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Morris County commissioners adopt eight ordinances and introduce bond amendment
Summary
On March 12, 2025, the Morris County Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted eight ordinances funding facility upgrades, equipment, park projects and public-safety systems and introduced a bond-ordinance amendment to revise a previous project description.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — The Morris County Board of County Commissioners on March 12 adopted eight ordinances authorizing appropriations for facility upgrades, vehicles and equipment, park projects and public-safety systems, and introduced a bond-ordinance amendment to amend a prior project description.
The adopted measures allocate funding for sprinkler-system upgrades, a replacement food wagon, temporary-assistance facilities, radio equipment for the communications center, mosquito-control gear, security camera upgrades for the sheriff’s corrections bureau, a dam-structures study and park roadway resurfacing — appropriations that the board approved by unanimous roll call during its regular meeting at the Administration and Records Building in Morristown.
The ordinances matter because they authorize county spending and capital work at county facilities and park sites. The measures include items for public safety and county services, and fund a study and potential work on dams in the park system.
The board introduced Ordinance 2025/27, a bond-ordinance amendment that revises the project description for a previously adopted bond ordinance, and then heard second-reading public hearings — at which no members of the public spoke — before voting to adopt the other ordinances. The board also approved a set of resolutions and authorized payment of county bills in routine votes.
Key adopted ordinances and stated purposes (amounts as stated in the meeting): - Ordinance 2025-19 — $60,000 for replacement and upgrades to sprinkler systems in various county facilities (Department of Employee Resources, Division of Risk Management). - Ordinance 2025-20 — $81,000 to replace one hotshot food wagon for the Morris County nutrition program (Department of Human Services, Division of Community Assistance and Resources). - Ordinance 2025-21 — $1,500,000 to provide for new rep stations for the Department of Human Services, Office of Temporary Assistance. - Ordinance 2025-22 — $75,000 for replacement of radio and accessory equipment for the Department of Law and Public Safety communications center. - Ordinance 2025-23 — $45,000 for small equipment purchase or replacement for the Department of Public Works, division of mosquito control. - Ordinance 2025-24 — $50,000 to upgrade and expand the security camera system for the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Corrections. - Ordinance 2025-25 — $375,000 for study, review, improvement and/or decommissioning of various dam structures in the Morris County Park Commission park system. - Ordinance 2025-26 — $410,000 for resurfacing and roadway improvements based on park commission priorities.
Votes at a glance (all measures adopted by unanimous recorded roll calls unless noted): - Ordinance 2025/27 — bond-ordinance amendment (introduction). Roll call: all present voted yes; motion introduced. - Ordinance 2025-19 — adopted on second and final reading; roll call: all present voted yes. - Ordinance 2025-20 — adopted on second and final reading; roll call: all present voted yes. - Ordinance 2025-21 — adopted on second and final reading; roll call: all present voted yes. - Ordinance 2025-22 — adopted on second and final reading; roll call: all present voted yes. - Ordinance 2025-23 — adopted on second and final reading; roll call: all present voted yes. - Ordinance 2025-24 — adopted on second and final reading; roll call: all present voted yes. - Ordinance 2025-25 — adopted on second and final reading; roll call: all present voted yes. - Ordinance 2025-26 — adopted on second and final reading; roll call: all present voted yes. - Resolutions on the meeting agenda — approved by roll call. - Motion to pay bills — approved by roll call.
The public-comment period was opened and closed with no speakers; the clerk reported no written comments had been received in advance. County staff listed as present included County Administrator Dina Leary and County Counsel John Napolitano, and Deborah Lynch served as clerk of the board for the record. After routine commissioner remarks the board adjourned.
The measures will take effect according to the statutory and local rules governing county ordinances and bond ordinances; the meeting record shows unanimous votes for adoption but does not specify implementation dates or contract awards within the meeting record.
