Township Council Meeting — Packet

178-26 July 7, 2026 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE 2026 AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE AND RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL GLOBAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange (the “Township”) finds that it is in the public interest to seek the highest possible quality of care for residents with tuberculosis as well as residents at high risk for undiagnosed tuberculosis, at the lowest possible cost; and WHEREAS, the Township has the responsibility but not the capacity to provide tuberculosis health services for all of its residents; and WHEREAS, the Township has the authority to contract for tuberculosis health services when it does not have the capacity to do so itself under N.J.A.C. 8:52-1 et. seq., Public Health Practice Standards for Local Boards of Health in New Jersey; and WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(2), the Township as the authority to enter into an agreement with the State or agency thereof, without public advertising for bids; and WHEREAS, the Township finds it in the public interest to contract with the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute (the “University”) for comprehensive tuberculosis health services; and WHEREAS, the Township shall provide funding to the University in an amount not to exceed Eight Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Dollars and Eighty-Four Cents ($8,640.84) as payment for tuberculosis health services; and WHEREAS, in exchange for the funding not to exceed Eight Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Dollars and Eighty-Four Cents ($8,640.84), the University shall provide tuberculosis health services to Township residents including diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of tuberculosis and suspected tuberculosis cases; and