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Ventnor commissioners approve consent agenda, add four‑year PBA memorandum of agreement
Summary
The Ventnor City Board of Commissioners approved its consent agenda (resolutions 267–282 and 284–290, with two items pulled for follow-up), amended seasonal parking enforcement, and voted to authorize a four‑year memorandum of agreement with the PBA. Multiple personnel actions (oaths, hires, interim appointments) and grant acceptances were included.
The Ventnor City Board of Commissioners voted on Sept. 11 to adopt a consent agenda of municipal resolutions that included personnel changes, grant acceptances and routine finance items, and the commission separately approved an amended seasonal parking-enforcement resolution and a memorandum of agreement with the police union.
Key outcomes - The body passed Resolution 2025‑294 to authorize hiring Christopher Hernandez under New Jersey’s alternate-route law; Hernandez was sworn in later in the meeting with an effective date of Sept. 15, 2025. - The commission approved the consent agenda covering resolutions 267–282 and 284–290, and added resolution 296 to the consent vote. Two items (292 and 293) were pulled for further work; staff was authorized to obtain appraisals on two vacant city lots (6512 Ventnor Ave and 4803 Ventnor) to prepare them for sale or auction. - The board approved a four‑year memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Ventnor PBA (resolution 2976), effective Jan. 1, 2025; the resolution passed by unanimous roll call. - The commission adopted a renewed resolution (276) opposing recently proposed coastal/resiliency rule changes; commissioners discussed potential insurance‑market impacts and legislative remedies. - The body approved an interim appointment of Gabriel Hano as an acting police sergeant to fill a shift vacancy, and accepted routine refunds, fee authorizations and a $10,000 emergency‑management supplies grant.
Votes and procedure Motions to adopt the consent agenda and later to approve resolution 283 as amended (seasonal non‑enforcement and added Dorset Avenue in the off‑season enforcement window) carried by unanimous roll call (Commissioner Langrath, Commissioner Mento and Mayor Creable voting yes on recorded roll calls shown in the transcript).
Why it matters: The MOA with the PBA and the hiring/interim promotion decisions address the city’s near‑term policing staffing and labor relations; the grant and infrastructure planning dollars discussed elsewhere in the meeting fund design and preparedness work. The appraisal authorizations move two long‑vacant parcels toward potential disposition, which could affect tax rolls and downtown development opportunities.
Next steps: Staff will continue planning‑board work on the redeveloper submissions and obtain appraisals on the two vacant lots; the commission will consider the redevelopment consistency resolution at its Sept. 25 meeting.
