Spring Lake Heights council introduces three ordinances; public hearings set for June 16

The Spring Lake Heights Borough Council on June 2 introduced three ordinances and set public hearings for Monday, June 16, 2025. The measures include an ordinance establishing 2025 salaries and wages, a new process allowing residents to petition for temporary street closures, and amendments to the borough's performance guaranty, inspection and maintenance procedures.

Borough Attorney Michael Collins told the council the proposed street-closure ordinance is intended to create a standard procedure for reviewing resident requests so the borough can process them consistently. Collins said the performance-guaranty amendments update sections 22-409 through 22-411 to reflect current inspection and maintenance practices and to clarify financial guarantees required of developers and permittees.

Each ordinance was formally introduced by council motion and approved for introduction by unanimous vote of the four members present. Ordinance 2025-12 would set salaries and wages for 2025; Ordinance 2025-13 would allow residents to petition for temporary street closures under a defined review process; and Ordinance 2025-14 would revise the borough's performance-guaranty rules. The council recorded Councilmen John Casagrande, Michele Degnan-Spang, Sara King and Christopher Willms as voting in favor; Councilmen Leonard Capristo and William Graetz were absent.

The council scheduled public hearings on all three ordinances for the June 16 meeting. A June 4 workshop at 3:00 p.m. was also noted on the calendar in advance of the budget hearing. The introduction votes do not adopt the ordinances; each will return for public comment and a final vote at the June 16 hearing.

The meeting record shows the ordinances were introduced with standard motions and seconds; the clerk will publish the required legal notices and place the text on file for public review before the hearings.