3) Municipal
Clerk announces that the requirement of N.J. S.A. 10:4-9 et. seq., “Sunshine
Law”
have been met. A notice of this meeting was sent to the Star
Ledger and published in the Orange Transcript
on July 3, 2008, posted on the Bulletin in City Hall and filed in the
Office of the Municipal Clerk.
4) APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
January 16, 2007-Special Meeting
Council President Perkins cannot vote, because she
was not present.
Councilman Corbitt, Councilman Morton & Councilwoman Williams
Cannot vote, because they were not Councilmembers at that time.
Motion: Second:
January 16, 2007- Public Hearing, Conference &
Regular Meeting
Councilman Corbitt, Councilman Morton & Councilwoman Williams
Cannot
vote, because they were not Councilmembers at that time
Motion: Second:
November 20, 2007 Conference
Meeting.
Councilman Abdul-Rasheed cannot vote, because, he was not present
Councilman Corbitt, Councilman Morton & Councilwoman Williams
Cannot vote, because they were not Councilmembers at that time.
Motion: Second:
November 20, 2007 Regular Meeting.
Councilman Corbitt, Councilman Morton & Councilwoman Williams
Cannot vote, because they were not Councilmembers at that time.
Motion: Second:
February 19, 2008 Public
Hearing, Conference & Regular Meeting.
Councilman Corbitt, Councilman Morton & Councilwoman Williams
Cannot vote, because they were not Councilmembers at that time.
Motion:
Second:
July 1, 2008
-Re-organization Meeting.
Motion: Second:
July 8, 2008- Conference,
Regular & Executive (Closed) Session
Councilwoman Eason cannot vote, because she was not present.
Motion: Second:
5) REPORTS
Department of Clerk-Month of July 2008- $733.95
Department of Health-Month of June 2008- $23,619.00
CONSTABLE REPORTS
Cuthbert Harris-
For the month of Month of July 2008-No Activity
President
directs Clerk to file reports
6) COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS
None
7) CITIZEN COMMENTS ON GENERAL
ISSUES/AGENDA ITEMS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-10 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
TOWNSHIP, “EACH PERSON ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL SHALL STEP UP
TO THE MICROPHONE, SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME IN AN AUDIBLE
TONE FOR THE RECORDS, AND UNLESS FURTHER TIME IS GRANTED BY
(10) MINUTES”.
PUBLIC IS EXPECTED TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A PROPER MANNER, ANY DEROGATORY, ABUSIVE OR THREATENING STATEMENTS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. THE CHAIR WILL IMMEDIATELY RULE SUCH CONDUCT OUT OF ORDER AND TERMINATE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS.
Motion
to Close Citizen Comments: Second:
8) COUNCIL COMMENTS
9) ORDINANCES – SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING
17-2008 An ordinance to amend Ordinance 6-2007 relating
to salaries and classifications of department directors and statutory officers.
a) Second Reading by title
b) Public Hearing
c) Motion to close Public
Hearing: Second:
d) Motion for final adoption: Second:
10)
ORDINANCE-INTRODUCTION/FIRST READING
19-2008 An ordinance establishing the positions of class one and
class two special police officers in the City of Orange Township.
a) Motion to adopt on 1st Reading: Second:
b) Public Hearing September 2, 2008
20-2008 An ordinance to amend the Code of the City of Orange
Township Chapter 200, entitled “Vehicles and Traffic”, Section 200-52-1
Handicapped Parking Spaces (293 Ogden Street)
a) Motion to adopt on 1st Reading: Second:
b) Public Hearing September 2, 2008
21-2008 A Bond Ordinance providing for various capital
improvements of the City of Orange Township, in the County of Essex, New
Jersey, appropriating the aggregate amount of $1,000,000 therefor and
authorizing the issuance of $950,000 bonds or notes of the City to finance part
of the cost thereof.
a) Motion
to adopt on 1st Reading: Second:
b) Public Hearing September 2, 2008
22-2008 An ordinance to amend Chapter 4 of the Code of the City of
Orange Township, to change the Agenda.
a) Motion to adopt on 1st Reading: Second:
b) Public Hearing September 2, 2008
11) CONSENT AGENDA
ALL ITEMS LISTED WITH AN ASTERISK (*) ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER SO REQUESTS, IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE OF THE AGENDA.
