BOROUGH OF RAMSEY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES September ...

BOROUGH OF RAMSEY
COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
September 14, 2005
Mayor Muti called the regular meeting of the Mayor and Council to order. Council President led the
Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor read the Open Public Meetings Law notice.
I. ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Muti, Councilmembers Bisaillon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, O’Brien, Ratto,
Borough Administrator Nicholas Saros, Borough Clerk Meredith Bendian, and
Borough Attorney Peter Scandariato.
Absent: None
II.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion by Botta, seconded by Nalbandian, to approve the minutes of June 22, 2005, as submitted.
AYES: Bisaillon, Botta, Nalbandian, Ratto NAYS: Heller, O’Brien
Motion by Botta, seconded by Heller, to approve the minutes of July 13, 1005, as submitted.
AYES: Botta, Nalbandian, Heller, Ratto NAYS: None ABSTAIN: Bisaillon, O’Brien
Motion by Botta, seconded by Heller, to approve the minutes of July 27, 2005, as submitted.
AYES: Bisaillon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, Ratto, O’Brien NAYS: None
Motion by Botta, seconded by Heller, to approve the minutes of August 10, 2005, as submitted.
AYES: Bisallon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, O’Brien NAYS: None ABSTAIN: Ratto
III.
COMMUNICATIONS:
1. Virginia Feury-Gagnon, St. Paul Interparochial School, 187
Wyckoff Avenue, Ramsey, NJ.
letter dated August 8, 2005, re: celebration of back to school
Barbeque on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at 6pm.
2. Barry Chalofsky, P.P. Chief, Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution
Control, State of New Jersey, Dept. of Environmental Protection,
Trenton, NJ 08625
letter dated August 1, 2005, serving as notice of the Department’s
decision to issue a final modification of the Tier A Municipal
Stormwater General Permit NJ 0141852 effective September 1,
2005.
3. Dennis McNerney, County Executive, County of Bergen, One
Bergen County Plaza, Room 580, Hackensack, NJ 07601
letter dated August 12, 2005, invitation to the Commemorative
Service that Bergen County is holding on Friday, September 9,
2005 at Overpeck Park in Leonia, NJ at 6:00pm.

4. Dennis McNerney, County Executive, County of Bergen, One
Bergen County Plaza, Room 580, Hackensack, NJ 07601
letter dated August 12, 2005, Invitation to POW/MIA Recognition
Day, Friday, September 16, 2005 at the Circle of Honor at
12:00pm.
5. Amelia Frost, Run Chair, Saint John’s Memorial Church, East
Main Street at Franklin Turnpike, Ramsey, NJ
letter date August 9, 2005, requesting permission to hold it’s
fourth 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, October 1, 2005.
6. Mr. & Mrs. J. Halsey Smith, Jr., 139 Chestnut Street, Ramsey
letter dated July 29, 2005 thanking Councilman Ratto and his staff for
their prompt attention to the safety concerns regarding the dangerous
trees on their property.
7. Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General, State of NJ, Dept of Law and
Public Safety, Trenton, NJ 08625
letter dated August 16, 2005, congratulating the Ramsey Police
Department for its participation in Cops in Shops 2004-2005
College/Fall Initiative.
8. Mayor Joseph T. LaPaglia, Borough of Woodcliff Lake, 188 Pascack
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. letter dated August 15, 2005 supporting the
Mayor’s views in the article in the Record titled “Frugal Mayor
Making Enemies”
9. Mayor G. Feinman, Volunteer, Family Assistance Center Teaneck
Armory, Teaneck and Liberty Rds., Teaneck, NJ 07666
letter dated August 17, 2005 advising that they are selling
magnetic ribbons and lapel pins that support the 50 th Main
Support Battalion
10. Ruth E. Barton, Corresponding Secretary, Ramsey Volunteer
Fire Department, Ladies Auxiliary, Box 164, Ramsey, NJ
letter dated August 24, 2005 requesting permission to hold
an outdoor flea market at the Ramsey Train Station on Sunday,
October 23, 2005
11. Maggie Nelson, 357 Elizabeth Avenue, Ramsey, NJ
letter dated August 30, 2005, requesting use of the Ramsey Pool
Parking lot on September 30, 2005 from 12 noon to 4:30pm to
distribute plants sold for a Dater School Fund Raiser.
