February 4, 2008 6:00 pm
REGULAR MEETING
FLAG SALUTE
THIS MEETING IS BEING
RECORDED:
I hereby declare that
notice has been given to the Herald Times, the Atlantic City Press and posted
on the bulletin board of the Middle Township Municipal Building, stating the
time and place of the following meeting, as required in P.L. 1975, Chapter 231
of the State of New Jersey. (Sunshine Law).
The Township Committee met
on the above date at 6:00 PM at the
1.
MOMENT OF
SILENCE IN THE PASSING OF RETIREE JOHN GREEN
2.
RESOLUTION NO.
42-08 – APPOINTMENTS – NEW HIRES – POLICE DEPARTMENT –
On motion by Committeemember DeLanzo seconded by Mayor Doughty and passed on
roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the
|
NAME |
DEPARTMENT |
TITLE |
SALARY |
EFF. DATE |
|
Daniel Geiger |
Public Safety |
Police Officer (academy) |
$27,862.00 |
February 1, 2008 |
|
Martin Lindholm |
Public Safety |
Police Officer (academy) |
$27,862.00 |
February 1, 2008 |
|
Armondo Jones |
Public Safety |
Police Officer (academy) |
$27,862.00 |
February 1, 2008 |
3.
SWEARING IN OF
NEW OFFICERS
4.
PRESENTATION
–
5.
PRESENTATION
– THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS AND
-
Skip & Bonnie
Millard to Middle Township Recreation Department
6.
ORDINANCE NO.
1285-08 – AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MIDDLE - Following second reading, hearing, and
consideration for adoption, Ordinance 1285-08 was adopted on motion by Mayor
Doughty seconded by Committeemember DeLanzo and passed on roll call. Complete
Ordinance is on file in the Clerk’s Office.
7.
ORDINANCE NO.
1286-08 - AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MIDDLE,
CHAPTER 236-41 THEREOF, ENTITLED
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC SCHEDULE XIII “PARKING PROHIBITED AT ALL
TIMES” - Following second reading, hearing, and consideration for
adoption, Ordinance 1286 -08 was adopted on motion by Mayor Doughty seconded by
Committeemember Barry and passed on roll call. Complete Ordinance is on file in
the Clerk’s Office.
Vilma Pombo – Location?
Alexis – road where Hi-Tech Auto is located
8.
ORDINANCE NO.
1287-08 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 226 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP
OF MIDDLE REGARDING TAXI CABS- Following second reading, hearing, and
consideration for adoption, Ordinance 1287-08 was adopted on motion by
seconded
by
and passed on roll call. Complete Ordinance is on file in the
Clerk’s Office. – TABLED*
Karen Wolfe – VP of AARTS Taxi asked committee
to reconsider regulations, extreme and drastic. Forcing
companies out of business. Indicated following concerns: 226-11
insurance; 226-12 posting of certificate – display of home address
(safety issue); 226-3 – drivers license –
has home address; 226-14-1 coping of logs? Why? Who will read? Very lengthy; 226-15.6
Limiting of networking; 226-17b should be changed to “knowingly”
Arthur Wolfe – 226-14.1 Meters – offer
passengers flat rate.
J. Conforto –
reiterated same concerns.
Dave Butler – Just wants to pick up passengers
that he originally dropped off from Wildwood.
9. ORDINANCE NO. 1288-08 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER
218, SUBDIVISION OF LAND AND SITE PLAN REVIEW, OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
MIDDLE - Following second reading, hearing, and consideration for adoption,
Ordinance 1288-08 was adopted on motion by Mayor Doughty seconded by Committeemember
Barry and passed on roll call. Complete Ordinance is on file in the
Clerk’s Office.
Carol Mattessich Ravitz
– Rates?
Alexis - yes
10. ORDINANCE NO. 1289-08 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP
OF MIDDLE, COUNTY OF CAPE MAY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY CHANGING THE NAME OF A ROAD
FROM REDDING ROAD TO DELVAL ROAD - Following second reading, hearing, and
consideration for adoption, Ordinance 1289-08 was adopted on motion by Mayor
Doughty seconded by Committeemember Barry and passed on roll call. Complete
Ordinance is on file in the Clerk’s Office.
