Township Council — April 28, 2026
The agenda for the CY2026 municipal budget introduction, with a hearing set for May 26: a CAP bank ordinance (4502-26), the budget self-examination resolution and the introduction resolution, plus the 2026 general and water-utility bond ordinances and a $293,500 open-space ordinance on first reading. No minutes are posted, so no votes are reported here.
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Meeting recording
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Worth watching
The public comment period. No minutes are posted, so speakers are not listed here.
Same moment on the township archiveThe agenda lists Ord. 4502-26 (CAP bank), Res. #26-179 (self-examination) and Res. #26-180 (budget introduction, hearing May 26).
Same moment on the township archiveThe agenda lists the general capital bond (4504-26), the $4,588,000 water utility bond (4505-26) and the $293,500 open-space capital ordinance (4506-26).
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What happened
What the agenda lists
No minutes for this meeting were posted on Granicus (checked October 29, 2026). This page is built from the agenda and the video’s chapter markers, so it shows what was scheduled, not recorded votes.
- CY2026 Municipal Budget (item 13):
- Ord. 4502-26, “Ordinance to Exceed the Municipal Budget Appropriation Limits and to Establish a CAP Bank (N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.14)”;
- Res. #26-179, the self-examination of budget resolution required by DCA;
- Res. #26-180, introduction of the CY2026 Municipal Budget, with the public hearing set for May 26, 2026.
- Second reading (item 14): Ord. 4503-26, accepting a conservation easement and permanent access easement from 31 Voorhees, LLC.
- First reading (item 15):
- Ord. 4504-26, the 2026 capital improvements and equipment bond ordinance (amounts left blank on the agenda);
- Ord. 4505-26, the 2026 water utility bond ordinance, appropriating $4,588,000 and authorizing $4,588,000 in bonds or notes;
- Ord. 4506-26, appropriating $293,500 from the Open Space Trust Fund for capital acquisitions and improvements.
- Consent agenda (item 16, Res. #26-181 to #26-195), including:
- resurfacing awards: Coppermine Road area, Fischer Contracting Inc., not to exceed $496,584.65 (#26-186); Cedar Brook Drive, Meco Inc., not to exceed $360,724.50 (#26-187); Sterling Road area, Fischer Contracting Inc., not to exceed $648,322.99 (#26-188). See roads and traffic;
- release of a $458,523.51 performance guarantee for The Marigold, 315 Churchill Avenue (#26-185);
- a July 2, 2026 fireworks show, not to exceed $24,900.00 (#26-189);
- a new plow body, Cliffside Body Corporation, not to exceed $53,358 (#26-192);
- $20,000 a year of opiate settlement funds for the Community Recovery Champion program, as recommended by the Municipal Alliance Opiate Funds Advisory Subcommittee (#26-194);
- excusing Ms. Uddin from the April 28 and May 12 meetings (#26-195).
- Council discussion (item 10): a Shade Tree Commission report by Steve Gillooly.
What later records show
- The May 12, 2026 minutes record public hearings and adoption of Ords. 4502-26, 4504-26, 4505-26 and 4506-26. They give Ord. 4504-26 as appropriating $8,049,100 and authorizing $6,979,145 in bonds or notes. See the May 12 meeting.
- The May 12 minutes rescind Res. #26-192 (the plow body, after the supplier reported an 18-month delay) and #26-193 (a construction water meter refund to JYP Holdings, LLC, found to be adopted in error), each described as “adopted April 28, 2026” (Res. #26-200 and #26-201).
- The May 26, 2026 minutes record a public hearing on the CY2026 Municipal Budget “As Introduced and Amended”. See the 2026 budget.
Records
- Agenda · Packet · Minutes: not posted
- Video on Granicus (2:54). Granicus publishes no captions for Franklin meetings.