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12. Maureen O’Hara, 57 Woods Road, Ramsey, NJ
letter dated August 29, 2005, requesting permission to hold a block
party on Tulip Street on September 24, 2005 from 2:00 p.m. until
10:00 p.m.
13. Joanne Calabro, Superintendent of Schools, Fort Lee, NJ
letter dated August 29, 2005 forwarding a copy of their recent
resolution passed regarding more equitable funding of Bergen County
School Districts.
14. Michael B. Sena, 31 Possum trail, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
letter dated August 30, 2005, regarding the new parking ordinance for
the North Central Parking Lot.
15. Dennis Ingui, President, Sunny Isle Industries, 46 North Central
Avenue, Ramsey, NJ
letter received September 2, 2005, regarding the new parking
ordinance in the North Central Parking Lot, he is requesting
parking spaces for his tenants and their customers.
16. W. Adam Ramsden, Dispatcher Ramsey Police Department
letter to Chief of Police, Bryan Gurney dated August 1, 2005 resigning
as Full time Dispatcher from Ramsey Police Department to Part Time
Status.
17. Louis Moore, Bicycle Touring Club of North Jersey
letter dated September 1, 2005, requesting permission for the Bicycle
Touring Club of North Jersey to use a portion of the parking lot next
to the railroad station on Saturday, October 15, 2005, 9am to 3pm.
18. Lisa Callahan, State of New Jersey, Division of Water Supply, Bureau
of Safe Drinking Water
letter dated September 2, 2005, re: Ramsey Water department Permit
Application for a Treatment Plant Permit. The application was
reviewed and determined to be administratively complete.
19. Virginia Feury-Gagnon, St. Paul Interparochial School, 187 Wyckoff
Avenue, letter dated September 7, 2005, requesting permission to host
a casino night on November 12, 2005 from 7:00pm until 12:00
midnight.
20. Debra Nalbandian, 3 Colonial Heights Drive, Ramsey
letter dated September 12, 2005 requesting to hold a block party on
Saturday, September 17, 2005 between the hours of 4:00pm and
10pm.
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21. Janice Morano, Morano’s Gourmet Market, 1 E. Main Street
letter dated September 9, 2005, requesting permission to place a
temporary storage trailer in the back parking lot of their building, from
November 1, 2005 through January 1, 2006.
22. Regan Karner and Laura Materasso, Chairs of Lee Denim Day,
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, North Jersey
Affiliate,785 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ
letter dated August 26, 2005 inviting the Borough to participate in
the Lee National Denim Day event.
IV.
APPOINTMENTS
Mayor Muti made the following appointments:
Keith Mistretta, Jr. Fire Brigade
James B. Gatti, Jr. Fire Brigade
V. CONSENT RESOLUTION Resolution No. 103
Introduced by Nalbandian, seconded by Heller
BE IT RESOLVED that the following resolutions herewith listed having been considered
by the governing body of the Borough of Ramsey be and are hereby passed and approved:
a. Resolution: Payment of Vouchers
a-1 Resolution: Additional Payment of Vouchers
b. Resolution: Awarding the contract to Corby Associates for Installation of
Playground Equipment.
c. Resolution: Annual Tax Sale being held on Thursday, October 20, 2005 at
10:00 a.m. in Council Chambers
d. Resolution: Accepting the resignation of W. Adam Ramsden as Dispatcher of
Ramsey Police Department.
e. Resolution: Requesting the release of Performance Bond for Ramsey
Nursery/Michael Rublino, Block 4603, Lot 9 in the amount of
$52,145.00.
f. Resolution: Requesting the release of Escrow for Performance Bond for
Ramsey Golf and Country Club Block 5208, Lot 1 and Block 4905,
Lot 42 in the amount of $1,864.25.
g. Resolution: Requesting the release of Escrow for Ramsey Nursery/Michael
Rublino, Block 4603, Lot 9 in the amount of $1,891.70.
