Board Attendance: Leo Burke, Bill & Sheila Hartranft, Dave & Marie Hayes, Michael Himchman, Vic Staniec & Jim Tweed<\/p>\n
Meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7:00 P.M. with welcome by Jim Tweed.<\/p>\n
Treasurer \u2013 Bill Hartranft
\nDues paid to date are $6,245.00 representing about 45% of our membership. Savings Acct. stands
\nat $17,330 and CI\u2019s at $12,688.00.<\/p>\n
Only receiving .49% on savings and I recommend we take some of the savings and buy an additional CD at 1.5% interest. Michael Hinchman motioned to do so, seconded by Leo Burke;
\ncarried unanimously.<\/p>\n
O.C. Flooding \u2013 Michael Hinchman for Suzanne Hornick<\/p>\n
Bill Hartranft had OPRA\u2019d city on maintenance and condition of check valves. Received a response
\nwithin a few days and forwarded it to Suzanne Hornick. The records did show that no valves were
\nchecked in 2017. Will check with Jim Mallon.<\/p>\n
There seems to be some conflict of info as Suzanne is not getting a response to her questions. The
\nflood committee should get together and ask the city clerk why there is no response to her.<\/p>\n
Vic Staniec that he understood valves were to be rotated every 6 months. Are they doing it? Bill
\nstated he would review the OPRA response to check on this.<\/p>\n
Leo Burke stated he though the city had purchased a new truck just for valve maintenance.
\nThe new \u201cNo Wake\u201d signs are in and ready for distribution.<\/p>\n
Education \u2013 Vic Staniec<\/p>\n
School Board met today (August 2, 2017).<\/p>\n
Ocean City gained $17,369.00 in funding; the most in Cape May County. Pleasantville lost
\n$800,000.00; most due to the cutting of 70 positions. They receive $24.3m from the state.
\nAtlantic City gained $5.5m.<\/p>\n
Tech schools \u2013 Egg Harbor receives $15.m and Atlantic City $1.2m. All figures based on revised
\nstudent numbers.<\/p>\n
The national report places New Jersey at 2nd best; Massachusetts is #1 and New Hampshire is #3.<\/p>\n
Income & Expenditures \u2013 Michael Hinchman
\nNothing new to report at this time.<\/p>\n
Speakers \u2013 Marie Hayes<\/p>\n
Confirmed speaker for September meeting \u2013 George Kasimos founder of Stop FEMA Now. He will speak on issues surrounding flood insurance and regulations. Requested a stipend of $100.00. Sheila Hartranft motioned to accept, seconded by Bill Hartranft; unanimously agreed to. Marie motioned to place ads in the newspapers (1\/4 page in Sentinel and \u00bd page in the gazette. Motion seconded by Dave Hayes and carried unanimously.<\/p>\n
Web Communications \u2013 Dave Hayes
\nNothing new to report on communication.<\/p>\n
Dave said that he and Donna Moore, a member of FIT attended the city council meeting on July 6, 2017. They requested council pull the resolution awarding $28,900.00 to Goodfellows, Inc. for landscaping work on the exterior of the public library. The proposal from the landscaping company was devoid of any substantiation or description of work to be performed. Council discussed the resolution and admitted that the proposal did lack detail and was poorly written. Voted in favor of the resolution..<\/p>\n
Old Business<\/p>\n
Response to follow up questions to city was poor. No explanation as to the discrepancy between the original estimate of the work at $9m and later quoted at $17.5m for the pumping stations.
\nOne comment was that the city is just \u201cblowing us off\u201d and being non-responsive. Does anyone care?<\/p>\n
A second comment was that the ad did not have the necessary impact. Michael Hinchman commented that there should be an ad on check valves or a follow up to the ad already run.<\/p>\n
General Comments<\/p>\n
It was suggested that we contact a representative of the Gas Company to provide their plan and
\ntimeline for digging up our roads<\/p>\n
It was commented that there are now 3 restaurants in Ocean City providing for BYOB; Patty &
\nJohn\u2019s, the Port \u2018o Call and Captain Johns. They do require a membership fee, making the facilities
\n\u201cprivate\u201d and thereby passing by the ordinance.<\/p>\n
Meeting Adjourned at 8:55 P.M.<\/p>\n
Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 6, 2017.<\/p>\n
Respectfully submitted by
\nSheila Hartranft
\nSecretary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Board Attendance: Leo Burke, Bill & Sheila Hartranft, Dave & Marie Hayes, Michael Himchman, Vic Staniec & Jim Tweed Meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7:00 P.M. with welcome by Jim Tweed. Treasurer \u2013 Bill Hartranft Dues paid to date are $6,245.00 representing about 45% of our membership. Savings Acct. stands at $17,330 …<\/p>\n