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Newark, New Jersey

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Residents of Newark

Registered voters elect the officials below.

  • Mayor

    Executive

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    The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.

    • City Manager / Administrator

      Executive

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      The professional administrator who runs day-to-day operations (in some cities appointed by the council instead of the mayor).

  • City Council

    Legislative

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    The elected body that passes ordinances, sets the tax rate and approves the budget.

    • City Clerk

      Administration & departments

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      Keeps the official records, runs meeting agendas and, often, local elections.

    • City Attorney

      Administration & departments

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      The city's lawyer; advises officials and prosecutes ordinance violations.

    • Boards & Commissions

      Legislative

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      Citizen advisory bodies, such as planning, zoning appeals and library boards.

  • Municipal Court

    Judicial

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    Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.

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Newark council meetings

What the council and its committees are taking up, from the city's public meeting calendar.

Coming up

  • Municipal Council

    , 12:30 PM

    Council Chamber

    Agenda Details

    25 items of legislation

    • 26-0816 Summer Avenue Apartments Urban Renewal, LLC -PILOT

    • 26-0893 TETHYS LIVINGSTON URBAN RENEWAL LLC -Assignment & Assumption of FA

    • 26-0904 TETHYS SOMERSET URBAN RENEWAL LLC - Assignment and Assumption of FA

    • 26-1293 ORDINANCE RATIFYING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, AND/OR HIS DESIGNEE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION, CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SENIOR SERVICES, TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH, A NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE PREMISES LOCATED AT 275 WEST MARKET STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07103, BLOCK 00428, LOT 00002, MORE SPECIFICALLY SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOM, FOR AN ANNUAL RENT OF THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($30,000.00), PAYABLE IN TWELVE (12) MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED...

    • 26-1056 Clinton Heights Residence Urban Renewal, LLC- PILOT

    • 26-1428 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XV, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TO AMEND VARIOUS CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS TO INCREASE TITLE XV PENALTIES.

    • 26-1429 Administrative Right of Entry Search Warrant

    • 26-1483 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 23, TRAFFIC CHAPTER 1, IN GENERAL, SECTION 23:1-9, CONSTRUCTION ZONE: TRAFFIC CONTROLS FOR STREET AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OPERATION AND ADOPTION OF MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES FOR STREETS AND HIGHWAYS (Municipal Roads Only), OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AT 8:00 A.M.

    • 26-1406 Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: To Provide Medical Care, Supportive Services, and Education on Sickle Cell to the City of Newark and Surrounding Areas Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Community Health Services Appropriation Amount: $739,005.00 Budget Year: 2026 Contract Period: September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributi...

    • 26-1465 Senior Food Nutrition Program

    • 26-1424 Cooperative Contract: ESCNJ- Collision Repair Services for Vehicles and Equipment # ESCNJ 24/25-04

    • 26-1485 Swimming Pool Increase Amending Resolution 7R1-r 07/02/2025

    • 26-1414 Apply/Accept - CDBG. HOME. ESG and HOPWA Grants

    • 26-1415 Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: To accept the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) Community Energy Planning Grant to develop and update Newark’s Community Energy Plan to guide the City of Newark through decisions related to clean energy projects. Entity Name: New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Entity Address: 44 South Clinton Avenue, 1st Floor, Trenton, NJ 08625 Grant Amount: $25,000.00 Total Project Cost: $25,000.00 City Contribution: N/A Oth...

    • 26-1114 Builders4ALL LLC

    • 26-0862 Lifetime Alliance Investors LLC

    • 26-1467 C.Y.& R.D. Real Estate, LLC RDA

    • 26-1323 Alpha Development & Investments LLC

    • 26-1255 TJ Squared Investments LLC

    • 26-1231 Akbar Pray Foundation For Change

    • 26-1396 GD + Miko Development LLC

    • 26-1380 North Munn Associates LLC

    • 26-1481 S 12TH View LLC

    • 26-1508 Four Quarters Partners, LLC Grant Agreement

    • 26-1491 ABL RPC Residential Credit Acquisition Settlement Agreement

Recent

  • Municipal Council

    , 6:30 PM

    Council Chamber

    Agenda Details

    25 items of legislation

    • 26-1475 Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment Purpose: Appointment of Municipal Court Judge and Designation as Chief Judge Name of Appointee: Victoria F. Pratt Appointment Term: November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2029 Additional Information:

      Pass

    • 26-1468 EXPRESSING PROFOUND SORROW AND REGRET Sponsored by President Luis A. Quintana 1. J. Kenneth Pagano Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 2. The Honorable Edward “Eddie” Osborne Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 3. Keith Pollard Sponsored by Council Member Donna Jackson 4. Trinette Williams 5. Rafael Rivera 6. Brenda Renee Fowlkes Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 7. Gerald A. “Rock” Highsmith 8. Eugene McKenzie Antwine 9. Catherine D. Lockhart 10. Annette Williams 11. Ida Lee Tolbert Brown Bishop 12. Verrell Majorie Randolph 13. Mother Bernice Martin 14....

