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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO PYRAMID REAL ESTATE FOR EXPERT WITNESS APPRAISAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERSECTION OF HAMBURG TURNPIKE AND ALPS ROAD PROJECT IN THE TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE, PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A:11-3
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WHEREAS, the County of Passaic (hereafter “County”) is a government body incorporated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:18-1, et seq. and vested with all rights contained therein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:20-1 the Board of County Commissioners for the County of Passaic (hereafter “Board”) are vested with decision making powers on behalf of the County; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-3(c), the Governor, in consultation with the Department of Treasury, shall, no later than March 1 of every fifth year beginning in the fifth year after the year in which P.L. 1999, c.440 takes effect, adjust the [bid] threshold amount, in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the index rate as the term is defined in section N.J.S.A. 40A:11-2, and shall round the adjustment to the nearest $1,000; and
WHEREAS, on July 15, 2025 the Board approved Resolution No. R-25-0618, setting the bid threshold at fifty-three thousand dollars ($53,000.00), in accordance with the law; and
WHEREAS, Mark Sussman of Pyramid Real Estate has submitted an invoice to the Office of County Counsel, which is being recommending for approval, for expert witness services as an appraiser with respect to a trial conducted associated with the Intersection of Hamburg Turnpike and Alps Road Project in the Township of Wayne in the amount of eleven thousand seventy dollars ($11,070.00); and
WHEREAS, Pyramid Real Estate has executed a Business Entity Disclosure Certification for Non-Fair and Open Contracts pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.8, stating that New Jersey Realty Advisory Group, LLC has not made and will not make any reportable contributions pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-1, et seq. that would bar award of this contract, which is attached hereto and made part of this resolution; and
WHEREAS, funds are available in Account No. C-04-55-182-002-906 or any other account that may be deemed appropriate by the Chief Financial Officer or his designee, and the availability of funds has been contingently certified by the Chief Financial Officer subject to sufficient funds being appropriated by the Board in the 2025 and/or subsequent years’ County budget(s), which is attached to and made part of this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, this matter was discussed at the December 10, 2025 meeting of the Public Works Committee, and is being recommended to the Board for approval; and
NOW, THEREFORE LET IT BE RESOLVED, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-3, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Passaic authorizes an award of contract to Pyramid Real Estate, in a total amount not to eleven thousand seventy dollars ($11,070.00) for expert witness services as an appraiser with respect to a trial conducted associated with the Intersection of Hamburg Turnpike and Alps Road Project in the Township of Wayne, as recommended by the County Counsel.
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, the Clerk to the Board shall print, in the official newspaper, a brief notice stating the nature, duration, service, and amount of the contract to the Pyramid Real Estate, and maintain a copy of the resolution on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Clerk to the Board.
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk to the Board, County Counsel, and the Director of the Board are authorized to take any other steps necessary to carry out the purpose of this resolution.
KJB December 29, 2025