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Bridgewater approves hires, legal and engineering contracts, and grants including $327,225 sewer contract
Summary
Council confirmed an acting CFO, renewed legal appointments and approved professional contracts including a $327,225 engineering contract for the Middlebrook pump station, a $768,000 Safe Routes grant procedure, a $477,537 recycling agreement and a $51,310 HVAC contract.
The Bridgewater Township Council approved a slate of personnel appointments, professional-service contracts and grant participations during its public meeting.
The council appointed Sarah Houseman as acting chief financial officer and QPA to support near-term budget work. On the legal side, the council approved a series of fee schedules and reappointments for municipal counsel, affordable-housing counsel and labor counsel for 2026 terms, and confirmed appointments for the municipal prosecutor, public defender and alternates.
Key contract approvals included a professional-services agreement with Kier (Jordan R. Vogul, PMP referenced) to provide construction management, inspection and New Jersey Water Bank loan administration services for the Middlebrook pump-station upgrade in an amount not to exceed $327,225. The council also adopted procedures required to administer a $768,000 federal Safe Routes to School grant for Garrettson Road sidewalk work and authorized the county recycling agreement (not to exceed $477,537.28) based on a per-household fee and up-to-date household counts discovered during an audit.
Other routine awards included an HVAC annual maintenance contract (annual maintenance $31,310; emergency repairs up to $20,000; total not to exceed $51,310) and acceptance of a Safe and Secure Communities grant participation of up to $45,150 to offset traffic-safety officer salary costs. Several contracts were approved on consent and by roll call; staff explained that the recycling total incorporates older grant balances identified during an audit and that contract amounts are budgeted as 'not to exceed' figures.
What happens next: Staff will proceed with contract execution, grant administration and budget-line certification; the administration noted the CFO appointment will help finalize numbers for the upcoming budget cycle.
