Board of Commissioners

1 1 CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY 2 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 3 : REGULAR MEETING : TRANSCRIPT OF 4 : --------------------: PROCEEDINGS 5 6 JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 3400 Palisade Avenue 7 Union City, New Jersey 8 Wednesday, July 6, 2022 9 Commencing at 7:01 p.m. 10 11 M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: 12 LUCIO P. FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER WENDY A. GRULLON, COMMISSIONER 13 CELIN J. VALDIVIA, COMMISSIONER BRIAN P. STACK, MAYOR 14 15 M E M B E R S A B S E N T: 16 MARYURY A. MARTINETTI, COMMISSIONER 17 A L S O P R E S E N T: 18 19 SCARINCI HOLLENBECK BY: ANGELO AUTERI, ESQ. 20 Corporation Counsel 21 HILDA ROSARIO, City Clerk 22 23 24 SUSAN BISCHOFF, CCR, RPR 449 Columbia Blvd., Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 25 201-933-8220 SBischoffccr@yahoo.com  2 1 I N D E X 2 PAGE 3 CALL TO ORDER 3 SALUTE TO FLAG 3 4 ROLL CALL 3 5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4 6 CONSENT AGENDA 5 7 REGULAR AGENDA 13/14/15 8 ORDINANCE FOR HEARING AND ADOPTION 16 9 CITIZENS ADDRESS THE BOARD 18 10 ADJOURNMENT 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  3 1 MR. AUTERI: This is a regular public 2 meeting of the Union City Board of Commissioners 3 being held on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at 7 p.m., 4 at the Jefferson Elementary School, 3400 Palisade 5 Avenue, Union City, New Jersey. Please stand for 6 the Pledge of Allegiance. 7 8 (Whereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance was 9 recited.) 10 11 MR. AUTERI: In accordance with the Open 12 Public Meetings Act, adequate notice of this 13 meeting has been provided with The Jersey Journal, 14 The Record, and The Hudson Reporter, has been 15 posted on the bulletin board in City Hall and has 16 been made available to the public in the Office of 17 the Municipal Clerk. 18 19 ROLL CALL: 20 21 MR. AUTERI: Roll call. Commissioner 22 Fernandez. 23 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Here. 24 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Grullon. 25 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Here.  4 1 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 2 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Here. 3 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti is 4 absent. Mayor Stack. 5 MAYOR STACK: Here. 6 7 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 8 action on the following item: 9 APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES - REGULAR 10 MEETING - JUNE 24, 2022.) 11 12 MR. AUTERI: First item on the agenda is 13 the approval of meeting minutes for the June 24, 14 2022, Board of Commissioners meeting. May I have 15 a motion to approve? 16 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 17 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Mayor Stack. 18 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 19 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 20 Fernandez. Commissioner Fernandez. 21 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 22 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Grullon. 23 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 24 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 25 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes.  5 1 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 2 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 3 4 * * * * 5 6 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 7 action on the following items in total: 8 CONSENT AGENDA: 9 ( 1) Resolution Approving the Payment of Claims 10 ( 2) Resolution Approving the Payment of 11 Concurring Claims 12 ( 3) Resolution Approving the City Payroll 13 06/04/2002 - 06/17/2022 14 ( 4) Resolution Approving the Library Payroll 15 06/04/2022 - 06/17/2022 16 ( 5) Resolution Approving a Credit Overbill For 17 Property At 1901 Summit Avenue 18 ( 6) Resolution Cancelling Taxes on Property 19 Deemed Exempt For 100% Disabled Veterans 20 ( 7) Resolution Cancelling Taxes on Property 21 Erroneously Assessed 22 ( 8) Resolution Approving a Refund Overbill For 23 Property 411-413 6th Street 24 ( 9) Resolution Approving an Adjustment on the 25 2nd Half Taxes For Various Properties  6 1 (10) Resolution Cancelling Third Quarter Taxes 2 (11) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of Premium 3 Monies Collected At the Tax Sale 4 (12) Resolution Authorizing Refund of Redemption 5 Monies to Outside Lienholders 6 (13) PULLED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA - Resolution 7 Approving the State Fiscal Year 2023 Temporary 8 Budget 9 (14) Resolution Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal 10 of La Parrilla Bar & Grill, LLC (T/A Maria 11 Mentiras Bar & Grill) Liquor License No. 12 0910-33-030-015 13 (15) Resolution Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal 14 of Pramukh Swami