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Hopewell council approves school budget addition, city seal rules, CDBG reallocation and four housing permits; residents press for transparency
Summary
The council approved a $4.76 million supplemental appropriation for Hopewell Public Schools, adopted rules regulating use of the city seal, reallocated $31,202.27 in CDBG-CV funds for homeless services, and approved four conditional-use permits for housing and infill; multiple residents criticized council retreat spending and urged better constituent outreach.
Hopewell City Council on Feb. 24 handled a string of routine and consequential items, voting to amend the public-school budget, adopt an ordinance regulating the city seal, reallocate federal COVID-era CDBG funds to homeless services, approve four conditional-use permits (CUPs) for housing projects, and set details for the city manager search public forum.
School budget: The council approved a supplemental appropriation requested by Hopewell Public Schools to add $4,758,285 in additional state, federal and carryover funds to the FY26 budget. Janelle (speaker 10), who identified herself as director of finance for Hopewell Public Schools, told council the operating budget would increase by $3,220,711; additional grants included $310,000 for security equipment and mental-health services. The motion to approve the resolution passed on roll call (motion reported as passed 7 to 1 in the record).
City seal ordinance: Council adopted an ordinance to define and regulate official use of the city seal to prevent implied endorsement in advertising…
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