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Stockton council introduces disabled-veteran tax-exemption ordinance and approves grants, payments and budget transfers
Summary
At its March 17 meeting Stockton Borough Council introduced Ordinance 2025-01 to add a disabled-veteran property tax exemption (first reading) and approved several resolutions, including a $43,875 Historic Trust grant authorization and final payment to Diamond Construction with a waived maintenance bond.
Stockton Borough Council held its regular meeting March 17, 2025, and on roll call introduced Ordinance 2025-01, which would add a disabled-veteran property tax-exemption article to the borough code and limit retroactive refunds to the current year of application. The motion to introduce the ordinance passed on a 5–0 roll call (Brown, Fisher, Hunt, Mann and Meltzer).
The council also approved Resolution 2025-34 authorizing execution of a grant agreement with the New Jersey Historic Trust for up to $43,875 to support work on the District No. 98 Schoolhouse. Council President Michael Mann and Mayor Aaron Lipsen were authorized to execute the grant agreement.
On public-works business the council approved Resolution 2025-35 to make a final payment of $8,596.73 to Diamond Construction for the Hilltop Drive & Moore Avenue improvements, bringing the final contract price to $429,836.72. The borough engineer recommended waiving the maintenance-bond requirement after a field inspection and aerial-imagery review found the improvements satisfactory; the council approved the final payment and change orders Nos. 1A and 1B.
The council approved Resolution 2025-36 to transfer $3,500 among 2024 budget appropriation reserves under N.J.S.A. 40A:4-59 to cover bills presented after the close of the fiscal year, and approved Resolution 25-37 authorizing payment of municipal obligations totaling $175,334.29.
Each motion carried on recorded roll calls during the meeting; where roll-call results were announced, votes were unanimous among members present. The council will return to the ordinance for final reading at a future meeting as required by law.
