Gene Perry
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 2
- Total speaking time
- 2:52
- Avg per meeting
- 1:26
- Segments
- 60
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Top issues during term (20)
Road improvement bond ordinances
Combined roughly $866,000 in borrowing to supplement the appropriations.
Oak Street Pump Station improvements
Loan amounts to be determined through the I-Bank program applications.
Harbor Station North redevelopment plan amendment
The city will sell the parcel to a developer; sale terms are still being negotiated.
Restrictive parking zone changes
Film production zoning
No direct cost to taxpayers, but attracting productions could bring local spending.
Pigeon netting under 8th Street Bridge
Tax dollars are already paying for the netting and repairs; more may be needed.
Division of Code Enforcement
Staffing costs not yet specified; the division will report monthly on inspections and summonses.
Bayonne Housing Authority accountability
TNR feral cat program
No funding committed yet; a claimed $70,000 set-aside is under investigation, and county funding was suggested.
Waterfront walkway funding shift
Appropriation drops by $187,320 to $3,312,680.
Severance liabilities appropriation
A $3 million emergency appropriation, financed through special emergency notes.
Parking zone changes
Legal counsel shake-up
Two contracts cut by $25,000 each; new counsel agreements totaling up to $102,000 through year-end.
Broadway sidewalk improvements
$891,543 contract award.
Severance liability appropriation
A $3 million hit to city finances, financed through emergency notes that carry interest.
Legal panel contracts terminated
Two legal contracts cut by $25,000 each; new professional service agreements totaling roughly $157,000 for the rest of 2026.
Commercial helicopter noise litigation
Up to $10,000 from Bayonne toward expert witness fees, shared regionally.
New municipal website
Up to $70,641.30 under a cooperative state purchasing contract.
Short-term rental ordinance enforcement
Coast Guard fire and EMS agreement
Decisions during term (80)
Recorded while Perry was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Adoption of Ordinance No. O-26-77 (Film Production zoning)
Adoption of Ordinance No. O-26-78 (Traffic, restrictive parking zones — Add-5)
Consent agenda — communications C-1 through C-9
Consent agenda — officers' reports OR-1 through OR-8
Consent agenda — resolutions CR-1 through CR-15 and CR-17
CR-16 — Six raffle licenses
R-1 — U.S. Coast Guard mutual aid agreement
R-2 — NJLegalAds.com legal notice publication agreement
R-3 — Fifth Amendment, Centre Street Redeveloper agreement
R-4 — Hudson Regional Health Commission agreement, $80,000
R-5 — Onteris environmental consulting for Route 440 brownfield site, $107,687
R-6 — Broadway Sidewalk Improvement Project, $891,543
ADD-1 — Accepting $18,000 IMTT donation for Halecky Park
ADD-2/ADD-3 — 63rd Street Pumping Station Flood Resiliency Project awarded to Montana Construction, $1,971,800
From Brandon Broderick, Esq., filing notice of claim on behalf of ASHLEY GUZMAN and her minor son, MILO MENTER alleging injuries sustained from fall at 622 Broadway.
From Donna L. Mauer, Chief Financial Officer, reporting on vendor payments and recommending payment of same, and a resolution adopting the recommendation and ordering payment of claims. Finance
From the Hon. Sharon Nadrowski, Mayor submitting Executive Order #3 establishing the salary range for the title: REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST TRAINEE PUBLIC HEALTH. (min. $50,000 to max $60,000)
Approving the minutes of the regular meeting held Wednesday August 12, 2026. City Clerk
Approving the minutes of the council caucus held Wednesday August 5, 2026. City Clerk
Authorizing the Tax Collector to refund and/or cancel taxes on Block 280, Lot 27 (154 West 9th Street) a two-family home occupied by a qualifying 100% totally and permanently disabled veteran effective December 11, 2025, and refunded to…
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