AGENDA FOR

PUBLIC MEETING OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2006

8:00 PM

(Agenda Meeting - 7:00 p.m. on same date)

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1.   Meeting Call to order by Mayor Gallagher in accordance with the Open                       

      Public Meetings Act

2.   Roll call by Municipal Clerk

3.   Pledge of Allegiance

4.   Invocation by Councilmember Bengivenga

5.   Acceptance of Governing Body Minutes – August 8, 2006 (Agenda & Public)

                                                                           August 8, 2006 (Executive Session)

                                                                           August 22, 2006 (Special Public)

6.   PROCLAMATION

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month – September 2006

7.   Public Comments on Agenda Items only.           

8. ORDINANCES – Public Hearing and Final Adoption

     #1745 – An ordinance amending Ch. 165 of the Code of the Borough of South Plainfield entitled:

                        “Smoking”

     #1746 – An ordinance amending Ch. 48 of the Code of the Borough of South Plainfield entitled:

“Police Department”.

     #1747 – An ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a CAP

                        Bank in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.14.

     #1750 – An ordinance regulating massage businesses within the Borough of South Plainfield, County

                        of Middlesex, State of New Jersey  

9. ORDINANCES – Introduction

     #1751 – An ordinance providing for the sale of municipal land known as Block 361, Lot 3 (Lorraine

Avenue) to Pinto Brothers Disposal, LLC in the amount of $146,000.00.

     #1752 – An ordinance providing for compensation of various employees and the method of payment

                        of said employees for the period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2010.

10. RESOLUTIONS

     #183 – Authorize the release of performance bond posted by Harris Realty Company, LLC for public

                        improvements to Block 286 Lot 1 (1641 New Market Avenue).

     #225 – Authorize the release of performance bond posted by Plainfield Animal Hospital, LLC for

                        public improvements to Block 65, Lot 3.02 (2215 Park Avenue).

     #226 – Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to issue refund check(s) in the amount of $125.00.

     #227 – Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to issue refund check(s) to the owner of Block 528, Lot

46.25 in the amount of $20,071.67, who received a successful judgment reducing the assessed value of said property.

     #228 – Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to issue refund check(s) to the owner of Block 528, Lot

46.22 in the amount of $11,628.38, who received a successful judgment reducing the assessed value of said property.

     #229 – Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to issue refund check(s) to the owner of Block 96, Lot

2 in the amount of $1,293.00, who received a successful judgment reducing the assessed value of said property.

     #230 - Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to issue refund check(s) to the owner of Block 96, Lot

1 in the amount of $4,008.30, who received a successful judgment reducing the assessed value of said property.

     #231 – Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to issue refund check(s) in the amount of $900.00.

     #232 - Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to issue refund check(s) to the owner of Block 541, Lot

10.02 in the amount of $27,312.47, who received a successful judgment reducing the assessed value of said property.

     #233 - Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to issue refund check(s) to the owner of Block 472, Lot

2.01 in the amount of $5,872.50, who received a successful judgment reducing the assessed value of said property.

     #234 - Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to issue refund check(s) to the owner of Block 528, Lot

48 in the amount of $90,423.00, who received a successful judgment reducing the assessed value of said property.

     #235 - Approve a block party request from Kristina Nieradka and Laurie Venetucci for Saturday,

October 7, 2006 (October 8, 2006 raindate) on Conklin Street from both ends of Leeds Drive.

     #236 - Approve a block party request from Virginia O’Brien for Saturday, September 9, 2006 

(September 10, 2006 raindate) on Madison Drive between Plainfield Avenue and South Central Avenue.

     #237 - Approve a block party request from Sal Severini for Saturday, September 9, 2006 (no  

raindate) on Spicer Avenue between Lorraine Avenue and Green Street.

     #238 – Accept the resignation of part-time Clerk Deana Spisso effective September 5, 2006.

     #239 – Issue an Off-Premise Merchandise Raffle license to the Open Your Heart to Children Battling

Cancer Foundation on October 1, 2006 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in accordance with all Borough and Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission regulations. All State and Borough fees have been paid.

