The Asbury Park City Council has plans to revive three former citizen advisory committees. Applications are currently being accepted. Residents interested in joining the Budget Committee, the Public Safety/Code Committee and the Parking Committee can pick up an application at the city clerk’s office at 1 Municipal Plaza between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m Monday […]

The city council voted last night to enter into a separation agreement with City Manager Terence Reidy [above]. The agreement “prescribes the terms and conditions under which Mr. Reidy will separate from his employment with the city effective October 31,” said City Attorney Frederick Raffetto. The vote to enter into the agreement was 3-1. Mayor […]

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. Among the items on the agenda for the regular meeting is a resolution to approve a […]

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 […]

Realty Appraisal Company has won the bid to conduct a city-wide property revaluation. By a vote of 3-0, the city council last week awarded the contract to the company for an amount not to exceed $265,000. Mayor Ed Johson and Councilman Kevin Sanders were not present for the vote during the council meeting Wednesday, March […]

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. […]

Councilwoman Sue Henderson has announced her candidacy for the city council in the 2013 election. Henderson is winding up her first full term on council. She was appointed to the governing body after former councilman Jim Keady resigned a few months before his term was up. After her appointment, she ran on a successful ticket […]

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 […]

Asbury Park’s city council will meet tonight in council chambers, 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 second vote on the resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation on the budget to rectify a $1 million […]

A city council vote is tentatively scheduled tonight for a liquor license transfer between two groups of prominent restaurant owners in Asbury Park. The partners who own Porta and Brickwall tavern have an agreement to purchase the liquor license from Marilyn Schlossbach, a lead partner in Langosta Lounge, Dauphin Grille and Trinity and the Pope. […]