File #: 21-1652    Version: 1 Name: Resolution: Ceremonial Street Designation - Vincent James Cordi, Sr. (LQ)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 11/3/2021 In control: Municipal Council and City Clerk
On agenda: 4/12/2022 Final action: 4/12/2022
Title: Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: Vincent James Cordi, Sr. Date(s): Saturday, April 23, 2022 Event Time: 10:00 A.M. Official Street Name(s): Intersection of Delevan Avenue and North 10th Street Ceremonial Intersection Name: Vincent James Cordi, Sr. Way Sponsor: Council Member, Anibal Ramos, Jr. Additional Information: Rain Date: Saturday, April 30, 2022.
Sponsors: Luis A. Quintana, Council of the Whole

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Dept/ Agency:  Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk

Action:  (   ) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending

Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation

Honoree: Vincent James Cordi, Sr.            

Date(s): Saturday, April 23, 2022                       

Event Time: 10:00 A.M.

Official Street Name(s):  Intersection of Delevan Avenue and North 10th Street                   

Ceremonial Intersection Name: Vincent James Cordi, Sr. Way                    

Sponsor: Council Member, Anibal Ramos, Jr.                     

Additional Information:

Rain Date: Saturday, April 30, 2022.              

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WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PSF-f, adopted on May 20, 2015, authorizes the designation of an intersection, etc., for honorary and ceremonial purposes; and

 

WHEREAS, Vincent James Cordi, Sr., a lifelong resident of Newark, retired as a Road Supervisor from the City of Belleville, New Jersey after twenty-five (25) years of public service in 1990. He also worked many years as a Tractor Ttrailer Driver for the Strickland Company located in Newark; and

 

WHEREAS, Vincent Cordi, Sr., was a proud and an honored member of the “greatest generation”, he served honorably in the United State Army during World War ll, where he attained the rank of Staff Sergeant; and

 

WHEREAS, the Governing Body is seeking to maintain the legacy of outstanding Newark residents such as Vincent James Cordi, Sr., for honorary and ceremonial purposes.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

 

1. The Municipal Council does hereby authorize the honorary and ceremonial renaming of the intersection of Delevan Avenue and North 10th Street as “Vincent James Cordi, Sr. Way”.

 

2. The official name of said streets shall remain as Delevan Avenue and North 10th Street in its entirety.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

This Resolution authorizes the naming of the intersection of Delevan Avenue and North 10th Street as “Vincent James Cordi, Sr. Way”, for honorary and ceremonial purposes.