11. RESOLUTION NO. 43-08 – APPROVE PAYMENT FOR ALL
BILLS – On motion by Committeemember DeLanzo seconded by Committeemember
Barry and passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the
Dedicated
Trust $ 15,121.24
Current Acct. $ 6,293,716.46
12. RESOLUTION NO. 44-08 – APPROVING MINUTES FOR
PREVIOUS MEETING – On motion by Committeemember DeLanzo seconded by Committeemember
Barry and passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township
Committee of the
13. REPORTS: The following departments submitted their
reports for the months indicated below: Municipal Court for the month of
December; Treasurer for the month ; Tax Collector year end report; Tax
Collector for the month of December; Police Department year end; Tax Collector
for the month of January;
14. RESOLUTION NO. 45-08; 46-08 – REFUND OF TAXES (ITEMS
A THROUGH B) – On motion by
seconded by
and passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
(a)
45-08 Refund
due to overpayment made by Mortgage Company
ACCT BLOCK
|
6962 |
470 |
1 |
CONTE,
PAOLA M & PASQUALE J |
657.12 |
Refund payable to:
First American Real Estate Tax Service
Refund Department
BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee of the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this
resolution be given to the Chief Financial Officer of the
(b) 46-08 Refund due to overpayment made by Mortgage Company
ACCT BLOCK
|
431 2676 12608 |
12.01 135.01 1057 |
101 25 9 |
O’
HORA, ANNA MURPHY,
JAMES B & BARBARA S EDWARDS,
ALVIN E |
1,668.55 1,441.94 413.19 |
Refund payable to:
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS
BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee of the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this
resolution be given to the Chief Financial Officer of the
15. RESOLUTION NO. 47-08 – NOTICE OF TAX SALE
– On motion by Committeemember Barry seconded
by Committeemember DeLanzo and passed on roll call, the following resolution
was adopted.
State of
Ss
I
Sandra B. Beasley, BEING DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO LAW ON MY
1. I am the Tax Collector of The
2. Notice of The Tax Sale that was held on January 23,
2008, was published in the
Herald-Times, Rio Grande, New Jersey, on December 26, 2007, January 2, 2008,
January 9, 2008 and January 16, 2008.
3. A Copy of the Notice of Sale was set up in five of
the public places in the Municipality, namely:
1. Middle Township Municipal Hall
2. Green Creek Post Office
3.
4. Whitesboro Post Office
5.
4. A Notice Of Tax Sale was mailed to the owner of
record, whose name appears in the
List at the last known address, postage prepaid.
16. RESOLUTION 48-08 – CANCELLATION OF TAXES
– On motion by Committeemember DeLanzo seconded by Committeemember Barry and
passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
CANCELLATION
OF TAXES DUE TO PROPERTY IS EXEMPT FOR 2008
ACCT #
BLOCK
|
12682 |
1056 |
4 |
2211 Rte 9 S |
1296.36 |
|
2543 |
127 |
38 |
|
4.16 |
17. RESOLUTION NO. 49-08 – APPROVAL FOR PAYMENT
TERMINAL LEAVE – MELISSA KLECZ – On motion by Committeemember
DeLanzo seconded by Committeemember Barry and
passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
WHEREAS,
Melissa Klecz has submitted her resignation with an
effective date of January 3rd, 2008, and
WHEREAS,
Melissa Klecz did not return to work after
12/27/2007, and has been charged 3 holidays for the work dates of 12/28, 12/29,
& 12/30/07, and
WHEREAS,
it is the policy of
WHEREAS,
final payment is requested to be made during the month of February, 2008, and
WHEREAS,
the personnel office has provided sufficient documentation verifying the amount
of time accumulated and the Finance Officer has certified that time,
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee, the Governing Body of the
Melissa
Klecz
Vacation
Hours 11.5 148.81
Comp
Hours 6.5 84.11
Total 232.92
I
certify that the above figures are a true accounting of this time based solely
on the documentation provided by the personnel department and that sufficient
backup documentation is available for inspection.
________________________________ January
10, 2008
Tracey
DeVico Taverner, CFO
18. RESOLUTION NO. 50-08 – APPOINTMENT – RENT
LEVELING BOARD – SECRETARY – On motion by Committeemember Barry seconded
by Committeemember DeLanzo and passed on roll call, the following resolution
was adopted.
