Asbury Park is joining the state’s health benefits program in an effort to reduce employee insurance costs. The city council at its Jan. 2 meeting approved a resolution authorizing participation in the plan. Preliminary estimates show the switch could save the city $1 million in the first year, city manager Terence Reidy said. The city […]

The city council will hold its first meeting of the new year at 6 p.m. tonight. The council will not hold a workshop session tonight. The closed executive session begins at 5 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • Public participation beginning just after 6 p.m. • An appointment to the zoning board. • Application […]

The first council meeting of the new year will start an hour early, city clerk Steve Kay said today. On Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, the regular city council meeting will begin at 6 p.m., with no workshop meeting. The closed executive session will start at 5 p.m. as usual. Usually, the workshop session starts at […]

[UPDATE: The council meeting has been cancelled due to an impending nor’easter. The following is a post from before the meeting was cancelled.] A council meeting scheduled for tomorrow night is shifting focus to Hurricane Sandy, city manager Terence Reidy said today. “It’s not going to be a regular meeting,” Reidy said. “It’s going to […]

City officials recently announced a shortfall of $1,070,000 in the city’s 2012 budget more than a month after its approval — but according to former chief financial officer [CFO] Juan Uribe, those who put the budget together knew of the discrepancy all along. “This was a deliberate move suggested by the auditor to the city […]

City officials have discovered a shortfall of $1 million in the 2012 municipal budget under the line item for employee health care, they announced at last night’s council meeting. City manager Terence Reidy, auditor Dave Kaplan and acting chief financial officer [CFO] Christine Paulin informed the city council and the public of the discrepancy. In […]

Community activist Duanne Small today filed recall petitions with city clerk Steve Kay seeking to remove three members of the city council from office. Small filed recall petitions against Mayor Ed Johnson, Councilman John Loffredo and Councilwoman Susan Henderson. The petitions, he said, contained approximately 2,644 signatures each. The group organizing the recall was unable […]