     #240 – Issue an On-Premise 50/50 Raffle license to the Open Your Heart to Children Battling Cancer

Foundation on October 1, 2006 (October 8, 2006 raindate) from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in accordance with all Borough and Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission regulations. All State and Borough fees have been paid.

     #241 – Approve the renewal of a contract for bulky waste collection with Pinto Brothers Disposal

Service for the period August 1, 2006 through July 31, 2007 at a cost not to exceed

$153,400.00. This contract is being renewed in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-15.

     #242 – Authorize the Borough Attorney to commence condemnation proceedings for Block 256,

                        Lot 2 and Block 256, Lot 3 (401 Hamilton Boulevard and 403 Hamilton Boulevard). 

     #243 – Authorize the waiver of all fees, except electrical, associated with the placement of a storage

shed behind the South Plainfield Volunteer Fire Company Building. 

     #244 – Authorize the hiring of Joshua Thomas as a part-time recycling groundskeeper effective

August 19, 2006 at a rate commensurate with the current salary ordinance.

     #245 – Approve the use of Putnam Park by the Almost famous Players for their Annual Haunted

Woods Tour from October 26 through October 29, 2006 from 4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., as well as the waiving of all appropriate fees (except electrical) for this event.

     #246 – Authorize the temporary capital budget amendment to include the purchase of Block 341, Lot

6 and Block 403, Lot 8. A Grant from the Middlesex County Open Spacer Trust Fund were utilized for said purchases.    

     #247 – Authorize the refund of the guest fee in the amount of $30.00 paid by Karen Pisani due to the

fact that the wading pool was temporary closed.

     #248 – Authorize amendments to the SFY2007 Temporary Budget – Total Appropriations Inside

“CAPS” in the amount of $427,000.00; Total Appropriations Outside “CAPS” in the amount of $25,000.00 and Total Sewer Utility in the amount of $100,000.00.

     #249 – Authorize appropriation transfers in the amount of $30,000.00 for the Current Fund. These

transfers are being done in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:4-58.

     #250 – Support Assembly Bill A2660 which if enacted would eliminate the award of punitive

damages against municipalities and boards of education and their employees that are acting within the scope of their jobs.

     #251 – Approve the title change for Diane Janus from Police Records Clerk to Clerk Typist effective

September 5, 2006.

     #252 – Appoint William Thomas to a five (5) year term as the Borough’s representative to the  

to the Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage Authority for the period ending January 31, 2011.

     #253 – Authorize the entering into Executive Session for items approved by the Open Public

Meetings Act, P.L. 1975, Ch. 231.

     #254 – Authorize the hiring of Aaron Sanchez and Lauren Biddulph as Public Safety

Telecommunicator Trainee effective September 11, 2006 at a rate commensurate with the current salary ordinance.

11.  CORRESPONDENCE

1. Monthly Report – Recycling Department – July 2006

2. Monthly Report – Environmental Department – July 2006

3. Meeting Minutes – Board of Adjustment – July 27, 2006

4. Copy of a letter from Access Self Storage commending the South Plainfield Volunteer Fire Department for their efforts in extinguishing a fire on July 31, 2006 at their facility.

5. Meeting Minutes – Health Advisory Board – August 15, 2006

6. Meeting Minutes – Business Advisory Group – August 2, 2006

7. Monthly Report – Environmental Department – August 2006

8. Meeting Minutes – PARSA – August 3, 2006

 12.   PAYMENT OF BILLS

           Current Fund Reserve - $22,251.54

            Current Fund - $427,357.00

  Sewer Utility Operating Fund - $11,881.50

            Pool Utility Operating Fund – $6,768.65

            General Capital - $224,187.77

  Sewer Utility Capital Fund - $10,500.00

            Grant Fund - $6,589.81

            Treasurers Trust - $2,619.40

            Recreation Trust - $7,545.19

  Dog Trust - $5,050.24

  Pool Capital - $

  Sewer Utility Reserve - $9,500.00

  Pool Utility Reserve - $

       TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS - $734,251.10

13.   REPORTS

14.   PUBLIC COMMENTS

15.   ADJOURNMENT