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Council approves routine consent items, including ADA grant application and bank parking license
Summary
Council approved consent resolutions covering tax refunds, escrow refunds, an ADA grant application for $19,600 for library improvements, and authorized a nonexclusive license with Valley National Bank for employee passenger parking during DPW construction; a soil excavation resolution (25-357) was removed for separate consideration.
The Township of Washington council approved a slate of consent agenda resolutions covering refunds and administrative items and advanced a nonexclusive revocable license for employee parking during construction.
Clerk read consent resolutions including: tax overpayment refunds (Resolution 25-352), return of engineering escrow (25-353), tax refund (25-354), and submission of a 2026–2027 BCCDBG application in the amount of $19,600 for ADA improvements to the library (Resolution 25-355). Council also considered Resolution 25-356 to authorize a nonexclusive revocable license with Valley National Bank to allow employee personal passenger vehicles to park in the bank’s rear row of parking spots during construction; the license prohibits parking of construction vehicles.
Consent agenda Resolution 25-357 (award for soil excavation at 450 Pascack Road) was pulled for separate discussion and consideration. The remaining consent items were approved in a single motion and recorded by roll call.
The council also introduced a 2025 transfer of appropriation (25-35) totaling $74,223.20; members questioned specific budget lines (vehicle maintenance, electricity and building repairs) and the administrator explained ledger items and one-time costs. Several members requested follow-up on utilities and energy-efficiency grant opportunities for the Emergency Service Building.
What’s next: The consent items approved by roll call will be implemented administratively; the soil excavation resolution was discussed separately and subsequently approved as recorded elsewhere in the minutes.
