Warren Township, New Jersey
Each issue has its own page: where it stands, what happens next, and every dated event, explainer, document and meeting recording behind it, each linked to the township's own record.
Road projects, sidewalks, sewer and water, power and cell coverage.
Warren awarded NJDOT-funded contracts for King George Road and two Mountainview Road phases, a $445,000 Valley View Road bond and a 24-street overlay capped at $945,800. Change orders raised two contracts; LocalWhy has not reviewed the required completion report.
Somerset County closed Stirling Road at County Bridge No. L1014 on August 3, 2026 for an estimated five months; Warren Township's July 30 notice anticipated reopening in mid-December. The road is closed to vehicles and pedestrians; driveway access is maintained.
Warren bonded $880,000 for a Stage IV treatment plant generator, awarded a $566,735 Stiles Road pump-station contract and authorized up to $137,432.50 for an emergency force-main repair. A $15,000 nitrate study was commissioned and staff recommended no 2026 sewer rate change.
Warren expanded a Maxwell Court drainage study to Cherry Tree Lane and the reach to Warrenbrook Golf Course, raising the engineering contract to $183,040 and adding $100,000 in bonds. A $3.5 million state grant application was listed in September 2026.
Warren's Park and Ride holds 50 spaces at 300 Warren Corporate Center Drive under a 2018 parking license. The Committee said 2026 passes would be issued by lottery and extended the license twice, through March 31 and then June 30, 2026. No later extension appears in the records reviewed.
How the boards, hearings and statutory deadlines work.
Warren's November 3, 2026 ballot has two Township Committee seats, three school board seats, county and federal races and the Hofheimer House question. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; the county certifies results November 18. No results existed when this page was written.
How the township is run: appointments, contracts, policing policy and public notice.
Warren voters answer a non-binding question on November 3, 2026: whether to borrow $7.5 million to restore the Hofheimer House. The Committee placed it on the ballot 5–0; the stated cost is $81 a year on the average home.
The New Jersey Historic Trust grant for the Mount Bethel Meeting House rose from $524,115 to $763,343, and the Paragon Restoration contract rose from $556,250 to $580,770 after one change order. The Oct. 8, 2026 agenda listed a proclamation celebrating completion; LocalWhy has not reviewed the meeting minutes.
Warren adopted Ordinance 26-20 on July 16, 2026, 4–0, adding filming permit, fee and notice rules to the Township code. On July 30, 2026 the Township announced certification as a Film Ready New Jersey municipality.
Warren awarded Holman Frenia Allison up to $49,400 for a forensic audit of its active PILOT agreements and heard the firm's presentation on May 14, 2026. Six 2026 budget lines total $1.91 million by LocalWhy's addition; LocalWhy has not reviewed the presentation.
A sprinkler pipe failed at 46 Mountain Boulevard on Feb. 8, 2026, and municipal offices moved to leased suites at 3 Mountainview Road. The Committee authorized $166,050 for six months' rent and $82,000 to extend the leases through Dec. 31, 2026.
Warren adopted Ordinance 26-12, a $900,000 federal appropriation for dispatch equipment and radios, 5–0 on April 16, 2026. The Committee also authorized Motorola radio purchases capped at $75,000 each and, on Oct. 22, a COPS grant agreement, more radios and dispatch renovations.
The Fourth Round housing plan, the court case behind it, and the developments that carry it.
Warren zoned two parcels at 149 Washington Valley Road and 11 North Road for up to 115 homes, 28 affordable, in March 2026. The housing plan lists Bardy Farms as a replacement site. No Bardy case appears on the reviewed Planning Board list and agendas; residents raised traffic, flooding and school concerns.
A court set Warren's Fourth Round obligation at 10 present-need and 262 prospective-need units. The Township adopted a housing plan and Ordinances 26-06 through 26-14 creating or revising six affordable-housing districts, and no site plan for those districts has appeared on a reviewed agenda.
Warren authorized a memorandum of understanding with Nouvelle, LLC and Pillar Care Continuum for at least 32 affordable supportive-needs units on two Township-owned parcels on Stirling Road totaling about 9.57 acres. No funding, unit mix or schedule is stated.
The townwide ban on data centers and detention centers, and the lawsuit against it.
Ordinance 26-19, adopted 5–0 on June 18, 2026, prohibits data centers in every zone. At its May introduction, Committeeman Croson said there were no applications or plans.
Farmland and open-space preservation, wildlife, streams and the Sourland Mountain.
Warren has a draft Open Space and Recreation Plan for 2026–2035 listing 887.61 acres (OCR) in 18 areas, with a public input meeting on November 9, 2026. The draft lists trail, field and acquisition priorities and a future Master Plan review.
Warren requires a permit to cut trees under Chapter 17, with a $25 fee and a general four-trees-per-acre allowance. In 2026 the Committee reviewed an amendment using the NJDEP model ordinance. No amendment was introduced or adopted in the records reviewed through October 2026.
Warren appropriated $1,140,160 on August 20, 2026, 5–0, for Dealaman Nature Trail and Pond improvements: a $570,080 Green Acres grant and an equal open space trust fund match. Work is expected in 2027; the grant awaits a legislative appropriation.
The Township Committee authorized the Blue Ridge Sportsman Club's 2026–2027 hunt on listed Township properties and requested County permission for six County parcels. The resolution gives no season dates.
Property taxes, the township budget, assessments and tax appeals.
Warren adopted a $27,058,362.93 budget for 2026 on May 14, 5–0. It raises $16,545,270.77 in municipal taxes, 4.63% more than 2025, at a rate of $0.252 per $100, and moves employees from the state health plans to a joint insurance fund.
Moody's reaffirmed Warren's Aaa bond rating on September 1, 2026, the ninth consecutive year. The regional high school's $56,126,677 (OCR) budget raises $22,803,572 from Warren, up 3.79%, while the district rate in Warren falls to $0.3470 per $100.
Applications, redevelopment areas and the Master Plan: what is being proposed and built across the township.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York plans a Cash Services Center on about 118 acres at 15 Mountain View Road. The Planning Board approved the amended site plan 9–0 in February 2026, the Committee designated the bank redeveloper, and a sewer-easement ordinance followed. The Township's pending-applications page directs visitors to the Land Use Office to inspect plans; LocalWhy has not reviewed them.
Toll NJ I, L.L.C. seeks approval for 174 townhouses, 55 of them affordable, on about 60.87 acres at 234 Mountain Avenue. Planning Board agendas listed PB 26-02 as a hearing item on September 23, October 14 and October 28, 2026; LocalWhy has not reviewed the minutes.