Efforts to bring a dog park in Library Square Park earlier this year were unsuccessful, but some dog park advocates are working to institute a park elsewhere in town. An eight-member dog park committee has been formed and met for the first time on Thursday, Oct. 25. “The first charge of the committee is to […]

The city council last night voted unanimously to rescind the bond ordinance that would have enabled the city to borrow $1 million to make up for a budgetary shortfall in that amount. A $1 million shortfall in the health care line item of the city’s 2012 municipal budget was announced at the Sept. 19 meeting. […]

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 […]

The city learned of a $1 million shortfall in the budget at last night’s council meeting, but  also received some good financial news — despite the budgetary discrepancy, Asbury Park’s bond rating has slightly improved. Previously, the city’s rating was Baa1 with a negative outlook. That negative outlook has been removed, making the city’s rating […]

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 […]

A $50,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] was used to fortify the boardwalk the week before the Bamboozle music festival in May, according to city manager Terence Reidy. The grant was one of 25 awarded to municipalities for infrastructure repairs and announced by NJDOT on Sept. 12. The city used the […]

After receiving some complaints, the city is seeing to the eviction of three residents of the Delmonte boarding house at 302 First Ave. At the Aug. 1 council meeting, residents living near the Delmonte complained of some residents causing public disturbance in the nearby Library Square Park, including excessive noise and public nudity. City manager […]

Members of the public continued to request that the city implement a civilian review board at the Sept. 5 council meeting. A civilian review board [CRB] — also known as a citizen review board or a civilian complaint review board — is a group of citizens who look into the public’s complaints against the police […]

The city council approved a shared services agreement that should save the town 65 percent of its tax assessing software costs, according to city manager Terence Reidy. The council unanimously approved a resolution at its Sept. 5 meeting authorizing the city to join Monmouth County’s tax assessment software program. “It’s a more transparent system, and […]

Although the city council rescinded its resolution establishing a dog park at last night’s meeting, the issue isn’t off the table yet. The governing body also approved a resolution establishing an advisory committee to examine whether the city should have a dog park and where one should be located. “I still feel there is a […]