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Mountain Lakes council introduces budget cap‑bank ordinance, authorizes bill payments and records appointments
Summary
At its Jan. 26 meeting the Mountain Lakes Borough Council introduced two ordinances (26‑1 and 26‑2), approved consent agenda resolutions including R26‑64 to authorize bills payment (current payments $419,613.14) and approved two committee appointments; refunds for a few overpayments were authorized as R26‑65, R26‑66 and R26‑67.
The Borough Council of Mountain Lakes on Jan. 26 introduced Ordinance 26‑1 (an ordinance to exceed municipal budget appropriation limits and establish a cap bank) and Ordinance 26‑2 (authorizing conveyance of a portion of Borough property known as Block 23, Lot 15 to owners contiguous to the Sunset Lake dam). The minutes record the ordinances were introduced; the meeting packet lists mover/second marks but does not print a numeric roll‑call tally in the prose.
The council approved the consent agenda and several routine resolutions. Resolution R26‑64 authorized payment of the bills on file; the packet shows current payments of $419,613.14 and a bills list total (including prior disbursements) of $2,734,707.14. The council also authorized three small refunds recorded as R26‑65 (refund to Cortes & Hay Title Agency for $8,959.16), R26‑66 (utilities refund to Marla E. Leen for $25.88) and R26‑67 (tax refund to Susan Schioppa for $2,163.98).
Appointments approved in the consent agenda included Ron Schornstein as a member of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (term through Dec. 31, 2026) and Christine Belli as 2nd alternate to the Shade Tree Commission (term through Dec. 31, 2029). Minutes and departmental reports were filed as recorded in the packet. The meeting adjourned at 8:41 p.m.
What happens next: ordinances introduced will return for formal adoption on subsequent agendas per the borough’s ordinance process; the finance office will process the authorized payments and refunds per R26‑64 through R26‑67.
