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Millville work session previews regular-meeting agenda: engineer hire, zoning appointment, grants and fire-truck repair funds
Summary
At a Feb. 13 work session, Millville City commissioners reviewed agenda items for the regular meeting, including a planned municipal engineer appointment, a zoning-board alternate, renewal of software and interpreter contracts, a $67,000 public-safety grant, and an additional $26,742 for fire-truck repairs; several items will require formal action at the upcoming regular meeting.
Millville City held a work session Feb. 13, 2026 to review items slated for the regular meeting, including an anticipated appointment for municipal engineer John Nupe, an alternate zoning-board appointment, contract renewals, a state grant for police salaries, and added repair funds for a fire truck.
The commission listed a resolution to award a non-fair-and-open contract for municipal engineer John Nupe, described by meeting speakers as a former Millville municipal engineer who later worked for the county and in the private sector. The resolution was presented as a regular-meeting agenda item for formal consideration.
Also on the agenda was a resolution appointing DeAndre Heath as an alternate member of the zoning board. The appointing official said Heath had been interviewed and is willing to serve in that role.
An ordinance was noted for second reading to amend the city's salary ordinance by adding five positions that had been omitted from the original list; commissioners said pay ranges for some of the positions had been set very low and that the roles have been difficult to fill. No final vote on the ordinance appears in the work-session record.
The commission also flagged several contract renewals and administrative items: a non-fair-and-open renewal with Edmunds GovTech Inc. for financial software hosting and support, and a renewal of the municipal-court Spanish interpreter contract. Both renewals were described as routine, with no roll-call outcomes recorded in the work-session transcript.
The police department's participation in the State of New Jersey 'Safe and Secure Communities' program was listed; speakers said the program provides approximately $67,000 to offset officer salaries. Officials characterized the budget language as treating that amount as an in-kind match rather than a cash match.
An amendment to resolution 233-2025 was also on the agenda to add $26,742 needed to complete repairs on an aerial tower ladder that had been damaged in a fire the previous year. Meeting comments said the aerial ladder is back in Millville, repairs were being completed and that insurance is expected to cover the costs; the truck was undergoing post-repair training and was expected to return to service quickly.
A routine interlocal agreement with the Cumberland County Office of Aging and Disabled to continue the Meals on Wheels program was listed as an annual item, and the city clerk was slated as a registrar appointment to replace an employee who is retiring. During general public comment, a speaker asked when the registrar appointment would take effect; officials said they were consulting labor counsel and legal counsel and that the appointment could be delayed pending that advice, noting that local rules limit the number of registrars.
Commissioners also reviewed monthly reports: calls for service in January were reported at 3,101 and e-ticket summonses at 411; UEZ patrol activity was noted as up by 186 calls. Commissioners asked staff to provide an Excel breakdown of call types for year-over-year comparison.
Public comment during the agenda-only period was brief; Steve Soloff of Vineland asked whether agenda packets are often empty. The general public-comment period later included the registrar question but no extensive public testimony.
Commissioner Sherman Taylor thanked neighboring Bridgeton for mutual-aid support while Millville's aerial ladder was out for repair. Commissioners used their closing comments to praise department staff, preview upcoming events and community partnerships, and note local concerns such as potholes.
Most items in the work session were advanced as agenda items for the upcoming regular meeting; the work-session transcript does not record formal votes on the listed resolutions and ordinances. The commission moved to adjourn at the end of the session; a roll-call vote appears in the truncated record for adjournment with affirmative votes recorded for several members.
