Paid 98,805.28 for a fire department chemical detector

Resolution 521-25, adopted 10/21/2025, authorizes one MX908 Handheld Chemical Detection Meter for the Clifton Fire Department to enhance its on-scene identification and hazardous materials response capabilities, not to exceed 94,460.28, with funds certified in account 15-286-58-001-001. The Provisional Fire Chief's memo of 10/15/2025 describes a handheld mass spectrometer for identifying chemical warfare agents, explosives, narcotics and other hazardous substances, suited to HAZMAT scenes, crime investigations and security checkpoints. It adds that the device detects trace fentanyl. Safeware Inc sold it off Bergen County contract BC-BID-24-62, which the invoice lists as SWAT. Rebill invoice 30328451 is 94,460.28, the detector at 86,444.51, three operator training classes at 7,565.93, swabs at 240.33 and a vapor probe at 209.51. Check 908085 paid it on 02/04/2026. Check 908587 paid Safeware 4,345.00 more on 04/22/2026 for a Core Clear and Charge Station. No overdose program using the detector is documented. Field chemical detection equipment is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. Both payments fall in FY2026. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies the detector as a new harm reduction program at 94,460.28, the subject of its own finding. It counts the charge station inside its update to the 2024 program Opioid Response Team.