PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING  - May 7, 2007

TENTATIVE AGENDA

7:00 PM

 

Call to Order – Mayor Anthony Persichilli

 

Roll Call – Borough Clerk – Betty Sterling

 

DiFalco

 

Garber

 

Heinzel

 

Lawver

 

Tucker

 

Zompa

 

Persichilli

 

 

Open Public Meetings Statement – Mayor Anthony Persichilli

 

Notice of this meeting has been given to the Pennington Post, Hopewell Valley News, Trenton Times and Trentonian and was posted on the bulletin board in Borough Hall according to the regulations of the Open Public Meetings Act.

 

Approval of Minutes

 

 

Open to the Public – Agenda Items Only

 

Meeting open to public for comments on items on the agenda for which no public discussion is provided.  In an effort to provide everyone interested an opportunity to address his or her comments to the Governing Body, a public comment time limit has been instituted for each speaker

Please come forward and state your name and address for the record.  Please limit comments to the Governing Body to a maximum of 5 minutes.

                                   

Mayor’s Business

 

Appointments:               Tom Ogren       Planning Board – Alternate #2

                                                            Term:   5/7/07 to 12/31/08

 

Resignation:                  Paul Qvale        Pennington Shade Tree Commission

 

Resignation:                  Linda Cangiano – Coordinator of Children’s Programs (Library)

 

Hired:                           Cindy Persichilli – Coordinator of Children’s Programs – Library

 

 

Ordinances for Introduction

 

 

Ordinances for Public Hearing and Adoption

 

BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

ORDINANCE NO. 2007-5

 

CALENDAR YEAR 2007

ORDINANCE TO EXCEED THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION LIMITS

AND TO ESTABLISH A CAP BANK

(N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.14)

 

BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

ORDINANCE NO. 2007-6

 

AN ORDINANCE INCREASING RATES AND FEES CHARGED BY THE PENNINGTON BOROUGH WATER AND SEWER UTILITY, AND AMENDING THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

 

 

Public Hearing on 2007 Budget

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.4

 

RESOLUTION TO AMEND BUDGET

 

Committee Reports

·         Planning & Zoning –  Ms. Heinzel

·         Public Works – Mr. Garber

·         Personnel – Ms. Zompa

·         Community Services/Library – Mr. DiFalco

·         Public Safety –Mr. Tucker

·         Finance – Mr. Lawver

 

New Business

RESOLUTION #2007 – 5.1

 

Resolution Authorizing refunds

 

resolution #2007– 5.2

 

Resolution authorizing payment of bills

 

RESOLUTION #2007 – 5.3

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PARS ENVIRONMENTAL

INCORPORATED FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE

2006 RIGHT TO KNOW SURVEY

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.5

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL SERVICES

 AGREEMENT WITH HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP

 FOR MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.6

 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT REQUEST NO. 1

TO PATTERSON CHEVROLET FOR DELIVERY OF

PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLE

 

 

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.7

 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON AND THE MERCER COUNTY IMPROVEMENT

AUTHORITY FOR CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLES FOR THE TERM OF

AUGUST 1, 2007 THROUGH JULY 31, 2008

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.8

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A THREE-YEAR INTERLOCAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FOR POLICE DISPATCHING SERVICES FOR THE

YEARS 2007, 2008 AND 2009

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.9

 

RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR A 9-1-1 CONSOLIDATION STUDY GRANT

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.10

 

RESOLUTION ACCEPTING IN PRINCIPLE THE OFFERED PAYMENT OF $100,000 BY

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY TO OFFSET TRAFFIC IMPACTS

ON BOROUGH STREETS ANTICIPATED BY THE PROJECTED

GROWTH OF THE BRISTOL-MYERS SITE

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.11

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED RECREATION INTERLOCAL

SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP,

HOPEWELL BOROUGH AND THE HOPEWELL

VALLEY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.12

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR

PUBLIC BIDS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE

AND EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTRACT

 

RESOLUTION #2007-5.13

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACT

TO E. O. HABHEGGER COMPANY, INC. FOR ABOVE GROUND

FUEL TANKS, ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION

 

Council Discussion

 

Administrators Report

 

·        Edmunds & Associates

·        St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church – Block Party

 

Professionals Reports

 

 

 

 

Public Comment Period

 

Please come forward and state your name and address for the record.  Please limit comments to the Governing Body to a maximum of 5 minutes.

 

Closed Session

 

AT,               PM, BE IT RESOLVED, that Mayor and Council shall hereby convene in closed session for the purposes of discussing a subject or subjects permitted to be discussed in closed session by the Open Public Meetings Act, to wit:

 

·         Issues surrounding enforcement of grease interceptor ordinance

·         Personnel

                               

AT,                 PM, Mayor and Council returned to open session.

 

Open Session

 

 

Closed Session Minutes

(Approved for content but not release)

 

·         Closed Session - February 26, 2007 (two)

·         Closed Session – April 9, 2007

Adjournment