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Linden City Council approves wide slate of traffic, parking, personnel and bond ordinances
Summary
The Linden City Council closed hearings and adopted multiple ordinances addressing salary schedules, emergency medical third‑party payments, parking regulations, street‑cleaning restrictions and more; the council also introduced additional bond and acquisition ordinances, including a $5 million property purchase. Vote results and key dollar amounts were recorded on the public record.
The Linden City Council adopted a block of ordinances on routine and contested items and introduced a second set of ordinances for later consideration.
Clerk read Ordinance 69‑49 (amending the city's salary classification and salary schedule). After no public comment, the council moved to close the public hearing and adopted the measure; the roll-call record shows a single abstention by Councilman Rivas and the motion carried.
The council then adopted Ordinance 69‑50 amending the third‑party payment plan for emergency medical services and Ordinance 69‑51 setting two‑hour parking on East Baltimore Avenue; both were moved, seconded and approved on roll‑call votes with no public speakers. Ordinances 69‑52 (parking by permit in designated areas), 69‑53 (designation of stop intersections under NJSA 39:4‑1.40), 69‑54 (residential overnight parking adjustments) and 69‑55 (parking prohibited for street‑cleaning and maintenance on specified streets and times) were likewise read, hearings closed with no public comment, and each was adopted by recorded roll‑call votes.
Council approved the consent agenda items 1 and 2 by a single motion.
Separately, the council introduced a sizeable set of ordinances for later hearings or further action. Notable introductions included: • Ordinance 69‑56 (repeal of sections to remove the construction board of appeals) — introduced; • Ordinance 69‑57 (amendment authorizing certain city officials, including the city clerk, police chief, fire chief and others, to be paid for holiday time in lieu of time off) — introduced; • Ordinance 69‑59 (authorizing acquisition by negotiation of property identified as Block 212, Lot 24.05, known in the discussion as “Amon Labs,” with a stated purchase price of $5,000,000) — introduced and motioned for introduction; • Ordinance 69‑60 (bond ordinance providing an appropriation of $5,500,000 for acquisition and authorizing the issuance of $5,225,000 in bonds or notes) — introduced; • Ordinance 69‑61 (bond appropriation of $660,000 for park court upgrades) and Ordinance 69‑62 (bonding for resurfacing streets, $1,540,000 appropriation) — introduced; • Ordinance 69‑69 and 69‑70 (amendments to the salary schedule for 2025/2026) — introduced.
One ordinance, 69‑71 (amendments to the Division of Personnel Services, administrative assistant), was moved, seconded and tabled for further review.
What happened next: the council set the introduced ordinances for further consideration and scheduled future hearings where required. Several of the introduced measures carry dollar amounts on the public record (purchase price $5,000,000 for Block 212, Lot 24.05; bond appropriation $5,500,000 in Ordinance 69‑60).
Votes and motions described above are taken from the public roll‑call recorded during the meeting.
