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Madison council adopts several ordinances, sets budget hearing and approves vouchers
Summary
Council adopted multiple ordinances related to affordable housing, parks security and redevelopment planning, scheduled a budget hearing for April 29, 2026, approved a consent agenda and authorized voucher payments totaling $1,239,080.71; one member recused on at least one item.
The Madison Borough Council voted on multiple ordinances and routine financial business at its March 9, 2026 meeting.
The council adopted Ordinance 10‑2026 (amending affordable housing development fees), Ordinance 12‑2026 (affordable housing policies and administration) and Ordinance 13‑2026 (a $200,000 appropriation from the general capital improvement fund for security cameras and card access at the community pool and Rosedale ball fields) after public hearings with no public comment and roll‑call votes. Clerk reading and roll calls were used for each measure; the mayor declared the ordinances adopted and asked the clerk to publish notice and file the ordinances in accordance with law.
The council also introduced and voted on redevelopment and pilot agreement ordinances related to properties described as Geraldo Farms (Ordinances 15 and 16) and read the first‑reading Ordinance 14‑2026, which appropriates $104,500 for an environmental site investigation at Drew Forest and other borough properties. During roll call on one item a council member recused herself. The transcript language around Ordinance 11‑2026 (an affordable housing overlay/zoning modification) is ambiguous: the clerk and mayor announced procedural actions and asked that the ordinance be published and filed, but the mayor’s closing phrase in the record reads "I declare ordinance 11 dash 20 26 has not been to finally pass," and the clerk was asked to publish notice and file the ordinance per law (the transcript does not clearly record a final‑pass declaration for this item).
The council approved the consent agenda (resolutions R96–R105) in a single motion; one member noted a recusal on resolution R99. Voucher totals were read and approved: the council authorized payments totaling $1,239,080.71 across multiple funds.
Why it matters: the ordinances advance the borough’s affordable‑housing compliance and capital improvements and set the budget calendar; the environmental site investigation funds support due diligence tied to a potential land purchase. A recusal on at least one item was recorded, and the council scheduled a hearing to vote on and adopt the municipal budget on April 29, 2026.
What comes next: the clerk will publish adopted ordinances and file them per statute; budget hearings and additional committee work are scheduled in the coming weeks.
