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Bayonne council adopts $13 million bond ordinance to fund lead service line replacements
Summary
The Bayonne Municipal Council on March 19 adopted a $13 million bond ordinance to finance a lead service line replacement project. Council members described the measure as a public‑health priority and voted unanimously to give final passage.
The Bayonne Municipal Council on March 19 adopted a bond ordinance appropriating $13,000,000 to finance a lead service line replacement project in the city. The measure cleared final passage after the required public hearing and recorded roll‑call votes in favor.
Why it matters: lead service lines pose health risks to drinking‑water consumers. The approved bond ordinance authorizes the city to issue bonds or notes to raise the project funds and begins the formal process needed to replace lead water service connections.
Council discussion: Council President LaPalouse described the ordinance as “very important to our city” and said it “moves the lead lines which are a hazard to people’s drinking water. It modernizes the town, and it tries to help people who would have ordinarily had a major cost to dig this up and to replace these lead lines with copper.” Several council members said they had received public inquiries about the project timeline and expressed support; no protest or opposition was filed during the public hearing.
Vote: The roll call on the resolution ordering final passage was recorded as Aye by Council Members Booker, Carroll, Perez, Weimer and LaPalouse.
Next steps: With final passage, staff will proceed with bond issuance and project procurement consistent with the ordinance and applicable state law; timelines for construction and individual service‑line replacement schedules will be provided in subsequent project notices and contract documents.
