Carlos M. Gonzalez
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 6
- Total speaking time
- 26:44
- Avg per meeting
- 4:27
- Segments
- 315
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Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)
Crossing guard communications and intersection safety
$4.03 million in state funds with zero city match.
Property compliance fund and tenant protections
Landlords face new compliance costs; the city gains enforcement leverage.
Chronic sanitation failures and illegal housing conversions
Roughly 500 garbage cans still need funding, plus new trucks and a possible 24/7 DPW operation that will cost more in the upcoming budget.
Proposed Illegal Dumping Crackdown
Cleanup costs borne by special improvement districts and the city.
Summer youth employment pay problems
$829,600 in state grant funds, no city contribution.
Appointment of 89 special police officers
Specials' volunteer hours help defray overtime costs for parades and festivals.
Building security ordinance enforcement
Landlords face new compliance costs; the city gains enforcement leverage.
Newark Community Street Team violence intervention funding
$150,000 total from 2026 Office of Violence Prevention funds.
Delaney Hall closure resolution
Construction vehicles parked in residential neighborhoods
Residents lose scarce parking spaces to commercial vehicles that should be parked in private lots.
ProCop Security contract compliance
Frees up to $9.8 million in budgeted funds for re-award.
Fire officers union contract
About $3.5 million per year on average over the contract term.
Brunswick Street safety and gang activity
Homeless shelter at former Miller Street School continues under Catholic Charities
Conditions at 220 Jelliff Avenue senior housing
Post-consent-decree police accountability ordinance
Would allow up to 10% of risk management reserves to be reinvested in prevention programs.
Construction near schools during state testing week
Rescinded $9.8 million armed security contract
Frees up to $9.8 million in budgeted funds for re-award.
State grant funds police traffic-safety overtime
The grant covers the full $50,000 cost, so it doesn't touch the city budget.
Food farmacy lease at 110 William Street
Rental income to the city over the five-year lease term; amount not stated.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Gonzalez was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
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Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
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