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Lebanon committee adopts capital ordinance, approves grants, contracts and $1.31M bill list
Summary
The Township Committee adopted Ordinance No. 15-2024 authorizing $125,000 in capital improvements, approved multiple grant insertions (NJDOT, NJDEP, Somerset County) and awarded contracts for emergency lockers, trash disposal and a police vehicle; the committee also approved a $1,313,438.69 bill list.
The Lebanon Township Committee adopted a capital improvements ordinance and approved a series of budget insertions, vendor contracts and other financial actions at its Dec. 4 meeting.
Ordinance No. 15-2024, authorizing $125,000 for municipal improvements to be raised from the 2024 Capital Improvement Fund, passed after a public hearing with no public comments (motion by Committeeman Jay Wojcik; second by Committeeman Tom McKee). The committee also approved several grant insertions and appropriations: a $162,000 NJDOT FY2025 Municipal Aid award for Teetertown Road resurfacing; $50,504.25 from NJDOT for hollow-beam guard rail; a $34,977.51 NJDEP Clean Communities grant; $4,638.09 for NJDEP Recycling Tonnage; and multiple smaller Somerset County Drunk Driving Fund deposits totaling $10,640.00. Each insertion was adopted by resolution and the clerk and CFO were authorized to file required paperwork with the Division of Local Government Services.
On procurement actions the committee approved Resolution No.179-2024 to purchase 12 Hallowell emergency-response welded equipment lockers from Global Industrial (not to exceed $13,070.08). The township awarded a five-year trash disposal services contract to LMR Disposal LLC beginning Jan. 1, 2025, with total projected payments not to exceed $21,725.16 (Resolution No.192-2024). The committee also awarded Bid Contract #2024-01 to Whitmoyer Buick‑Chevrolet, Inc. for a 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe at $50,000 to be charged to the 2024 Capital Improvement Budget (Resolution No.193-2024).
The governing body approved a tax-overpayment refund of $2,067.89 to Ms. Melissa Cobb for property at 300 Dogwood Drive (Resolution No.191-2024) and unanimously approved the bill list totaling $1,313,438.69.
Committee members described vouchers above $1,000 before the vote. The mayor read correspondence from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture regarding gypsy moths. Several administrative items were also approved or discussed, including authorization for Finelli Consulting Engineers to complete surveys and plans for NJDOT grants (not to exceed $5,000 per year) and a $3,000 Edmunds purchase-requisition module request for the 2025 budget cycle. Millennium Strategies grant-writing services were discussed as a planned professional services agreement for 2025. The committee did not report any roll-call objections to these financial measures at the meeting and passed the measures by recorded unanimous votes where noted.
