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Council approves sales of multiple city lots, passes ICE ordinance and a parking amendment; one ordinance tabled
Summary
At its meeting the council approved a consent agenda, multiple property-sale ordinances, a local ordinance limiting municipal cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, and a traffic amendment regulating van/truck parking; ordinance 26-46 on recovery homes was tabled for amendments to June 4.
The Trenton City Council voted on a number of routine and policy items at its regular meeting.
Votes recorded by roll call included approvals for multiple property-sale ordinances (first-reading introductions and votes on items such as Ordinance 26-41 through 26-45) authorizing the sale of specified city-owned parcels at stated sale prices under NJSA sale procedures. The council also approved Ordinance 26-48, a local ordinance enumerating local limits and notification protocols related to civil immigration enforcement cooperation, which council leadership described as the result of several weeks of drafting and input from advocates and legal review. A walk-on ordinance (26-049) amending city traffic code to restrict parking of vans and trucks in residential areas also passed after discussion regarding enforceability on private property.
Council considered Ordinance 26-46 (requirements and registration for recovery homes, group homes and transitional homes) and debated technical language changes (rental inspection certificate vs. certificate of occupancy, and designating housing inspectors as enforcement officers). Councilmembers proposed amendments and voted to table the ordinance to the next meeting (June 4) to allow incorporation of the suggested edits.
Council additionally approved a multi-item consent agenda that included numerous resolutions (including items numbered in the 190s and 200s on the docket); Mercadien was identified in council remarks as the auditing firm for resolutions 26-194 and 26-195.
All votes called on the record in the transcript show motions carried by roll call; where individual roll-call names were recorded in the transcript those votes were affirmative for the items listed.
