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Hackensack council adopts two ordinances in second reading; approves multi‑item consent agenda
Summary
At its Sept. 30 meeting the Hackensack City Council adopted two ordinances — one updating handicap parking and another revising retail food fees — and approved a consent agenda containing engineering contracts, grant acceptances and personnel-related resolutions.
Hackensack, N.J. — The Hackensack City Council on Sept. 30 adopted two ordinances on second and final reading and unanimously approved a consent agenda containing multiple contracts, grant-related actions and personnel items.
Ordinances adopted: The council adopted Ordinance 43‑2025, which amends Chapter 170 (Vehicles and Traffic) to remove and add a handicap parking space (Section 49.2). The council also adopted Ordinance 44‑2025, which amends Chapter 90 (Food and Drink) to update certain fees and regulations for retail food establishments. Both ordinances were published according to law, opened for public hearing with no public comments, and passed by voice vote.
Consent agenda: The council approved a consent agenda that the mayor described as routine and enacted in a single motion. The consent agenda included (by resolution numbers and descriptions as read into the record):
- Resolution 410‑25: Authorizing payment of bills. - Resolution 411‑25: Authorizing tax refunds for duplicate payments and state board judgments. - Resolution 412‑25: Awarding contract for engineering services for NJDOT-funded Spring Valley Avenue pedestrian safety projects. - Resolution 413‑25: Awarding engineering construction management services for the 2025 road resurfacing program (city-funded streets). - Resolution 414‑25: Awarding contracts for construction management services for NJDOT-funded pedestrian safety improvements (Spring Valley Avenue project). - Resolution 415‑25: Awarding engineering construction management services for the 2025 road resurfacing program (NJDOT-funded Kennedy Street project). - Resolution 416‑25: Authorizing submittal of award-extension request for LA 2024 (Spring Valley Avenue pedestrian safety and traffic calming improvements) to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. - Resolution 417‑25: Awarding contract for engineering construction management services for the 2025 road resurfacing program. - Resolution 419‑25: Correcting contract award in Resolution 404‑25 for Johnson Park LSRP engineering services. - Resolution 420‑25: Authorizing release of escrow funds for 61 Linden Street. - Resolution 421‑25: Awarding change order No. 1 to Suburban Engineering for Court Street and Anderson Street drainage work and CSO separation construction-phase services. - Resolution 422‑25: Authorizing acceptance of the New Jersey SFY Safe and Secure Communities grant. - Resolution 423‑25: Authorizing extension of leave of absence for Maddie Candela, Clerk 1, Police Department. - Resolution 424‑25: Approving appointment of school crossing guards for the 2025–2026 school year. - Resolution 425‑25: Authorizing disposal of surplus IT property on GovDeals. - Resolution 426‑25: Authorizing disposal of surplus police property on GovDeals. - Resolution 427‑25: Authorizing memorandum of understanding with Bergen County Department of Health Services for July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026. - Resolution 428‑25: Authorizing MOU for childhood lead exposure prevention with Bergen County Department of Health Services. - Resolution 429‑25: Authorizing appointment of a management coordinator. - Resolution 430‑25: Authorizing leave of absence without pay for Jabari Brown, sanitation worker. - Resolution 431‑25: Authorizing raffle licenses.
Each item was included in the minutes and the council approved the package by a single motion and voice vote; no member of the public spoke on the ordinances during the public hearings. The meeting transcript records the motions, seconds and voice votes but does not provide recorded roll-call tallies for each item in the public record excerpt.
What the record shows: The mayor opened public hearings for both ordinances, no members of the public spoke, and council members moved and seconded the motions to adopt. For the consent agenda the mayor read the item list aloud and the council approved it in a single motion. The council’s clerk recorded that the ordinances have “passed the second and final reading and is hereby adopted.”
