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Regular Meeting

Union City, NJ · December 1, 2015

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CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS : : TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED REGULAR MEETING : _ : PROCEEDINGS Jose Marti Freshman Academy 1800 Summit Avenue Union City, New Jersey Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Commencing at 7:01 p.m. M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: 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: BRIAN P. STACK, MAYOR A L S O P R E S E N T: DOMINICK CANTATORE, ACTING CITY CLERK SCARINCI HOLLENBECK BY: KRYSTLE NOVA, ESQ. Corporation Counsel 2 I N D E X PAGE CALL TO ORDER 3 SALUTE TO FLAG 3 ROLL CALL 4 COMMUNICATIONS 5,23 APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES 7 CONSENT AGENDA 8 ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION 14,15, 17,18, 19,20 REGULAR AGENDA 21 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD 22 ADJOURNMENT 25 3 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: This is a Regular 2 Public Meeting of the Union -- of the Union City 3 Board of Commissioner, being held on Tuesday, 4 December 1st, 2015, at seven p.m., at the Jose 5 Marti Freshman Academy, 1800 Summit Avenue, Union 6 City, New Jersey. 7 Everyone please rise for the Pledge of 8 Allegiance. 9 10 (Whereupon the Pledge of Allegiance was 11 said.) 12 13 ACTING CITY CLERK: This meeting has been 14 called in accordance with Chapter 231, Public Law 15 of 1975, the Public Meeting Act (sic). 16 Adequate notice of this meeting has been 17 provided as follows: 18 Notice of this meeting setting forth the 19 time, the date, location, the agenda, to the 20 extent known, was forwarded to The Jersey 21 Journal, The Record, The Hudson Reporter, has 22 been posted on bulletin board in City Hall and 23 has been made available to the public in the 24 office of Municipal Clerk. 25 4 1 ROLL CALL: 2 3 ACTING CITY CLERK: Roll call. 4 Commissioner Fernandez? 5 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Here. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 7 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Here. 8 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 9 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Here. 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 11 Martinetti? 12 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Here. 13 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 14 Absent. 15 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Clerk, for the 16 record, I just want to say good evening, 17 everyone. Our Mayor wasn’t able to be here 18 tonight; he had surgery. So he is home 19 recuperating. We wish him the best. Gallbladder 20 surgery. 21 Thank you, Alex. 22 He just wanted to extend his regards ands 23 let everyone know he wish he could be here 24 instead of home. 25 But we wish him the best and just so the 5 1 public notification he’s recuperating at home. 2 Thank you. 3 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: And I think this 4 is the first meeting he’s ever missed -- 5 ACTING CITY CLERK: I believe so. 6 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: -- since we’ve -- 7 this Commission’s been together. 8 ACTING CITY CLERK: I believe so. 9 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: He has a great 10 record. 11 A VOICE: Second. 12 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second? 13 MS. NOVA: In 15 years. 14 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Great record. 15 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second meeting 16 missed in 15 years. Commendable. 17 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: The last was when 18 his mom passed away. 19 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Right. 20 Thank you. 21 22 COMMUNICATION(S) 23 24 1. Presentation of Special Recognition (Speedy 25 Guareno) 6 1 2. Presentation of Certificate of Appreciation 2 (Victor Herrera) 3 4 ACTING CITY CLERK: We have a -- I want to 5 call up Victor Herrera. We have presentation -- 6 certification of appreciation for young man, 7 Victor Herrera. 8 How are you, sir? 9 We’d like to recognize Victor Herrera -- 10 recognize for the good deed and a great act of 11 kindness that he performed. 12 On October 13, 2015, he noticed an elderly 13 woman that was fatigued and she was resting. He 14 assisted her. He quickly terminated whatever he 15 was doing, he grabbed her and the shopping bags 16 and held her, assisting her to her feet. He then 17 gently placed her unharmed into his -- and aided 18 her to the street towards her home. 19 The Board of Commissioners and Mayor Stack 20 will like to congratulate you and award you with 21 this certification of appreciation for your 22 kindness. 23 Thank you very much. 24 (Applause.) 25 (Whereupon, there was a pause in the 7 1 proceedings while photographs were taken.) 2 (Applause.) 3 ACTING CITY CLERK: Okay, Commissioner 4 Fernandez is -- Speedy Guareno’s not here yet. 5 Right? 6 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: No, not yet. 7 ACTING CITY CLERK: Okay, we’ll continue. 8 9 APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 10 20, 2015: 11 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: First item on the 13 agenda is Approval of the Previous Minutes of 14 October 20, 2015. 15 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Move it. 16 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 17 Valdivia. 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. 8 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’s absent. 