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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-18-09c A Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Cmteret was called to order by Mayor Daniel J. Reiman at 6:00 P.M., Thursday, June 18, 2009, Council Chambers, Memorial Municipal Building, 61 Cooke Avenue, Carteret, New Jersey. Upon individual roll call vote the following were noted present: Councilmember Vincent Bellino " Iris Colon " Randy Krum " Susan Naples Noted Absent were Councilmembers Jorge Diaz and Joseph W. Sitarz and Borough Attorney Robelt Bergen. Also noted present was Municipal Clerk, Kathleen M. Barney. The meeting was opened with a minute of silent prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Daniel J. Reiman. The Clerk stated that on January 5, 2009 the 2009 Annual Notice was mailed to The Home News Tribune, The Star Ledger and posted on the bulletin board. It was published on January 8, 2009. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Naples and Bellino and unanimous affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, the Minutes of May 19, 2009, were approved and transcribed and engrossed by the Clerk. JUNE 18, 2009 REGUlAR MEETING June 18, 2009 ROLL CALL Minute of Silent Prayer! Pledge of Allegiance STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE MINUTES FOR APPROVAL 1 JUNE 18, 2009 COMMENDATION Re: Robert Talalai Robelt Talalai. Mayor Reimatl asked Robert Talalai to come forward. He went on to say that he served the residents of Carteret for close to three (3) decades and in his twenty-nine (29) years of police work he rose to the rank of Captain in charge of the administrative division.. He said he will be missed and spoke of his commitment and service to . our Police Department and our community commending him as a role model for the young officers that joined the department in the last few years. He then presented him with his commendation. Robelt Talalai then thanked everyone, and spoke about how he enjoyed serving the town. PRESENTATION CHS Scholarships. Re: CHSScholarships Mayor Reimatl explained we will be making presentations to graduating seniors going off to college, from Carteret High School and some parochial and private schools. He said the scholarships will be presented on behalf of the Mayor's Childrens Chm'ity Fund which over the past seven (7) years we have raised money for the charity to SUPPOlt scholarships and academic and athletic activities in the Borough and also do the Holiday Festival and Carnival and many other programs. He said the checks will be in the amount of $500.00 each and asked as each child comes forward they amlOunce what school or program they are graduating from and what school they will be going to. The recipient's are: Amanda Repollet Hope Geltsler Samantha Andrejcisk Emily Banz Meghan McFadden Kinny Nahal Harprreet Athwal Michelle DiMascio Joanna Kaskiw 2 Kelly Kurdyla Anthony SanFlippo Caroline Sanchez Brittany Wutkowski Daniel Croson, Jr. Samantha Spiga Jocslyn Thomas Mayor Reiman congratulated the recipients and then asked for a five (5) minute recess. At approximately 6:15 P.M. the meeting was recessed and was re- convened at approximately 6:20 P.M. John Ferguson ~ Middlesex County OEM, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan. Mayor Reiman explained this is going to be a presentation from the Middlesex County Department of Emergency Management, relative to a pre-disaster and mitigation plan and it is our official public hearing. Mayor Reiman said before getting stmted on this presentation they would go on to do a few business items. ORDINANCE #09-09 was introduced and adopted on First Reading and the Clerk authorized and directed to adveltise same for Public Hearing to be held on July 9, 2009, 6:00 P.M., upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Krum and Bellino. Upon individual roll call vote Councilmembers Bellino, Colon, Krum and Naples voted in the Affirmative. Councilmembers Diaz and Sitarz were noted Absent. "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE #71-9 ESTABLISHING SALARY SCHEDULES AND FIXING THE ,JUNE 18, 2009 CHS Scholarships Cont: Meeting Recessed and Reconvened PRESENTATION: John Ferguson- Middlesex County OEM, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan Mayor Reiman ORDINANCE #09-09 "Amending Salary Ordinance #71-9, Re: School Guards & Various Others" First Reading 3 NNlf 18, 2009 Public Portion Public Portion Closed RESOLUTIONS CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION #09-144 "Directing the Issuance of Various Raffle Licenses" RESOLUTION #09-145 "Creating Handicapped ParkinR-99 Daniel Street MANNER OF PAYMENTS OF SALARIES FOR VARIOUS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET" Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Naples and Krum and unanimous affilmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, the public portion on Resolutions/Agenda Items and New Business was opened to the public. There was no discussion from the public. