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Elmwood Park council adopts several traffic, parking and scooter ordinances and introduces $400,000 sewer bond
Summary
On Nov. 13 the Elmwood Park Mayor and Council introduced a $400,000 bond ordinance for storm and sanitary sewer improvements and adopted multiple ordinances on final reading covering towing licenses, amusement-game lanes, electric scooters, stop intersections, construction-zone traffic controls, and parking changes tied to school construction; a consent agenda of routine resolutions also passed with recusals noted.
The Elmwood Park Mayor and Council on Nov. 13 introduced a $400,000 bond ordinance to fund storm and sanitary sewer improvements and during the same meeting adopted a series of ordinances on final reading affecting towing licenses, amusement-game lanes, electric-scooter rules, stop-intersection designations and several parking regulations.
The council introduced Bond Ordinance No. 25-31 to appropriate $400,000, authorize issuance of bonds and bond anticipation notes, and scheduled a public hearing for Dec. 18 at 7:00 p.m. The council approved introduction by motion and roll call.
Why it matters: the bond would provide a dedicated appropriation to finance storm and sanitary sewer work across the borough, enabling planned repairs or upgrades without waiting for separate capital allocations.
On final reading the council passed multiple ordinances that were previously introduced: Ordinance No. 25-24 (amending towing-license fees and distribution), No. 25-25 (establishing code language to allow designation of Parkway Lanes for amusement games), No. 25-26 (electric scooter regulations), No. 25-27 (adding stop-intersection controls on Van Riper Avenue), No. 25-28 (construction-zone traffic controls and formal adoption of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for contractor compliance), No. 25-29 (temporary parking limits on 16th Avenue during school construction through Oct. 1, 2026), and No. 25-30 (stopping and standing prohibitions on specified streets). Each ordinance was opened to the public where required; no substantive public testimony was offered on these items and roll-call votes recorded the measures as carried.
Votes at a glance: all final-reading ordinances on the Nov. 13 agenda passed by roll call, with council members recorded as voting in the affirmative on each measure as read into the record. The consent agenda — a block of routine resolutions including payroll and bills, capital budget amendment, award of professional services for Borough Park Phase 2 improvements, several change orders for road programs, tax overpayment refunds, fire department stipends and clothing allowances, a Bergen County health contract, award of bid for recreation bleachers, appointment of an emergency ambulance medical director under NJAC EMS/BLS qualifications, endorsement of a treatment works approval application for sanitary sewer work at 401–407 Route 46, and other administrative items — was approved by roll call after several council members announced recusals and at least one abstention on specific items. The council recorded recusals on resolutions identified in the record (members said they would not participate in votes on R-349-25, R-356-25, R-357-25, R-366-25 and R-367-25) and one member announced an abstention on R-349-25; after accounting for those recusals, the consent agenda was approved.
Council members emphasized event and civic updates during their reports and the meeting concluded after public comment and routine departmental reports.
The bond introduction and the ordinances passed on final reading will be subject to the usual post-adoption processes; the public hearing on the bond ordinance is scheduled for Dec. 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the municipal building.
