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NORTH HANOVER TOWNSHIP
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
May 2, 2019, 7:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER Mayor DeBaecke called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
FLAG SALUTE: Led by Mayor DeBaecke
ROLL CALL: Mayor DeBaecke Deputy Mayor O’Donnell Committeeman DeLorenzo Committeeman Doyle Committeeman Kocubinski
Absent: None
Also Present: Clerk Mary Picariello and Township Attorney Roselli
SUNSHINE STATEMENT: “The provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act have been met. Notice of this meeting has been transmitted by email to the Courier Post, Burlington County Times and The Trenton Times as well as given to those having requested same and posted on the Township bulletin board located in the foyer of the municipal building”.
BURLINGTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM PRESENTATION
Mr. David Wyche and Mr. Mark Krasson of the Burlington County Economic
Development office gave a presentation of the loan program for small
business. They also noted
they fall under the Bridge Commission.
They also gave an overview of the other services offered to
Municipalities at no charge.
Mayor DeBaecke thanked Mr. Wyche for his attendance and educating
the Committee on this program.
PUBLIC COMMENT AS IT RELATES TO AGENDA ITEMS
Mayor DeBaecke opened the meeting to the public. There were no public comments this evening.
MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT Proposed By: Committeeman Doyle Seconded By: Committeeman Kocubinski
REVIEW OF CORRESPONDENCE
1.
Tax Collector Memorandum of Uncollectible Taxes –
Clerk/Collector Picariello reported there are no uncollectible taxes for
2018.
ENGINEER’S REPORT Engineer Hirsh stated the NJDEP stormwater report was submitted on May 1st. He reported the FY2016 Park Grant quotations will be in by May 7th, for bathroom renovations. He stated the FY2018 NJDOT grant bids were received and the low bidder was Earle Asphalt. He noted the closes out documents for Provinceline were sent to the Township Clerk today. He also reported he is awaiting a quote to create a swale on Hanover Drive to assist in the resident’s complaint.
MINUTES FOR APPROVAL
· April 18, 2019 – Regular Meeting
BILLS AND CLAIMS FOR APPROVAL
ORDINANCE – ADOPTION 2019-03 An Ordinance to Establish Salaries for Various Officials of the Township of North Hanover, Burlington County, State of New Jersey, and Regulating Payment the Manner of Payment of Same
ORDINANCE
2019-03
COUNTY OF BURLINGTON
TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER
AN
ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH SALARIES FOR VARIOUS OFFICIALS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
NORTH HANOVER, BURLINGTON COUNTY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND REGULATING
THE MANNER OF PAYMENT OF SAME
SECTION 1.
The annual rate (unless otherwise specified) of compensation,
salary, wages of the following officers, appointees and employees of
North Hanover Township is hereby fixed in the following schedule:
TITLE
PER ANNUM Township Committee 2,500 - 7,000 Municipal Clerk 5,000 - 60,000 Deputy Municipal Clerk 0 - 15,000 Tax Assessor 7,000 - 26,000 Tax Collector 10,000 - 40,000 Chief Financial Officer 10,000 - 60,000 Accounts Payable Clerk/Finance Assistant 5,000 - 40,000 Construction Code Official 8,000 - 16,000 Building Sub Code Official/Inspector 5,000 - 15,000 TACO/Zoning Secy/Coah Liaison/JLUB Secy 5,000 - 40,000 Plumbing Sub Code Official/Inspector 3,000 - 10,000 Fire Sub Code Official/Inspector 3,000 - 10,000 Electric Sub Code Official/Inspector 5,000 - 10,000 Mobile Home Inspector 1,500 - 4,000 Zoning Officer 1,500 - 4,000 Emergency Management Coordinator 0 - 2,500 Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator 0 - 2,500 Recycling Coordinator 0 - 2,500
Clean Communities Coordinator
0
-
500 Police Chief 50,000 - 90,000 Assessors Clerk 0 - 5,000 Deputy Tax Collector 0 - 5,000 Secretary Board of Health 0 - 400 Recreation Secretary 0 - 400 Dog Registrar 0 - 200 Deputy Dog Registrar 0 - 200 Discovery Clerk 100 - 3,000 Municipal Judge 15,000 - 38,000 Court Administrator/Violations Clerk 20,000 - 60,000 Deputy Court Admin/Violations Clerk 12,000 - 40,000
TITLE
PER MEETING OR SESSION Joint Land Use Board Secretary 50 - 100 Sound Recorder Court 30 - 100 Conflict Public Defender 125 - 250 Conflict Judge 325 - 700 Summer Recreation Lifeguard 75 - 150
TITLE
PER HOUR Custodian 8.60 - 16.00 Maintenance/Grounds Keeper 8.60 - 16.00 DPW Laborer Part Time 8.60 - 16.00 Treasurer 8.60 - 30.00 Laborer Waste Facility 8.60 - 16.00 Waste Facility Supervisor 8.60 - 16.00 Special Police Officers 8.60 - 25.00 Summer Recreation Co-director 20.00 - 40.00 Summer Recreation Bus Driver 10.00 - 25.00 Summer Recreation Instructors 15.00 - 40.00 Summer Recreation Nurse 10.00 - 40.00 Summer Recreation Aids 10.00 - 25.00 Summer Recreation Asst. Aids 8.60 - 20.00 Summer Recreation Sr Counselor 8.60 - 12.00 Summer Recreation Jr Counselor 8.60 - 12.00 Court Sound Recorder – MIN 3 Hrs 8.60 - 16.00
