Politics & Government

Agenda: Boys' Swim Team Honored, SID and Municipal Budget Introduced

The following is a look at the agenda for the March 19 Summit Common Council meeting.


The following information was provided by the City of Summit.

COMMON COUNCIL of the CITY OF SUMMIT

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013 7:30 P.M.

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(Produced by the Office of the Secretary to the Mayor and Council)

(The following matters were known at agenda deadline. Other matters may arise thereafter that need timely consideration or reaction.)

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CEREMONIAL AWARDS

  • Certificates of Recognition - Summit High School Boys Swim Team – 2013 State Champions – Mayor Dickson

  • Achievement Recognition - Department of Community Programs, Recipients of Three 2013 New Jersey Recreation and Parks Association Awards:

    • “The Excellence in Visual & Cultural Arts Programming Award” for “Screen on the Green”

    • “Agency Showcase Award” for City Website Web Content

    • “Professional of the Year” to Mark Ozoroski, Asst. Director - DCP

    APPROVAL OF MINUTES

    Regular and Closed Session Meetings – 3/19/13

    REPORTS

    Mayor, Council President, City Administrator

    ORDINANCE(S) FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION

    No comments are permitted at this point since the hearing is closed.

    Number 13-3005 Title

    Introduction Date 2/5/13 Hearing Date 4/16/13 4/16/13 4/16/13

    SAFETY

    Amend Traffic Ordinance, Section 7-13, Turn Prohibitions, Subsection, 7-13.1, Turn Prohibitions (No Turns Onto Briant Pkwy Between 8-10 am & 5-7 pm)

    ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION

    *Hearings will be at the meeting indicated below, unless otherwise noted

    Number

    Title

    SAFETY (Law)

    Amend Chapter III, Police Regulations, Section 3-5, Bingo and Raffles (Delegate issuing authority to City Clerk)

    LAW

    Charitable Solicitations Ordinance (repeal ordinance) LAW
    Amend Peddlers Ordinance (major updates)

    ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION (cont’d) FINANCE/PERSONNEL

    Establish Cap Bank 4/16/13

    RESOLUTIONS

    (Staff reports are attached as appropriate. Items are listed according to Council Committees, those in italics indicate secondary committee reference. Unless otherwise indicated, or desired by Committee Chair, or a Council member advises that they will be voting in the negative, all Committee resolutions may be voted on at once.)

    FINANCE/PERSONNEL

    1. Introduce 2013 Municipal Operating budget and Establish Hearing Date

    2. Introduce 2013 SID Budget and Establish Hearing Date

    3. Accept 2013-2018 Capital Plan

    4. Authorize Emergency Temporary Appropriations – $3,239,923.00

    5. Authorize Emergency Temporary Appropriations – Sewer Utility - $716,388.00

  • Authorize Emergency Temporary Appropriations – Parking Utility - $195,000.00

  • Extend Sick Leave With Pay – Municipal Court Employee (pending Closed Session discussion)

  • Extend Sick Leave With Pay – DPW Employee (pending Closed Session discussion)

  • Authorize Execution of Inter-local Services Agreement with Millburn – Animal Control Services – not to exceed $20,000.00

  • 10. Authorize Passaic River Litigation Settlement Agreement (pending Closed Session discussion)

    WORKS

    1. Award Bid – Chatham Road Pump Station Grinder Replacement - $40,151.00

    2. Award Bid – 2013 Capital Roads Sanitary Sewer TV Inspection & Cleaning Services - $28,002.88

    BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

    1. Authorize Redevelopment Plan - Railroad Avenue Lot

  • Authorize Preliminary Redevelopment Investigation – Senior Housing Parking Lot

  • SAFETY

    Authorize State Contract Purchase of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus - $20, 268.10

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    CONSENT AGENDA

    Staff reports are attached, as appropriate, when resolution is not self-explanatory. Matters authorizing action, licenses, or granting permission have met all department qualifications.

