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Board debates $149,500 site assessment for proposed transportation complex; motion to table fails
Summary
Board members split over approving a $149,500 preliminary assessment by Land Associates for an adjacent parcel to host a new transportation/maintenance complex. Critics urged waiting for a Bloomingdale renovation report; proponents said the first-step surveys are budgeted and include 'kill switches' if infeasible. A motion to table failed and the action agenda proceeded with recorded exceptions.
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. — The Hillsborough Township Board of Education spent the bulk of its Dec. 22 meeting debating whether to authorize Land Associates to conduct preliminary evaluations on a parcel adjacent to the district property for a potential transportation and maintenance complex.
Operations committee chair and Mr. Davis reviewed prior work by Land Associates that originally proposed designs with costs in excess of $12.8 million. After further review, Land Associates returned with scaled options (one about $7.8 million, another near $4.8 million), and a stand‑alone proposal to perform preliminary…
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