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CITY OF EAST ORANGE THE EAST ORANGE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Monday, April 25, 2016 6:00 P.M. THEODORE R. GREEN City Council Chairman First Ward Second Ward Christopher D. James Jacquelyn E. Johnson Amy Lewis Romal D. Bullock Third Ward Fourth Ward Quilla E. Talmadge Tyshammie L. Cooper Theodore R. Green Casim L. Gomez Fifth Ward Alicia Holman Mustafa Al-M. Brent  REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 25, 2016 6:00 P.M. ROLL CALL SALUTE TO THE FLAG SILENT PRAYER SUNSHINE LAW STATEMENT PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance No. 8 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 34 of 2014 Correcting the Legal Name of the Developers enitity to “742 Park Avenue West Urban Renewal, LLC” and extending time for Completion of Construction Ordinance No. 11 of 2016 An Ordinance to Sell City of East Orange Property “Parking Spaces” Privately to Contiguous Property Owners Bond Ordinance No. 12 of 2016 Bond Ordinance Providing for the Acquisition and Implementation of Billing and Customer Service Software by the East Orange Water Commission of the City of East Orange, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey (the “City”); Appropriating $500,000 therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $500,000 Bonds or Notes of the City to Finance the Costs thereof Bond Ordinance No. 13 of 2016 Bond Ordinance Providing for Water Distribution Improvements and the Acquisition of Equipment for the East Orange Water Commission, by and in the City of East Orange, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey; Reappropriating $1,100,000 in Excess Appropriation from Bond Ordinance Number 24 of 2015, not needed for their original purpose, to Finance the costs thereof Ordinance No. 14 of 2016 An Ordinance Implementing Chapter 170 (Licenses and Fees), Article 1 (General Provisions), Section 6 (Wage Theft Prevention) of the East Orange Municipal Code to prevent the issuance or enable suspension of Business Licenses to Entities Liable for Wage Theft within the City of East Orange (“Shall also be referred to as the Rekha Eanni Rodriguez Law”) Ordinance No. 15 of 2016 An Ordinance to Repeal and Replace the Code of the City of East Orange, Chapter 60, Article XVI, Sections 60-95 to 60-99 entitled “Employment of Police Officers by Private Parties” (Adopted 11*10*2003) as Ord. No. 3 of 2003 and Amended on 11*14*2011 by Ord. No. 30-2011) Ordinance No. 16 of 2016 An Ordinance to Amend and Supplement Chapter 142 of the Municipal Code of the City of East Orange PRESENTATIONS MINUTES PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence received April 21, 2016 from the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders submitting Ordinance No. O-2016-00012 – “Bond Ordinance Providing for Various Capital Improvements by the County of Essex, New Jersey, Appropriating $10,9000,000 therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $10,380,000 Bonds or Notes of the County for Financing such Appropriation”. 2. Correspondence received April 18, 2016 from The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Classification Exception Area/Well Restriction Area, LNA East Orange Service Station 57347 – 100 Central Avenue, East Orange City, Essex County, Program Interest Number: 006264 , Subject Item ID: CEA100035451. 3. Correspondence received April 18, 2016 from RLG Environmental, Inc., regarding Response Action Outcome – Remedial Action Type: Unrestricted Use, Scope of Remediation: Area(s) of Concern: Three (3) 3000 Gallon Regulated Gasoline USTs and no other areas – Case Name: Hassan Food Corp. - Address: 935 South Orange Avenue – Municipality: East Orange City – County: Essex – Block: 460, Lot: 1.03 – Preferred ID: 241725 – Communication Center # 04-12-29-1441-06 – Well Permit # E20131. 4. Correspondence received April 15, 2016 from the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders submitting Ordinance No. O-2016-00013 – “Bond Ordinance Providing for the Improvement of Essex County College in and by the County of Essex, New Jersey, Appropriating $2,500,000.00 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $1,250,000.00 Bonds or Notes of the County Entitled to Benefits of Chapter 12 of the Laws of New Jersey of 1971 for Financing such Appropriation” and Ordinance No. O-2016-00014 – “Bond Ordinance Providing for the certain costs in connection with additions to and Renovations of Buildings on the West Caldwell Campus, in and by the County of Essex, New Jersey, Appropriating $35,000,000.00 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $35,000,000.00 Bonds or Notes of the County for Financing such Appropriation”. 