Municipal Council Meeting, February 11, 2026
Votes on Adoption of ordinance 26-001 as amended (off-duty police/DPW fee reform for cultural events), 9-0
What happened
The Jersey City Municipal Council held a regular meeting on 2026-02-11 dominated by first/second readings, appointments, and public comment on rent-control enforcement, with no rezonings decided.
- Jurisdiction
- Jersey City, NJ
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- February 11, 2026
- Decisions
- 16 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted, 9-0
Free sample: decision 1 of 16
Add resolutions 10.23-10.25 to agenda
Motion to add resolution 26-065 (opposition to ICE), 26-066 (recreation improvement grant), and 26-067 (rent protection special investigation committee) to the agenda. Passed 9-0.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Jersey City Municipal Council held a regular meeting on 2026-02-11 dominated by first/second readings, appointments, and public comment on rent-control enforcement, with no rezonings decided.
Key Decisions (16)
Add resolutions 10.23-10.25 to agenda
Appointment of William Viquera as Director of Finance
Appointment of Sarah M. Levine as Corporation Counsel
Appointment of William Viquera as Acting CFO
First readings introduced: ordinances 26-006, 26-007, 26-008
Adoption of ordinance 26-001 as amended (off-duty police/DPW fee reform for cultural events)
Adoption of ordinance 26-002 (reserved disabled parking spaces)
Acceptance of 95 Morgan Street carried to Feb 25
Adoption of ordinance 26-005 (franchise for stairs at 20 Van Wagenen Avenue)
Claims and addendums number one and number two
Resolutions 10.1 through 10.14 (excluding 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.9)
Financial advisory contract with NW Financial Group (resolution 10.15)
Cannabis business resolution 10.16
Cannabis business resolution 10.17
Park construction contract (resolution 10.18) withdrawn
Resolutions 10.20 through 10.25 (opposition to ICE, grant, rent protection committee)
Development Activity (3)
95 Morgan Street property acceptance
Residential
20 Van Wagenen Avenue stair franchise
Residential
1075 West Side Avenue lit protective bollard franchise
Commercial
Market Signals (5)
Sentiment
City faces an inherited structural budget deficit of approximately $250-255…
Housing Demand
Multiple Portside Towers tenants allege large corporate landlords (Equity Residential)…
Commercial Demand
Council members note several cannabis dispensaries are failing and expressed…
Who Spoke (47)
On the record: the chair, 8 councilmembers, and 34 members of the public.
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