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CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS : : TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED REGULAR MEETING : _ : PROCEEDINGS Washington School 3905 New York Avenue Union City, New Jersey Tuesday, February 3, 2015 Commencing at 7:05 p.m. M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: BRIAN P. STACK, MAYOR LUCIO P. FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER MARYURY A. MARTINETTI, COMMISSIONER CELIN J. VALDIVIA, COMMISSIONER TILO E. RIVAS, COMMISSIONER M E M B E R S A B S E N T: A L S O P R E S E N T: DOMINICK CANTATORE, ACTING CITY CLERK SCARINCI HOLLENBECK BY: MONICA E. de los RIOS, ESQ. Corporation Counsel GREGORY T. FARMER, ESQ. Attorney for the Union City Alcohol Beverage Control Commission  2 I N D E X PAGE CALL TO ORDER 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3 ROLL CALL 3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4 ORDINANCES FOR HEARING AND ADOPTION 5 CONSENT AGENDA 8 ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION 18 REGULAR AGENDA 20,21, 22 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD 24 LIQUOR LICENSE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS 28 ADJOURNMENT 30  3 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: This is a Regular 2 Public Meeting of the Union City Board of 3 Commissioner, being held on Tuesday, February 3rd, 4 2015, at seven p.m., at the Washington School, 5 3905 New York Avenue, Union City, New Jersey. 6 Everyone please rise for the Pledge of 7 Allegiance. 8 9 (Whereupon the Pledge of Allegiance was 10 said.) 11 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: This meeting has been 13 called in accordance with Chapter 231, Public Law 14 of 1975, the Open Public Meeting Act. Adequate 15 notice of this meeting has been provided as 16 follows: 17 Notice of this meeting setting forth time, 18 the date, location, and the agenda, to the extent 19 known, was forwarded to The Jersey Journal, The 20 Record, and The Hudson Reporter, has been posted 21 on the bulletin board in City Hall and has been 22 made available to the public in the office of the 23 Municipal Clerk. 24 25 ROLL CALL:  4 1 2 ACTING CITY CLERK: Roll call. 3 Commissioner Fernandez? 4 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Here. 5 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 6 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Here. 7 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 8 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Here. 9 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 10 Martinetti? 11 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Here. 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 13 MAYOR STACK: Here. 14 15 APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY 16 6, 2015 AND JANUARY 20, 2015: 17 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: First item is approval 19 of previous meeting minutes of January 6 and 20 January 20, 2015. 21 MAYOR STACK: I’ll move it. 22 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made by Mayor 23 Stack. 24 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 25 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner  5 1 Valdivia. 2 Roll call. 3 Commissioner Fernandez? 4 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: I abstain on 5 January 6 and a yes on January 20th. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Abstaining January 6; 7 yes, January 20th. 8 Commissioner Rivas? 9 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 11 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 13 Martinetti? 14 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 15 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 16 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 17 18 ORDINANCES FOR HEARING AND ADOPTION 19 CONSIDERATION: 20 21 ( ) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER IV, 22 ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT ARTICLE XIII SECTION 23 4-75, POLICE DEPARTMENT 24 25 ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is an  6 1 Ordinance for Hearing and Adoption Consideration. 2 An Ordinance Amending Chapter IV, 3 Administration of Government, Article XIII, 4 Section 4-75, Police Department. 5 Is there a motion to close public -- 6 MAYOR STACK: Anyone wishing to comment at 7 this time, please step forward on this Ordinance. 8 This concerns the Police Department. 9 Seeing none. 10 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Motion to close. 11 ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion to 12 close public -- 13 MAYOR STACK: Motion, -- 14 ACTING CITY CLERK: -- hearing? 15 MAYOR STACK: -- Commissioner Rivas; I’ll 16 second it. 17 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas. 18 Mayor Stack. 19 Roll call. 20 Commissioner Fernandez? 