Spring Lake Heights council approves NJDOT grant applications, shared service agreement and extends tax payment grace period

At the July 21 meeting, the Spring Lake Heights Borough Council voted unanimously to approve a set of municipal resolutions and consent-agenda items covering grant applications, shared services, personnel appointments and billing lists.

On a single consent-agenda motion by Councilman William Graetz, seconded by John Casagrande, the council approved Resolutions R2025-140 through R2025-143 and added Resolutions R2025-149 and R2025-150 to the consent agenda. R2025-149 authorizes an extension of the grace period for third-quarter 2025 property taxes in response to a delay in mailing tax bills, which Councilman John Casagrande had noted earlier in the meeting.

Councilwoman Sara King moved, seconded by Councilman Christopher Willms, to approve R2025-144 and R2025-145, authorizing the submission of New Jersey Department of Transportation grant applications for improvements to Passaic Avenue and to Ocean Road East; both motions passed unanimously. The council also approved R2025-146, a shared-service agreement with Wall Township for assessment improvements to a parcel on Wall's tax map, and R2025-147 and R2025-148, which authorize payment of the itemized bills lists dated June 26 and July 18, 2025. All recorded votes on these items were Aye: Capristo, Casagrande, Degnan-Spang, Graetz, King, Willms, with no Nays or abstentions recorded for the listed resolutions.

The council's actions at the meeting included a personnel appointment to the Independent Fire Company No. 1 and the appointment of an assistant licensed water operator, both handled through the consent agenda. No grant amounts, contracts, or budget totals were specified on the record.

Next steps: staff will process the grant applications and execute the shared-service agreement as authorized; the borough clerk will reflect the extended tax-bill grace period in billing and notification procedures.