7 8 CONSENT AGENDA: 9 10 ( 1) Resolution Approving the Payment of Claims 11 ( 2) Resolution Approving the Payment of 12 Concurring Claims 13 ( 3) Resolution Approving the City Payroll for 14 the Period of November 14, 2015 through November 15 27, 2015 16 ( 4) Resolution Approving the Library Payroll 17 for the Period of November 14, 2015 through 18 November 27, 2015 19 ( 5) Resolution Authorizing the Person to Person 20 Transfer of Liquor License No. 0910-43-203-004 21 Located at 800 New York Avenue 22 ( 6) Resolution Approving Disciplinary 23 Proceedings Against Centro Bar t/a 2216 24 Bergenline Avenue, LLC, Located at 2216 25 Bergenline Avenue, Liquor License No. 9 1 0910-33-166-004 2 ( 7) Resolution Approving Disciplinary 3 Proceedings Against El Papaturro t/a El 4 Papaturro, Located at 1018 Summit Avenue, Liquor 5 License No. 0910-33-137-005 6 ( 8) Resolution Authorizing Re-Appointment of 7 Acting Municipal Clerk 8 ( 9) Resolution Authorizing Re-Appointment of 9 Acting Chief Financial Officer 10 (10) Resolution Authorizing the Award of 11 Contract for Wrestling Supplies and Equipment 12 (11) Resolution Approving Contact (sic) with the 13 Rodgers Group, LLC for Consultant Services for 14 Accreditations of the Police Department 15 (12) Resolution Rejecting all Bids for the 16 Police Security System Camera System and 17 Authorizing Revision of the Bid Specifications 18 (13) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 19 Redemption Monies to Outside Lienholders 20 (14) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 21 Premium Monies Collected at the Tax Sale 22 (15) Resolution Authorizing Tax Refund in Tax 23 Appeal Decisions by the Tax Court of New Jersey 24 (16) Any other matter of City business that may 25 arise 10 1 2 ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is Consent 3 Agenda. 4 First item is Resolution Approving the 5 Payments of Claims. 6 Item 2. 7 Resolution Approving the Payment of 8 Concurring Claims. 9 Item 3, 10 Resolution Approving the City Payroll for 11 the Period of November 14, 2015 through November 12 27, 2015. 13 Item 4. 14 Resolution Approving the Library Payroll 15 for the Period of November 14, 2015 through 16 November 27, 2015. 17 Item 5. 18 Resolution Authorizing the Person to Person 19 Transfer of Liquor License Number 20 0910-43-203-004, Located at 800 New York Avenue. 21 Item 6. 22 Resolution Approving Disciplinary 23 Proceeding Against Centro Bar, also known as 2216 24 Bergenline Avenue, LLC, Located at 2216 25 Bergenline Avenue, Liquor License Number 11 1 0910-33-166-004. 2 Item 7. 3 Resolution Approving Disciplinary 4 Proceeding Against El Papaturro, also known as El 5 Papaturro, Located at 1018 Summit Avenue, Liquor 6 License Number 0910-33-137-005. 7 Item 8. 8 Resolution Authorizing Re-Appointment -- 9 Re-Appointment of Acting Municipal Clerk. 10 Item 9. 11 Resolution Authorizing Re-Appointment of 12 Acting Chief Financial Officer. 13 Item 10. 14 Resolution Authorizing the Award of 15 Contract for Wrestling Supplies and Equipment. 16 Item 11. 17 Resolution Approving Contract with the 18 Rodgers Group, LLC for Consultant Services for 19 Accreditation of Police Department. 20 Item 12. 21 Resolution Rejecting all Bids for the 22 Police Security System Camera System and 23 Authorizing Revision of the Bid Specifications. 24 Item 13. 25 Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 12 1 Redemption Money Collected (sic) Outside 2 Lienholders. 3 Item 14. 4 Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 5 Premium Money Collected at Tax Sale. 6 Item 15. 7 Resolution Authorizing Tax Refund in Tax 8 Appeal Decisions by the Tax Court of New Jersey. 9 There are no other item on the Consent 10 Agenda. Would you wish to take public comment at 11 this time on any item on the Consent Agenda? 12 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: If anyone in the 13 public would like to have any comments on the 14 ordinance (sic)? 15 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Come forward, say your 16 name. 17 ACTING CITY CLERK: None. 18 Is there a motion to close public comment 19 on -- 20 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Motion. 21 ACTING CITY CLERK: -- Consent Agenda? 22 Motion by Commissioner Rivas. 23 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 24 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 25 Fernandez. 13 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: I’m recusing on 11 item number 1, payments to Adolfo Lopez; and on 12 number 5, Diaz and any items pertaining to the 13 Union City Construction Code. 14 Aye on the rest. 15 ACTING CITY CLERK: Recusing item 1; item 16 5; aye on the rest. 17 Mayor Stack is absent. 18 Is there a motion to approve all items on 19 the Consent Agenda? 20 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 21 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 22 Valdivia. 23 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 24 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 25 Fernandez. 14 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: Aye on the items 11 that I previously said that I was recusing and 12 aye on the rest. 13 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack is absent. 14 15 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 16 17 (1.) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 296 OF THE 18 CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “PEACE 19 AND GOOD ORDER” 20 21 ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is -- are 22 Ordinances for Introduction. 