Board of Commissioners - Special Board of Commissioners Meeting

CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS : : TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED SPECIAL MEETING : _ : PROCEEDINGS Veteran’s Memorial Elementary School 1401 Central Avenue Union City, New Jersey Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Commencing at 6:45 p.m. M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: BRIAN P. STACK, MAYOR 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: LUCIO P. FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER A L S O P R E S E N T: DOMINICK CANTATORE, ACTING CITY CLERK SCARINCI HOLLENBECK BY: KRYSTLE NOVA, ESQ. Corporation Counsel ERIN KNOEDLER, Director of Operations  2 I N D E X PAGE CALL TO ORDER 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3 ROLL CALL 4 CONSENT AGENDA 4 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD 9 ADJOURNMENT 10  3 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: This is a Special 2 Public Meeting of the Union City Board of 3 Commissioner, being held on Wednesday, June 15, 4 2016, at 6:45 p.m., at the Veteran’s Memorial 5 Elementary School, 1401 Central 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 Open Public Meeting Act. 16 Adequate notice of this meeting has been 17 provided as follows: 18 Notice of this meeting setting forth the 19 time, date, location, and the agenda, to the 20 extent known, was forwarded to The Jersey 21 Journal, The Record, and 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 Is absent. 6 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 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 15 Commissioner Fernandez had a family 16 emergency. 17 18 CONSENT AGENDA: 19 20 ( 1) Resolution Authorizing the Agreement 21 between the City of Union City and the property 22 owner of Block 137, Lot 20 - 2407 Bergenline 23 Avenue 24 ( 2) Resolution Authorizing the Agreement 25 between the City of Union City and the property  5 1 owner of Block 236, Lot 3 - 4004 New York Avenue 2 ( 3) Resolution Authorizing the Agreement 3 between the City of Union City and the property 4 owner of Block 213, Lot 21 - 540 35th Street 5 ( 4) Resolution Authorizing the Agreement 6 between the City of Union City and the property 7 owner of Block 140, Lot 2 - 2502 New York Avenue 8 ( 5) Resolution Authorizing the Agreement 9 between the City of Union City and the property 10 owner of Block 22, Lot 1.01 C0315 - 500 Central 11 Avenue 12 ( 6) Resolution Authorizing the Agreement 13 between the City of Union City and the property 14 owner of Block 237, Lot 19.05 - 4017 Hudson 15 Avenue 16 ( 7) Resolution Authorizing the Agreement 17 between the City of Union City and the property 18 owner of Block 21, Lot 8 - 513 Central Avenue 19 ( 8) Resolution Authorizing the Clerk to 20 Advertise Bids for Snow Removal & Salt Spreading 21 ( 9) Any other matter of City business that may 22 arise 23 24 ACTING CITY CLERK: First item on the 25 agenda is the Consent Agenda.  6 1 First item on the Consent Agenda is 2 Resolution Authorizing the Agreement between the 3 City of Union City and the property owner of 4 Block 137, Lot 20, 2407 Bergenline Avenue. 5 Item 2 is a Resolution Authorizing the 6 Agreement between the City of Union City and the 7 property owner of Block 236, Lot 3, 4004 New York 8 Avenue. 9 Item 3 is Resolution Authorizing the 10 Agreement between the City of Union City and the 11 property owner of Block 213, Lot 21, 540 35 th 12 Street. 13 Item 4 is Resolution Authorizing the 14 Agreement between the City of Union City and the 15 property owner of Block 140, Lot 2, 2502 New York 16 Avenue. 17 Item 5 is Resolution Authorizing the 18 Agreement between the City of Union City and the 19 property owner of Block 22, Lot 1.01 C0315 - 500 20 Central Avenue. 21 Item 6. 22 Resolution Authorizing the Agreement 23 between the City of Union City and the property 24 owner of Block 237, Lot 19.05, 41017 -- 4017 25 Hudson Avenue.  7 1 Item 7 is Resolution Authorizing the 2 Agreement between the -- between the City of 3 Union City and the property owner of Block 21, 4 Lot 8, 513 Central Avenue. 5 Item 8 is Resolution Authorizing the Clerk 6 to Advertise Bids for Snow Removal and Salt 7 Spreading. 8 Mayor, do you wish to take public comment 9 on any items on the Consent Agenda at this time? 10 MAYOR STACK: Anyone wishing to comment on 11 the Consent Agenda please step forward, state 12 your name and address for the record. 13 Purpose of this meeting also was to make 14 sure that we had everyone who needed an agreement 15 to pay their property taxes; those that couldn’t 16 afford to pay in full have this meeting this 17 evening. 18 Anyone wishing to comment? 19 Seeing none. 20 ACTING CITY CLERK: None. 21 Is there a motion? 22 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 23 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 24 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 25 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by -- by Mayor  8 1 Stack. 2 Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 3 Commissioner Rivas? 4 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 5 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 6 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 7 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 8 Martinetti? 9 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 11 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion to 13 approve all items on the Consent Agenda. 14 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 15 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 16 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack. 17 Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 18 Roll call. 19 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.  9 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 2 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 3 4 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 5 6 MAYOR STACK: Anyone wishing to comment on 7 any matter concerning any matter concerning 8 government in the City of Union City, please step 9 forward. 10 Seeing none. 11 Motion. 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion -- 13 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 14 ACTING CITY CLERK: -- to close public 15 portion of the meeting? 16 Motion by Mayor Stack. 17 Second by Commissioner Rivas. 18 Roll call. 19 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.  10 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 2 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 3 4 ADJOURNMENT: 5 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor, at this time 7 there are no other items on the agenda. 8 Is there a motion to adjourn? 9 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 10 MAYOR STACK: Motion. Second. 11 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 12 Martinetti. 13 Second by Mayor Stack. 14 All in favor? 15 16 (Whereupon, there was a chorus of ayes.) 17 18 COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Oppose? 19 Nobody. 20 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: That was a fast 21 meeting. 22 MAYOR STACK: Guys, thank you. 23 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Record. 24 MAYOR STACK: Thank you. 25  11 1 (Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded 2 at 6:49 p.m.) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  12 1 ________________________ Brian P. Stack 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  13 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 SPECIAL 8 MEETING of the UNION CITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 heard on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 and digitally 10 recorded. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Monitored and Proofread by: Deborah Dillon