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Key votes and outcomes (selected)

- Refunding bond ordinance (O1): Adopted. The ordinance provides for refunding all or a portion of the city's general obligation refunding bonds and school refunding bonds dated June 10, 2015, and appropriates a combined amount not to exceed $22,700,000 for that purpose. Roll call: Booker: Aye; Carroll: Aye; Perez: Aye; LaPalouse: Aye.

- Redevelopment plan adoption for 1012–1022 Avenue C (O2): Adopted after public hearing; roll call: Booker: Aye; Carroll: No; Perez: Aye; LaPalouse: Aye.

- Vacation of a portion of Avenue I (O3): Adopted after public hearing; unanimous recorded \"Aye\" votes from present members.

- Amendments to the revised general ordinances (property maintenance and traffic chapters, O4–O6 and others): Adopted or moved to final hearing as listed on the agenda with recorded aye votes.

- Introductions and hearings fixed (selected): The council introduced and fixed hearings for several redevelopment and financial-agreement ordinances to be heard in March, including items involving 111 Avenue F Partners Urban Renewal LLC (O11), 445–461 Avenue C Urban Renewal LLC (O12), Des Moines Residents Urban Renewal LLC (O13), and 26 North Avenue Urban Renewal LLC (O14). Several of those items were introduced with council members voting \"Aye\" and hearings set for March 19, 2025 at 6 p.m.

- Contracts and purchases (resolutions): Council approved multiple procurement items including a UPS emergency power backup contract with Safeware ($195,161.60, R1), a citywide camera project contract with LTW ($1,425,000, R2), a 100-foot rear-mount ladder truck from Spartan Motors ($1,429,868, R3), and a Spartan fire engine ($813,103, R4). The council also awarded emergency generator work for pump stations (R14, $999,375) and approved the procurement and installation of a large chiller for the municipal building waterfront installation (R13, $1,150,500 as recorded in the agenda).

- Licenses and administrative actions: The council approved a charitable clothing bins license to A & E Clothing Corporation for up to 10 bins (R12) and designated the Bergen Record and the Trenton Times as the city’s primary newspapers for notices beginning in March (R31). Council also adopted routine communications, officers’ reports and consent resolutions.

- Health and public-safety items: The council authorized an interlocal agreement with the Hudson Regional Health Commission to conduct elevated blood lead investigations (add-on; up to $17,500 for the term) and approved continued membership in the Regional Health Commission for 2025 ($25,944 assessment).

- Recognition: The council presented a citation and proclamation recognizing Joseph G. Nichols for more than 30 years of service; the body voted aye to adopt the citation and proclamation.

Several items were the subject of brief discussion (for example, council members asked planning staff to follow up on setback and site-plan questions for introduced redevelopment proposals). No final decisions on zoning exceptions, redevelopment financial-agreement terms or memoranda of understanding were reported beyond those items formally introduced or voted on during the meeting.

Votes were recorded orally for each item during roll call; a number of consent resolutions were adopted as a block after one item (CR4) was removed for question-and-answer.

