Council adopts ordinance to renew notes up to $5.37 million for parking garage

The Newark City Council adopted Ordinance number 25-26, authorizing the issuance of notes not to exceed $5,370,000 to renew notes previously issued to pay part of the cost of acquiring, constructing and improving a parking garage, including site preparation and related work, and the ordinance was declared an emergency. Council member Barker moved to adopt the ordinance; Council member Lubudis seconded. The council voted by roll call and recorded unanimous affirmative votes by members present. During roll call, multiple members responded "Yes." The clerk announced, "25Dash26 passes." No further amendments or conditions were recorded in the meeting minutes. The ordinance was adopted during the meeting's first reading and emergency passage process; the transcript shows the council followed its regular reading and roll-call procedures. The action authorizes staff to proceed with renewing the notes; the transcript did not record additional budget details or an implementation timetable during this meeting.