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CITY OF UNION CITY

HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

:

: TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED

REGULAR MEETING :

_ : PROCEEDINGS

Housing Authority

Hillside Pavilion

3911 Kennedy Boulevard

Union City, New Jersey

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Commencing at 7:00 p.m.

M E M B E R S P R E S E N T:

LUCIO P. FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER

MARYURY A. MARTINETTI, COMMISSIONER

CELIN J. VALDIVIA, COMMISSIONER

TILO E. RIVAS, COMMISSIONER

BRIAN P. STACK, MAYOR

M E M B E R S A B S E N T:

A L S O P R E S E N T:

DOMINICK CANTATORE, ACTING CITY CLERK

SCARINCI HOLLENBECK

BY: KRYSTLE NOVA, ESQ.

Corporation Counsel

GREGORY T. FARMER, ESQ.

Attorney for the Union City

Alcohol Beverage Control Commission

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CALL TO ORDER 3

SALUTE TO FLAG 3

ROLL CALL 3

COMMUNICATIONS 4

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES 11

ORDINANCES FOR HEARING AND ADOPTION 12,15

CONSENT AGENDA 18

ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION 28,29

REGULAR AGENDA 30,32,

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OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD 34

LIQUOR LICENSE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

Manhattan Bar & Grill Restaurant

t/a Manhattan Bar & Grill 37

ADJOURNMENT 42

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ACTING CITY CLERK: This is a Regular 1

Meeting of the Union City Board of Commissioner, 2

being held on Tuesday, March 1st, 2016, at seven 3

p.m., at the Housing Authority Hillside Pavilion, 4

3911 Kennedy Boulevard, Union City, New Jersey. 5

Everyone please rise for the Pledge of 6

Allegiance. 7

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(Whereupon the Pledge of Allegiance was 9

said.) 10

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ACTING CITY CLERK: This meeting has been 12

called in accordance with Chapter 231, Public Law 13

of 1975, the Open Public Meeting -- Meeting Act. 14

Adequate notice of this meeting has been 15

provided as follows: 16

Notice of this meeting setting forth the 17

time, the date, location, and the agenda, to the 18

extent known, was forwarded to The Jersey 19

Journal, The Record, The Hudson Reporter, has 20

been posted on bulletin board in City Hall and 21

has been made available to the public in the 22

office of Municipal Clerk. 23

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ROLL CALL: 25

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Roll call. 2

Commissioner Fernandez? 3

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Here. 4

ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 5

COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Here. 6

ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 7

COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Here. 8

ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 9

Martinetti? 10

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Here. 11

ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 12

MAYOR STACK: Here. 13

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COMMUNICATION(S): 15

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1. Presentation Honoring the Union City Girls 17

Swimming Team 2015-2016 Hudson County Champions 18

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ACTING CITY CLERK: First item we have 20

presentation honoring the Union City Girls 21

Swimming Team 2015-2016 Hudson County Champions. 22

MAYOR STACK: I would -- I would first like 23

to say, on behalf of the Board of Commissioners, 24

-- 25

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And I know that Commissioner Valdivia is 1

also going to speak and, of course, any other 2

Commissioner that would like to speak. 3

-- we’d like to congratulate the team on 4

the great victory that you had. 5

Thank you for making Union City proud. 6

Not only with this win, -- not only with 7

winning your championship but being who you are 8

every single day and the great job you do in 9

school. Participating in the swim program is 10

outstanding but thank you and thanks to your 11

parents. 12

Thank you very much, everyone. 13

(Applause.) 14

COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes, good evening. 15

I would like to congratulate the girls for 16

winning the County Championship; for making Union 17

City -- putting us on the map on a very -- very 18

proud way. 19

I’d like to thank all the parents that are 20

here. 21

I got a call from Ilky (phonetic), who’s in 22

charge of the pools, when you girls won the 23

championship and I’m very proud of you. You’re 24

making Union City proud and your parents, I know, 25

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are very proud of you and congratulations again. 1