Ending

The council adjourned to closed session after completing its agenda; multiple introduced ordinances were set for public hearings at March council meetings, and several procurement contracts and administrative agreements were approved for immediate implementation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","2025-0219 Bayonne City Council Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At its Feb. 19 meeting the Bayonne Municipal Council adopted a refunding bond ordinance, approved several ordinances and resolutions by roll call, and introduced additional redevelopment and zoning measures for March public hearings. The council also approved city contracts for emergency equipment and infrastructure.","taxTitle","Bayonne City, Hudson County, New Jersey","taxId",12589,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6659450,"Bayonne introduces $13 million bond ordinance to replace lead water service lines; public hearing set for March",194,2341000,2535000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2460435-830c34dcf626edce5e14a4c89e0c861a&start=2341&end=2535","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2460435-830c34dcf626edce5e14a4c89e0c861a/thumbnail_2341000.jpg","/articles/6659450/Bayonne-City/Hudson-County/New-Jersey/Bayonne-introduces-13-million-bond-ordinance-to-replace-lead-water-service-lines-public-hearing-set-for-March","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6659450-d4a374e633322414514a2d19cec44a48/orig.mp4?Expires=1771186703&Signature=BjtbqJ0gUwpAP-aGbGzyryjVbWL30omXwia-UWNdSTaBEOFlXLFO2zYuQtMcKkHOYnWD7w8decRDxxL3P~-H6z1WL0yH2PyH~gswEqO8jIavLbbpoY6TpKPcKJxVIV8WmIkqMLzh9DKutBW49s5QOZwIMMev47Wty1VHFEn38y7Y-r~8ve-cQBMu-JSyZVz0qb2bCrys~a~ULGyVr6eG9xIi4sqGIuDS-JiKlmurVTnQiM5gHCXUMVznGnkBRM-9nj0YD1mTj0pjQJkYJYyxO4-vlYR5Y5zZ6Vk1sNZMkCSsSI0cJXaVbAR6rKZzhHaRFVys15bxvHUZFtNVRzo7nw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Bayonne Municipal Council on Feb. 19 introduced a bond ordinance allocating up to $13,000,000 to finance a citywide program to replace lead water service lines and set a public hearing and final passage for a March council meeting.

City staff explained the program as part of a state mandate to remove lead lines from the distribution system and from service lines between mains and customer meters. According to staff remarks during the Feb. 19 meeting, the city has identified roughly 8,000 houses with lead at the meter connection; for about 10,000 service lines the city does not yet know whether lead exists between the curb and the main and will investigate those segments as part of the program.

A staff speaker asked the council to borrow funds via a loan from the New Jersey I-Bank Infrastructure Trust Fund; he said the loan could qualify for 50–80% forgiveness under the program's terms. \"This money will be a loan from the New Jersey I Bank Infrastructure Trust Fund. There's loan forgiveness between 50 80%.\" He told the council replacement work at individual homes could cost between $7,000 and $15,000 and would be done at no cost to eligible homeowners; the city will recover its debt service through a pass-through to utility rates.

At the introduction the council voted to schedule the public hearing and final passage at the March meeting: Councilmember Booker: Aye; Councilmember Carroll: Aye; Councilmember Perez: Aye; Councilmember LaPalouse: Aye. Councilmembers said they expected the program to be phased; staff said the full replacement timeline under the state mandate is eight years, though the speaker expressed hope the work could be completed sooner.

What the ordinance would do

- Appropriate up to $13,000,000 for an initial phase of a lead service line replacement program.
- Authorize issuance of notes/long-term borrowing and use of loan funds from the New Jersey I-Bank Infrastructure Trust Fund.
- Provide replacement at no direct cost to homeowners where lines qualify; costs estimated by staff at $7,000–$15,000 per service line replaced.

Quotes

\"This money will be a loan from the New Jersey I Bank Infrastructure Trust Fund. There's loan forgiveness between 50 80%. So we're saving money there,\" — staff speaker (identified in the meeting as \"Mr. Nichols\").