    WORKS

    1. Authorize Bid Advertisement – Village Green Pedestrian Improvement Project 2. Authorize Bid Advertisement – Micro-surfacing Program
    3. Authorize Application for Tree City USA Re-Certification

    SAFETY

    1. Appoint Emergency Shared Dispatch Center Members – 1-Year Terms

    2. Grant Permission and Set Forth Conditions – Summit Downtown Inc. 2013 Summer GreenMarket Event

    3. Grant Raffles Licenses

    • Summit Chorale, Inc. – On-Premise Draw, On-Premise 50/50 – June 1,

      2013

    • PTO LCJSMS – On-Premise Draw – April 26, 2013

  • PTO Franklin Elementary School, Inc. – On-Premise Draw – April 20,

    2013

    FINANCE/PERSONNEL

    1. Authorize Attendance – GPANJ Conference
    2. Authorize Reimbursement of Retiree Health Insurance Costs 3. Authorize Parking Card Refunds - $805.50
    4. Authorize Payment of Bills – $1,012,145.81

    ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION, OR REFERRAL - None PUBLIC COMMENTS

  • At this point in the meeting Council welcomes comments from any member of the public about issues that are not topics on tonight’s business agenda. Whenever an audience or Council member reads from a prepared statement, please provide a copy to the City Clerk at dhughes@cityofsummit.org. To help facilitate an orderly meeting and to permit all to be heard, speakers are asked to limit their comments to 3 minutes.

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    PENDING ORDINANCES

    Number Title

    SAFETY

    13-3006 Amend Traffic Ordinance, Section 7-13, Turn Prohibitions, Subsection, 7-13.1, Turn Prohibitions (No

    Turns Onto Briant Pkwy Between 7-9 am & 4-6 pm)

    Hearing Date 4/2/13

    COUNCIL MEMBERS’ COMMENTS/NEW BUSINESS

    PRESENTATION(S) and LIASON, STAFF REPORTS

    ADJOURNMENT REGULAR MEETING

    CLOSED SESSION (if needed and authorized)

    EXPLANATORY NOTE REGARDING CORRESPONDENCE, STAFF & LIAISON REPORTS, AND GENERAL INFORMATION ITEMS

    By the Friday morning before the meeting, the agenda and copies of letters, staff reports, and general information items are available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office, the public library reference desk, and the agenda only is on the City Hall bulletin board in the downstairs lobby. The agenda and relevant data also are provided to designated newspapers, and persons who have paid the appropriate fee.

    Unless otherwise indicated, all items on the agenda are distributed only to Mayor, Council, Scott Olsen, Beth Kinney, Christopher Cotter, Library, Robert Weck, Joseph Houck, Thomas Scrivo, Press and provided with the official “Board” copy for review by the public. Oral reports and delayed distributions are noted as needed. Information that arrives after the agenda is completed and sent to the “distribution list” has only been provided to the Mayor, Council, Administrator and affected Department Head(s).

    CORRESPONDENCE

    • Letters – Purchasing Department, re bids received 3/12/13:

    1. Sanitary Sewer TV Inspection & Cleaning Services – 2013 Capital Roads

    2. Chatham Road Pump Station Grinder Replacement REFERRED TO COUNCIL AS A WHOLE

    GENERAL INFORMATION

    Includes notices, letters copied to the city, ordinances & resolutions from other governing bodies, newsletters and minutes and reports from agencies, boards and commissions. Each item does not appear to require any discussion or action. (Copies of ordinances and resolutions from other governing bodies are not provided, but are available upon request.)

    1. Notices:

      1. NJ Clean Water Council, re hearing on 4/29/13 - Adapting Water Infrastructure to the “New Normal”

      2. Summit Zoning Board, re hearing on 2/25/13, re 155 Hobart Avenue

      3. Millburn Zoning board, re hearing on 3/18/13, re Canoe Brook Country Club,

    1108 Morris Turnpike

  • Newsletters:

  • • NJDEP, re Promoting Your Earth Day Events 3. Minutes, Reports, etc. from the following:

    1. Animal Control Solutions – 2/13

    2. Police Department Monthly Report – 2/13

  • Transportation Advisory Board, Union County – 1/23/13

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