City Council
Regular MeetingKeyport, NJ · April 16, 2019
Agenda
BOROUGH OF KEYPORT
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 – 7:00 P.M.
MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, COUNCIL CHAMBERS
70 W. FRONT STREET, KEYPORT, NJ
CALL TO ORDER: PM
SUNSHINE LAW NOTICE Valerie T. Heilweil Borough Clerk
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Sheridan Cooper Goode
Pacheco Fotopoulos McDermott
Mayor Collette J. Kennedy
Stephen J. Gallo, Borough Administrator
William P. Opel, Esq., Borough Attorney
As a courtesy to those around you, please silence your cell phones
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE
PROCLAMATION
Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Councilman Sheridan: Finance/Grants/Redevelopment/LEPC
Councilman Cooper: Recreation/Senior Center/Green Team
Councilman Goode: Fire/First Aid/Emergency Services/Planning Board
Councilwoman Pacheco: Police/MAC/Harbor Commission
Councilman Fotopoulos: Board of Health/Registrar/Recycling/Environmental/MAC
Councilwoman McDermott: Public Works/Construction/Zoning/Property Maintenance/
Library/Harbor Commission/KBBC
ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
MAYOR’S UPDATES
CONSENT AGENDA
(All resolutions listed hereunder are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted in one
motion. Any person may request that an item be removed for separate consideration.)
R159-19 Payment of Bills
R160-19 Authorizing Staff Hiring:
o Christopher Hogrefe, as Department of Public Works Laborer I, at an annual salary of
$27,321.00;
o Joseph Moscatiello, as Department of Public Works Laborer I, at an annual salary of
$27,321.00;
o Rachel Ahlholm, as Part-Time Clerk (Finance), at a compensation rate of $15.00 per hour;
o Deborah Ksepka, as Motor Vehicle Operator, Senior Services, at a compensation rate of $15.00
per hour.
R161-19 Authorizing Award of Contract for Professional Surveying and Engineering Services
to Prepare a GIS Map of the Borough’s Water Utility Infrastructure – CME Associates
R162-19 Authorizing Purchase, Under State Contract, of Spatial Data Logic Municipal Management
Software, Installation, Data Migration and Training
R163-19 Authorizing Purchase of Water from NJ American Water at the Rate Proposed for
Summer 2019
R164-19 Authorizing Agreement for Hot Dog Vendor in Keyport Waterfront Park – Funnee
Girl Hotdogs
PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION
The Meeting is opened to the public for comments or questions on resolutions listed on the
Consent Agenda
Opened: Closed:
APPROVAL OF RESOLUTIONS
Motion on the Consent Agenda
MM: 2nd: Roll Call: Sheridan, Cooper, Goode, Pacheco, Fotopoulos, McDermott
2019 KEYPORT BID (KBBC) BUDGET - PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION
1. Motion to Open Public Hearing:
Opened: Closed:
2. Resolution #165-19 – Adoption of 2019 Business Improvement District Budget
Motion to adopt Budget
MM: 2nd: Roll Call: Sheridan, Cooper, Goode, Pacheco, Fotopoulos, McDermott
PUBLIC HEARINGS/ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
1. Ordinance #8-19 – COLA rate Ordinance
The Clerk reads the Ordinance by Title: ORDINANCE TO EXCEED THE MUNICIPAL
BUDGET APPROPRIATION LIMITS AND TO ESTABLISH A CAP BANK (N.J.S.A.. 4-45.14)
1a. Motion to Open Public Hearing:
Opened: Closed:
1b. Motion to adopt Ordinance
MM: 2nd: Roll Call: Sheridan, Cooper, Goode, Pacheco, Fotopoulos, McDermott
1c. Motion authorizing the Clerk to publish the Ordinance as adopted
MM: 2nd: Ayes: Nays:
COMMUNICATIONS BY CONSENT (For Approval OR to Receive and File)
1. Monthly Activity Report from Millennium Strategies dated April 1, 2019
2. Letter from Middlesex County Arts High School, in celebration of its 39 th Annual Student
Festival, along with festivals for Monmouth County Arts High School and Middlesex &
Monmouth County Arts Middle Schools requesting support in the form of an ad in its
annual Yearbook
3. Email from resident Michael Lane (dated April 2, 2019) regarding Flood Damage
Prevention Ordinance – Roadway Elevation Criteria & Nuisance Flooding
4. Email from resident Michael Lane (dated April 8, 2019) regarding Flood Damage
Prevention Ordinance – Floodplain Manages Duties
5. Email from resident Michael Lane (dated April 10, 2019) regarding Flood Damage
Prevention Ordinance – Riverine SFHA
6. Email, letter and map from Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Community Health
Center regarding its May 21, 2019 Community Day event to be held in the parking lot of 35
Broad Street
7. Keyport Clean Communities Report – March 15 - April 12, 2019
8. Letter from Jersey Shore Ghost Tours outlining its 13th tour season and providing its 2019
Ghost Tour Schedule
9. Email from John Schneider regarding the 7th 30-minute program of Keyport Television
including an update on improvements to Benjamin Terry Park and a proposal for a weekly
television program in Keyport
10. Letter from Uptown Bar & Grill requesting the use of two Borough parking spaces in the
Waterfront Park parking lot for the purpose of a food truck vendor for the following dates:
Saturday, May 25th, Sunday, May 26th, Sunday June 23rd, Sunday, July 21, 2019 and
Sunday, August 11, 2019 between the hours of 4-9PM
11. Application for a Social Affair Permit from Our lady of Fatima Parish for a parish fundraiser
to be held at St. Joseph Church gym on May 4, 2019 from 7-11PM
12. Application for a Social Affair Permit from Garden State Wine Growers Association for a
dinner/wine tasting event to be held at Drew’s Bayshore Bistro on April 25, 2019 from
6:30-10PM
13. Request for Sewer Relief due to Leaking Water Heater Valve from owner of 175 Second
Street and recommendation of Keyport Utility Collector including Resolution Authorizing
Relief
14. Application for membership for Liberty Hose Co. #3 from Christian M. Lazo (subject to
State approval) and notice that at its March 4, 2019 meeting the membership accepted the
resignation of Richard LeCompte as an active member
15. Request for Use of Borough Property – Senior Center – from the Keyport Art Society (ASK)
for the purpose of painting classes for its members to be held from April – December 2019
from 7-9PM. Further requesting a waiver of fees due to being a non-profit organization
(Certificate of Insurance is included) (Tabled at April 2nd meeting)
PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION
The Meeting is opened to the public for comments or questions on Communications, above
Opened: Closed:
APPROVAL and/or RECEIPT AND FILE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Motion on Communications by Consent
MM: 2nd: Roll Call: Sheridan, Cooper, Goode, Pacheco, Fotopoulos, McDermott
REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS
1. Municipal Clerk’s Report for March 2019
2. Tax/Water/Sewer Collector’s Report for March 2019
3. Board of Health Treasurer’s Report for March 2019
4. Building Department Monthly Report for March 2019
5. Municipal Court Monthly Report for March 2019
MM: 2nd: Ayes: Nays:
NEW BUSINESS
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
ATTORNEY'S REPORT
PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION
The Meeting is opened to the public for comments or questions
Opened: Closed:
ADJOURNMENT
Motion to Adjourn moved by: 2nd:
Time of Adjournment: PM
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