Mayor Patty Gilbert motions to the audience at the Jan. 28 borough assembly meeting. During the meeting, the assembly passed the first reading of an ordinance that would eliminate the public vote currently needed to sell or lease borough-owned property valued at more than $1 million. There will be a public hearing on the ordinance on Feb. 11.
The borough assembly has passed the first reading of an ordinance to eliminate the requirement of a public vote to sell or lease borough-owned property worth more than $1 million, scheduling the ordinance for a public hearing and possible approval Feb. 11.
Lawyers had advised the borough that the public consent requirement in the municipal charter contradicts the state constitution.
The assembly unanimously approved the first reading of the ordinance Jan. 28.
The approval process was used as recently as October 2022, when voters overwhelmingly gave the assembly the authority to sell or lease t...
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