Office of the Freeholder Director Proclamation October 18, 2006
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Toms River, New Jersey October 18, 2006 The Regular Meeting of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Ocean was called to order on October 18, 2006 at 4:00 P.M., Room 119, County Administration Building, 101 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey, with Director Little presiding, Members Lacey, Kelly, Bartlett and Vicari present at the call of the roll. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was followed by the Prayer. Gerry P. Little, Freeholder Director, read the following statement of compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act: “In compliance with the provisions of the ‘Open Public Meetings Act’ adequate notice of this Meeting of the Board of Chosen Freeholders has been advertised in the manner prescribed by law.” DIRECTOR LITTLE: “We would like to welcome everyone to this meeting of October, 18, 2006 and Mrs. Vasil, would you proceed.” CLERK VASIL: “Thank you. The first order of business today, we have a proclamation honoring the Lakewood Blue Claws as the 2006 South Atlantic League Champions. With us today we have Mr. Jim De Angelis, who’s the director of community relations for the Blue Claws. The proclamation will be presented by Freeholder Vicari. Mr. De Angelis if you would come up. The proclamation reads as follows:” Office of the Freeholder Director Proclamation October 18, 2006 WHEREAS, the year 2006 proved to be an extraordinary and exciting one for the Lakewood BlueClaws; and WHEREAS, on September 15, 2006, the LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS captured its first South Atlantic League title since the team originated in 2001; and WHEREAS, on September 8th, the LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS on the Northern Division Championship in Lexington, Kentucky propelling them into the spotlight as they advanced to the 2006 South Atlantic League Championships; and (Minutes of Meeting October 18, 2006) Page 2 WHEREAS, in their home stadium, cheered by hometown fans, pitcher, Matt Maloney struck out a career high 12 batters and the whole team pulled together to score a 5-0 win over the GreenJackets to clinch the title of 2006 South Atlantic League Champions; and WHEREAS, in addition to their title win, the LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS proudly boast the Number 1 rank in attendance for the South Atlantic League for the sixth year in a row; the month of July 2006 being a record setting month in attendance and wins; and WHEREAS, as Ocean County has followed its hometown team, the LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS, from runs to pitches to plays, we say congratulations on an historic season and an outstanding job. NOW, THERFORE, I, GERRY P. LITTLE, DIRECTOR of the BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, on behalf of this Board, hereby honor and congratulate the: LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS 2006 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS and thank them for an outstanding season; and further extend warm wishes and congratulations to the coaches and families. DIRECTOR LITTLE: “Our Freeholder Joe Vicari is going to present this proclamation. He is our liaison to the Tourism Advisory Council.” FREEHOLDER VICARI: “Thank you Freeholder Director. You know, this is a great day for us and I think a lot has to do with the great leadership with Jim De Angelis and I’ll tell you why because this serves not only in Ocean County but it is inter-interacial with the youngsters, the parents and the grandparents. It has the highest attendance in the United States. With the great direction of Jim, every time we go there he’s walking around the stadium all the time. He’s a popular guy, but it brings a great sport to Ocean County, great role models to Ocean County and it gives a lot of our students and our families something that’s affordable and good, clean entertainment. It is just our way of showing our appreciation today and even with the construction of the ballpark. I mean, it’s a great ballpark, it’s well sized, well maintained. It has a 360 degree concourse and you can see all around the stadium and I think with the cooperation that we have with the non-profit and profit organizations, the generosity of working with all the schools and different organizations, they have been very, very generous. It’s really part of the County family and we really take a look at what’s taking place and Freeholder Little and I have always been very, very impressed as far as its great contribution not only as far as tourism goes and it is one of the reasons we are talking about it, but recreation for the people and we just want to tell you we appreciate it. Also, he is on the my tourism advisory board, a very active member, attends all of our meetings. We look for people to get involved and you do a great job Jim.” DIRECTOR LITTLE: “Jim is also on the Board of Directors of the Ocean County Salvation Army and shows the compassion that we really admire for the needy and (Minutes of Meeting October 18, 2006) Page 3 most vulnerable