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h. Resolution: Supporting the renewal of the New Jersey Transportation Trust
Fund and Increased Dedication for Local Aid.
i. Resolution: Fuel Cost CAP Relief
j. Resolution: Extending the award of the Playground Equipment and Safety
Surfacing Contract 60 days.
k. Resolution: Appointing Keith Mistretta to Jr. Fire Brigade
l. Resolution: Appointing James B. Gatti to Jr. Fire Brigade
m. Resolution: Authorizing contract for OEM tie into Police Generator at a cost
not to exceed $6,000.00.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following applications and/or
recommendations hereby be approved:
A. SPECIAL PERMITS:
St. John’s Memorial Church is requesting permission to hold their
fourth annual 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, October 1, 2005 beginning at
8:30am.
St. Paul Interparochial School is requesting permission to hold a
“Welcome Back Barbeque”on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at 6pm.
Ramsey Senior Citizen Association is requesting permission to obtain a
special Bingo License for their monthly meetings.
RamseyVolunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxillary is requesting
permission to hold an outdoor flea market at the Ramsey Train Station
of Sunday, October 23, 2005 from 9am to 5pm.
B. RAFFLE REQUESTS:
St. Paul Interparochial School is requesting permission to hold an off-premise
50/50 drawing on November 12, 2005 at 10pm. #106
C. BLOCK PARTY REQUESTS:
Joe McKenna, 15 Lantern Lane, Ramsey, is requesting to hold a block party
on Monday, September 5, 2005 between the hours of 1pm and 8pm.
Todd Orlando, 146 Elbert Street, Ramsey, is requesting to hold a block party
on Saturday, September 17, 2005 between the hours of 1pm and 10pm.
Maureen O’Hara, 57 Woods Rd, Ramsey, is requesting to hold a block
party on Tulip Street on Saturday, September 24, 2005 between the
hours of 2pm and 10pm.
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Paula Derisio, 58 Elm Avenue, Ramsey, is requesting to hold a block party
on Saturday, September 17, 2005, between the hours of 4pm and 10pm.
Debra Nalbandian, 3 Colonial Heights Drive, Ramsey is requesting to hold a
block party on Saturday, September 17, 2005 between the hours between 4pm
and 10pm.
AYES: Bisaillon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, O’Brien, Ratto NAYS: None
VI.
COMMITTEE AND LIASON REPORTS
A. FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - Councilman Arthur M. Nalbandian
Congratulations to the new appointees. Our thoughts and prayers go to the victims of
Hurricane Katrina. Congratulations to the Fire Department on the townwide fire drill.
There was excellent media coverage and it was a worthy effort. Ramsey Day was a huge
success and I would like to thank Nick Saros for his time and effort. Meredith, Sherry,
and Irene did a great job at the Borough’s booth. The 9-11 ceremony was very moving
and I would like to thank Jim Dougherty who did an excellent job as well as Peter
DelVecchio for the fitting music. We are in the midst of a slight water emergency.
It was handled extremely responsibly and everyone takes it very seriously. Cathy
LaFleur has completed her exam as Deputy Municipal Court Clerk. She did very well
and I would like to recognize her for that.
B. PUBLIC SAFETY – Councilman David J. Bisaillon
Congratulations to the new appointees tonight. New volunteers are always appreciated.
Ramsey Day was a great day. I want to thank the members of the public safety
organizations and all the municipal employees, particularly Nick Saros, Meredith, and
Bill Horton. The police, fire, and rescue did an outstanding job. Rich Strangfeld and
Bill Lanning did an excellent job on the townwide fire drill. This country has never
experienced anything like Katrina and there are still conditions that demand our attention.
