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Riverside Committee approves budget transfers, awards contracts and authorizes road and public-safety items
Summary
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Riverside Township Committee approved multiple line-item budget transfers, adopted routine consent resolutions, awarded an animal control contract, authorized shared snow-removal services with Burlington County, and approved professional service budgets for NJDOT road projects and municipal engineering work.
The Riverside Township Committee on Jan. 27 approved a series of routine and fiscal measures including budget-appropriation transfers, several contracts and professional-service budgets while approving introduction of five ordinances on first reading.
Key financial actions: Resolutions 2025-#29 and 2025-#30 authorized retroactive transfers of line-item appropriations for the 2024 budget under N.J.S.A. 40A:4-58; each resolution included detailed transfer tables and certifications from the township CFO. The committee also adopted Resolution 2025-#31 allowing cancellation of tax overpayments or delinquencies less than $10, and Resolution 2025-#32 authorizing municipal liens for abatement costs on listed properties.
Contracts and appointments: The committee awarded a one-year animal-control contract to New Jersey Animal Control Services (Resolution 2025-#33) at $979 monthly with specified per-trip/hours emergency rates, and it appointed George Conard Jr. as Emergency Management Coordinator for a three-year term (Resolution 2025-#34). The committee authorized a shared-services agreement with Burlington County for snow removal for 2025—2027 (Resolution 2025-#35).
Engineering and road projects: Pennoni Associates was confirmed as the township engineer for 2025 and the committee approved professional-service budgets for NJDOT Municipal Aid projects: $63,000 for FY2024 Second Street/North Fairview/Polk work, and $84,000 for FY2025 Sylvan/Pavilion/Litle avenues (Resolution 2025-#41). The minutes include Pennoni's engineer's estimates and task-level fee breakdowns for those projects.
Operational items: The committee approved a handicapped on-street parking space at Jefferson Street (Resolution 2025-#39), and adopted a claimant-certification exemption policy limiting required signatures to refunds, advance payments, employee reimbursements, or sole-provider services (Resolution 2025-#36).
Votes at a glance: Multiple items were adopted by motion and recorded as "carried" in the minutes. Consent-agenda approvals and ordinances introduced on first reading were carried as recorded in the roll calls. Where abstentions were recorded, the minutes note them (for example, Mayor Haman abstained on one consent vote).
Why it matters: The transfers and contract awards keep township operations funded and maintain services such as animal control, emergency management and road engineering. The NJDOT professional-service budgets advance planned roadwork funded by municipal-aid grants; the snow-removal shared-service and the animal-control contract affect recurring service delivery and operating costs.
Provenance: The committee minutes contain the full check register, resolution texts, Pennoni proposals and certifications; these items are on file in the Township Clerk's office.
