Mayor Leonard Desiderio is pushing for expanded bus service.
On February 11, it was my honor to present City Council with Sea Isle City’s proposed 2020 Municipal Budget, which we feel includes the appropriate amount of funding needed to provide our community with all the necessary services it requires – all the while displaying fiscal responsibility and an understanding of the wants and needs of the people of Sea Isle City.
If the proposed budget is adopted by City Council, it will include a zero percent tax increase for property owners, which is on the heels of the half-penny tax decrease we enjoyed in 2019. Also, there is no proposed increase to water-sewer rates in 2020.
After handing our proposed budget to City Council, I delivered Sea Isle City’s annual State of the City Address, at which time I was very happy to report that the state of our city is, indeed, very good and that we are in excellent financial shape.
During my speech, I noted that public safety and floodplain management will continue to be our highest priorities, however we also plan to continually make improvements to our City that will benefit us all – including constructing a new facility on the site of the former public school building at 4501 Park Road, which will better allow our community to come together and enjoy expanded recreation programs, civic meetings, and other important functions. In short, the future Park Road facility will serve everyone in our community for generations to come.
We are very confident that we have the ability and means to achieve all of the goals that I mentioned in my speech and all of the projects that are included in our proposed 2020 budget – and I look forward to us all stepping into the future as one people and one community.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank City Solicitor Paul Baldini and Floodplain Manager Neil Byrne for delivering an insightful presentation to City Council on February 11, which reminded the public that our Administration takes flooding issues very seriously. As I indicated earlier, we will continue to make flood mitigation a top priority in Sea Isle City, and we will keep everyone “in the loop” as we improve our infrastructure and continue our floodplain management efforts.
As I mentioned in my most recent newsletter message, last month members of our Division of Emergency Medical Services and Police Department assisted in the delivery of a new baby right here in Sea Isle City.
