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Highlands council approves restricted parking for a disabled resident, passes sales regulation and adopts climate resolution; introduces alcohol license fee upt
Summary
At its May 21 meeting the Borough of Highlands Mayor and Council approved Ordinance 02508 (restricted parking for a disabled resident) and Ordinance 02509 (to regulate the sale of 'cranium products'), adopted Resolution R25-119 supporting the New Jersey Climate Super Fund Act after separate consideration, and introduced Ordinance 02511 on alcohol license fee increases with a public hearing set for June 4, 2025.
The Borough of Highlands Mayor and Council on May 21 approved several ordinances and resolutions and set a public hearing for an alcohol license fee increase.
Council adopted Ordinance 02508 on second and final reading to designate a restricted parking space in front of 34 Valley Street for a person with a disability. The public hearing on the item produced no objections, and the council moved and carried the ordinance vote at the meeting.
Separately, the council adopted Ordinance 02509, described in the meeting transcript as an amendment to chapter 3 of the borough code establishing section 3-27 "regulating the sale of cranium products." No public comments were recorded during the hearing and the ordinance passed on second and final reading.
Council introduced Ordinance 02511 to amend chapter 6-3.4 of the borough code concerning license fees for the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages. Officials said fees have not changed since 2016 and that the proposed increase is modest; the ordinance passed first reading and the council scheduled a public hearing on June 4, 2025.
During the consent agenda, the clerk read multiple resolutions (R25117–R25126). Council members moved to remove R25-119 (a municipal resolution supporting the New Jersey Climate Super Fund Act) from the consent agenda for separate consideration. After that separate vote, the council adopted R25-119 in support of the state-level proposal. The remaining consent agenda items (R25117 through R25126, excluding R25-119) were then adopted by council vote.
The council also approved the May 7, 2025 regular meeting minutes and the May 7, 2025 executive session minutes earlier in the meeting.
Mayor Bulan presided over the meeting and the council announced an executive session to follow the public meeting to discuss attorney-client privileged matters and litigation; no formal action was taken in public on those items. The public meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Votes and motions recorded in the transcript show roll-call acknowledgements for each action; individual council vote names and 'yes'/'no' designations appear in the meeting record but are recorded with variable name spellings in the transcript.