21 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 22 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 23 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 24 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 25 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes.  7 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 2 Martinetti? 3 Mayor Stack? 4 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 5 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion to 7 adopt? 8 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 9 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by -- 10 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 11 ACTING CITY CLERK: -- Mayor Stack. 12 Second by Commissioner Valdivia. 13 Roll call. 14 Commissioner Fernandez? 15 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 16 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 17 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 19 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 20 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 21 Martinetti? 22 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 23 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 24 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 25  8 1 CONSENT AGENDA: 2 3 ( 1) Resolution Approving the Payment of Claims 4 ( 2) Resolution Approving the Payment of 5 Concurring Claims 6 ( 3) Resolution Approving the City Payroll for 7 the Period of January 14, 2015 through January 8 27, 2015 9 ( 4) Resolution Approving the Library Payroll 10 for the Period of January 15, 2015 through 11 January 27, 2015 12 ( 5) Resolution Approving Disciplinary 13 Proceedings Against Milagro Ecuadoriano 14 Restaurant t/a Bambinas Bar & Restaurant, 2906 15 Bergenline Avenue, Liquor License No. 16 0910-33-040-009 17 ( 6) Resolution Granting Application for Person 18 to Person Transfer of Liquor License No. 19 0910-44-169-005 from Mi Bandera Liquors, Corp. to 20 Fuerte Liquors, Inc. for the Continue Use at 518 21 32nd Street for the Retail Distribution of 22 Alcoholic Beverages 23 ( 7) Resolution Authorizing Advertisement for 24 Bid for the 2015 Diesel Fuel & Gasoline 25 ( 8) Resolution Re-Appointing Members to the  9 1 Zoning Board of Adjustments 2 ( 9) Resolution Re-Appointing Members to the 3 Redevelopment Agency 4 (10) Resolution Re-Appointing Members to the 5 Library Board 6 (11) Resolution Re-Appointing Member to the Rent 7 Stabilization Board 8 (12) Resolution Re-Appointing Members to the 9 Governing Body of the Union City Parking 10 Authority 11 (13) Resolution Re-Appointing Member to the 12 Planning Board 13 (14) Resolution Approving Re-Naming of 11th 14 Street Park 15 (15) Resolution Authorizing Refund of Redemption 16 Monies to Outside Lienholders 17 (16) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 18 Premium Monies Collected at the Tax Sale 19 (17) Any other matter of City business that may 20 arise 21 22 ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is a Consent 23 Agenda. 24 First item. 25 Resolution Approving the Payment of Claims.  10 1 Second item is Resolution Approving the 2 Payment of Concurring Claims. 3 Third item. 4 Resolution Approving the City Payroll for 5 the Period of January 14, 2015 through January 6 27, 2015. 7 Item 4. 8 Resolution Approving the Library Payroll 9 for the Period of January 14, 2015 through 10 January 27, 2015. 11 Item 5. 12 Resolution Approving Disciplinary 13 Proceedings Against Milagro Ecuadoriano 14 Restaurant, also known as Bambinas Bar and 15 Restaurant, 2906 Bergenline Avenue, Liquor 16 License number 0910-33-040-009. 17 Item 6. 18 Resolution Granting Application for Person 19 to Person Transfer of Liquor License number 20 0910-44-169-005 from Mi Bandera Liquors, Corp. to 21 Fuerte Liquors, Inc. for the Continue Use at 518 22 32nd Street for the Retail Distribution of 23 Alcoholic Beverages. 24 Item 7. 25 Resolution Authorizing Advertisement for  11 1 Bid for the 2015 Diesel Fuel and Gasoline. 2 Item 8. 3 Resolution Re-Appointing Members to the 4 Zoning Board of Adjustments. 5 Item 9. 6 Resolution Re-Appointing Members to the 7 Redevelopment Agency. 8 Item 10. 9 Resolution Re-Appointing Members to the 10 Library Board. 11 Item 11. 12 Resolution Re-Appointing Member to the Rent 13 Stabilization Board. 14 Item 12. 15 Resolution Re-Appointing Members to the 16 Governing Body of the Union City Parking 17 Authority. 18 Item 13. 19 Resolution Re-Appointing Member to the 20 Planning Board. 21 Item 14. 22 Resolution Approving Re-Naming of 11th 23 Street Park. 24 Item 15. 25 Resolution Authorizing Refund of Redemption  12 1 Money to Outside Lienholders. 2 Item 16. 3 Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 4 Premium Money Collected at the Tax Sale. 5 Mayor, do you wish to take public 6 comment on any item on the Consent Agenda? 