BE IT
RESOLVED, by the Township Committee, the Governing Body of the Township of
Middle, County of Cape May and State of New Jersey that the following person be
and are hereby appointed to the Middle Township Rent Leveling Board as
secretary for the term of office opposite their name:
|
NAME |
TERM AFFECTIVE |
TERM EXPIRES |
SALARY |
|
Jill Zarharchuck |
1/19/2008* |
12/31/08 |
$850.00 |
*
Filling the unexpired term of Elaine Gregory
19. RESOLUTION NO. 51-08 – APPROVE ADOPT A SPOT
GRANT – On motion by Committeemember Barry seconded by Committeemember DeLanzo
and passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
BE
IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Middle, the governing
body thereof, that a Mini Grant for the “Adopt a Spot Projects”, be
and are hereby awarded to the following:
Various Sites – January 24, 2008
20. RESOLUTION NO. 52-08 – RELEASE OF TRUST
ACCOUNTS – On motion by Mayor Doughty seconded by Committeemember DeLanzo
and passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted. Committeemember
Barry abstained
WHEREAS,
certain monies held in Trust Accounts from time to time may have balances
remaining after all fees have been paid, and
WHEREAS,
the applicants are entitled to a refund of this money,
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the
21. RESOLUTION NO. 53-08 – AWARD CONTRACT UNDER NON-FAIR
AND OPEN PROCESS – On motion by Mayor Doughty seconded by Committeemember
DeLanzo and
passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
WHEREAS, the Township has determined that the value
of the following contracts will not exceed $17,500.00 and are renewal contracts
from previous years, and
WHEREAS, the Local Public Contract Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:
11-1 et seq.) provides for the award of contracts for professional services
without advertising for bids, and
WHEREAS, these contracts are not therefore subject to
the provisions of N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4 or 20.5, and
WHEREAS, the
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township
Committee, the Governing Body of the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a contract be executed
by the
FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be
forwarded to the Herald Times for publication.
FURTHER RESOLVED that these
contracts are contingent upon the certification of availability of funds and
submission of State Affirmative Action Certification.
22. RESOLUTION NO. 54-08 – PERSON TO PERSON
TRANSFER OF MOBILE HOME PARK LICENSE NO. 2 – GRANDE WOODS SOUTH MOBILE
HOME PARK – On motion by Committeemember Barry seconded by Committeemember
DeLanzo and passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
WHEREAS,
Grande Woods
WHEREAS,
Carel Jobin Enterprises t/a
Grande Woods South has made application to transfer said license to GWS
Enterprises LLC., and
WHEREAS, all legal requirements for said transfer
have been fulfilled.
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Middle,
the governing body thereof, that Mobile Home Park License # 2 be and hereby is
transferred from Grande Woods South LLC
to GWS Enterprises LLC.
FURTHER
RESOLVED, that all mobile home park pad fees shall be paid up to date along
with any property taxes due prior to said transfer of license by the Municipal
Clerks Office.
FURTHER
RESOLVED, that this approval for a person-to-person
transfer shall be conditioned upon and subject to the transfer of the property
pursuant to the existing contract between the transferor and the transferee
under the person-to-person transfer application.
Anthony Monzo, Attorney for Stephen Coyle, buyer;
Carel Jobin /Grande Woods
Mr. Anthony Monzo for the buyer introduced to Township Committee and
the public the proposed Person to Person Transfer.
Committeemember DeLanzo – Any changes?
Mr. Coyle – New samples and offices in the
front. Empty spaces to be filled up with new homes.
Committeemember DeLanzo – Any shared services?
Why split the 2 parks apart?
Coyle – Only shared service is pool. The seller
only wanted to sell Grand Woods South.
Mayor Doughty – how will you be able to tell
the differences in the 2 parks?
Coyle – Signage
Committeemember DeLanzo – infrastructure
improvements?
Coyle – landscaping for sure but need to get a
feel for the park prior to commenting about the infrastructure.
Pat Schofield – Trees overgrown into sewer
lines. What is to be done? Also, will there be new leases?
Coyle – will take a look at the situation. No
new leases.. will be
continuation of current.
Bob Clineson – How
fast of a return are you looking at for this project? Will you be reselling
shortly?
Coyle – wants to keep residents happy. Has no plans on reselling shortly. Plans included passing
along to children in future
Monzo – leases will continue will be
assigned to GWS.
Maryln Daniels – services to
individuals on south side?
Coyle – has plans on bringing down a
maintenance man from park up north.
Bertha Mark – what does GWS stand for?
