Commission approves three-tier pricing and color choices for 30th-anniversary commemorative pavers

The Wildwood Celebration Commission voted May 7 to set a three-tier price structure for commemorative pavers and to select two primary colors, a step organizers said will allow the city to launch a personalized online order system for the celebration’s fundraising program.

Commissioners and staff discussed brick samples and technical limits for the three sizes the vendor supplied, then approved final pricing and color direction and asked staff to return with one additional sample color.

Miss Nader, the staff presenter, showed samples provided by GiftBricks and explained the size and text limits: “4 by 8 size is limited to 3 lines, 14 characters. The 8 by 8, the square, 6 lines, 14 characters. And the 8 by 16, the largest, 6 lines, 28 characters.” She described the vendor workflow: the public would use a personalized website to submit inscriptions, the submission would come to staff for approval, and then the vendor would manufacture and ship the paver.

Commissioners debated mix of sizes and color choices for the Village Green and Mayor’s Grove installations, discussing visual consistency and the painted appearance on the largest sample. Commission discussion recorded preferences for a darker gray tone and for offering multiple sizes so purchasers could choose by how much text they wanted on a paver.

Commissioner Gilles moved to set a three-tier price schedule and Commissioner Silverman seconded. Commissioner Gilles said, “I make a motion that they're 200, 250, and 300.” The commission’s chair called for the question; commissioners voiced approval and the motion carried by voice vote with no roll-call tally recorded.

The commission resolved to sell commemorative pavers using the vendor’s three-size format, to list pricing in three tiers ($200, $250 and $300), to adopt regimental red and admiral full range as the primary color options and to have staff request a brown-sample of the third color to determine whether to include it on launch. Staff noted the vendor’s quoted per-unit cost for the 4-by-8 sample at $192 and said the previously used retail price (around $50 markup in an earlier program) was producing a loss; the commission’s pricing decision aims to better cover vendor cost and shipping while still functioning as a fundraiser.

Commissioners also discussed logistics: whether to open the program with two or three sizes, whether bulk shipping discounts would apply if the commission placed a larger order, and the need to show physical samples to the public before final launch. Staff said the commission could launch the online ordering site with the agreed colors and add the brown sample later if it proved acceptable.

The commission’s motion included direction for staff to finalize vendor website setup and to return to the commission with the brown sample and any updated cost information before public marketing and installation decisions.

The commission’s action advances the paver program tied to the September 2025 30th-anniversary activities and to longer-term Village Green fundraising.