FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
COUNCIL AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

[Added at 9/4/01 worksession]

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Invocation - Councilman Robert Mettler

4. Roll Call

5. Commendations & Proclamations:

Franklin Township Track Club
Falun Gong Practitioners & Precepts

6. Minutes -

Budget Worksessions - 7/31/01 & 8/1/01
Worksession - 8/7/01
Regular - 8/14/01
Executive Session - 7/31/01 & 8/14/01

7. Warrants

8. Introduction of FY2002 Current, Capital and Water Capital Budget
Publish September 20, 2001 for public hearing October 9, 2001

9. Ordinance Hearing - Amend Bond Ordinance No. 3119 - Acquisition of Elkins Property - Block 259/Lot 74 - $700,000.00 to $1,200,000.00 - Carried from 8/14/01
Motion to Defeat

10. Ordinance Hearing - Amend Code - Chapter 163, Municipal Services - Add Whitehall Manor
Publish notice of final adoption

11. Ordinance Hearing - Amend Code - Chapter 112, Development - Section 112-6(B)1, Official Map - Block 514/Lot 56 from RR-3 to ROL; Block 514/Lot 35 from RR-3 to M-1
[Conduct public hearing; carry ordinance adoption to September 25, 2001]

12. Ordinance Hearing - Amend Code - Chapter 47, Police Department - Section 47-24, Outside Police Services/Special Police Services
Publish notice of final adoption

13. Ordinance Hearing - Amend Code - Chapter 52, Salaries & Compensation - Section 52-3, Annual Base Compensations for Elected and Appointed Employees/Officials (Township Clerk); Section 52-4, Annual Compensation and Longevity for Managerial and Exempt Employees (Range for Chief of Police and Police Captains)
Publish notice of final adoption

14. Ordinance Hearing - Amend Code - Chapter 226, Vehicles & Traffic - Section 226-30, On-Street Handicapped Parking -102 Brookline Avenue
Publish notice of final adoption

15. Ordinance Hearing - Water Capital Ordinance - Water Utility Capital Improvement Fund - $165,000 - Cedar Grove Lane and Weston Road Waterline Extension
Publish notice of final adoption

16. Ordinance Hearing - Water Capital Ordinance - Water Utility Capital Improvement Fund - $270,000 - Elizabeth Avenue Waterline Extension
Publish notice of final adoption

17. Public Discussion

18. Ordinance Introduction - Accept Deeds & Easements - Canal Walk Associates - Weston Road, Weston Canal Road, Mettlers Road and Schoolhouse Road
Publish September 20, 2001 for public hearing October 9, 2001

19. Ordinance Introduction - Accept Preservation Area Deeds - LaFonge Associates and HAR Realty - Block 37.02
[Report from Township Manager on clean-up of Open Space. If acceptable, publish September 20, 2001 for public hearing October 9, 2001]

20. Ordinance Introduction - Amend Code - Chapter 226, Vehicles & Traffic - Section 226-31, On Street Handicapped Parking Spaces (2) - 59 Main Street
Publish September 20, 2001 for public hearing October 9, 2001

21. Ordinance Introduction - Amend Code - Chapter 206, Article II - Soil Importation
Publish September 20, 2001 for public hearing October 9, 2001

22. Ordinance Introduction - Amend Code - Chapter 222 - Tree Removal
Publish September 20, 2001 for public hearing October 9, 2001

23. Ordinance Introduction - Bond Ordinance - Library Expansion - $6,100,000.00
Publish September 20, 2001 for public hearing October 9, 2001

24. [Ordinance Introduction - Amend Code - Chapter 29, Joint Township Advisory Committee/Village of Kingston (New Chapter)]
Publish September 20, 2001 for public hearing October 9, 2001

25. [Ordinance Introduction - Amend Code - Chapter 115, Dogs & Other Animals - Section 115-19, Borrowing of Traps]
Publish September 20, 2001 for public hearing October 9, 2001

26. Consent Agenda:

A. Tax Title Lien Redemptions:

 

Ford - Block 57.01/Lot 33.04 CO401 - $127.10 - 31 Gallop Lane
Page - Block 220/Lot 17.01 - $2,221.81 - 49 Stuyvesant Avenue
Cates - Block 235/Lot 15 - $7,411.95 - 375 Ralph Street
Giannotto - Block 341/Lot 33-34 - $23,251.20 - 311 West Point Ave
Thomas - Block 374/Lot 10 - $231.70 - 6 Tunnell Road

B. Tax Overpayments - Various

C. Water Overpayments - Various

D. Adjust Water Charges - Copeland - 90 Driftwood Drive

E. Adjust Water Charges - Walker - 46 Bayberry Drive

F. Budget - Transfer Appropriation Balances - FY2001 Budget

G. Bid Award - Vermont Systems - Recreation Tracking Software, Licenses, Installation and 1 year Maintenance - $13,000.00

H. Bid Award - Fire Hydrants - Various Vendors - $20,000

I. Bid Award - SCADA Cabinet for Remote Computer Equipment

J. Purchase - Dictaphone Corporation - Maintenance of recording equipment/Police Telephone Calls - $11,230 - State Contract