7 MAYOR STACK: Sure. 8 Just before I do I would just -- I would 9 just like to recognize the re-naming of the 11th 10 Street Park, which is honoring a fallen police 11 officer, -- I believe back in 1974 -- Nicholas 12 Guirado. That will be named now Union City 13 Police Department Memorial Park. 14 Under the leadership of Commissioner 15 Valdivia and the Board of Commissioners, we’ll be 16 renovating that park probably sometime starting 17 in April. 18 The park will be totally gutted and 19 renovated. We’ll be putting in new water 20 features and new toys for the children; all 21 trying to -- with a theme of police-related. 22 The park will be called Union City Police 23 Department Memorial Park, honoring those officers 24 that were killed in the line of duty over the 25 history of Union City Police.  13 1 There will be a dedicated area in the park 2 of a monument for those police officers that made 3 the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the residents 4 of the City of Union City, State of New Jersey, 5 and on behalf of the country. 6 And I think it’s fitting and it’s nice to 7 do to teach children when they’re at their 8 youngest ages, respect for the Police Department, 9 the important role of the Police Department. 10 And I think especially in the times that 11 we’re going through right now, the respect of the 12 uniform. And Union City we enjoy that and we 13 have residents who do respect the police and we 14 have a very good Police Department; we have a 15 great relationship between the community and the 16 Police Department. 17 And the police are in the schools all the 18 time and there’s a great relationship. But this 19 is even building that and at the same time 20 honoring those officers that made the ultimate 21 sacrifice. 22 I thank the Commissioners for supporting 23 this Resolution and also Commissioner Valdivia 24 for doing this; one of many parks that we’ll be 25 doing this summer but the importance of this park  14 1 really stands out. 2 Also on the agenda is reappointment of 3 members to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, 4 Redevelopment Board, Library Board, Rent Board, 5 Union City Parking Authority, and Planning Board. 6 First thank the Commissioners for 7 supporting this. These are mostly reappointments 8 as you could see. 9 We do have some new members that are going 10 on. Those new members that are going on we 11 actually solicited in the community. Whether it 12 be through The Union City Reporter or reaching 13 out to residents, these residents have actually 14 come forward, sent a letter in, saying I’d like 15 to be on a board. All except for one so far, 16 every member that has come forward of the public 17 that said they wanted to serve on a board, have 18 been appointed. 19 And that was similar to what we’ve done 20 with our Master Plan and our -- also the plan 21 that we did on zoning in the City, in which every 22 person that came forward -- I think it was 35, 23 every single member was appointed from the public 24 that wanted to serve on those committees back 25 when we formed them.  15 1 And this is just continuing what we’ve been 2 trying to do in keeping the public informed and 3 involved in serving on the board. 4 I thank those members of the board. 5 There’s no -- there’s no money involved where 6 they’re paid for their services. They do this on 7 a volunteer basis. I know that certain boards 8 run very late; they start at six o’clock and run 9 till ten, 11 o’clock at night. And it’s not easy 10 to serve on the board. It is only once a month 11 but I thank them for serving. 12 Anyone wishing to comment at this time 13 please step forward, state your name and address 14 for the record. 15 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Can I comment? 16 MAYOR STACK: Sure. 17 Commissioner? 18 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 19 Mayor, I would like to commend you also and 20 thank you for, you know, the emergency prevention 21 strategy you adopted for this -- could be 22 catastrophic situation with the snow that was 23 announced to fall in this area. 24 And then you, the Police Department and 25 other -- other departments, you know, moved ahead  16 1 and then you met with us. It prevented, you 2 know, a catastrophic situation. 3 MAYOR STACK: Thank you. 4 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: So, thank you very 5 much and I commend you for that. 6 MAYOR STACK: Thank you to all the 7 Commissioners for the work they did during the 8 recent snowstorms that we had. 9 The Public Works, the Parks Department, the 10 Police Department, did an outstanding job. 11 Everybody that was involved; the Commissioners 12 personally getting involved in each department 13 and the Police Department, under the leadership 14 of Chief Molinari. I thank everyone for their 15 involvement. 16 I’ll make a motion to close. 17 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack. 18 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 19 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 20 Rivas. 21 Roll call. 22 Commissioner Fernandez? 