Linden council swears in members, elects Ralph Strano pro tem and adopts resolutions

The Linden City Council swore in re-elected and newly elected members and completed routine organizational business at a council meeting that also included adoption of 17 resolutions the meeting identified as "resolutions 20 24 1 through 20 24 17." The council elected Councilman Ralph Strano as council president pro tempore and formally administered his oath of office.

Councilwoman Lisa Ormond (First Ward) and Councilman Alfred Rodriguez (Ninth Ward) were sworn in during the meeting; the city clerk presented certificates of election and the council observed the oaths. Later in the agenda, Council members nominated and voted to install Ralph Strano as council president pro tempore; Strano accepted the nomination and was sworn in by the city clerk.

A motion to adopt "resolutions 20 24 1 through 20 24 17" was made and seconded; the council recorded affirmative votes and the resolutions were adopted as announced. The meeting transcript records members answering individually during the roll call on that motion, but does not provide a full numeric tally for each resolution in the audio record.

Other formal motions recorded in the meeting included closing the public-comment period and adjourning the meeting; both were moved, seconded and approved on recorded voice votes.

Direct quotes in this article come from council members and from the oath text read during the meeting. Where the transcript did not clearly identify a motion maker or provide a full tallied vote, the article states that the mover/second or vote tally was not specified in the transcript.