Monday, April 7, 2008 7:00 P.M.

313 Monmouth Street

AGENDA

1. Call to Order:  
2. Pledge of Allegiance:

3. Roll Call:

4. Sunshine Law: This meeting is being held in conformance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, otherwise known as the \”Sunshine Law\”. It has been legally noticed in accordance with the law and copies have been given to those requesting the same.

5. Public Comment Period: The Governing Body, in accordance with P.L. 2002, c. 80, have adopted the following guidelines relative to the Public Comment Period (PCP) at Caucus, Worksession, Special and Emergency Meetings of the Mayor and Common Council of Gloucester City: The PCP shall occur at the beginning of each meeting; it shall be no longer than one half-hour in length; every person wishing to speak may do so once during the period for no longer than five minutes. No changes have been made for the PCP of the regular monthly meetings.

6. Minutes of the Previous Meeting(s): February 21, 28, March 3, 20, 24, 27

7. Reports: I. Engineer\’s Report

II. Committees of Council:

1. Celebrations

b) Finance & Administration

c) Fire

1. Housing
2. Licensing
3. Police

g) Public Works

8. Licenses: None

9. Resolutions:

R104 Adopting Emergency Temporary Budget Appropriations

R105 Authorizing Execution of a Professional Services Contract with T & M Associates

R106 Opposing the Governor\’s Proposed State Budget for the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year for its Failure to Treat Property Tax Relief as a Priority

R107 Authorizing an Interlocal Services Agreement Between the County of Camden and the City of Gloucester City in Conjunction with the Governor\’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

R108 Proclaiming the City of Gloucester City and the City of Gloucester Board of Education Joint Safe Route to School Project

R109 Authorizing Change Order to the Contract Between H. Barron Works, Inc. and the City of Gloucester City for Water Treatment Plant Security Fencing Replacement

10. Ordinances:  

for second reading and public hearing to be held on April 17, 2008:

O07 Amending Chapter 87 of the Code of Gloucester City Entitled Vehicle and Traffic, Providing for New Section 87-4.1 and 87-9.1 Regarding \”All Way Stop Intersections\”

O08 Amending Fees, Professional Fees, and Escrows for the Gloucester City Combined Planning Board

for adoption at meeting of April 24, 2008

O01 Vacating a Portion of Cumberland Street, Located within the City of Gloucester City, County of Camden and State of New Jersey

11. Old Business:

a)

12. New Business:

a) Denial of Handicapped Parking: 630 & 632 Market Street

13. Communications:

a) From City of Camden Division of Planning and Zoning – Master Plan Re-Examination Report

b) From Camden County Municipal JIF – safety award of $1700 received

c) Welsbach Progress Report

14. Round Table:

15. Closed Session: Resolution #R -2008 to enter into closed session for discussion of:

16. Adjournment

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CAMDEN (April 5, 2008) – Junior catcher Gerard Russomanno (Totowa, NJ/Passaic Valley) doubled home the tie-breaking run in the top of the 17th inning of the nightcap to lift the Rutgers-Newark baseball team to a 13-4, 8-6 sweep over Rutgers-Camden in a New Jersey Athletic Conference baseball marathon Saturday afternoon and evening at Campbell\’s Field.

The second game lasted 4:48 and the 17 innings made it the longest game in Rutgers-Camden baseball history. The previous record of 12 innings was accomplished eight times, last on April 22, 2007 when the Raptors lost a 6-5 game at The College of New Jersey.
The sweep lifts Rutgers-Newark to 11-11 overall and 4-3 in the NJAC. Rutgers-Camden falls to 7-15 and 1-5.

Game One

In the first game, the Scarlet Raiders ripped 16 hits and took advantage of eight walks and three hit batsmen to defeat the Scarlet Raptors. Newark scored four runs in the sixth inning to break open a tight 3-2 lead.

The Scarlet Raiders scored three runs in the game on bases-loaded walks and one on a hit batsman with the bases loaded. Seven of the Newark runners who scored were put aboard by either a walk or as a hit batsman.