1  MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence dated April 25, 2016, appointing Osner J. Charles to serve in the position of Director of Recreation and Cultural Affairs for a term coterminous with the Office of the Mayor, effective April 25, 2016. 2. Correspondence dated April 7, 2016 from Susan P. Taglieri, Secretary to the Mayor advising that Mayor Taylor vetoed Resolution I-68 – A Resolution Approving a Tax Refund to Matt Realty, LLC., due to an error. BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES RECEIVED East Orange Public Library Board of Trustees………………………………………….April 14, 2016 REPORT OF OFFICERS REPORT OF COMMITTEES ARTS, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS –AMY LEWIS Holman, Gomez, James Resolutions I-101 Bid: Summer food Service Program/After School Meals I-102 Cheryl Malone-Brown – Retirement I-103 Charles F. Salley - Retirement BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING – ROMAL D. BULLOCK James, Cooper, Holman Resolutions I-104 Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Planning Board of the City of East Orange to Conduct a Preliminary Investigation to determine whether certain property located on the East Side of Arlington Street, between Summit Street and Park Avenue, should be designated as an area in need of Redevelopment and be included in the Transit Village Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq I-105 Resolution Designating ASBG Companies, Inc. as Redeveloper for 55-59 Amherst Street in the TR-2Residential Neighborhood District FINANCE – QUILLA E. TALMADGE Cooper, Holman, Johnson Resolutions I-106 Payroll #9 – April 22, 2016– May 5, 2016 City Employees: $2,228,978.56 Water: $136,827.94 I-107 Resolution of the City of East Orange, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey Authorizing the Submission of an Application to the Local Finance Board Requesting Approval of two Bond Ordinance under the Provisions of the Municipal Qualified Bond Act, N.J.S.A. §40A:3-1 I-108 May 2016 Temporary Budget I-109 Resolution withdrawing the 2014 Tax Bill for 22 Lindsley Place I-110 Public Auction I-111 City Clerk’s Certification regarding CY 2016 Budget I-112 Resolution Amending Resolution I-82 Introduction of Calendar Year 2016 Calendar Year Budget HEALTH and EDUCATION – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Gomez, Talmadge, Lewis No Resolutions 2 HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – TYSHAMMIE L. COOPER Brent, Johnson, Bullock Resolution I-113 Resolution for the refund of Certificate of Conformity Inspection Fee LAW AND LEGISLATION – JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON Lewis, James, Talmadge Resolution I-114 Resolution Authorizing Settlement of Litigation in the matter of Linda Hobson v. the City of East Orange, et al Motion M-5 Motion – Constable Re-Appointment Tamara Ellis – Fifth Ward PLANNING AND GRANTS – CASIM L. GOMEZ Bullock, Lewis, Brent No Resolutions PUBLIC SAFETY – ALICIA HOLMAN Talmadge, Bullock. Cooper No Resolutions PUBLIC WORKS – CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES Johnson, Brent, Gomez Resolution I-115 Resolution Authorizing the City to advertise for the Milling and Paving of Various Streets Funding Year 2015 ROLL CALL ON CONSENT AGENDA All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, Council may remove that item from the Consent Agenda and discuss it separately under the Regular Agenda NEW BUSINESS REGULAR AGENDA TABLED LEGISLATION REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES ARTS, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS – AMY LEWIS Holman, Gomez, James BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and ZONING – ROMAL D. BULLOCK James, Cooper, Holman FINANCE – QUILLA E. TALMADGE Cooper, Holman, Johnson Resolutions I-116 Resolution confirming Annmarie Corbitt as Auctioneer I-117 Resolution Confirming Osner J. Charles as Director of the Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs 3 HEALTH and EDUCATION – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Gomez, Talmadge, Lewis HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – TYSHAMMIE L. COOPER Brent, Johnson, Bullock LAW AND LEGISLATION – JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON Lewis, James, Talmadge Ordinances on First Reading Ordinance No. 18 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 3 of 2016 An Ordinance relating to Salaries and Classifications of Certain Municipal Personnel of the City of East Orange that are Members of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO Ordinance No. 19 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2 of 2016 An Ordinance relating to Salaries and Classifications of Certain Municipal Personnel of the City of East Orange that are Members