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Mountainside council approves multiple contracts, personnel appointments and grant actions
Summary
At its July meeting, the Mountainside mayor and council approved a slate of routine resolutions — including a personnel appointment, public-works and sewer contracts, a vehicle purchase, and a body‑worn camera maintenance agreement — and authorized budget and refund actions. Council also approved bills and discussed emergency storm response.
The Borough of Mountainside mayor and council approved a series of routine municipal resolutions at their July meeting, including personnel appointments, public-works contracts and budget insertions.
The council appointed Mirell Diamond as a part‑time technical assistant to the construction code official at $36 per hour for up to 20 hours per week with a six‑month probationary period, approving Resolution 86‑2025 after a motion, second and roll‑call vote.
Council also approved a procurement resolution (Resolution 87‑2025) to purchase police body‑worn camera equipment under a New Jersey Division of Purchase and Property contract and awarded Axon Enterprises a maintenance contract. The resolution as read in the meeting recorded an annual maintenance cost of $21,366.93 for the next four years; the purchase amount as spoken in the transcript appears inconsistent with the maintenance figure and is noted in the meeting record.
The borough engineer recommended and the council approved the award of contract 2025‑1 for resurfacing (Friar Lane, Justin Place, Kings Court and Queens Lane) to Caffelli & Son General Contracting Inc. in the amount of $505,124.40, subject to borough‑attorney review and New Jersey Department of Transportation approval (Resolution 88‑2025). The council also approved a televised sewer inspection contract with Vortex Services for $109,022.80 (Resolution 89‑2025) and a granite‑block installation contract with Midwest Construction for $181,220.83 (Resolution 90‑2025), each pending attorney review.
The council authorized a modification to a cooperative agreement with Union County for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME and Emergency Shelter Grant activities for fiscal years 2025–2026 and approved a budget insertion of $2,800 for the Watts Foundation senior prom (Resolution 92‑2025). It also approved refunds totaling $175 for recreation program registrations, authorized the purchase of a 2026 Ford pickup under cooperative pricing at a price listed as $64,403, and approved hiring seasonal pool and lifeguard staff at $16–$17 per hour.
A refund of $29,375 to M & M Construction Company was authorized to return construction‑code fees that the borough concluded were not required because Union County owns the Watchung Stables project site. Council also approved an off‑premise raffle application from the Mountainside Restoration Committee and authorized bills and claims for July 2025 totaling $602,739.18.
The meeting record shows each resolution was moved, seconded and adopted by roll‑call vote. Several votes recorded unanimous ‘yes’ tallies; one approval of the July 1 work‑session minutes included an abstention.
Council closed the meeting after brief council comments and an emergency‑response report from the chair.
