11/09/2026 Council Meeting

The Perth Amboy City Council meeting on November 9, 2026, included several procurement- and funding-related items. The agenda listed acceptance of 2026 federal CDBG and HOME funds—amounts transcribed as approximately $695,800 and $496,132.69—and contracts funded through CDBG for local service organizations, generally about $21,166.67 each. A YMCA rental-assistance contract was listed at approximately $124,300, though the transcript garbles the exact amount. The council also received a September check register totaling $15,281,859.57. A change order with Core Mechanical was listed for $35,000, increasing its contract from $100,000 to $135,000; an engineering-services change order was listed as increasing the contract from $49,500 to $214,190. The concrete sidewalk replacement item, with a contract price of $369,151.50 and no increase, was pulled and deferred to the November 23 meeting because the funding authorization was not yet effective. The agenda also included applications for recreation-related grants, including an approximately $15,000 coach-training grant and a $5,000 girls’ and women’s sports microgrant; the transcript does not clearly record their disposition.

The city recognized a private donation of an AED and outdoor safe station at the Veterans Memorial Youth Complex, which is undergoing renovations that include four synthetic fields and related site improvements; no city purchase or contract award for that equipment was identified. The council adopted the First Street redevelopment plan, the handicapped-parking ordinance, and the downtown redevelopment plan; the first ordinance listed for public hearing was tabled. The meeting also reviewed the municipality’s annual best-practices inventory, with no formal action required. No vote on the listed contract and funding resolutions is clearly captured in the transcript.