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March 3, 2008 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LITTLE SILVER BOROUGH COUNCIL March 3, 2008 The meeting was called to order and the Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act given by Mayor Castleman at 8:01 P.M. "Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by the mailing of a notice to the Asbury Park Press and The Two River Times, by filing same with the Clerk of the Borough of Little Silver and by prominently posting said notice on the bulletin board of the Borough Hall, all since January 7, 2008." The salute to the flag was led by Mr. Galante and followed by a moment of silence. Roll Call: Present: Mayor Castleman, Mr. Bitman, Mr. DeNoia, Mr. Galante, Mr. VanWinkle, Attorney Bennett and Mr. Biehl, Administrator/Clerk Absent: Mr. Gilmour, Mr. Neff Mr. Biehl read the following: R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council did heretofore advertise for the receipt of public bids for the providing of cleaning services for the Little Silver Railroad Station; and WHEREAS, adequate funding for this service has been or will be provided in the Railroad Trust budget; and WHEREAS, the following bid was received, opened and publicly read by the Deputy Borough Clerk at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 15, 2008: One Year Two Years Alaska Services Inc. Belmar, NJ $14,000.00 $28,000.00; and WHEREAS, the Borough Administrator/Clerk has reviewed the bid and finding it to be in order recommends that the bid from Alaska Services, Inc. in the amount of $28,000.00 for a two year contract be accepted; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Little Silver that the bid submitted by Alaska Services, Inc. in the amount of $28,000.00 for the providing of cleaning services for the Little Silver Railroad Station for a two year term to run from April 1, 2008 through March 31, 2010 be and is hereby accepted. Motion: Mr. DeNoia Second: Mr. VanWinkle Council and Public Discussion: None Roll Call: Affirmative: Mr. Bitman, Mr. DeNoia, Mr. Galante, Mr. VanWinkle Negative: None Abstentions: None Mr. Biehl read the following: R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council did heretofore advertise for the receipt of public bids for the providing of cleaning services for the Little Silver Borough Hall, Police Department, Library, Parker/Sickles Farm Park Restrooms, Borough Hall Annex and Woman’s Club; and WHEREAS, adequate funding for this service has been or will be provided in the appropriate operating budgets; and WHEREAS, the following bid was received, opened and publicly read by the Deputy Borough Clerk at 10:15 a.m. Friday February 15, 2008; One Year Two Years Alaska Services Inc. Belmar, NJ $39,998.00 $ 79,996.00; and WHEREAS, the Borough Administrator/Clerk has reviewed the bid and finding it to be in order recommends that the bid from Alaska Services, Inc. in the amount of $79,996.00 for a two year contract be accepted; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Little Silver that the bid submitted by Alaska Services, Inc. in the amount of $79,996.00 for the providing of cleaning services for a two year term to run from April 1, 2008 through March 31, 2010 for the Little Silver Borough Hall, Police Department, Library, Borough Hall Annex and Woman’s Club be and is hereby accepted. Motion: Mr. DeNoia Second: Mr. Bitman Council and Public Discussion: None Roll Call: Affirmative: Mr. Bitman, Mr. DeNoia, Mr. Galante, Mr. VanWinkle Negative: None Abstentions: None Consideration of Minutes for Regular Meetings and/or Special Meetings: December 3, 2007 Motion: Mr. Bitman Second: Mr. DeNoia Council and Public Discussion: None Roll Call: Voice Vote – Ayes – Unanimous Consideration of Executive Session Minutes: None Communications: None Student remarks and brief remarks on the Agenda from other members of the Public: None Resolution - Payment of Bills and Claims Mr. VanWinkle offered this resolution in favor of the payment of the following vouchers which have been properly authenticated and presented for payment representing expenditures for which an appropriation was duly made in the budget adopted by the governing body, including any emergency expenditures in the said appropriation for this payment of said vouchers and which the Municipal Financial Officer has certified that sufficient funds are available to pay the same from each designated appropriation. Check Disbursements Operating – Current Year $ 32,739.07 Operating – Prior Year 4,688.75 School Taxes 0.00 Contra 0.00 Capital 47,369.91 Grant 0.00 Various Trusts & Reserves 0.00 Escrow Projects 3,082.50 Payroll 0.00 Void Checks: Two River Times #11140 $ -50.00 Manual Checks: $ 0.00 ACH Debit $ 0.00 Wire Transfers: $ 0.00 Total $ 87,830.23 I hereby certify that there are sufficient funds available to pay the above listed vouchers as submitted. Lynn Marie Gale, C.M.F.O., Chief Financial Officer. Motion: Mr. VanWinkle Second: Mr. Bitman