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New Milford commits to regional resilience-planning grant with neighboring towns
Summary
The council voted to participate in a NOAA/HUD-backed Resilient New Jersey regional planning grant (teams may receive up to $350,000 each); the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation would serve as prime and neighboring municipalities were discussed as partners.
The New Milford mayor and council agreed to participate in a regional resilience-planning grant opportunity announced April 21 under the Building a Climate Ready New Jersey initiative (NOAA and HUD funding). Council members approved committing staff and council members to serve on the regional steering committee and to support a regional application.
Key details: the presenter said multidisciplinary consultant teams will work with participating municipalities and nonprofits to prepare regional resilience action plans. Each of four regional teams may receive grants up to $350,000; the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation indicated it would serve as the prime applicant. The program requires a minimum of three contiguous municipalities; Hackensack committed previously and River Edge and Oradell had expressed interest.
Council discussion focused on collaboration logistics, use of consultant resources for planning (not implementation), and limits on reimbursable engineering costs (the borough's hired engineers may not be eligible for reimbursement). The presenter characterized the grant as a two-year planning process that could make expertise available to the borough without direct implementation funding at this stage. Council motioned and voted to participate in the application process.
Next steps: the borough to sign a letter of commitment for the application and identify council/staff participants for the steering committee.
