CREST HAVEN – A $320,926 contract was awarded by freeholders Jan. 12 to supply the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office with one 29-foot collared cabin patrol boat. Payment for the boat, which will be used for patrols around the Cape May-Lewes Ferry and other waterfront areas, will be from federal grants and the Prosecutor’s Office forfeiture funds from seized property as a result of illegal activities.
A “Port Security Program Grant” will pay $232,728 while the forfeiture fund will pay $88,198. The vessel will be bought from Gravois Aluminum Boats LLC, doing business as Metal Shark Boats of Jeanerette, La.
The proposed purchase was previously reported here from the time Prosecutor Robert Taylor asked the board’s permission to seek grant funding. There will be no cost to taxpayers, said Taylor earlier.
The application was made to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The vessel will establish a Maritime Security and Response Unit to “provide supplemental and added security to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry and to prevent, mitigate and respond to critical incidents that occur in the Port of Cape May and on the waters surrounding the county,” according to a May freeholder resolution.
The trailered aluminum vessel will have a 30-year life and will serve a variety of purposes, including firefighting, said Taylor. It will also be used on joint patrols to assist the Coast Guard, N.J. Marine Police, and Delaware River and Bay Authority.
Rename Johnson
County Fire Marshal Conrad Johnson Jr. was reappointed to a one-year term at a salary of $30,414. A retired Wildwood fire chief, Johnson’s title on the county payroll is listed as “Chief Fire Instructor.”
Appoint Lombard
At the same meeting, freeholders appointed William Lombard Jr. to the reorganized Solid Waste Advisory Council. Employed by Gold Medal Environmental, he will serve as a solid waste hauling/industry representative.
Appoint Glembocki
Eugene Glembocki, former Dennis Township mayor, was appointed to the Cape May County R.S.V.P. (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) Community Advisory Council until Dec. 31, 2018.
OK Appraisal for Historic Site
The application of the County Historical and Genealogical Society for one appraisal of 1.45 acres at 1649 Bayshore Road, Villas, was approved by the board. The parcel is the site of the Judge Nathaniel Foster House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The action was taken prior to purchase for the Open Space Program.
Form Communication Support Group
In preparation for a county central dispatch program, freeholders Jan. 12 appointed a five-member committee to be known as the Communications Support Group. Headed by Martin Pagliughi, director, Office of Emergency Management, others include Anne Marie Ricco, William Bailey, William Szemcsak, and Jay Potter. The resolution noted it sought citizens with experience in municipal entities in the field of communications. The group will include members of volunteer fire departments, rescue squads, and those with “advance knowledge and skill to program, repair and build communication components.” Members will also be required to attend meetings as well as produce data, studies and reports “relevant to the future planning communications.”
A central dispatch center will be located in what is the Lower Township Public Safety Building at the County Airport in Erma. A renovation of the building will make possible the county use as well as providing space for Lower Township Police Department.
Appoint Fogerty
Freeholders appointed Assistant County Counsel Lauren Fogerty of Marmora to the Advisory Commission on the Status of Women. Her three-year term will expire Jan. 12, 2019.
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