23 These Ordinances will be further considered 24 at a meeting of the Board of Commission to be 25 held on December 15, 2015, at seven p.m. at the 15 1 Robert Waters Elementary School, 2800 Summit 2 Avenue, Union City, New Jersey. 3 First Ordinance, an Ordinance Amending 4 Chapter 296 of the Code of the City of Union City 5 Entitled Peace and Good Order. 6 Is there a motion to introduce? 7 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 8 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 9 Martinetti. 10 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 11 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 12 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 is absent. 24 25 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 16 1 2 (2.) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TRAFFIC CHAPTER XVI 3 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY 4 5 ACTING CITY CLERK: Item -- Ordinance 6 number 2. 7 An Ordinance Amending Traffic Chapter XVI 8 of the Code of the City of Union City. 9 Is there a motion to introduce? 10 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 11 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 12 Valdivia. 13 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 14 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 15 Fernandez. 16 Roll call. 17 Commissioner Fernandez? 18 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 19 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 20 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 21 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 22 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 23 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 24 Martinetti? 25 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 17 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack’s absent. 2 3 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 4 5 (3.) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 223 “LAND 6 DEVELOPMENT” AND CHAPTER 366 “STREETS AND 7 SIDEWALKS” OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY 8 9 ACTING CITY CLERK: Item 3. 10 An Ordinance Amending 223 Land Development 11 and Chapter 366 Street and Sidewalks of the Code 12 of the City of Union City. 13 Is there a motion to introduce? 14 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 15 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 16 Valdivia. 17 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 19 Rivas. 20 Roll call. 21 Commissioner Fernandez? 22 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 23 ACTING CITY CLERK: 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 Recusing. 5 Mayor Stack is absent. 6 7 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 8 9 (4.) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE 10 CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “VEHICLES 11 AND TRAFFIC” 12 13 ACTING CITY CLERK: Ordinance number 4. 14 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 16 of the 15 Code of the City of Union City Entitled Vehicles 16 and Traffic. 17 Is there a motion to introduce? 18 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 19 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 20 Martinetti. 21 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 22 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 23 Rivas. 24 Roll all. 25 Commissioner Fernandez? 19 1 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 2 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 3 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 4 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 5 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 7 Martinetti? 8 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 9 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack is absent. 10 11 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 12 13 (5.) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 223 “LAND 14 DEVELOPMENT” SECTION 12 OF THE CODE OF UNION CITY 15 ENTITLED “CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS” 16 17 ACTING CITY CLERK: Item -- Ordinance 18 number 5. 19 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 223 Land 20 Development Section 12 of the Code of the City of 21 Union City Entitled Construction Requirements. 22 Is there a motion? 23 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 24 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 25 Valdivia. 20 1 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 2 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 3 Rivas. 4 Roll call. 5 Commissioner Fernandez? 6 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 7 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 8 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 9 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 10 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 11 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 12 Martinetti? 13 Recusing. 14 Mayor Stack is absent. 15 16 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 17 18 (6.) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 223 OF THE 19 CODE OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “LAND DEVELOPMENT” 20 21 ACTING CITY CLERK: Item -- Ordinance 22 number 6. 23 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 223 of the 24 Code of the City of Union City Entitled “Land 25 Development” 21 1 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 2 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 3 Valdivia. 4 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 5 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 6 Rivas. 