Passaic County commissioners adopt resolution to exceed appropriation limits and open public hearing on 2025 budget

The Passaic County Board of County Commissioners moved for final adoption of a resolution to exceed the county budget appropriation limits (CAP) pursuant to language read into the record and then opened the public hearing on the county's proposed 2025 budget during the same meeting. The board recorded roll-call votes in support of the motions.

At the meeting the board took a motion "for final adoption of resolution to exceed the county budget appropriation limits established ... pursuant to NJS size 48" (phrase as read in the transcript). Members moved and seconded the motion; subsequent roll-call votes were recorded as "Yes" by Commissioner Bartlett, Commissioner DeVore, Commissioner Duffy, Deputy Director Lazare, and Director LaVore. The board later moved to open the public hearing on the 2025 budget, recorded roll-call votes in the affirmative, and recorded no members of the public wishing to be heard. The public portion was closed by motion and second.

Later in the session motions were recorded adopting budget-related items and other consent items (the transcript shows a motion to approve agenda items N1 through N47 by unanimous vote). The transcript includes acknowledgements of county staff and officers involved with elections and the budget process, including County Clerk Daniel Ilimoff and County Auditor Steve Wilcox, but does not record budget line-item details, total appropriation amounts, or a full reading of the adopted 2025 budget figures in the provided excerpt.

Recorded actions in the transcript include: - Motion for final adoption of a CAP (appropriation-limit) resolution, followed by a unanimous roll-call vote in favor. - Motion to open the public hearing on the 2025 budget, followed by roll-call votes in favor; no public speakers appeared and the public portion was closed. - Motion to approve a block of agenda items labeled N1 to N47, recorded as moved, seconded and adopted.

The transcript does not provide statutory citation beyond the spoken phrase "NJS size 48" and does not include the numerical budget totals or detailed amendments in the excerpt. The meeting record thus documents procedural adoption of a CAP resolution and related public-hearing steps but does not, in the provided text, specify the adopted budget's dollar amounts or line-item changes.