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Council approves consent agenda including contracts, engineering work and bills payable
Summary
At its meeting the council approved items 1–16 by roll call, including contracts for water filtration, fireworks, Collier's engineering for Southgate Road, police accreditation, staff step advances, and a bills payable list totaling $7,529,212.65.
The Borough Council moved and approved a consent agenda covering items 1–16 during the meeting. A roll call recorded affirmative votes from Miss Dolan, Miss Bisca, Mrs. Mcnite, Mrs. Joffrey, Mr. Kogan and Mr. Kaminsky; the motion carried.
Among the items approved were:
- Resolution 2025‑128: Contract with Aqua Coolers LLC for installation and five‑year maintenance of water purification systems for borough offices (replacement of five‑gallon coolers).
- Resolution 2025‑129: Re‑adoption of the borough’s Complete Streets policy to comply with Sustainable New Jersey recertification requirements.
- Resolution 2025‑131: Contract with Garden State Fireworks, Inc. for the borough’s July 3 Independence Day fireworks, not to exceed $16,500.
- Resolution 2025‑132: Acceptance of Collier’s Engineering and Design, Inc. proposal for design and bidding of the Southgate Road Improvement Project (selected cul‑de‑sac design).
- Resolution 2025‑133: Authorization of bills payable totaling $7,529,212.65, including the Board of Education school tax levy of $7,196,105 and a library appropriation of $104,957.50.
- Personnel and public works step advancements, and a requisition (R2500979) for Armstrong, Inc. not to exceed $5,000 for log removal in the Payic River at 309 Maple Street.
Council members characterized these items as routine municipal business and moved them as a single block for approval. No roll call dissent was recorded in the transcript.
