Council members introduced an ordinance to update the town's Special Improvement District boundary list and adopted a resolution introducing the 2025 budget for the Morristown Partnership Special Improvement District.

The measure to amend Schedule A of the SID ordinance was introduced at the meeting and will be considered further after a public hearing and presentation scheduled for July 10. Council also adopted Resolution R-90-2025 to introduce the SID budget for 2025; the resolution passed by recorded roll call votes from the council members present.

Councilman Pilipchuk, who said he had worked with the Morristown Partnership for the past 18 months, described the ordinance amendment as an administrative update to Schedule A that lists block-and-lot properties subject to the SID assessment. "Throughout the years as redevelopment, lots get consolidated, addresses change, they fall off that Schedule A," Pilipchuk said. "All this is doing is amending it so that every property that should be in it is now in it again. It's the first time in 30 years we're updating it." He added the ordinance adds a yearly trigger so the schedule does not go decades without review.

The council voted to introduce Ordinance O-26-2025 (amending and revising ordinance O-42-1993, which creates the Special Improvement District and designates the district management corporation). The introduction was seconded and carried on unanimous recorded votes: Councilman Foster (yes); Councilwoman Lindsay (yes); Councilman Pilipchuk (yes); Councilman Russo (yes); Councilman Silva (yes); Council President Umbriac (yes).

Council members also introduced two related pay/compensation ordinances (O-24-2025 and O-25-2025) by title; those ordinances were scheduled for further consideration after a public hearing on June 24. Ordinance O-23-2025 (an amendment to handicap parking on Clinton Street) was opened for public hearing and adopted at the meeting.

On the SID budget, the council adopted Resolution R-90-2025 to introduce the 2025 budget for the Morristown Partnership Special Improvement District. A council member offered to facilitate one-on-one briefings with Jen Waring of the Partnership for any council member seeking additional explanation of the budget; Waring and Partnership staff are scheduled to present at the July 10 meeting to coincide with the SID ordinance public hearing and consideration of budget adoption.

What the ordinance changes do not do at this stage is adopt final assessments or the district budget; those steps require the scheduled presentation and the public hearing. Council members characterized the current changes as corrective updates to match the district assessment list to current block-and-lot records and to add an annual review trigger.

Next steps: the council will receive a presentation from the Morristown Partnership on July 10, followed by a public hearing and consideration of adoption for the ordinance and the SID budget.