TOWNSHIP OF UPPER
2100 TUCKAHOE ROAD
PETERSBURG, NJ 08270
CAPE MAY COUNTY
AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2016
REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE –7:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
SUNSHINE ANNOUNCEMENT
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 7, 2016 Regular Meeting and
Closed Session Minutes
REPORT OF GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS
OTHER REPORTS
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE VACANCY
- Presentation by Nominees to fill the vacancy on the Township Committee.
RESOLUTIONS
- Appointing Nominee to fill the vacancy on the Township Committee.
3. Re-appointing Janet McCrosson as Municipal Court Administrator, on an interim basis, for a term of one year effective December 1, 2016.
- Supporting a “No Passing Zone” along New Jersey State Highway Route 50 between Mile Posts 1.9 and 2.8.
- Setting the date and time of the 2017 Reorganization Meeting of the Township of Upper.
- Authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to sign an agreement with New Horizon Communications Corp. for POTS Telephone Services.
- Withdrawing prior authorization to purchase a Trailer Mounted Vacuum Debris Collector through the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) National Cooperative Contract.
- Authorizing the Township Engineer to submit an application to the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the Local Bicycle/Pedestrian Planning Assistance Program.
- Authorizing the execution of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Township of Upper and Council 71, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO for the term January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2017.
- Directing the distribution of the Township of Upper’s net returned surplus funds held in trust by the Atlantic County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund.
- Authorizing the execution of NJDEP TWA-1 Application Statements of Consent form regarding 113 W. Putnam Avenue, Strathmere, Block 827, Lot 1.
- Authorizing the award of a contract with Cruzan’s Truck Service, Inc. for automotive repair services and supplies.
- Budget Transfers.
- Refund EMS ambulance billing overpayment to UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company.
- Authorizing the Mayor to sign the recertification of the Emergency Operating Plan for the Township of Upper.
- Authorizing an extension of the agreements with OceanFirst Bank, formerly Cape Bank, with regard to banking services.
ORDINANCES
- Introduction and first reading of Ordinance No. 015-2016 RE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCE CHAPTER II (ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CODE OF UPPER TOWNSHIP.
- Introduction and first reading of Ordinance No. 016-2016 RE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 015-2015 KNOWN AS THE SALARY ORDINANCE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2016.
19. Introduction and first reading of Ordinance No. 017-2016 RE: AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SALARIES FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF UPPER FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2017.
CORRESPONDENCE
NEW BUSINESS
- New Jersey Department of Agriculture Gypsy Moth Survey Results and 2017 Gypsy Moth Spray Program.
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
- Municipal Court
- Department of Public Works
- EMS Department
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.
- Annual Appointments
- Contract negotiation – Special Legal Counsel
- Litigation – Affordable Housing
- Personnel
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.
