TOWNSHIP OF UPPER
2100 TUCKAHOE ROAD
PETERSBURG, NJ 08270
CAPE MAY COUNTY
AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 13, 2017
*****BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING – 6:00 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE –7:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
SUNSHINE ANNOUNCEMENT
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES – January 23, 2017 Budget Workshop, Regular Meeting, and Closed Session Minutes
REPORT OF GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS
OTHER REPORTS
PRESENTATIONS
- Honoring the Memory of our friend Marshall E. “Ted” Behr, Jr.
2. Congratulating the Upper Township Soccer Association’s U-15 Tornados Boys Team on becoming the 2016 Flight 1 Fall Champions.
- Congratulating the Upper Township Hockey Team, Upper Riptide – Red, on becoming the 2016 Cape May County 5th To 8th Grade Roller Division Champions.
RESOLUTIONS
- Honoring Teri Smuz on receiving recognition from the Atlantic County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund for her tenure as Fund Commission Chair.
- Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Atlantic County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund.
- Appointing Randolph C. Lafferty to serve as an Additional Municipal Prosecutor on an as needed basis.
- Appointing Keith A. Bonchi, Attorney at Law and the Law Offices of GMS Law as Special Legal Counsel to complete certain In Rem Foreclosure matters.
- Declaring the Gypsy Moth a public nuisance and public hearing.
- Authorizing the Township of Upper to enter into a contract with Better Hearing, Inc. to provide hearing examinations.
- Approving the application of the Marmora Volunteer Fire Co. for highway coin drops.
- Authorizing the Mayor to sign and submit a Municipal Aid Grant application for Fiscal Year 2017.
- Supporting Senate Bill S-211 and Assembly Bill A-3798 authorizing use of school bus stop arm cameras.
- Authorizing building and electrical permit fee refunds to Trinity Solar for 506 Grant Avenue in Upper Township.
- Authorizing a payment from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund of Upper Township.
- Canceling Taxes on Exempt Property Block 331, Lot 6.
- Authorizing the Mayor and/or Municipal Engineer to sign and submit an application to the NJDEP for the replacement of Webster Avenue Bulkhead pursuant to NJDEP rules.
- Authorizing the payment of a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection permit fee for the Reconstruction of Webster Avenue Bulkhead from the 2016 Capital Improvement Bond Ordinance.
ORDINANCES
- Public hearing and final adoption of Ordinance No. 001-2017 RE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 015-2015 KNOWN AS THE SALARY ORDINANCE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2016.
- Public hearing and final adoption of Ordinance No. 002-2017 RE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 017-2016 KNOWN AS THE SALARY ORDINANCE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2017.
CORRESPONDENCE
NEW BUSINESS
- Request for the installation of a street light on Klains Lane between Willetts Road and NJSH Route 9 South in Upper Township.
- Ocean City Crew Boosters request to hold a Raffle RA 471 at Tuckahoe Inn on Fridays beginning March 24, 2017 through May 12, 2017.
- Country Shore Women’s Club request to hold a Bingo BA 472 and a Raffle RA 473 on April 28, 2017 at the Seaville Volunteer Fire Company Hall.
- Steve and Ruth Nickelsburg request the dedication of a bench in memory of Ian Nickelsburg at the Bayview Boat Ramp in Strathmere.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
DISCUSSION
PAYMENT OF BILLS
- “I hereby move that all claims submitted for payment at this meeting be approved and then incorporated in full in the minutes of this meeting.”
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS:
- Animal Control
- Clerk’s Office
- Construction Code
- Division of EMS
- Finance Office
- MUA Report
- Municipal Court
- Tax Collector
- Certificate of Determination and Award-Bond Anticipation Note
- Tax Collector 2016 Annual year-end report
- New Jersey Shade Tree & Community Forestry Assistance Act Annual Accomplishment Report
PUBLIC COMMENT
CLOSED SESSION
- Resolution to conduct a closed meeting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-12, from which the public shall be excluded.
RECONVENE PUBLIC PORTION OF MEETING
Action may be taken on Closed Session items.
ADJOURNMENT
**Please note—the order of the agenda may be changed at the discretion of the Township Committee.
