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Council approves traffic-signal ordinances, taxi-insurance update and property acceptance by consent
Summary
The Woodbridge Township Council took several procedural votes by voice to adopt second‑reading ordinances approving newly installed traffic signals on Main Street/Route 9 ramps, a housekeeping amendment to taxi/limousine insurance rules, and acceptance of property from Middlesex County for the Omar Avenue extension; resolutions 1–29 also passed by consent.
The council approved a set of ordinances and resolutions by voice vote during its regular meeting. The clerk moved to take second‑reading ordinances a, b and c together—approving traffic signals at locations including Main Street, Vermele Avenue and Crosspoint tied to Route 9 ramps—and opened the public hearing. A resident asked why the signals already in use were being approved; Mayor John McCormick said the town and higher levels of government inspect and approve the installations before making them official.
After public comment, a motion and second were called to close the hearing and adopt ordinances a–c; the council voted "aye" and the ordinances were adopted and submitted to the mayor for approval as required by law. The clerk then introduced ordinance d, a housekeeping amendment to Chapter 10 (taxicabs and limousines) addressing insurance requirements. The council moved to take ordinance d on second and third reading; no public comment was recorded and the ordinance was adopted.
Ordinance e, authorizing the township to accept property from Middlesex County related to Rowley Avenue and the Omar Avenue extension, was described as adding land to support the Omar Avenue extension. Following a question from a resident about the parcel’s location and intended use, the council closed the hearing, adopted the ordinance and submitted it to the mayor.
The council also passed first-reading notices for ordinances f–i and approved resolutions 1–29 by consent. Most procedural motions were carried by voice vote; the meeting transcript records unanimous "aye" responses but does not report a roll‑call tally for individual members in the adoption motions.
Votes at a glance: ordinances a–c (traffic signals) — adopted (voice vote); ordinance d (taxicabs/limousines insurance) — adopted (voice vote); ordinance e (property acceptance — Omar Ave extension) — adopted (voice vote); resolutions 1–29 — approved by consent.
