City of Burlington COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA JANUARY 5, 2016 NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS ADVERTISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT.

Transcription

1 City of Burlington COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA JANUARY 5, 2016 NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS ADVERTISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. FIRE EXITS: TURN LEFT UPON EXITING COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING. THE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL REQUESTS THAT ALL CELL PHONES BE TURNED OFF DURING THIS MEETING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. ROLL CALL: Babula Hatala Lollar Mercuri Swan Woodard ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Administrator Chief Finance Officer Municipal Attorney Municipal Engineer Management Assistant Director of Public Works Police Chief Fire Chief Director of Public Affairs Others: -1-

2 CONSENT AGENDA All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine by the Common Council and will be enacted by one motion. Should a Council Member wish to discuss a consent agenda item separately, that item can be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the regular agenda. Moved that all Consent Agenda items(*) be approved PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS* APPROVAL OF INVOICES* APPROVAL OF MINUTES* ORDINANCE(S) - INTRODUCTION & FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON AMENDING GENERAL REVISED ORDINANCE CHAPTER SETTING FORTH TITLES AND SALARY RANGES FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF BURLINGTON RESOLUTIONS / CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTIONS* Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves Council appointments as Council representatives to the Tourism Council, Land Use Board and Local Emergency Planning Committee; as Council liaisons to the Board of Education and Board of Island Managers; Council representatives to the Ward Redevelopment sub-committee for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Annual Schedule of Regular and Work Session Meetings for the year Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby affirms that Barry W. Conaway, Mayor of the City of Burlington, is duly appointed Public Safety Director for the City of Burlington for a term to run concurrently with his term as Mayor. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of David H. Ballard to serve as the Director of the Department of Administration for a four-year term, January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019, at a salary as per salary ordinance. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Kenneth MacMillan to serve as the Director of Finance for a four-year term, January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019, at a salary as per salary ordinance. -2-

3 Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of John Alexander to serve as the Director of Public Affairs for a four- year term, January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019, at a salary as per the salary ordinance. Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointments of David H. Ballard and Kenneth R. MacMillan to serve as Acting Mayor, for the year 2016, as per N.J.S.A. 40:69A-42. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of George R. Saponaro, Esq. of the Saponaro Law Group to serve as Municipal Attorney/Solicitor and Director of Law for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $162, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of the Alaimo Group to serve as City Engineer for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $60, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Pennoni Associates, Inc. to serve as Sewer Engineer for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $70, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Environmental Resolutions, Inc. to serve as Water Engineer for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $40, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Qual-Lynx to serve as the Insurance Third Party Insurance Claims Administrator for the period January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $19, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of The Garty Law Firm, LLC, to serve as Self Insurance Special Counsel for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $60,

4 Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Decotis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP, to serve as Conflict Self Insurance Special Counsel for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $30, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Hardenbergh Insurance Group to serve as its Risk Management Consultant in accordance with the New Jersey Municipal Self-Insurer s Joint Insurance Fund Bylaws, for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of The Walker Law Firm, LLC to serve as Worker s Compensation Special Counsel for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $20, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Decotis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP, to serve as Worker s Compensation Special Counsel for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $20, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby appoints John J. Maley, Jr. To serve as Municipal Auditor for the period January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $35, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Parker McCay, P.A. to serve as Bond Counsel for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $20, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Remington & Vernick Engineers to serve as the Special Projects Engineer for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $20, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Environmental Resolutions, Inc. to serve as the Special Projects Engineer for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $20,

5 Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Alaimo Group to serve as the Special Projects Engineer for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $20, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Adams, Rehmann & Heggan Engineers to serve as a Special Projects Engineer for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $20, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of CME Associates to serve as a Special Projects Engineer for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $20, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Parker McCay, P.A. to serve as the Redevelopment Attorney for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $25, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of the Goldenberg, Mackler, Sayegh, Mintz, Pfeffer, Bonchi, Guild to serve as Tax Foreclosure Bankruptcy Special Counsel for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $10, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby authorizes an EUS Contract with Water Resource Management, Inc. for services as Water Plant Superintendent for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, at an amount not to exceed $131, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of R. Louis Gallagher, II as Municipal Prosecutor for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment The Law Office of Naeem Akhtar as Alternate Public Defender, on an as needed basis, for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby affirms Mayor Conaway s appointment of Herman T. Costello as Mayor Emeritus of the City of Burlington, for the year

