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Vince Sera
Mayor
City of Brigantine
1417 W. Brigantine Avenue, Brigantine, NJ 08203
Mayor
City of Brigantine
1417 W. Brigantine Avenue, Brigantine, NJ 08203
At the March 20th Council meeting, City Manager Tiger Platt introduced the 2024 budget which included a 1.05 cent tax increase.
According to Platt, “The tax increase is a result of rising costs that every municipality is dealing with, mostly due to inflation. The City has the difficult task of keeping taxes low, while providing valuable services and making meaningful investments in our community.”
The City has approximately $26 million in capital improvements planned for the next six years.
“While we plan to continue improving our roads, beaches, recreational facilities and public buildings, we will be making a significant investment in our water and sewer systems due to State mandates.” said Mayor Vince Sera.
Based on the 2024 City assessed value, a penny on the tax rate equals $349,538. The proposed local purpose tax rate will be 69.3 cents per $100 of assessed value. A property with an assessed value of $400,000 will pay $42.00 more this year compared to last year.
Although this is the third tax increase in 10 years, the 2024 tax rate continues to remain lower than it was in 2014.
Over the last several months, Brigantine has experienced a series of strong coastal storms that have significantly eroded the beach along the inlet side of Brigantine’s South End Jetty.
We are losing more and more beach with each passing storm and city council is very concerned that the ongoing erosion could potentially damage the homes and city infrastructure in that area.
With the help of Congressman Van Drew, city officials were able to set up a meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers to discuss how the Army Corps can help the City properly address this emergent situation.
The Army Corps response for an immediate, short-term solution is sand bags.
Although the suggestion seemed overly simple, the officials at the Army Corps explained that a long-term solution would require studies, design plans, and permitting before anything more can be done.
Although the sandbags won’t be a permanent solution, it’s an action the City can take now, which will at least slow the erosion that is taking place in the backyards of many homeowners.
For many decades, residents living along the Brigantine Boulevard Access Road have been dealing with flooding issues resulting from rainwater runoff from the Boulevard.
After every heavy rain, the water runs off the Blvd and sits along the access road for days and sometimes more than a week at a time.
In some areas of the access road, the water can be as much as shin deep.
To address this issue, city council is moving forward with plans for a full reconstruction of the access road inclusive of new and proper drainage pipes to help clear the standing water as fast as possible.
The City has awarded the engineering design and inspection contract to CME Engineers.
It will take about 3 months for the preliminary design and then another 3 to 6 months for the required NJ state permits.
We will provide more information as soon as it's available.
Brigantine in partnership with the Atlantic County Government was awarded close to $1.2 million from the NJ Department of Community Affairs for repairs and improvements to the Brigantine Promenade.
2nd Ward Councilman Paul Lettieri and Mayor Vince Sera have been working very closely with Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson to repair and revitalize the Brigantine Promenade.
On February 17th, Brigantine City Council unanimously voted to award a contract to Hydro Design, Inc. to design a new irrigation system for the Brigantine Links.
The current irrigation system is very old and has outlived its useful life.
Every season, there are numerous breaks in the irrigation lines and constant repairs to the system.
The replacement of the irrigation system is many years overdue and is needed in order to properly maintain the outstanding quality of the course.
The Links is generating revenue again and city council is reinvesting that money back into the course.
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