Council approves consent agenda including vehicle purchases, contracts and hire

The Northvale Borough Council approved a consent agenda that included multiple equipment purchases, a cooperative bid award, the final payment on a road improvement contract and the hiring of a municipal violations clerk.

The consent agenda items included authorization for vehicle purchases (an SUV for the Department of Public Works and other DPW vehicles previously authorized in a bond ordinance), award of a cooperative purchasing group fence contract to Challenger Fence, and final payment of $12,798 to DNL / Nathan Kiley Contractors for the Weller Road West and Sharra Avenue improvements. The agenda also included authorization to hire Elizabeth Kress as the municipal violations clerk to replace an employee who is leaving for a full-time position.

Council President Navarro, Councilman And Alfa, and Councilman Sefalovsky recorded “yes” votes during the roll call for the consent agenda. The roll call indicated approval of the consent agenda as presented. No separate roll-call votes on each resolution were recorded in the provided transcript; the items were grouped for a single vote.

The council discussed that some vehicle purchases stem from a bond ordinance previously approved. One item specifically noted a John Deere backhoe loader and that the current backhoe is roughly 30 years old. The transcript also references vehicle purchases made under a state contract (reference given in the meeting as a state contract number for a Ford chassis).

No additional details on exact dollar totals for all vehicle purchases or contract change orders were recorded in the provided transcript. The transcript did not include any recorded dissent during the consent-agenda vote.

The council moved on to the ordinance section of the agenda after the consent items were approved.