FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
COUNCIL AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 25, 2001

[Added 9/21/01 by Asst. Twsp. Manager]

WORKSESSION - SEPTEMBER 25, 2001 - 7:00 P.M.

1. Call to Order

2. Review Prepared Agenda for Regular Meeting

3. Committee Reports

4. Request from South Brunswick Township to Join Coalition to Oppose Elizabethtown Water Company's rate increase

5. Vacation of Queen's Place from Equator to western terminus

6. Vacation of Culver Street from Thirteenth Street to westerly terminus

7. Military Leaves - Employees

8. Council Comments

9. Executive Session

Property Acquisition

10. Adjournment

REGULAR MEETING - SEPTEMBER 25, 2001 - 8:00 P.M.

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Invocation - Councilman Sumter

4. Roll Call

5. Commendations & Proclamations:

Franklin Township Track Club
Falun Gong Practitioners & Precepts
Alliance Walk
Resolution - Response to Attack on America

6. Minutes -

Budget Worksessions - 7/31/01 & 8/1/01
Worksession - 8/7/01
Regular Meeting - 8/14/01
Executive Session - 7/31/01 & 8/14/01
Special Executive Session - 9/4/01
Special Meeting - 9/4/01
Regular Meeting - 9/11/01

7. Warrants

8. Introduction of FY2002 Current, Capital and Water Capital Budget
Publish October 4, 2001 for public hearing October 23, 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
Publish notice of final adoption

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 October 4, 2001 for public hearing October 23, 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 October 4, 2001 for public hearing October 23, 2001

20. Ordinance Introduction - Amend Code - Chapter 226, Vehicles & Traffic - Section 226-31, On Street Handicapped Parking Spaces (2) - 59 Main Street
Publish October 4, 2001 for public hearing October 23, 2001

21. Ordinance Introduction - Amend Code - Chapter 222 - Tree Removal
Publish October 4, 2001 for public hearing October 23, 2001

22. Resolution - Amend FY2002 Temporary Capital Budget - Add Library Expansion

23. Ordinance Introduction - Bond Ordinance - Library Expansion - $6,100,000.00
Publish October 4, 2001 for public hearing October 23, 2001

24. Ordinance Introduction - Amend Code - Chapter 29, Joint Township Advisory Committee/Village of Kingston (New Chapter)
Publish October 4, 2001 for public hearing October 23, 2001

25. Ordinance Introduction - Amend Code - Chapter 115, Dogs & Other Animals - Section 115-19, Borrowing of Traps
Publish October 4, 2001 for public hearing October 23, 2001

26. Ordinance Introduction - Accept Deeds of Dedication - Reconstruction of Schoolhouse Road from Weston Canal Road to Mettlers Road - Digiorgio, Messineo, Alfonso, Canal Walk Associates, Millstone School Associates, Selody
Publish October 4, 2001 for public hearing October 23, 2001

27. Consent Agenda:

A. Tax Title Lien Redemptions:

 

Hansen Block 34.02/Lot 16.03 C2816 - $1,420.54 - 16 Fisher Drive
Ho - Block 34.09/Lot 59.02 C0172 - $278.98 & $319.42 - 136 Topaz Drive (2000)
Ho - Block 34.09/Lot 59.02 C0172 - $171.68 - 136 Topaz Drive (1998)
DeLeo - Block 70/Lot 2 - $17,207.57 - 25 Frank Street
Maxelix - Block 183/Lot 81/01 - $362.83 - 99 Home St.
Gustavo - Block 200/Lot 9.01 - $373.05 & $367.49 - 147 Winslow Ave (1996)
Gustavo - Block 200/Lot 9.01 - $798.74 - 147 Winslow Ave (1999)
Gustavo - Block 200/Lot 12.01 - $798.74 - Winslow Ave (1996)
Gustavo - Block 200/Lot 12.01 - $856.90 - Winslow Ave (1998)
Gustavo - Block 200/Lot 15.01 - $1,727.52 - Winslow Ave (1995)
Gustavo - Block 200/Lot 15.01 - $856.90 - Winslow Ave (1998)
Sanders - Block 292/Lot 3 - $5,299.64 - 989 Hamilton Street (1997)
Sanders - Block 292/Lot 3 - $1,791.70 - 989 Hamilton Street (1998)
Sanders - Block 292/Lot 3 - $198.38 - 989 Hamilton Street (2000)
A.Financial Corp. - Block 310/Lot 2 - $8,994.21 - 131 Hillcrest Avenue
Thorne - Block 329/Lot 15 - $663.98 - 40 Appleman Road
Bennett - Block 379/Lot 24 - $849.07 - 5 Cortland Drive
Walden - Block 384/Lot 3 - $275.85 - 6 Shelly Drive
Gottlieb - Block 386.18/Lot 27 - $815.51 - 27 Exeter Court
Baron - Block 417.02/Lot 10 - $277.03 - 10 Nottingham Way
San Juan - Block 468.05/Lot 25 - $420.04 - 1 Birch Terrace

B. Water Overpayment -

 

Raker - 58 Runyon Avenue - $34.78
FTSA - 7 Rolling Road - $42.50

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

D. Change Order No. 1 - Buist, Inc. - Maintenance of the Public Safety Building HVAC System - $11,072.00

E. Amend Resolution - Tax Rate - Fire District No. 2

F. Grant Application - Rutgers University - Municipal Incentive Grant - Project P.A.C.T. (Police and Community Together) and Wetland Restoration at Bunker Hill Environmental Education Center - $3,000.00

G. Grant Agreement - National Association of Counties - Wetland Restoration at Bunker Hill Environmental Education Center/ equipment, vegetation and education materials - $9,913.00

H. Grant Agreement - Somerset County CDBG Program - Flood Protection/East Franklin Drainage Project engineering - $38,000.00

I. Agreement - County of Somerset - Traffic Signal/Elizabeth Avenue & School House Road

J. Agreement - County of Somerset - Traffic Signal/Elizabeth Avenue & New Brunswick Road

K. Agreement - ICMA-RC Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan

L. Escrow Release - Inspection Fees:

 

John Hadded/Advanced Dental Arts Docket #P200023PD - $1,583.75
Sprint/United Telephone Co. - Docket #Z96065UP - $212.50

M. Performance Guarantee Release - John Hadded/Advanced Dental Arts Docket #P200023PD - $75,599.10

N. Authorize Raffle & Bingo Licenses

O. Waive Building/Occupancy Permit Fees - Commercial Businesses Displaced by WTC terrorist attack

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

Q. Professional Service Agreement - The Reynolds Group - Surveying Services - Canal Road Green Acres - $22,050.00

R. Settlement - Tices Properties - 60 Jiffy Road - Block 86.03/Lot 1.08- Tax Appeal

S. Settlement - Rond LLC A/K/A Holiday Inn - 195 Davidson Avenue - Block 502/Lot 37.01 - Tax Appeal

T. Accept Resignation - Walter Maros - Historic Preservation Commission

U. Extension of Sanitary Sewer Service Area - Griggstown Quail Farm - Block 20.02/Lot 45.03

V. [Professional Service Agreement - Louis N. Rainone, Esquire - Legal Services - Township Attorney - An additional $40,000.00]

28. Nominations - Associate Prosecutor - 9/25/01 to 9/24/02

29. Appointments - Veteran's Memorial Committee - One (1) vacant Township Council position

30. Appointments - Recreation Facilities Study Committee - Two (2) vacant Township Council positions; Two (2) general public positions

31. Nominations - Historic Preservation Commission - Unexpired term of Walter Maros - date of appointment to 12/31/01

32. Council Comments

33. Adjourn

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