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Red Bank Council Adopts Multiple Land-Use and Finance Ordinances, Schedules Bond Public Hearings
Summary
Council adopted a package of ordinances — amending billboard regulations, authorizing equipment leasing, and approving amendments related to affordable housing and PILOTs — and introduced bond ordinances for firehouse repairs and a new DPW facility, setting public hearings for Aug. 14.
At its July 22 meeting, the Red Bank Borough Council adopted several ordinances and approved a broad consent agenda.
Key adoptions Ordinance 2025-16 (amending chapter 490) revised the borough's land-use rules for billboards and was adopted on final reading after a brief public hearing. Ordinance 2025-18 authorized the leasing of capital equipment from the Mammoth County Improvement Authority. Ordinances 2025-9 and 2025-20 formalized agreements tied to the Locust Landing affordable-housing project and associated PILOT and financial terms; both passed on final reading.
Introductions and bond ordinances Council introduced bond ordinance 2025-23 to fund 2025 capital improvements at fire department facilities (appropriation $265,000; bonds $251,750), and 2025-24 to fund phase one of a new Department of Public Works/utility facility (appropriation $4,875,000; bonds $4,640,000). Both bond ordinances were approved for introduction and scheduled for public hearings Aug. 14, 2025. Council also introduced Ordinance 2025-25 to add no-parking zones on Hudson Avenue, Tilton Street, and Catherine Street; its public hearing was also scheduled for Aug. 14.
Votes Roll-call votes on the final-reading ordinances were unanimous among the council members present.
What happens next: The bond ordinances will be the subject of public hearings Aug. 14, and staff will proceed with the procedural steps necessary to implement adopted ordinances and the consent-agenda approvals.
