5:00 P.M. (PREVAILING TIME) TWP. COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING. The Mayor opened the meeting in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act requirements.

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1 TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS DENNISVILLE, NJ JUNE 12, :00 P.M. (PREVAILING TIME) TWP. COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING The Mayor opened the meeting in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act requirements. The Mayor requested that the roll call and flag salute be carried over from the Work Session Meeting (VanArtsdalen, Turner, Elisano, Fry-DeRose and Matalucci present). The Mayor asked if there were any comments on the consent agenda. There being no comment, the Mayor asked for a motion adopting the consent agenda, motion was made by Elisano, seconded by Turner, with 5 ayes and no nays, that the consent agenda be adopted. The following minutes were approved as part of the consent agenda: 05/08/2018 Work Session & Regular Meetings. The following resolution numbers thru were a part of the Consent Agenda: RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE AWARD OF THE NJDOT FY 2017 MUNICIPAL AID PROGRAM RECONSTRUCTING WESCOTT ROAD BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey, that this governing body does hereby recommend to the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) that the contract for Reconstructing Wescott Road in the Township of Dennis, County of Cape May be awarded to Jonathan Hand Excavating, Inc., P.O. Box 198, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210, whose bid amount is $142, and is subject to the approval of the Department. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the presiding officer of this body be and is hereby directed to sign for on its behalf the contract in the prescribed form for said construction and that the Municipal Clerk of this body be and is hereby directed to seal said contract with the corporate seal of this body and to attest to the same. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certification of availability of funds has been received by the Finance Office and is available C Road Improvement Program. RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION APPROVING OF THE DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS DURING THE ACTIVITIES AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN AUGUST WHEREAS, the Township scheduled its National Night Out Event for Tuesday, August 07, 2018 at the Recreation Complex located at 565 Dennisville Road, South Dennis; and

2 WHEREAS, a fireworks display has been scheduled for the event; and WHEREAS, the State requires that the municipality pass a resolution authorizing the discharge of fireworks. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey, that this governing body hereby approves and authorizes the discharge of fireworks during the National Night Out Event scheduled for August 07, ATTEST ATTEST Jacqueline B. Justice, RMC/Clerk Zeth A. Matalucci, Mayor RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ASSISTANT CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER WHEREAS, the Chief Finance Officer is on a leave; and WHEREAS, certain documents require the signature of the Chief Finance Officer who is unavailable at this time; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey, that the Assistant Chief Finance Officer is hereby authorized to execute documents in absence of the Chief Finance Officer. RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE INSERTION OF A SPECIAL ITEM OF REVENUE IN THE 2018 MUNICIPAL BUDGET WHEREAS, N.J.S. 40A:4-87 provides that the Director of the Division of Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any special item of revenue in the budget of any county or municipality when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof was not determined at the time of the adoption of the budget; and WHEREAS, said Director may also approve the insertion of an item of appropriation for an equal amount; and WHEREAS, the Township of Dennis will receive $21, from the State of New Jersey Clean Communities Program and wishes to amend its 2018 Budget to include this amount as a revenue. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey, that this governing body hereby requests the Director of the Division of Local Government Services to approve the insertion of an item of revenue in the budget of the year 2018 in the sum of $21, which is now available as a revenue from: Miscellaneous Revenues Special Items of General Revenue Anticipated with Prior Written Consent of the Director of Local Government Services: Public And Private Revenues Off-Set with Appropriations: Clean Communities Grant Program