      Pass

    • 26-1439 1. FELICIA ALSTON-SINGLETON 2. LISA MITCHELSON-PARKER 3. ALIF MUHAMMAD 4. ALNISA MILLER 5. MARK REDDICK 6. LATOYA JACKSON-TUCKER 7. RAMÓN LUIS RODRIGUEZ 8. ELIJAH MORGANO 9. MARILYN SOWELL 10. ODESSER PRINDLE 11. MARYAM BEY 12. ANTHONY D’ANGELO 13. SHAKIR MCDOUGALD 14. CHÉ COLTER 15. LAMONT VAUGHN 16. MUNIRAH EL-BOMANI 17. REGINALD TURNER 18. NADIRAH BROWN 19. SARA CRISPIN 20. DR. LEAH OWENS 21. OPAL R. WRIGHT 22. DR. WALE IDRIS 23. QUEEN DANNISHA CLYBURN 24. SIMONE BRAITHWAITE 25. JACQUELINE PEOPLES

    • 26-1453 Central Planning Board, Minutes, May 2026 through August 2026.

      Accept

    • 26-1471 New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Financial Statements, June 30, 2026.

      Pass

    • 26-1293 ORDINANCE RATIFYING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, AND/OR HIS DESIGNEE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION, CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SENIOR SERVICES, TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH, A NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE PREMISES LOCATED AT 275 WEST MARKET STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07103, BLOCK 00428, LOT 00002, MORE SPECIFICALLY SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOM, FOR AN ANNUAL RENT OF THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($30,000.00), PAYABLE IN TWELVE (12) MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED...

      Pass

    • 26-0893 TETHYS LIVINGSTON URBAN RENEWAL LLC -Assignment & Assumption of FA

      Pass

    • 26-0904 TETHYS SOMERSET URBAN RENEWAL LLC - Assignment and Assumption of FA

      Pass

    • 26-1445 Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: Amending Resolution 7R1-a, adopted on August 05, 2026, to accept additional grant funds from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for Ryan White HIV Health and Support Services for Ending the HIV Epidemic in the City of Newark and Essex County Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Admi...

      Pass

    • 26-1404 Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: The acceptance of the award by the Newark Department of Health and Community Wellness for the grant entitled Local Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) Program 2027 is to fund Phase 1 of the Accreditation Process Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Department of Health, Division of Local Public Health Appropriation Amount: $119,372.00 Budget Year: 2026 Contract Period: July 1, 2026 through November 30, 2027 Contra...

      Pass

    • 26-1401 Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: Data management support in the implementation of the Hypertensive Quality Project Funding Source: Greater Newark HealthCare Coalition Inc. (GNHCC) Appropriation Amount: $10,000.00 Budget Year: 2026 Contract Period: July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient...

      Pass

    • 26-1379 TE#65 Increasing Food Production in the Passaic Watershed Region” Project

      Pass

    • 26-1390 TE#67 The Newark Alliance Gift Grant

      Pass

    • 26-1449 November 2026 Temporary Budget Extension

      Pass

    • 26-1403 TE#W2 Stromwater Opportunity Study

      Pass

    • 26-1108 Amended Resolution- T0106 Law Enforcement Firearms Equipment and Supplies

      Pass

    • 26-1321 State Contract T0465-Tree Trimming, Pruning, and Removal Services

      Pass

    • 26-1391 Hardware: tools, Equipment and Supplies

      Pass

    • 26-1405 Laboratory Services, Lead Analysis & Dust Wipes

      Pass

    • 26-1367 Apply/Accept 2026 NIHHIS Heat Tabletop Exercise Design Challenge Grant

      Pass

    • 26-0429 177 Scheerer Ave LLC.

      Pass

    • 26-0831 Burrowes Development Group

      Pass

    • 26-1005 Titilayo Olusegun

      Pass

    • 26-0823 GT Community Development LP

      Pass

    • 26-0887 Helena Rabess

      Pass

  • Municipal Council

    , 10:00 AM

    Council Chamber

    Details

    1 item of legislation

    • 26-1395 Supply And Delivery of Zinc Orthophosphate for the City of Newark's Montclair Re-Chlorination Station - Contract 11-WS2026 (Carus LLC)

      Pass

  • Municipal Council

    , 12:30 PM

    Council Chamber

    Agenda Details

  • Municipal Council

    , 10:00 AM

    Council Chamber

    Details

  • Municipal Council

    , 6:30 PM

    Council Chamber

    Agenda Minutes Details

Source: the city's public Legistar calendar, via the Legistar web API.

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