Borough of Palmyra

Regular Meeting, 7:00 PM

September 15, 2014 - Monday

A G E N D A

CALL TO ORDER.

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

MOMENT OF SILENCE.

OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS STATEMENT

Public Notice of this meeting pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act has been given

by the Borough Clerk in the following manner:

A.  Posting written notice on the official bulletin board at the Palmyra Borough Hall

on January 8, 2014.

B.  Mailing written notice to the Burlington County Times, and the Courier Post Newspaper on January 8, 2014.

C.  Notice to All Council Members.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES- August 18, 2014(regular and exec.).

CORRESPONDENCE.

PROFESSIONAL UPDATES.

ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING. (public hearing).

A.  Ordinance 2014-10, An Ordinance To Mandate Direct Deposit For Municipal

B.  Employees By The Borough Of Palmyra Pursuant To C. 52:14-15et.seq.

C.  Ordinance 2014-12, An Ordinance Amending Chapter 237, Article VI Of The Code , Repealing Chapter 60 Of The Code, Amending Section 503(c) Of The Land Development Code And Repealing Section (V)(h)(1)(a) Of Ordinance 2012-3.

ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING. (public hearing-October 20)

A.  Ordinance 2014-13, An Ordinance Amending Ordinance 2014-4 An Ordinance To Provide For And Determine The Rates And Ranges Of Compensation Of Each Employee And Officer Of The Borough Of Palmyra For Years 2014 And 2015. (tax collector).

B.  Ordinance 2014-14, An Ordinance Of The Borough Of Palmyra, In The County Of Burlington, New Jersey; Providing For Various Capital Improvements And Related Expenses In And For The Borough Appropriating $612,500 Therefor, Authorizing The Issuance Of $581,875 In General Improvement Bonds Or Notes Of The Borough To Finance The Same.

C.  Ordinance 2014-15, An Ordinance Of The Borough Of Palmyra Amending The Sewer Usage Rates And Connection Fees.

RESOLUTIONS. Consent Agenda- Resolution 2014-182 to Resolution 2014-190 will be enacted as a single motion, if any resolution needs additional discussion it will be removed from the consent agenda and voted on separately.

A.  Resolution 2014-182, Resolution Awarding Dump Truck Purchase To Ransome International LLC.

B.  Resolution 2014-183, Resolution Approving Contract Change Order #3 For Charles Marandino LLC For Charles Street Improvement Project In The Amount Of A Decrease Of $4,662.51.

C.  Resolution 2014-184, Resolution Approving Contract Change Order #1 For J. Fletcher Creamer & Son Inc. For Sign Installation Project In The Amount Of An Increase Of $3,547.50.

D.  Resolution 2014-185, Resolution Authorizing The Mayor To Execute An Agreement With The FOP Lodge #2 Palmyra Police Association.

E.  Resolution 2014-186, Resolution Of Approval To Submit A Grant Application And Execute A Grant Contract With The New Jersey Department Of Transportation For The West Broad Street Reconstruction Project.

F.  Resolution 2014-187, Resolution Appointing Substitute Crossing Guards For The Borough Of Palmyra For 2014.

G.  Resolution 2014-189, Resolution Authorizing The Borough Of Palmyra To Enter Into A Cooperative Pricing Agreement.

H.  Resolution 2014-190, Resolution Authorizing The Payment Of Bills For August, 2014 In The Amount Of .

DISCUSSION ITEMS.

A.  Fence ordinance.

B.  Best Practices Checklist

C.  Tax Collector update

D.  NJ State Right to Know Coordinator

E.  Columbus Day, Monday, October 13th

F.  Water usage-based sewer utility fees

G.  Door Project Re-bid

H.  Sewer/PW Trucks

I.  Fire Department volunteerism

J.  WWI Flagpole –TBR Sunday, September 14th

K.  Cinnaminson Ave – speeding/stop sign

L.  Cinnaminson Ave-accident

M.  Municipal Alliance update

N.  Animal Control & feral cat trapping policy

O.  Morgan Ave – speeding/stop sign

P.  Epworth Methodist request re: Code Blue Sheltering

Q.  Scott Pearlman, HEP B Liaison

R.  Tri-Boro Veterans update

S.  Jay Berkley – bench request

T.  BH improvements

U.  BCBC surplus vehicles

V.  Recycling update (extra cart requests)

W.  NJLM pre-registration

X.  Water usage & Sewer connection fees (including back charging policy)

COMMITTEE REPORTS.

ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.

PUBLIC COMMENT. Please state your name and address for the record.

CLOSED SESSION.

Resolution 2014-, Resolution Excluding the Public From Certain Meetings Pursuant To

Section 8 Of the Open Public Meeting Act C. 231 P. L. 1975.(personnel).

ADJOURNMENT