3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a like sum of $21, be and the same is hereby appropriated under the caption of: General Appropriations (a) Operations Excluded from Caps Public and Private Programs Off-Set by Revenues: Clean Communities Grant Program Other Expenses BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward the necessary documentation to the Director of Local Government Services. RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/EXTRAORDINARY UNSPECIFIABLE SERVICE CONTRACT FOR SCHAEFER PYROTECHNICS, INC., TO PROVIDE A FIREWORKS DISPLAY WHEREAS, the Township is hosting a National Night Out scheduled for August 07, 2018; and WHEREAS, a fireworks display has been scheduled and planned for this event; and WHEREAS, the Township Committee desires to employ the services of a company that specializes in the furnishing of fireworks exhibitions; and WHEREAS, Schaefer Pyrotechnics, Inc. has provided the Township with a proposed contract in the amount of $5, to furnish a fireworks exhibition for the National Night Out event. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey, as follows: 1. The averments of the preamble are incorporated herein by reference. 2. The Recreation Director and the Mayor are hereby authorized and directed to enter into a professional services/extraordinary unspecifiable service contract with Schaefer Pyrotechnics, Inc., for the furnishing of fireworks exhibition. 3. The Clerk shall cause of notice of the award of this contract to be published in the official newspaper of the Township of Dennis as required by N.J.S.A. 40A: 11-5(1)(a)(i). 4. This contract is awarded without competitive bidding, pursuant to the Local Public Contract Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq, for the following reasons and that the total sum will not exceed the limits established in P.L Chapter 19: A. Professional services of the type herein sought are of such a nature as to require a high degree of trust or confidence in the individual providing the service. B. The individual who will provide these services has demonstrated his competence and particular expertise in the services required, and is familiar through prior association with the specialized area of fireworks exhibition.

4 C. The services include advice to and consultation with the municipality and its agents that requires both knowledge and judgement on the part of the individual providing the services as well as the confidence of the municipal officials, such that competitive bidding is not feasible or practical. 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately. ATTEST ATTEST Jacqueline B. Justice, RMC/Clerk Zeth A. Matalucci, Mayor RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE HIRING OF A PART-TIME KEYBOARDING CLERK I FOR THE TAX OFFICES WHEREAS, the Township Committee feels that additional coverage is needed in the Tax Offices and there is a need for a Part-time Keyboarding Clerk I to assist there; and WHEREAS, the Township received applications and conducted interviews; and WHEREAS, the Administrator has made his recommendation to the Township Committee. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey, that Jackie Singer, 5912 Pacific Ave., 2 nd Fl., Wildwood Crest, NJ be hired as the Part-time Keyboarding Clerk I to assist in the Tax Offices at the hourly rate of $13.00 per hour not to exceed 30 hours per week. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said hire be retroactive to 06/04/2018. ATTEST ATTEST RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MODIFICATION OF THE PROJECT LIMITS FOR THE WESCOTT ROAD PROJECT WHEREAS, the Township Committee has determined to Reconstruct Wescott Road, with grant funds from the New Jersey Department of Transportation, FY 2017 MA Program, and WHEREAS, the Low bid for the project is substantially below the Engineers Estimate and the State Aid allotment for the project, and WHEREAS, the Township Engineer has recommended modifying the project limits to take advantage of the available state aid by including further improvements to the intersections of Hagan Road and Tattlers Road, and

5 WHEREAS, the Division of Local Government Aid require an Incidental Modification to Project Scope/Limits form be submitted to them for approval. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis, in the County of Cape May and State of New Jersey, that the Township Engineer and Township Clerk are authorized to execute and submit to the Division of Local Government Aid, said form, attached hereto, for approval. The following Ordinance No was introduced for first reading as part of the Consent Agenda: TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS COUNTY OF CAPE MAY STATE OF NEW JERSEY ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS, COUNTY OF CAPE MAY, AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY AMENDING ORDINANCE NO ENTITLED, AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS, COUNTY OF CAPE MAY, AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY ESTABLISHING THE COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS. BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis, County of Cape May, and State of New Jersey that Ordinance No be amended as follows: TITLE/POSITION MINIMUM MAXIMUM Assistant Municipal Tax Collector 45, , Account Clerk/Cashier 40, , BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance be effective retroactive to01/01/2018 after final passage and publication according to law. Zeth A. Matalucci, Mayor Julie Fry-DeRose, Deputy Mayor Nicholas Elisano, Committee Member Scott J. Turner, Committee Member

