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Washington council approves slate of appointments, temporary appropriations and cash‑management plan
Summary
At its Jan. 6 reorganization meeting the council approved multiple appointments (LEPC, public defender, municipal prosecutor, recycling coordinators), authorized processing certain statutory payments between meetings, adopted temporary 2026 appropriations for current, solid‑waste and sewer funds, and approved a 2026 cash‑management plan naming official depositories and permitted investments.
The Borough Council approved a series of routine but consequential administrative resolutions during the Jan. 6 reorganization meeting. Appointments included Brian S. Bond as Municipal Recycling Coordinator and Connie Dean as Deputy Recycling Coordinator (Res. 2026‑02 and 2026‑03); Rose Witt as Public Agency Compliance Officer (Res. 2026‑08); a slate of Local Emergency Planning Council members (Res. 2026‑09); Donald Farino as Borough Public Defender (Res. 2026‑15); and Norman Albert as Municipal Prosecutor (Res. 2026‑16).
On finance, the council adopted a resolution authorizing the CFO to process statutory and regular claims between meetings (Res. 2026‑10), approved temporary current fund appropriations of $2,408,567.97 (Res. 2026‑11), temporary solid waste appropriations of $149,000.00 (Res. 2026‑12) and temporary sewer appropriations of $517,950.00 (Res. 2026‑13). The council also adopted a 2026 cash management plan (Res. 2026‑14) that designates official depositories (TD Bank, PNC, Wells Fargo, Investors Savings, Provident, Peapack Gladstone Bank, Unity Bank) and authorized investment vehicles consistent with N.J. law.