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Bellino and Krum and unanimous affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, the public pOltion was closed. Mayor Reiman read the titles of the Resolutions into the record and then asked for a motion on the Consent Agenda. Resolutions #09-144 thru #09-149 were introduced by the Mayor and referred to the Council for action: Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Bellino and Naples: RESOLUTION #09-144 "DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF VARIOUS RAFFLE LICENSES" RESOLUTION #09-145 "CREATING HANDICAPPED PARKING - 90 DANIEL STREET" 4 RESOLUTION #09-146 "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES -JOSEPH AMBROSIO, ESQ. /THOMAS DOWNS, ESQ. RESOLUTION #09-147 "AMENDMENT TO THE TEMPORARY BUDGET" RESOLULTION #09-148 "APPROVING ABC LICENSE RENEWALS FOR THE 2009- 2010 LICENSE TERM" RESOLUTION #09-149 "REJECTING BIDS AND AUTHORIZING REBID OF SEWER SYSTEM EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTRACT" were Adopted. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bellino, Colon, Krum and Naples voted in the Affirmative. Councilmembers Diaz and Sitarz were noted Absent. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Krum and Bellino, all bills appem'ing on the prepaid list, properly audited and signed, were ordered to be paid. Upon individual roll call vote, Councilmembers Bellino, Colon, Krum and Naples voted in the Affirmative. Councilmembers Diaz atld Sitarz were noted Absent. COMMITTEES: BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS: Committee Chairperson Naples reported that she had two letters, one from a home that was ticketed by Mr. Neibelt, informing us that it had been taken care of. She went on to say another letter that was from Mr. Ron McFee, praising the work that the Buildings and Grounds Department did on re-building the stage in the Community Center saying it is an asset to the concerts. JUNE 18, 2009 RESOLUTION #09-146 "Professional Services-Joseph Ambrosio, Esq./Thomas Downs Esq. RESOLUTION #09-147 "Amendment to the Temporary Budget" RESOLUTION #09-148 "Approving ABC License Renewals for the 2009- 2010 License Term" RESOLUTION #O9~149 "Rejecting Bids and Authorizing Rebid of Sewer System ElnerRency Services Contract ADOPTED PAYMENT OF BILLS COMMITTEES 5 JUNE 18, 2009 COMMITTEES Cont: John Ferguson - Middlesex County OEM, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION: Committee Chairperson Diaz was noted Absent. . FIRE & DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS - Committee Chairperson Krum repOlted the Fire Depattment and EMS assisted the Mayor's Office in distributing bicycle helmets to children and also educating them on bicycle safety and the Fire Depattment participated in the first annual Career Day at the Middle School, visiting classrooms atld educating the children on what it takes to become a firefighter and on June 13th the Fire Department patticipated in Kinder Morgan's large scale drill which simulated a tank fire and a high angle rescue and a testing of the reverse 911 system was also patt of the exercise. Progress. PARKS, RECREATION & DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS Committee Chairperson Bellino reported Progress. POLICE- In the absence of Committee Chairperson Sitarz, Council President Naples reported, Tuesday's graduation of the cadets went very well and on June 26th our graduates will be graduating from Somerset Police Academy at 9:00 A.M. She wished them well. PUBLIC WORKS: Committee Chairperson Colon repOlted the Helmann Avenue construction project, which is to re-build Hermann A venue by the High School. She went on to report that they are going out to bid on the emergency sewer contract for 2009/2010 and are working to install the new recycling containers in all the Borough parks. Progress. BOARD OF EDUCATION: Committee Chairperson Naples reported that Middle School's promotional exercise will be on June 22nd and the High Schools will be on June 23rd at the football stadium at 6:30 P.M. John Ferguson-Middlesex County OEM, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan - Mr. Ferguson read his name into the record and announced his title of Assistant County Coordinator for OEM in Middlesex 6 County and he said he would be speaking about a project he has been in charge of since about 2004. He explained the physical project actually stalted in 2006, when they actually applied for the grant explaining they wrote to FEMA and it was a fOlty (40) page grant request that they turned in and they asked that all twenty-five (25) municipalities and the county agree that they could actually put this plan in and all the mayor's of the twenty-five (25) municipalities did put it in and the grant was submitted and issued in 2007. He said the amount was seventy five twenty five, max so they asked for $267,000.00 explaining the federal government is going to pick up $200,000.00 and the county and the municipality are responsible for the $67,000.00. He said our $67,000.00 will be done as in time services, so all municipalities have to