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Votes at a glance: Lambertville council approves ordinances on traffic, purchasing, tax-mapping and capital borrowing
Summary
At its meeting the council approved several second‑reading ordinances: a four-way stop (Ordinance 11‑2025), purchasing-code housekeeping (Ordinance 12‑2025), tax-map funding (Ordinance 13‑2025), and a capital bond (Ordinance 14‑2025). It also passed Resolutions 117‑2025 and 118‑2025 for engineering services and after‑hours events.
The Lambertville City Council recorded several formal outcomes during the session.
What the council approved - Ordinance 11‑2025 (final approval): add a four‑way stop at Rosemont Avenue and Delaware Road to improve neighborhood traffic safety. - Ordinance 12‑2025 (final approval): amend municipal purchasing-by-quotation procedures to align with state rules and auditor recommendations. - Ordinance 13‑2025 (final approval): special emergency appropriation under NJSA 40‑3 to fund updated tax maps (last updated 2007), payable over five years. - Ordinance 14‑2025 (final approval): $1,145,000 bond ordinance to fund capital improvements including stormwater retrofits and a FEMA‑assisted floodgate project. - Resolution 117‑2025: amend engineering contract with Gilmore & Associates for tax maps and stormwater inlet/outfall mapping and design work (not to exceed $43,910 + $9,500 + $18,700 as itemized in the contract amendments). - Resolution 118‑2025: approve the Greater Area Chamber of Commerce’s "Lambertville After Hours" events (July 11, Aug. 1, Sept. 5), subject to reimbursement for meter, police and trash costs and proof of insurance.
Several other items were introduced and advanced for future hearings, including Ordinance 15‑2025 (handicap parking amendment) and Ordinance 16‑2025 (Holton Farm redevelopment plan). The Comcast franchise ordinance (17‑2025) was introduced and moved to second reading following the broadband committee’s ascertainment report.
Many motions were handled by voice vote and were recorded in the transcript as carried unanimously; the transcript did not include an itemized roll-call tally for each action.
