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Pequannock council adopts ordinance on off‑duty police details; several ordinances introduced and resolutions approved
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 2025‑16 regulating outside/off‑duty police services (4 yes, 1 abstain), introduced four ordinances on e‑bikes, parks fees, massage licensing and public‑health updates, and approved resolutions R2025‑205 through R2025‑216. Council discussed moving the January reorganization date.
The Pequannock Township Council on Nov. 25 adopted Ordinance 2025‑16, which regulates outside (off‑duty) police detail services, after a public hearing and roll‑call vote. The measure passed by a 4–0 vote with one abstention; Mrs. Florence Lynch, Mrs. Russell, Mr. Syracusa and the mayor voted yes and Mr. Cole recorded an abstention.
Township Manager Brewer told the council the off‑duty detail ordinance had been scheduled for public hearing and potential adoption. "That ordinance has been scheduled for public hearing and potential adoption," Brewer said as he summarized items on the evening's legislative agenda. The council opened and closed the hearing and then voted to adopt the ordinance.
Council members also introduced a package of ordinances on first reading: Ordinance 2025‑17 to regulate certain electric bicycles and scooters (a local effort to pair education with enforcement and to reaffirm the prior prohibition on sidewalk riding), Ordinance 2025‑18 to revise parks and recreation fees, Ordinance 2025‑19 to license and regulate massage/bodywork establishments, and Ordinance 2025‑20 to amend existing public‑health ordinances. Those measures were introduced on first reading and will return for further hearings or adoption votes at later meetings.
The council approved a slate of administrative resolutions (R2025‑205 through R2025‑216) covering grant and capital balance adjustments, transfers in the current and sewer utility budgets, scheduling for 2026 meetings, a sanitary sewer extension agreement, an interlocal agreement with the Board of Education for solid‑waste and recycling collection, tax refunds and escrow releases, and payment of claims. During discussion the council debated Resolution R2025‑210, which sets the date for the 2026 reorganization meeting; some members said the Jan. 13 date may be late for boards and committees and explored moving it earlier.
The meeting recessed to executive session for an update on pending litigation and personnel matters.
