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Old Tappan council adopts DPW salary and golf-course fee ordinances and approves consent agenda
Summary
At the Jan. 21 Sine Die meeting the Borough Council adopted ordinance 12-69-25 (DPW salary ordinance) and ordinance 12-70-25 (golf-course fees) on second and final readings, and approved a consent agenda of routine resolutions including bills and claims, budget reserve transfers, and interlocal inspection and mutual-aid agreements.
The Borough of Old Tappan on Jan. 21 adopted two ordinances on second and final reading and approved a consent agenda of routine municipal actions.
Ordinance 12-69-25 amends DPW salaries for 2025–2027 and was opened for public comment on second reading; no members of the public spoke and the council adopted the measure by roll call. The council likewise opened and adopted ordinance 12-70-25, which updates fees charged for use of the borough golf course, after no public comments were offered.
Under the consent agenda, council members approved grouped routine items without discussion: bills and claims; releases of bonds and escrow; authorization to transfer 2024 budget appropriation reserves; a refund for a 2025 property-tax overpayment; a 100% disabled veteran tax exemption; a firefighter appointment; an interlocal mutual-aid agreement with the Sparkhill Palisades Fire District; and an elevator subcode inspection-services contract with Municipal Inspection Corporation. The clerk conducted a roll call for the consent bundle and the items were adopted as a group.
Votes and procedural notes: each ordinance and the consent bundle were adopted by roll call. Council members spoke briefly to confirm procedure and, where required, a roll call listing recorded affirmative votes. Where ordinances were adopted on second reading, the council also directed the borough clerk to publish notices of adoption as required by law.
What this means: the DPW salary ordinance sets personnel compensation for the department for the coming contract years; the golf-course ordinance updates user fees. The consent agenda bundles routine fiscal and administrative matters that do not require separate debate; individual items may be pulled from consent for later discussion if a council member requests it.
Next procedural steps: the clerk will publish notices of adoption for the ordinances and implement any administrative actions in the consent resolutions.
Speakers on record for the votes included the acting mayor and the clerk, with council members indicating affirmative votes during roll call.