RESOLUTIONS - *215-2008 -*249-2008
*215-2008 A resolution approving the bill list
dated July 30, 2008 and approving checks issued by the Finance Department in
accordance with Ordinance 2-95. (Pages 1-33, Grand Total: $2,745,335.37)
*216-2008 A resolution of the City of Orange
Township, in the County of Essex, New Jersey making application to the Local Finance
Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:301.
*217-2008 A resolution authorizing senior citizen
deductions on certain accounts in the City of Orange.
*218-2008 A
resolution authorizing the refund of taxes due to state board judgments.
*219-2008 A
resolution authorizing the refund of taxes over billed on third and fourth
quarters.
*220-2008 A resolution authorizing the tax
collector to refund the subsequent taxes paid by the outside lien holder,
American Tax Funding, LLC, in the amount of $3,238.49 and $2,512.35 for
water/sewer, a total of $5,750.84 for property known as 380 Columbus Street,
Block 84, Lot 57.
*221-2008 A resolution authorizing the tax
collector to cancel the third and fourth quarters of 2008 in the total amount
of $8,178.02 for property known as 228 Main Street, Block 089, Lot 007 in the
name of A.K.J. Realty, LLC.
*222-2008 A resolution authorizing the purchase of
a computer for the Finance Department from Dell Marketing LP, in an amount not
to exceed $1,650.00.
*223-2008 A Resolution determining the form and
other details of not to exceed $14,250,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds,
Series 2008 of the City of Orange Township, in the County of Essex, New Jersey
and providing for the sale and the delivery of such bonds.
*224-2008 A Resolution determining the form and
other details of not exceeding $9,000,000 Water/Sewer Utility Bonds of the City
of Orange Township, in the County of Essex, New Jersey and providing for their
sale to the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust and the State of New
Jersey pursuant to the 2008 New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust
Financing Program.
*225-2008 A Resolution authorizing the execution
and delivery of loan agreements to be executed by the City of Orange Township
and each of the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust and the State of
New Jersey, acting by and through the Department of Environmental Protection,
and further authorizing the execution and delivery of an escrow agreement, all
pursuant to the 2008 New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing
Program.
*226-2008 A resolution authorizing the engagement
of Hendricks Appraisal Company, LLC as real estate expert to represent the City
of Orange Township in regard to tax matters in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00.
*227-2008 A resolution authorizing the extension of
the agreement for 8 copiers for various departments within the City to Konica
Minolta Business Solutions, USA, 55 Lane Road, Suite 410, Fairfield, New Jersey
07004, for an additional year, commencing August 1, 2008 thru July 31, 2009 in
the amount not to exceed $20,000.00.
*228-2008 A resolution authorizing the awarding of
a non-fair and open contract for Franklin L. Baraff Communications, 41 Tomahawk
Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, to provide communications consulting
services to the City of Orange Township in an amount not to exceed $40,500.
*229-2008 A resolution authorizing the employment
of Kirk Charles, 71 Luddington Road, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 to provide
court reporting services to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the City of
Orange Township in an amount not to exceed $3,500.00.
*230-2008 A resolution authorizing the trade-in of
firearms owned by the Orange Police Department to Lawmen’s Supply Company of
New Jersey, Inc., 5521 White House Pike, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey 08215 in
exchange for upgraded weapons in an amount not to exceed $480.25.
*231-2008 A resolution authorizing the purchase of
a laptop computer and support for the Orange Police Department from Dell Marketing
L.P., P.O. Box 149254, Austin, Texas 78714 in an amount not to exceed
$1,366.08.
*232-2008 A resolution amending utilization of a
2004 Dodge Durango donated by Compass Dodge Inc., 200 Central Avenue, Orange,
New Jersey 07050.
*233-2008 A resolution authorizing the City of
Orange Township to adopt the Essex County All-Hazard Mitigation Plan which has
been approved by “FEMA” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State
of New Jersey Office of Emergency Management.
*234-2008 A resolution authorizing the execution of
an agreement with the Orange Board of Education for “Female Achievers” as a
component of the Municipal Alliance Program from January 1, 2008 - December 31,
2008 in an amount not to exceed $8,000.00.
