Council adopts ordinances, bond and grant resolutions; votes at a glance
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Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting the Newark Municipal Council approved multiple ordinances and resolutions, including street/paving requirements, property transfers, a tax-abatement amendment, a street vacation for a school site, contract extensions and emergency appropriations and bonds.
The Newark Municipal Council took votes on several agenda items during its Jan. 7 meeting. Major outcomes included adoption or advancement of multiple ordinances, contract awards and resolutions authorizing appropriations. Key recorded actions and outcomes are summarized below.
What the council approved
- Ordinance 6 (streets and sidewalks — milling and paving provisions): final passage (roll call recorded affirmative votes from members present).
- Traffic ordinances B and C (Treadwell/Treville Street changes to street-cleaning and parking rules): adopted after public hearing closed.
- Ordinance D: authorization/consent for transfer of property associated with the Eastside Community Center to Mantenna Global Care; deed restriction will preserve community-center use.
- Ordinance E: amendment to the original tax abatement for 50 Mount Prospect Gardens Urban Renewal LLC (North Ward) — adopted; council accepted documentation of site cleanup and schedule.
- Ordinance F: vacation of Dewey Street and Demarest Street between Hawthorne Avenue and Nye Avenue to allow site assembly for a new university high school — adopted following an explanation by the director of engineering.
- Seminar item 2a (private-sale redevelopment agreement for two-family homes): council amended the cost basis to $15 per square foot and adopted the motion as amended.
- Resolutions: Council adopted multiple temporary emergency appropriations and grant-acceptance items (Drive Sober grant; firefighters grant; TANF/SNAP funds; WIC supplemental nutrition funds) and extended the Central Avenue Bridge contract term.
- Fiscal actions: Council adopted temporary appropriations to pay the Department of Community Affairs and advanced a refunding bond ordinance for transitional aid; discussion noted the $30,000,000 bond plus $100,000 to cover cost of issuance.
Vote records and attendance
Roll-call votes repeatedly recorded the same set of voting members present and voting "Yes": Bay, Gonzales, Kelly, Quintana, Ramos, Scott Rountree and President Crump (Councilmember Silva was absent). Where roll calls were recorded in the transcript, the votes were unanimous among members present.
Administrative notes
Several items were advanced on first reading (e.g., a refunding bond ordinance) and will return for public hearing at a subsequent meeting. The clerk noted that Ordinance 6 FA (adopted on first reading) will be advertised and hold a public hearing on Jan. 21 or soon thereafter.
Sources: Clerk announcements and roll-call recordings in the Newark Municipal Council meeting transcript (Jan. 7, 2026).
