Beach Haven council adopts consent agenda, confirms appointments at reorganization meeting

The Beach Haven Borough Council adopted a multi-item consent agenda and confirmed several 2026 appointments at its reorganization meeting on Jan. 2, 2026, at the Beach Haven Municipal Building.

The consent agenda read by the clerk included routine administrative actions and authorizations: annual meeting notice; naming check signers; adopting Robert's Rules of Order; acknowledging managerial and mayoral appointments (including the Historic Preservation Advisory Commission and the library board of trustees); awarding professional services contracts both below and above $17,500; authorizing a municipal tax assessor or municipal attorney to file petitions of appeal; adopting a cash-management plan; establishing 2026 fees for special services; fixing interest rates on delinquent taxes and water; establishing a temporary budget; and authorizing an electronic tax sale. The clerk also read items authorizing agreements with Regina Lotito and Bonnie Wells for marketing and website services and with the My Beach Mobile application to provide digital beach passes.

The clerk described the listed items as routine and asked whether any council member sought to remove an item for separate discussion. No items were removed. A motion to adopt the consent agenda was made and the clerk recorded that the motion passed after affirmative responses in the proceedings; the transcript captures explicit "Yes" responses from Miss Anderson, Mr. McCaffrey and Mayor Lambert. The transcript does not provide a full, itemized roll-call tally.

The agenda also references personnel actions including an amendment to an employment agreement with Chief James Marowski and approval of an employment agreement with Captain Lisa Fay, appointments of deputy emergency management coordinators (FA and Salazar), and establishment of the architectural advisory committee for 2026. Several procedural and administrative matters were included as well, such as identifying the 2026 prosecutor roster and authorizing the tax collector to conduct an electronic tax sale.

The meeting was opened for public comment and the record shows no public speakers. Council member Mr. St. offered brief closing remarks, wishing colleagues a happy new year. A motion to adjourn was made, seconded and the meeting ended.

The transcript shows the items listed in full in the minutes; where specific vote tallies or movers/seconders are not recorded verbatim in the transcript, they are described here as "not specified" rather than inferred.