Union City agenda includes motions on hiring full-time police officer and retroactive code enforcement appointment

The Council of the Borough of Union City posted an agenda for its July 9, 2024, meeting at 6:00 P.M. at First Global Methodist Church that includes a motion to hire a full-time police officer and a retroactive motion to appoint a code enforcement officer. The agenda itself does not provide the names of candidates, the text of the motions, or any vote results.

The posted agenda also lists a presentation of a civil service certified list, which commonly provides eligibility lists for municipal hires, but the agenda does not specify which positions the list covers or who will present it. Because the agenda lists both a civil service presentation and a hiring motion, the council may use the certified list in its hiring discussion; the posted text does not confirm that connection.

The agenda includes routine procedural items — approval of the agenda and a motion to approve minutes — but does not indicate whether the hiring motion or the retroactive appointment have been acted on prior to the meeting or if they will be debated and voted on during the session. No mover/second or vote tallies are provided in the posted agenda.

The agenda also schedules an executive session "to discuss personnel with no action to be taken," suggesting personnel matters related to hiring could be discussed in closed session; the agenda does not identify which items might be moved to executive session.

Next steps: the posted agenda indicates these items will appear on the July 9 agenda, but the agenda text included in the posting does not specify outcomes, candidate names, or vote results.