The 9/11 memorial was very well done. We are very proud of Jim Dougherty for his
outstanding speech. I am liaison to the Water Board but I will defer my comments to the
Mayor.
C. BUILDING & ZONING – Councilman Joe Ratto
Congratulations to the new volunteers. My condolences to Jeff Heller on the passing of
his mother. My apologies to the Ramsey residents for the inconvenience with the water
situation. Unfortunately, the 911 system did not work well and we are looking into that.
D. UTILITIES, BUILDINGS & GROUNDS – Councilman Christopher C. Botta
We received a letter regarding all future grant funds for the year 2006 and I would ask
the Administrator to look into Restore NJ for Downtown Revitalization and the Park ‘n’
Go for local parking studies. My congratulations to Cathy LaFleur on receiving her
Level II certification. The leaf schedule will be going out shortly. The routes are rotated
every year and leaf pick-up will be starting on Monday, October 3. Congratulations to all
the organizations who took part in Ramsey Day. Everyone worked well together, and my
thanks to everyone for their hard work.
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E. PUBLIC & GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS – Councilman Jeffrey C. Heller
We should all have sympathy for those whose lives were affected by Hurricane Katrina.
This may have been the largest natural disaster we will see in our lifetime. I wish
Godspeed to all of those people. My thanks to everyone for their condolences in
connection with the death of my mother. My thanks to Art, Chris, Dave, Richard, Pete
and Nick who made it to Chatham to be with me. I truly appreciated your presence
during that time.
F. HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES – Councilwoman Julie O’Brien
I echo my colleagues on comments across the board. It is the campaign season and we all
want to do the right thing. I have not and will not touch any Siemsen/Vozeh signs on any
lawns. There have been a number of complaints from residents about the signs being
removed. We had one person who has had 4 signs removed. I will not touch any signs
and I hope that we will have the same consideration.
G. MAYOR RICHARD MUTI
It was indeed a fantastic Ramsey Day and Nick Saros did an outstanding job of
organizing it and you had a lot of help from Meredith and her staff, as well as Bill Horton
and his staff at the DPW. All of the employees pitched in and made it a wonderful day
for our citizens and our civic organization. Nick and Rich Mammone put out an
excellent copy of the Borough of Ramsey Journal that we hope to put out on a quarterly
basis. This edition had many interesting articles pertaining to Ramsey Day. My
congratulations to Mike Adams, Director of OEM, for obtaining recertification of our
emergency operations plan from the NJ Attorney General’s office. This is a lot of work
that Mike does periodically to get recertified. My thanks to the leadership of the other
emergency organizations as well for their involvement. I too would like to congratulate
Cathy LaFleur for successfully completing those Court Administration courses, I might
add, with distinction, placing among the highest in her class. I do want to give an update
about the current water emergency situation. As you know, notification went out to
residents Monday evening at 6:00 p.m. via the reverse 911. There were some residents
who did not get notification and we are upgrading the system. That system has only been
in effect for less than one year, so it is a process to make sure that everyone gets on the
list. We are going through that process for the next notification so that we have fewer
residents who do not receive the notice. I would also like to thank the Home and Store
News for acting quickly to get the Boil Water Advisory in their edition that came out on
Wednesday. We contacted them Monday evening late in the afternoon. They held the
presses for us. We got the information over to them and they very graciously printed that
information so that it would get out to residents as quickly as possible. We also were in
contact with other news media so that word could go out in those other media. I think
there was an article in the Bergen Record on Tuesday and perhaps other newspapers and
radio stations. The emergency involved the presence of bacteria in 3 out of 16 tests and I
think it is important that I give you a little bit background information.