23 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 24 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 25 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes.  17 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 2 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 3 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 4 Martinetti? 5 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 7 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 8 ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion to 9 approve all items on the Consent Agenda? 10 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 11 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 13 Valdivia. 14 Second by Mayor Stack. 15 Roll call. 16 Commissioner Fernandez? 17 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes, with the 18 exception of 9 as it pertains to the Resolution 19 Re-Appointing Members to the Redevelopment 20 Agency. Otherwise, yes. 21 ACTING CITY CLERK: Okay, yes to all except 22 number 9. 23 Commissioner Rivas? 24 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 25 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia?  18 1 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 2 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 3 Martinetti? 4 MS. de los RIOS: Yes, except for item 5 number one, page two, Commissioner Martinetti 6 will be recusing herself as to claims paid to 7 Adolfo Lopez and Luis Diaz. 8 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Aye on the rest. 9 ACTING CITY CLERK: And Mayor Stack? 10 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 11 12 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 13 14 1. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 386 OF THE 15 CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY ENTITLED 16 “TAXICABS” 17 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is an 19 Ordinance for Introduction. 20 This Ordinance will be further considered 21 at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners to be 22 held on February 17, 2015, at seven p.m. at the 23 Union Hill Middle School, 3808 Hudson Avenue, 24 Union City, New Jersey. 25 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 386 of the  19 1 Code of the City of Union City Entitled Taxicabs. 2 Is there -- 3 MAYOR STACK: This is -- I’ll make a motion 4 to -- to introduce it but this is another very 5 good Ordinance, very well thought out. 6 Under the leadership of Chief Molinari, 7 Lieutenant Loaces -- John Loaces, and Sergeant 8 Dunlay, they worked hard on getting this 9 Ordinance together. This also protects the 10 public and the taxicab owners and sets fees -- 11 Along with -- I’m sorry; Mr. Farmer was 12 involved in this also. 13 This sets fees on what taxicabs can charge 14 residents or people using a taxicab in the 15 community. So that one day you’re not charged 16 one fare and the next day you’re charged a 17 different fare; this will set it by Ordinance, 18 similar to what they do in other communities. 19 This hopefully will protect most of all the 20 members of the public who use the taxicabs. 21 And we’ll hear more on this Ordinance from 22 the Police Department and Mr. Farmer on the 17 th. 23 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made by Mayor 24 Stack. 25 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second.  20 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 2 Rivas. 3 Roll call. 4 Commissioner Fernandez? 5 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 7 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 8 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 9 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 11 Martinetti? 12 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 13 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 14 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 15 16 REGULAR AGENDA: 17 18 1. Resolution Approving the Redevelopment 19 Agency Payroll for the Period of January 14, 2015 20 through January 27, 2015 21 22 ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is the 23 Regular Agenda. 24 First item is Resolution Approving the 25 Redevelopment Agency Payroll for the Period of  21 1 January 14, 2015 through January 27, 2015. 2 Is there a motion to approve item 1 on the 3 Regular Agenda. 4 MAYOR STACK: I’ll move it. 5 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made by Mayor 6 Stack. 7 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 8 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 9 Rivas. 10 Roll call. 11 Commissioner Fernandez; recusing. 12 Commissioner Rivas? 13 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 14 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 15 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 16 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 17 Martinetti? 