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The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza.

There will be a 4 p.m. closed executive session prior to the 6 p.m. public workshop session and 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting.

Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting.

Items on the agenda include:

• Executive session discussions for contract negotiations pertaining to a redeveloper’s agreement for Overlook Park [aka Kennedy Park], with the Michaels Group, and for parking agreements with waterfront redeveloper iStar.

• There will also be discussions concerning the NJ Intergovernmental Insurance Fund open claims report and attorney-client privilege.

The workshop meeting will include a presentation on special event applications for a VNA Community Day, the Cazzeek Brother’s Man Up Competition, the Health Alliance’s Choose Your Cover, and a Blue Bishop Outreach Day. There will also be a review of the regular session agenda items.

The regular session City Council votes will include:

• Budgetary matters, including the separation of the employment agreement for former Acting Police Chief Anthony Salerno. The separation agreement includes $70,716.32 for 1,077½  sick hours, $33,077.52 for 504 vacation hours, and $22,018.86 for 335½  comp hours, equating to a total of $125,812.70.

• There will also be a vote for an extension of the current parking meters warranty, a lease agreement for the temporary restroom trailers located north of the Sunset Pavilion at Sixth Avenue on the boardwalk, and the implementation of a competitive contracting process in order to procure bids for a stand up paddle board, kayak and other recreation on Deal Lake.

• Votes will be cast for the appointments of the following:

Troppoli Law Firm as the city’s public defender at a rate of $500 per court session and $100 per hour for Superior Court

James N Butler Jr. as City Prosecutor and code enforcement prosecutor in the amounts of $650 per court session and 150 per hour for both posts.

Long, Marmero and Associates as alternate City Prosecutor at a rate of $150 per hour.

New ordinance introductions include:

• A $370,000 special emergency appropriation to fund the contractually required severance for the retirement of employees

• An amendment to the June 2009 storm and sanitary sewer bond ordinance for the Springwood Avenue and Central Business District redevelopment areas

• An easement to allow for parking at a 16 unit Bond Street residential property

A public hearing will be held prior to the final vote for the prohibition of commercial drive-thrus in the B2 Zone and allowing for a secured sun protection structure at restaurants with limited seating in the LI Zone.

Click here to view the full agenda with supplemental materials.

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