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Council approves ad hoc oversight, backs independent assessment of Trenton Water Works; authority proposal fails
Summary
After weeks of public scrutiny and legal pressure from the state, the council approved forming a council‑led ad hoc oversight group and a comprehensive independent assessment of Trenton Water Works, but a resolution endorsing creation of a Trenton Water Utility Authority failed after amendment and roll call.
The Trenton City Council voted to create an ad hoc oversight body and to endorse a comprehensive independent assessment of Trenton Water Works (TWW) — while a related measure supporting creation of a Trenton Water Utility Authority failed in a recorded vote after amendments.
Council members debated three related resolutions. Resolution 25‑3‑84 (to create an ad hoc body to address TWW governance and oversight) passed on a roll call. Resolution 25‑3‑78, an endorsement for a comprehensive independent assessment covering asset values, bonding and debt capacity, financial and capital planning, operational capacity and legal impacts, also passed. Several council members and staff emphasized…
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