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Atlantic County commissioners approve multi-million-dollar bond and capital ordinances, including funding for county and college projects
Summary
The board gave final approval to a $24.5 million bond ordinance for 2026 capital improvements and authorized bond financings and capital appropriations that include $5.83 million for Atlantic Cape Community College and a $4.37 million capital ordinance for county equipment and improvements.
The Atlantic County Board of Commissioners on an evening in May approved multiple bond and capital ordinances aimed at financing county capital projects and supporting Atlantic Cape Community College.
Clerk-read Bond Ordinance No. 1 provided for various 2026 capital improvements and appropriated $24,515,500, authorizing the issuance of $23,289,000 in bonds or notes. The ordinance went forward on final reading after a motion to adopt was moved and seconded; the board proceeded with roll-call voting recorded as affirmative in the transcript.
The board also approved Bond Ordinance No. 2 specifically for Atlantic Cape Community College, appropriating $5,830,000 and authorizing issuance of $5,830,000 in bonds or notes to finance capital improvements. Commissioners emphasized support for the college's infrastructure during the discussion.
Clerk-read Capital Ordinance No. 1 appropriated $4,370,400 from the capital improvement fund and/or capital surplus to pay for county equipment and other improvements; the board moved and seconded that ordinance as well. During the capital-ordinance discussion, members of the public including Creed Pope of the Atlantic County Board of Elections thanked the county for including a new elections office in capital planning.
Other routine capital items on the agenda included a change order for Arawak Paving Company showing a net contract decrease of $17,305.52 for a 2023 highway improvement project and the combination-and-adoption of a series of grant and solicitation items (02/11 through 02/23) that the board moved together for efficiency. All motions reported in the transcript were moved, seconded and recorded by roll call as carried.
The ordinances and related appropriations will proceed through the administrative steps needed to issue bonds and allocate capital funds; the transcript does not record detailed implementation timelines or financing closings for those issuances.
The board did not pause to separate any of the listed bond- or capital-ordinance items for extended debate; public comments during the items were brief and largely expressions of appreciation or clarification requests.
