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Pompton Lakes council adopts several ordinances and routine resolutions; council clarifies tree-removal fines
Summary
Council approved several resolutions and final adoptions of ordinances (24-26 through 24-30). Council confirmed reductions to some permit fees, clarified that the $1,000 tree-removal fine remains discretionary and added a $250 contractor fine.
Pompton Lakes Borough Council on June 26 approved multiple routine resolutions and enacted several ordinances for final adoption, including revisions to permitting and tree-removal enforcement.
Council moved and approved minutes and bills listed in the agenda and then took up resolutions related to grant-funded stipends and the borough—s occupational health contract with Atlantic Health/Chilton Medical Center. Staff said the stipend entries are a formal budgetary inclusion tied to an approved federal prevention coalition grant; the occupational-health contract amendment reflects modest fee increases passed down from the contractor—s corporate office.
The council opened public comment on Ordinance 24-27 (tree removal, fines and replacement rules). Staff and counsel said permit fees were reduced in the ordinance, but the $1,000 fine for unpermitted tree removal remains an "up to $1,000" discretionary fine rather than a mandatory penalty; the ordinance also adds a $250 fine specifically for tree-removal contractors. Council approved Ordinances 24-26, 24-27, 24-28, 24-29 and 24-30 for final adoption by roll-call votes recorded in the meeting.
Other items approved included appointments and administrative housekeeping noted on the agenda. Several councilors thanked the historic commission and Wells Fargo for preserving a local mural and recognized community events and promotions.
The council did not delay any of the listed ordinances beyond the requests to pull specific items for discussion earlier in the meeting. Where a council member asked to pull an item (agenda references: 6567 and others), staff accommodated the request and those items were addressed during the meeting's resolutions section.
