The Township Council meets Monday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m. A public hearing on a road-repaving bond comes first. A two-hour parking limit that the Council tabled in September is back, now for Oliver Court only.
Township Council meeting: Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Courtroom, East Brunswick Municipal Building, 1 Jean Walling Civic Center. The meeting is open to the public. The full agenda and its 50 pages of supporting documents are posted on the township’s website, EastBrunswick.org.
Road work accounts for the two largest decisions on the East Brunswick Township Council agenda for Monday night. The Council will hold a public hearing and a final vote on borrowing about $1 million to repave roads. Separately, it will be asked to add $532,815 to the paving contract it awarded in April.
The agenda also brings back a parking rule that the Council set aside last month after residents objected. The new version covers one street instead of four.
Nothing on Monday’s agenda involves redevelopment, a PILOT agreement or the school district.
A $1.1 million bond for road repaving (Ordinance 26-26)
A bond ordinance is how a town gives itself permission to borrow money for a project. This one would set aside $1,100,000 for “road repaving of various roads.” Of that, $55,000 is a down payment from money saved in earlier budgets. The other $1,045,000 would be borrowed and repaid over time from the township budget.
This is the final step. The Council introduced the ordinance 5-0 on Sept. 28. On Monday, residents will get a chance to comment on it, and then the Council will vote. Borrowing requires yes votes from at least four of the five Council members.
The documents do not say which roads would be repaved. The ordinance refers to “a list on file in the Office of the Engineer,” and that list is not included.
One detail still needs cleaning up. The ordinance’s title says it authorizes “$1,045,700.00 in bonds or notes.” The text of the ordinance and the meeting agenda both say $1,045,000, a difference of $700.
A $532,815 increase to the 2026 paving contract (Resolution 26-305)
This is a separate decision from the bond.
In April, the Council hired Black Rock Enterprises LLC of Old Bridge, the lower of two bidders, for this year’s paving program, which covers 22 local streets. The price was $3,027,911.45. The Council is now being asked to approve a change order, which is an addition to a contract that has already been awarded. It would raise the total to $3,560,726.45, an increase of about 17.6%.
State rules generally limit such additions to 20% of the original contract. The resolution notes that this one falls under that limit.
The resolution gives five reasons for the added cost:
- higher asphalt and fuel prices, which it attributes to “extreme market fluctuation”;
- more sidewalk at the Municipal Complex;
- water main work and paving on Milltown Road;
- a water improvement at Independence Drive and Pilgrim Run, two streets on this year’s paving list;
- paving over a water main repair on Riva Avenue.
The documents do not show how much of the $532,815 goes to each one. The resolution says the money will come from the township’s water capital fund, which pays for water system projects, and not from the new bond. Part of the original contract was paid from that fund as well.
Additions to the yearly paving contract are not unusual. In 2024, the Council approved two of them, raising that year’s contract with Black Rock from $2,773,996.46 to $3,328,725.86. That was also just under the 20% limit.
The $532,815 contract increase is on the consent agenda, meaning it is grouped with other items for approval in a single vote. Unless a Council member requests a separate discussion, the increase could be approved without individual debate.
The two-hour parking limit returns, for Oliver Court only (Ordinance 26-24)
In August, the Council proposed a two-hour parking limit on Burnham Place, High Point Road, Madeline Avenue and Oliver Court. It would have applied from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. People who live on those streets would have been exempt.
At a public hearing on Sept. 14, residents asked how visiting family and friends were supposed to park, and several suggested guest passes. The Council voted 5-0 to table the ordinance, which means setting it aside without a final vote. Council President Dana Zimbicki said it would go back to the Police Department for another look.
The version on Monday’s agenda names only Oliver Court. The hours are the same. The limit would apply to both sides of the street for its entire length, and to “corner properties directly abutting Oliver Court.” Residents would still be exempt on the street where they live.
The new version does not include guest passes or any other provision for visitors. The documents do not explain why the other three streets were dropped or what the police review found.
Monday’s vote is only the first step, called an introduction. Residents will be able to comment at a public hearing on Oct. 26, when the Council is scheduled to take its final vote.
Also on the consent agenda
The Council will be asked to accept a $60,000 state traffic-safety grant for the Police Department. It covers Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2027, and pays for extra enforcement and education on distracted driving, speeding, drunken driving, pedestrian safety and school zone and school bus safety. Last year’s grant was $56,628.
Other items would:
- buy a boom lift, a type of aerial work platform, from Drobach Equipment of Union for up to $75,649;
- reappoint Courtney Fraind as municipal court administrator for another one-year term, through Oct. 9, 2027;
- allow Festive Planet Inc. to hold a Dream Asia Festival at the Middlesex County Fairgrounds from April 9 to 11, 2027;
- bill two property owners a total of $537 for lawn mowing the township paid for, by placing liens on the properties;
- refund $94,803.05 to three investors who had bought tax liens on properties whose owners have since paid what they owed.
The bill list
The Council will also be asked to approve a bill list totaling $2,019,187.14, covering payments and other financial obligations listed by the township.
The largest single item is $432,725 to Classic Turf Company, the first payment on new pickleball courts at Community Park. In June, the Council awarded Classic Turf a contract of up to $552,500 to build them.
Other large items include $143,547.08 to Black Rock, $122,400.97 to the Middlesex County Utilities Authority for August waste and recycling fees and $97,456 to Winner Ford for two police vehicles.
How to take part
Residents can attend in person and speak at two points in the meeting.
The first is the public hearing on the paving bond, which comes early in the meeting and is limited to that subject.
The second is the general public comment period. On the agenda, it comes after the officials’ reports and before the Council votes on the consent agenda. That means residents can comment on the paving contract increase, or any other subject, before that vote takes place. The Council asks speakers to keep comments to five minutes. Under its rules, the Council president may choose whether to respond.
The meeting will also include three proclamations and a resolution honoring Joseph Schimmenti, who retired Oct. 1 after 34 years with the Department of Public Works.
Eyes On EB will report what happens Monday.
