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Township committee adopts park bond, advances zoning, wind‑project road funding and other measures
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Summary
Egg Harbor Township Committee adopted an ordinance to appropriate $1,900,000 and authorize $1,425,000 in bonds for Tony Canally Park improvements and advanced multiple other ordinances and resolutions including a tax‑abatement for Spencer Gifts and funding tied to the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project.
Egg Harbor Township Committee adopted an ordinance to appropriate $1,900,000 and authorize issuance of $1,425,000 in bonds, using Green Acres loans and grants to fund recreational improvements at Tony Canally Park (Ordinance 18). The committee conducted a public hearing, closed public comment and adopted the ordinance by roll call.
The committee also adopted Ordinance 19 authorizing execution of a tax abatement agreement with Spencer Gifts LLC for property at 6826 Black Horse Pike (Block 2112, Lot 3.01). That ordinance, identified in the presentation as complying with NJSA provisions cited in the ordinance text, passed after public comment was closed.
Ordinance 20, a code technical amendment to clarify zoning designations and correct typographical errors, was adopted by roll call. The committee introduced Ordinance 21 to establish special law enforcement officer positions and update hiring requirements (public hearing set for Aug. 13, 2025), Ordinance 22 to appropriate $616,625 from the capital improvement fund for final paving and restoration of West Jersey Avenue and related roads impacted by the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project (public hearing set for Aug. 13, 2025), and Ordinance 23 to modernize road‑opening and roadway occupancy permitting procedures (also set for public hearing Aug. 13, 2025).
On the consent calendar, staff explained a cancellation of $25,000 in an unexpended capital improvement fund balance (consent calendar item 350); finance staff said the amount dates to 2019 and will be placed back into the township’s capital fund balance for future capital improvements. The committee approved the consent calendar after pulling an item that had been handled earlier in the meeting.
The committee also approved a revised unpaid military leave resolution for Officer Brian Seiler (Resolution 338) to reflect a single day of unpaid military leave on Aug. 2 after prior draft dates were changed. An add‑on resolution (Resolution 360) authorizing application to the New Jersey Clean Energy Program Community Energy Planning Grant was added and approved.
In routine financial news during committee reports, the CFO reported a bond‑anticipation note sale of $9.5 million with a low bid of 2.797%, which officials said indicates favorable market conditions for the township’s short‑term borrowing.