SECTION 2. The Overtime rate (unless otherwise specified) of compensation, salary, wages of the following officers, appointees, and employees of the Municipal Courts of North Hanover Township, Wrightstown Borough and Chesterfield Township for Special Sessions and sessions under the Alcohol Education Rehab Funding are paid at the following overtime rate ranges:
TITLE
PER SESSION Municipal Judge 300 - 800 Public Defender 250 - 500
TITLE
PER HOUR Court Administrator/Violations Clerk 20.00 - 40.00 Deputy Court Admin/Violations Clerk 10.75 - 30.00 Court Sound Recorder 10.75 - 30.00 SECTION 3. All Ordinances inconsistent with the above are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance and the salaries herein are subject to all Federal Laws, rulings, and guidelines concerning prices and wages.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect after its final passage and publication according to law and shall be effective as of January 1, 2019 or date of hire or appointment if after January 1, 2019.
MAYOR OPENS THE MEETING TO THE
PUBLIC
There were no public comments this evening.
MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC
HEARING Proposed By: Deputy Mayor O’Donnell Seconded By: Committeeman DeLorenzo
MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2019-03
CONSENT AGENDA DEFINED:
All Resolutions listed on today’s consent agenda are to be considered as one vote by Township Committee and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.
2019-67 Resolution to Establish Salaries for Various Officials of the Township of North Hanover, Burlington County, New Jersey
RESOLUTION 2019-67
TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER
COUNTY OF BURLINGTON
A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH
SALARIES FOR VARIOUS OFFICIALS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER,
BURLINGTON COUNTY,
NEW JERSEY
BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee of North Hanover Township, County of Burlington, State of New Jersey, as follows:
The annual rate of compensation, salary, wages of the following officers, appointees, and employees of the Township of North Hanover is hereby fixed in the following schedule payable bi-weekly or annually:
PER
ANNUM
Ronald DeBaecke
Township Committee
4,999.00 Louis DeLorenzo Township Committee 4,999.00 Christopher Doyle Township Committee 4,999.00 John Kocubinski Township Committee 4,999.00 Brendan O’Donnell Township Committee 4,999.00 Mary Picariello Municipal Clerk 55,182.82 Theodore Wells Police Chief 89,896.64 Alexandra Degood COAH Administrative Agent/Liaison Const Tech Asst/JLUB/Zoning Secy 31,881.33 Mary Picariello Tax Collector 35,019.86 John Bruno Jr. Chief Financial Officer 29,291.48 John Bruno, Jr. Annual Financial Statement 7,000.00 Joseph Greene Accounting Assistant/Treasurer 34,133.55 Donald Kosul Tax Assessor 26,355.42 Jeffrey K. Jones Construction Official 16,031.81 Jeffrey K. Jones Building Inspector 12,575.55 Harry W. Case Electrical Inspector 8,875.41 Christopher Rose Plumbing Inspector 8,701.39 Doug Borgstrom Fire Inspector 6,339.69 Ryan Donnelly SubCode 1,126.16 Lois F. Downey Municipal Judge until May 31st 37,788.46 Lois F. Downey Municipal Judge effective June 1st 25,192.30 Rita Williams Court Administrator 49,551.15 Jose Mercado Dpy Court Administrator 33,660.00 Susan Reilly Police Clerk 34,798.63 Richard Mellor Emergency Management Coordinator 2,500.00 Theodore Wells Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator 1,553.00 Alexandra DeGood Zoning Officer 2,000.00 Alexandra Degood Mobile Home Inspector 2,000.00 Alexandra Degood Clean Communities Coordinator 500.00 Courtney Szymanski Secretary Recreation 400.00
The hourly rate of compensation, salary, wages of the following officers, appointees, and employees of the Township of North Hanover is hereby fixed in the following schedule payable bi-weekly, monthly, or annually:
PER HOUR Ellen Ganopoulos P/T Court Recorder 14.28 Twan Berben Custodian 14.08 Brandon Mushinski Custodian 10.71 Benjamin Palombi Custodian 14.08
Dana Closson
Custodian
14.08-until
4/4/19 Carl Reynold Laborer Waste Facility 14.57 John Farrell Laborer Waste Facility 14.65 Troy Farrell Laborer Waste Facility 14.48 James Sneddon Laborer Waste Facility 14.20 Ryan Laird P/T Police Officer 14.79 Alexander Mangone P/T Police Officer 14.79 Michael Zelinski P/T Police Officer 18.84 John Waldis P/T Police Officer 16.02 Nandor Palmai P/T Police Officer 14.79 Raymond Zirilli III Summer Recreation Director/Bus Driver/Teacher 32.25 Tracy Scaletti Summer Recreation Nurse 25.00 Laura Konopka Summer Recreation Nurse (Sub) 25.00 Jennifer Bucko Summer Recreation Teacher 20.00 Laura Wightman Summer Recreation Jr. Counselor 8.85 Victoria Edwards Summer Recreation Jr. Counselor 8.85 Allison Nelson Summer Recreation Jr. Counselor 8.85
