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West Milford adopts 2026 temporary budget and continues legal services for tax foreclosures; consent agenda and bill payments approved
Summary
Council adopted a temporary 2026 budget setting line-item temporary appropriations, authorized continuations of legal services for multiple tax-foreclosure lists and approved a consent agenda of routine tax and refund resolutions and payment of bills totaling approximately $627,911 (actual bills list) after refunds.
At its Jan. 7 meeting, the council adopted Resolution 2026-057 establishing the 2026 temporary budget under N.J.S.A. 40A:4-19. The minutes list departmental temporary appropriations (subtotal $9,389,561; total operating budget $9,925,499) and provide line-item allocations across municipal departments. The resolution extends temporary appropriations and sets the statutory 26.25% limit where applicable.
Council also approved a series of professional-services continuations with attorney Stuart B. Klepesch to represent the township in tax-foreclosure lists (Resolutions 2026-051, 2026-052, 2026-053) and a new contract for list #39B (Res. 2026-054), each noting remaining balances and expiration on completion of the list or Dec. 31, 2026. Each contract is non-fair-and-open professional services pursuant to applicable statutes and conditions include Business Entity Disclosure Certification.
The council passed a consent agenda (Res. 2026-059 through 2026-064) covering routine actions—tax reinstatements and cancellations, refund of lien redemptions, recreation fee refunds and overpayment refunds—with line items recorded in the minutes. Resolution 2026-065 approved payment of bills and supplemental disbursement checks; the minutes list a total actual bills list of $627,911.22 and total expenditures including payroll of $1,222,540.62.
The measures were adopted as recorded in the minutes; the meeting included no public comment on the budget or financial items.
