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Lacey Committee approves ordinances, contract amendments and routine resolutions; caps bank, capital projects and contract amendment cleared
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Summary
The committee approved first readings of several ordinances (police department contractor rates, salaries, cap bank, capital improvements), vacated part of Iona Street on second reading, authorized bid solicitations for capital projects and approved a contract amendment for Lakeside Drive bulkhead work; miscellaneous administrative resolutions and appointments were also approved.
At its regular meeting, the Lacey Township Committee approved multiple routine and administrative measures, including ordinance introductions, capital project authorizations and a contract amendment.
The committee introduced Ordinance 2026-07 (amending chapter 93 to set rates for outside traffic-control contractors), Ordinance 2026-08 (salary settings for certain nonbargaining employees), Ordinance 2026-09 (establishing a cap bank under NJSA 40A:4-45.14) and Ordinance 2026-06 (authorizing $3,265,929 for capital improvements with $2,867,350 bonds and notes). The clerk read project lists that include emergency-services equipment, a shared pickup truck for recreation and DPW, Cranberry Hill Phase 2 design, Deerhead Lake spillway engineering, Gillie Park walkway lighting, street and bulkhead work, and additional security cameras.
On second reading the committee vacated a portion of Iona Street (Ordinance 2026-05) after opening and closing the floor to public comment; the ordinance passed on second reading.
Resolutions approved included administrative housekeeping items (cancellation of two small outstanding checks totaling less than $220), appointment of a bus driver for the recreation department, authorization of refunds of deposit monies, and approval of payment of township bills (the clerk read a payment total of $7,200,679.29; roll call votes were recorded and one abstention was noted during the vote sequence). The committee also passed Resolution 2026-124, declaring default and demanding payment on a performance guarantee from Calico Construction LLC for Block 287, Lot 2.06, and approved an amendment to the contract with Easy Docks Unlimited for Lakeside Drive bulkhead replacement phases 3 and 4.
An add-on resolution authorized the filing of a grant application to study shared municipal court services under the Local Efficiency Achievement Program, including authorization for the mayor and clerk to sign related documents should the grant opportunity proceed.
The meeting included routine minutes approvals and department reports. The committee then moved to an executive session under Resolution 2026-130 and adjourned the public portion of the meeting.