*235-2008 A resolution awarding additional funds to
Smith Boring & Parts Co., Inc. for additional emergency purchases of
automotive parts for the repairs of city owned vehicles and equipment in the
amount not to exceed $2,125.64.
*236-2008 A resolution authorizing the award of a non-fair
and open contract to GSE, 3121US Highway 22 East, Suite 301, Branchburg, New
Jersey 08876 to provide professional engineering services to perform a formal
dam inspection of the Orange Reservoir Dam in accordance with State and Federal
Regulations in the amount not to exceed $7,500.00.
*237-2008 A resolution authorizing the awarding of
a professional engineering services contract to T & M Associates, 11
Tindall Road, Middletown, New Jersey 07748 for the engineering/design and
construction administration and inspection services for the Valley Street
Memorial Park Improvements for the City of Orange Township in the amount not to
exceed $29,000.00.
*238-2008 A resolution authorizing the awarding of
a contract for yard waste disposal to Reliable Wood Products, 1 Cavent Pt.
Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 07304 for one (1) year commencing September 1,
2008 through August 31, 2009 in the amount not to exceed 48,050.00.
*239-2008 A resolution authorizing the award on a
non-fair and open contract to GSE, LLC, 3121 US Highway 22 East, Suite 301,
Branchburg, New Jersey 08876 to provide professional municipal engineering
services for the City of Orange Township for a ninety day period commencing
August 1, 2008 through October 31, 2008 in the amount not to exceed $4,800.00.
*240-2008 A resolution amending Resolution No.
314-2006 appointing a municipal housing liaison for the purpose of
administering the City of Orange Township’s Affordable Housing Program pursuant
to the Fair Housing Act.
*241-2008 A resolution authorizing the purchase of
four printers for various departments from .W.B. Mason, 535 Secaucus Road,
Secaucus, New Jersey 07094 under the Morris County Cooperative Pricing Council
(MCCPC) in an amount not to exceed $1,150.00.
*242-2008 A
resolution rescinding Resolution #225-2004, adopted on June 15, 2004, and
Resolution #362-2005 adopted September 20, 2005, both of which were entitled
“Resolution Authorizing the Planning Board to Undertake a Redevelopment Plan
Pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A et.
seq. for the area known as East Main Street.”
*243-2008 A resolution rescinding Resolution
#126-2006, which was adopted on May 5, 2006 authorizing the execution of a
redevelopment agreement with Metro at Main Urban Renewal, LLC as the
redeveloper for the area known as East Main Street.
*244-2008 A resolution authorizing the awarding of
a contract to H & H General Contractor, Inc., for construction cost
estimating services for the Regional Contribution Agreement (RCA) Home Improvement
Program within the City of Orange Township in an amount not to exceed
$20,000.00.
*245-2008 A resolution authorizing the City of
Orange Township Planning Board to prepare recommended changes to the Zoning
Ordinance, which was adopted via Ordinance #9-2006 on May 2, 2006.
*246-2008 A resolution amending Resolution Number
27-2008 the approval of the submission of an application to the New Jersey
Urban Enterprise Zone Authority for the renewal of salaries for ten (10) litter
collection services employees to add supervisory position increasing the amount
from $470,747 to $537,706.
*247-2008 A resolution authorizing the City of
Orange Township to renew its contract to EIC Inspection Agency Corp., 3705
Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ 07307 to conduct electrical subcode services for
the City of Orange Township for a third (1) year term.
*248-2008 A resolution designating the Orange
Transcript and the Star Ledger as the official newspapers for the City of
Orange Township, New Jersey.
*249-2008 A resolution to hold an Executive
(Closed) Session Meeting.
MOTION TO ADOPT CONSENT AGENDA Second:
RESOLUTION – Tabled from July 8, 2008 Council Meeting
*212-2008 A resolution Re-appointing Council member Tency A. Eason to the Planning Board.
Motion to Lift Resolution from Table: Second:
Motion to Adopt: Second:
12) OTHER
PENDING BUSINESS
13) MOTION TO ADJOURN
Motion: Second:
The next City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday September 2, 2008 in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 29 North Day Street, Orange, New Jersey 07050 at 7:00 p.m.