put in about ninety (90) hours over two and one half years. Mayor Reiman said they will document our Chief Beasley and his department to ninety (90) hours. Mr. Ferguson said so far they have about $300.00 out of the $2400.00 that they documented. He went on to say that officially the project began by umpiring James Lee Witt Associates, commenting Mr. Witt was a FEMA Director and explained they are effectuating the plans for us. He said they began working in February 2008 with the kickoff meeting for the steering committee, which is made up of seven chosen people who help gather all the data and later discuss what is actually important and that everyone had everything in and is received on the final deadline of November 2009. He went on to explain that Hazard Mitigation is deciding if there is any way they can actually get rid of any hazards that are out there. He said this plan is a requirement that we have from every municipality and on the county level they can have a multi-jurisdictional plan, where each municipality has to have its own plan. He went on to say if there should be a declared emergency and we do not have a plan registered with FEMA the Federal Government does not have to give us the funding. He said the major driving factor is that we can get funding to do other projects, which he commented, is the most impOltant thing we need to do and he explained various projects, referring everyone to the pamphlet, which listed structural and non-structural changes and public awareness. He said what you have to understand is for hazardous mitigation, it is actually trying to reduce the 7 JUNE 18, 2009 John Ferguson Cont: JUNE 18, 2009 John Ferguson Cont: community's risk to any kind of hazards and we are looking at natural hazards now. He reminded everyone that we have an Emergency Action Plan which is required by each municipality, county and state and we should look at all possible things that could happen and a plan to address that. He spoke fulther on potential mitigation projects, acquisition, elevation, hardening or retrofitting of critical facilities, drainage improvements, wet floodproofing, dry floodproofing, 5% initiative mitigation projects, hazard identification, hazard ranking, risk assessment, plans, goals atld objectives atld consideration in SUPPOlt of goals. He then went on to explain that under the grant requirements they must have two (2) public meetings, saying they had one (I) official in July of last year. He said they turned the plan into the state and it came back for some revisions and they are currently working on it atld at the other public meeting for the towns, he is going to ask them to go to the county website and view the plan and if there is any questions his Email is there. He went on to say once the plan is officially accepted by the state they will turn it into FEMA and once they say it is okay, any municipality can apply for anyone of the FEMA Grants under mitigation JUles and commented there is about nineteen (19) different sections, some of them are 100%, that you don't have to worry about, which is hard to get, but, most of them are seventy five, twenty five. He then asked if there were any questions or concerns. Datl Beasley said he was working with the county. Mayor Reiman asked Mr. Ferguson if the report on the web was a draft report. Mr. Ferguson said it is the official repOlt they sent to the state but does not have the official updates, but, they are working on them and they have to be completed by the end of August. Mayor Reiman told Mr. Ferguson that he referenced the storm water management drainage portion of Catteret and asked if he identified a patticular road. Dan Beasley said when they first started the feasibility, because of Carteret being below sea level, because of the elevation, the back 8 patt of Catteret Park, that whole area to the Marina, could possibly flood, but, since this has statted it is helping the problem. Mayor Reiman commented that would be Meridian Square and Terrace, Grant Avenue and the new detention pond in the Hill Section. Mayor Reiman then asked if there were any questions or comments. Kevin Urban then questioned the 100 year flood zone. Mayor Reiman told Mr. Urban that the flood map was completely different from the 100 year or 50 year flood zone. He explained that FEMA just re-wrote those and that is in draft form and they put a good pOltion of Catteret into a lower flood zone and we have appealed that because it will affect many of our residents home insurance rates. Mayor Reiman then thanked John Ferguson for coming and then asked the Municipal Clerk to scan in the images and put it under John's presentation on our website and we can put a link to the county OEM site to download the document if anyone is interested in it. Upon MMS&C by Councilmembers Naples and Bellino and unatlimous affirmative vote of the four (4) Councilmembers present, after no further discussion, this meeting was Adjourned at approximately 6:45 P.M. JUNE 18, 2009 John Ferguson Cont: Kevin Urban Mayor Reiman ADJOURNED ,MMC 0-- KMB/lr 9 10