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Hillsborough adopts salary-range changes, approves personnel and multiple settlement agreements amid public questions on transparency
Summary
The Township Committee adopted Ordinance 2026-2 to align salary ranges with union contracts, approved personnel appointments (including a part-time IT role and pay adjustments), and passed a 13-item consent agenda that included settlement agreements tied to affordable housing. Residents asked for clearer packet posting and accounting for settlement documents.
The Hillsborough Township Committee voted March 24 to adopt Ordinance 2026-2, amending the township’s salary-range ordinance to align job titles and pay ranges with recently negotiated union contracts, and approved multiple personnel resolutions and appointments on the consent agenda.
What the committee approved: The salary-range ordinance included two substantive changes cited by staff — a title change in the police department (office manager now titled Police Officers Manager) and a change to the part‑time outreach support specialist line. The committee also approved personnel resolutions including a part‑time IT position reorganization (a former police-department IT employee moved to a part‑time township IT role with an adjusted salary of $53,000) and a pay increase for the outreach support specialist from $22 to $25 per hour. The personnel items 1–7 were approved as a block by roll call.
Public concerns during consent review: Several residents and one committee member pressed for clearer pre‑meeting materials and questioned late posting of settlement agreements tied to affordable‑housing items (consent items included settlement agreements for multiple developments). Staff explained that some settlement documents were posted late in the portal and confirmed they will make the agreements available as public records once executed. For one settlement (Valley Road amendment), staff said the amendment would reduce unit counts to 199 total rental units, of which 34 are affordable rentals and 27 are supportive housing bedrooms; for Robertson/Douglas Group staff said the plan proposes 150 age‑restricted units with 36 affordable units (24%).
Process and outreach questions: Residents asked why some consent items were not identified by resolution number in the meeting packet and urged the township to restore public comment at ordinance introduction, release meeting packets earlier, and improve archival access to prior ordinances. Staff responded that the online 'Engage Hillsborough' labeling and packet delivery process is determined by the municipal platform and that some documents posted late were added as they were received.
Votes and next steps: The committee approved the personnel resolutions and the full 13‑item consent agenda by roll call. Committee members agreed to follow up offline on detailed accounting questions (salaries, number of employees over time, and records on affordable-housing spending) and to make settlement documents available after approval and execution.
The vote to adopt Ordinance 2026-2 and the separate roll-call approvals for personnel and consent items concluded the meeting’s formal business before public comments on non‑agenda matters and adjournment.
