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North Haledon council approves consent agenda including $3.77M in bills and personnel actions
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The Borough of North Haledon on Dec. 11 approved a consent agenda that included personnel appointments to the police department, refunds to permit applicants, authorized library payments and awarded a $176,760 road-stabilization contract; the bills list totaled $3,767,387.04.
The Borough of North Haledon Council on Dec. 11 unanimously approved a consent agenda that included personnel appointments, reimbursements, contract awards and authorization to pay $3,767,387.04 in bills.
In a single roll-call vote the council adopted Consent Agenda Resolution CA#13-2024 and a series of numbered resolutions. Among the actions the council approved were the appointments of Nicholas Hauser as a probationary police officer (Resolution #190-2024) and Gianny Falconi as a Class II Special Police Officer (Resolution #191-2024). The council also approved buy-back payments for employees with accumulated sick and vacation time (Resolution #192-2024) listing named employees and compensation amounts (for example, Joe Stately: 80 sick hours, $3,613.33).
The council authorized retired Officer Christopher Canova to retain his service weapons upon retirement, contingent on legal compliance (Resolution #193-2024). The meeting also approved raffle licenses for local organizations, authorized carry-over of vacation days for municipal employees into 2025, and scheduled library payments for JanuaryMarch 2025 in three installments totaling $154,630.00 charged to the 2025 library appropriation account (Resolution #196-2024).
Council members awarded a public-works contract for Squaw Brook Road bank stabilization to New Prince Concrete Construction as the lowest responsive bidder at $176,760.00, subject to receipt of a performance bond (Resolution #201-2024). The council further approved a $1,515.00 refund of construction-permit fees to Sunrun Solar and a $176.00 reimbursement to Eastern Christian High School for waived permit fees for nonprofits (Resolutions #199-2024 and #202-2024).
Resolution #197-2024 approved inter-appropriation transfers totaling $83,200.00 to cover end-of-year 2024 expenditures under N.J.S.A. 40A:4-58; the resolution lists IN and OUT line items and requires a two-thirds vote of the full governing body as the statute prescribes. The meeting concluded with adoption of Resolution #203-2024 authorizing payment of the bills list; the clerk recorded that the roll call was unanimous.
No council member removed any item for separate consideration during the consent vote. The council received routine departmental reports and placed them on file. The meeting adjourned at 9:13 p.m.