PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING  - December 3, 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 speakerPlease 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

 

Chris Fossel – Unexpired Term to December 31, 2011

Cosmo Iacavazzi – Unexpired Term to December 31, 2008

 

Ordinances for Introduction

 

BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

County of Mercer

Ordinance No. 2007 - 15

                                                                                                       

AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE FEES FOR THE PAID DETAIL SERVICES OF BOROUGH POLICE OFFICERS AND AMENDING THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinances for Public Hearing and Adoption

 

BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

COUNTY OF MERCER

ORDINANCE NO. 2007 –12

 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 215, "ZONING",

OF THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON COUNTY OF MERCER, STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

COUNTY OF MERCER

ORDINANCE NO. 2007-13

 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON, COUNTY OF MERCER, STATE OF NEW JERSEY AUTHORIZING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH PENNINGTON

 BOROUGH POLICE ASSOCIATION

 

BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

COUNTY OF MERCER

ORDINANCE NO. 2007-14

 

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING UNDERAGE DRINKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SUPPLEMENTING PART II OF THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON

 

Committee Reports

·         Planning & Zoning/Library – Ms. Heinzel

·         Public Works – Mr. Garber

·         Personnel – Ms. Zompa

·         Community Services –

·         Public Safety –Mr. Tucker

·         Finance – Mr. Lawver

 

New Business

RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.1

 

Resolution authorizing refunds

 

resolution #2007– 12.2

 

Resolution authorizing payment of bills

 

                                                           RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.3

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING BUDGET TRANSFERS

 

RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.4

 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT REQUEST NO. 1

TO GRES PAVING COMPANY, INC., FOR WORK COMPLETED

ON THE BALDWIN STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

 

 

 

 

RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.5

 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHANGE ORDER NO. 2

UNDER THE 2007 PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY

SERVICES CONTRACT WITH PENN-BOWER, INC.

 

RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.6

 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT REQUEST NO. 3

TO PENN-BOWER, INC., FOR WORK COMPLETED

ON THE 2007 PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY

SERVICES CONTRACT

 

RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.7

 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT REQUEST NO. 4

TO PENN-BOWER, INC., FOR WORK COMPLETED

ON THE 2007 PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY

SERVICES CONTRACT

 

RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.8

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF LEASE OF PENNINGTON BOROUGH SENIOR CITIZENS’ CENTER TO THE COUNTY OF MERCER

 

RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.9

 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REDUCTION OF

PERFOMANCE GUARANTEE FOR HOWE COMMONS

BASED ON PARTIAL COMPLETION OF PROJECT

 

RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.10

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT

WITH MERCER COUNTY FOR THE PARIS GRANT PROGRAM

 

Council Discussion

 

·         Donation of Bucket Trip

 

Administrators Report

 

·         Comp Time – Jeff Wittkop

·         Discussion of December 24th

·         Water/Sewer Rate Increase

·         MEL Training Sessions

·         Interlocal Agreements with Hopewell Township

o        Fire Inspections

o        Basic Life Support

 

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:

 

·         Presbyterian Homes – Tax Appeal

·         Land Purchase - Open Space – Westrum Property

 

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

 

Open Session

 

RESOLUTION #2007 – 12.11

 

RESOLUTION APPOINTING VIRGINIA KERR AS

SPECIAL LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PENDING APPELLATE

LITIGATION INVOLVING PRESBYTERIAN HOME AT PENNINGTON, INC.

 

 

Approval of Closed Session Minutes

(Approved for content but not release)

 

 

Adjournment