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Kenilworth council adds Harbor Consultants as short-term affordable-housing planner candidate

Kenilworth Borough Council · December 7, 2024

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Summary

Facing a year-end deadline, the council agreed to add Harbor Consultants as a candidate for a short-term affordable-housing planning engagement and discussed scope and staffing concerns for the RFP; vote to add the firm passed.

Council members reviewed RFP responses for an affordable-housing planner (term through Dec. 31) and debated the tradeoffs between single‑planner proposals and larger multi-discipline firms.

Several council members raised concerns about potential "hyperbilling" and whether full multi-disciplinary teams listed in some proposals would be necessary for the planner role. Councilwoman (as identified in the record) moved to add Harbor Consultants as a candidate to Resolution 271 for a short-term appointment through the end of the year; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.

Members noted urgency because work products must be filed before year-end and discussed including the planning board’s Kevin O’Brien as a familiar, smaller-scale option. The staff and QPA will proceed to include Harbor in the candidate list and follow procurement rules for a professional-services award.