18 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 19 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 20 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 21 22 REGULAR AGENDA: 23 24 2. Resolution to Establish Temporary 25 Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget  22 1 2 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second item. 3 Resolution to Establish Temporary 4 Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget. 5 MAYOR STACK: I’ll move it. 6 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 7 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack. 8 Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 9 Roll call. 10 Commissioner Fernandez? 11 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 13 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 14 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 15 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 16 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 17 Martinetti? 18 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 19 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 20 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 21 22 REGULAR AGENDA: 23 24 3. Resolution Authorizing Payment to the 25 Hudson County Improvement Authority  23 1 2 ACTING CITY CLERK: Item 3. 3 Resolution Authorizing Payment to the 4 Hudson County Improvement Authority. 5 Is there a motion on item 3? 6 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 7 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack. 8 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 9 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 10 Valdivia. 11 Roll call. 12 Commissioner Fernandez? 13 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 14 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 15 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: I’ll recuse myself. 16 ACTING CITY CLERK: Recusing. 17 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 19 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 20 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 21 Martinetti? 22 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: I’ll recuse 23 myself. 24 ACTING CITY CLERK: Recusing. 25 Mayor Stack?  24 1 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 2 3 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 4 5 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor, do you wish to 6 take public comment on any items on the Regular 7 Agenda? 8 MAYOR STACK: Sure. 9 Anyone wishing to comment at this time on 10 any matter concerning municipal government in the 11 City of Union City, please step forward, state 12 your name and address for the record. 13 Seeing none. 14 I would just like to make a quick comment 15 before I do. I just would like to thank -- 16 I don’t get a chance often enough to do it 17 but I’d like to thank the Commissioners for their 18 service. And I mean this sincerely. Not only do 19 I have a Board of Commissioners that works 20 together with a common vision, which is very rare 21 in politics -- especially in Hudson County, but a 22 Board of Commissioners that also has a heart. 23 And when it’s time to come forward and help the 24 community, they’re the first ones that are out 25 there showing leadership. And I mean that -- to  25 1 each Commissioner, Margie, Celin, Tilo and Lucio, 2 thank you very much. 3 And everybody’s got their -- their area in 4 which they work in to really make the City 5 develop and we’ve worked hard over the last, you 6 know, years that we’ve all been here. But I 7 really -- we have a lot of work still to do but I 8 would just like to thank the Commissioners for 9 the work they do. 10 I don’t say it because I’m trying to 11 grandstand -- because there’s not a lot of public 12 members that are here tonight, even though we 13 move our meetings around the City. The weather 14 and the ice outside I’m sure keeps people away 15 tonight. But I just want to say that because not 16 often enough I think sometimes that we sit back 17 and recognize some of the good things that we’re 18 able to do in the City of Union City. 19 I mean I know myself, after -- when I’m 20 starting one thing, I’m already on to another 21 thing. And sometimes they say smell the roses 22 so-to-speak -- and I never take time to do that. 23 But I would just like to thank the 24 Commissioners for the work. 25 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: I would like to  26 1 thank you, Mayor, for giving me the honor to 2 serve under your Administration. 3 MAYOR STACK: Thank you, Celin. 4 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Under someone who 5 works so hard for the City of Union City and is 6 always looking forward to improving our City. So 7 it’s an honor and privilege -- 8 MAYOR STACK: Thank you. 9 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: -- serving. And 10 with my fellow Commissioners here, too. 11 MAYOR STACK: Thank you very much. 12 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Thank you, Mayor. 13 MAYOR STACK: Thank you, Commissioners. 