Township Council — March 10, 2026
The Council adopted Ord. 4496-26 on affordable housing development fees and the recycling, dog-licence and wedding-fee ordinances, each 9-0. Members reported on the 2026 road paving list, a planned review of the snow-removal ordinance, and property assessment notices with a May 1 appeal deadline.
- Housing
- Infrastructure
- Taxes
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The Council commends officers for saving a man's life with CPR and an AED at Church Street and Route 27.
Same moment on the township archiveRoad paving recommendations, Ward 1 roads, a planned 2026 paving list online, the downtown park re-bid, and assessment notices with a May 1 appeal deadline.
Same moment on the township archiveAdopted 9-0 with no public comment.
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What happened
What was decided
The meeting began at 7:30 p.m. The minutes’ roll call lists eight members (Anbarasan, Francois, Kharazi, Kramer, Onyejiaka, Uddin, Vassanella and Wright) and “Absent: No One”; Mr. Singh is not named in it but is recorded among the ayes on every vote. Every vote was 9-0: ayes Anbarasan, Francois, Kharazi, Kramer, Onyejiaka, Singh, Uddin, Vassanella and Wright; no nays.
- Adopted on second reading, each with no public comment:
- Ord. 4496-26, replacing Article XXXIII, Affordable Housing Development Fees, to meet the Fair Housing Act and the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (mover Francois, second Uddin). See Fourth Round housing;
- Ord. 4498-26, Chapter 284, Recycling: fees and charges for admission of material, materials admitted free, and materials not allowed (mover Anbarasan, second Uddin);
- Ord. 4499-26, late dog licensing fees (mover Kharazi, second Uddin);
- Ord. 4500-26, wedding and civil union fees (mover Francois, second Anbarasan).
- Consent agenda (Res. #26-114 to #26-122; mover Uddin, second Francois), including #26-121, approving bonds issued by the Public Finance Authority for Rutgers Preparatory School (recorded vote, nine ayes), and #26-122, a Municipal Alliance grant of $8,498.90.
- Approved the February 10, 2026 minutes and warrants of $3,559,164.42.
- Appointed Edna Hitchner as Alternate No. 2 to the Advisory Board of Health, by acclamation.
- Executive session on pending litigation (Res. #26-123; mover Francois, second Anbarasan).
Public Discussion
- Bill Connell of Spring Street, praised Mr. Wright’s responsiveness, put criticism of the snow response in context, urged reasonable expectations and called the overall job good.
- Javahn Walker of Kuhn Street, praised the Council’s proclamations on health and emergency topics.
Reports
- Mr. Vassanella said the Public Works Committee was 95% to 98% done with its road repaving recommendations. The minutes add, in their wording: “target budget is around 43 million per the Financial Oversight Committee”. He said the snow-removal ordinance language would be reviewed after the major storm.
- Mr. Singh reported work with South Brunswick and local businesses on a new traffic light and pedestrian crossing near New Jersey Transit access, and named four Ward 1 roads slated for paving: Coppermine, Sterling, Stockton and Steward.
- Ms. Uddin said the 2026 road paving plan will be posted online for tracking, and that she is planning a fraud and scam seminar with the Manager and police.
- Mr. Anbarasan said the downtown park is moving forward, with a re-bid planned and construction to start quickly after acceptable bids, and that the Planning Board approved a 14-home development on Cedar Grove.
- Deputy Mayor Kharazi announced that property assessment notices were mailed, with an appeal deadline of May 1, and encouraged residents to apply for state property tax relief. See the 2026 budget.
Records
- Minutes (approved March 24, 2026) · Agenda · Packet
- Video on Granicus (1:22). Granicus publishes no captions for Franklin meetings; this page follows the Clerk’s minutes.