Ending

The council introduced the ordinance and set a public hearing for March; the final appropriation and any program details (timing, prioritization by neighborhood, homeowner eligibility rules) will be resolved at the March hearing and during subsequent administrative rulemaking and project planning.","Council introduced a $13 million bond ordinance to finance the first phase of a state-mandated program to replace lead water service lines; loan funds will come from the New Jersey I-Bank Infrastructure Trust Fund with partial loan forgiveness.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6659454,"Bayonne council adopts redevelopment plan for Uptown synagogue site after public pleas to preserve building",1252,252000,1504000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2460435-830c34dcf626edce5e14a4c89e0c861a&start=252&end=1504","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2460435-830c34dcf626edce5e14a4c89e0c861a/thumbnail_252000.jpg","/articles/6659454/Bayonne-City/Hudson-County/New-Jersey/Bayonne-council-adopts-redevelopment-plan-for-Uptown-synagogue-site-after-public-pleas-to-preserve-building","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6659454-0514f56f87acf7cb8d9680b44956b0f1/orig.mp4?Expires=1771186703&Signature=VTcXaWs6pTTf6MrDlvyB~kjfOK6dpAya0I0-2bAq4bLvNxG816hkSlyipQSAUPBSQnoe2YvxIsusRGnWo1AzholYeC80T-j1WacsOgXzLw4pOUeo3mYqD5ki26OK2t9oWmg8H62FcevEbfOeV1qjaoadTh0fgBNGtS~3JTaoCCY3nCGFS4~L8DDGplw0zLtF22vvVI11FRqfGgJRY5Hc-MpMVcIyVUofWBv0LNC4F~xTLVc8PbBkVx6Zv8lIiE-lv7ZR~WyC5j8RjK0bx7uL3-EHoiNGCosFd5~zijdIPDMksKPaDyLgbnH1bp87Fm1FE6SAKijfgCV8ZaPTTbNV7A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Bayonne Municipal Council on Feb. 19 adopted a redevelopment plan for property at 1012–1022 Avenue C (identified in the meeting materials as Block 6064, Lots 2 and 3), moving the application forward after a public hearing in which a longtime resident urged the city to preserve the building now referred to by speakers as the Uptown Synagogue.

The testimony that drew the most attention came from Renee Shero O'Leary, who said she grew up in Bayonne and described the building's role in the city's Jewish community. She told the council the original sanctuary was constructed in 1915 with a school built in 1928 and urged the council to consider options other than demolition, including adaptive reuse or at minimum a plaque to mark the site's history. \"I came from Manhattan today to ask you to honor this piece of rich history of Bayonne,\" O'Leary said during the public comment period.

The council president and other members acknowledged O'Leary's remarks and said the typical process for development of this sort runs through the planning board first; planning staff will forward recommendations to the council and the council retains final authority. Director Skillen (city staff) indicated a plaque or similar recognition could be included in the planning report or site plan review; the council president said he would look into possible historic signage or a street-name plaque but did not promise a specific outcome.

Councilmember Edward Carroll was the only member to vote against final passage. Carroll said he had asked the director to speak with him about this and other agenda items and had not been contacted in the intervening 30 days, and he said he could not in good conscience vote in favor. He also praised O'Leary's testimony: \"Miss O'Leary, you spoke so eloquently, and delivered your comments so well,\" Carroll said before announcing his \"no\" vote.

Other speakers during the public comment period urged preservation or suggested outreach to potential institutional buyers; Edward Grimes, representing a disability-rights group, suggested contacting an organization called Liquid Church as one possible alternative steward for the property.

The ordinance was introduced at the Jan. 22 meeting and returned for final passage after the Feb. 19 public hearing. Councilmember Booker moved the resolution giving the ordinance second reading and Councilmember Perez seconded. The roll call on final adoption was Booker: Aye; Carroll: No; Perez: Aye; LaPalouse: Aye. The ordinance passed.

What happens next: the matter will proceed through the usual planning and site-plan review steps; the council president and planning staff said they will explore ways to memorialize the synagogue on the street or in the planning report. No formal preservation designation was reported during the Feb. 19 meeting; the council president said the planning board would be the first stop for any historic-status request.

Quotes in context

\"I came from Manhattan today to ask you to honor this piece of rich history of Bayonne,\" — Renee Shero O'Leary, public commenter.

\"I vote no. I asked at the last meeting for our director to speak with me about this and several other items on the agenda. I wasn't contacted in 30 days, so I don't think I should vote for it in good conscience,\" — Councilmember Edward Carroll.

Ending

The redevelopment plan’s adoption clears the way for the property owner’s project to move to planning review; council members and staff said they would explore a possible plaque or other memorialization to record the synagogue’s history but made no binding commitment to preserve the building as part of the redevelopment. A public hearing and site-plan review are the next procedural steps.","The Bayonne Municipal Council voted Feb. 19 to adopt a redevelopment plan for property at 1012–1022 Avenue C after public testimony urging preservation of the historic Uptown Synagogue. A council member voted against final passage, citing lack of pre-meeting consultation with city staff.","actionData","errors"]

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