City Council

The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Hackensack was held at City Hall, 65 Central Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey, on Monday, May 3rd, 2004 at 8:00 P.M. Mayor Zisa called the meeting to order and asked everyone to stand for the flag salute. The Mayor then asked Ms. D’Auria to call the roll. Present - Mayor John F. Zisa, Deputy Mayor Roger B. Mattei, Councilwoman Juanita Trammell, Councilmen Mark A. Stein, and Jesus R. Galvis, City Clerk, Debra A. D’Auria, City Attorney Richard E. Salkin and City Manager James Lacava. Ms. D’Auria: “In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, Laws of 1975, adequate notice of this meeting was provided by sending a notice to The Record and by posting a copy on the Bulletin Board in City Hall.” Mayor Zisa called for a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting held April 19th, 2004. Motion offered by Mattei and seconded by Galvis that the minutes be approved as submitted. Carried. RESOLUTION #112 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: TRAMMELL BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the proper officers be and are hereby authorized to make the following refunds for the reason stated: AMOUNT BLOCK LOT NAME YEAR REASON $ 794.00 237 2B,C005F Garden State Title Agency,LLC 2004 ERR PMT 1,064.00 519 36,C001B New Vision Title Agency, LLC 2004 “ “ 1,472.00 143 48 National City Mortgage 2003 “ “ 1,324.00 595 35 Michael & N Lubben 2002 “ “ 857.43 540 8,C00F5 FUNB Cust Phoenix Funding Inc 2003 “ “ 250.00 457 29 Lekay, Gjelosh T & Stanka 2003 “ “ 698.04 428 1,C005G Weichert Financial Services 2003 “ “ Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Galvis, Trammell, Stein, Zisa RESOLUTION #113 OFFERED BY: TRAMMELL SECONDED BY: GALVIS WHEREAS, Susan M. McVeigh, Sanitary Inspector, has requested a Leave of Absence without pay for twelve weeks under the Family Leave Act for maternity, and WHEREAS, City Manager James S. Lacava has determined that this employee be granted a twelve weeks Leave of Absence, commencing June 22, 2004 and terminating September 14, 2004; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Hackensack that Susan M. McVeigh, Sanitary Inspector, be granted a twelve weeks Leave of Absence, without pay, as requested; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the employee's pension system by the Chief Financial Officer. Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Galvis, Trammell, Stein, Zisa RESOLUTION #114 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: STEIN BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the following organization be granted permission to conduct a Raffle in accordance with the application on file in the office of the City Clerk: RA:1730 – Project Plus Bergen County Area Inc. Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Galvis, Trammell, Stein, Zisa RESOLUTION #115 OFFERED BY: TRAMMELL SECONDED BY: STEIN WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement in The Record, bids were received on March 23, 2004 for Elevator Maintenance contract for the City of Hackensack for the period April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2006; and WHEREAS, bids were received from Standard Elevator Corporation $52,920.00 and New York elevator Company, Inc. $33,600.00; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the contract for Elevator Maintenance for the City of Hackensack be awarded to New York Elevator Company, 519 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Financial Officer has certified that funds are available in account number 4-10-260-204 and will be available in accounts 5-10-260-204 and 6-10-260-204. Purchase Order #138861 Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Galvis, Trammell, Stein, Zisa RESOLUTION #116 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: GALVIS BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that Joseph Janeiro, 220 Hopper Street, be and is hereby reappointed Constable in the City of Hackensack for a three year term to expire February 2007. Roll Call: Ayes – Trammell, Galvis, Mattei, Stein, Zisa RESOLUTION #117 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: TRAMMELL WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement in The Record, bids were received on April 5, 2004 for the Hudson Street Streetscape Project; and WHEREAS, three bids were received; and WHEREAS, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. the City’s Engineering Consultants have reviewed the three bids and recommend Zuccaro & Sons, Inc., the lowest bidders at $544,813.00, be awarded the bid; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the contract for the Hudson Street Streetscape Program be awarded to Zaccaro & Sons, Inc., for the contract price of $544,813.00;  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Financial Officer has certified that funds are available in account no. X-50-R08-001 of the Capital Fund. Purchase Order #139329. Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Trammell, Stein, Zisa Abstain – Galvis RESOLUTION #118 OFFERED BY: TRAMMELL SECONDED BY: MATTEI WHEREAS, the City of Hackensack requires the services of a Construction Project Administrator for the Hudson Street Streetscape Project; and WHEREAS, such professional services will be rendered or performed by individuals who practice a recognized profession and whose practice is regulated by law pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11- 5(1)(a)(i) of the Local Public Contracts Law; and WHEREAS it is the desire of the Mayor and City Council to engage the services of Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., 17-17 Route 208 North, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410, the lowest quote of three received WHEREAS, a certificate establishing that funds are available from Account X-50-R08-002 of the Capital Fund for $12,000.00 and 4-10-344-212 of the Current Fund for $1,100.00, Purchase Order No. 139330, has been issued by the Chief Financial Officer; and WHEREAS, the local Public Contracts Law requires that the resolution authorizing the award of contracts for professional services without competitive bidding and the contract must be available for public inspection: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Hackensack that: 1. The Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract with Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. consistent with a written proposal submitted to the City of Hackensack. 2. This contract is awarded without competitive bidding as a Professional Service in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1) (a)(i) of the Local Public Contracts Law because said services are to be rendered or performed by a person authorized by law to practice a recognized profession and whose profession is regulated by law; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to publish a notice of this action once in The Record. Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Trammell, Stein Zisa Abstain – Galvis RESOLUTION #119 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: GALVIS BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that Plenary Retail Distribution License No. 0223-44-066-002 heretofore issued to Val Diano Corp., T/A Frontier Liquors, 500 South River Street, Hackensack, New Jersey, be transferred to NJ Frontier Capital Ltd., T/A Frontier Liquors, 500 South River Street, Hackensack, New Jersey, effective May 3, 2004; Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Galvis, Trammell, Stein, Zisa RESOLUTION #120 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: GALVIS BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the bills in the following accounts be and are hereby ordered paid: Current Account $8,804,404.73 Capital Account 27,836.30 Public Parking System Account 17,097.79 Trust Account 29,273.75 Animal Licenses Trust Account 775.00 Community Development Block Grant 88,157.90 Payroll Agency Account 234,425.92 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said bills are on file as a public record in the office of the Chief Financial Officer. Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Galvis, Trammell, Stein, Zisa RESOLUTION #121 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: GALVIS WHEREAS, an emergent condition has risen with respect to insufficient temporary appropriations to facilitate the awarding of contracts and payment of bills and no adequate provision has been made in the 2004 Temporary Appropriations for the aforesaid purpose, and N.J.S. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency temporary appropriation for the purpose above- mentioned; WHEREAS, the total emergency temporary resolutions adopted in the year 2004 pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:4-20 (Chapter 96,P.L.1951) including this resolution total $26,530,582.83; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED (not less than two-thirds of all the members thereof affirmatively concurring) that in accordance with N.J.S.40A:4-20: 1) An emergency temporary appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the awarding of annual contracts in the amount of $3,976,282.83; 2) That said emergency temporary appropriation will be provided for in the 2004 Budget. 3) That one certified copy of this resolution be filed with the Director of Local Government Services. Administrative & Executive O/E $ 10,000.00 Utilities O/E 100,000.00 Rent Stabilization Board S/W 1,000.00 Group Insurance Plans O/E 400,000.00 Fire Department S/W 1,000,000.00 Fire Official S/W 100,000.00 Fire Hydrant Service O/E 60,000.00 Police Department S/W 1,400,000.00 School Crossing Guards S/W 45,000.00 Traffic Control S/W 10,000.00  Communication Operators S/W 35,000.00 Volunteer Ambulance Corps O/E 5,000.00 EMT S/W 60,000.00 EMT O/E 4,000.00 Public Defender S/W 12,000.00 Community Development S/W 10,000.00 Snow Removal O/E 10,000.00 Shade Tree S/W 10,000.00 Garbage & Trash S/W 180,000.00 Sewer S/W 15,000.00 Health Department S/W 100,000.00 Recreation S/W 100,000.00 Recreation O/E 20,000.00 Local Law Enforcement Blk Grant O/E 32,000.00 Municipal Court S/W 100,000.00 Drunk Driving Enforcement Grant S/W 2,000.00 Social Security-OASI O/E 120,000.00 911 S/W 25,000.00 NJ Criminal Justice Body Armor Grant 10,282.83 Total $3,976,282.83 Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Galvis, Trammell, Stein, Zisa RESOLUTION #122 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: MATTEI BE IT RESOLVED that Rome Buttafuoco be appointed to the Recreation Board to fill a vacancy for a term to expire 12/31/05. Roll Call: Ayes – Mattei, Galvis, Trammell, Stein, Zisa Ms. D’Auria advised the Mayor that the docket was completed. The Mayor thanked her and asked the City Manager and the members of the Council if they had anything to report. They did not. The Mayor reported that there had been a fire in one of the public housing buildings over the weekend and that he wanted to commend the Fire Department in not only extinguishing the fire but for also helping the residents and trying to accommodate their needs. He also thanked the Red Cross for their support. The Mayor opened the meeting to the public for discussion of City business. Joe Campagna, 33 Essex Street, stated that he would attempt to have the County of Bergen become partners with the City to develop Fair Street along with the property owners. He also congratulated the Council on the Hudson Street revival. The Mayor stated that he agrees that Fair Street has a lot of potential. Philip Roberts, 17 Lodi Street, questioned whether the City has any plans to acquire the property owned by Eastern Service located on Essex Street and the Mayor indicated that it had never been discussed. He also questioned whether the City had acquired the Moss Lighting property yet and the Council indicated that the matter is still in negotiation. Mr. Roberts also reiterated that he is not in favor of the County moving any of their facilities to the Goldberg property on River Street and asked various questions with reference to the bill list. Eric Martindale, 100 Second Street, distributed flyers to the Council with reference to the development of the Goldberg property, which he supports. He questioned whether the City would support a neighborhood protection plan and stated that it would be important for the safety of the nearby neighborhoods. The Mayor indicated that this is something that needs more than a ten minute dialog and that it is not appropriate until we know what the County is planning. Frank Campbell, 111 Catalpa Avenue, talked about recent articles in the Record regarding diesel trains and inquired about his previous question regarding bumper stops. Mr. Salkin indicated that they are not required and Mr. Campbell stated that it would seem like a good idea to have them required by ordinance. Mr. Campbell also stated that there are all different types of crosswalks throughout the City and the Mayor replied that the difference could probably be due to the fact that some streets are maintained by the City while others are maintained by the County. As no one else wished to be heard, a motion was made by Councilwoman Trammell and seconded by Councilman Stein that the meeting be adjourned. (Carried 8:45 p.m.) __________________________ MAYOR JOHN F. ZISA ____________________________ _ DEPUTY MAYOR ROGER MATTEI ____________________________ COUNCILWOMAN JUANITA TRAMMELL ___________________________ _ COUNCILMAN JESUS R. GALVIS ___________________________ COUNCILMAN MARK A. STEIN ATTEST:_______________________ CITY CLERK