The city council postponed introduction of the 2013 municipal budget after learning that they could receive more federal funds to remediate financial losses caused by Hurricane Sandy. The state’s Department of Community Affairs [DCA] has notified all of the municipalities impacted by the storm that federal funds are available for loss of revenue, Reidy said. […]

Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tomorrow night, 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: • Introduction of the 2013 municipal budget, along with a vote on the proposed budget […]

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 […]

Free three-hour parking is in effect until further notice, although officials say metered parking should be back in effect by the end of the month. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy damaged 57 of the city’s 100 parking pay stations. The city ordered 57 newer models at $789,008 to replace the broken machines. The pay stations […]

The city is currently in negotiation with iStar Financial and Madison Marquette to create a new agreement governing the use of three surface parking lots in the waterfront redevelopment area, city manager Terence Reidy said. Reidy expects the issue to be resolved within the next 30 days, and says the lots will definitely be available […]

The council at its Feb. 6 meeting approved an award for a contract for new parking pay stations, putting the city on track to receive new stations by Feb. 20 and reinstate metered parking by March 1. Free three-hour parking has been in effect downtown and at the waterfront since Hurricane Sandy damaged 57 of […]

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: • A report on crime from Police Chief Mark Kinmon during the 6 p.m. workshop session. […]

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: • An update on the beach dunes during the workshop session. The dunes at the North […]

The city council last night approved a resolution allowing free three-hour parking to be extended until March 1. The measure applies to all spots that are normally metered, along the waterfront and in the central business district [CBD]. Parking restrictions have not been enforced since Hurricane Sandy struck on Monday, Oct. 29, because 57 of […]

Because of damage from Hurricane Sandy, free three-hour parking in metered areas of the city has been extended until ruined pay stations can be replaced. “We need to extend it,” city manager Terence Reidy said at the Dec. 19 council meeting. Free parking usually begins around Thanksgiving and extends until the beginning of January. This […]