Thank you. 2

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Coaches. 3

MAYOR STACK: Thank you. 4

(Applause.) 5

COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: And the -- and I -- 6

I got to mention Anthony, my friend back there, 7

the coach. 8

Good job, Coach. 9

MAYOR STACK: Absolutely. 10

COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: He’s also one of 11

our -- 12

(Applause.) 13

COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: And Peter over 14

here, -- congratulations. 15

(Applause.) 16

MAYOR STACK: Congratulations to the 17

coaches also. 18

Thank you very much. Thank you. 19

Thank you both. 20

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: On behalf of the 21

Mayor and the Board of Commissioners, Coach Peter 22

will be presenting Certificates of Appreciation 23

to the team. 24

MR. SINAGRA: When I call you up, please 25

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come up. 1

Thank you. 2

(Whereupon, there was a pause in the 3

proceedings.) 4

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Okay, now we’re 5

all set. 6

MR. SINAGRA: Okay. 7

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(Whereupon, a Certificate of Appreciation 9

was awarded to the following Union City High 10

School Girls Swimming Team 2015-2016 Hudson 11

County Champions: 12

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Bianca Alvarez; 14

Vivian Andrade; 15

Jada Arrazcaeta; 16

Vanessa Cerna; 17

Joselyn Chavarriaga; 18

Kelsey Cordero; 19

Adriana Coronel; 20

Susy Coronel; 21

Eliana De La Cruz; 22

Mila Delima; 23

Lily Fung; 24

Jennifer Hernandez; 25

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Maya Hernandez; 1

Victoria Herrera; 2

Abrieliz Javier; 3

Alea Lopez; 4

Natasha Lopez; 5

Christina Maldonado; 6

Jocelin Morales; 7

Tabatha Orellana; 8

Amada Ponce; 9

Gabriela Romero; 10

Dayanara Sanchez; 11

Rushali Shah; 12

Amarisa Torres; 13

Josselyn Torres; 14

Amber Uloa; 15

Valeria Valverde; 16

Guadalupe Genis (NOT PRESENT); and 17

Renata Torres.) 18

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MAYOR STACK: Just have -- just have Erin 20

do that for you; she’ll take care of it. 21

MR. SINAGRA: Absolutely. 22

From the Boys Team; represented the Union 23

City Swim Team this weekend in the 50 Freestyle 24

at the State Meet of Champions, Mr. Michael Seo. 25

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(Applause.) 1

MAYOR STACK: Congratulations. 2

Thank you. 3

MR. SINAGRA: Our Assistant Coach, Mr. 4

Stephen Petric. 5

(Applause.) 6

MR. SINAGRA: Thanks a lot, Steve. 7

Our Boys Head Coach, Anthony Snarski. 8

(Applause.) 9

MR. SINAGRA: Here you go, sir. Congrats, 10

as always. 11

MAYOR STACK: Congratulations. 12

MR. SINAGRA: And this is the Union City 13

Swimming Program for 2016. 14

MAYOR STACK: Great job. 15

Thank you very much everyone. 16

(Applause.) 17

MR. PETRIC: Excuse me, Mr. Mayor -- Mr. 18

Mayor, Board of Commissioners, -- 19

ACTING CITY CLERK: Can he get your -- your 20

name? 21

MR. PETRIC: -- people of the public -- 22

MR. SINAGRA: Oh. 23

MR. PETRIC: -- the man who was responsible 24

for -- 25

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MR. DILLON: I need your -- need your name? 1

MR. PETRIC: -- keeping these young ladies 2

together -- 3

MR. SINAGRA: Peter Sinagra. 4

MR. PETRIC: -- and united, making sure 5

that Union City is proud, all his hard work and 6

dedication has paid off to give Union City -- the 7

City of Union City, this Board of Education, its 8

first ever Union City High School Girls County 9

Championship; our Head Coach Peter Sinagra. 10

(Applause.) 11

MAYOR STACK: Thank you very much. 12

Thank you again to the parents that are 13

here. Thank you to the team; you made us very 14

proud. 15

And we’ll continue to support the program. 16

Anything that we can do, please don’t hesitate, 17

we’re here to help you. 18

Thank you very much everyone. 19

(Applause.) 20


proceedings.) 22

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(Whereupon, the Board recessed from 24

7:13 p.m. to 7:26 p.m.) 25

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APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES FROM 2

