The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. The following items are on the agenda: • A presentation from prospective Springwood Avenue developers. • […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. The following items are on the agenda: • A vote on expansion of the premises at […]

The city council garnered enough votes to pass a resolution in support of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association’s bid for FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] funding to fix that town’s boardwalk. The council had failed to pass the resolution at its previous meeting on March 20. Council members voted 2-1 on the measure, with […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight, with a workshop session beginning at 6 p.m. and the regular meeting beginning at 7 p.m. The council will meet in closed session at 5 p.m. prior to the public meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for both […]

The city has created a snow trust fund to offset extraordinary costs in the event of heavy snowfall. The council approved a resolution to create a snow trust fund at its March 20 meeting. Each year, the city can now move unused department of public works overtime funds into the snow trust fund, city manager […]

As of yesterday, city employees are now covered by the state’s health insurance plan, in a move that is expected to save the city $1 million per year. Previously, all full-time city employees were insured by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, city manager Terence Reidy said. The new benefits are “very similar,” Reidy said, although […]

Public talks about bringing a skate park to the city’s West Side will begin at this week’s council meeting, scheduled for April 3 at 6 p.m. The proposal is in its beginning stages, city manager Terence Reidy said. Chris “Puddin” Aylward will attend the meeting on Wednesday and, with city officials, explain the plan during […]

Most of the now-closed boardwalk in Asbury Park will reopen next week, and the city council has awarded a contract to repair the remaining two sections that will remain off-limits until May 18. By a vote of 3-0, the council awarded the repair work at last night’s council meeting to GCS Contractors of Oakhurst in […]

UPDATE: Tonight’s council meeting has been cancelled. All business is being tabled until Wednesday, March 13. ————— Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tonight, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda […]

Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tonight, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • Contract awards for various boardwalk repair materials, as well as the first phase of south […]