READINGTON TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AGENDA
DECEMBER 5, 2005
A. Mayor Gatti calls the meeting to order at 6:30
p.m. announcing that all laws governing the Open Public Meetings
Act have been met and that this meeting has been duly advertised.
B. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Personnel/Personnel Matters
Personnel/Police Department
Personnel/Municipal Court
Contract Negotiations/Awarding of
Renovation to the Eversole Hall House Bid
Contract Negotiations/Block 63, Lots 11,
12 & 13 (Accettola)
Contract Negotiations/Block 72, Lot 10.02
(Pagano)
Contract Negotiations/Block 39, Lots 49
& 14.04 and Block 40, Lot 2 (Peters)
Contract Negotiations/Block 80, Lots 1
& 2 (Readington Township)
Contract Negotiations/St. Hubert’s Giralda
Attorney-Client Privilege/Executive
Session Minutes (Nov. 9, 2005 & Nov. 21, 2005)
Contract Negotiations/Block 48, Lot 23;
Block 55, Lot 33; Block 56, Lots 1, 3, 6, & 8 and Block 67, Lot
2 (Solberg Aviation/Hromoho)
C.
SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
D. ACTION
TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
E. CONSENT
AGENDA:
All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine by the
Township Committee and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these
items unless a Committee member or citizen requests, in which event the item
will be removed from the General Order of Business and considered in its normal
sequence on the agenda.
* F.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES of
meeting of November 21, 2005.
G.
PUBLIC HEARINGS - 8:00 p.m.
1. BOND
ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS - BLOCK 98, LOT 2
(OWNER: PADOVANI) IN AND BY THE TOWNSHIP OF READINGTON, IN THE COUNTY OF
HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING $497,500 THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUANCE OF $472,625 BONDS OR NOTES OF THE TOWNSHIP TO FINANCE PART OF THE COST
THEREOF
Ordinance #31-2005
2. AN
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF A FEE SIMPLE INTEREST IN PROPERTY KNOWN
AS BLOCK 73, LOT 27; BLOCK 74, LOTS 8 AND 9; BLOCK 79.01, LOTS 11.01, 11.02,
11.03, 11.04, 11.05, 11.06 AND BLOCK 79, LOT 4 TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE GREEN ACRES PROGRAM
Ordinance #32-2005
Readington Township Committee
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H. CORRESPONDENCE/OTHER
INFORMATION:
1. Letter dated November 4, 2005 from Paul
J. Sikoryak regarding reforms to current rules
for bidding and insurance requirements for hunting on Township properties.
2. Memorandum dated November 3, 2005 from
Dinah Rowbotham, Assistant Program Administrator,
Hunterdon County Agriculture Development Board, regarding 2007 Round of
Planning Incentive Grant Applications.
3. Letter
dated November 15, 2005 from Kevin Scott Richardson, Program Administrator,
Hunterdon County Open Space Trust Fund Program, regarding Hunterdon
County Municipal & Nonprofit Grant Programs Revised Policies &
Procedures Manual.
4. Notice
dated November 21, 2005 from William G. Dressel, Jr., Executive Director, NJ State League of Municipalities regarding opposition
to A-4073, which redefines the role and qualifications of purchasing agents in
the “Local Public Contracts Law.”
5. Notice
dated November 21, 2005 from Monica A. Gianchiglia,
Board Administrator, Bedminster Twp. Planning Board, regarding Notice of
Master Plan Public Hearing.
6. Notice
from Dorothy D. Wilkie, Municipal Clerk, Twp. of
Bedminster, regarding adoption of Ordinance #05-37 -
Supplementing & Amending Section 13-205 entitled “VN Village Neighborhood”
of Chapter XIII Entitled “Land Management” of the revised General Ordinances of
the Twp. of Bedminster.
7. Notice dated November 21, 2005 from
Dorothy L. Gooditis, Municipal Clerk, Twp. of
Raritan, regarding Public Hearing of the proposed amendment to the
Raritan Township Master Plan.
8. Notice dated November 17, 2005 from
Theresa A. Farbaniec, Municipal Clerk, Borough of
Sayreville, regarding adoption of a Resolution urging the New Jersey
State Legislature to enact legislation that would amend the New Jersey Senior
Property Tax Freeze Protection Act and effectively increase income eligibility
limitations to the median regional income limits as established by the Council
on Affordable Housing.
9. Notice from Public Service Electric
& Gas regarding Filing and Public Hearings for proposed emergent relief
in BGSS Commodity Charge for Residential Gas Customers.
I.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Transportation Improvement District
- update.
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J.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Diesel
Dump Trucks with Central Hydraulic Systems & Associated Equipment
-
public hearing.
2. Administrative
Checklist Revisions.
3. Resolution concerning Readington’s
Petition for Substantive Certification to the New Jersey Council on Affordable
Housing for its Housing Element & Fair Share Plan.
4. Resolution of
Governing Body of Intent to Bond for Shortfall.
5. Resolution authorizing the execution of
a Regional Contribution Agreement between the Township of Readington & the
City of Perth Amboy.
* 6. Amendment
to Valic Deferred Compensation Plan pursuant to the
Job Creation & Worker Assistance Act of 2002 - resolution.
* 7. Special
Item of Revenue/Chapter 159 - resolutions.
* 8. Postponement of Mortgage - 705 Well Sweep
Road/Vergalito.
* 9. Sanderson/Block
50, Lot 37.01 - request for release of unused escrow funds.
* 10. Application
for Membership in NJ Firemen’s Association - David A. Gilliam.
* 11. Application
for Membership in NJ Firemen’s Association - Dennis B. Concannon.
* 12. Application for Blue Light Permit - Arpad Salopek.
K.
ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT:
L.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT:
M. ENGINEER’S REPORT:
Readington Township Committee
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N. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1. Frank Gatti:
Finance Department
* a. Payment
of the Bills.
Police Department
Planning Board
Historic Preservation/Museums
2. Gerry
Shamey:
Liaison to Fire Companies and Rescue
Squad
Engineering, Roads, Maintenance &
Recycling
School Crossing Guards
3. Julia
Allen:
Planning Board
County Ag. Develop. Board Liaison
Farmland\Open Space Preservation\Land
Projects Liaison
Sewer Advisory Committee
4. Thomas
Auriemma:
Recreation Department
Library Services
Code Enforcement Department\Construction
Code Department
5. Beatrice
Muir:
Board of Health
Public Assistance
Municipal Court
Animal Control
O.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
P.
COMMENTS FROM THE GOVERNING BODY.
Q.
ADJOURNMENT.