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Lacey Township committee approves first readings, resolutions, hire and grant insertion at May 7 caucus
Summary
At its May 7 caucus meeting, the Lacey Township Committee approved first readings of ordinances selling a municipal lot to an adjoining owner, vacating paper streets, and expanding peddling rules, and adopted resolutions including a recycling grant insertion and a hire for the Department of Public Works.
The Lacey Township Committee conducted routine legislative business at its May 7 caucus meeting, approving first readings of ordinances and adopting multiple resolutions and appointments.
The committee approved the first reading of Ordinance 2025-09 authorizing the sale of Block 1869 Lot 13 to adjoining owners Allen and Carrie Baker for $3,800, citing authority under NJSA 40A:12-13b and NJSA 40A:12-13.0.2 as noted in the ordinance text. The committee also approved the first reading of Ordinance 2025-10 to vacate portions of Arthur Street and Bayonne Avenue (paper streets) and Ordinance 2025-11 to amend chapter 269 (peddling and soliciting) to include a fingerprinting requirement for vendors.
On resolutions, the committee approved: Resolution 2025-172 calling for the restoration of energy tax receipts to municipalities; Resolution 2025-173 appointing Joanne Priest to the Municipal Alliance Committee; Resolution 2025-174 authorizing the employment of Evan Cypress as a full-time mechanic for the Department of Public Works; Resolution 2025-175 inserting a special item of revenue and appropriation in the 2025 municipal budget for the New Jersey recycling tonnage grant in the amount of $50,154.51 (pursuant to NJSA 48:4-87); Resolution 2025-176 authorizing the tax collector to prepare and mail estimated tax bills; and resolutions authorizing refunds and the payment of township bills.
The committee authorized payment of township bills totaling $9,509,710.45 during the meeting. Roll-call responses for the ordinances and resolutions were recorded as affirmative in the transcript for committee members present; one abstention was recorded on the bills payment item (member identified in the record as abstaining).
Committee members characterized these items as routine municipal governance steps. No substantive debate or amendments to the items were recorded during the caucus meeting.
