Woodbridge council adopts redevelopment plans and three bond ordinances totaling about $15 million

Woodbridge Township Council voted by voice to adopt several ordinances on Tuesday, including redevelopment plans and three bond or capital ordinances totaling approximately $15,034,000.

Council opened and adopted letter a, a redevelopment ordinance described as a joint partnership with Perth Amboy; a public commenter asked whether Woodbridge must follow Perth Amboy’s plans, and the administration said the work is a joint partnership and that a small piece of Woodbridge land was being made available for the project. The council then closed the hearing and adopted the ordinance.

The council also took up and adopted letter b (drainage easements in the Woodbridge Oaks section) with no public comment. By consent the township approved three financing ordinances: letter c, a bond ordinance for $9,995,000; letter d, a sewer-utility bond ordinance for $3,310,000; and letter e, a capital ordinance for $1,729,000. All passed by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies.

Council opened and adopted letter f, which adopts the Route 1 Area 25 redevelopment plan; there were no public comments on that item. Separately, the council passed letters g, h and i on first reading and ordered them published in the homeowners’ review on Friday, 05/10/2024; those three ordinances carry a public hearing set for Tuesday, 05/21/2024 at 6:00 p.m. One council member recorded an abstention on letter i.

Resolutions numbered 1 through 27 were approved by consent.

"These have nothing to do with the apartments," Mayor John McCormick said when clarifying that a large portion of the sewer work is on Bucknell Avenue toward the skate park and that the sewer improvements are townwide in scope. Council signaled no substantive public opposition at the meeting; the ordinances will be submitted to the mayor for approval as required by law.