FEBRUARY 2, 2016: 3

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is Approval 5

of Previous Meeting Minute -- Minutes held on 6

February 2nd, 2016, be approved and recorded. 7

Do I have a motion? 8

MAYOR STACK: Motion. 9

ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack. 10

Second? 11

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second.12

ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 13

Fernandez. 14

Roll call. 15


COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 17


COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Yes. 19


COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 21


Martinetti? 23

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 24


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MAYOR STACK: Yes. 1

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ORDINANCES FOR HEARING AND ADOPTION 3

CONSIDERATION: 4

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( ) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 334 OF THE 6

CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “RENT 7

STABILIZATION” 8

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item there’s 10

Ordinance for Hearing and Adoption Consideration. 11

First Ordinance is Amending Chapter 334 of 12

the Code of the City of Union City Entitled Rent 13

Stabilization. 14

MS. NOVA: This Ordinance has to do with 15

owner-occupied four, five, and six-family units. 16

The owners of four, five, and six-family 17

buildings, as part of their registration, must 18

file an affidavit stating that they reside in 19

building and comply with the regulations 20

established by the Rent Stabilization Board. 21

These regulations shall set forth criteria 22

to establish proof of residency. 23

MAYOR STACK: This is basically being done 24

so we make sure those owner-occupied houses are 25

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really owner-occupied. 1

That somebody’s not just saying that 2

they’re living there and they’re really not 3

living there and taking advantage in trying to 4

decontrol the units and they don’t live there. 5

So they would have to provide certain types 6

of proof that they actually live at the property; 7

their children are registered in Union City 8

schools, cable TV bills. Also there’s other 9

examples; PSE&G for an apartment bill, a house 10

meter bill -- besides the hallway lights. They 11

would have to show that they have proof that they 12

live in this six-family house, so they would not 13

be able to enjoy the benefits of being able to 14

decontrol. 15

We’re just looking to preserve affordable 16

housing and rent control in the City of Union 17

City, making sure people are honest about if 18

they’re living there; that they show documented 19

proof of doing so. 20

Anyone wishing to comment on this Ordinance 21

at this time, please step forward, state your 22

name and address for the record. 23

Seeing none. 24

ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion for 25

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this Ordinance to adopt? 1



COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second.4


Fernandez. 6

Roll call. 7








Martinetti? 15



MAYOR STACK: Yes. 18

ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion to 19

adopt -- 20


ACTING CITY CLERK: -- an Ordinance 22

Amending Chapter 334 of the Code of the City of 23

Union City Entitled -- Entitled Rent 24

Stabilization? 25

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Motion by Mayor Stack. 1

COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 2


Valdivia. 4

Roll call. 5








Martinetti? 13




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ORDINANCES FOR HEARING AND ADOPTION 18

CONSIDERATION: 19

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( ) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 296 OF THE 21

CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “PEACE 22

AND GOOD ORDER” (Short Term Rental) 23

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Next Ordinance Amending 25

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Chapter 296 of the Code of the City of Union City 1

Entitled Peace and Good Order, Short Term Rental. 2

MS. NOVA: This Ordinance was put in for -- 3

to revise and clarify the definitions of vacation 4

rental as they are in the current ordinance. 5

This has to do with exclusive transient use 6

for 30 days or less. That is what a vacation 7

rental would be considered, pursuant to the 8

Ordinance for Short Term Rentals. 9

MAYOR STACK: This -- we’re still -- we’ve 10

been meeting with some of the -- some of the 11

individuals in the City who I had a meeting on 12

Friday with; about 15 that are doing Airbnb. I 13

committed to them that on the penalty stage we 14

would hold off on the Ordinance. 15

We’re just going forward with -- we 16

originally introduced and the penalty phases of 17

the fine phase will be held off until after I 18

meet with them again or possibly several meetings 19

again. 20

Anyone wishing to comment at this time, 21

please step forward. 22

Seeing none. 23

Motion. 24

ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a -- 25

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Motion made by Mayor Stack. 1

COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 2


Rivas. 4

Roll call. 5








Martinetti? 13





adopt -- 18

COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 19

ACTING CITY CLERK: -- this Ordinance? 20

Motion by -- 21

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 22

ACTING CITY CLERK: -- Commissioner 23

Valdivia. 24

Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 25

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Roll call. 1








Martinetti? 9




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CONSENT AGENDA: 14

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( 1) Resolution Approving the Payment of Claims 16

( 2) Resolution Approving the Payment of 17

Concurring Claims 18

( 3) Resolution Approving the City Payroll for 19

the Period of February 6, 2016 through February 20

19, 2016 21

( 4) Resolution Approving the Library Payroll 22

for the Period of February 6, 2016 through 23

February 19, 2016 24

( 5) Resolution Designating Bank Account 25

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Signatories 1

( 6) Resolution Authorizing Cancellation of 2

Federal and State Grant 3

( 7) Resolution Authorizing the Filing of an 4

Application to the County Trust Fund Improvement 5

Program for Improvement to the 11th Street 6

Playground 7

( 8) Resolution Approving State Contract #A88731 8

with Beyer Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram for the 9

Purchase of Two RAM 1500 Crew Cab Trucks 10

( 9) Resolution Approving State Contact (sic) 11

#A88758 with Cherry Hill Winner Ford for the 12

Purchase of Six 2016 Ford F350 Trucks 13

(10) Resolution Approving State Contract #88268 14

with Cliffside Body Corp for Repair of Snow Plows 15

(11) Resolution Awarding Lease for Tent 16

Structures for the DPW Equipment Storage with 17

Mahaffey Fabric Structures 18

(12) Resolution Approving the 2015-2016 Renewal 19

of Ricky’s Frontier t/a Ricky’s Frontier, Located 20

at 1218 Kennedy Boulevard, Liquor License No. 21

0910-33-104-002 22

(13) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of an 23

Overpayment made for Real Estate Taxes on Block 24

217, Lot 3 C0303 Also Known as 140 36th Street 25

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(14) Resolution Authorizing the Clerk to 1

Advertise Bids for the Purchase of Chlorine & 2

Pool Chemicals 3

(15) Resolution Authorizing the Clerk to 4

Advertise Bids for Baseball Equipment & Uniforms 5

(16) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of a 6

Duplicate Payment for Real Estate Taxes on Block 7

27, Lot 3 C0701 Also Known as 605 New York Avenue 8

(17) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 9

Redemption Monies to Outside Lienholders 10

(18) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 11

Premium Monies Collected at the Tax Sale 12

(19) Any other matter of City business that may 13

arise 14

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is the 16

Consent Agenda. 17

First item is Resolution Approving the 18

Payment of Claims. 19

Item 2. 20

Resolution Approving the Payment of 21

Concurring Claims. 22

Item 3. 23

Resolution Approving the City Payroll for 24

the Period of February 6, 2016 through February 25

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19, 2016. 1

Item 4. 2

Resolution Approving the Library Payroll 3

for the Period of February 6th, 2016 through 4

February 19, 2016. 5

Item 5. 6

Resolution Designating Bank Account 7

Signatories. 8

Item 6. 9

Resolution Authorizing Cancellation of 10

Federal and State Grant. 11

Item 7. 12

Resolution Authorizing the -- the Filing of 13

an Application to the County Trust Fund 14

Improvement Program for Improvement to the 11th 15

Street Play -- Playground. 16

Item 8. 17

Resolution Approving State Contract Number 18

A88731 with Beyer Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram for the 19

Purchase of Two RAM 1500 Crew Cab Trucks. 20

Item 9. 21


A88758 with Cherry Hill Winner -- Winner Ford for 23

the Purchase of Six 2016 Ford F350 Trucks. 24

Item 10. 25

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88268 with Cliffside Body Corp. for Repair of 2

Snow Plows. 3

Item 11. 4

Resolution Awarding Lease for Tent 5

Structures for the DPW Equipment Storage with 6

Mahaffey Fabric Structures. 7

Item 12. 8

Resolution Approving the 2015-‘16 Renewal 9

of Ricky Frontier also known as Ricky Frontier, 10

Located at 1218 Kennedy Boulevard, Liquor License 11

Number 0910-33-104-002. 12

Item 13. 13

Resolution Authorizing the Refund of an 14

Overpayment Made for Real Estate Taxes on Block 15

217, Lot 3 C0303 Also Known as 140 36th Street. 16

Item 14. 17

Resolution Authorizing the Clerk to 18

Advertise Bids for the Purchase of Chlorine and 19

Pool Chemicals. 20

Item 15. 21

Resolution Authorizing the Clerk to 22

Advertise Bids for Baseball Equipment and 23

Uniforms. 24

Item 16. 25

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Resolution Authorizing the Refund of a 1

