The Toms River council approved several consent‑agenda items Wednesday while taking separate votes on a handful of infrastructure and budget‑process measures, including an inspection authorization for Ortley Beach and a decision to reject and rebid a coastal valve contract with specific equipment requirements.

Councilmembers voted to roll forward a temporary‑budget extension, a routine measure officials said is common practice when a final municipal budget is still being prepared. "For the better part of your term ... there’s always extensions of the temporary budget," the mayor said, adding the procedure takes portions of the prior year's appropriations to keep operations funded until the new budget is adopted. Several council members voted yes; one member said previously that the third extension would have been the last, but the motion passed.

On infrastructure, the council moved an inspection item for the Ortley Beach project and thanked township engineer John Meeley for his work. Paul Jeffrey, representing the Ortley Beach Voters and Taxpayers Association, said the town’s efforts had unlocked another roughly $200,000 in state funding for the Streetscape Project. "This got us basically another $200,000 from the state for the project, which is money the township won't have to spend," he said.

Separately, the council considered a public‑works bid related to coastal valves designed to keep tidal water out of streets. Officials said previous bids failed to specify a valve model that has been effective elsewhere; the administration advised rejecting the bids and rebidding with specifications for the Swiss/Swedish valve that has worked in other municipalities. "We're rejecting the bids and rebidding it to make sure that we're getting the Swiss valve," one council member said. The motion to reject and rebid passed.

Council members also approved the 2025 Special Improvement District budget and cleared the remainder of the consent agenda after separate roll calls on several items. No substantial policy change came from the meeting’s consent votes; the council asked staff to include the new valve specifications in the rebid and to continue coordinating state grant activity for Ortley Beach.