This screenshot of the agenda for the Neptune Township Committee meeting slated for Monday, May 8, shows an ordinance, No. 17-14, to appropriate "$1,200,000,000" -- $1.2 billion -- for improvements to the Shark River bulkhead. The ordinance appears in the middle of the page.
Considering the amount of funding from a FEMA grant ("$835,529.25") and the issuance of notes and bonds ("$346,245.75"), the figure in the agenda is a mistake, and the true amount might be closer to $1.2 million.
The agenda was posted on the township's web site and emailed to residents and members of the press who subscribe to the township's mailing list.
The agenda was posted on the township's web site and emailed to residents and members of the press who subscribe to the township's mailing list.
The Gazette on Saturday emailed township clerk Richard Cuttrell for a clarification of the figure and received an automatic response saying the clerk would be out of the office from Monday, May 8, through Thursday, May 12, and would return on Friday, May 12.
Meanwhile, the township committee will meet Monday May 8, at 7 p.m. in the municipal building, 25 Neptune Blvd. The ordinance is expected to be introduced and read at that time.
Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Township administrator Vito D. Gadaleta confirmed the correct amount is $1.2 million. A mistake had appeared in the title, but the correct amount was in the body of the ordinance, Gadaleta said.
CORRECTION: The amount to be appropriated is $1.2 million, not the $1.2 billion reported in an earlier version.
UPDATE: Township administrator Vito D. Gadaleta confirmed the correct amount is $1.2 million. A mistake had appeared in the title, but the correct amount was in the body of the ordinance, Gadaleta said.
CORRECTION: The amount to be appropriated is $1.2 million, not the $1.2 billion reported in an earlier version.
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