TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
WORK SESSION / REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
February 8, 2005 - 7:00pm

This agenda is for information only and may change prior to the actual meeting. Official copies may be obtained from the Clerk's Office.

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Invocation – Councilman Regan

4. Roll Call

5. Commendation: East Millstone United Methodist Church Member 90th Anniversary – Anna Hills

6. Mayor’s Report

7. Deputy Mayor’s Report

8. Review Prepared Agenda

9. Council Discussion Items

a) Proposed Sister City – Freetown City / Sister City Int’l 50th Anniversary (Efren Dato)
b) Advisory Board of Health Absentee Policy/Definitions of “Excusable Absences”
c) ATV Problems on Open Space & Use in the Township
d) Hamilton Street Traffic & Circulation Plan (Frank Hasner)
e) Eco-Heritage T ourism Plan Update (Meadows Foundation/John Loos)
f) Franklin Day @ Somerset Patriots Stadium (Mayor Levine)

10. Approval of Minutes:

a) 01/11/05 - Work Session/Regular Meeting
b) 01/11/05 & 01/18/05 – Executive Sessions
c) 01/18/05 – Special Meeting

11. Approval of Warrants

12. Ordinances – Public Hearing:

a) #3517 – Amend Code Chapter 52, Salaries & Compensation, Section 52-3, Annual Base Compensation for Elected and Appointed Employees/Officials; Section 52-4, Annual Compensation and Longevity for Managerial and Exempt Employees and Section 52-5, Annual Compensation for Full-time White Collar Municipal Employees.

b) #3518 – Amend Code Chapter 236, Water – Article IV, Water Rates and Meters.

c) #3519 – Bond Ordinance Amending Bond Ordinance No. 3364 Providing for the Acquisition of Various Utility Vehicles, Equipment and Tools and the Acquisition of GIS Utility Software to Implement GIS Mapping Services for the Water Utility by increasing the Appropriation by $130,000.

d) #3521 – Authorize Acquisition of Block 9, Lot 47.22 (11 Stephen Drive); Block 10, Lot 6.03 (Kiss Farm - Old Georgetown Road) and Block 10, Lots 2 & 6.04 (80 County Rte. 518 & 91 Old Georgetown Road) for Open Space Purposes.

e) #3522 – Rescinding Bond Ordinance 3509 and Amending Bond Ordinance 3256 to include Block 507.14, Lots 63.01 & 64 (477-479 Elizabeth Avenue); Block 9, Lot 47.22 (11 Stephen Drive); Block 10, Lot 6.03 (Kiss Farm - Old Georgetown Road) and Block 10, Lots 2 & 6.04 (80 County Rte. 518 & 91 Old Georgetown Road).

f) #3523 – Amend Bond Ordinance 3180 by Amending the Description to Include the Acquisition of Playground Equipment for and Other Improvements to the “Playground” at the Kingston School Property.

g) #3524 – Bond Ordinance Providing for the Extension of Water Mains along portions of various roadways for the Water Utility of the Township and Appropriating $157,100 therefore and Authorizing the Issuance of $157,500 bonds or notes of the Water Utility of the Township to finance the costs thereof.

h) #3525 – Amending Code Chapter 3, Administration, more particularly Section 3-4 – Meetings of the Township Council. Public Hearing and further consideration is scheduled for February 8, 2005 at 7:00 p.m.

13. Public Discussion

14. Council Comments

15. Introduction of Ordinances

a) #3531 – Amend Traffic Code, Chapter 226, Section 226-30 - On-Street Handicapped Parking Spaces (Delete 158 Victor Street & Add 198 Phillips Road, Apt. 159 & 15 Parkside Street). Further consideration and public hearing is scheduled for March 8, 2005 at 7:00 p.m.

b) #3532 - Consent to Encroachment of Drainage Easement in connection with Franklin Industrial Partners, LLC – Block 517.01, Lot 2.13 – southeast corner of Randolph Road and Pierce Street. Further consideration and public hearing is scheduled for March 8, 2005 at 7:00 p.m.

c) #3533 – Amend Chapter 127, Fees, Section 127-6, Fee Schedule for Health by adding fees charged for corrections to vital statistic records and deleting fetal death certificates. Further consideration and public hearing is scheduled for March 8, 2005 at 7:00 p.m.

16. Consent Agenda

a) Resolution #05-058 – Authorize Agreement with Women’s Health & Counseling Center for the treatment and contact investigation of sexually transmitted diseases in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00

b) Resolution #05-059 – Authorize Agreement with Somerset County Department of Health to conduct environmental investigations such as odor and noise pollution utilizing the powers under the County Environmental Health Act.

c) Resolution #05-060 - Authorize Interlocal Services Public Health Mutual Aid Agreement which gives the Health Department the authority to work in other Somerset County Communities when emergency public health services are needed.

d) Resolution #05-061 – Award State Contract with Quality Communications for police in-car mobile computers in an amount not to exceed $28,780.50.

e) Resolution #05-062 – Authorize Release of Planning/Building Review Escrow.

f) Resolution #05-063 – Authorize Tax Title Lien Redemption – Outside Buyer.

g) Resolution #05-064 – Award Professional Services Agreement – Schoor DePalma – Design a site plan for the Memorial Arboretum (Toto/Gierlich tracts) in an amount not to exceed $16,455.00

h) Resolution #05-065 – Award Professional Services Agreement – Loos Consulting – Eco-Heritage Tourism Plan in an amount not to exceed $13,390.00.

i) Resolution #05-066 – Award Professional Services Agreement – Lenz Enterprises Ltd – Affordable Housing Consultant Housing Consultant Services – Feasibility Study for Affordable Senior Housing in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00.

j) Resolution #05-067 – Authorize Performance Guarantee Reduction – Westminster Development LLC – Reduced by $166,552.47/Balance of Bond in the amount of $71,379.63 (Site Improvements for Docket No, PLN2002-0088 – Block 153/27-30, Rte. 27/Alexander & Myrtle Avenues).

k) Resolution #05-068 – Authorize Performance Guarantee Reduction – Praise Presbyterian Church – Reduced by $103,815.06/Blanace of Bond in the amount of $183,203.04 (Completed Site Improvements for Docket No. PLN2002-0015 – Block 468.09/31, 15 Cedar Grove Lane).

l) Resolution #05-069 – Reappointment of Virginia M. Woodbury, Senior Clerk – Township Clerk’s Office.

17. Appointments

a) Lewis Hurd as a Citizen Member of the Redevelopment Agency for an unexpired five-year term ending December 31, 2008.

b) Harold Leventhal as a Regular Member of the Sewerage Authority for a five-year term ending January 31, 2010.

c) Efren Dato as Alternate #1 of the Sewerage Authority for an unexpired a five-year term ending January 31, 2006.

d) Robin Scudder as Regular Member of the Health Advisory Board for a three-year term ending December 31, 2007.

18. Executive Session

19. Adjournment