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Highlands council adopts zoning and salary ordinances, approves $14.2 million refinancing and consent agenda
Summary
The Borough of Highlands council voted unanimously Feb. 4 to adopt Ordinance 02601 (zoning administrative procedures) and Ordinance 02602 (salary schedule A), authorized $14,200,000 in bond anticipation notes to refinance debt (R26056), and approved a consent agenda of municipal resolutions R26057'R26066.
The Borough of Highlands Mayor and Council on Feb. 4 adopted two ordinances and approved a $14.2 million refinancing and a slate of routine municipal resolutions.
Ordinance 02601, amending Chapter 21 (zoning and land use regulations, Article 3 administrative procedures, section 21-11), was opened for public hearing. With no members of the public present, a council member offered the ordinance, it was seconded and the council voted to pass the ordinance on second and final reading.
Ordinance 02602, which amends Schedule A of the borough salary ordinance, similarly passed on second and final reading after being offered and seconded with no public comment.
Council also adopted Resolution R26056 authorizing the issuance and sale of $14,200,000 in bond anticipation notes to the Mammoth County Improvements Authority to refinance existing borough obligations. The mayor described the action as the borough's routine early-year refinancing of its current bond obligations.
The council carried the consent agenda (Resolutions R26057 through R26066). Items listed by title in the meeting record include: appointing the borough administrator as the designated municipal housing liaison for 2026 (R26057); authorizing an animal-control contract (R26058); authorizing Monmouth County Mosquito Control Division aerial mosquito-control operations within the borough (R26059); appointing communications committee members; opposing S-4736; approving closeout change order No. 2 and declaring acceptance of the Portland Road drainage and roadway improvements contract (the mayor noted the project finished about $28,000 under budget); approving a waiver of the community center's alcohol ban for a rental; authorizing payment of bills; appointing an alternate fund commissioner to the Monmouth County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund; and approval to submit and execute a grant application with New Jersey agritourism for the JT White Clam Depuration Plant Project (R26066).
The meeting record shows motions were offered, seconded and recorded as carrying; individual roll-call confirmations recorded affirmative votes from the attending council members and the mayor for the items presented. No public testimony was recorded on the ordinances or consent-agenda items.
The council moved into executive session after the regular business portion of the meeting. The meeting adjourned after the executive session.
