Asbury Park City Council adopted the 2016 municipal budget Wednesday. The city will transfer $275,000 from its municipal Transportation Utility’s 2014 fund balance to offset the decrease in Transitional Aid from the state, City Manager Michael Capabianco said. “We will be using money that was left over and not allocated for anything,” he said. While […]

The municipal budget for 2013 still has not been brought to the council because the state is requiring all municipalities along the shoreline to submit FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] applications prior to approving budgets, city manager Terence Reidy said. There are three different categories for FEMA applications, and one of those categories could impact […]

At Wednesday night’s council workshop session, which starts at 6 p.m., the city plans to discuss communicating with the public regarding the upcoming Bamboozle music festival under an agenda item reading “Schedule Bamboozle Public Awareness Meetings.” In addition, the governing body is scheduled to discuss in closed executive session unspecified amendments to its festival contract […]