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Bergen County adopts bond and capital ordinances, introduces financing for Newbridge project
Summary
The Bergen County Board of Commissioners adopted multiple capital and bond ordinances — including county resurfacing programs funded by NJDOT grants and a county college bond ordinance — and introduced guarantee ordinances to back Improvement Authority notes for county and hospital projects.
The Bergen County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt several capital and financing ordinances and to introduce three guarantee ordinances tied to the Bergen County Improvement Authority. The actions took place during the board's regular meeting at the Bergen County Justice Center in Hackensack.
The measures adopted on second reading included a county bond ordinance for capital improvements at Bergen County Community College, countywide resurfacing and ADA curb ramp programs funded by New Jersey Department of Transportation grants, and an ordinance vacating a portion of Forest Avenue and the Route 4 ramp in Paramus. The board approved each ordinance by roll call with seven yes votes and no recorded noes or abstentions.
The clerk read titles and amounts into the record for several items. The resurfacing and ADA curb ramp programs were listed as Ordinance 25-11 ($13,722,242) and Ordinance 25-12 ($12,764,148), each described as funded by a New Jersey Department of Transportation grant. Ordinance 25-13 was described as an ordinance to vacate and abandon a portion of Forest Avenue and the Route 4 ramp in Paramus. The board opened public hearings on the second-read ordinances, heard no public speakers, and closed the hearings before adopting the measures.
Separately, the board introduced three guarantee ordinances (25-16, 25-17 and 25-18) that would secure Bergen County Improvement Authority lease-revenue or revenue bond notes for two projects: a county building project (ordinance text set an aggregate principal not to exceed $47,000,000 for Ordinance 25-16) and a Bergen NewBridge Medical Center project (Ordinance 25-17 set an aggregate principal not to exceed $61,000,000). Ordinance 25-18 was described as authorizing the county to execute agreements related to financing construction and outfitting of a building at the NewBridge Medical Center site in Paramus via the Improvement Authority. Those three guarantee ordinances were introduced and passed first reading by unanimous roll call.
One bond ordinance for Bergen County Community College (Ordinance 25-10) was adopted on second reading after the clerk read the title. The clerk's reading of the dollar figures for that ordinance in the transcript contains inconsistent numbers; the board proceeded with the public hearing (no speakers) and adopted the ordinance by roll call.
Votes on the consent agenda and on the ordinances were recorded by roll call: Commissioners Marte, Ortiz, Sullivan, Vice Chairman Tonelli, Chair Pro Tempore Voss, Commissioner Zor, and Chairwoman Amoroso voted "yes" on the consent agenda and on the listed ordinances; each recorded roll call produced seven yeses. No amendments, recusals, or dissenting votes were recorded in the transcript.
The board did not tie any of the ordinance approvals to additional staff direction in the meeting record; these were recorded as formal adoptions or introductions only.
