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Business administrator outlines administration budgets and $10M capital highlights including DPW site work
Summary
Joanne Bergen presented administration division budgets covering payroll, archives, purchasing, IT and senior services, and outlined a $10 million capital program that includes DPW site renovation design, body‑worn camera storage expansion, radios and other equipment; multiple bond ordinances to finance capital needs were introduced and adopted by roll call.
Joanne Bergen, the township’s Business Administrator, delivered an overview of the administration’s 2025 budget and highlighted multi‑department capital priorities.
"On behalf of all the department and division heads represented in this report, thanks to our mayor and members of the township council for your ongoing support," Bergen said, then reviewed 12 division budgets and several cross‑cutting items including archival digitization, buy‑and‑brick program revenue and IT upgrades. She said administration handled 16,981 phone calls in 2024 and reported $640,000 in buy‑and‑brick sales processed in 2024, producing resident tax savings (figures in the presentation were read as listed).
Bergen summarized accomplishments and 2025 projects: expanding the township’s UKG payroll and HR system, scanning and disaster recovery work for archives, and an IT program to replace audio/visual and deploy new modules for public‑safety software. She described plans to begin DPW site renovation work in 2025—design and initial site work including fuel tank replacement—and said the 2025 capital budget totals $10 million after department reductions.
Council then considered and adopted several bond ordinances to finance capital projects. The ordinances presented appropriated multiple sums and authorized the issuance of bonds or notes (ordinance text and dollar amounts were read aloud; each ordinance was adopted by roll call). The council also approved contract awards in the consent agenda for items such as 50 DMR portable radios (award to PMC Wireless, $98,883.32) and parking lot reconstruction at the senior services site (award to Earl Asphalt of Farmingdale, $440,213.13).
Bergen closed by inviting members of the public and council to request appointments for deeper review of line items.
Next steps: the adopted bond ordinances will be reflected in the township’s capital financing schedule; staff will proceed with design work and vendor contracts funded from the approved capital program.
