242-25 Exhibit A - Settlement Agreement - WO_10-21-2025_FINAL.pdf

FINAL VERSION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of the Lh day of October, 2025 (the “Effective Date”) between Richard D. Trenk, Esq, (“Trenk”), Trenk Isabel Siddiqui & Shahdanian P.C. (“TISS”), Township of West Orange (the “Township”), and Township Council of Township of West Orange (the “Township Council”), and Mayor Susan B. McCartney the (“Mayor”). Trenk and TISS shall be referred to collectively as the “Trenk Parties.” The Township and the Council shall be referred to collectively as the “Township Parties”; WHEREAS, on July 24, 2023, the Mayor filed an action entitled In the Matier of West Orange with the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Docket No. ESX-L-4687-23 (the “Litigation”) by way of a Verified Complaint and an Order to Show Cause seeking 1) to declare Resolution 232-23 adopted by the Township Council on June 13, 2023, unlawful and adjudging it to be invalid and without any force or effect; 2) to declare that Richard D. Trenk, Esq. is and remains the Township Attorney for the Township of West Orange, entitled to perform all work necessary to that role, including the management of the Law Department, and being entitled to renumeration in accordance with the salary ordinance, Township Billing Guidelines, and his professional services contract for 2022; and 3) to compel the Township Council to adopt a resolution awarding Richard D. Trenk, Esq. a professional services contract for 2023 for the role of Township Attorney (“First OTSC”). The Mayor has been, and is, represented by Scott Salmon, Esq.; WHEREAS, the Township Council has been, and is, represented by Angelo J. Genova, Esq. of Genova Burns LLC; WHEREAS, the Trenk Parties have been represented by Christopher Gengaro, Esq.;