7 Roll call. 8 Commissioner Fernandez? 9 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 11 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 13 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 14 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 15 Martinetti? 16 Recusing. 17 Mayor Stack is absent. 18 19 REGULAR AGENDA: 20 21 1. Resolution Approving Payment to the Hudson 22 County Improvement Authority. 23 24 ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is the 25 Regular Agenda; one item on the Regular Agenda. 22 1 Is a Resolution Approving Payment to the 2 Hudson County Improvement Authority. 3 Is there a motion to approve item 1 on the 4 Regular Agenda? 5 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 7 Valdivia. 8 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 9 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 10 Fernandez. 11 Roll call. 12 Commissioner Fernandez? 13 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 14 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 15 Recusing. 16 Commissioner Valdivia? 17 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 19 Martinetti? 20 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 21 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack is absent. 22 23 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 24 25 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner, do you 23 1 wish to take public comment on any item on the 2 Regular Agenda and ordinances at this time? 3 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: If any person in 4 the public would like to make any comments on the 5 agenda? 6 No, we’re good? 7 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Motion to close. 8 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion to close. 9 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion to close by 11 Commissioner -- 12 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Rivas. 13 ACTING CITY CLERK: -- Martinetti. 14 Second by Commissioner Fernandez. 15 Is there a motion to adjourn? 16 17 COMMUNICATION(S) 18 19 1. Presentation of Special Recognition (Speedy 20 Guareno) 21 22 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Wait, wait, excuse 23 me, Mr. Clerk? 24 On Communications, we’re going to -- 25 there’s a -- on the number one, Presentation -- 24 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: Oh, I’m sorry. 2 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: -- of Special 3 Recognition to Speedy -- 4 ACTING CITY CLERK: Yes. 5 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: -- Guareno. 6 He is not here, so let’s just put that on 7 the next meeting’s agenda please. 8 ACTING CITY CLERK: We’ll -- we’ll put it 9 on the next meeting for December 15 at the Robert 10 Waters Elementary School. 11 12 ADJOURNMENT: 13 14 ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion to 15 adjourn? 16 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Motion. 17 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 19 Fernandez. 20 Second by Commissioner -- 21 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Oh -- 22 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Is that him? 23 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: I don’t know. 24 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: I don’t know. 25 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: One minute -- 25 1 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: No. 2 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: -- please. 3 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: No. 4 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: No. 5 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: No? 6 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: No. 7 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Okay. 8 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 9 Fernandez. 10 Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 11 All in favor? 12 13 (Whereupon, there was a chorus of ayes.) 14 15 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Opposed? 16 Nobody. 17 18 (Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded 19 at 7:13 p.m.) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 ________________________ Lucio P. Fernandez 2 ________________________ Maryury A. Martinetti 3 ________________________ Celin J. Valdivia 4 ________________________ Tilo E. Rivas 5 Board of Commissioners 6 7 Attest: 8 Dominick Cantatore, 9 Acting City Clerk 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 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, December 1, 2015 and digitally 10 recorded. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Monitored by: Kevin Dillon, Jr. 25 Proofread by: Deborah Dillon

Agenda

.                                                      CITY  OF  UNION  CITY   County of Hudson, State of New Jersey Board of Commissioners Meeting Agenda REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING of the Union City Board of Commissioners being held on Tuesday December 1, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Jose Marti Freshman Academy, 1800 Summit Avenue, Union City, New Jersey. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPENING STATEMENT This  meeting  has  been  called  in  accordance  with  Chapter  231,  Public  Law  of  1975,  the   “Open  Public  Meetings  Act.”    Adequate  notice  of  this  Meeting  has  been  provided  as  follows:     Notice  of  this  meeting  setting  forth  the  time,  date,  location,  and  the  agenda,  to  the  extent   known,  was  forwarded  to  THE  JERSEY  JOURNAL,  THE  RECORD,  and  THE  HUDSON   REPORTER,  has  been  posted  on  the  bulletin  board  in  City  Hall  and  has  been  made  available   to  the  public  in  the  Office  of  the  Municipal  Clerk.   