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New Milford council introduces several ordinances; public hearings set for February
Summary
The council introduced multiple ordinances on Jan. 27 including funding for Hardcastle Pond improvements, ADA restroom upgrades at borough hall, an amendment to police department composition, parks and recreation fee adjustments, and a salary ordinance; public hearings were scheduled.
The New Milford Mayor and Council introduced five ordinances during the Jan. 27 meeting and scheduled public hearings on several of them.
The introduced ordinances include: a capital appropriation of $82,232 for the Hardcastle Pond improvement project to be funded from a Bergen County Open Space grant and the borough27s Open Space Trust Fund (read as Ordinance 2025:01); a bond ordinance to appropriate $220,000 for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible restroom improvements at Borough Hall (2025:02); an amendment to the borough code to allow up to seven sergeants in the New Milford Police Department (2025:03); updates to Parks and Recreation fees, including codified fees for coordinators, site supervisors and counselors (public hearing scheduled) (2025:04); and an update to the salary ordinance establishing salary ranges for full- and part-time positions, including a new FEMA coordinator position (02/2025:05).
Council members moved and seconded each introduction, and roll-call votes were taken for the ordinance introductions. The clerk announced that public hearings for the Hardcastle Pond appropriation and the ADA restroom ordinance would be held at the Feb. 10 meeting. The police composition ordinance27s hearing was scheduled in the transcript as "02/15/2025" (transcript text), and the parks and recreation fees and salary ordinance public hearings were noted as scheduled for Feb. 10 or otherwise posted on the borough website; the transcript does not provide full, consistent public-hearing scheduling details for each ordinance.
Summary of introduced ordinances and next public hearing dates (as recorded in the meeting transcript):
- Ordinance 2025:01 — Capital appropriation $82,232 for Hardcastle Pond improvement project; public hearing: Feb. 10, 2025 (as announced).
- Ordinance 2025:02 — Bond ordinance to appropriate $220,000 for ADA-accessible restroom improvements at Borough Hall; public hearing: Feb. 10, 2025 (as announced).
- Ordinance 2025:03 — Amend Chapter 2 to permit up to seven police sergeants; public hearing: transcript lists a date similar to Feb. 15, 2025 ("02/15/2025" in the transcript).
- Ordinance 2025:04 — Amend Chapter 19 (Parks and Recreation) to modify program and officiating fees; public hearing: Feb. 10, 2025 (as announced).
- Ordinance 02/2025:05 — Amend salary ordinance to set ranges for full- and part-time positions, add FEMA coordinator and adjust OEM coordinator range (OEM coordinator range recorded as $2,500 to $7,000; FEMA coordinator $1,000 to $2,500); public hearing details: ordinance text available on borough website (milfordnj.gov).
All introductions were procedural first readings; no final adoptions of ordinances were recorded in the transcript. The meeting record shows motions, seconds and roll-call proceedings but no extended debate on the substance of the ordinances during the introductions.
The clerk and mayor stated where ordinance texts are available (borough website) for residents seeking full language and fee tables.