Council and Public Discussion: None Roll Call: Affirmative: Mr. Bitman, Mr. DeNoia, Mr. Galante, Mr. VanWinkle Negative: None Abstentions: None REPORTS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS: FIRE, FIRST AID AND NEWSLETTER (Board of Health, Public Affairs, Library Trustees): Mr. Galante, no report. POLICE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (Traffic Safety Committee, Drug Alliance, Local Emergency Planning Council): Mr. Gilmour absent, no report. BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, EQUIPMENT, STREET LIGHTS (Recreation, Waterfront Committee, Downtown Development Committee, Little Silver Cross Acceptance Liaison): Mr. Bitman noted that the Easter Egg Hunt will be held March 15, 10.00 a.m. PERSONNEL (Environmental Commission, Shade Tree Commission, Open Space): Mr. Neff absent, no report. PUBLIC WORKS (Planning Board, Americans With Disabilities Act Committee, Parker Homestead Liaison, Recycling): Mr. DeNoia reported that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Board would be tomorrow, and copies of the Agenda were available. FINANCE AND BUDGET AND INSURANCE (Property Maintenance, Business and Professional Association, Finance Advisory): Mr. VanWinkle, no report. Council and Public Discussion: None Mayor's Report: Mayor Castleman reported that she would be attending a Mayors’ meeting in Trenton regarding the budget, on Thursday. Other Reports: None Old Business: None New Business: None Consent Agenda: Mayor Castleman announced that the following Resolutions had been discussed and would now be approved by Consent Agenda. Motion: Mr. DeNoia Second: Mr. Galante Roll Call: Affirmative: Mr. Bitman, Mr. DeNoia, Mr. Galante, Mr. VanWinkle Negative: None Abstentions: None R E S O L U T I O N BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Little Silver that a resolution designating 2007 salaries for employees of the Borough of Little Silver adopted on July 2, 2007 be and is hereby amended as follows: ADD: (Effective February 25, 2008) Andrew Smith Relief Dispatcher Trainee $6.15/hr BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Chief Financial Officer as her authority to make the necessary payroll changes. R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the Borough of Little Silver did heretofore award a bid on April 2, 2007 to Fernandes Construction, Inc, South River, NJ to perform the 2007 Improvements to Markham Place-Phase II within the Borough of Little Silver in an amount not to exceed $142,146.00 based on the Borough Engineer's estimated quantities and materials; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Little Silver amended said contract on June 4, 2007 and February 4, 2008; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Little Silver wish to further amend said agreement to include additional traffic control, reconstruction of an inlet and pavement repair; and WHEREAS, this Change Order falls within the legal limit established pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:31-4.2; and WHEREAS, adequate funding for this purchase is contained in Bond Ordinance #643-07; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Little Silver that the agreement with Fernandes Construction, Inc. is hereby amended to $157,662.16 from $154,312.16.00, an increase of $3,350.00, for the 2007 Improvements to Markham Place-Phase II within the Borough of Little Silver in accordance with Change Order #3. R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the residence at 70 Oakes Road, Block 44 Lot 36, suffered a fire in 2007 that caused the Assessor to remove the improvements from the assessment for 2008; and WHEREAS, the Preliminary Tax Bill for 2008, due February 1 and May 1, was struck prior to the removal of the improvements and therefore is inflated; and WHEREAS, the County Tax Board will adjust the annual billing in the third and fourth quarter Final Tax Bill; and WHEREAS, due to the extenuating circumstances and the burden placed on the homeowners, the Assessor recommends the transfer of the portion of tax due for the improvement to the third quarter 2008 as follows: Amt. To be Due Date Billed Transferred Amount Due February 1, 2008 $6,658.92 $2,630.92 $4,028.00 May 1, 2008 $6,658.92 $2,630.92 $4,028.00 $5,261.84 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Little Silver that the 2008 preliminary taxes for Block 44 Lot 36 in the amount of $5,261.84 are hereby transferred to the third quarter 2008 and interest waived for the first quarter taxes. R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the Borough of Little Silver did heretofore award a bid on November 19, 2007 to A. Montone Construction, Inc., Holmdel, NJ for the Little Silver Creek Bank Stabilization within the Borough of Little Silver in an amount not to exceed $32,760.00 based on the Borough Engineer's estimated quantities and materials; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Little Silver wish to amend said contract to include additional