Salem County Town Hall: Week of Oct. 19, 2026

Good morning, Salem County.

The calendar is quiet this week, but last week's agendas carried real decisions. Pennsville took up a cannabis overlay zone and a $400,000 vehicle bond. Salem City held a hearing on its amended 2026 budget. Alloway set its Halloween parade road closures. Quinton holds a budget work session on Wednesday.

Meetings ahead

Quinton Township Committee — Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m.

This is a work session at the municipal building, with no votes on the posted agenda. The finance office will talk about the budget. The clerk's office will bring an agreement with the Monmouth County SPCA and next year's meeting dates and times. Meeting details

Salem County Board of County Commissioners

The board's next regular meeting is expected on Wednesday, Oct. 21. No agenda had been posted by Friday. County government page

Coming up

Salem City, Oct. 26: Council holds a public hearing on Ordinance 26-23, which adds a handicapped parking space on Hubbell Avenue. Details
Alloway, Oct. 24: The township's Halloween parade steps off at 7 p.m. Roads on the parade route close at 6 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. Details

Decisions behind

Pennsville: cannabis overlay zone, vehicle bond and taller sheds

Ordinance A-16-2026 was up for final adoption at the Oct. 15 committee meeting. It would create a Cannabis Overlay Zone made up of three overlay districts and allow Class 5 cannabis retail sales inside them. The township solicitor advised the committee not to move it to a vote. The Planning Board had not finished its review in the time the law allows, and the committee wants that board's input. Left without a vote, the ordinance is not adopted. The agenda notes that the committee expects to bring it back later.

The same agenda introduced Bond Ordinance A-19-2026. It would spend $400,000 on vehicles and equipment and borrow up to $380,952 of that through bonds or notes. Ordinance A-18-2026 was up for final adoption too. It raises the maximum height of accessory structures, such as garages and sheds, to 20 feet. Meeting details

Salem City: amended 2026 budget

At its Oct. 13 caucus, council held a public hearing on Resolution 2026-242, which amends the city's 2026 budget. Resolution 2026-243, which adopts the amended budget, followed it on the agenda. Council also tabled Ordinance 26-22, the Gibbon Street handicapped parking change, and introduced Ordinance 26-23 for Hubbell Avenue in its place. Meeting details

Alloway: salary ordinance and a clerk's resignation

The Oct. 15 agenda included the public hearing and final adoption of Ordinance No. 587, which sets salary ranges for township officers and employees. It also included Resolution 26-92, selling tax sale certificate No. 10-00014. The committee was also set to accept the resignation of Deputy Municipal Clerk Kristy L. Alward, approve the first payment for the Wistars Mill Lane reconstruction and submit the 2026 Municipal Best Practices Inventory. Meeting details

Elsewhere

Pilesgrove discussed a park ordinance on Oct. 13. The agenda also included Resolution 26-094, which supports the township's application for a 2028 farmland preservation planning incentive grant. Details
Oldmans held a performance hearing on Oct. 14 for its Community Development Block Grant housing rehabilitation program. The agenda included Change Order No. 2 and final payment to Phoenician Construction for the Small Cities grant project. Details
Woodstown minutes from Sept. 22, now posted, show that council voted unanimously to withdraw the original short-term rental licensing ordinance. The borough solicitor is working on a revised version. Details

Every agenda, minutes file and recap we track is on the Salem County government page. Have a good week, Salem County.