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We are required by the NJ DEP to test 16 locations scattered throughout the Borough of
Ramsey on a monthly basis to test tap water at those locations to determine the presence
or absence of bacteria. Tests were done according to that routine on Thursday,
September 8 th . It takes 24 hours to get the results of water tests back because the
laboratory must incubate the test samples over a 24 hour period to conform with DEP
protocols. The results came back on Friday afternoon that of the 16 samples, 3 came
back positive for the presence of bacteria. When that happens, DEP protocol once again
requires the laboratory to determine the nature of the bacteria contamination. The
laboratory immediately did a test to determine whether or not more serious strains of
bacteria known as e coli bacteria and also known as fecal coliform bacteria were present
in those samples and they immediately ruled out the presence of those two more serious
forms of bacteria. The bacteria that was detected is known as coliform bacteria, again I
emphasize not fecal coliform and not e coli bacteria. When those two more serious
strains of bacteria are ruled out by the laboratory, the protocol from DEP requires that we
go through a second confirming test and that is exactly what happened. Before the DEP
will issue a violation notice and require notices to be sent to water customers, this second
test must be accomplished. New samples were taken on Friday and sent to the
laboratory. Because of the weekend, we did not the results back until Monday afternoon.
When we got the results back confirming the presence of the coliform bacteria, not the
other two strains, we immediately put the wheels in motion to notify as many people as
possible in as quick a manner as possible. This information output to the public went on.
We fielded hundreds of phone calls over the next two days; I think satisfying every
inquirer about the nature of the problem, giving as much information as we knew. We
still do not know the cause for this contamination although we have some areas that we
are pursuing . I don’t want to speculate and get into what those areas are until we have
more information. The steps we immediately began to take when the confirmation came
through were to increase the level of chlorination in the water system and our water
department I must commend for all of the long hours that they have been putting in, their
extraordinary efforts, their depth of knowledge of our water superintendent, Bill Horton,
and our assistant superintendent, Mark Madsen. They have been really going beyond the
call of duty to try to help solve this problem, working to all hours. That first night after
the notice went out, Bill Horton did not get to sleep until 3:00 a.m. and he was up at 7:00
a.m. and back at the DPW. Same story with all of the other workers in that department.
Once the Mayor and the Borough Administrator became aware of the problem on
Monday afternoon when the second sample came back positive, we were notified , we
had a meeting and we decided what action to take to get the public notified and we of
course began those corrective measures as quickly as possible. New samples were taken,
and sent to the lab again. On Tuesday, they came back positive. Now I must emphasize
that the problem appeared to be localized in the downtown area as I said 13 of the
samples were negative for the presence, 3 were positive. On Tuesday, when we got the
second set of samples back positive, I directed the water superintendent instead of taking
one set of water samples and sending them to one laboratory, I directed that he take two
separate sets of water samples from each of those 16 outlets and take a set of samples and
send them to one laboratory, the same laboratory that had detected the positives in 3
locations and take the second set as a precaution to guard against perhaps a laboratory
error and send them to a second laboratory so that we could have perhaps a confirmation
by two independent research sources. Today, we got the results back from those Tuesday
tests. The laboratory that we had been using previously that detected 3 positives
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continued to detect positives in those areas, however, the process whereby those bacteria
incubated over the 24 hour period seemed to indicate a lessening of the contamination,
although we cannot quantify that. The interesting news is that the second set of samples
that I directed the Water Superintendent to take that were sent to a second laboratory, all
came back negative, not one positive of bacteria present. Now, I emphasize that these
samples were taken at the same location, at the same times, by the same personnel. That
is an indication that maybe it was a laboratory error, we can’t jump to that conclusion.
