Salem County commissioners adopt two bond ordinances and multiple resolutions; votes unanimous
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Summary
The Board of Commissioners held public hearings and adopted two bond ordinances—one for county buildings ($2,000,000) and one for Salem Community College ($2,276,408)—and approved a package of resolutions covering appointments, contracts, and grant applications. All recorded roll-call votes were unanimous.
The Salem County Board of Commissioners opened public hearings and adopted two bond ordinances on Feb. 5, approving funding for county facilities and capital improvements at Salem Community College, and the board adopted multiple resolutions covering appointments, contracts and grant applications.
Ordinance 20-25-0001, described in the meeting as a bond ordinance “providing for various improvements to county buildings and facilities,” appropriated $2,000,000 and authorized $1,904,761 in bonds or notes to finance part of the cost. The board opened and closed the public hearing and, following a motion and second, adopted the ordinance by unanimous roll-call vote.
Ordinance 20-25-0002, a bond ordinance for Salem Community College capital improvements, appropriated $2,276,408 and authorized the issuance of $2,276,408 in bonds or notes; the county noted the principal and interest would be entitled to state aid pursuant to Chapter 12 of the Laws of New Jersey of 1971. The public hearing was opened and closed with no comments, and the board adopted the ordinance by unanimous roll call.
The board also adopted a package of ten administrative resolutions (A-1 through A-10) that included appointments to local authorities and awards for contracts and procurement, followed by additional grouped approvals: - B-1: adoption of the Salem County multijurisdictional multi-hazard mitigation plan update (adopted unanimously). - E-1 through E-7: health and human services items, including grant acceptances and a memorandum of understanding for transit funding and a County Innovation Grant award (adopted unanimously). The chair recognized a $400,000 grant award to expand the SCOOP program during discussion. - F-1 and F-2: public works grant application and design contract awards for county road projects (adopted unanimously).
No dissenting votes were recorded in the roll calls recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance - Ordinance 20-25-0001 (bond — county buildings): adopted; appropriation $2,000,000; bonds/notes authorized $1,904,761; roll-call recorded as unanimous. - Ordinance 20-25-0002 (bond — Salem Community College): adopted; appropriation $2,276,408; bonds/notes authorized $2,276,408; roll-call recorded as unanimous. - Resolutions A-1 through A-10 (appointments, contracts, transfers): adopted (unanimous roll-call). - B-1 (hazard mitigation plan update): adopted (unanimous roll-call). - E-1 through E-7 (health, human services grants and contracts): adopted (unanimous roll-call). - F-1 and F-2 (transportation grants and design contracts): adopted (unanimous roll-call).
The board completed the voting with motions to accept committee minutes, department reports and bills and claims, which were approved by unanimous voice or roll-call where recorded.