Freshman second baseman Matt Connors (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ/Hasbrouck Heights) paced Newark, going 4-for-5 with two runs, three RBIs and a stolen base from his leadoff spot. Junior right fielder Brian Gill (Manasquan, NJ/Wall), sophomore DH Anthony Yeswita (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ/Hasbrouck Heights), senior first baseman Dan Zika (Kenilworth, NJ/David Brearley), senior left fielder Doug Ford (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) and Russomanno each added two hits.

The first five batters in the Newark lineup – Connors, Gill, Yeswita, Zika and Ford, combined to go 12-for-26 with six runs and 10 RBIs.
Sophomore Dan Nodarse (Rutherford, NJ/Rutherford) worked seven innings, allowing nine hits, four earned runs and two walks. He struck out four while evening his record at 1-1.

For the Raptors, sophomore center fielder Scott Fruits (Turnersville, NJ/Paul VI), senior shortstop Shawn Park (West Berlin, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) and sophomore catcher Paul Painter (Blackwood, NJ/Highland Regional) each had two hits. Sophomore right fielder Steve Myers (Millville, NJ/Millville) collected three RBIs.

Game Two

The second game lasted five innings longer than the previous Rutgers-Camden record for innings, as the two teams matched scoreless innings from the ninth through the 16th inning. In the top of the 17th, a two-out walk to sophomore shortstop Michael Dennis (Lakewood, NJ/Lakewood) started the Raiders\’ winning rally. Russomanno, who caught all 26 innings on the day for Newark, ripped a double to right-center field to plate Dennis, and then scored on a single up the middle by freshman center fielder Matt Citro (Bloomsbury, NJ/Phillipsburg).

Trailing by as much as 4-1 early in the game, Rutgers-Camden fought back to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth on an unearned run, setting the stage for a marathon which featured 120 at bats, 27 hits, nine walks, seven errors and six hit batsmen in a game that started at 3:13 p.m. and lasted until 8:01. Two players on each side collected eight at bats apiece, including Fruits and Myers for the Raptors, who broke the old Rutgers-Camden mark of seven at bats in a game held by five players.

Zika collected 19 putouts at first base for the Scarlet Raiders, while Rutgers-Camden sophomore third baseman Kyle Ballay (Delran, NJ/Delran) notched eight assists, two shy of the single-game program record.

Rutgers-Camden sophomore catcher Greg Hunt (Marlton, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) went 4-for-7 on the day, while sophomore left fielder Zach Colgate (Haddon Heights, NJ/Haddon Heights) added three hits.

For Newark, Russomanno paced the attack with three hits, including the game-winning double.

Junior pitcher Christian Diaz (New Milford, NJ/New Milford), the last of four Newark pitchers, picked up the win with two shutout innings. He allowed no hits and one walk. Diaz (1-1) struck out two. Perhaps the best performance on the mound was turned in by Newark junior Robert Falk (Englishtown, NJ/Manalapan), who worked six shutout innings in relief, allowing only two hits. He struck out two and didn\’t walk a batter.

Rutgers-Camden freshman Eric Bosworth (Westford, MA/Westford Academy), the last of six Raptor pitchers, took the loss, allowing two earned runs, one walk and two hits in two innings. Bosworth fell to 1-4.

Rutgers-Camden hosts Rowan University in a NJAC makeup game Monday at 3:30 p.m. That game was postponed by rain on Friday. Rutgers-Newark has a non-conference makeup game Wednesday when it travels to De Sales University for a 3:30 p.m. game.

Union, NJ… For the second straight day, The College of New Jersey softball team swept a New Jersey Athletic Conference opponent on the diamond as the Lions this time took a pair of road games from Kean University on Monday. The Lions won the opening game, 5-2, and then completed the sweep with a 5-0 triumph in the night cap.

TCNJ has now won five straight games and improved to 16-10 on the year and 4-2 in the NJAC. The two losses put the Cougars at 16-4 and 3-3 in the conference.