6 Thomas VanArtsdalen, III, Committee Member The foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a meeting of the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis on June 12, Publication will be held on July 04, 2018 and a Public Hearing will be held at a meeting of the said Township Committee to be held on July 10, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building located at 571 Petersburg Road in Dennisville. ATTEST Jacqueline B. Justice, RMC/Clerk The Mayor indicated that we were moving on the regular portion of the agenda. The Mayor asked for a motion for Resolution No Motion was made by VanArtsdalen, seconded by Fry-DeRose, with 4 ayes and 1 abstaining (Turner), the following resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF THE LIQUOR LICENSES FOR THE YEAR WHEREAS, application has been made by the persons, firms, and/or corporations hereinafter named for renewal of Plenary Retail Consumption Licenses and Plenary Retail Distribution License, heretofore granted by this issuing authority; and WHEREAS, all things required to be done by the said applicants have been done, including the payment of the required fees and all laws and regulations for the control of alcoholic beverages; and WHEREAS, no objections have been filed; and WHEREAS, this governing body is of the opinion that said applications should be granted and licenses issued. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey, the Municipal Issuing Authority, that the license be issued to the person, firms and/or corporations named on the attached Schedule A for the period of one year commencing July 1, 2018 through June 30, LIQUOR LICENSES RENEWAL SCHEDULE A RESOLUTION NO

7 Number Name & Address Type Amount Shore Gate, Inc PRC $1, School House Lane Ocean View, NJ Dennis Twp Gleeson Liquors, Inc. PRD $1, Sea Isle Boulevard Ocean View, NJ Dennis Twp. This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on Ordinance No The title was read by the Mayor. Motion was made by Turner, seconded by Fry-DeRose, that the Hearing be open for public comment. There being no comment from those present, motion was made by Fry-DeRose, seconded by Turner, that the Hearing be closed. Motion was made by VanArtsdalen, seconded by Turner, with 5 ayes and no nays, that the following Ordinance No was adopted: ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS, COUNTY OF CAPE MAY, AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY AMENDING ORDINANCE NO ENTITLED, AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS, COUNTY OF CAPE MAY, AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY ESTABLISHING THE COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS... This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on Ordinance No The title was read by the Mayor. Motion was made by VanArtsdalen, seconded by Elisano, that the Hearing be open for public comment. There being no comment from those present, motion was made by Fry-DeRose, seconded by Elisano, that the Hearing be closed. Motion was made by Elisano, seconded by VanArtsdalen, with 5 ayes and no nays, that the following Ordinance No was adopted:

8 ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS, COUNTY OF CAPE MAY, AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY AMENDING CHAPTER 109 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DENNIS ENTITLED GAMES OF CHANCE The Mayor asked for a motion authorizing the payment of the bills, providing that proper vouchers have been filed and that funds are available. Motion was made by Elisano, seconded by Turner, with 5ayes and no nays, that the payment of the following bills was approved: GENERAL ACCOUNT: Twp. of Dennis Payroll Account $ 45, Mariann Murphy BSN Sports, Inc Shore Bets 1, Twp. of Dennis Payroll Account 59, Adelphia Restaurant 1, Advantage Rental Center, Inc Atlantic City Electric 2, A.T.&T A. T. & T. Mobility Animal Control of South Jersey Deborah M. Berg Belleplain State Forest Belleplain V.F.W. Post # Blaney & Karavan, PA 4, Kathleen Bresan Calvary Baptist Church 1, Cape May County M.U.A. 20, Cape May County Bd. Of Taxation Computer Access Systems Coastal Landscaping 1, Cody s Power Equipment Comcast Kelly Cramer Crystal Springs Custard King Dennis Twp. Board of Education 765, Monica M. DiVito Larry C. Dixon Albert F. Donahue Gwendolyn J. Donahue Dovetail Presentations Thomas F. Duffy East Coast Distributors

