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Council sets July 1 hearings for introduced ordinances, advances routine business including clothing‑bin regulation
Summary
At its June 17 meeting the Passaic City Council voted to advance a slate of ordinances to second reading July 1, including new rules for clothing collection bins, residential parking permits and revisions to carnival inspection fees; routine minutes and resolutions were also approved by roll call.
The Passaic City Council on June 17 voted unanimously in roll call votes to advance multiple ordinances to second and final reading on July 1 and to approve routine minutes and resolutions.
The council approved the minutes of Feb. 20, 2025, and took roll‑call votes to accept consent‑calendar communications and resolutions. Council members recorded “yes” votes during the roll calls that followed motions to approve the listed items.
On ordinances, the council voted to schedule second and final readings July 1 for proposals including: - A proposed amendment to the city code (chapter 295) to relocate a bus stop on Broadway (ordinance No. 48). - A proposed residential parking permit ordinance (chapter 295, Part 10; ordinance No. 49). - An ordinance amending restricted parking for disabled persons by New Jersey license plate number (ordinance No. 50). - A proposed ordinance adjusting the mayor’s salary (proposed by the council president; ordinance No. 51). - A proposed revision to chapter 99 to change fire inspection and propane generator device fees for carnivals, bazaars and fairs (ordinance No. 52). - A proposed ordinance regulating clothing donation bins in chapter 102 (ordinance No. 53).
Mayor Hector C. Laura described the clothing‑bin proposal as an effort to reduce litter and unsafe dumping around donation containers. The mayor said the ordinance would require operators to obtain a license at city hall, maintain bins so donations are removed or contained within 48 hours, and allow the city to revoke licenses or require removal for noncompliance. “What this ordinance will do is require those who set up these bins…to maintain that, reasonably within 48 hours of a donation,” the mayor said, adding that unlicensed bins had become a nuisance in some locations.
Council members asked that items 46 and 47 among the resolutions be voted on separately; otherwise the consent slate moved by motion and recorded by roll call. The motions to advance ordinances and accept resolutions passed on council vote; each item will return on July 1 for second reading, final debate and final vote.
No ordinance was adopted at the June 17 meeting; votes recorded at this session schedule the items for the next meeting and confirm routine minutes and resolutions.
