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Helmetta council approves hires, reimbursements, bills list and temporary emergency appropriation
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting Helmetta Borough Council approved a consent agenda that included two staff appointments, a DPW wage increase, reimbursements to two homeowner associations, approval of the bills list ($84,927.66), and a $39,500 temporary emergency appropriation to cover early-2026 expenses.
Helmetta Borough Council approved a consent agenda on Feb. 18, 2026, that bundled routine and financial items: two personnel appointments, a one-time hourly wage increase for a DPW laborer, reimbursements to homeowner associations for contract services, the payment of the bills list, transfers between appropriation reserves, and a temporary emergency appropriation to cover early-year expenses.
Among the personnel actions, the council appointed Brandon Bandoy as a full-time Department of Public Works laborer at $21.00 per hour with an effective start date of Feb. 28, 2026, and approved the appointment of Jennifer O'Brien as an account clerk for the Utility and Tax Department, effective Feb. 9, 2026, at $25.00 per hour not to exceed 30 hours per week. The council also approved a wage increase for Department of Public Works laborer Chris Koenig to $23.00 per hour, effective March 1, 2026.
Financial actions approved in the consent agenda included:
- Bills list (Resolution 2026-61): total listed $84,927.66; council approved payment by roll call vote. - Reimbursement to Regency Walk Homeowners Association (Resolution 2026-66): $4,042.64 for 2025 street/trash and related services per statute. - Reimbursement to Heather Glen Condominium Association (Resolution 2026-68): $39,368.86 representing 2025 garbage and street-lighting reimbursements under Chapter 299, Public Law 1989, as amended. - Transfer of appropriation reserves (Resolution 2026-67): transfers between budget lines to cover 2025 bills carried into 2026 (amounts listed in the resolution). - Temporary Emergency Appropriation No. 1 (Resolution 2026-70): $39,500 to cover early-year operations in current, water and sewer utility funds.
Many of the reimbursements cite New Jersey statutory authority and existing borough agreements governing reimbursement to private communities for services (for example, N.J.S.A. 40:67-23.2 and Chapter 299, Public Law 1989). Council approved each item by roll call as part of the consent agenda (vote 5-0).
The appointments and wage adjustment are effective per the dates in the resolutions; reimbursement checks will be issued by the chief financial officer. The temporary appropriation provides funds for operating obligations pending the adoption of the borough’s regular 2026 budget.
