CREST HAVEN – Cape May County Fire Marshal Conrad Johnson Jr. was reappointed for another one-year term in that position by freeholders at the Jan. 14 meeting.
Johnson’s term runs from Jan. 15, according to a resolution. He is retired Wildwood fire chief. His office investigates fires to determine their origin.
Freeholders took the following actions at the meeting:
• Authorized an agreement with Daniel Mulraney, retroactive to Feb. 1, 2013 through Jan. 31, 2014, for police instruction at the Public Safety Training Center Police Academy. The amount was not to exceed $17,500.
• Extended agreements for veterinarian services through Feb. 11, 2014 to: Abri Animal Hospital, Baysea Veterinary Hospital, Cape Veterinary Hospital, Parkway veterinary Hospital, Dr. Matthew Schwert, Shore Veterinarians and South Paw Animal Hospital.
• Authorized agreements from Feb. 1, 2014 to Jan. 31, 2015, with Police Academy instructors not to exceed total amounts of $17,500, with Robert Boyd, James Daughtery, Gregory Jackson, Thomas Keywood, John Reemmer, Joseph Rogowski, Jeffrey Saduk and William Wilent.
• Reappointed to the county Human Services Advisory Council to terms expiring Dec. 31, 2016: Christa Weis, provider, and Judy Kunec, member at large.
• Authorized the first of 10 possible one-year renewals with Atlantic County for placement of Cape May County juveniles in the Atlantic County Detention Center, known as Harborfields.
• Established the 2014 County Library tax of $.00029 of a mil per dollar ($29 per $100,000 of assessed value) to fund the seven-branch library system. See related story elsewhere in today’s edition.
• Appointed Craig Van Baal as member of the Cape May County Cultural and Heritage Commission for five years, expiring Jan. 14, 2019.
• Authorized submission of an application to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development for a grant to buy a refrigerated truck for use by the Cape May Oyster Cooperative. There are six founding cooperative members. The board took the action since it believed the oyster cooperative will have a positive and significant impact on the county’s economy.
• Dedicated Open Space funds for a three-quarter mile path right of way in conjunction with the Two Mile Beach Bicycle Access Project.
Cape May – Governor Murphy says he doesn't know anything about the drones and doesn't know what they are doing but he does know that they are not dangerous. Does anyone feel better now?
