With City Council having introduced the proposed 2015 municipal budget earlier this month, and scheduled to vote on it at its next meeting, here’s a closer look at some of the items in the $52.5 million spending plan.
Continue reading A look at the expenses side of proposed budget
A loss of almost $900,000 in revenue from the state’s red light camera pilot program is among the biggest hits to the 2015 municipal budget, which projects a 3.7-percent tax hike.
Continue reading Average municipal tax hike projected at $120
The mayor and City Council last month approved a number of appointments to the Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Board.
Continue reading Myriad Zoning, Planning appointments approved
More than three years after slashing the previous mayor’s pay by two-thirds, City Council introduced a measure that would restore the annual salary.
Continue reading Proposal would restore mayor’s salary to $72K
City Council last month awarded a contract of up to $80,000 for the Union County Performing Arts Center to provide “technical and programming assistance on an as-needed basis for certain arts-based events offered by the city.”
Continue reading City Council awards contract to arts center
The city has officially responded to a lawsuit against the expanded Special Improvement District (SID), brought by a group of business owners.
The city hired a grant writer, approving a one-year, $25,000 contract earlier this year.
An online petition to “save historic Rahway River Park” has garnered more than 1,500 signatures since it was created this week.