K. Purchase - Avaya, Inc./$25,163.60 and Lucent Technologies/$7,511.00 - Maintenance of Police, 9-1-1 and Municipal Telephone Systems - State Contract

L. Purchase - Avaya, Inc. - Police Telephone/Communications System - $160,000

M. Purchase - Mid-State Mobile Radio, Motorola, Inc. and Warner Communications Co., Inc. - Purchase of Radio Equipment and Accessories - State Contract

N. Purchase - General Sales Administration, Lawman Supply, Ray's Sport Shop - Police Equipment and Supplies - $31,500.00 - State Contract

O. Purchase - Home News, Star Ledger, Courier News, Rutgers Daily Targum, Somerset Spectator - Legal and Other Advertising - $34,000.00

P. Purchase - Ben Shaffer & Assoc., Efinger Sporting Goods, Flaghouse, Inc. - Sporting Goods/Public Works and Recreation Departments - State Contract

Q. Purchase - Good Year, Michelin North America Inc., Cooper Tire & Rubber - Tires and Tubes - $25,000.00 - State Contract

R. Purchase - Raritan Valley Office Supplies, Allied Strauss Office Products, Oak Tree Office Supply Inc., State of New Jersey Distribution & Support - Office Supplies - $60,000 - State Contract

S. Purchase - Pinnacle Materials, Inc. - Ice Control Sand - $15,000.00 - Somerset County Cooperative

T. Purchase - Various Vendors - Automotive Parts and Accessories -$68,000.00 - State Contract

U. Purchase - Atlantic Salt, Inc. and Rochez Bros, Inc. - Rock Salt - $80,000.00 - Somerset County Cooperative

V. Purchase - Seely Equipment & Supply Co. and H. A. DeHart & Son, Inc. - Snow Plow Parts - $30,000.00 - State Contract

W. Purchase - Various Vendors - Parts and Repair of Highway and Construction Equipment - $64,500.00 - State Contract

X. Purchase - CMF Business Supplies, Inc., Paper Mart and Pick Quick - Printing Paper - $20,000 - State Contract

Y. Purchase - XE Systems, Inc. & Atlanticom Technology, Inc. - Computer Equipment for Engineering, Fire Prevention and Information Systems Departments - $41,056.00 - State

Z. Purchase - PSE& G - Naaman Williams Park Renovations - Lighting - $12,102.00 - Section 3-13

AA. Agreement - Whitehall Manor Condominium Association - Animal Control Services

BB. Rescind Agreement - Metricom - Right of Way Use for Mobile Digital Communications Radio Network

CC. Escrow Release - Inspection Fees:
Barrood Family Associates - Docket #Z92032P - $846.25

DD. Performance Guarantee Release - Barrood Family Associates, LP - Docket #Z92032P - $151,045.00

EE. Performance Guarantee Reduction - Pizzo/Mindel Tract A/Eastern Hill LLC - Docket #P97056P - $598,205.94, minus $268,662.05; new balance $329,542.00

FF. Reject Request for Performance Guarantee Reduction - Pizzo/Mindel Tract C/Eastern Hill LLC - Docket #P97058SP

GG. Performance Guarantee Release - Stoney Brook Eagle, Inc./ t/a Sunflower Estates -

 

Docket #P98034PF -Replaced by new bonds in the same amounts:
$642,319.00 - Site Improvements
$ 2,500.00 - Monuments

HH. Grant Application - REDI - Phase 2 of Document Imaging Project

II. Subordination of Mortgage - Rapp - Block 196/Lot 5 - 543 Hamilton St

JJ. Special Events Permit - Franklin Care Center - Carnival - September 22, 2001

KK. Authorize Raffle & Bingo Licenses

LL. Naming of Picnic Grove at Community/Senior Center - "Grosso's Grove"

MM. Appointment - Joanne Kaiser - Historic Preservation Commission Representative to Open Space Advisory Committee - 8/14/01 to 12/31/02

NN. Donation of Abandoned Bicycles - African Kind Heart Society

OO. Creation and Appointments - Veteran's Memorial Committee

PP. Creation and Appointments - Recreation Facilities Study Committee

QQ. Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services - Cosentini Information Technologies - Consulting Services - Assistance in Installation of new Police Telephone/ Communications System for Police Department - $5,000.00

RR. Amend Professional Service Agreement - Civil Solutions - Township Geographic Information System - $31,200.00

SS. Support designation of commemorative stamp in memory of Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone

TT. Six Mile Run - Request to NJDEP - Open Space, Farming, Recreational Uses, Protection of Historic Dwellings

UU. Adopt Land Sale Policy - Retention of Township Owned Land for Open Space except for exceptional, compelling circumstances

27. Use of Council Chambers - Senior Citizen Advisory Committee/Affordable Housing Committee Public Hearing - September 24, 2001

28. Nominations - Associate Prosecutor - 9/14/01 to 9/13/02

29. Council Comments

30. Adjourn

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