TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
WORK SESSION/REGULAR MEETING
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. Mayors Report
7. Deputy Mayors 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