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West Windsor council approves reorganization resolutions, professional contracts and Green Acres grant submission
Summary
At the Jan. 15 business meeting, the council adopted a slate of reorganization resolutions, confirmed appointments and approved several professional services agreements including remediation work and a Green Acres open-space grant application.
The West Windsor Township Council adopted a package of reorganization resolutions and consent-agenda items at the Jan. 15, 2025 business meeting, approving appointments to boards and multiple professional services agreements and grant actions.
Key approvals on the consent agenda included a supplemental NJDEP Green Acres funding request form seeking $1,001,061.50 for an open-space acquisition project, and professional services agreements with ACT Engineers for soil and groundwater remediation related to the former township landfill and the Wallace Road bus garage. The meeting record lists one contract for landfill remediation at $215,200 and a professional services agreement for remediation work at the bus garage recorded at $241,700. A separate line item described remediation of soil at the Wallace Road bus garage with an amount that was unclear in the recorded audio and is noted below as not specified.
The council also adopted resolutions to set the 2025 meeting schedule, designate legal newspapers, adopt municipal holidays, approve a cash-management plan, and appoint municipal officials including a municipal judge and an affirmative action officer. Other professional contracts and purchases approved on the consent agenda included architectural services for fire-suppression work ($33,720), a limited-access agreement for groundwater remediation, the purchase of a 2025 Ford F-450 utility crane truck under state contract (listed at $123,713.20), and the person-to-person transfer of a hotel liquor license for Hyatt Place (license number 1113-36-015-004). All items on the consent agenda were approved by roll call.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to adopt reorganization resolutions (2025-R001 through 2025-R020 and related consent items R022–R035): approved by roll call (Garwas: yes; Jeevers: yes; Boyce: yes; Whitfield: yes; Mandel: yes). Specific items of note: - 2025-R025: Supplemental NJDEP Green Acres funding request form for open-space acquisition, $1,001,061.50: approved. - 2025-R026: Professional services agreement with ACT Engineers for remediation of the former township landfill, $215,200: approved. - 2025-R027: Professional services agreement with ACT Engineers for remediation at the Wallace Road bus garage, $241,700: approved. - 2025-R028: Professional services agreement (soil remediation at Wallace Road bus garage): amount unclear in audio record (not specified): approved. - 2025-R023: Architectural services with Speasel Architectural Group for fire suppression and alarm work, $33,720: approved. - 2025-R034: Purchase of 1 new 2025 Ford F-450 utility crane truck under New Jersey state contract, $123,713.20: approved. - 2025-R035: Person-to-person transfer of Hyatt Place plenary retail consumption (hotel-motel) liquor license number 1113-36-015-004: approved.
Council members did not pull items for separate discussion at the meeting and approved the consent agenda by roll-call vote. Several items recorded dollar amounts in the audio; one remediation line (R028) was not audibly clear and is marked “not specified” in this report.
Ending: The council moved from the consent agenda to public comment after adopting the resolutions; later agenda items continued to committee reports and a closed session on affordable housing.
