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March 17, 2006: Call to Order by Rich Reinhart; Pledge of Allegiance. The minutes were read and approved.
Roll Call:
| Rich Reinhart Rich Juliano Dagmer Chew Bill Smigo Bob Steenrod Tony Williams |
Pete Iurato Joe Steady - A Bob Fite - A Kate Wyatt - A Hugh McCauley - A Audrey Conant - A |
Treasurer's Report - Not available. The Board is seeking an applicant for the Treasurer's position.
Cape May City 2006 Budget - Jack Wichterman reported on the proposed Cape May City 2006 budget. His suggestions for improvement were:
1) Decrease the amount of seed money for the Mall &Convention Hall; 2) Questionable need for an additional police car; 3) The proposal to buy out of the Nextel contract should be rejected.
A discussion followed: A motion by Tony Williams was seconded by Bob Steenrod for a letter to be sent to Council by Rich Reinhart forwarding Jack's report as suggestion.
Joe Steady's resignation was received and Jack Wichterman was admitted to the Board on a unanimous vote.
Committee Reports:
Cottage/VillageGreen - no report.
LMCR - this issue has been tabled at this time.
Membership - Pete Iurato reports that the total number of households are at 671 or about 1100 members. A second membership solicitation will be sent. 217 survey results were returned with school tax, parking &Convention Hall getting the most votes for taxpayer's concerns.
2% Tax - Bill Smigo reported that tax revenues totaling $971,092 were collected last year.
East Cape May Development - Dagmer Chew submitted that there is nothing new to report.
Technology - There were 230 hits on the TPA website. An email data base is being developed.
Cape May Elementary School - Pete Iurato reported that the proposed School Budget is $3,122,063, down 10.7%. the State aid figures have not been reported. A motion was passed to support this budget.
Revitalization Committee - Rich Juliano stated that there was no additional information since City Manager Corea's last report to City Council. Tony Williams expressed a desire for more information from this committee.
Miscellaneous Business - The upcoming Candidate's Night format was discussed by Tony Williams. It was agreed that the major questions of taxpayer concern would be given to the candidates beforehand and a written reply be requested. A newspaper ad will be placed to solicit questions from the community. The date is April 27th at 7 PM at CMES
Meeting was adjourned at 6 PM.
Respectfully submitted
Elizabeth Juliano
Acting Secretary
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