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Votes at a glance: Hackensack council adopts ordinances and routine measures on Aug. 11, 2025
Summary
The council approved multiple ordinances (including three rescissions of financial agreements and a lithium‑ion battery regulation), introduced two traffic ordinances for public hearing and adopted a consent agenda of routine resolutions including contract actions and releases.
The Hackensack City Council took the following recorded actions at its Aug. 11 meeting (outcomes listed):
Key ordinance adoptions - Ordinance 37‑2025 (Chapter 88, Fire Prevention — lithium‑ion batteries): adopted (Resolution 362‑25) — unanimous vote. (See separate coverage.) - Ordinance 38‑2025 (rescinding Ordinance 19‑2025 — RHR Hackensack financial agreement): adopted (Resolution 363‑25) — unanimous roll call. - Ordinance 39‑2025 (rescinding Ordinance 32‑2025 — S61 Urban Renewal financial agreement): adopted (Resolution 364‑25) — unanimous roll call. - Ordinance 40‑2025 (rescinding Ordinance 33‑2025 — Sapphire Urban Renewal financial agreement): adopted (Resolution 365‑25) — unanimous roll call.
Introductions (first reading; public hearings scheduled) - Ordinance 41‑2025 (amend Chapter 170 Vehicles & Traffic to add a new handicap parking space on Pine Street): introduced (Resolution 366‑25); final hearing set for Sept. 9, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - Ordinance 42‑2025 (amend Chapter 170 to clarify zones in which commercial vehicles can park): introduced (Resolution 367‑25); final hearing set for Sept. 9, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.
Contract actions and consent agenda - Resolution 368‑25: Termination for convenience of the contract with APS Contracting Inc. for the Johnson Park Sports Complex project; adjusted contract amount reported as $11,982,224.13 — adopted.
The council then adopted a routine consent agenda covering multiple administrative and capital items (Resolutions 369‑25 through 386‑25), including: payment of bills; tax refunds for State Board judgments; acceptance of an ANJEC grant; approval of two new fire hydrants at 95 Anderson Street (Res. 372‑25); application for a Clean Energy Program community energy planning grant (Res. 373‑25); personnel leave requests; appointment of municipal representatives to the Bergen County Community Development Regional Committee; release of performance and maintenance bonds and escrow funds for several development sites (including 41 Route 4 Chick‑fil‑A, 189‑191 Passaic Street, 77 Prospect); award of contract extensions for the 2025 summer food program and for solid waste disposal services (Convantia/Reworld Waste); a final change order for an emergency sanitary sewer repair; and purchase/upfitting of police vehicles on state contract.
How the votes were recorded Most final adoptions and the consent agenda were approved by voice vote or unanimous roll call; where the clerk called a roll, the record shows the five council members present voted in the affirmative (Deputy Mayor Toomey; Council members Clark Collins, Carroll and Diaz; Mayor Gaines).
What council members said Council members and the mayor repeatedly told residents they will continue outreach and analysis on redevelopment, finances and infrastructure impacts. Several council members emphasized the need for follow‑up from the City Attorney and City Manager on legal exposure and implementation steps following ordinance rescissions.
