Salem County adopts multiple resolutions, accepts grants including NextGen 9-1-1 funding
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Summary
The Salem County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a package of administrative, public-safety, health, and public-works resolutions and approved grant applications and acceptances including a NextGen 9-1-1 call handling grant; several actions were approved unanimously by voice or roll call.
The Salem County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a series of administrative, public-safety, health and public-works resolutions and to submit or accept several state grant awards.
Under the administration resolutions the board adopted (A1–A7) were: a retroactive step adjustment correcting an initial date error for assistant prosecutors; establishment of a Salem County Veterans Advisory Board; authorization of a non-fair-and-open contract to print election materials for the County Clerk's Office and Board of Elections; change order number 1 to a contract for One-Stop career services under Title I-B for Cumberland-Salem-Cape May Workforce Development Board; appointments to the Salem County Advisory Solid Waste Council; a collective bargaining agreement with the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office Assistant Prosecutors Association; and adding appropriations to the 2025 temporary budget in accordance with NJSA 48:4-19.1. A motion to adopt the seven administration resolutions was made and seconded and the board approved them by unanimous voice vote.
In public-safety and grant-related business the board adopted five resolutions (B1–B5) to apply for and accept funding through the New Jersey Office of Information Technology for PSAP NextGen 9-1-1 call-handling equipment (application and acceptance), to submit a grant application to the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor for an insurance-fraud reimbursement program, to authorize a time extension for an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant task force program, and to accept Stop Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) funding for the prosecutor's office. During discussion one commissioner called the NextGen 9-1-1 award “close to a million dollar grant” and praised the county 9-1-1 center, saying when it is “up and running, it'll be just like TV.” The board then approved the five public-safety resolutions by unanimous voice vote.
Health and human services resolutions (E1–E2) approved by the board included awarding contracts for substance-use-disorder treatment services for the county Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and accepting 2025 Senior Citizen and Disabled Transportation Assistance Program funding through NJ Transit for the Salem County Office on Aging and Disabilities. In public works, the board authorized filing an application for state aid to counties under the New Jersey Department of Transportation Local Freight Impact Fund for fiscal year 2025 (F1).
Most items were adopted with minimal discussion and recorded as "all in favor," with the meeting record indicating unanimous approval on votes that used roll call when required. The board also announced a closed session to discuss matters related to a collective bargaining agreement.
Votes at a glance: the meeting record shows the board approved the packages of resolutions (A1–A7; B1–B5; E1–E2; F1) by unanimous vote; where roll call was used earlier in the meeting five commissioners and the director recorded "yes" votes. Specific grant award numbers and some grant amounts were read into the record for grant items (for example, B2 referenced a "grant award fiscal year 25 101 3 7 0 1 7"); the transcript did not state dollar amounts for every grant.
