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South River council approves first readings of four ordinances, adopts broad consent agenda including insurance fund switch
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the South River Borough Council gave first readings to four ordinances (vehicles and traffic; cannabis; fees; chapter 350 amendment) and adopted a consent agenda that included joining the Mid Jersey Municipal Joint Insurance Fund and multiple routine appointments and contracts.
South River Borough Council on Jan. 13 voted to pass four borough ordinances on their first reading and adopted a large consent agenda that bundled routine appointments, contracts and administrative items, including a resolution to join the Mid Jersey Municipal Joint Insurance Fund.
The council moved all four ordinances — Ordinance 2025-1 (amending Chapter 193, Vehicles and Traffic), Ordinance 2025-2 (amending Chapter 120, Cannabis), Ordinance 2025-3 (amending Chapter 155, Fees) and Ordinance 2025-4 (an amendment to Chapter 350) — on first reading by title only and scheduled a public hearing and second reading for 7 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2025 (by Zoom or in council chambers at the Criminal Justice Building). The clerk read the ordinance titles into the record, and Council President Sealy made the motions to pass each on first reading, with formal seconds recorded for each motion.
Why it matters: first-reading approval moves each ordinance into the statutory public-notice and hearing stage, where the council…
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