Krupa, Inc. (T/A Payano Wine & 15 Spirits) Liquor License No. 0910-44-121-011 16 (16) Resolution Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal of 17 Salinas Bar & Restaurant, Liquor License No. 18 0910-33-050-005 19 (17) Resolution Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal of 20 St. Rose of Lima Columbian Club, Inc. (T/A Saint 21 Rose of Lima Columbian) Liquor License No. 22 0910-33-198-003 23 (18) Resolution Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal 24 of Variedad Latina, Inc. (T/A Variedad Latina 25 Restaurant) Liquor License No. 0910-33-031-012  7 1 (19) Resolution Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal 2 of Don Luis Restaurant Corp. (T/A La Churreria) 3 Liquor License No. 0910-33-114-006 4 (20) Resolution Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal 5 of El Chapin, Corp. (T/A El Rincon Chapin) Liquor 6 License No. 0910-33-075-010 7 (21) Resolution Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal 8 of El Idolo, LLC (T/A Coromoto Bar & Restaurant) 9 Liquor License No. 0910-33-111-008 10 (22) Resolution Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal 11 of Jose Miguel Sanchez (T/A International Mini 12 Market) Liquor License No. 0910-43-023-013 13 (23) Resolution Authorizing Award of Contract For 14 Bergenline Avenue Streetscape Improvements 15 Project, Phase 1.) 16 17 MR. AUTERI: Next is the consent agenda. 18 There are 23 items on the consent agenda tonight, 19 however, item number 13 will be moved to the 20 regular agenda. 21 Item number one, resolution approving 22 the payment of claims. 23 Number two, resolution approving the 24 payment of concurrent claims. 25 Three, resolution approving the City  8 1 payroll from June 4, 2022, to June 17, 2022. 2 Four, resolution approving the library 3 payroll June 4, 2022, to June 17, 2022. 4 Five, a resolution approving a credit 5 overbill for property 1901 Summit Avenue. 6 Six, resolution cancelling taxes on 7 property deemed exempt for 100 percent disabled 8 veterans. 9 Seven, resolution cancelling taxes on 10 property erroneously assessed. 11 Eight, resolution approving a refund 12 overbill for property 411-413 6th Street. 13 Nine, resolution approving an adjustment 14 on the second half taxes for various properties. 15 Ten, resolution cancelling third quarter 16 taxes. 17 Eleven, resolution authorizing the 18 refund of premium monies collected at the tax 19 sale. 20 Twelve, resolution authorizing refund of 21 redemption monies to out lienholders. 22 Item number 13 will be moved to the 23 regular agenda as item number three. 24 Number 14, resolution approving the 25 2022-2022 Resolution Approving the 2022-2023  9 1 Renewal of La Parrilla Bar & Grill, LLC (T/A Maria 2 Mentiras Bar & Grill) Liquor License No. 3 0910-33-030-015. 4 Fifteen, Resolution Approving the 5 2022-2023 Renewal of Pramukh Swami Krupa, Inc. 6 (T/A Payano Wine & Spirits) Liquor License No. 7 0910-44-121-011. 8 Item 16, Resolution Approving the 9 2022-2023 Renewal of Salinas Bar & Restaurant, 10 Liquor License No. 0910-33-050-005. 11 Seventeen, Resolution Approving the 12 2022-2023 Renewal of St. Rose of Lima Columbian 13 Club, Inc. (T/A Saint Rose of Lima Columbian) 14 Liquor License No. 0910-33-198-003. 15 Eighteen, Resolution Approving the 16 2022-2023 Renewal of Variedad Latina, Inc. (T/A 17 Variedad Latina Restaurant) Liquor License No. 18 0910-33-031-012. 19 Nineteen, Resolution Approving the 20 2022-2023 Renewal of Don Luis Restaurant Corp. 21 (T/A La Churreria) Liquor License No. 22 0910-33-114-006. 23 Twenty, Resolution Approving the 24 2022-2023 Renewal of El Chapin, Corp. (T/A El 25 Rincon Chapin) Liquor License No. 0910-33-075-010.  10 1 Twenty-one, Resolution Approving the 2 2022-2023 Renewal of El Idolo, LLC (T/A Coromoto 3 Bar & Restaurant) Liquor License No. 4 0910-33-111-008. 5 Twenty-two, Resolution Approving the 6 2022-2023 Renewal of Jose Miguel Sanchez (T/A 7 International Mini Market) Liquor License No. 8 0910-43-023-013. 9 Twenty-three, Resolution Authorizing 10 Award of Contract For Bergenline Avenue 11 Streetscape Improvements Project, Phase 1. 12 Mayor, at this time, would you like to 13 take public comment on any items on the consent 14 agenda? 15 MAYOR STACK: Sure. Just before we do 16 on number 20 and 21, what's the address of those 17 establishments? I just want -- did Mr. Farmer 18 look over these? 19 MR. AUTERI: Yes. 20 MAYOR STACK: He did, okay. Just give 21 me the address of 20 and 21. 22 Just for the public's knowledge, number 23 23, Bergenline Avenue streetscape, that's starting 24 from 43rd to 49th on Bergenline Avenue. We'll be 25 starting new sidewalks, new lighting similar to  11 1 what we did on Summit avenue, making it very 2 bright and new paving, paving the streets. We'll 3 be doing Bergenline Avenue, probably in two 4 phases, if not three, more than likely two. 5 MR. AUTERI: I have El Chapin, 6 Incorporated, at 2118 Bergenline Avenue. 7 MAYOR STACK: Okay. And what about 8 Coromoto? 