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Votes at a glance: Newark council adopts multiple appropriations, grants, contracts and zoning items on Feb. 5
Summary
At its Feb. 5 meeting the Newark Municipal Council adopted a package of ordinances, resolutions and temporary appropriations ranging from emergency grant acceptances and contract awards to advancing several tax‑abatement and redevelopment ordinances to first reading.
The Newark Municipal Council on Feb. 5 adopted a large bundle of items, including temporary emergency appropriations, grant acceptances, professional service contracts, redevelopment actions and several ordinances advanced to first reading. Most items passed by roll call with unanimous or near‑unanimous support.
Key outcomes included:
- Ordinances advanced/adopted on first reading: several tax‑abatement and financial‑agreement ordinances were advanced to first reading and scheduled for public hearing on Feb. 19 (items referenced in the meeting as communications 8a–8f). Those included proposals to grant abatement or financial agreements for developments across wards, and a $6,000,000 special emergency appropriation for a citywide property revaluation program (listed as…
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