14 Thank you. 15 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Thank you, Mayor. 16 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Lucio, Tilo and 17 Margie. 18 MAYOR STACK: Thank you. 19 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Thank you. 20 MAYOR STACK: I’ll make the motion. 21 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion to close public 22 comment portion of this meeting; Mayor Stack. 23 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 24 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 25 Fernandez.  27 1 Roll call. 2 Commissioner Fernandez? 3 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 4 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 5 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 7 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 8 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 9 Martinetti? 10 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 11 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 12 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 13 ACTING CITY CLERK: We have liquor license 14 disciplinary procedures (sic). 15 MAYOR STACK: Sure. 16 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mr. Farmer? 17 18 * * * 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  28 1 LIQUOR LICENSE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS: 2 3 1. Plaza Espana Inc. t/a La Plaza Espana Bar & 4 Restaurant, 2506 Bergenline Avenue, 5 Liquor License No. 0910-33-136-020 6 7 MAYOR STACK: Hi, Mr. Sarsano, how you 8 doing? 9 MR. SARSANO: Fine, Mayor. 10 MAYOR STACK: Good. 11 12 PLAZA ESPANA INC. t/a LA PLAZA ESPANA BAR & 13 RESTAURANT, 2506 BERGENLINE AVENUE, 14 LIQUOR LICENSE NO. 0910-33-136-020: 15 16 MR. FARMER: Good evening, members of the 17 Board. There’s one matter on your agenda, which 18 is Plaza Espana at 2506 Bergenline Avenue. 19 Mr. Sarsano is here with the licensee and 20 the licensee is also present. This is a 21 situation of being open after hours and some 22 paper violations. 23 We had just finished a after hours one a 24 week or so ago that resulted in a seven day 25 suspension and a paper violation would be a three  29 1 day suspension. I’ve spoken to Mr. Sarsano about 2 it; we’ve agreed to take a ten day suspension. 3 The dates will be the -- 4 I wrote it down. 5 -- the 16th to the 26th. 6 MAYOR STACK: February 16th to February 7 26th? 8 MR. FARMER: Yes. 9 MAYOR STACK: Great. 10 Mr. Sarsano? 11 MR. SARSANO: That’s accurate. 12 MAYOR STACK: Just your appearance just for 13 the record. 14 MR. SARSANO: For the record my name is 15 Anthony Sarsano and I represent the license 16 holder, Plaza Espana. 17 MAYOR STACK: And you agree with what Mr. 18 Farmer has represented? 19 MR. SARSANO: I concur wholeheartedly. 20 MAYOR STACK: Okay. 21 Thank you very much. 22 I’ll make a motion to approve. 23 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack. 24 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 25 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second.  30 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 2 Martinetti. 3 Roll call. 4 Commissioner Fernandez? 5 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Abstain. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Fernandez; 7 abstaining. 8 Commissioner Rivas? 9 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 11 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 13 Martinetti? 14 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 15 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 16 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 17 18 * * * 19 20 ADJOURNMENT: 21 22 ACTING CITY CLERK: There are no other 23 items on the agenda. 24 Is there a motion to adjourn? 25 MAYOR STACK: Motion.  31 1 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 2 Second. 3 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack. 4 Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 5 All in favor? 6 7 (Whereupon, there was a chorus of ayes.) 8 9 (Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded 10 at 7:20 p.m.) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  32 1 ________________________ Brian P. Stack 2 ________________________ Lucio P. Fernandez 3 ________________________ Maryury A. Martinetti 4 ________________________ Celin J. Valdivia 5 ________________________ Tilo E. Rivas 6 Board of Commissioners 7 8 Attest: 9 Dominick Cantatore, 10 Acting City Clerk 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  33 1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY: 2 : 3 COUNTY OF ESSEX : 4 5 I, KAREN A. MARINO, assigned transcriber, 6 do hereby affirm that the foregoing is a true and 7 accurate transcript in the matter of the REGULAR 8 MEETING of the UNION CITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 held on Tuesday, February 3, 2015, and digitally 10 recorded. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Monitored by and Proofread by: Deborah Dillon