Ridgewood Council approves repaving plan
MAY 30, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
Several Ridgewood streets will be paved in 2014.
Following three weeks of uncertainty, a capital ordinance to fund the municipality’s annual street repaving project earned the supermajority vote needed for approval. The Ridgewood Council’s 4-0 decision on Wednesday came as a relief to Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld, who exclaimed “Yes!” after the vote.
Last month, council members presented an all-encompassing $2.8 million general capital budget. The enacting ordinance was introduced by an allowable 3-2 vote; however, adoption of a capital bond ordinance would require a supermajority — four favorable votes in Ridgewood’s case.
Fearing that the general ordinance would not pass, Sonenfeld removed the 2014 street paving plan from the capital budget and presented it to council members for a separate vote. But council members Tom Riche and Bernadette Walsh voted against the introduction of the $1.549 million paving ordinance, to the surprise of their colleagues.
“This is arguably one of the most important issues we have as a council,” Mayor Paul Aronsohn said. “Street repaving has public safety and quality of life implications.”
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