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Newark council advances and adopts a broad package of ordinances, grants and tax abatements
Summary
The North Municipal Council advanced and adopted multiple first‑reading ordinances, budget insertions, grant acceptances and tax abatements on Nov. 25; several items were deferred for advertising or further review. Key votes included traffic restrictions, grant acceptances, a municipal CPACE opt‑in and multiple development approvals.
The North Municipal Council on Nov. 25 voted to advance and adopt a package of ordinances, resolutions and funding actions that officials said will fund city services, support affordable‑housing projects and approve grants.
The council adopted a first‑reading ordinance (6FA) amending milling and paving requirements and approved two traffic ordinances to adjust parking rules on Treadwell Street. The clerk told the chamber, “The ordinances adopted today on first reading will be advertised in accordance with law and a public hearing will be held at a regular meeting on December 17 or soon thereafter as practical in the council chamber.”
Council members also approved a group of budget insertions (7R1, items a–h) including funding for sickle‑cell medical care, HUD one‑year and five‑year consolidated‑plan actions, affordable‑housing programs, homelessness services, Ryan White HIV support services and community policing, and adopted external transfers (I–L) to ensure sufficient year‑end funding.
Separately, the council approved contract M to add vendors and trucks to boost street‑maintenance capacity, accepted grant funds for sustainable forestry (N) and homeless housing (O), and passed resolutions supporting cannabis cultivation and manufacturing license applications (P and Q).
On redevelopment and tax‑abatement matters, the council voted to advance tax abatement ordinances for several urban‑renewal projects (including a 30‑year abatement for Crown Village Urban Renewal Inc.) and approved specific construction and rehabilitation proposals for affordable‑housing units. Several redevelopment items were deferred after motions to defer; minutes show some abstentions recorded for individual roll calls.
The council also approved a loan and escrow agreement to fund additional filters at the Pequinec Water Treatment Plant and voted to opt into the Garden State CPACE program, a financing tool for commercial energy improvements.
What’s next: most first‑reading ordinances will be advertised and scheduled for public hearing (clerk’s announcement); deferred items will return for further consideration. The council’s roll‑call records in the transcript show individual yes/abstain votes for several items but do not include full roll‑call tables in a single agenda summary.
Votes referenced in this report were recorded on the meeting record; specific item labels and outcomes appear in the council’s minutes and the clerk’s roll‑call statements for Nov. 25.
