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Council adds Shore Road interlocal agreement with Atlantic County to consent agenda and approves it
Summary
Council added and approved Resolution 209-2025 authorizing an amended interlocal agreement with Atlantic County to reconstruct and elevate a flood-prone section of Shore Road; the engineer said the county will advertise the project for bids and the work aims to improve emergency access and pedestrian safety.
The Absecon City Council voted to add Resolution 209-2025 to the consent agenda and then approved the consent agenda, thereby authorizing the mayor to enter an amended interlocal agreement with Atlantic County for reconstruction and elevation of a repetitively flooded section of Shore Road.
City staff described Resolution 209-2025 as a request for council authority to enter the amended interlocal agreement with Atlantic County related to reconstruction and elevation of Shore Road. A city official who introduced the item said the item could not be advertised earlier because terms were finalized only that morning. Council moved and seconded the request to add the resolution; a roll call to add it and a subsequent roll call on the consent agenda carried.
Why it matters: Shore Road is repeatedly subject to flooding that impedes emergency access; the engineer told council the project includes road-raising and crosswalk improvements and framed the work as a public-safety and infrastructure priority. The county is expected to advertise the project for bids and, when a contract is awarded, a project schedule will be available.
Details and next steps: The city engineer said the Shore Road work "will have major improvements to public infrastructure" and stressed the public-safety benefit of reducing emergency access delays. He said the next administrative step is for the county to advertise the bid package; once bids are awarded the schedule and contract length will be known. The council was told the county plans to consider its portion of the interlocal on its December 16 agenda.
Vote and finance: Resolution 209-2025 was added to and approved as part of the consent agenda; council passage was recorded by roll call and there was no separate detailed discussion or separate vote on the resolution beyond the consent-agenda action.
Other routine business: The consent agenda included several ministerial items (tax overpayment refunds, a Defense Logistics Agency participation authorization, and a code-inspection agreement). The meeting record lists the bill list for approval and routine minutes approval during the same session.
