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Bergen County awards $234,524 from Open Space Trust Fund to Maywood for Memorial Park upgrades
Summary
The board highlighted recent Open Space Trust Fund awards, including a $234,524 grant to Maywood for Memorial Park paver and drainage upgrades, and commissioners described the county's trust-fund increase and broader open-space spending.
A county official reported that Bergen County presented Maywood with a $234,524 check from the county's Open Space Trust Fund for upgrades at Memorial Park, including new pavers and drainage improvements.
During committee reports commissioners described the trust fund's recent growth and spending priorities. A commissioner explained that voters approved an increase to the trust fund by referendum and that the board later raised the dedicated tax (a penny on the dollar) to expand the fund's annual available resources; commissioners said the fund now supports projects including land acquisition, playground replacements, recreational-field upgrades and conversions such as new pickleball courts.
One commissioner said the county spends about $18 million to $19 million annually from the trust fund; the transcript attributes that dollar range to a speaker during committee remarks. The transcript also records a brief back-and-forth in which a commissioner thanked the board and asked residents to look at county parks as examples of the fund's investments.
The meeting record does not include the underlying resolution number for the Maywood check in the portion of the transcript provided, nor does it list the grant application or approval vote details for the individual project; those items would be in the resolutions packet or staff reports.
