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Hudson County approves HIV funding, backs shared legal fees for helicopter litigation and adopts traffic ordinances
Summary
The Hudson County Board of Commissioners approved multiple Ryan White and HIV-related funding allocations, agreed to share legal costs with neighboring municipalities in helicopter litigation, introduced a $140 million bond guarantee for multifamily housing, and adopted traffic-calming and stop-sign ordinances.
The Hudson County Board of Commissioners approved a package of consent resolutions that included multiple Ryan White and HIV-related allocations and a shared legal-fees agreement tied to pending helicopter litigation, and the board adopted two traffic ordinances on final reading.
Administration staffmember Mr. Anton told the board that "most of these relate to Ryan White uh health services" as he walked through consent items that included a Part A allocation of $1,462,792, supplemental Part A grant awards of $165,759 and other HIV-related allocations. The items were placed on the consent agenda and approved without individual debate.
Why it matters: the Ryan White program and related local allocations fund HIV care and support services for traditionally underserved patients. The board’s approvals maintain local funding flows to health-care providers serving those populations and finalize the county’s internal allocations for the period cited by administration.
The board also approved a shared-services agreement in which Hudson County will join the township of Carney, Jersey City, Hoboken and other local governments in sharing legal costs for litigation against a helicopter company. Mr. Anton said the municipalities "have all agreed to help out the financial cost of litigation expenses" and described the agreement as a mechanism for pooling expense responsibility while Carney leads the litigation effort.
On ordinances, the board introduced an ordinance authorizing Hudson County to guarantee up to $140 million in aggregate principal on multifamily housing revenue bonds issued by the Hudson County Improvement Authority; the ordinance was introduced and referred to committee. Two parking-related ordinances also were introduced: one establishing a restricted parking space on Park Avenue in Hoboken and another rescinding a reserved disabled parking space at 2801 JFK Boulevard in Jersey City.
On final reading the board adopted two traffic-related ordinances after holding public hearings with no speakers: an amendment to establish traffic-calming devices on JFK Boulevard and SIP Avenue in Jersey City and an ordinance providing for installation of stop signs on county-owned Hoboken roadways. Chairman Romano closed the hearings and recorded ayes on final passage.
The board concluded the agenda and moved to other matters before adjourning. Several commissioners also discussed recent school budget issues and supported a separate resolution urging the local schools of technology to reconsider a child-care program closure (see separate story).