Duplicate Payment for Real Estate Taxes on Block 2

27, Lot 3 C0701 Also Known as 605 New York 3

Avenue. 4

Item 17. 5

Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 6

Redemption Monies to Outside Lienholders. 7

Item 18. 8

Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 9

Premium Monies Collected at Tax Sale. 10

Mayor, do you -- do you wish to take public 11

comment on any item on the Consent Agenda at this 12

time? 13

MAYOR STACK: Sure. 14

Just before we do on the -- the Application 15

to the County Trust Fund; this is for matching 16

funds with the County on the playground that 17

we’re currently building on 11th and -- and West 18

Street -- 11th Street and West. 19

This should be open -- 20

This will be dedicated to police officers 21

that have fallen in the line of duty. 22

This should be opened up sometime -- we’re 23

looking to open it around May 5th, which should be 24

right before Police Week; a dedication to the 25

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police officers, not only in Union City but 1

across the country, that put their lives on the 2

line every day to keep us safe. 3

I’d like to praise the Board of 4

Commissioners and Commissioner Valdivia for the 5

great job they’ve done in making sure that this 6

park is being renovated. 7

It’s going to have an eternal flame powered 8

by electric -- obviously, not by gas but by 9

electric that will burn at the park in honor of 10

those police officers. 11

There will be a small water park there and 12

a monument. 13

We’re also paving those streets, from 11th 14

Street from Bergenline to West and from West to 15

Central. Those will be totally repaved. 16

New tree planting will be going up. 17

Additional lighting will be going up also. 18

Having said that, on a lot of this stuff 19

for Body -- for Cliffside Body for Repair of Snow 20

Plows, equipment, the Dodge Jeep RAM, and several 21

other items on here, the tent structure. 22

I’d like to praise the Department of Public 23

Works, Commissioner Rivas and all the 24

Commissioners but specifically Commissioner Rivas 25

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for the great job they’ve done during the 1

blizzard that we had and the other snowfall that 2

we had. 3

Hopefully we don’t get anymore snow this 4

year but they’ve done a great job in really 5

keeping our streets clear. 6

The men and women of the DPW, specifically 7

Kathy Garretson, has done an -- an outstanding 8

job in running that Department. 9

The DPW is truly I would have to say the 10

second 24/7 agency in the City -- with the Police 11

Department being first -- about truly how much -- 12

how hard they work. 13

Literally, many of those employees are in 14

very early; leave very late. The dedication and 15

the evening hours, weekends. Seven days a week 16

we have people out there sweeping the streets and 17

they do a terrific job in really keeping our 18

streets clear and -- and really making us proud. 19

And, Commissioner, you deserve that credit. 20

Oh, on 5th and -- on 5th Street also we just 21

put up a salt bay on 5th and Summit. It was just 22

constructed. That will give us more access to 23

salt in the City. We’ll be able to purchase more 24

salt as part of the -- the bid that we go out for 25

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in conjunction with other cities in the County 1

where we can store salt safely; it doesn’t get 2

wet; it doesn’t face the elements of the weather. 3

So, having said that, I’m proud to support 4

those items on the agenda and I thank each and 5

every Commissioner for their dedication on these 6

items. 7

Anyone wishing to comment on the Consent 8

Agenda, please step forward, state your name and 9

address for the record. 10

Seeing none. 11

ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a -- there a 12

motion to close the public comment on the Consent 13

Agenda? 14


ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 16

Valdivia. 17

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 18


Fernandez. 20

Roll call. 21





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Martinetti? 4

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: I’m recusing from 5

any payments to the North Hudson Fire Regional 6

and to the law firm of Adolfo Lopez and Diaz. 7

Aye on the rest. 8




approve all items on the Consent Agenda? 12


ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 14

Valdivia. 15



Rivas. 18

Roll -- roll call. 19


COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes with the 21

exception of number 18 as it pertains to Brown 22

Street; otherwise yes. 23



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Martinetti? 4

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: With the 5

exception noted on the record; and aye on the 6

rest. 7


MAYOR STACK: Yes. 9

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ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 11