of the Engineering Supervisory Personnel Association, Inc Ordinance No. 20 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 18 of 2013 (Amended by Ordinance No. 6 of 2015) Relating to Salaries and Classifications of Certain Municipal Personnel of the City of East Orange Ordinances on Second and Final Reading Ordinance No. 8 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 34 of 2014 Correcting the Legal Name of the Developers enitity to “742 Park Avenue West Urban Renewal, LLC”and extending time for Completion of Construction Ordinance No. 11 of 2016 An Ordinance to Sell City of East Orange Property “Parking Spaces” Privately to Contiguous Property Owners Bond Ordinance No. 13 of 2016 Bond Ordinance Providing for Water Distribution Improvements and the Acquisition of Equipment for the East Orange Water Commission, by and in the City of East Orange, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey; Reappropriating $1,100,000 in Excess Appropriation from Bond Ordinance Number 24 of 2015, not needed for their original purpose, to Finance the costs thereof Ordinance No. 14 of 2016 An Ordinance Implementing Chapter 170 (Licenses and Fees), Article 1 (General Provisions), Section 6 (Wage Theft Prevention) of the East Orange Municipal Code to prevent the issuance or enable suspension of Business Licenses to Entities Liable for Wage Theft within the City of East Orange (“Shall also be referred to as the Rekha Eanni Rodriguez Law”) Ordinance No. 15 of 2016 An Ordinance to Repeal and Replace the Code of the City of East Orange, Chapter 60, Article XVI, Sections 60-95 to 60-99 entitled “Employment of Police Officers by Private Parties” (Adopted 11*10*2003) as Ord. No. 3 of 2003 and Amended on 11*14*2011 by Ord. No. 30-2011) 4 LAW AND LEGISLATION – JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON - Continued Lewis, James, Talmadge Ordinances on Second and Final Reading Ordinance No. 16 of 2016 An Ordinance to Amend and Supplement Chapter 142 of the Municipal Code of the City of East Orange PLANNING AND GRANTS – CASIM L. GOMEZ Bullock, Lewis, Brent PUBLIC SAFETY – ALICIA HOLMAN Talmadge, Bullock. Cooper PUBLIC WORKS – CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES Johnson, Brent, Gomez OPEN HEARING OF CITIZENS Pursuant to Article IV, Section 3 of the Rules of City Council, each person wishing to address the Council, shall step up to the microphone, give his or her name in an audible tone for the record and unless further time is granted by the Presiding Officer, shall limit remarks to three minutes. All members of the public are expected to conduct themselves in a proper manner. Any derogatory, abusive or threatening statements will not be permitted. The Chair will immediately rule such conduct out of order and terminate any further comments. CALL OF WARDS THEODORE R. GREEN City Council Chairman FIRST WARD SECOND WARD Christopher D. James Jacquelyn E. Johnson Amy Lewis Romal D. Bullock THIRD WARD Quilla E. Talmadge Ted R. Green FOURTH WARD FIFTH WARD Tyshammie L. Cooper Alicia Holman Casim L. Gomez Mustafa Al-M. Brent 5  THE EAST ORANGE CITY COUNCIL 2016 SCHEDULED MEETING DATES In accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, P.L. 1975, Public Notice is hereby given that the East Orange City Council has established the following 2016 Meeting Dates. Formal action may take place at these Meetings. Executive Sessions may be held at Committee Meetings or at Regular Meetings. These Meetings will be held in City Council Chambers located at 44 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, New Jersey. Committee Discussion Regular Official & Agenda Meetings Meetings 5:30 PM 6:00PM Monday, January 11th Monday, January 11th Monday, January 25th Monday, January 25th Monday, February 8th Monday, February 8th Monday, February 22nd Monday, February 22nd Monday, March 14th Monday, March 14th Monday, March 28th Monday, March 28th Monday, April 11th Monday, April 11th Monday, April 25th Monday, April 25th Monday, May 9th Monday, May 9th Monday, May 23rd Monday, May 23rd Monday, June 13th Monday, June 13th Monday, June 27th Monday, June 27th Monday, July 11th Monday, July 11th Monday, July 18th Monday, July 18th Monday, July 25th Monday, July 25th Monday, August 8th Monday, August 8th Monday, August 22nd Monday, August 22nd Monday, September 12th Monday, September 12th Monday, September 26th Monday, September 26th Tuesday, October 11th Tuesday, October 11th Monday, October 24th Monday, October 24th Monday, November 7th Monday, November 7th Monday, November 21st Monday, November 21st Monday, December 5th Monday, December 5th Tuesday, December 19th Tuesday,, December 19th City Council Reorganization Meeting Monday, January 2, 2017 @ Noon 1/11/16 Corrected 6