Township Council Meeting — Packet

215-26 August 4, 2026 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Health (the “NJDOH”) advertised for a grant funding opportunity for the Local Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) Program 2027 (the “PHIG Grant”); and WHEREAS, the PHIG Grant offers funding for local health departments to boost their respective public health infrastructure; and WHEREAS, on July 1, 2026 the Township of West Orange Health Department (the “Township”) was awarded the Local Public Health Infrastructure Grant; and WHEREAS, the Township seeks to utilize a portion of the funds from the PHIG Grant to hire a Licensed, Registered Environmental Health Specialist (a “REHS”) to perform inspections for the West Orange Health Department, including inspections of restaurants, retail food establishments, camps, pools, and massage parlors and to otherwise address complaint of non- compliance with various health requirements for the period August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027; and WHEREAS, the Township seeks to enter into contract with the Essex Regional Health Commission (the “ERHC”) utilizing funds awarded via the PHIG Grant to provide a REHS, substantially similar, and subject to Township Attorney approval, to the Professional Services Agreement annexed hereto as Exhibit “A” (the “Agreement”) for the period August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027, at a price not to exceed $26,400.00. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, that the Township be and is hereby authorized to retain the ERHC to provide a REHS to perform the services set forth in a substantially similar