citizens of our County, but the BlueClaws are a wonderful asset for Ocean County. It is clean, family entertainment at an affordable price. Every night during the summer when they are home, you can see 7,000 – 8,000 of our youngsters and their families, and their parents and their moms and dads, and they really enjoy themselves. We love baseball; it is the American pastime and we are just proud of the tremendous success of the BlueClaws and all the recognition you are getting is well deserved and they are young players and they are the future certainly of the major league and we’ve had an opportunity to meet many of them throughout the years and they are just fine young men and the organization does a great job in selecting its young men who play on the sports league. Freeholder Kelly, too, is a top baseball fan here among the Board of Freeholders.” FREEHOLDER KELLY: “Talk about the future, many people feel that this year the most valuable player in the National League is going to Ryan Howard and Ryan Howard started right here with the BlueClaws in our own County of Ocean and there are many players that have already made their mark in the major leagues. Some need a little more work but overall, many, many of those ball players that you see in the major leagues now started right here in our County of Ocean and Ryan Howard is one of those examples and there are many that believe he will win the most valuable player this year in the whole league, 58 home runs, 149 RBI’s, 318 batting average.” JIM DE ANGELIS: “I’m a little overwhelmed today by the support that the Board of Chosen Freeholders has laid upon us. We thank you all for supporting us over the last six years. Since I arrived in Lakewood back in the mid 2000, it’s amazing to me how a community, how the County of Ocean has just embraced this ball club. Even during the previous five seasons, we have not had a winning team until this year. Fans turned out in record numbers. We are the number one drawing team in the State of New Jersey, the number one drawing team in the South Atlantic League, which consists of sixteen teams and it is just a wonderful show of support and kindness from the community. We do believe in giving back. We’re there to support many of endeavors, not only academically but socially throughout the year and we are very proud to say that we are a member of Ocean County and New Jersey. I want to thank all the gentlemen here, ladies, for coming out and supporting us and hoping next year we’ll even do better than we did this year. Thank you all.” Clerk Vasil read Ordinance #2006-43 by title, which was scheduled for Public Hearing at this time. Director Little opened the Public Hearing on Ordinance #2006-43 to the public for comments. No comments were received, therefore, the Public Hearing was declared closed. On motion duly made by Freeholder Kelly, seconded by Freeholder Lacey, Ordinance #2006-43 was adopted on final reading, as follows: (Minutes of Meeting October 18, 2006) Page 4 ORDINANCE #2006-43 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF OCEAN, AMENDING ORDINANCE 2004-9 FINALLY ADOPTED ON MARCH 17, 2004, TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT AND THE REALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS THEREIN. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF OCEAN, IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY (NOT LESS THAN TWO THIRDS OF ALL MEMBERS THEREOF AFFIRMATIVELY CONCURRING) AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: SECTION 1 of Ordinance 2004-9 of the County finally adopted on March 17, 2004, which amended Ordinance 2002-1 of the County finally adopted on February 6, 2002 and which amended Ordinance 2000-08 of the County finally adopted on April 19, 2000 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: "SECTION 1: $3,227,000 is hereby appropriated from the Reserve for 2000 State Aid Account for the cost of the reconstruction of various roads, installation and upgrade of traffic signals and culvert replacements, various locations, in the County of Ocean, including all else necessary therefor and incidental thereto, as follows: (i) $150,000 is hereby appropriated for the cost of the reconstruction of Route 526 (Laurelwood Avenue to New Prospect Road), Jackson and Lakewood Townships; (ii) $920,000 is hereby appropriated for the cost of the reconstruction of Brick Boulevard (Duquesne Boulevard to Yorktowne Boulevard), Brick Township; (iii) $200,000 is hereby appropriated for the cost of the reconstruction of New Hampshire Avenue, Phase III (Route 70-Silverton Road), Dover and Lakewood Townships; (iv) $1,157,000 is hereby appropriated for the cost of the installation and upgrade of traffic signals, various locations; (v) $234,297.34 is hereby appropriated for the cost of culvert replacements, various locations; and (vi) $565,702.66 is hereby appropriated for the cost of reconstruction of Lacey Road from Garden State Parkway to Route 9, Lacey Township." (Minutes of Meeting October 18, 2006) Page 5 SECTION 2: The capital budget of the County of Ocean is hereby amended to conform with the provisions of this ordinance to the extent of any inconsistency herewith.