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Council approves consent agenda items including temporary budget extension, fireworks permits and purchasing-agent authorization
Summary
On the consent agenda the council approved a temporary budget extension, permits/licenses tied to summer fireworks displays, and authorization allowing a township purchasing agent to hold outside part-time appointing roles; some items prompted questions and a few abstentions.
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — The Toms River Township Council approved multiple consent-agenda items that council members and residents discussed separately before the roll-call vote, including a temporary budget extension, fireworks-permit filings and a personnel/purchasing-agent authorization.
Council approved a temporary budget extension that the administration said is a statutorily required mechanism to run government until the full municipal budget presentation is scheduled. The administration said the extension uses a percentage of the prior year’s budget to cover operations, and that the full budget — which a speaker said…
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