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AGENDA
Freeholder's Assembly Room - 1st Floor
Route 12 County Complex - Building #1
PO Box 2900, Flemington, New Jersey
Tuesday, June 26, 2001 - 3:00 PM

NOTE: 2:30 p.m. Hunterdon County Utilities Authority Meeting Convenes

I. CONVENE - 3:00 p.m.

"This meeting is being held in accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act. Adequate notice has been given by posting throughout the year a copy of the notice on Bulletin Boards on the First and Second Floor of the Route 12 County Complex, Building #1, Route 12, Flemington, New Jersey, a public place reserved for such announcements. A copy was mailed on or before January 03, 2001, to the Hunterdon County Democrat, Lambertville Beacon, the Express, Courier News, Trenton Times, Hunterdon Review and Star Ledger, newspapers designated to receive such notices and by filing a copy with the Hunterdon County Clerk."

EXECUTIVE SESSIONS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OPEN SESSION UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. 3:00 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA

All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Hunterdon and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.

  1. Approving the payment of all claims as signed and listed on the Claims Register dated June 26, 2001.
  2. Approving the Social Services Funds Report for May, 2001.
  3. RESOLUTION - Terence Carrol appointed permanent, full time Supervising Bridge Repairer, Roads and Bridges.
  4. RESOLUTION - Jennifer Marrero appointed permanent, full time Social Worker, Aging, Office on Aging.
  5. RESOLUTION - Patrick Masterson appointed permanent, full time Senior Bridge Repairer, Roads and Bridges.
  6. RESOLUTION - Jacqueline Lubinski appointed permanent, part time Library Assistant, Library.
  7. RESOLUTION - Lawrence Bonham appointed provisional, full time Bridge Repairer, Roads and Bridges.
  8. RESOLUTION - Adrienne Gardner appointed provisional, full time Principal Librarian, Library.
  9. RESOLUTION - Bryan Manning appointed provisional, full time Park Maintenance Worker, Parks and Recreation.
  10. RESOLUTION - Edward McCaffrey appointed provisional, full time County Park Superintendent, Parks and Recreation.
  11. RESOLUTION - Paul Bolanowski appointed provisional, full time Equipment Operator, Parks and Recreation.
  12. RESOLUTION - Jessica L. Saultz appointed provisional, full time Correction Officer, Corrections.
  13. RESOLUTION - Judith Bivona appointed provisional, full time Senior Library Assistant, Library.
  14. RESOLUTION - Craig Evans appointed temporary, interim Supervising Park Ranger, Parks and Recreation.
  15. RESOLUTION - Daniel Bonham appointed temporary, seasonal Laborer, Roads and Bridges.
  16. RESOLUTION - Alan Singleton appointed temporary, seasonal Building Maintenance Worker, Buildings and Maintenance.
  17. RESOLUTION - Ryan Neary appointed temporary, seasonal Laborer, Roads and Bridges.
  18. RESOLUTION - Matthew Tennen appointed temporary, seasonal Laborer, Roads and Bridges.
  19. RESOLUTION - Daniel Brown-Webster appointed temporary, seasonal Laborer, Roads and Bridges.
  20. RESOLUTION - Jennifer Ponton appointed temporary, seasonal Assistant Recreation Leader, Parks and Recreation.
  21. RESOLUTION - Arthur McEvoy appointed temporary, seasonal Building Maintenance Worker, Buildings and Maintenance.
  22. RESOLUTION - Jennifer Marrero, Social Worker, Office on Aging, leave of absence without pay.
  23. RESOLUTION - Kristopher Mattson, Public Safety Telecommunicator, Emergency Services, status changed to provisional, part time.
  24. RESOLUTION - Adjusting salaries for three Parks and Recreation Department Employees.
  25. RESOLUTION - Adjusting salaries for Corrections Officers, in accordance with their contract.
  26. RESOLUTION - Adjusting the salary of Matthew Thompson, Sheriff's Investigator, Sheriff's Office.
  27. RESOLUTION - Adjusting salaries of Sheriff's Officers, in accordance with their contract.
  28. RESOLUTION - Adjusting salaries of Sheriff's Sergeants, in accordance with their contract.
  29. RESOLUTION - Adjusting salaries of C.A. Supervisory Unit, in accordance with their contract.
  30. RESOLUTION - Adjusting salaries of C.A. Non-Supervisory employees, in accordance with their contract.
  31. Authorizing Certificates for Years of Services.
  32. RESOLUTION - Approving an application for grant funds, with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, for West Nile Virus Surveillance, in the amount of $70,000.
  33. RESOLUTION - Approving the renewal of a Reaccreditation Contract with the American Correctional Association, for the County Department of Corrections, in the amount of $9,600.
