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Old Tappan council flags master-plan delays after planner retires; council to contact Burgess and consider RFP
Summary
Council members reported that the borough planner, John, retired recently and that master-plan revisions are behind schedule; the council asked staff to contact Burgess for next steps and discussed whether to issue an RFP for a new planner.
Council members expressed concern about slow progress on master-plan revisions after the planner, John, retired about three months earlier. Members said the planner had focused on affordable-housing work and that other master-plan items had not moved forward.
Several members suggested the borough contact Burgess (the current consultant firm) to clarify their plans for completing the master plan; one council liaison volunteered to call Burgess and report back at the January meeting. Members also discussed alternatives, including issuing a request for proposals for a new planner and possible interim assistance from planners mentioned by name in the transcript (Sean Moranski, now at Langan, and Darlene Green).
No formal action or vote on a contract change was recorded in the transcript. The council agreed to follow up in January to determine Burgess's intentions and whether to pursue an RFP or other contracting steps.
