# New Brunswick City Council Meeting - 10/21/2026


**Body:** New Brunswick Today
**Date:** October 20, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety, Physical Infrastructure


New Brunswick City Council meeting, October 21, 2026: Council held a public hearing and adopted the 2026 French Street Corridor Special Improvement District budget. The district representative described the budget as covering one quarter, with an anticipated full-year budget of approximately $355,056 for 2027, subject to reassessment. On second reading, council approved capital ordinances appropriating $18.6 million for water improvements, $750,000 for sanitary sewer improvements, and $2.25 million for general capital improvements. The water program includes water-main work, hydrants and meters, distribution-system and treatment-plant repairs, vehicles, and facility improvements. The general capital ordinance includes about $2 million for police body cameras and $198,500 for fire communications equipment.

Council also approved the resolutions, including a five-year Axon Enterprise contract for 170 Axon Body 4 cameras and accessories, not to exceed $1,914,338.30, through a state contract; a Conquest Construction contract for raw-water air-release-valve replacement, not to exceed $233,000; and a $420,000 increase to a B&W Construction contract for engineering-division equipment and labor, described as an increase of 20% or more over the original contract. Other approved amendments included $25,000 for planning and zoning services and $10,635 for engineering services. The agenda also included a Ford F-550 Mason dump truck purchase (the amount is garbled in the transcript) and rejection of bids for a municipal prosecutor. During discussion, officials said camera purchases would follow procurement requirements and highlighted the state-contract purchasing route; no separate vote outcomes for individual resolutions were clearly recorded beyond the collective approval.

**Source:** New Brunswick Today