  34. RESOLUTION - Approving a provider application for participation in the New Jersey Home and Community-Based Services Program, Case Management Services, for the Office on Aging for Enhanced Community Options.
  35. RESOLUTION - Approving an amendment to the LINCS E-Public Health/IT Grant, No. 01-1059-PHF-L-1, with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, for an additional twelve months, through June 30, 2002, at the present level of funding of $29,929.
  36. RESOLUTION - Approving an Area Plan Grant Amendment, for State Home Delivered Meals, #10-053, for a decrease in state funds of $2,056.
  37. RESOLUTION - Approving Plans and Specifications for the Installation of Beam Guide Rail at various locations throughout the County and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids.
  38. RESOLUTION - Approving a professional services agreement with Sullivan and Donovan to serve as Bond Counsel.
  39. RESOLUTION - Approving a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the C.A., AFL-CIO, Supervisory Unit, for the period of January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2003.
  40. RESOLUTION - Approving a 2002 State/County Partnership Grant application for funding in the amount of $258,291 through the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.
  41. RESOLUTION - Approving a Farmland Preservation Development Easement Grant Agreement from Henry Wrede and Virginia Wrede, in Alexandria Township, County cost $28,965.45.
  42. RESOLUTION - Approving a Farmland Preservation Development Easement Grant Agreement from Hilltop Farms, LLC, in Delaware Township, County cost $81,486.60.
  43. RESOLUTION - Approving a Farmland Preservation Development Easement Grant Agreement from Emo Nemeth and Rose Nemeth, in East Amwell Township, County cost $44,582.74.
  44. RESOLUTION - Approving the 2002 PDR Applications for the Farmland Preservation Program.
  45. RESOLUTION - Authorizing final approval of a Farmland Preservation 2000A Round Application, in East Amwell with Alan and Amy Furst.
  46. RESOLUTION - Authorizing final approval of a Farmland Preservation 2000A Round Application, in East Amwell with Michael Harrison.
  47. RESOLUTION - Authorizing final approval of a Farmland Preservation 2000A Round Application, in East Amwell with Myrtle Ann Hill.
  48. RESOLUTION - Authorizing final approval of a Farmland Preservation 2000A Round Application, in East Amwell with J. John and Gerald Kanach.
  49. RESOLUTION - Authorizing final approval of a Farmland Preservation 2000A Round Application, in East Amwell with Gregory and Dena K. Scibilia.
  50. RESOLUTION - Approving a Spending Plan for the 1998 Recycling Public Education and Program Planning Entitlement, in the amount of $50,000.
  51. RESOLUTION - Approving Change Order #18, for Bid #99-06, for Construction of the Route 12 Office Building, with Hajdu Construction, Inc., increase of $18,001.01.
  52. RESOLUTION - Approving Application for Payment #19, for Bid #99-06, for Construction of the Route 12 Office Building, with Hajdu Construction, Inc., in the amount of $46,956.02.
  53. RESOLUTION - Approving Application for Payment #12, for Bid #99-06, for Construction of the Route 12 Office Building, with Anything Electric, Inc., in the amount of $5,995.80.
  54. RESOLUTION - Approving Application for Payment #13, for Bid #99-06, for Construction of the Route 12 Office Building, with Cherry Steel Corp., in the amount of $7,851.79.
  55. RESOLUTION - Approving Application for Payment #16, for Bid #99-06, for Construction of the Route 12 Office Building, with Washington Mechanical, Inc., in the amount of $24,749.81.
  56. RESOLUTION - Approving Change Order #1, for the Route 12 Water System, with Renda Roads, Inc., increase of $2,585.
  57. RESOLUTION - Approving final payment for the Route 12 Water System, with Renda Roads, Inc., in the amount of $9,090.65.
  58. RESOLUTION - Approving No Passing Zones be established in both directions of Little York-Mt. Pleasant-Everittstown Road, (County Route 513) in Alexandria and Holland Townships and Spring Mills-Little York Road (County Route 614).
  59. RESOLUTION - Approving a proposal by Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County, Family and Consumer Sciences Department, with the New Jersey Food Stamp Nutrition Plan, for the Hunterdon County Food Stamp Education Program, in the amount of $35,979 in state funding and $57,566 as an in-kind match.
  60. RESOLUTION - Approving a Traffic Signal Agreement with the New Jersey Department of Transportation, for Route 31 and Main Street-Musconetcong River Road, County Route 645, in Hampton Borough.

