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Long Hill committee ratifies 2026 appointments, professional contracts, fee schedule and temporary budget
Summary
The Township Committee unanimously approved a package of 2026 resolutions including committee and board appointments, professional-service contracts, a 2026 fee schedule, and a temporary budget to carry operations until the final municipal budget is adopted.
At its Jan. 7 reorganization meeting, the Township Committee of Long Hill approved a broad package of administrative and operational resolutions to organize municipal government and operations for 2026.
The committee voted unanimously to adopt Resolutions 26-001 through 26-013 in a single motion moved by Committeeman Scott Lavender and seconded by Committeeman Victor T. Verlezza. Those measures included standing committee assignments, mayoral and township appointments to boards and commissions, and a set of professional-service appointments and contracts authorizing firms to provide legal, planning, auditing, engineering, public-defense, and related services for the calendar year.
Resolution 26-004 named several professional-service vendors for 2026, including Brown and Brown (risk management), Hawkins Delafield & Wood (municipal bond counsel), J. Caldwell & Associates (township planner), Van Cleef Engineering (engineering services), Nisivoccia (auditor), Phoenix Advisors (municipal advisor), and Pidgeon & Pidgeon (township attorney), among others. The resolution set contract terms through Dec. 31, 2026, required business-entity disclosure certifications and certificates of insurance, and directed publication of contract notices in the official newspaper as required by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(I) as noted in the text of the resolution.
The committee also approved the consent agenda (Resolutions 26-014 through 26-039) by a single roll-call vote; these items set the 2026 meeting calendar, adopted a holiday schedule, designated official newspapers for legal notice, established fees (Resolution 26-022) for parking permits, licenses and municipal services, authorized electronic tax-sale participation (26-025), and adopted administrative plans including personnel, purchasing, cash management and stormwater plans. Resolution 26-032 established a 2026 temporary budget and listed line-item temporary appropriations to allow operations prior to final budget adoption.
Resolutions affecting emergency response and operations included naming the Local Emergency Planning Committee and Emergency Management Operations Center staff (26-005, 26-006), recognizing Stirling and Millington volunteer fire companies and the Long Hill First Aid Squad as official emergency-service responders (26-007), and approving a hazardous-material fee schedule (26-024) to recover costs for volunteer agencies when applicable.
All motions on the consent agenda passed by unanimous roll call. The meeting transcript contains detailed lists of appointees, vendor names and fee amounts; where the transcript contains inconsistent name text (for example, a resolution passage lists "Township Mayor James Marczewski" among LEPC entries, while the committee elected Guy Piserchia as mayor earlier in the meeting), this article notes the inconsistency and reports the actions that are clearly supported by the roll-call votes recorded at the meeting.
Following adoption of the resolutions, Mayor Piserchia opened the public-comment period; there were no speakers, and the committee adjourned at 6:42 p.m.