The per session or meeting rate of compensation, salary, wages of the following officers, appointees, and employees of the Township of North Hanover is hereby fixed in the following schedule payable bi-weekly, monthly, or annually:
PER SESSION OR MEETING Alexandra Degood JLUB Secretary 52.00 Rita Williams Call out – Court 25.00
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the above listed salaries shall be effective as of January 1, 2019 for employees on the payroll on January 1, 2019. All employees appointed to a position after January 1, 2019 shall have the salary or wage effective the date of hire or appointment.
NON-CONSENT AGENDA
There were no items this
evening.
DISCUSSION Clerk Picariello noted an addition to discussion. She noted there was some old funding available for improvements to the Municipal Building. She stated carpet in the Construction area and Police Secretary area were in need of replacement. There was a quote received from the contractor who installed in the Senior Center. There was a general consensus to move forward.
Clerk Picariello also noted that Congressman Kim requested the use of the Community Center to conduct a town hall meeting. She noted Attorney Roselli stated that he should be treated as any other resident renting the facility and it was not a non-profit. The Committee agreed.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE “COMMENTS” Committeeman Kocbinski noted the rescheduled Egg Hunt went well and thanked Casey Noble and the Recreation Advisory Committee. He was pleased watching the Children enjoy themselves. He noted Memorial Day was being planned. Clerk Picariello noted she was assisting in getting the Base Commander to participate. She noted Alexandra was having difficulty. Committee Kocubinski noted the request was sent in March.
Committeeman DeLorenzo expressed concern over the stop signage on Meany Road. Mayor DeBeacke noted he was already working on that and a flashing stop sign was being ordered. He noted there would now be multiple layers of safety and hoped it would be helpful.
Deputy Mayor O’Donnell noted the JVFC has been busy the last few weeks. He noted a few fires and accidents. He thanked them for their service.
Mayor DeBaecke also acknowledges the JVFC and EMS. He was pleased the Easter Egg hunt worked out and looking forward to Memorial Day Ceremonies.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Questions, comments or statements from members of the public in attendance.
Mayor DeBaecke opened the meeting to the public. There were no public comments this evening.
MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT Proposed By: Committeeman DeLorenzo Seconded By: Committeeman Kocubinski
EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION 2019-68 Authorizing a Closed Session Meeting to discuss the following matter(s) pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 and N.J.S.A. 10:4-12; Housing Rehabilitation Program Contract Matter, Personnel, Contract Negotiation and Litigation matters
RESOLUTION 2019-68
TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER
COUNTY OF BURLINGTON
AUTHORIZING A CLOSED SESSION
MEETING
WHEREAS, the Open Public Meetings Act, P.L. 1975, Chapter 231 and P.L. 2001, C. 404, permits the exclusion of the public from a meeting in certain circumstances; and
WHEREAS, the Township Committee of North Hanover Township wishes to go into a closed Executive Session and is of the opinion that such circumstances presently exist which should not be discussed in public, and
WHEREAS. the Open Public Meetings Act pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 and N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 permits the Township Committee to discuss certain matter(s) in private, and in this case for the purpose of the Township Committee to discuss contract negotiations, litigation and personnel matters in this regard.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by Township Committee of North Hanover Township that it will go into an Executive Session for the purpose of the Township Committee to discuss Housing Rehabilitation Program Contract Matter, Contract Matters, Litigation and Personnel matters.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the results of such discussion may be revealed at such time as the matter(s) are resolved and/or a contract(s) is signed and/or the negotiations are formally settled. Interested parties may contact the Township Clerk anytime during normal business hours for periodic updates as to the availability in this regard.
BACK TO PUBLIC SESSION
MOTION TO ADJOURN
7:57 pm Proposed By: Deputy Mayor O’Donnell Seconded By: Committeeman DeLorenzo
Respectively submitted,
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Mary Picariello, RMC/CMR/CTC
Township Clerk
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