With a tie-breaking vote cast by Mayor Thomas Reynolds, municipal officials have established a solid waste utility that will handle the collection and disposal of garbage in Englishtown. During the Borough Council’s Feb. 23 meeting, an ordinance that creates a solid waste utility and establishes a method of the calculation and collection of service fees was adopted in a 4-3 vote. The solid waste utility is the first in Englishtown.
Council President Gregory Wojyn and council members Eric Mann and Cecilia Robilotti voted “yes” on a motion to adopt the ordinance. Councilmen Daniel Francisco, Dan Marter and William Lewis voted “no” on the motion, which created a 3-3 tie among the six council members.
Reynolds, who can only vote to break a tie, cast the deciding vote in favor of creating the solid waste utility. According to the ordinance, the solid waste utility will transact the collection and disposal of solid waste, as provided by law. Borough Attorney Joseph Youssouf explained that the solid waste utility is separate from the municipal government and will allow the borough to pay for garbage services with funds raised outside of the municipal budget.