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North Haledon council approves consent agenda including retirements, contract awards and $4.5M bills list
Summary
Council adopted Consent Agenda CA#7-2026 approving buyback payouts for employees, multiple liquor license renewals, library remittances, school tax schedules, retirements, an intern appointment, contract awards for elevator work and architectural services and authorized payment of $4,496,183.73 in bills.
The Borough of North Haledon on June 17 approved a consent agenda (CA#7-2026) that bundled routine resolutions and administrative actions.
Key items approved on the consent agenda included: buyback payments for employees (Maureen Kurzynski: $6,167.79 for 80 hours sick; Todd Darby: $12,770.49 for 80 hours sick; Antoinette Muccio: $5,457.60 for 80 hours vacation); renewal of multiple plenary retail consumption and distribution liquor licenses for the 2026–2027 license year; library remittances of $54,853.83 (July and August 2026) and $54,853.84 (September 2026); schedules of regional and local school tax transfers to meet Manchester Regional High School and North Haledon Board of Education obligations (the local schedule lists a total of $13,830,300 including debt service); appointment of Patrick Cece as a Police Department intern retroactive to May 15, 2026; and acceptance of retirements: Sgt. Pete Dudas (terminal leave June 20, 2026 through Feb. 1, 2027), Det. Sgt. Colleen Carver (terminal leave Aug. 1, 2026 through Feb. 1, 2027) and DPW employee Christopher Waanders (terminal leave Aug. 1, 2026 through Feb. 23, 2027). The minutes use male pronouns in some retirement entries; the article uses neutral phrasing to avoid misgendering.
The council also authorized professional services and purchases under state contracts for work at 535 High Mountain Road, including architectural services to Thomas J. Mesuk (design services not to exceed $17,105) and elevator modernization equipment through Slade Industries with available funds certified by CFO Christopher Battaglia.
Finally, the council authorized payment of bills in the amount of $4,496,183.73. The consent agenda and associated resolutions were approved by roll call with all members present voting in the affirmative.
What to note: - The minutes include a printed schedule of local school tax payment dates where some listed payment dates show the year 2025; that appears to be a typographical error in the minutes. The council authorized the total amounts for the 2026–2027 school year but the published day/month/year entries in the minutes are inconsistent and therefore payment-date specifics are not stated here. - The appointment of Sgt. Dean Fusco as Deputy Records Custodian for Police Records cites compliance with the Open Public Records Act and Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2021-5 concerning stored body-worn camera recordings.
Next steps: routine implementation tasks include processing license renewals, encumbering funds for approved contracts, and effecting retirements and payroll buybacks per adopted resolutions.
