Ventnor City Commission adopts consent agenda including water tower, tax abatements and appointments

The Ventnor City Commission on Sept. 25 adopted a consent agenda that bundled resolutions 2025-297 through 2025-312, approving a set of tax abatements, public-works contracts and appointments.

The motion to adopt the consent package was made by Commissioner Landgraf and seconded; the roll-call vote recorded the participating commissioners as voting yes on the package. Mayor Bridal presided. The clerk read that payroll for the period was $716,789.46 and bills totaled $2,340,394.87; the commission approved those amounts by roll call.

Among items carried on the consent agenda were a series of tax abatement resolutions (resolutions 301–307, with addresses listed in the resolution documents), authorization for two part-time traffic guards, and public-works items including a watershed inventory and stormwater mapping project. The agenda also included a contract award for sandblasting/painting and refurbishment of the North Surrey Avenue water tower and appointments to the lifeguard pension commission.

Commissioners did not hear public comment on the consent items. The mayor noted that some items had been added to the bench and that a redevelopment resolution the applicant expected to be on tonight’s agenda was postponed to the Oct. 9 meeting.

The meeting record shows the consent vote passing with all recorded members voting yes. The roll-call recording and the resolutions themselves are the official sources for the individual details of each action and for addresses or contract amounts not fully read aloud in the session.

The commission adjourned after the consent vote and routine business.