Game 1: TCNJ 5, Kean 2
The Lions opened the scoring in the third inning as sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) hit her second home run in as many days putting TCNJ in front 2-0. They added another run in the inning as sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) singled to get on base and later scored on a base hit by senior Christina Lizzi (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo).

After the Cougars scored twice in the bottom of the fifth, TCNJ got those two runs back in the top of the seventh increasing the lead to 5-2. Seavers again came through with the big hit plating two runs with a single.

That was enough for sophomore pitcher Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) as she tossed a complete game for her ninth win of the season. She allowed a pair of runs on eight hits with three strikeouts.

Seavers and Greeby each finished with two hits, with Seavers driving in four of the team’s five runs.

Game 2: TCNJ 5, Kean 0
Freshman Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) had another strong outing on the mound as she went the distance pitching a two-hitter with eight strikeouts. It was her third shutout of the season and put her record at 5-2.

Sietsma also drove in the winning run in the bottom of the second inning with a single to score Lizzi.

TCNJ added two more runs in the third as Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) scored on an error and Kelly Armstrong (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) plated the second run of the inning with a single.

Seavers continued her torrid pace at the plate in the fourth with another two-run homer giving her home run in each of the last three games.

Seavers and senior Lauren Musacchia (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) each finished with two hits.

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Bill,

 

The Lion’s for Leon meeting was a great success. We met at OH HARA’S and had about 60 people show up. Everyone met and reminisced. It was a good time with old friends.

We raised enough money to keep a website going for a few years.

 The website is listed and if you could post it with a reminder for all former Gloucester High School football players to sign up we can get together, share old stories and keep up to date with each other in our busy lives.

 Thanks.

 http://www.LionsforLeon.com

 

Tim Tedesco

Media release, April 5, 2008

Princeton, NJ…The College of New Jersey outdoor track and field teams continued to turn in post-season worthy efforts as the Lions wrapped up the two-day Sam Howell Invitational hosted by Princeton University on Saturday.

Men’s Highlights…
TCNJ’s 4×100 relay team was the only NCAA Division III team in the field and placed seventh with a time an ECAC qualifying time of 44.23 seconds. Running the event for the Lions were freshman Jule Brooks (Atlantic City, NJ/Atlantic City), freshman Kyle Gilroy (Oak Ridge, NJ/West Milford Twp.), sophomore DeShard Stevens (Jersey City, NJ/James T. Ferris) and Steve Murray (East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown).

Junior Al Wonesh (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington) claimed a ninth-place finish in the 400 intermediate hurdles as he finished the race with a time of 56.52 seconds. That time was also an ECAC qualifying time.

The Lions had two more individuals boast ECAC marks as freshman Tim Blashford (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) cleared 4.30 meters in the pole vault and junior Pasquale DiGioacchino (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards) was 13th in the 400 meters with a clocking of 50.65 seconds.

TCNJ had a strong showing in the 800 meters with three runners placing in the top 20. Freshman Dennie Waite (Little Silver, NJ/Red Bank Regional) was 17th (1:57.41), senior Galen Johnson (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) was 18th (1:57.57) and senior Josh Krowicki (Hilltop, NJ/Triton) was 20th (1:57.60).

Women’s Highlights…
TCNJ had two NCAA provisional times as junior Martine McGrath (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) won the 10,000 meters in a time of 36:08.02 and junior Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) finished fourth in the 1,500 with a time of 4:36.71.

Senior Jessica Bonelli (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) had a busy and successful meet as she posted two ECAC marks in individual events and another as part of a relay. Bonelli placed sixth in the 200 meters (25.79) and was seventh in the 100 (12.79) in addition to being part of the 4×11 relay that placed fifth. Joining Bonelli on the relay team that earned a spot at the ECAC Championships were sophomore Priscilla Senyah (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial), junior Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) and sophomore Meghan Miller (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial).

In the 400 meters, freshman Meryl Wimberly (Farmingdale, NJ/Colts Neck) placed ninth with a time of 58.12 seconds and she was immediately followed by sophomore Jianna Spadaccini (Butler, NJ/Butler) in 10th place with a time of 58.48. Both of those times met ECAC standards.

