Northvale updates police fees for private-event and off-duty services

The Northvale council adopted an ordinance updating the police department’s fee schedule for services provided to private entities or individuals outside routine borough operations. Council President McMorrow moved adoption and Councilwoman Fernandez seconded; the ordinance passed on a roll-call vote with affirmative responses from council members.

The presiding official described the change as an administrative update, saying the ordinance adds "an administrative fee, 15% of the total fee charge" to the bills for those services and that the adjustment brings the borough in line with what other municipalities charge. The council received no extended public comment before taking the vote.

The council’s action updates fees that had not been revised for a long time, according to the presiding official, and directs the police and finance departments to implement the new schedule. No ordinance number or detailed fee schedule appears in the meeting transcript; the council moved forward with the adoption on the record and the change will be applied to future billing for off-duty or private-event police services.