TOWNSHIP COUNCIL

AGENDA

WORK SESSION/REGULAR MEETING

APRIL 22, 2008 – 7:00 P.M.

 

1.                 Call to Order

 

2.                 Pledge of Allegiance

 

3.                 Invocation – Deputy Mayor Vassanella

 

4.                 Roll Call

 

5.                 Commendations/Proclamations: 

 

a)     Autism Awareness Month

b)     Silver Star Day

c)      Arbor Day

 

6.                 Mayor’s Report

 

7.                 Deputy Mayor’s Report

 

8.                 Public Discussion (5 minutes per speaker)

 

9.         Council Comments

 

10.       Council Discussion Items

 

§        Defeated School Board Budget Schedule & Process

 

11.       Approval of Minutes – None Submitted.

 

12.       Approval of Warrants           

13.       Public Hearing and Adoption of Ordinances on Second Reading

§          Ordinance No. 3749 – Amending Code Chapter 132, Fire Prevention Fees, Article III, Permits and Fees, section 132-11, Additional Required Permits, Inspections and Fees.

 


14.       Introduction of Ordinance on First Reading

 

§          Ordinance No. 3752 – Amending Traffic Code Chapter 226, Section 26-30, Handicapped Parking, Delete 198 Phillips Road.  Public Hearing and further consideration is scheduled for May 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers.

 

15.       Consent Agenda Resolutions

a)     Resolution #08-181 – Authorize FY2008 Preliminary Municipal Tax Levy.

 

b)     Resolution #08-182 – Authorize Release of Planning Review and Inspection Fee Escrows.

 

c)      Resolution #08-183 – Authorize Person-to-Person Liquor License Transfer – Principessa, LLC to Frank Hasner.

 

d)     Resolution #08-184 – Award Contract – May 1, 2008 to June 30, 2010 – Insurance Brokers.

 

e)      Resolution #08-185 – Authorize Release of Performance Guarantee Check – Pulte Communities NJ Limited Partnership - $1,097,175.60 – Docket #PLN2001-0045 – Block 507, Lots 3-5; 7; 21; 38-43; 67  & 68 – New Brunswick Road Site Improvement.

 

f)       Resolution #08-186 – Authorize Release of Street Opening Surety.

 

g)     Resolution #08-187 – Authorize Subordination of Mortgage – 122 Runyon Avenue.

 

h)     Resolution #08-188 – Accept Resignation of Eugene Armstead from Rent Leveling Board as Alternate #1, effective immediately.

 

i)       Resolution #08-189 – Award Bid – Compactor (roller), trailer and trade in of 1988 and 1977 Township-owned Rosco Rollers – Jesco, Inc. (Compactor (roller and trade in) in an amount not to exceed $13,855.00 ($14,255 less $400 for the trade in) and Harter Equipment Inc. (Trailer) in an amount not to exceed $5,525.00.

 

j)       Resolution #08-190 – Authorize Release of Performance Bond – Lamington Properties, LLC - $32,845.80 – Docket #SP650 – Block 90,Lot 7 – 10 Shirley Avenue – Reduced Bond for Site Improvements.

 

k)      Resolution #08-191 – Award State Contract – Photocopiers, 3 year lease from May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2011 for Police Traffic Bureau and Township Manager – Amount Not to Exceed $1,020.60 for 3 years for Police Traffic Bureau – Amount Not to Exceed $4,887.00 for 3 years for Township Manager.

 

l)       Resolution #08-192 – Support Route 27 Renaissance 2000 Bennetts Lane to Somerset Street Project.

 

m)   Resolution #08-193 – Authorize Application – Franklin Blvd. Commons – NJDCA Neighborhood Balanced Housing Program.

 

n)     Resolution #08-194 – Authorize Issuance of Raffles Licenses.

 

o)      Resolution #08-195 – Award Contract – Municipal Telephone Hardware Maintenance – Empire Technologies – Amount Not to Exceed $16,662.72.

 

p)     Resolution #08-196 – Amend Resolution #08-132 – Authorizing Submission of the Year 2008 Municipal Alliance Grant Update.  (Amount of Grant was increased.)

 

q)     Resolution #08-197 – Rescind Resolution #08-173 – Chapter 159 – NJ OAL – Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Highway Traffic Safety – Child Passenger Safety Grant - $5,100.00.  (Resolution was previously adopted in February 2008.)

 

r)      Resolution #08-198 – Authorize Tax Title Lien Redemptions – Outside Buyers.

 

s)       Resolution #08-199 – Authorize Execution of Summer Lunch Program Grant Agreement.

 

t)       Resolution #08-200 – Authorize Interlocal Services Agreement – New Brunswick Schools – Summer Lunches.

 

u)     Resolution #08-201 – Approval of PBA and SOA Contracts.

 

v)      Resolution #08-202 – Introduction of FY2009 Hamilton Street Special Improvement District.

 

w)    Resolution #08-203 – Extension of Temporary Service – Robert Wood Johnson Health Network – Ambulance Services – May 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008.

 

x)      Resolution #08-204 – Award Bid – Municipal Parking Lot Improvements – Cravo Enterprises – Amount Not to Exceed $81,090.00.

 

16.       Board and Commission Appointments

 

A.    Advisory Board of Health

 

§         Nominations for One (1) Student Non-Voting Member of the Advisory Board of Health for a one-year term ending December 31, 2008.

 

B.  Advisory Recreation Council

 

§         Nomination for Two (2) Regular Members of the Advisory Recreation Council each for a three-year term ending December 31, 2010. 

 

C.  Business & Industry Advisory Board

 

§         Nominations for One (1) Business Owner with More than 50 Employees to the Business & Industry Advisory Board, for a four-year term ending December 31, 2011.

 

D.  Cable Television Advisory Committee

 

§         Nominations for Four (4) Regular Members of the Cable Television Advisory Committee, each for a two-year term ending December 31, 2009.

 

E.  Historic Preservation Commission

 

§         Nominations for One (1) Regular Member of the Historic Preservation Commission, for an unexpired two-year term ending December 31, 2008.

 

F.  Joint Advisory Committee/Kingston Village

 

§         Nominations for One (1) Regular Members of the Joint Advisory Committee/Kingston Village, for a three-year term ending December 31, 2010.

 

G.  Open Space Advisory Committee

 

§         Nominations for One (1) Regular Member of the Open Space Advisory Committee, for an unexpired three-year term ending December 31,2009. 

 

H.  Senior Affordable Housing Advisory Committee

 

§         Nominations for One (1) Council Member of the Senior Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, for an unexpired three-year term ending December 31, 2009.

 

I.  Task Force on Open Space and Parks in Southern Portion of Township of Franklin

 

§         Nominations for One (1) Trails Advisory Committee Member to the Task Force on Open Space and Parks in the Southern Portion of Township of Franklin. 

 

17.       Adjournment