AGENDA
RARITAN TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE
JANUARY 28, 2014
Special Meeting Begins at 7:00 P.M.
Please Note: A Special Agenda Adding Late Items to the Open or Closed Sessions which Require the Consideration of the Township Committee may be Issued when Necessary
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1. MEETING CALLED:
Meeting called to order at:
2. ROLL CALL:
3. MEETING ADVERTISED: Mayor O’Brien advised that the meeting was advertised in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act in the January 16, 2014 issue of the Hunterdon County Democrat and was posted on the office bulletin board and the Township Website.
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4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & MOMENT OF SILENCE: Mayor O’Brien and Pack 194, Den 9 ask all to lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag and to remain standing for a Moment of Silence to remember our men and women serving in the Armed Forces and in particular those serving in troubled areas around the world.
4A. PROCLAMATIONS – EAGLE SCOUT COURT OF HONOR FOR:
Michael Siani
Sean Murphy coulson
Kaelan Reed
5. PUBLIC COMMENT: It is the policy of the Township Committee that public comment is limited to three (3) minutes per person. Public comment shall be permitted on items of concern regarding the agenda only. In addition, time will be allotted at the end of the meeting for public comment on any issue.
6. FINANCIAL ISSUES:
a. PAYMENT OF BILLS:
1. Payment of Bills as Listed for Raritan Township: $ 3,307,284.71
Mayor O’Brien asks for a motion to approve the Bill List. .
Motion: ______Second: ______Roll Call Vote: ______
2. Payment of Bills as Listed for the Raritan Township Fire Company $ 1,552.00
Mayor O’Brien asks for a motion to approve the Bill List for the Fire Company.
Motion: ______Second: ______Roll Call Vote: ______
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6. FINANCIAL ISSUES: (Con’t)
b. 2013 Revenues and 2014 Preliminary Outlook
c. Resolution #14-23 – Budget Transfers (2013 Funds)
Mayor O’Brien asks for a motion to adopt Resolution #14-23.
Motion: ______Second: ______Roll Call Vote: ______
d. Resolution #14-24 – Temporary Budget Amendment
Mayor O’Brien asks for a motion to adopt Resolution #14-24.
Motion: ______Second: ______Roll Call Vote: ______
7. REPORTS
a. LIAISONS:
Craig O’Brien – Administration/Finance/Personnel
Michael Mangin – RTMUA/Economic Development
Tom Antosiewicz – Public Works/Board of Health/Green Team & Historians Committee Karen Gilbert – Flemington-Raritan Schools/Hunterdon Central High School/
Parks & Recreation
Oliver Elbert – Public Safety//Affordability & Wellness/Rural Quality
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
a. 2014 Appointments
b. Municipal Website
9. NEW BUSINESS:
a. New Street Maps re: Proposed Fee Schedule
b. Release of Performance Guarantee to CWH Properties – 12 Minneakoning Road,
Block 16.01, Lot 16.06
c. Denial of Release of Performance Bond #45037957 to Fallone at Country Field, LLC (Country Field Estates)
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9. NEW BUSINESS:
d. Garden Homes re: Release of Letter of Credit - $333,525.06, Maintenance Surety Bond - $10,227.00 and Release of a Portion of Cash Bond with the Township Retaining $2,500.00
e. Hunterdon County Engineer re: Municipal Participation Surface Treatment Program for 2014
10. ORDINANCES:
11. CORRESPONDENCE:
a. League of Municipalities: (Information on File in the Clerk’s Office
New Content on DLGS Web Site; Choose New Jersey Expands Site Marketing Tool; Orientation for the Newly Elected, Re-elected or Experienced; Save the Date – 22nd Annual Mayor’s Legislative Day – February 5, 2014; Annual Survey; User Fee Bill Before Assembly Committee; Efforts Advance to Clarify the Status of Volunteers Under the Affordable Care Act; Mayors Cookbook Promotional Material; Lame Duck, State of the State Recap and 2014 Legislative Preview; Notice from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security; Department of Health Public Service Announcements for Posting on Municipal Websites; Budget, Ethics and Procurement Updates; Defeated School Budget Review Remedy Signed into Law; New Actions and Other