traffic control in accordance with the attached Change Order #1; and WHEREAS, this Change Order falls within the legal limit established pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:31-4.2; and WHEREAS, adequate funding for this purchase is contained in Bond Ordinance #643-07; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Little Silver that the agreement with A. Montone Construction, Inc.. is hereby amended to $34,303.75 from $32,760.00, an increase of $1,543.75, for the Little Silver Creek Bank Stabilization within the Borough of Little Silver in accordance with Change Order #1. Mr. Biehl then read the following: R E S O L U T I O N OPPOSING THE FAILURE OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED STATE BUDGET FOR THE 2008 2009 FISCAL YEAR TO TREAT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AS OUR PRIORITY WHEREAS, on February 26, 2008, in Trenton, Governor Jon S. Corzine presented his FY 2009 Budget proposal to a Joint Session of the State Legislature, which proposal now goes to the Legislature, which must pass a balanced budget by the start of the State's next Fiscal Year, which begins on July 1; and WHEREAS, the proposal, which represents what the Governor called “many unpleasant choices", calls for the elimination of two Departments of State (the Departments of Agriculture and Personnel) and the State Commerce Commission, and asks all other Departments to absorb funding cuts, and further calls for sacrifice in a number of other areas, including direct property tax relief, hospital aid, higher education assistance and Medicaid, with the inordinately deep cuts in municipal property tax relief funding; and WHEREAS, one year after the historic Special Session for Property Tax Reform, which purportedly eliminated the need for a Citizen’s Convention, our property tax payers will once again be asked for patience, and they will be asked to shoulder more than their fair share of the funding burden; and WHEREAS, local officials have done so much with so little for so long, that State Budget makers now believe some can do everything with absolutely nothing; and WHEREAS, municipal property tax relief will be slashed by $189.6 million; and WHEREAS, for municipalities with a population of less than 5,000, there will be no CMPTRA funding this year; for municipalities with a population total between 5,000 AND 10,000, this relief will be limited to one half of the amount received in the State’s 2006-2007 budget; and the $32.6 million distributed according to the CMPTRA formula, which municipalities received last year as 2008 Municipal Property Tax Assistance, is gone; and WHEREAS, all municipalities will receive level Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief funding, despite State Law that ‘requires’ annual inflationary adjustments of this (and CMPTRA) funding; and WHEREAS, last year, municipal efficiency was promoted to the tune of $34.8 million, but in this proposal, the funding has been eliminated; and WHEREAS, last year’s $32 million in Municipal Homeland Security Funding is gone, Special Municipal Aid funding is cut from $153 million to $145.4 million -- a loss of $7.6 million, Extraordinary Aid funding is reduced by $1.7 million -- from $34 million to $32.3 million, and the $8 million Regional Efficiency Aid Program will not be funded; and WHEREAS, beyond these cuts, certain municipalities served by the State Police will be asked to contribute $20 million to the State's General Fund, and Homestead Rebates for Homeowners will be cut by $257 million and for renters by $124 million; and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the governing body of the Borough of Little Silver calls on its elected representatives in Trenton, Senator Jennifer Beck and Assembly members Declan O’Scanlon and Caroline Cassagrande to work with their colleagues in the Legislature and with the Governor to take affirmative action to restore program funding sufficient to honor state statutes and their stated commitment to the cause of property tax relief in all New Jersey municipalities; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be forwarded to Governor Jon S. Corzine, Acting State Treasurer R. David Rousseau, Senate President Richard J. Cody, Senate Minority Leader Thomas H. Kean, Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce, the Chairs and Members of the Senate and Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committees, our own Senator Beck and Assembly Members O'Scanlon and Cassagrande and to the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Motion: Mr. Galante Second: Mr. DeNoia Council and Public Discussion: None Vote: Voice Vote – Ayes -- Unanimous Public Portion Remarks of the citizens for the good of the Borough: None Motion to Adjourn: Mr. Galante Second: Mr. Bitman Roll Call: Voice Vote - Ayes – Unanimous The meeting was adjourned at 8:12 p.m. Michael D. Biehl Administrator/Clerk | |||||||||||||||
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