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Keansburg council approves grants, shared-service pilot, appointments and endorsements; hears public comments on traffic and feral cats
Summary
Council approved a suite of routine resolutions — including a $83,000 Hill Street Park grant, participation in a Monmouth County CRS shared-service LEAP grant, appointment of Phoenix Advisors, a personnel contract for Steve Ussmann, and endorsements for NJ Leaf and Keansburg Market — and heard public concerns about four-way stops, parking-meter signage and feral cats.
At its July 17 meeting the Keansburg Borough Council approved a series of routine but administratively consequential resolutions: insertion of an $83,000 Hill Street Park Improvement Grant into the 2024 budget (no local match required); participation in a Monmouth County LEAP Challenge Grant proposal to develop a Community Rating System (CRS) management software as a one-year free pilot; appointments to the Recreation Committee; designation of Phoenix Advisors (Bryan Morris) as the Borough's financial advisor for one year; and authorization to execute a personnel contract with Steve Ussmann for 2024–2027.
The Hill Street Park Improvement Grant was inserted into the Borough’s budget under N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 as a special item of revenue and a corresponding appropriation in the amount of $83,000. The council approved the insertion by roll call and the resolution notes the grant does not require a local cash match.
On the CRS shared-service item, the resolution records that Monmouth County will lead a LEAP Challenge Grant application to procure or develop CRS management software to streamline National Flood Insurance Program CRS documentation; the County proposes offering the software free to participating municipalities for the first year and at a discounted rate thereafter. Keansburg’s resolution recognizes the Borough as a joint applicant for the LEAP grant and commits the Borough to participate if the proposal is awarded.
Other approved items included two payment-of-bills resolutions, authorization of a set of "window" contracts requiring Business Entity Disclosure Certifications under N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4 et seq., appointment of multiple Recreation Committee voting members for terms Aug. 1, 2024–July 31, 2025, and an endorsement letter for Keansburg Market’s NJEDA Food Desert Program application signed by the Mayor.
During public comment residents raised local operational concerns: Antonietta Carbone asked about the status of four-way stop installations (Borough Manager Raymond O’Hare said it was "in the works" and he would report back), Braden Salas thanked the council for new parking meters and requested larger signage (DPW Supervisor Steve Rogan said he would contact the vendor), and Cynthia Hernandez and Mr. Salas reported feral-cat problems at specific addresses.
The council also convened an executive session to discuss beachfront redevelopment at Block 184, Lot 1 and returned to open session; no substantive details from that executive session were disclosed publicly on the record.
