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Long Branch moves to buy Brookdale building as $5M state grant completes pier funding
Summary
The Long Branch City Council introduced ordinances to purchase Brookdale Community College’s 195 Broadway building for $3.5 million and to amend prior capital and bond ordinances after receiving a new $5 million state grant that the city says fully funds pier construction; council set public hearings for May 13 and recorded roll-call votes on the introductions.
Long Branch officials told the City Council on April 22 that the city will seek to buy the Brookdale Community College building at 195 Broadway for $3.5 million and reallocate previously bonded funds to renovate and occupy the property.
Council Vice President Billy Dangler, who ran the ordinance portion of the meeting, said the package includes an acquisition ordinance and two capital/bond amendments tied to a new $5 million state grant that will make the pier project fully funded. “The first ordinance ... will authorize us to purchase for $3.5 million,” Dangler said, and he added the amendments do not authorize new debt…
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