9 MR. AUTERI: Coromoto is 4125 Park 10 Avenue. 11 MAYOR STACK: I just wanted to make 12 sure. 13 MR. AUTERI: Very good. 14 MAYOR STACK: Anyone wishing to address 15 the Board of Commissioners at this time, please 16 step forward, on the consent agenda. Seeing none. 17 MR. AUTERI: Mayor, at this time would 18 you like close public comment? 19 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 20 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 21 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Mayor Stack. 22 Second by Commissioner Fernandez. 23 Commissioner Fernandez. 24 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 25 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Grullon.  12 1 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 2 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 3 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 4 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti is 5 absent. Mayor Stack. 6 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 7 MR. AUTERI: Mayor, would you like to -- 8 excuse me. Motion to approve all the items on the 9 consent with the exception of number 13, 10 resolution approving the state fiscal year 2023 11 temporary budget. 12 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 13 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 14 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Mayor Stack. 15 Second by Commissioner Fernandez. 16 Commissioner Fernandez. 17 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 18 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Grullon. 19 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 20 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 21 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 22 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 23 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 24 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack abstains on all 25 payments to Chasan, Lamporello.  13 1 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 2 * * * * 3 4 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 5 action on the following: 6 REGULAR AGENDA 7 1. Resolution approving a payment of 8 claim to the Union City Board of Education.) 9 10 MR. AUTERI: Next is the regular agenda. 11 Item number one is a resolution 12 approving a payment of claims to the Union City 13 Board of Ed. Ordinarily, Commissioners Valdivia 14 and Grullon would not vote on Board of Ed matters. 15 However, tonight, the Board is invoking the 16 doctrine of necessity. May I have a motion to 17 approve? 18 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 19 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Mayor Stack. 20 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 21 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 22 Valdivia. Commissioner Fernandez is recusing. 23 Commissioner Grullon. 24 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 25 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia.  14 1 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 2 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 3 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 4 5 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 6 action on the following item: 7 REGULAR AGENDA: 8 2. Resolution approving payment of 9 claim to the Union City Day Care Program.) 10 11 MR. AUTERI: Item number two on the 12 regular agenda is a resolution approving payment 13 of claims to the Union City Day Care Program. Can 14 I have a motion to approve? 15 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Motion. 16 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Commissioner 17 Grullon. 18 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 19 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 20 Valdivia. 21 Commissioner Fernandez. 22 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 23 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Grullon. 24 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 25 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia.  15 1 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 2 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack is recusing. 3 4 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 5 action on the following item: 6 REGULAR AGENDA: 7 3. Resolution approving the state 8 fiscal year 2023 temporary budget.) 9 10 MR. AUTERI: Item number three on the 11 regular agenda, which was moved from the consent, 12 is a resolution approving the state fiscal year 13 2023 temporary budget. May I have a motion to 14 approve item number three? 15 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 16 MAYOR STACK: Second. 17 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Commissioner 18 Valdivia, second by Mayor Stack. 19 Commissioner Fernandez. 20 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 21 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Grullon. 