Union County previews affordable housing, grant-funded programs and nearly $3 million in budget modifications at agenda session

Union County commissioners at an agenda-setting session reviewed a package of proposed resolutions and budget adjustments that would advance an 8‑unit affordable housing project in Elizabeth, raise the county procurement bid threshold and accept roughly $2.98 million in grant funding for workforce, transportation and human services programs, officials said.

The board did not vote on those items at the agenda meeting; department directors presented the resolutions to be taken up at the board’s regular meeting, officials said. Chairwoman Leon opened the session and departmental directors summarized the items that will appear on the regular agenda.

The most detailed project discussed was an affordable-housing development on Rahway Avenue in Elizabeth. "That's a, an 8 unit affordable housing structure that will be constructed on Rahway Avenue in Elizabeth," Deputy County Manager Amy Wagner said, adding that six or seven of the units will be funded through HOME Investment Partnership funds administered by the County of Union and that the eighth unit will be funded by the City of Elizabeth.

Economic development staff also described an administrative reallocation tied to a previously announced $7,000,000 award. Wagner said the award amount itself is unchanged but that administrative funds were moved into project costs; she described the change as a paperwork correction rather than a…