2014 Program Enhancements; “A Quick Review of Budget and Audit Updates”; “Implications of Social Media; Administrator or Manager Recruitment and Selection Advisory Service; Leaves of Absence in New Jersey – A look at the Family Medical
Leave Act, the New Jersey Family Leave Act and ADA Compliance; Important PERC Decision re: Step Increases; Action needed on Verizon Business Personal Property Tax Issue; Sustainable Jersey Present 2013 Year in Review; Governor Takes Action on Various Bills of Interest; New Content on DLGS Web Site; Veteran Homelessness;
Final Actions of New Jersey’s 2015th Legislature; U.S. Treasury Clarifies Treatment of Volunteer First Responders Under ACA; 22nd Annual Mayor’s Legislative Day – February 5, 2014; “Lame Duck, State of the State Recap and 2014 Legislative Preview; US Treasury Clarifies Treatment of Volunteer First Responders Under Affordable Care Act (ACA); Municipal Websites, Social Media and Internet Security for Municipalities; Minimum Wage Requirements for Summer Recreational Program Employees; “A Quick Review of Budget and Audit Updates; League Request on Governor’s State of the State Message; Appellate Division Decision Clarifies OPRA’s Impact on the Local Public Contract Law;
b. Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders Resolution re: Urging the Supreme Court of the United States to revisit the Consent Decree of 1954 and amend same so the City of New York shall limit the level of waters in the reservoirs under its jurisdiction that impact the Delaware River
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11. CORRESPONDENCE: (Con’t)
c. Borough of High Bridge Resolution re: Requesting that the County of Hunterdon Undertake the Animal Control Officer Responsibilities for Hunterdon County
Municipalities
d. Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce – January, 2014 (Booklet on File in the Clerk’s Office)
e. New Jersey Business & Industry Association re: New Good Neighbor Award
f. NJ League of Municipalities re: Louis Bay 2nd Future Municipal Leaders Scholarship Competition for High School Juniors and Seniors
g. Hunterdon County Solid Waste & Recycling:
1) Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days: Saturdays – March 8th,
July 12th and November 8th
2) Household Electronics Collection Days – Saturdays – April 12th and
October 11th.
h. Big Brothers and Big Sisters re: January is National Mentoring Month
i. New Jersey American Water re: Changes in Water Treatments
12. NON CONSENT AGENDA:
13. CONSENT AGENDA:
All matters listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Township Committee and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.
Minutes:
Township Committee Meeting Minutes: January 7, 2014
Executive Session Meeting Minutes: December 17, 2013
Resolutions:
a. Resolution #14-15 – Return of Performance Guarantee Cash Bond to CWH
Properties
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13. CONSENT AGENDA: (Con’t)
b. Resolution #14-16 – Denial of Release of Performance Bond #45037957 to
Fallone at Country Field, LLC (Countryfield Estates)
c. Resolution #14-22 – Authorizing the Township Attorney to Sign
Stipulations and File Corrective Appeals with the Hunterdon County Board of Taxation and/or the Tax Court of the State of New Jersey
d. Resolution #14-18 – Return of Letter of Credit, Maintenance Bond and Cash
Performance Guarantee to Garden Homes, aka Raritan
Town Square
e. Resolution #14-21 - Cancellation of 2014 Taxes Due to 100% Disabled Veteran
Mayor O’Brien asks for a motion to adopt the Consent Agenda.
Motion: ______Second: ______Roll Call Vote: ______
14. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR: Anyone may address the Committee on any issue for three
(3) minutes
15. Resolution #14-20 - CLOSED SESSION:
Contractual – Raritan Junction, LLC – Redevelopment Agreement
For Yale Property;
Teamster’s Union Local 469;
CWA Supervisor’s Union;
CWA Higher Level Supervisor’s Union
Health Insurance Benefits
Personnel – 2014 Appointments
Litigation – Fornaciari vs. Township of Raritan – CEPA Claim
Mayor O’Brien asks for a motion to adopt Resolution #14-20.
Motion: ______Second: ______Roll Call Vote: ______
16. CLOSED SESSION
17. OPEN SESSION
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18. FURTHER ACTION
19. ADJOURNMENT:
Mayor O’Brien asks for a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Motion: ______Second: ______Vote: ______
Meeting adjourned at ______