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Board adopts routine 2026 administrative appointments, contracts and temporary budgets
Summary
The Board approved many organization-year items including appointments (auditor, architect), reappointments, authorization of petty cash and bank depositories, and adoption of 2026 temporary capital and county budgets. The total 2026 temporary county budget noted was $155,094,315.
During the Jan. 7, 2026 organization meeting the Ocean County Board adopted a slate of organizational and administrative resolutions typical of a reorganization session. The Board appointed Jerry W. Conaty, CPA, RMA, PSA (Holman Frenia Allison, P.C.) as County Auditor under contract QP2026-01 (amount not to exceed $320,880) and Massimo F. Yezzi, Jr. (Yezzi Associates, LLC) as County Architect under QP2026-02 (costs not to exceed $1,250,000). The Clerk read multiple appointments, including planning-board liaisons and school-estimate board members.
The Board also adopted a series of fiscal authorizations: designation of depositories, re-establishment of petty cash funds, authorization of the County Chief Financial Officer to invest available funds for 2026, and re-authorization of the County Purchasing Agent. The meeting included adoption of the 2026 Temporary Capital Budget and the 2026 Temporary County Budget; the transcript lists a temporary budget total of $155,094,315 and a master vouchers payment totaling $3,493,235.03. All recorded votes on these consent and routine resolutions were approved by roll call.