Coyle – Grande Woods South Enterprises
Mark – who’s paying for all proposed
changes?
Coyle – me
Bill Spisizelle –
Common grounds .. who is
responsible
Coylr – Park North Herb and Park South
me
Elaine Groff – thank you for answering
questions.
Samatha Knight – playground intension?
Coyle – nothing else way right now
Lois Shuman – Pool grounds ..
no umbrellas or coverage for seniors. Thought arbors
would be nice.
Terri
Garrison – tree in front yard – trimmings of rotten parts
Coyle
–w ill look at lease and give direction
Garrison
– when are you taking over?
Coyle
– February
Bertha Mark
– will you honor association
Coyle
– yes
Donna Furmyer –
upgrades – if you don’t like what we’ve done to homes will
you make homeowners change?
Coyle – not unless violation of lease.
Sam Kelly – very impressed with Coyle
23. RESOLUTION NO. 55-08 – ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
TERMINATION – On motion by Committeemember Barry seconded by Mayor
Doughty and passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
BE
IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee, the Governing Body of the
FURTHER
RESOLVED, that there has been no activity for over a year for said employees
therefore constituting said termination.
EMPLOYEE
DEPARTMENT
POSITION
EFFECTIVE
|
Darrell Benjamin |
Recreation |
Recreation Attendant PT |
01/18/2008 |
|
Erin Heitzmann |
Recreation |
Recreation Attendant PT |
01/18/2008 |
|
Jason Rennie |
Recreation |
Recreation Attendant PT |
01/18/2008 |
24. RESOLUTION NO. 56-08 – RATIFYING MUNICIPAL
ALLIANCE CONTRACT WITH CAPE MAY COUNTY FOR FY2008 – On motion by Mayor
Doughty seconded by Committeemember DeLanzo and passed on roll call, the
following resolution was adopted.
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the
FURTHER
RESOLVED, that said contract period shall be from January 1, 2008 through
December 31, 2008.
25. RESOLUTION NO. 57-08 – APPROVE LEAVE OF ABSENCE
– GEORGE MCCLURE – On motion by Mayor Doughty seconded by Committeemember
DeLanzo and passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee, the Governing Body of the
Township of Middle, County of Cape May and State of New Jersey, that the Leave
of Absence with pay for George McClure, is hereby approved effective January
21, 2008 to retirement (disability) 07/01/2008.
26. RESOLUTION NO. 58-08 – APPROVE AMENDMENT
APPLICATION FOR BINGO LICENSE – GREEN CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
– On motion by Mayor Doughty seconded
by Committeemember Barry and passed on roll call, the following resolution was
adopted.
WHEREAS,
on December 3, 2007 via Resolution No. 522-07 Township Committee approved an
application for a Bingo license for the Green Creek Volunteer Fire Company to
be held at 14 Bayshore Road, Green Creek, and
WHEREAS, the Fire Company would like to amend said
application by changing admission from $1.00 to $2.00 and also including an additional
schedule when attendance is (59) or less.
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee of the
27. RESOLUTION NO. 59-08 – GYPSY MOTH CONTROL
PROGRAM – On motion by Mayor Doughty seconded by Committeemember DeLanzo and
passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
WHEREAS,
the gypsy moth Lymantria Dispar,
has been found heavily defoliating tree and plant growth in the Township of
Middle, and
WHEREAS,
continued destruction of foliage may result in loss of valuable forest lands
and trees, and
WHEREAS,
the Township Committee of the
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee, of the Township of Middle,
County of Cape May, New Jersey that the gypsy moth is declared to be a public
nuisance and the protection of vegetation or plant life therefrom
us deemed to be a subject matter of public welfare, and that all measures
deemed necessary, in compliance with the State of New Jersey Department of
Agriculture recommendations, is hereby authorized to suppress this forest and
shade tree pest.
PUBLIC HEARING:
Bob
Alexis – DEP surveys of egg masses from 2006. Complaints in 2007 followed by onsite investigations.
Larry Newbold? Chemical
used?
Alexis – BT
28. RESOLUTION NO. 60-08 – ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
RESIGNATION – On motion by Committeemember DeLanzo seconded by Committeemember
Barry and passed on roll call, the following resolution was adopted.
BE
IT RESOLVED, by the Township Committee, the Governing Body of the
EMPLOYEE DEPARTMENT POSITION
EFFECTIVE
|
Elaine Gregory |