daniel J. Reiman, Thursday, May 22, 2008, 6:00 P.M., Council Chambers, Memorial Municipal Building, 61 Cooke Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey. REGULAR MEEI'ING May 22, 2008 Upon individual roll call, the following were noted present: ROLL CALL Councilmember Vincent Bellino " Randy Kium " Joseph W. Sitarz Noted Absent were Councilmembers Iris Colon, Jorge Diaz and Susan Naples. Also noted present was Kathleen M. Bamey, Municipal Clerk and Borough Attorney, Robert Bergen. Please note this meeting was transcribed solely from the Clerk's Noted because of a malfunction ofthe tape. Transcriber's Note The meeting was opened with a minute of silent prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Daniel J. Reiman. Silent Prayer! Pledge of Allegiance The Clerk stated that on December 31, 2007, the 2008 Annual Meeting Notice was published in The Home News Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the bulletin board. The Amended Annual Notice was posted on the bulletin board on February 25, 2008 and published on February 28, 2008. Sta temen t of Meeting Notice 1 MAY 22, 2008 MimI tes for Approval ORDINANCE #08-21 "Capital Improvement, Re: 2008 Road Improvement Program and Various Other Improvemen ts" First Reading ORDINANCE #08-22 "Acquisition and/ or Construction, Re: health & Wellness Center" Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Bellino and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) Councilmembers present, the Minutes of May 19, 2008 were approved and transcribed and engrossed by the Clerk. ORDINANCE #08-21 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for Public Hearing to be held on June 12, 2008, upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Krum. Upon individual roll call vote Councilmembers Bellino, Krum and Sitarz voted in the Affirmative. Councilmembers Colon, Diaz and Naples were noted Absent. ORDINANCE #08-21 "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING $250,000 FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND AND $350,000 FROM THE RESERVE FOR SEWER IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2008 ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND OTHER VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE BOROUGH FOR THE COST THEREOF" ORDINANCE #08-22 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to advertise same for Public Hearing to be held on June 12, 2008, upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Krum. Upon individual roll call vote Councilmembers Bellino, Kmm and Sitarz voted in the Affirmative. Councilmembers Colon, Diaz and Naples were noted Absent 2 ORIDNANCE #08-22 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION AND lOR CONSTRUCTION OF A HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER FOR THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING $1,500,000 FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND RESERVE ACCOUNTS OF THE BOROUGH FOR THE COST THEREFOR" Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Kmm and unanimous affirmative votes of the three (3) Councilmembers present the Public Portion on Resolutions/Agenda Items and New Business was opened to the public. There were no comments fi'om the public. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Kmm and Bellino and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) Councilmembers present, the public portion was closed. RESOLUTIONS #08-124 through #08-131 were introduced by the Mayor and refell'ed to the Council for action. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Bellino 3 MAY 22, 2008 ORDINANCE #08-22 First Reading Public Portions on Resolutions/Agenda Items and New Business Public Portion Closed Consent Agenda MAY 22, 2008 Consent Agenda' Cont: RESOLUTION #08-124 "CME, Re: Roosevelt Ave./ Minue St./post Boulevard" RESOLUTION #08-125 "Opposing S-1137, Scope of Negotiations" RESOLUTIONS #08-126 "Authorizing Bids-2007 Street Sweeper" RESOLUTION #08-127 "Refund of Tax and/or Sewer Fee Overpayments" RESOLUTION #08-128 "CME Associates, Re: Carteret DPW Project" RESOLUTION #08-129 "Taxi Driver License, Re: Catherine Schench" RESOLUTION #08-130 "Agreement, Re: Frank Raia for Fitch Street Commons" RESOLUTION #08-l31 "Frank Rai~, Administrative Agent, Re: Fitch Street Commons" RESOLUTION #08-124 "Professional Services - CME Associates, Re: Engineering and Land Surveying Services-Improvements to the Intersection of Roosevelt Avenue/Minue Street/Post Boulevard" RESOLUTION #08-125 "Opposing S-I137, Scope of Negotiations" RESOLUTION #08-126 "Authorizing Bids-2007 Street Sweeper" RESOLUTION #08-127 "Refund of Tax and/or Sewer Fee Ovelpayments" RESOLUTION #08-128 "Professional Services - CME Associates, Re: Environmental Engineering Services for the Carteret DPW Project" RESOLUTION #08-129 "Directing the Issuance of a Taxi Driver's License to Catherine Marie Schenck" RESOLUTION #08-130 "Authorizing Agreement with Frank Raia for Fitch Street Commons" RESOLUTION #08-131 "Designating Frank Raia the Administrative Agent for Fitch Street Commons" 4 were Adopted. Upon individual roll call vote Councilmembers Bellino, Krum and Sitarz voted in the Affirmative. Councilmembers Colon, Diaz and Naples were noted Absent. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Bellino and Krum, all bills appearing on the prepared list, properly audited and signed were ordered to be paid. The bill list was amended to include North Star Entelprises for Civic Center Park Project in the amount of $16,442.14. Upon individual roll call vote Councilmembers Bellino, Krum and Sitarz voted in the Affirmative. Councilmembers Colon, Diaz and Naples were noted Absent. The Clerk stated that she was in receipt of an Application for ABC License Renewals - 2008-2009 License Term. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Sitarz and Kium and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) Councilmembers present, it was ordered to be approved and forwarded to the Police Department and Glen Slavin's office. At approximately 6:03 P.M., Councihnember Naples was noted Present. Mayor Reiman then Recessed the meeting at approximately 6:05 P.M., for the Youth Police Cadet Graduation. At approximately 6:44 P.M., the meeting was reconvened. Mayor Reiman, Councilmembers Bellino, Kium, Naples and Sitarz were noted present. Councilmembers Colon and Diaz were noted Absent. 5 MAY 22, 2008 Consent Agenda Adopted PAYMENT OF BILLS APPLICATION Councilmember Naples noted Present Meeting Recessed Meeting Reconvened MAY 22, 2008 REPORTS COMMITTEES MAYOR ADJOURNED REPORTS: There were no reports for this meeting. COMMITTEES- BUILDINGS & GROUNDS- NAPLES, Kium, Diaz FINANCE & ADMINISTRA TION- DIAZ, Naples, Colon FIRE & DOMESTIC PREP AREDNESS- KRUM, Diaz, Bellino PARKS, RECREATION & PUBLIC PROPERTY- POLICE- PUBLIC WORKS- BOARD OF EDUCATION- BELLINO, Colon, Sitarz SITARZ, Kmm, Colon COLON, Bellino, Sitarz NAPLES, Bellino, Diaz There were no reports given by Conmlittee Chairpersons for any Committees. MAYOR- There was no discussion fi'om the Mayor. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Naples and Sitarz and unanimous affirmative vote of the three (3) Councihllembers present, at approximately 6:45 P.M., after no further discussion, this meeting was Adjourned. RespectfulJ}' submitted, ~~~ ltLL ,: ..'" I " N . KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, ] Municipal Clerk --- KMB/h' 6