Financial records show Rahway paid at least $200,000 exploring a water utility sale, funded through ratepayer accounts with little public disclosure. The mayor says it’s not over.
Karla Timmons was unanimously selected to represent Rahway’s 3rd Ward after Vannie Parson resigned in April. Parson was the first Black woman elected to the Rahway Municipal Council.
Council President Joseph Coyle said he’s holding up the 2026 municipal budget while seeking unspecified cuts, as seniors made a spirited case for more indoor pickleball courts.
The council approved an eminent domain action on a Main Street property, signed off on nearly $1 million for a high school parking overhaul, expanded its surveillance camera program, noted a major new health center at Metro Park, and locked in a roughly $2.2 million energy deal with PSE&G — among other items.
About two dozen Rahway Department of Public Works employees attended Monday’s city council meeting to demand action on a contract that has gone unsigned for 14 months, with some workers earning as little as $18 an hour.
Rahway’s 2026 budget is overdue, the water utility sale collapsed, and construction costs for the mayor’s downtown projects remain undisclosed.
After a fire at Woodbridge Center Plaza displaced 50 residents in April, a unique township ordinance required their landlord to rehouse them at the same rent by end of day.
Edison’s 2026 municipal budget is two months overdue. Residents warned Wednesday that council members could face $100-per-day personal fines for missing the state deadline.
Recap of the Edison Township Municipal Council meeting from April 22, 2026. Coverage of sewer contracts, budget delays, and key votes.
Edison’s Municipal Council approved $1.4 million in sewer engineering contracts Wednesday but gave the department two weeks to justify seven years of spending.