9 Township of Dennis Nina Fuqua Mike Gardner & Son, Inc The Gem Grocery & Gas VOID Donna Sue Glembocki Robert A. Grace Marie T. Trout Charles Haig Herald Newspaper, Inc Kel-Tex Imprints, Inc Heidi Kern Sara C. Koczur Kona Ice Cape May Peter A. Leitch Robin S. Light Mariann Murphy NJ Dept. Health/Senior Services N.Y.S.C.A., Inc Ocean View Volunteer Fire Co The O.D.B., Co. 2, Oriental Trading Company, Inc Palladin Tour & Travel Robin V. Paul Frank R. Podlaski Power of Production Studio P.L.I.C. SBD Grand Island PV Business Solutions William A. Rice, Jr S & S Worldwide, Inc Senior Travel Service, Inc. 1, Sandra P. Simmerman Gertrude Singer Get Air Trampoline Park Staples Credit Plan Surety Title Company VOID Carolyn Swagler Jill H. Swagler Noel Turner Urie s Waterfront Restaurant Florence Vagratian Verizon 1, Waste Management of NJ, Inc. 15, Carol Weygand David J. Weygand Xerox Corporation Young s Skating Center Calvary Baptist Church Loveland Garrett & VOID NJCTBA (Patty Marsh) Schaefer Pyrotechnics, Inc. 2, Vital Communications, Inc Motion made by VanArtsdalen, seconded by Fry-DeRose, all in favor and the motion carried, that the following Administrative Reports were adopted: Municipal Clerk s Report May, 2018 Registrar s Report May, 2018 Tax Collector s Report May, 2018 Construction Official s Report May, 2018 Engineer s Report 06/12/2018

10 The Mayor asked if there were any comments from the public this evening. Frank Hoff, 285 Gracetown Road commented on a Route 55 asked if there have been any recent County Meetings regarding it. Mayor Matalucci indicated that he is not aware of any recent meetings. Mr. Hoff commented further on the traffic and the need for the Route 55 extension. Mayor Matalucci commented on the traffic and the definite need for Route 55. Mr. Hoff indicated that it needs to be a joint effort and commented on different entities/representatives banning together to get it done and he commented on funding always going to areas up north. They continued to discuss the Route 55 extension. Mayor Matalucci commented on accidents occurring at the intersection of Route 83 & Route 47. Mr. Hoff commented on paving Gracetown road and the use of grant funds and Mayor Matalucci explained that you cannot use grant funds from one project for another project, we can only use the Westcott Road grant money for that project and that is why we are expanding the scope of the project. Mr. Hoff requested that the paving of Gracetown Road be a project that they apply for grants funds next. Mayor Matalucci indicated that there is funding in the recent Bond Ordinance for Road Projects and that the Engineer would be evaluating the areas that need to be addressed. Mr. Hoff commented on conditions that deteriorate Gracetown Road such as the big trucks associated with the County road project and the sod trucks. The Mayor asked for comments from the Township Committee. Committeeman Turner reiterated that Public Works is done with brush pick-up. Deputy Mayor Fry-DeRose indicated that she had no comments at this time. Committeeman Elisano indicated that he had no comments at this time. Committeeman VanArtsdalen indicated that he had no comments at this time. Mayor Matalucci commented on the luncheon at the Senior Center for tomorrow and indicated that the Station Commander of the N.J. State Police Woodbine Barracks would be present to answer any questions and address any concerns. He stated that this would be a great opportunity to thank them for the great job they do. The Township Administrator congratulated Michele Heim on her retirement and indicated that she had been very welcoming and helpful to him and he commended her on her long time tenure with the Township. Motion was made by Fry-DeRose, seconded by VanArtsdalen, that the meeting be adjourned. All in favor and the motion carried. ATTEST ATTEST