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Votes at a glance: Cranford committee adopts ordinances, approves consent resolutions and routine business
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Township Committee adopted two ordinances (truck restriction/right-on-red and expanded meter time), approved a set of consent resolutions (Nos. 2025-131 through 2025-139 including the recreation-plan contract), approved minutes and authorized payment of bills by roll call.
The Township Committee of the Township of Cranford on Feb. 18 recorded several formal actions by roll call, including adoption of two ordinances, approval of a package of consent resolutions and routine municipal business.
Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript:
- Ordinance 2025-01 (amending Article 8, section 410-59 to prohibit right-on-red turns from westbound South Avenue during weekday peak hours, 7 a.m.–9 a.m. and 2 p.m.–4 p.m.) was adopted by roll call (Commissioner Black — Yes; Commissioner Andrews — Yes; Commissioner Miller Prunty — Yes; Deputy Mayor Gallo — Yes; Mayor Curran — Yes). The ordinance had been the subject of a brief explanation before the public hearing and no public comments were offered during the hearing.
- Ordinance 2025-02 (amending Chapter 410 Article 5 to revise parking meter/pay-station maximum time from 1.5 hours to 3 hours) was adopted by roll call with the same affirmative votes.
- Consent agenda: Resolutions 2025-131 through 2025-139 (items numbered in the agenda) were approved as a block by roll call (all recorded as Yes). Among those was resolution 2025-136 to authorize the five-month, $30,000 contract to update the township’s open-space and recreation element; the planner engagement was discussed in public comment and in regular business prior to the consent vote.
- Minutes: The committee approved minutes for the workshop meeting of Jan. 28, conference meeting of Feb. 4, and official meetings of Jan. 28 and Feb. 4 by roll call vote (all Yes as recorded).
- Payment of bills: A motion to approve payment of bills passed by roll call (all Yes as recorded).
Roll-call votes throughout the meeting were recorded in the transcript with the five committee members consistently listed in the same order: Commissioner Black; Commissioner Andrews; Commissioner Miller Prunty; Deputy Mayor Gallo; and Mayor Curran.
Legal notice: The transcript includes the meeting’s opening compliance statement with the Open Public Meetings Act and references to legal advertising dates for the ordinances (publication of legal ads on Jan. 30 and adoption notice to be published Feb. 27).
