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Wildwood Crest designates police department as internal point for streetlight outage reports
Summary
After discussion of inconsistent reporting channels, council agreed to have the police department enter and track Atlantic City Electric streetlight outage reports and to follow up if outages are not repaired within two weeks.
Commissioners discussed residents' confusion about where to report streetlight outages — Atlantic City Electric's online portal, the police department, public works, or the clerk's office — and agreed to centralize the borough's internal reporting through the police department.
A committee member nominated the police department to serve as the borough's internal point of contact so officers working nights (when outages are evident) can enter outages into Atlantic City Electric's portal and monitor status updates. Borough staff said Atlantic City Electric's portal includes a pole map and status dots that the borough can check; the borough will follow up if a reported outage is not repaired within two weeks.
The governing body asked the police department to accept resident calls about streetlights and to enter the outage into Atlantic City Electric's system, with the borough following up if necessary. The mayor noted the borough could formalize the internal process in ordinance language if desired, but the operational change was agreed to by consensus during the meeting.