We still have to keep the treatment processes going. We are getting some assistance
from United Water Company. Although we are not hooked up yet to United Water
Company, they graciously volunteered to provide us with some personnel if we needed it
to do sampling, some equipment if we needed it to increase the rate of flow of chlorine
into the system and they graciously agreed to do that. They met with us today. It will
help in spelling some of the time demands on our existing personnel . We started some
new locations where we are injecting chlorine into the system. We took a new sample
this afternoon and sent that to the lab. We actually took two samples this afternoon and
will be sending one sample to one lab and the other sample to another lab. We will be
sampling again tomorrow morning and sending it to two laboratories until we have two
confirmed results with negatives, in other words, no presence of bacteria detected. Once
we have two results in a row, we will be able to lift the water boiling advisory. I am very
hopeful that we will be able to do that by the weekend although promises cannot be made
or guarantees made in that regard. We are making progress thanks to the skill and hard
work of our employees and I hope to have good news for residents later this week.
H. BOROUGH ATTORNEY – Peter A. Scandariato, Esq. No comments.
I. BOROUGH ADMINISTRATOR – Nicholas C. Saros
My thanks to all of the non-profit organizations and all the volunteers who made Ramsey
Day a great day.
J. BOROUGH CLERK – Meredith Bendian No comments.
VII. PUBLIC COMMENT
Kevin Wild, 25 Lincoln Street, expressed his concerns about the water situation and spoke about the
testing and notification process. Mr. Wild was not happy with the answer to his question when he
called Borough Hall about the test results. Mayor stated that the purpose of the test is to determine
the presence of bacteria; it does not quantify any amount. We did not have the report of the amount
of bacteria. They detected the presence of bacteria. Mr. Wild spoke about the notification process
and stated that people should have been advised that the water could have been hazardous to drink.
Basically, 1 out of 10 people did not receive a telephone call and a notice was not sent to businesses.
I really do think that Ramsey dropped the ball. We should have been notified immediately when the
bacteria was found.
Doug Rennie, 30 Rose Avenue, expressed his appreciation for the new parking lot at the Ramsey
Library. Today we had the picnic for the senior citizens at the Ramsey Pool and I would like to
thank the DPW crew and the Fire Department for all the carrying, cooking, etc. I would like to
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determine if there are any regulations regarding children’s use of motorized electric scooters. Mayor
stated that he would ask the Borough Attorney to research this matter. Councilman Botta added that
in the DMV laws, they are classified as motor scooters and they do require a helmet and licensing.
Mayor suggested that the police could do an article for the next issue of the Ramsey Journal with
some information about that issue. Mr. Rennie then expressed his concern about lawn signs and was
upset about a telephone call he received threatening him. Councilman Ratto stated that no one
threatened Mr. Rennie and he should stop lying. Mayor stated that Councilmembers will have a
chance to comment after the end of the public comment. Mayor stated that he agreed with Mr.
Rennie and such threats were uncalled for, if they were made.
Randy Sterbinsky, 172 W. Oak Street, spoke about the Fire Department’s event, “Home for the
Holidays” which is scheduled for Friday, December 2 (raindate: Saturday, December 3) between
6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. with local Main Street merchants. We are looking to extend the closing of
Main Street for one more hour. Schools have been already discussing parade floats and we want to
make it a community-type thing. It does not cost anything to the town. Mayor stated that all of the
Councilmembers probably thinks it is a wonderful idea. Maybe at our next work session, you and
some of the merchants involved could come and meet with us at that work session. Councilman
Bisaillon stated that the window of time is a challenge but we will come up with a solution.
Councilman Ratto stated that Mr. Rennie could not even look him in the eyes, and Councilwoman
O’Brien was with me that day. Did I say anything threatening? Councilwoman O’Brien stated that
Mr. Ratto did not threaten Mr. Rennie. As we drove around, signs were being taken down. I said if
anyone of your guys are doing these things, they will be fully prosecuted if they get caught. By
“your guys”, I mean a party involved. I have police officers on alert. Did I say Mr. Rennie, your
guys are stealing signs? I never threatened Mr. Rennie. He cannot look me in the eyes.
Councilman Heller stated that it is hard to believe that Mr. Rennie would lie. He has known Mr.
Rennie for over 20 years and worked with him on a number of different topics. Mr. Rennie is as
honest as anybody I know. It is simply not in his blood.
