Votes at a glance: Pompton Lakes council approves consent agenda items, ordinances and appointments

At its Oct. 9 meeting Pompton Lakes borough council approved a package of routine measures, adopted a student‑parking ordinance change, and voted on several items included on the consent agenda.

The council authorized payment of bills, including a wire payment in the amount of $2,765,290.72, and approved grouped consent‑agenda resolutions (Resolution 24‑381, 24‑386, 24‑389, 24‑393, 24‑397 and 24‑398) after several items were pulled for discussion. Administrator Michael described corrections to clerical posting errors on several tree‑removal applications and recommended adjustments to professional contract amounts: a recommendation to increase the labor‑attorney contract by $12,000 (from $30,000 to $42,000) and an increase for the borough engineer contract (projected to a $40,000 not‑to‑exceed amount).

The council introduced Ordinance 24‑39 to begin the public sale process for the borough radio station and adopted Ordinance 24‑38 to change the student‑parking payment schedule from trimester to monthly payments (the council clarified the total fee is unchanged). The council also confirmed the appointment of Allison Fasoleto to the board of health to fill a term through Dec. 31, 2024.

Formal votes were recorded by roll call or voice for each measure. Specific roll‑call tallies were not consistently recorded in the transcript for every item; when the meeting used roll call members generally answered “Yes” to approve items that were called. The council moved into closed session to discuss personnel matters at the end of the meeting.