1:39 → 2:07(28s)
Meeting called to order; council president and members exchanged New Year greetings and confirmed the session is the pre-meeting of the Newark Municipal Council for January 6. The presiding speaker noted the agenda location (page 3).
The Newark Municipal Council pre-meeting on January 6, 2026, reviewed a slate of ordinances and resolutions including a proposed $30 million emergency temporary appropriation and related bond/refunding items, extensions for infrastructure projects, and multiple housing and code-enforcement concerns raised by council members and public commenters. Council members and city staff discussed timelines for the 50 Mount Prospect Gardens tax-abatement project, an extension for the Central Avenue Bridge design, and plans to propose an ordinance to address chronic landlord and building code enforcement issues.
