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Lebanon committee approves budget insertions, capital purchases and grant applications; bill list totals $3.34M
Summary
At its Aug. 20 meeting Lebanon’s committee approved multiple budget insertions from Somerset County, increased local bid thresholds, extended a tax-payment grace period, awarded contracts for municipal and school equipment, authorized a $100,000 park grant application match, and adopted a bill list totaling $3,338,163.19.
Lebanon Township’s governing body approved a broad set of resolutions and contract awards on Aug. 20 covering budget updates, capital purchases, public‑works contracts and grant applications.
Finance and budget items: Resolutions 120–125 inserted County of Somerset funds totaling small awards ($700–$2,800) into the 2025 budget for Distracted Driver and DWI enforcement programs and Safe Passage enforcement. Resolution 126 raised the local public bid threshold to $53,000 and the quote threshold to $7,950 effective July 1, 2025, pursuant to state adjustments. Resolution 127 extended the third‑quarter tax grace period to Aug. 29, 2025, after a delayed certified tax rate mailing.
Contracts and procurement: The committee awarded an administration services contract for police extra‑duty details to Hart Halsey LLC dba Extra Duty Solutions (Res.131). A 'non‑fair and open' purchase for a mobile message sign board was awarded to Certified Speedometer Service, Inc. ($19,500; Res.132). Bergen Exteriors received the pavilion roof replacement contract for Memorial Park ($46,550; Res.133). General Highway Products was awarded RTC Connect hardware for four school beacons ($14,040; Res.134). Monmouth Telecom was selected for hosted VOIP services at $355/month (Res.135). Cooperative‑purchase vehicle acquisitions were approved (2025 Chevrolet Tahoe and 2025 Ford Police Interceptor) and East Coast Emergency Lighting was authorized to outfit each vehicle (Res.136–139). Eastern Datacom was awarded security‑system installation for the Municipal Building and Police Department ($94,282.98; Res.140). The Township also authorized participation in the Hunterdon County cooperative rock‑salt program at $65.81/ton (Res.141).
Grants and capital projects: Res.147 authorized submission of a $100,000 matching grant application to the Hunterdon County Open Space, Farmland & Historic Preservation Trust Fund for Memorial Park guardrail renovations, with a 25% township cash match committed. Res.148 authorized solicitation of bids for Memorial Park volleyball court improvements.
Tax and cash management: A series of refunds and redemptions were approved by unanimous vote, including a $164.55 refund resulting from a tax‑sale computer error (Res.142), a $4,224.28 overpayment refund (Res.143), redemption payment of $64,840.27 to a lienholder (Res.144), a $2,259.49 duplicate payment refund (Res.145), and the rescission of an earlier refund resolution to instead credit the 3rd quarter (Res.146). The committee adopted the bill list for Aug. 20 totaling $3,338,163.19 (Res.149).
New business items included authorizing the mayor to sign a carrier authorization letter for an American Tower/AT&T equipment swap and approving a Fire Department coin toss fundraiser scheduled for Sept. 6, 2025. The meeting moved into executive session for labor, real‑property and litigation matters before reconvening and adjourning.
Provenance: Details of contractors, amounts and motions are recorded in the resolutions read and adopted at the meeting.