6 Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves Special Law Enforcement Officers, Class I and Class II, for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves Fire Emergency Drivers, for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves Pedestrian Traffic Control Officers, for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby appoints David H. Ballard, as the as the Municipal Housing Liaison and as the RCA Administrator for the Administration of the RCA Affordable Housing Program for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Lynette Miller, as the Municipal Tax Search Officer for a four-year term, January 1, 2016 through December 31, Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby endorses the submission of the 2015 Recycling Tonnage Grant Application to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and designates Justin Vining as Recycling Coordinator, for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Emma Jean Morgan and John Alexander to the Burlington County River Route Advisory Committee for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby consents to the Mayor s appointments to the City of Burlington Historic Preservation Commission for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby consents to the Mayor s appointment of Ezell Jackson, Jr. to the Housing Authority for a five-year term, January 1, 2016 to December 31, Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Mayor s appointment of Richard Timbers, Sr. to serve as Local Historian for a four-year term, January 1, 2016 to December 31,

7 Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Chief Financial Officer s naming Official Depositories for the City of Burlington for the year 2016 and authorizing investment of funds. Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby authorizes the Chief Financial Officer to reestablish petty cash accounts for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby authorizes the following City Officials to sign checks or withdrawal slips where a combination of three principal signatures are required: Mayor, Municipal Clerk or Deputy Municipal Clerk and Chief Financial Officer or Tax Collector for the year Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Temporary Budget for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves the Debt Service Requirements on the following: Current Fund; Sewer Utility; Water Utility for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby designates the Burlington County Times as the official newspaper and the Trenton Times as the secondary newspaper for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby authorizes the proper City Officials and Departments to coordinate the efforts with the Colonial Burlington Foundation, Inc., to provide needed services for the Annual Wood Street Fair and unauthorized vendors be restricted from selling their wares, and no political campaign materials be displayed. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby authorize the award of contracts for the supply and delivery of various chemicals for the year

8 Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby concurs with NJDOT s proposed regulations correcting speed limits along Route 130 within the City of Burlington. Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby re- establishes the authorization of the interest rate and grace period to be charged for the nonpayment of taxes, assessments, or other municipal charges, as per N.J.S.A. 54:4-67 et seq. Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby authorizes the Municipal Clerk to issue a Mercantile License to Ashwin Patel, 7 Savoy Court, Burlington, N.J. to operate a business at 101 Route 130 South, Unit 9 t/a ECO Dry Cleaners. Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby approves a fire member application for Crystal R. Kellert in the Mitchell Fire Company, she having filed the necessary papers. Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby approves a fire member application for David E. Lamont in the Mitchell Fire Company, he having filed the necessary papers. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby authorizes Amendment No with Environmental Resolutions, Inc., providing for additional Water Department Engineering Services including but not limited to additional construction observation and contract administration time for the 7 th Street Water Tank Rehabilitation Project, in the amount of $12,000.00, making a revised total contact amount of $148,

9 Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby authorizes Change Order #1 with Arawak Paving Company, Inc. for an increase in the amount of $30, for quantity adjustments in connection with the Farner Avenue Improvement Project, making the total revised contract amount $277, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby authorizes Change Order #2 with Arawak Paving Company, Inc. for a decrease in the amount of $19, for quantity adjustments in connection with the Farner Avenue Improvement Project, making the total revised contract amount $257, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby acknowledges and celebrates Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby approves Mayor Conaway s appointment of Frank Caruso as Emergency Management Coordinator for a 3 year term to PUBLIC COMMENTS- Each Citizen will be allotted Five (5) minutes to speak, in order to allow everyone an opportunity to express their concerns. COUNCIL COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT ALL INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND COMMENT. ANYONE IN NEED OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS OR ACCESS TO DISABILITY, SHOULD CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL CLERK S OFFICE, AT x 101 OR x 102, PRIOR TO THE MEETING. -9-

10 -10-