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Elmwood Park council approves 2026 slate of attorneys, engineers and board appointments
Summary
At its Jan. 2 reorganization meeting, the Elmwood Park council confirmed multiple 2026 appointments — borough attorney, bond counsel, auditor, municipal engineer, planner, prosecutor and numerous board members — and approved a lengthy consent agenda; most motions passed on roll call.
The Elmwood Park Borough Council approved a broad slate of municipal appointments and administrative resolutions at its Jan. 2 reorganization meeting, confirming legal, financial and professional consultants for 2026 and filling dozens of board and commission seats.
Key approvals included: Resolution R-03-26 to appoint borough attorneys (transcript: Appruzzi McDermott; Mastro Murphy; Arthur R. Tebow Jr.; Kyle Trent, Esqs.) for a one-year term not to exceed $60,000; R-04-26 to appoint Steven Rogot, Esq., as bond counsel not to exceed $15,000; R-05-26 to appoint the borough auditor (transcript: Vincent Bliss LLP) not to exceed $50,000; R-09-26 to appoint Alama Group as municipal engineer with a cap of $85,000; and R-10-26 to appoint T&M Associates as borough planner not to exceed $40,000. The council also confirmed Kelly M. Reyes, Esq., as borough prosecutor (R-06-26) and completed public defender appointments with a noted recusal.
Councilmember Francesco Fasolo announced he would vote no on the labor-attorney structure in R-11-26 (he said his vote stemmed from preferring different firms for distinct roles, not from concerns about the firm itself), but the labor attorney resolution carried. At least one recusal was recorded during the public defender appointment because an appointee also represents a local board of education.
A lengthy consent agenda (R-12-26 through R-39-26) covering administrative housekeeping (official newspapers, petty cash funds, temporary budget appropriations, and other operational items) was approved on roll call; the clerk recorded an individual no vote on one consent item but the overall consent motion carried.
The mayor and council then confirmed a long set of board and commission appointments (board of health, recreation advisory board, library board, rent-leveling board, cannabis board members, and others) by resolution. The meeting transcript lists each appointment and resolution number; all were accepted by roll call during the session.
Several motions included explicit cost caps; these are reflected in the resolution texts read on the record. Where a council member recused or voted no, those actions were recorded in the roll-call exchanges.