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(1.) AN ORDINANCE CANCELLING CERTAIN UNFENDED 13

(sic) APPROPRIATION BALANCES PROVIDED FOR VARIOUS 14

CAPITAL PROJECTS 15

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Next items are 17

Ordinances is for Introduction. 18

These Ordinances will be further considered 19

at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners to be 20

held on March 15, 2016, at seven p.m. at the Holy 21

Cross Armenian Center, 2610 Bergenline Avenue, 22

Union City, New Jersey. 23

First Ordinance is Cancelling Certain -- 24

Certain Unfunded Appropriation Balances Provided 25

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for Various Capital Projects. 1


ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made by Mayor 3

Stack. 4




Fernandez. 8

Roll call. 9








Martinetti? 17




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ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 22

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(2.) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 155-12 OF THE 24

CODE OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY ENTITLED “UNIFORM 25

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CONSTRUCTION CODE FEES” 1

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Next Ordinance Amending 3

Chapter 155-12 of the Code of the City of Union 4

City Entitled Uniform Construction Code Fees. 5





Rivas. 10

Roll call. 11








Martinetti? 19

Recusing. 20

Mayor Stack? 21


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REGULAR AGENDA: 24

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1. Resolution Authorizing Amendments be Made 1

to the 2016 Approved Budget 2

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is the 4

Regular Agenda. 5

First item is Resolution Authorizing 6

Amendments to be Made to the 2016 Approved 7

Budget. 8





Fernandez. 13

Roll call. 14








Martinetti? 22




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REGULAR AGENDA: 2

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2. Resolution Authorizing Payment to the 4

Hudson County Improvement Authority 5

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is Payment -- 7

Resolution Authorizing Payment to the Hudson 8

County Improvement Authority. 9



COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 12


Valdivia. 14

Roll call. 15




Recusing. 19

Commissioner Valdivia? 20



Martinetti? 23

Recusing. 24

Mayor Stack? 25

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MAYOR STACK: Yes. 1

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REGULAR AGENDA: 3

4

3. Resolution Authorizing Payment to the Union 5

City Board of Education 6

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Next item is Resolution 8

Authorizing Payment to the Union City Board of 9

Education. 10





Rivas. 15

ACTING CITY CLERK: Roll call. 16

Commissioner -- Commissioner Fernandez? 17

Recusing. 18

MS. NOVA: One minute. 19

Based on the doctrine of necessity in this 20

case Commissioner Valdivia will be voting on this 21

item. 22

ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Fernandez? 23

Recusing. 24

Commissioner Rivas? 25

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Martinetti? 5

Recusing. 6

Mayor Stack? 7

MAYOR STACK: Yes. 8

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OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 10

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor, there are no 12

other items on the Regular Agenda. 13

Do you wish to take public comment on any 14

item -- 15


ACTING CITY CLERK: -- on the Consent 17

Agenda -- I mean the -- 18

MAYOR STACK: Anyone wish -- 19

ACTING CITY CLERK: -- Regular Agenda? 20


Anyone wishing to address the Board of 22

Commissioners at this time please step forward, 23

state your name and address for the record -- on 24

any matter concerning municipal government in the 25

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City of Union City. 1

Seeing none. 2


close the public comment portion of -- 4

COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Motion. 5

ACTING CITY CLERK: -- this meeting? 6



Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 9

Roll call. 10








Martinetti? 18




ACTING CITY CLERK: Mr. Farmer? 22


proceedings. 24

MAYOR STACK: Mr. Farmer? 25

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LIQUOR LICENSE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS: 1

