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Hudson County withdraws Liberty Science lease ordinance, plans $76 million reintroduction after added funding
Summary
County officials say cost proposals for Liberty Science High School exceeded earlier estimates; the Improvement Authority expects a $10 million transfer from redevelopment escrow and the county voted to withdraw the previously advertised $73 million ordinance so a $76 million lease-purchase ordinance that includes a gym can be introduced and heard on Nov. 25.
Hudson County administrators told commissioners at the Nov. 12 caucus that the projected cost to build Liberty Science High School is substantially higher than the $50 million figure in the ordinance the Board had advertised for public hearing. County Administrator Abraham Antun said the Improvement Authority’s cost proposals came in at about $62.6 million without a gym and $66.6 million with a gym, and that the Liberty Science Foundation and the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency have agreed to provide an additional $10 million to close the gap.
“The ordinance that we presented to you assumed a cost of $50 million,” Antun told the Board, and he asked commissioners to…
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