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Thank You!

On behalf of the Mayor’s office, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation and thanks to those on the front-line during this health crisis. Our amazing team at the Board of Health, EMS, Fire Department, Police Department, Nurses, First Responders, DPW, Parks & Recreation and all of our City employees continue to do their very best to make sure our City runs as smoothly as possible. We will get through this, We are in this together!

How to Use RingCentral or GoToMeeting to Attend City Meetings

How To Connect Using Your Computer, Smartphone or Tablet

  • To participate using your computer’s microphone and/or camera, simply click on the link shown on the website.
  • On the Monday or Tuesday of City Caucus, Conference and Council meetings, clicking on the “Caucus Meeting (Mon 6pm)” or “Conference Meeting (Tues 6pm)” or “Council Meeting (Tues 7pm)” links will immediately take you to the meeting. Before the meeting credentials are finalized, clicking on those links will take you to the City’s website calendar event.
  • On a computer, smartphone or tablet, your device will then get a prompt from the website to either open the application (if it is already installed on your device) or to install the application if it is not already installed on your device.
  • The application will then open and you will be connected to the meeting.
  • When you sign in you may have to wait for the host to allow you to enter. Stay logged in until that happens.

How To Dial In Using Your Phone

  • To participate in virtual meetings by phone, first dial the phone number in the meeting notice.
  • Then, enter the access code found in the meeting notice.

Aries Linden Biosolids Gasification Facility Reaches Financial Close

FRANKLIN, TN and LINDEN, NJ – (October 30, 2019) – Aries Clean Energy has successfully completed the $65 million financial close for the Aries Linden Biosolids Gasification Facility in New Jersey, and construction has commenced. The financing included $50 million of “Green” tax-exempt bonds issued through the Union County Improvement Authority. This facility will divert 130,000 tons of biosolids from local landfills annually, and it will provide the lowest cost option for biosolids disposal in the NY/NJ Metropolitan area.

“The Linden facility will be the most advanced biosolids processing facility in the world utilizing our patented fluidized bed technology. By using our environmentally friendly, renewable system, we will convert biosolids into completely renewable, beneficial products. We are looking forward to investing in the local community and serving the region with sustainable biosolids solutions that will contribute to a cleaner, greener, healthier planet. – Greg Bafalis, CEO of Aries Clean Energy

For more information, please see the press release.

Aries Clean Energy’s New Jersey Biosolids Gasification Facility To Set New Standards In Wastewater Industry

LINDEN, NJ and FRANKLIN, TN – (October 17, 2019) – Aries Clean Energy was joined by local officials and dignitaries to break ground on New Jersey’s first biosolids-only gasification facility on Tuesday. The Aries Linden Biosolids Gasification Facility will bring environmental and sustainable benefits to the area by processing 430 tons of biosolids daily into clean renewable energy.

“This Aries system eliminates the need for environmentally harmful landfilling or incineration of biosolids, while producing beneficial renewable energy and biochar.  We believe this truly is a beneficial and disruptive technology that will revolutionize the wastewater treatment industry and establish itself as the best available control technology for biosolids disposal and serve as a model for others” – Greg Bafalis, CEO Aries Clean Energy

For more information, please see the press release.