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Union County commissioners approve wide slate of contracts, grants and lease renewals; parks-fees ordinance set for Feb. 26 hearing
Summary
At its Jan. 29, 2026 meeting the Union County Board of County Commissioners approved dozens of routine resolutions — from engineering on-call contracts to grant applications, lease renewals for historic-site caretakers and software maintenance — introduced an ordinance to revise parks and recreation fees and scheduled several public events and recognitions.
The Union County Board of County Commissioners convened on Jan. 29, 2026 in Elizabeth and approved a broad set of routine but operationally significant measures affecting county services, contracts and grant applications.
Chairman Joseph C. Bodek called the meeting to order at 6:28 p.m. and the Board unanimously approved a package of resolutions that authorized contract amendments, on-call professional services, equipment purchases, grant applications and program funding. Vice-Chair Rebecca L. Williams moved Ordinance 864-2026 for first reading to amend Chapter 107 (Parks and Recreation) of the County Administrative Code to revise fees for recreation facilities; a public hearing and final reading are scheduled for Feb. 26, 2026.
Key actions included authorizing an increase of $96,809 to CME Associates' contract for the Ashbrook Restoration Project in Scotch Plains; extending street‑sweeping services for the upcoming year in a contract not to exceed $198,000; small on‑call engineering and design contracts for services such as bridge and traffic engineering (contract caps from $5,000 to $15,000 depending on scope); and a $82,015.40 purchase of a Tennant s30 sweeper through an ESCNJ cooperative contract.
Public health and safety items approved included a Memorandum of Agreement for Tuberculosis services with Rutgers' New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute covering a 2025 period not to exceed $103,683.44, authorization of per‑diem pathologist contracts up to $300,000 for the Medical Examiner's Office, and a livery services contract for the Medical Examiner's Office not to exceed $225,000.
The Board authorized a TriTech (CentralSquare) maintenance and support renewal for the Computer Aided…
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