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Votes at a glance: Council passes procurement, licenses, and appropriations on April 14
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Summary
At its April 14 meeting, Paterson Municipal Council approved multiple resolutions including vehicle purchases, contracts for paints and public defense, emergency temporary appropriations, and several taxi registrations and transfers. Key votes on sewer repairs and lead remediation contracts were also approved.
Paterson Municipal Council completed a packed agenda on April 14 with a series of routine and substantive votes. Highlights included:
- Item 52 (Resolution to purchase 3 Ford Police Interceptor AWD vehicles from All American Ford) — Passed (mover: Council Vice President Davila). The amount was not to exceed $140,726.20.
- Consent agenda (items 2–31) and Ordinance 1 (commercial loading zone on Oak Street) — Passed; Ordinance 1 passed in the roll call recorded by the clerk.
- Item 32 (award to Riccardi Bros. for paints and supplies through Morris County co-op, not to exceed $65,000) — Passed.
- Item 33 (award for municipal public defender services, RFP 2026-19, not to exceed $80,000 for one year) — Passed.
- Item 35 (calendar year 2026 emergency temporary appropriations for April–May 2026) — Passed with some dissent; Councilman Jackson voted no, citing concern about budget timing and lack of numbers in front of the council.
- Item 36 (MOU with Paterson Public Schools regarding school facilities as emergency shelters, Resolution 26-190) — Passed with recorded recusals.
- Items 37–44 (taxicab registration renewals and transfers) — Series of renewals and transfers approved; one abstention recorded on a taxi registration renewal due to enforcement concerns.
- Item 47 (CDBG reallocations for program years '24 and '25) — Passed.
- Item 48 (budget revision / CARES Act leftover CDBG funding) — Passed with recorded opposition by Councilman Jackson who requested more reporting on expenditures.
- Item 50 (junkyard license renewal for HB International Trading LLC d/b/a Gasoline Alley) — Passed.
- Item 51 (split award for lead hazard remediation services — total award $91,500, split among vendors to accelerate remediation under grant rules) — Passed.
- DPW items (monitoring wells, bid rejections, and award for sewer main repairs and replacement) — Several related resolutions were adopted including award to Montana Construction Corp. for sewer main repairs and re-solicitation recommendations where bids were rejected.
Each action was recorded in the clerk’s roll calls, and multiple items included votes that recorded yes/no/abstain, with detail noted in the meeting record.
Ending: The meeting ended at 10:58 p.m.; several items slated for second reading/public hearing were scheduled for May 14.
