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Pompton Lakes council revisits redevelopment process as PILOT agreement advances
Summary
Council introduced a financial‑agreement ordinance related to a PILOT for a redevelopment parcel and held an extended debate about the redevelopment agency’s role, the review process (Phoenix Advisors), and the risks of approving then denying projects. Council asked for time to review the final financial agreement before adoption.
The Pompton Lakes Borough Council on June 12 introduced an ordinance to authorize a payment‑in‑lieu‑of‑taxes (PILOT) financial agreement for a redevelopment parcel and spent much of the meeting debating how redevelopment projects should be reviewed and approved.
Councilmembers voted to introduce Ordinance 24‑30, described in the meeting packet as authorizing a financial agreement to permit payment in lieu of taxes with Associates Urban Renewal LLC for Block 7400, Lot 11. Administrator Michael (role title appears in the transcript as "Administrator") told the council the developer has not yet received a certificate of occupancy and therefore has not started PILOT payments; he said the PILOT paperwork had been drafted years earlier but the…
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