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Ramsey council approves consent resolutions, introduces $275,000 capital ordinance and local circulars rule
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The Borough of Ramsey mayor and council on March 12 approved consent resolutions 051–068 and introduced two ordinances, including a $275,000 capital‑improvement ordinance for road surfacing and an Office of Emergency Management vehicle and an ordinance limiting where unsolicited advertising may be placed on private property.
The Borough of Ramsey mayor and council on March 12 approved consent resolutions numbered 051 through 068 and introduced two ordinances, including a capital-improvement ordinance that allocates $275,000 for road resurfacing and an emergency-management vehicle and an ordinance restricting where unsolicited advertising circulars and newspapers may be left on private property.
The consent resolutions were passed as a block by roll call during the March 12 work session. The packet of resolutions included personnel actions, routine financial housekeeping and a contract change order. Specific items called out by the governing body included confirming the appointment of Kelly Sylvester as deputy borough clerk (Resolution 63), canceling a completed funded ordinance and returning $167,518.41 to the borough capital-improvement account (Resolution 64), approving a change order of up to $21,200 for Lea Associates for additional engineering on the Alita Place culvert (Resolution 65), authorizing part‑time nonunion salary adjustments including a 2% increase for the part‑time tax collector (Resolution 66), accepting the retirement of Sergeant Sanders effective June 30 after 25 years of service (Resolution 67), and confirming the appointment of Laura Lehi as a technical assistant in the construction office (Resolution 68).
The council introduced Ordinance O05/2025, described in the introduction as an ordinance authorizing capital improvements and appropriating $275,000 for the 2025 road‑surfacing program ($200,000) and the acquisition of a vehicle for the Office of Emergency Management ($75,000). The ordinance was read by title and advanced for further consideration and publication as required by law.
The council also introduced Ordinance O06/2025 to add section 3‑33 to the borough code establishing rules for distribution of unsolicited advertising circulars and newspapers. The ordinance, as presented, requires that unsolicited materials delivered or deposited on private property must be placed within a three‑foot radius of the mailbox or location where mail is delivered, must include contact information so residents can request future deliveries be stopped, and establishes penalties for violations. The borough clerk was directed to publish notice of the introductions in the official newspaper as required.
All votes recorded in the meeting transcript on the consent resolutions and the two ordinance introductions were affirmative in the roll calls taken at the session.
Next steps: the clerk will publish notices of the introduced ordinances and the council will consider final passage at a subsequent regular meeting, per the procedure announced during the introduction.
