City Council

Move against public safety director aimed at council’s Democratic majority. WRITTEN BY LISA MCCLAY, JOE PICARDI, RICK DELUCRY, TONY PULLELLA, AND FRANK KERN. The most recent City Council meeting saw the defeat of an ordinance to immediately remove the position of public safety director from the City Code. This ordinance resulted

Draft of 2014 municipal budget being discussed at Brigantine City Hall. Brigantine taxpayers could see local tax rate increase by considerable amount. Brigantine auditors say The Golf Links at Brigantine could lose $765,000 in 2014. That’s up from original estimated loss of $547,000. WATCH VIDEO from MARCH 8, 2014 below:

Click to watch recorded VIDEO from Brigantine City Council Meeting. MARCH 5. 2015. Officials voted NO on petition to eliminate position of Public Safety Director. This will likely force a special referendum election to decide the issue in a few weeks. Download AGENDA here. A certified petition circulated by local

Watch video from the Brigantine City Council meeting on FEB. 19, 2014. In this episode, could the Public Safety Director drama soon reach a climax? The certified citizen petition is forcing the hand of those three amigos. The Councilman trio of Pullella, Kern & DeLucry may need to endure a

The Brigantine City Council meeting from Feb 5. Click thru to watch. Featured in VIDEO #1 : Councilman DeLucry’s defense of potty and smoking breaks during council meetings. Unfortunately, Mr. DeLucry did not read the petition as of this past Wednesday night, but does discuss many items related to the certified

CLICK to watch ON-DEMAND…the RECORDED broadcast of the Brigantine City Council meeting: Wed, JAN 15, 2014. You can watch individual clips, or the entire 3+ hours of this fine piece of local drama starring Tony Pullella & crew. Featured: vote to fund future, potential full-time public safety director position, plea

On Dec. 27, Brigantine City Council approved a grant request that will submitted to the NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust (NJEIT). The funds, if granted, will pay for projects dealing with important water, sewer and storm water infrastructure. The terms for the grant/loan are generally: • 18% grant • 57% no-interest loan •

Excerpts from Mike Feely; Beachcomber News: Two proposed ordinances took up the majority of discussion this past Tuesday night as council – and the audience – debated the merits of both. The elephant in the room was the proposed revised salary ordinance that was being introduced at the request of

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Some of these video clips gets heated. In one example, Brigantine Police Union asks about Public Safety Director. Councilman Delucry takes deep breath & unloads lengthy response. Mayor Phil looks to move things along. Embarrassing & awkward…seeing council members go at it. Good thing BrigNOW recorded this for ALL

Reader feedback from Dave Smith. ‘From Chief to Public Safety Director’. Over the past year or so we’ve seen a new trend spreading throughout our great state. Retiring police chiefs say their goodbyes on the way out the front door and then return through the back door as the town’s new

Video from Brigantine City Council Meeting on NOV 25, 2013 http://brigantinenow.wpengine.com/brigantine-city-council-nov-25-2013-video/

Brigantine City Council met on Monday night to OK additional borrowing & debt. On a brighter note and for the very first time, the festivities were broadcast live on the Internet. Kudos to City Manager Blumenthal for making this a priority. Click thru to watch video. Some items covered at