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Bridgeton council approves consent agenda including UEZ application, CDBG plan and contract change orders
Summary
Council adopted a consent package (M-1 through M-8) that included contract change orders for bikeway and road projects, a UEZ application for up to $170,000, refund approval, and the FY2026 Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan; Mayor Kelly and the administrator also announced separate grants for recreation and a downtown historic survey.
The Bridgeton City Council unanimously approved the consent agenda (Resolutions No. 89-26 through 96-26) during its May 19 meeting.
The consent items included acceptance of bids on city-owned property; a $27,815.89 contract change order to South State Inc. for NJDOT Bikeway Program bike trails; two contract change orders to Paving Plus, LLC (one for $21,829.19 for Edgewood Ave, South East Ave and Walnut Street reconstruction and another for $3,374.31 for an NJDOT Bikeway Program project); an authorization for the Bridgeton Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) to apply to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority for funding not to exceed $170,000 for the UEZ administration budget FY27; approval of a tax refund for 33 Cedar Street; and approval of the FY2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan for the City of Bridgeton.
Separately in the meeting, Mayor Albert Kelly announced a $20,000 grant to support Recreation Department items for children with disabilities, and Business Administrator Kevin Rabago said the City received a $121,000 grant to pay for a downtown historic survey expected to take about 12 months.
Other business: Council approved the Schedule of Bills for $1,859,977.54 and granted a block-off-street application for a Community Action Day event May 29, 2026. During public comment, resident Shari Hill raised complaints about a city-owned lot at Richardson and Pamphylia being used to fix and sell cars and leaving disabled vehicles on the street; she asked for more enforcement and paving in her neighborhood. Resident John Marino praised UEZ programming and thanked the city for addressing an unsafe structure on Ewing Street.
Why it matters: The consent agenda bundles routine and administrative items that, together, authorize project change orders and program funding requests and establish the City’s CDBG plan for the year. The mayoral and administrative announcements point to small targeted grants for recreation accessibility and a downtown historic survey that will inform preservation work.