Senyah added a second ECAC mark in the 100 high hurdles with a time of 15.46 seconds, while sophomore Michelle Wallace (Emerson, NJ/Emerson) and junior Megan Donovan (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) also achieved ECAC worthy times. Wallace finished the 3,000 meters in 10:40.57 and Donovan earned hers in the 5,000 with a time of 18:40.98.

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There were three women competing in the recent Breast Stroke division of an English Channel swim, a brunette, a redhead and a blonde.

It was a fierce race with the brunette and the redhead exchanging the lead across the long stretch of water. As they stroked closer and closer to the shores of France, the blonde fell further behind.

Finally, the brunette came in first, with the redhead a close second. Everyone cheered and the two women congratulated each other on such a fine race. But the blonde swimmer was still nowhere to be seen.

Much, much later, the blonde woman finally reached shore completely exhausted.

After being revived with blankets and coffee, she agreed to speak to the eager press.

\”Can you please tell us what caused you to finish so far behind the other racers in today\’s race?\” the first reporter asked.

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The blonde shook her head, then remarked, \”I don\’t want to complain, but I think those other two girls used their arms!\”

submitted by brother George
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The Champs of the 2008 Guns and Hoses Wing Eating Challenge was the Gloucester City Police Team consisting of Brian Morrell, Doug Ziegler, Bob Lee, Jimmy Little, Billy \”Goober\” Johnson and Steve Burkhardt. They consumed a combined total of 480 wings.

Above Desmond Chiodi (sunglasses) and Pat Hagan.  

 The opposing team representing the Gloucester City Fire Department, Jerry Hubbs, Chris Oliver, Chris Ryan, Curt Dillon, Pat Hagan and Anthony Bramble ate a total of 477 wings.

 Understandably the \”Hoses\” are asking for a recount.

 The event, which raised $2300 for the Camden County hero Scholarship Fund, was held Saturday at O’Malley’s Pub, Route 130 and Klemm Avenue. The Camden County Emerald Society Pipes and Drums were on hand to lead the teams into the arena.

Also present were Mayor Bill James, Councilman Nick Marchese, and Camden County Sheriff Bill Billingham (left, oops typo, Chuck Billingham). His twin brother Bill is the famous Karate champion and a NJ State Trooper. (click on photos to enlarge)

The Master of Ceremonies was Gloucester City Firefighter Dan McGlinsey, below.

 PhillyFireNews.com was the sponsor.

Photos by Ron Trout, of PhillyFireNews.com 

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By Jesse Betteridge

— I have been bowhunting the same area in Utah for 18 years. We have seen some great bucks over the years, and I have even had a few chances to take some big bucks. Actually, 20 or 30 chances are more than a few, but that\’s been my luck for the past 18 years.

I get an archery tag every year, and have been hunting with the same group of guys for the same length of time. Just so you know a little about me, I\’m the hunter in the group that always seems to get so excited that I can\’t shoot straight, so I miss deer and elk all the time. The stories always sway from my buddies\’ success stories to how many deer I\’ve missed. One season my buck fever was so bad that all eight of my arrows were dead on at trees and rocks, not the bucks.

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TRAENKNER Wayne A., Jr.

On April 4, 2008. Age 24. Of Paulsboro. Loved, surrounded and cared for by his parents; Wayne A. Traenkner, Sr. and Rosanna Huber. Proud father who loved his son; Trenton W. Vansant. Beloved brother of Amie CaHill, Nicholas Ellis, Melissa Ellis, Jamie Huber, Brandon Traenkner, Christopher Newman, Jeffrey Busan, John Palmer and Sarah Traenkner. Survived by many devoted family members who loved him dearly.

Wayne was a 2001 graduate of Gloucester City High School.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 pm at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (At Brown Street) Gloucester City. Methodist Service 8 pm in the funeral home officiated by Pastor Gary Brennan of Westville United Methodist Church. Cremation will be private at the request of the family. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Wayne\’s memory to his father, Wayne Traenkner, Sr. c/o: P.O. Box 358, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Wayne A. Traenkner, Jr.