Ordinance to increase Union City's 2026 budget by 1.5% for public welfare.

ORDINANCE NO 2026-5
 
CALENDAR YEAR 2026
MODEL ORDINANCE TO EXCEED THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION LIMITS AND TO ESTABLISH A CAP BANK
(N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.14)
 
WHEREAS, the Local Government Cap Law, N.J.S. 40A: 4-45.1 et seq., provides that in the preparation of its annual budget, a municipality shall limit any increase in said budget up to 2% unless authorized by ordinance to increase it to 3.5% over the previous year's final appropriations, subject to certain exceptions; and,
 
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.15a provides that a municipality may, when authorized by ordinance, appropriate the difference between the amount of its actual final appropriation and the 3.5% percentage rate as an exception to its final appropriations in either of the next two succeeding years; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Union City in the County of Hudson finds it advisable and necessary to increase its CY 2026 budget by up to 3.5% over the previous year's final appropriations, in the interest of promoting the health, safety and welfare of the citizens; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners hereby determines that a 1.5% increase in the budget for said year, amounting to $1,839,870.64 in excess of the increase in final appropriations otherwise permitted by the Local Government Cap Law, is advisable and necessary; and,
 
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners hereby determines that any amount authorized hereinabove that is not appropriated as part of the final budget shall be retained as an exception to final appropriation in either of the next two succeeding years.
 
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Union City, in the County of Hudson, a majority of the full authorized membership of this governing body affirmatively concurring, that, in the CY 2026 budget year, the final appropriations of the City of Union City shall, in accordance with this ordinance and N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.14, be increased by 1.5%, amounting to $1,839,870.64, and that the CY 2026 municipal budget for the City of Union City be approved and adopted in accordance with this ordinance; and,
 
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that any amount authorized hereinabove that is not appropriated as part of the final budget shall be retained as an exception to final appropriation in either of the next two succeeding years; and,
 
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that a certified copy of this ordinance as introduced be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services within 5 days of introduction; and,
 
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that a certified copy of this ordinance upon adoption, with the recorded vote included thereon, be filed with said Director within 5 days after such adoption.
 
STATEMENT
 
Notice is hereby given that the foregoing proposed Ordinance was introduced and passed by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Union City, County of Hudson, New Jersey at its regular meeting which was held on February 17, 2026 and that a public hearing upon said Ordinance will be conducted by the Board of Commissioners at a meeting on March 3, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at the Jefferson Elementary School, 3400 Palisade Avenue, Union City, New Jersey 07087. Copies are available at the City Clerk's Office.
 
Introduction: February 17, 2026
 
Attest: Hilda I. Rosario, RMC
City Clerk
Record-Herald News 2/23/2026
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