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Newark council advances lease for homeless housing, ratifies senior site lease and approves emergency appropriations and contracts
Summary
At its March 19 meeting the Newark Municipal Council adopted multiple ordinances, resolutions and contracts including emergency appropriations, a lease for senior services with Bethany Baptist Church, and advanced a first-reading lease for 169 Clinton to provide housing for people experiencing homelessness.
The Newark Municipal Council on March 19 took a series of routine and substantive votes: it approved temporary emergency appropriations, ratified a lease for senior services at Bethany Baptist Church, adopted multiple purchasing and professional-service contracts, confirmed bond sales, and advanced several ordinances on first reading including a lease intended to provide housing at 169 Clinton Street.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance 6 PSFA (housing rehabilitation): Adopted. Appropriates $6,000,000 for rehabilitation of units managed by the Newark Housing Authority (see separate story).
- Lease with Bethany Baptist Church (senior services): Adopted. The council ratified a lease to use space at Bethany Baptist Church as a senior site; administration said funding comes from the Recreation budget. Some public commenters asked whether the church, which is tax-exempt, should provide services without payment; the administration said the lease covers program space and operations.
- Temporary emergency…
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