At-a-glance: Key votes and routine approvals at Passaic City Council meeting, Jan. 21, 2025

Here are the principal formal actions taken by the Passaic City Council during its Jan. 21 meeting. All recorded roll-call votes cited below were unanimous unless otherwise noted.

- Approval of minutes (Nov. 5): Motion to accept minutes carried on roll call (yes: Councilman Love; Councilwoman Mello; Councilman Schwartz; Councilman Garcia; Councilman Colombo Montanez; Council President Schaer).

- Ordinance 2475-25 (second and final reading): An ordinance amending the designation of restricted parking for disabled persons by New Jersey license plate number was opened for public hearing; no public comments were made on the ordinance and the council adopted it on second reading by roll call (yes: Love; Mello; Schwartz; Garcia; Colombo Montanez; Schaer).

- Consent and routine items: Multiple communications and routine agenda items (items 2–10; 11–19) were accepted on unanimous roll calls as listed in the agenda packet.

- Resolutions (items 21–35): The council approved resolutions listed on the agenda, including a resolution authorizing award of contract for emergency repair of a fire alarm system at 361 Madison Street (agenda item 35). Business Administrator Rick Fernandez reported the landlord reimbursed the city for the emergency work.

- Ordinance introduction: Council approved introduction of an ordinance amending chapter 231 (rent stabilization) and set a second reading and public hearing for Feb. 4, 2025.

- Bills: The council approved the bills list on unanimous roll call.

Meeting process notes: Several items were handled as routine consent items with roll-call votes; the council paused for a recess after the Martin Luther King Jr. program and reconvened for the regular agenda. There were no recorded dissenting votes on items reported during the meeting.