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Stone Harbor council adopts building-code update, tables parking ordinance after property-description error
Summary
The Borough of Stone Harbor adopted an amendment to its building and construction code (Ordinance 1684) and unanimously tabled a parking-lot ordinance (Ordinance 1686) after a resident identified an incorrect property description; the council also approved a multi-item consent agenda and authorized a closed session on personnel matters.
Mayor Timothy J. Carney opened the Stone Harbor Borough Council meeting on June 3, 2025, and read the required Open Public Meetings Act notice. On second reading the council adopted Ordinance 1684, an amendment to Chapter 178 (Building & Construction). Councilmember Robin Casper moved approval; Councilmember Bunny Parzych seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
The council then held a public hearing on Ordinance 1686, which would amend municipal parking-lot regulations. Resident Robert Rich read the property description in the ordinance and said the description was incorrect. In response, Councilmember Jennifer Gensemer moved to table Ordinance 1686 until the description is corrected; Councilmember Frank Dallahan seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
The council considered a consent agenda that included minutes, liquor and club license renewals, a final change order and payment to Fred M. Schiavone Construction for the 96th Street recreation complex playground, appointments to the Atlantic County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund, hiring actions (maintenance mechanics), summer recreation contract awards, authorization to sell surplus property, support for Cape May County's U.S. Coast Guard community recertification, and two grant applications to the New Jersey Department of Transportation for reconstruction of 102nd and 103rd streets. Councilmember Frank Dallahan moved to adopt the consent agenda; Councilmember Ken Biddick seconded. On roll-call, Dallahan, Victor Foschini, Parzych, Casper, Gensemer and Biddick voted yes and the consent agenda passed.
Separately, the council adopted Resolution 2025-S-158 authorizing a closed session under N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 for personnel matters; the body recessed at 5:47 p.m. and reconvened at 7:45 p.m. After reconvening, a resident asked about a DCA report on shared services; council members said they had not been provided such a report. The meeting adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
What happened next: Ordinance 1686 will be corrected and returned to a future agenda for further consideration. The council’s adopted consent resolutions take immediate effect per their individual terms.