22 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 23 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 24 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 25 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack.  16 1 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 2 3 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 4 action on the following item: 5 ORDINANCE FOR HEARING AND ADOPTION CONSIDERATION: 6 1. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNION 7 CITY, COUNTY OF HUDSON, NEW JERSEY AUTHORIZING THE 8 SALE OF CITY'S INTEREST IN UNDERSIZED PARCEL OF 9 PROPERTY PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A:12-13(b)(5) 10 CONTIGUOUS TO 3329 HUDSON AVENUE.) 11 12 MR. AUTERI: Next, we have an ordinance 13 for hearing and adoption consideration. It is an 14 ordinance of the City of Union City, County of 15 Hudson, New Jersey to authorize the sale of City's 16 interest in an undersized parcel of property 17 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12-13(b)(5) contiguous to 18 3329 Hudson Avenue. 19 Mayor, at this time would you like to 20 take public comment on this ordinance? 21 MAYOR STACK: Anyone wishing to comment 22 on this, please step forward, state your name and 23 address for the record. Seeing none. 24 MR. AUTERI: Motion to close? 25 MAYOR STACK: Motion.  17 1 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Mayor Stack. 2 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 3 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 4 Fernandez. 5 Commissioner Fernandez. 6 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 7 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Grullon. 8 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 9 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 10 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 11 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 12 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 13 MR. AUTERI: May I have a motion to 14 adopt the ordinance? 15 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 16 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Commissioner 17 Valdivia. 18 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 19 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 20 Fernandez. 21 Commissioner Fernandez. 22 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 23 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Grullon. 24 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 25 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia.  18 1 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 2 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 3 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 4 5 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 6 7 MR. AUTERI: Mayor, at this time, would 8 you like to take public comment on any matter 9 concerning municipal government in the City of 10 Union City? 11 MAYOR STACK: Anyone wishing to comment 12 at this time on any matter concerning on any 13 matters concerning municipal government in the 14 City of Union City, please step forward, state 15 your name and address for the record. Seeing 16 none, make a motion. 17 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 18 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Mayor Stack to 19 close public comment. Second by Commissioner 20 Fernandez. 21 Commissioner Fernandez. 22 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 23 RIGHT1: Commissioner Grullon. 24 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 25 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia.  19 1 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 2 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 3 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 4 5 ADJOURNMENT: 6 7 MR. AUTERI: Can I have a motion to 8 adjourn? 9 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Motion. 10 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Commissioner 11 Fernandez. 12 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 13 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 14 Valdivia. 15 All in favor? 16 (Whereupon, all Commissioners indicated 17 in the affirmative.) 18 19 (Whereupon the meeting was adjourned at 20 7:10 p.m.) 21 22 23 24 25  20 1 Brian P. Stack 2 Lucio P. Fernandez 3 Maryury A. Martinetti 4 Celin J. Valdivia 5 Wendy A. Grullon 6 Board of Commissioners 7 8 9 Attest: 10 Angelo Auteri, Esq., 11 Corporation Counsel 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  21 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 3 4 5 6 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a 7 true and accurate transcript of the testimony and 8 proceedings as taken stenographically by me at the 9 time, place, and on the date hereinbefore set 10 forth. 11 12 13 14 SUSAN BISCHOFF, CCR, RPR LICENSE NO. 30XI00233700 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25