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1. Manhattan Bar & Grill Restaurant 3

t/a Manhattan Bar & Grill 4

1711 Manhattan Avenue 5

Liquor License No. 0910-33-188-004 6

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MR. FARMER: Okay. 8

We’re ready? 9

MR. DILLON: Yeah. Ready. 10


proceedings.) 12

ACTING CITY CLERK: Oh, sorry. 13

Go ahead, Mr. Farmer. 14


proceedings.) 16

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MANHATTAN BAR & GRILL RESTAURANT 20

t/a MANHATTAN BAR & GRILL 21

1711 Manhattan Avenue 22

Liquor License No. 0910-33-188-004 23

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MR. FARMER: Okay. 25

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Good evening, members of the Board. 1

The -- there’s only one matter on your 2

calendar; Manhattan Bar and Grill. And I might 3

say that this is the last disciplinary hearing 4

that we have pending. 5

That can change by next week, believe me. 6

But this is a situation where there was a 7

special condition on the license about music. 8

And apparently there was a birthday party going 9

on and they had some music going on after the 10

hours. The Police were there; they saw it and 11

went in and gave a violation. 12

Even though we’ve had a condition on this 13

license for -- since January or even longer, this 14

is really the first time there’s ever been an 15

incident and this was rather minor. 16

I’ve spoken to Mr. Diaz and also Detective 17

Dunlay, who’s been very active with respect to 18

the plea negotiations, and I would recommend a 19

three day suspension. 20

And the licensee is in agreement. Mr. Diaz 21

is in agreement. And Detective Dunlay’s in 22

agreement. 23

So I would rec -- 24

MAYOR STACK: This will include a weekend? 25

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MR. FARMER: No, it would not include a 1

weekend. 2

MAYOR STACK: Okay. 3

What -- what’s their normal day -- what’s 4

their normal day that they’re closed? 5

MR. FARMER: That’d be -- be during the 6

week. 7

MAYOR STACK: Yeah, what -- what day are 8

they closed though? 9

What day are they normally closed? 10

MR. DIAZ: On Monday, Tuesday, -- 11

It would be three days during the week; 12

Monday, -- 13

MAYOR STACK: No, I understand -- 14

MR. DIAZ: -- Tuesday and Wednesday. 15

MAYOR STACK: -- I understand that. 16

What day are they normally closed during 17

the week? 18

MR. DIAZ: I do not know. I can ask. 19

MAYOR STACK: Can we find that out? 20

It’s a problem place. It’s a problem 21

place. It’s a problem. It’s a problem. The 22

whole place is a problem. 23

I passed by Saturday night, people were all 24

over the place. 25

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COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Wrong place. It’s 1

in the wrong place. 2

MR. DIAZ: Mayor, it’s open seven days. 3

MAYOR STACK: Seven days? Okay. 4

Okay, Mr. Farmer. 5


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MR. DIAZ: And as Mr. Farmer indicated, it 8

was a minor event; few minutes after the -- the 9

12 o’clock on weekend of New Year’s. And they 10

were doing a birthday -- finishing up the -- the 11

birthday party with a birthday singing. 12

MAYOR STACK: Just -- just to make sure 13

going forward though, that there’s better 14

management of the establishment; that people 15

aren’t outside -- that people aren’t outside 16

hanging out in front of the place under the 17

disguise of smoking, that there’s cars not parked 18

literally on the corner. 19

I passed by there the other night, cars are 20

on the corner. 21

I’ve seen them myself, ma’am, I disagree 22

with you. I seen it myself. 23

I drive the area constantly. Constantly I 24

drive the City. I drove the City Saturday night 25

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We spent a lot of money in that area; 2

renovating the area, fixing the sidewalks. You 3

have a grammar school a couple -- not even -- not 4

even 300 -- 200 feet away; a brand new grammar 5

school. 6

It’s a very, very residential area. It’s a 7

very densely populated area like the rest of our 8

City and we have to be respectful of our 9

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I’ll make a motion to approve it. 11




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Martinetti? 24

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Recusing. 25

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Martinetti; recusing. 2

Mayor Stack? 3

MAYOR STACK: Yes. 4

MR. DIAZ: Thank you. 5

Good night. 6

MR. FARMER: Okay. 7

But call and give me the day when. 8

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other -- no other items on the agenda. 15

Is there a -- 16

COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Motion. 17

ACTING CITY CLERK: -- motion to adjourn? 18


ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Mayor Stack.20



Fernandez. 23

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