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Passaic County adopts $3.5M road resurfacing ordinance; Peckham Preserve bond clears first reading
Summary
The Board adopted Capital Ordinance 2025‑05 for $3.5 million in road resurfacing on a unanimous roll call and approved Bond Ordinance 2025‑06 (Peckham Preserve) on first reading to appropriate $2,018,000 with $1,875,000 in bonds or notes authorized.
The Passaic County Board of County Commissioners took multiple budget and ordinance actions at its June 17 meeting.
Capital Ordinance 2025‑05 (resurfacing of various county roads) was introduced in suspended order of business, opened for public hearing and adopted after no public comment. The ordinance authorized $3,500,000 in resurfacing appropriations, funding $2,884,426.13 from the general capital fund reserve and $615,573.87 from the Capital Improvement Fund. A roll‑call vote recorded unanimous approval by the commissioners present.
Bond Ordinance 2025‑06 (Peckham Preserve improvements) passed first reading. The ordinance appropriates $2,018,000 for Peckham Preserve work and authorizes $1,875,000 in bonds or notes to finance part of the cost. During discussion commissioners clarified the package references a Green Acres grant award from 2024 and a Green Acres loan from 2025; the administrator noted bids have been authorized and a September ground‑breaking is anticipated. The ordinance passed first reading on roll call.
Consent agenda business (items N1–N28 and N30–N86) was adopted in bulk after an administrative motion. Item N29 was voted on separately; Commissioner DeVore recorded an abstention on that item while other members voted yes. A late resolution adding a contract award to Millennium Strategies LLC for grant‑writing services under NJSA 48:11‑4.1 (added as item N86) was placed on the consent agenda and adopted.
Votes recorded in the meeting transcript credit Commissioners Bartlett, Cruz, DeVore, Duffy and James, Deputy Director Lazaro and Director Lepore with participating in roll calls for these items. No contested roll‑call outcomes were recorded in the public hearing or ordinance votes at this meeting.
