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Committee adopts budget-cap ordinance, five salary ordinances and approves consent resolutions; landscaping contract awarded
Summary
Egg Harbor Township Committee unanimously adopted an ordinance to bank budget cap, approved five salary ordinances covering multiple bargaining units, approved a landscaping contract award and passed a consent calendar of resolutions including payment of bills and payroll.
The Egg Harbor Township Committee on Feb. 3 adopted Ordinance No. 1 to exceed municipal budget appropriation limits and establish a cap bank pursuant to N.J. statute 40A:4-45.14, and it approved four additional ordinances fixing 2025 salaries for multiple bargaining units. The committee also approved a consent calendar of resolutions that included a contract award to TLC Landscaping and payment of bills.
The committee approved the budget-cap ordinance (Ordinance No. 1 of 2025) by unanimous roll call. Committee members then adopted Ordinances Nos. 2 through 5, which set 2025 salaries for employees covered by the Communication Workers of America (CWA), Teamsters Local 331, the Policemen's Benevolent Association (PBA) and other covered employee groups. Each ordinance passed by unanimous roll call.
Votes at a glance - Ordinance No. 1 (2025) — exceed municipal budget appropriation limits / establish cap bank (N.J. statute 40A:4-45.14) — adopted by roll call; yes: Ray Ellis, Paul Hudson, William Pauls, Paul Rosenberg, Laura Farmer. - Ordinance No. 2 (2025) — fix salaries: Communication Workers of America unit — adopted by roll call (unanimous). - Ordinance No. 3 (2025) — fix salaries: Teamsters Local 331 — adopted by roll call (unanimous). - Ordinance No. 4 (2025) — fix salaries: Policemen's Benevolent Association unit — adopted by roll call (unanimous). - Ordinance No. 5 (2025) — fix salaries: specified officials and employees (not further specified in transcript) — adopted by roll call (unanimous).
Resolutions and other formal actions - Resolution 106 — award of base bid to TLC Landscaping Co.; bid amount recorded as $224,590; award recommended for two years with state-law options for extension — included in new business and approved as part of the consent calendar. - Resolution 107 — amendment to prior appointment record correcting salary for Jonathan Cortez (parks and recreation laborer) from $32,006.96 to $36,008.089 — approved. - Resolution 118 — appointment of Paul Austin as full-time emergency medical technician and Liberty Nuttall as full-time communications officer I — approved (transcript notes a typo on one listed time/number). - Resolution consent calendar Nos. 104–120 — approved by roll call. - Resolution 121 — authorizing payment of all bills as presented — approved by roll call. - Payroll approval — motion approved to pay January 2025 payroll in the amount of $1,990,046.60 (voice vote: "Aye").
Why it matters: The ordinances set salary scales for multiple bargaining units and create a budget flexibility mechanism under state statute. The landscaping contract and personnel appointments were finalized through the consent process, enabling departments to proceed with contracted services and staffing.
What was not discussed: The transcript records little substantive debate on the salary ordinances or the cap-bank ordinance; public comment on these ordinances was not recorded during the meeting.
