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Colts Neck committee approves $4.61 million in vouchers; most payments go to schools
Summary
The township committee approved $4,613,811.28 in vouchers by roll call, with roughly 94.4% directed to the Colts Neck Board of Education and the Freehold Regional High School District; votes included stated exceptions and at least one member abstention on a consent item.
The Colts Neck Township Committee on Jan. 28 approved $4,613,811.28 in vouchers, a monthly packet the finance chair said was dominated by school-related distributions.
Deputy Mayor and Finance Chair Rosetta reviewed the vouchers and said approximately 94.4% of the total — roughly $4.35 million — comprised two payments: to the Colts Neck Board of Education and to the Freehold Regional High School District ($1,131,548 noted for the regional high school). Rosetta provided examples of non-school expenditures in the remaining balance of about $237,778.97, listing phone and cable charges, electric costs and legal fees relating to affordable housing.
"As everyone knows, the municipality collects tax dollars as a clearing house and then disperses the money," Rosetta said when presenting the vouchers. He moved the voucher approval and the motion was seconded and approved by roll call.
Committee members registered routine exceptions: one member said they would vote no only on bills related to the township's affordable-housing attorney and yes on others; other members cited the usual exceptions for municipal court or fire-department items. Deputy Mayor Bazetta identified an abstention for resolution 2026-44 on the consent agenda prior to the vouchers roll call; that abstention was recorded during consent-agenda consideration.
Separately, the committee moved and approved the Jan. 14, 2026 executive-session and regular meeting minutes and adopted the consent agenda resolutions numbered 2026-42 through 2026-44.
The finance chair said the township will request more consistent invoice descriptions from the affordable-housing legal team: the attorney present said Tom Trotner, head of the affordable-housing team, has agreed to provide clearer billing names on future invoices.
Next steps: the committee did not direct additional budget action at this meeting; finance staff will post voucher records as required and the committee will review invoices as part of regular oversight.