ROLL CALL: COMMISSIONERS FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK COMMUNICATION(S)   1.   Presentation  of  Special  Recognition  (Speedy  Guareno)   2.   Presentation  of  Certificate  of  Appreciation  (Victor  Herrera)       APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES Motion must be duly made and seconded that the meeting minutes of the Board of Commissioners Meeting held on October 20, 2015 be approved and recorded. Motion to Approve Motion made by seconded by ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: CONSENT AGENDA 1.   Resolution  Approving  the  Payment  of  Claims     2.   Resolution  Approving  the  Payment  of  Concurring  Claims     3.   Resolution  Approving  the  City  Payroll  for  the  Period  of  November  14,  2015  through   November  27,  2015     4.   Resolution  Approving  the  Library  Payroll  for  the  Period  of    November  14,  2015   through  November  27,  2015     5.   Resolution  Authorizing  the  Person  to  Person  Transfer  of  Liquor  License  No.  0910-­‐‑ 43-­‐‑203-­‐‑004  Located  at  800  New  York  Avenue   6.   Resolution  Approving  Disciplinary  Proceedings  Against  Centro  Bar  t/a  2216   Bergenline  Avenue  LLC,  Located  at  2216  Bergenline  Avenue,  Liquor  License  No.   0910-­‐‑33-­‐‑166-­‐‑004   7.   Resolution  Approving  Disciplinary  Proceedings  Against  El  Papaturro  t/a  El   Papaturro,  Located  at  1018  Summit  Avenue,  Liquor  License  No.  0910-­‐‑33-­‐‑137-­‐‑005   8.   Resolution Authorizing Re-Appointment of Acting Municipal Clerk 9.   Resolution Authorizing Re-Appointment of Acting Chief Financial Officer 10.  Resolution Authorizing the Award of Contract for Wrestling Supplies and Equipment 11.  Resolution Approving Contact with the Rodgers Group, LLC for Consultant Services for Accreditations of the Police Department 12.  Resolution Rejecting all Bids for the Police Security Camera System and Authorizing Revision of the Bid Specifications 13.  Resolution  Authorizing  the  Refund  of  Redemption  Monies  to  Outside  Lienholders   14.  Resolution  Authorizing  the  Refund  of  Premium  Monies  Collected  at  the  Tax  Sale   15.  Resolution  Authorizing  Tax  Refund  in  Tax  Appeal  Decisions  by  the  Tax  Court  Of  New   Jersey   16.  Any  other  matter  of  City  business  that  may  arise       **Opportunity for Citizens to Address the Board on Consent Agenda Items** Motion to Close Public Comment Motion made by seconded by . ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: Motion to Approve All Items on the Consent Agenda: Motion made by seconded by . ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: ____ ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION Adoption on first reading authorizes the Municipal Clerk to advertise the Ordinance with a notice of the introduction, together with a notice of the time and place when the Ordinances will be considered for final passage. The Ordinance will be further considered at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners to be held on December 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Robert Waters Elementary School, 2800 Summit Avenue, Union City, New Jersey. (1) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 296 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “PEACE AND GOOD ORDER” Motion to Introduce Motion made by seconded by ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: (2) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TRAFFIC CHAPTER XVI OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY Motion to Introduce Motion made by seconded by ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: (3) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 223 “LAND DEVELOPMENT” AND CHAPTER 366 “STREETS AND SIDEWALKS” OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY Motion to Introduce Motion made by seconded by ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: (4) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC” Motion to Introduce Motion made by seconded by ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: (5) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 223 “LAND DEVELOPMENT SECTION 12 OF THE CODE OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS” Motion to Introduce Motion made by seconded by ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: (6) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 223 OF THE CODE OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “LAND DEVELOPMENT” Motion to Introduce Motion made by seconded by ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: REGULAR AGENDA 1.   Resolution Approving Payment to the Hudson County Improvement Authority   Motion to Approve Item 1 on the Regular Agenda: Motion made by seconded by . ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK Vote on the motion: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: ____________ OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD Comments of each person will be limited to five minutes including all response Names and addresses need to be provided for the record. Motion to Close the Public Comment Portion of the Meeting Motion made by______________ seconded by ________________ ROLL CALL: FERNANDEZ; RIVAS; VALDIVIA; MARTINETTI; MAYOR STACK ADJOURNMENT Motion must be duly made and seconded Motion made by____ seconded by ______

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