City Council - Regular Meeting
About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- East Orange, NJ
- Meeting Date
- March 23, 2026
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Monday, March 23, 2026
28 items on the agenda.
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Start free trialMAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS
1. Correspondence dated March 18, 2026 requesting confirmation of appointment of Hassan Mateen as Director of Code Enforcement. 2. Correspondence dated March 18, 2026 requesting confirmation of appointment of Jean-Guy Lauture as City Administrator.
ARTS, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS – TAMEIKA GARRETT-WARD
Awe, Gomez, Monk Resolutions I-136 Naima Hall – Commendation I-137 Monique Munford - Commendation
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING – ALICIA HOLMAN
James, Garrett-Ward, Leneus No Resolutions
FINANCE – BERGSON LENEUS
Fauntleroy, Holman, Awe Resolutions I-138 Payroll #6 - $3,926,192.21 I-4 Bill Approval and Payment Listing 03.23.26 I-139 Resolution Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of Loan Agreements to be Executed by the City of East Orange, In the County of Essex, State of New Jersey and Each of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and the State of New Jersey, Acting by and Through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and Further Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Escrow Agreement, All Pursuant to the State Fiscal Year 2026 New Jersey Water Bank Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program I-140 Resolution Determining the Form and Other Details of Not Exceeding $1,867,413 Water Utility Bonds, Series 2026, of the City of East Orange, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey and Providing for Their Sale to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and the State of New Jersey Pursuant to the State Fiscal Year 2026 New Jersey Water Bank Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program I-141 Resolution Appointing Ronald Hunt to the Position of Corporation Counsel I-142 Resolution Appointing Hassan Mateen to the Position of Director of Code Enforcement I-143 Resolution Appointing Jean-Guy Lauture to the Position of City Administrator I-144 Resolution Waiving Residency Requirement of Certain City Employees – Ronald Hunt, Esquire I-145 Duplicate Tax Refund - $4,081.23 I-146 Resolution Awarding Professional Service Contracts for Tax Appeal Defense Counsel – not to exceed $181,500. For combined contracts I-147 Resolution Approving the Corrective Action Plan for the Annual Audit Report for Calendar Year 2024
HEALTH & EDUCATION – SAMMED R. MONK
Gomez, Leneus, Holman Resolution I-148 Resolution to Award a Contract for Lead Remediation and Abatement for Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Program – Capped at $275,000
HOUSING, LICENSING & INSPECTION – NAIIMA FAUNTLEROY
Garrett-Ward, Pullins, Gomez No Resolutions
PLANNING and GRANTS – CHRISTOPHER AWE
Holman, Monk, Fauntleroy No Resolutions
PUBLIC SAFETY – CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES
Leneus, Fauntleroy, Pullins No Resolutions
PUBLIC WORKS – CASIM GOMEZ
Pullins, Awe, James Resolutions I-149 Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of a Stump Grinder and Woodchipper for the City of East Orange, Through the Sourcewell National Cooperative Purchasing Program – in an Amount not to exceed $249,740.40 I-150 Resolution Authorizing Change Order No.1 for Architectural and Engineering Design Services for Memorial Park Renovations I-151 Resolution Authorizing the Removal of a Restricted Handicapped Parking Space
LAW AND LEGISLATION – VERNON PULLINS, JR.
Monk, James, Garrett-Ward Resolutions I-152 Resolution Authorizing Settlement of Litigation in the Matter of Bryant Witherspoon v. City of East Orange, et al - $585,000.00 I-153 Resolution Authorizing Settlement of Litigation in the Matter of Sabrina Jackson v. City of East Orange, et al - $40,000.00
ARTS, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS – TAMEIKA GARRETT-WARD
Awe, Gomez, Monk
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and ZONING – ALICIA HOLMAN
James, Garrett-Ward, Leneus Resolution I-154 Resolution Waiving the Twenty-Day Effective Period on Ordinance #7 of 2026
FINANCE – BERGSON LENEUS
Fauntleroy, Holman, Awe
HEALTH and EDUCATION – SAMMED R. MONK
Gomez, Leneus, Holman
HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – NAIIMA FAUNTLEROY
Garrett-Ward, Pullins, Gomez
PLANNING AND GRANTS – CHRISTOPHER AWE
Holman, Monk, Fauntleroy
PUBLIC SAFETY – CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES
Leneus, Fauntleroy, Pullins
PUBLIC WORKS – CASIM GOMEZ
Pullins, Awe, James
LAW & LEGISLATION – VERNON PULLINS, JR.
Monk, James, Garrett-Ward
Ordinance #8 of 2026
An Ordinance Amending the East Orange Scattered Sites Redevelopment Plan Pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law N.J.S.A. 40:12A-1 et seq
Ordinance #9 of 2026
An Ordinance to Transfer a City Property to SBF Development, LLC in the Transit Village Redevelopment Area Under the Auspices of N.J.S.A 40:12A-1 et seq, Known as the “Local Redevelopment and Hosing Law”
Ordinance No. 7 of 2026
An Ordinance of the City of East Orange, County of Essex, New Jersey, to Approve and Adopt the North Arlington Avenue Redevelopment Plan (BD&Z)
Ordinance No. 4 of 2026
An Ordinance of the City of East Orange, County of Essex, New Jersey to Transfer a City-Owned Property Located at 183 North Arlington Avenue (Block 361, Lot 6) to Aivilo & Partners, LLC in the North Arlington Avenue Redevelopment Area Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12-A-1 et seq, Known as the “Local Redevelopment and Housing Law”
FIRST WARD
Christopher D. James Amy Lewis
SECOND WARD
Christopher Awe Sammed R. Monk
THIRD WARD
Bergson Leneus Vernon Pullins, Jr.
FOURTH WARD
Casim L. Gomez Tameika Garrett-Ward
FIFTH WARD
Alicia Holman Naiima H. Fauntleroy