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Madison council adopts package of ordinances, including funding for respirator masks, security upgrades and an electric senior shuttle van
Summary
The Borough of Madison adopted a slate of ordinances on second reading, approving capital appropriations for respirator-mask replacements, security cameras and controls, and a $200,000 appropriation for a new electric senior shuttle van, among other vehicle and infrastructure purchases; the consent agenda and vouchers were also approved.
The Borough of Madison council adopted multiple ordinances on second reading during its July meeting, approving capital appropriations and equipment purchases spanning public-safety supplies, infrastructure improvements and an electric vehicle for senior transportation.
Mayor Conley opened each hearing, sought public comment and closed the hearings after no speakers came forward. Ordinance 26-2025 appropriated $14,548.26 from the General Capital Improvement Fund to purchase full-face respirator-mask replacements; Ordinance 27-2025 authorized $40,000 from the same fund for access controls, cameras and other security enhancements; and Ordinance 28-2025 appropriated $200,000 to purchase a new electric vehicle senior shuttle van.
Council President Rachel Ehrlich praised the senior-van purchase, saying, “This is an exciting purchase, and I think it will be really comfortable, be a lot less polluting than our current van.” The mayor cautioned that delivery times are long — council members were told the van would not arrive for at least 12 months.
Other adopted ordinances included appropriations for a new electric utility truck, signalization improvements, dump trucks and a Mason dump truck for public works, radios for the public-works department, an amendment to the borough’s water rates and service fees, revised public-assembly fees, and a $1.5 million appropriation for renovations and restoration of the East Wing of the Hartley Dodge Memorial.
Each ordinance was opened for public hearing, received no public comment, moved by a council member and passed on roll-call votes. Council recorded affirmative roll calls for each measure during the meeting.
The council also enacted a consent agenda that included appointments (for example, appointing Melissa Evers as confidential office assistant effective Aug. 25 at an annual salary of $48,000 and appointing Rachel Curie as a part-time office assistant), interlocal agreements (continuing construction-code services with Chatham through December 2029), contract awards (electric line-clearance services, crack sealing, paving and other cooperative-bid work), and routine licensing and permit approvals.
Finance staff presented voucher totals for the meeting: $5,250,608.26 from the current fund; $97,278.72 from the general capital fund; $1,190,389.54 from the electric operating fund; $186,524.60 from the electric capital fund; $72,297.94 from the water operating fund; and $50,972.12 from trust funds — a combined total of $6,848,071.18, which council approved by roll call.
The ordinances are to be published and filed according to law and will take effect as specified by ordinance procedures or statute.
