City Council

MINUTES COUNCIL CONFERENCE AUGUST 16, 2007 CITY HALL - 4:19 PM A joint Conference and Regular Public Meeting of the City Council of the City of Trenton, New Jersey, was held on the above date at 4:19 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, City Hall. The meeting was called to order by Council President Paul M. Pintella. Council President announced that adequate public notice had been provided to the public specifying the time and place for this meeting in accordance with the Open Public Meeting Act. Said notice was mailed to the Times and the Trentonian Newspapers, posted on the first floor bulletin board in City Hall, and filed in the City Clerk’s Office on June 21, 2007 by Resolution No. 07-316. The agenda for this meeting was mailed, posted and filed on August 13, 2007. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Mr. Bethea (arrived at 4:20 pm), Mr. Coston (via phone), Ms. Lartigue, Mr. Melone, Ms. Staton, Mr. Pintella – 6 ABSENT: Mr. Segura - 1 Council President Pintella announced for the record that Councilman Coston was present via telephone. Council President Pintella notified the public that they would be doing the Alcoholic Beverage License Reviews first. (1) Hertkorn, Inc., t/a West End Liquors 212 Prospect Street, Resolution Granting Renewal Representing Hertkorn, Mr. James Fitzgerald, owner, 64 Longwood Drive, Hamilton, New Jersey. (2) Torres & Jimenez, Inc., t/a Carter’s Liquor Store 199 Oakland Street, Resolution Granting Renewal Representing Torres & Jimenez, Inc., Mr. Ramon Jimenez, 371 Second Street, Trenton, New Jersey. (3) Quil-To, t/a El Rancho Restaurant & Bar 200 Fulton Street, Resolution Granting Renewal Representing Quil-To, Mr. Jose Bernal, Manager, 200 Fulton Street, Trenton, New Jersey and Mr. Quilto Torres, owner. (4) Felix-Nano, Inc., t/a Caribbean Bar & Grill 330 Mulberry Street, Resolution Granting Renewal Representing Felix-Nano, Inc., Mr. Bruce M. Sattin, Attorney, with the law firm Szaferman Lakind Blumstein Blader & Lehmannand, Lawrenceville, New Jersey and Mr. Emelanio Gomez, owner, 200 East Trenton Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey. Mr. Sattin, Esquire for the record asked Council requiring Mr. Gomez, application filed in 2005 regarding the change of corporate name to Nano-Gomez, Inc. and regarding a place to place application filed in 2006 to expand the premise to include 228 Mulberry Street. Minutes of the August 16, 2007 meeting. (5) R & T Tavern, Inc., t/a Tweet’s Elm Tavern 28 Elm Street, Resolution Granting Renewal Representing R & T Tavern, Inc., Mr. Robert Rose, 56 Kingsbridge Drive, Lumberton, New Jersey. (6) Oz Juan, Inc., t/a Passions Restaurant & Nightclub 801-803 East State Street, Resolution Granting Renewal Representing Oz Juan, Inc., Mr. Juan Martinez, owner 801-803 E. State Street, Trenton, New Jersey. (7) Gomez-Bisono, Inc., t/a Lamberton Liquors & Bar 202 Cass Street, Resolution Granting Renewal Representing Gomez-Bisono, Inc., Mr. Jose Dominguez, 202 Cass Street, Trenton, New Jersey. Council President Pintella step out of the meeting at 5:00 pm. Council Vice President Staton took over the meeting until his return at 5:05 pm. (8) New Home Liquors Corporation, t/a Same 810 Stuyvesant Avenue, Resolution Granting Renewal No one appeared to represent New Home Liquors Corporation. Councilwoman Staton made a motion to adopt the following resolution to go into Executive Session, seconded by Councilwoman Lartigue and carried by vote of Council. EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS - PERSONNEL ISSUES RESOLUTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 et seq. the public is hereby excluded from the following discussions; involving the employment, appointment, termination of employment, terms and conditions of employment, evaluation of the performance of, promotion or disciplining of any specific prospective public officer or employee or current public officer or employee employed or appointed by the public body, unless all the individual employees or appointees whose rights could be adversely request in writing that such matter or matters be discussed at a public meeting. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the contents of these discussions will be disclosed to the public when the need for confidentially no longer exist. DOCKET REVIEW: Appearance: Renee Haynes, Chief of Staff Jane Feigenbaum, Business Administrator Council reviewed the docket items. Minutes of the August 16, 2007 meeting. CIVIC MATTERS: Councilman Melone – Spoke regarding a memo he received congratulating the City for the great job done with the cleaning of the streets for the Possession in the Chambersburg section. Councilwoman Lartigue – Spoke regarding her request for the Law Department to check into making it a law for kids not to wear their pants below in the back. Councilwoman Staton – Spoke regarding school uniforms she also asked regarding the playground at the Puerto Rican Day Care on Perry Street. Councilman Coston – Asked regarding Director Santiago coming to Council meeting for an update. He also asked regarding his request for a list of City vehicles and the policy for the use of same. Councilman Coston (via telephone) left the meeting at 7:00 p.m. The meeting Recessed at 7:00 p.m. The meeting reconvened in the Council Chambers at 7:10 p.m. to begin the Regular Public Meeting. All members were present.