Councilman Ratto added that if he was in the Republican Party, I am sure he would treat me the
same way.
Councilwoman O’Brien stated that the reason that she suggested that he call you, Doug, is because
I have so much respect for you. You have been respectful toward me and yes, he did say that we had
spoken with the police about people going onto private property and he did not threaten you directly.
This is getting very blown out of proportion. We are members of the same community. I do not
understand why politics in a little town like Ramsey has to get so nasty and ugly. It does not need to
be that way. We are not doing what we do for any self-serving reasons. We are doing it because we
love this town. We need to settle down.
Councilman Ratto added that it is very stressful for his family.
Mr. Rennie stated that he said he would investigate the problem and the conversation should have
been over. Your temper kept growing and….
Mayor Muti stated that he was going to end this discussion. Not seeing anyone else who wished
to speak, Mayor closed the public comment.
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VIII.
ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION OF
ORDINANCES:
Ordinance No. 24 – 2005 - Amending Chapter XIII, Building and Housing Section
13-14 Fair Share Plan.
Resolution No. 104 – Introduced by Bisaillon, seconded by Nalbandian
BE IT RESOLVED that an ordinance entitled; AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF RAMSEY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER
XIII THEREOF ENTITLED BUILDING AND HOUSING SECTION 13-14 FAIR SHARE
PLAN having been brought up for public hearing and all persons interested having been
given an opportunity to be heard, pass final reading by title and that said ordinance be
adopted as an ordinance of the Borough of Ramsey; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Borough Clerk be, and she hereby is,
directed to cause a copy of the title of said ordinance to be published in an official newspaper
of the Borough in the manner provided by law, together with a notice of the date of
introduction and adoption of said ordinance.
Not seeing anyone who wished to speak, Mayor closed the public hearing for ordinance no.
24-2005.
AYES: Bisaillon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, O’Brien, Ratto
ABSENT: None
NAYS: None
IX. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES
Ordinance No. 25-2005 Amending Chapter II Administration,
Probationary Period: Police Training Course
Resolution No. 105 – Introduced by Bisaillon, seconded by Nalbandian
BE IT RESOLVED that an ordinance entitled; AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER
II ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE III DEPARTMENTS ESTABLISHED SECTION 2-32 POLICE
DEPARTMENT OF THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF RAMSEY, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW
JERSEY, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTION 2-32.3 THEREOF ENTITLED
PROBATIONARY PERIOD: POLICE TRAINING COURSE pass the first reading by title, and
that said ordinance be further considered for final passage and adoption at a regular meeting of the
Mayor and Council to be held on the 28 th day of September, 2005, at 8:45 p.m. prevailing time or as
soon as the matter can be reached, at the Municipal Building in said Borough, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Borough Clerk be, and she hereby is, instructed to
publish in an official newspaper of the Borough in the manner provided by law a copy of said
ordinance together with notice of introduction thereof and notice when the same will be considered
for final passage and adoption.
AYES: Bisaillon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, O’Brien, Ratto
NAYS: None ABSENT: None
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Ordinance No. 26-2005 Parking Regulations
Resolution No. 106 – Introduced by Botta, seconded by Nalbandian
BE IT RESOLVED that an ordinance entitled; AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND
SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER VIII OF THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF RAMSEY,
BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY SECTION 8-2 ENTITLED
MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS AND ON STREET PARKING AREAS DESIGNATED AND
SECTION 8-3 ENTITLED PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS pass the first
reading by title, and that said ordinance be further considered for final passage and adoption at a
regular meeting of the Mayor and Council to be held on the 28 th day of September, 2005, at 8:45
p.m. prevailing time or as soon thereafter as the matter can be reached, at the Municipal Building in
said Borough, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Borough Clerk be and she hereby is, instructed to
publish in an official newspaper of the Borough in the manner provided by law a copy of said
ordinance together with notice of introduction thereof and notice when the same will be considered
for final passage and adoption.
