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Brielle council approves consent agenda, bill payments and multiple professional contracts
Summary
At its Jan. 5 meeting the Brielle council approved the consent agenda, authorized payment of $587,783.43 in bills, accepted towing rates, renewed library and school custodial agreements, and adopted resolutions awarding professional contracts including a municipal-attorney contract estimated at $150,000.
The Brielle Mayor and Council on Jan. 5 approved routine consent-agenda items and a slate of professional contracts.
Council approved the consent agenda (Resolution 26-23) covering items such as renewal of the agreement with the Brielle Library Association for library services; retention of BRB Valuation for tax-appeal services as needed; authorization for the municipal clerk to issue 2026 non-statutory licenses and food-handler permits; and renewal of a shared custodial-services agreement with Brielle Elementary School. The chief of police’s towing-rate recommendation adopting prevailing rates from Frank’s Towing, All Time Towing and Point Pleasant Towing was also accepted. The council approved a refund of an $800 road deposit for 613 Rankin Road (Councilmember Shaak abstained on that item).
The council also approved payment of bills (Resolution 26-25) authorizing payment of $587,783.43 as listed on the bill list.
Separately, the council adopted multiple resolutions to retain professional services under the Local Public Contracts Law’s professional-service and non-fair-and-open procurement rules. Resolutions authorized retaining Nicholas C. Montenegro of Montenegro, Thompson, Montenegro & Genz as municipal attorney (estimated annual value $150,000); Alan P. Hilla, Jr. of H2M Water as municipal engineer (estimated $70,000); John R. Swisher as auditor (estimated $40,000); and Dilworth Paxson, LLP as bond counsel (estimated $10,000). The council also approved retention of a labor attorney, municipal prosecutor and public defender; contract values for those engagements were recorded consistent with the non-fair-and-open determinations described in the resolutions.
All resolutions directed the clerk to publish notices as required by state law.
