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Belmar council advances 16th Avenue bathroom pavilion after state grant and higher bids
Summary
Belmar council introduced an ordinance to appropriate beach capital funds for a permanent 16th Avenue bathroom pavilion after a $1.5 million state grant and lowest construction bid of $1.8 million; councilors cited state permitting changes that increased costs but voted to move the ordinance forward as a first reading.
Belmar’s council introduced an ordinance to appropriate beach capital funds for construction of a permanent bathroom pavilion at 16th Avenue, after officials said a $1.5 million state grant fell short of the lowest construction bid.
The council president told members the borough was awarded “$1.5 million from the state specifically for this project” but that the lowest bid from Catel came in at $1.8 million. The council president said the borough’s chief financial officer proposed using beach capital and other capital funds so taxpayers would not face an operating-tax increase.
Why costs rose: borough staff and the borough engineer, Jim Morris, attributed much of the increase to changes in state permitting…
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