Council Meeting - November 9th, 2026

At its November 9, 2026 meeting, the Municipality of Princeton Mayor and Council discussed several infrastructure and procurement matters. Council approved a revised scope modification for the North Harrison Street–Terhune Road project, retaining a single-lane roundabout with pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements as required by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The grant is $750,000; construction of the roundabout is estimated at $1.5 million, with design funding to be brought forward separately. Council also introduced and approved a $1.6 million bond ordinance for Princeton Landfill remedial work and monitoring, authorizing $1.52 million in bonds or notes; a public hearing is set for November 23. Council rejected bids for demolition and site restoration at two Lanwin open-space properties and rejected bids for landfill corrective measures, directing staff to re-advertise the landfill work. It approved one-year extensions for Waters and Bugbee Inc. for emergency on-call sewer work, not to exceed $500,000, and Rapid Pump and Meter Service Company LLC for pump-station and force-main maintenance, not to exceed $208,114.31. Council also increased the 2026 municipal-attorney services agreement with Mason, Griffin and Pearson PC by $50,000, to a new $450,000 cap.

Other actions included approval of an ordinance establishing a special service charge for redacting body-worn and in-vehicle camera footage from public-records requests, and affordability-assistance resolutions for several properties. The Environmental Commission presented recommendations on light pollution, including support for pending state legislation and potential updates to Princeton’s lighting ordinance; no related procurement or ordinance change was approved at this meeting. Discussion identified PSE&G’s limited availability of dark-sky-compliant streetlight fixtures as a constraint on future municipal lighting choices. Council also heard traffic-safety updates and public comments on affordable housing and homelessness; no associated spending actions were taken.