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Irvington council approves contracts, software purchase and appoints six police officers
Summary
At its March 24 meeting the Irvington council extended a site‑remediation contract for the Center Playground project, awarded a financial advisor contract, purchased public safety software, amended a land survey contract, accepted furniture donations and appointed six Special Law Enforcement II officers to Police Officer positions effective April 1, 2025.
The Irvington Municipal Council on March 24 approved a string of professional‑services awards, equipment purchases and personnel appointments.
An extension to the Pennoni Associates professional services contract was awarded for additional NJDEP‑required site investigation work on the Center Playground reconstruction project at a quoted price of $43,000; the minutes state the investigation costs will be charged to the NJDEP Urban Parks Grant for the park (grant amount in the minutes: $776,000). The council also approved a $9,485 amendment to Harbor Consultants’ land survey contract for the Irvington Outdoor Education Center in Readington to reflect recently discovered easements.
For administrative and public‑safety operations, the council authorized a purchase of proprietary PowerDMS software for the Public Safety Department for $20,223.39 under NJ procurement law permitting proprietary awards. A professional services contract for financial advisor services was awarded to Acacia Financial Group Inc. for an amount not to exceed $50,000 for one year starting March 25, 2025; initial funds of $2,500 were certified with the balance to be certified upon adoption of the 2024 budget.
In personnel actions, the council adopted a resolution appointing six employees from the Special Police Officer II title to Police Officer: Toneya Hemming‑Walters, Demonte Blount, Elson Gloss, Taron Gallishaw, Shazuel Perez and Raheem Holmes, effective April 1, 2025. The minutes reference recent state legislation (Bill S‑3220, P.L.2021, c.7) that permits certain entry‑level hiring exemptions. The council also accepted an office‑furniture donation from New Jersey Institute of Technology for the Information Technology Department and confirmed a mayoral appointment of Saphira Richardson to the Irvington Library Board of Trustees to fill an unexpired term through Dec. 31, 2025 (the minutes show one abstention on that confirmation vote: Vauss, Jr.).
Each resolution was adopted as routine business in the March 24 meeting; the minutes record the contract amounts and appointee names but do not provide full roll‑call tallies for every action.
