Board of Commissioners - Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners

CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS : : TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED SPECIAL MEETING : _ : PROCEEDINGS William V. Musto Cultural Center 420 15th Street Union City, New Jersey Friday, November 21, 2014 Commencing at 3:21 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 M E M B E R S A B S E N T: TILO E. RIVAS, COMMISSIONER 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  2 I N D E X PAGE CALL TO ORDER 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3 ROLL CALL 4 REGULAR AGENDA 4,5, 6,7, 9 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD 10 ADJOURNMENT 11  3 1 ACTING CITY CLERK: This is a Special 2 Public Meeting of the Union City Board of 3 Commissioner, being held on Friday, November 21st, 4 2014, at 3:15 p.m., at the William V. Musto 5 Cultural Center, 420 15th Street, Union City, New 6 Jersey. 7 Everyone please rise for the Pledge of 8 Allegiance of the flag. 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. Adequate 16 notice of this meeting has been provided as 17 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 The Hudson Reporter, has 22 been posted on bulletin board in City Hall and 23 has made available to the public in the office of 24 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 is 7 absent. 8 Commissioner Martinetti? 9 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Here. 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 11 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Here. 12 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 13 MAYOR STACK: Here. 14 15 REGULAR AGENDA: 16 17 1. Resolution Approving Contract with Beyer 18 Ford for Purchase of New Police Cars 19 20 ACTING CITY CLERK: First item on the 21 agenda is a Resolution Approving Contract with 22 Beyer Ford for Purchase of New Police Cars. 23 MAYOR STACK: I’ll move it. 24 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 25 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made by Mayor  5 1 Stack. 2 Second by Commissioner Fernandez. 3 Roll call. 4 Commissioner Fernandez? 5 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas; 7 absent. 8 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 2. Resolution Approving State Contract with 19 GTBM for Equipment for New Police Cars 20 21 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second item is 22 Resolution Approving State Contract with GTBM for 23 Equipment for New Police Cars. 24 Is there a motion? 25 MAYOR STACK: Motion.  6 1 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 2 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 3 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made by Mayor 4 Stack. 5 Second by Commissioner Fernandez. 6 Roll call. 7 Commissioner Fernandez? 8 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 9 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas; 10 absent. 11 Commissioner Valdivia? 12 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 13 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 14 Martinetti? 15 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 16 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 17 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 18 19 REGULAR AGENDA: 20 21 3. Resolution Authorizing Emergency Contract 22 for Lease of Structure for Storage of DPW 23 Equipment 24 25 ACTING CITY CLERK: Item 3.  7 1 Resolution Authorizing Emergency Contract 2 for Lease of Structure for Storage of DPW 3 Equipment. 4 MAYOR STACK: I’ll move it. 5 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack. 7 Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 8 Roll call. 9 Commissioner Fernandez? 10 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 11 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas; 12 absent. 13 Commissioner Valdivia? 14 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 15 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 16 Martinetti? 17 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 19 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 20 21 REGULAR AGENDA: 22 23 4. Resolution Authorizing Emergency Contract 24 for Site Work on Property to Allow Installation 25 of Tent Structures for the Storage of DPW  8 1 Equipment and Vehicles 2 3 ACTING CITY CLERK: Item 4. 4 Resolution Authorizing Emergency Contract 5 for Site Work on Property to Allow Installation 6 of Tent Structures for the Storage of DPW 7 Equipment and Vehicles. 8 MAYOR STACK: I’ll move it. 9 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack. 11 Second by Commissioner Fernandez. 12 Roll call. 13 Commissioner Fernandez? 14 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 15 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas is 16 absent. 17 Commissioner Valdivia? 18 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 19 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 20 Martinetti? 21 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 22 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 23 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 24 25 REGULAR AGENDA:  9 1 2 5. Resolution Authorizing Emergency Contract 3 for Lease of Structures for Storage of DPW 4 Equipment for Academy Street Site Jersey City 5 6 ACTING CITY CLERK: Item 5. 7 Resolution Authorizing Emergency Contract 8 for Lease of Structure for Storage of DPW 9 Equipment for Academy Street Site Jersey City. 10 MAYOR STACK: I would just like to state on 11 the last two items I’d like to thank both the 12 Chief and Ralph Tango for all their work they did 13 in trying to help us to get these sites ready. 14 I’ll move it. 15 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made by Mayor 16 Stack. 17 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 19 Martinetti. 20 Roll call. 21 Commissioner Fernandez? 22 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 23 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas; 24 absent. 25 Commissioner Valdivia?  10 1 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 2 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 3 Martinetti? 4 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 5 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 6 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 7 8 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 9 10 ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor, there’s no other 11 item on the agenda. 12 Would you like to take public comment at 13 this time? 14 MAYOR STACK: Anyone wishing to comment at 15 this time, please step forward, state your name 16 and address for the record. 17 Seeing none. 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion to 19 close public -- 20 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 21 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 22 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made by Mayor 23 Stack. 24 Second by Commissioner Valdivia. 25 Roll call.  11 1 Commissioner Fernandez? 2 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 3 ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas; 4 absent. 5 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 13 ADJOURNMENT: 14 15 ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion to 16 adjourn? 17 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 18 ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made. 19 All in favor? 20 21 (Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded 22 at 3:24 p.m.) 23 24 25  12 1 2 ________________________ Brian P. Stack 3 ________________________ Lucio P. Fernandez 4 ________________________ Maryury A. Martinetti 5 ________________________ Celin J. Valdivia 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  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 SPECIAL 8 MEETING of the UNION CITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 held on Friday, November 21, 2014, 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