Absecon council adopts salary ordinance, approves consent agenda including road project change order

The Absecon City Council adopted Ordinance 01225 on second reading to establish salary ranges for city positions after a roll-call vote at the public meeting.

Council also moved and approved a multi-item consent agenda that included acceptance of a volunteer firefighter, permits for charitable solicitations, authorization for boat-ramp permits to local marinas, a transfer of appropriation reserves in the 2024 municipal budget, and a final change order for the Reconstruction of Woodrest Avenue and the Chelsea Road project. The consent agenda additionally included participation resolutions for LEAP implementation grants for digital message boards and speeding-feedback signs, authority to advertise for a recycling/zoning assistant position, EEO compliance certification, appointment of an interim construction official and a contract signature authorization with Trinity Code Inspections LLC.

A council member announced a recusal from consent item 48 (a charitable solicitation for Charles A. Hamil Post 28, American Legion); the council recorded the recusal on the record and otherwise moved the consent agenda. The bill list was approved and meeting minutes were accepted with one abstention noted for Lund on the minutes.

No substantive public comment on these agenda items was recorded during the public portion. Several items on the consent agenda concern infrastructure spending and grant participation; the council did not debate those items separately at length in the public session.