Councilman Botta stated that this ordinance will expand some parking in the downtown area and
open up parking on the Prospect Street side, all the way down to Mechanic. It will also allow
employees of our community businesses to use the lot across the street. They will be able to obtain
employee placards. We are working on getting shared parking, but not in this ordinance.
Councilwoman O’Brien stated that she agrees with everything in this ordinance but has some
concerns that we passed an ordinance two years ago regarding Prospect Street and it did not do what
it was supposed to do. Now, we are passing it again. I requested shopper’s parking and that is not
included in this ordinance. It bothers me that we have to go back and change the ordinance later.
We have a commercial vehicle ordinance and a sump pump ordinance that need to be addressed.
Without the shopper’s parking, I will not be able to vote yes for ordinance 26-2005.
Councilman Ratto indicated that he will vote yes, subject to further review. The lunch patrons at
Brady’s are restricted.
Councilman Nalbandian stated that we are trying to move slowly with respect to parking. It is very
limited. As we see how things fall into place, we can amend ordinances. We are not trying to make
things difficult and we have to go at a reasonable pace.
AYES: Bisaillon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, Ratto
NAYS: O’Brien ABSENT: None
Ordinance No. 27-2005 MacFarran Field Recreation Fieldhouse
Resolution No. 107 – Introduced by Ratto, seconded by Heller
BE IT RESOLVED that an ordinance entitled AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A RECREATION FIELD HOUSE LOCATED AT MACFARRAN FIELD
AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUME OF $200,000.00 TO PAY THE COST THEREOF pass the
first reading by title, and that said ordinance be further considered for final passage and adoption at a
regular meeting of the Mayor and Council to be held on the 28 th day of September, 2005, at 8:45
p.m. prevailing time or as soon after as the matter can be reached, at the Municipal Building in said
Borough, and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Borough Clerk be, and she hereby is, instructed to
publish in an official newspaper of the Borough in the manner provided by law a copy of said
ordinance together with notice of introduction thereof and notice when the same will be considered
for final passage and adoption.
AYES: Bisaillon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, O’Brien, Ratto NAYS: None ABSENT: None
Ordinance No. 28-2005 Capital Needs of Various Borough Departments
Resolution No. 108 – Introduced by Ratto, seconded by Heller
BE IT RESOLVED that an ordinance entitled AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
ACQUISITION, REFURBISHMENT, REPAIR, REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLY OF
EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND FACILITIES FOR THE CAPITAL NEEDS OF VARIOUS
BOROUGH DEPARTMENTS AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF $510,000.00 TO PAY
THE COST THEREOF, IN THE BOROUGH OF RAMSEY, COUNTY OF BERGEN AND
STATE OF NEW JERSEY pass the first reading by title, and that said ordinance be further
considered for final passage and adoption at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Council to be held
on the 28 th day of September, 2005, at 8;45 p.m. prevailing time or as soon after as the matter can be
reached, at the Municipal Building in said Borough, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Borough Clerk be, and she hereby is, instructed to
publish in an official newspaper of the Borough in the manner provided by law a copy of said
ordinance together with notice of introduction thereof and notice when the same will be considered
for final passage and adoption.
Councilman Nalbandain stated that this ordinance will take a portion of the capital budget for the
capital needs of various departments. Councilman Ratto added that MacFarran Field is part of that
$1.1 million.
AYES; Bisaillon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, O’Brien, Ratto NAYS; None ABSENT: None
X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None
XI. NEW BUSINESS - Resolution No. 109
Introduced by Bisaillon, seconded by Heller
Resolution: Permitting Fire Apparatus 434 and two fire fighters designated by
the Fire Department to participate in Task Force Baker
AYES: Bisaillon, Botta, Heller, Nalbandian, O’Brien, Ratto NAYS: None
XII. ADJOURNMENT –
Motion by Nalbandian, seconded by Bisaillon, to return to work session. Carried.
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Meredith Bendian
Borough Clerk
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