IV. OLD BUSINESS

  1. RESOLUTION - Approving application for payment #8, for Bid #99-53, Construction of the golf course, with The Landtek Group, in the amount of $562,549.42.

V. PUBLIC SESSION DISCUSSION
(NOTE: Limit of 5 minutes per person)

VI. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, Cynthia J. Yard

  1. County Update.

VII. CORRESPONDENCE

  1. Prosecutor's Office, Requisitions to attend the National Organization for Victim Assistance 27th Annual Conference, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from August 19 to 24, 2001, in the amount of $300 for registration, $630.69 for airfare and the estimated amount of $1,023 for lodging, meals and transportation, to be paid from the Victims of Crime Assistance Grant.
  2. Emergency Services, Recommending a fee of $25.00 per hour, per operator, for use of the new Command Post for events as requested and request the County draw up a standard agreement for the use of said vehicle.
  3. Rutgers' Cooperative Extension, Request for funding to attend the 2001 National Association of Agricultural Agents Professional Meetings, from August 4 to 11, 2001, $500 is in the budget.
  4. Rutgers' Cooperative Extension, Request for funding to attend the National Conference for the Society of Nutrition Education, in Oakland, California, from July 20 to 24, 2001, $400 is in the budget.

VIII. FINANCE, Charles Balogh, Jr., County Treasurer

  1. RESOLUTION - Requesting the Division of Local Government Services insert an item of revenue in the 2001 budget for the Community Justice Grant, #CJ-10-99, in the amount of $3,960.
  2. RESOLUTION - Requesting the Division of Local Government Services insert an item of revenue in the 2001 budget for the for the Underground Storage Tank Spill Fund, in the amount of $5,000.

IX. 3:15 p.m. PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR, Frank J. Bell, AIA

  1. Update of various County projects and facilities.
  2. To discuss the budget for the Golf Course.

X. 3:30 p.m. PURCHASING, Charles J. Soriero, Jr.

  1. RESOLUTION - Approving Requisition #PROS.2374, with Jeffrey B. Allen, Ph.D, for psychiatric consultation services involving a case, for the Prosecutor's Office, in the amount of $1,750.
  2. RESOLUTION - Approving Requisition #PROS.2376, with John J. Liccardo, MD, for psychiatric consultation services involving a case, for the Prosecutor's Office, in the amount of $1,600.
  3. RESOLUTION - Approving Requisition #PROS.2377, with Terret Communications, for two hand held radios w/battery, charger and programming, for the Prosecutor's Office, in the amount of $1,350.
  4. RESOLUTION - Approving Requisition #RB.9831, with Eltec Electronics Corp., for solar powered school zone flashers for the Valley View Elementary School, in Lebanon Township, for Roads, Bridges and Engineering, in the amount of $6,296.
  5. RESOLUTION - Approving Requisition #'s 21019 and 21111, with Sprint United Telephone Co., for a Master Purchase Agreement for the necessary CML Upgrade Services and Equipment, for Emergency Services, in the amount of $140,704.09.
  6. RESOLUTION - Approving Requisition #IT.1470, with United Telephone Co. of NJ, d/b/a Sprint Corporation, for Telecommunication Equipment-Wired (Route 12 County Complex Fiber LAN), per County Contract SC 2001-001, for Information Technology Department, in the amount of $54,456.17.
  7. RESOLUTION - Authorizing the award of Bid #2001-17, to furnish and deliver 16 Laerdal Semi-Automatic External Defibrillator and associated equipment, for Emergency Services, to Lifesavers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $35,980.
  8. RESOLUTION - Authorizing the award of Bid #2001-33, for 8 to 16 parking spaces at the Hawke Property, in Flemington Borough, to Lee B. Roth Law Offices, in an amount not to exceed $2,880.

XI. 3:45 p.m. ROADS, BRIDGES AND ENGINEERING, John P. Glynn, Director

  1. Update on all County Road and Bridge Projects.

XII. 4:00 p.m. DISCUSSION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

XIII. FREEHOLDERS AND STAFF COMMENTS

XIV. 5:15 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS

  1. To discuss various personnel matters.
  2. To discuss the water allocation permit appeal.
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