Author: Bob Lieber

Join us Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 at Borough Hall for our second Town Hall Meeting with  local Surf City officials. Bagels, sweets and coffee courtesy of Surf City Bagels and Bakery, will be served starting at 9:45 a.m. The meeting begins at 10:00 a.m.

This is your chance to learn about how to get things done in Surf City and get your questions answered. As we’ve surveyed and talked with taxpayers, questions have come up about our roads, like: “Why are some streets repaved and others not? Why are streets flooding more than before? How do I make a request or ask a question about my street?”

Question about our taxes and town budget also continually come up. For instance: “There are things on my tax bill I don’t understand; can someone explain the bill in simple terms? How much of my tax dollars stay in Surf City? How are spending decisions made or rejected?”

To help address these and other questions you might have, our guest speakers are:

Jackie Siciliano, Surf City Councilwoman, who oversees roads and streets; and David Pawlishak, Surf City Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. You can read about their backgrounds below.

We look forward to seeing you Saturday August 22nd!

Town Hall guest speakder David Pawlishak, Surf City Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. CPA, RMA, CMFO.
David Pawlishak has been the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Borough of Surf City since 1999, where, as Director of the Department of Finance, he oversees all aspects of accounts receivable (including collection of taxes and water/sewer charges), accounts payable, budgetary operations and
payroll. Originally from a steel town in western Pennsylvania, David entered the U.S. Air Force upon graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He served as a Minuteman ICBM Launch Officer and Instructor of Missile Operations with components of the Strategic
Air Command. While on active duty, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South Dakota.
After being honorably discharged with the rank of Captain, he re-entered civilian life and began working as an accountant and auditor with a public accounting firm on Long Beach Island.
Later, he started his own public accounting firm, and was appointed statutory independent auditor for multiple municipalities, school districts and utilities authorities. Eventually, the opportunity arose to apply for a job at the Borough, as the long-time Chief Financial Officer announced his retirement.

Here is an important post and warning from the very informative and timely Surf City Facebook Group — run by Andy Warren. If you are not a member of this group, we highly recommend you submit a request to join.

Here is an article on the subject appearing in the Asbury Park Press quoting Councilman Peter Hartney.

Keeping our beaches and town safe is our #1 priority. Please heed the advice in this explanatory note.

Just a reminder: Please join us for our annual “Meet the Mayor” event at town hall. Saturday, June 27 10:00 A.M. (Free breakfast begins at 9:45, courtesy of  Surf City Bagels and Bakery).  Mayor Connors will be on hand to discuss issues of special interest and take your questions. See you there!

On September 10th, the Surf City Borough Council met and revealed some interesting facts about the summer. For instance:

• Beach badge revenue was $541,700 in 2014. That beat 2013 by $37,995
• There were 210 rescues on the beaches this summer
• There were some “classic facts” about the police work in town during August:
• There were 42 investigations. There was $7,804 in stolen property, $3,300 of which was recovered. There were six arrests, including one kid. There were also 163 parking violations. There were 14 car accidents.

Read the entire report from the Sandpaper here.

Surf City Police is sponsoring a bike registration/rodeo. It is scheduled for Friday August 22nd, 2014 from 10am – 12pm (at the Surf City Firehouse Parking lot).

Snacks will be available on a first come first serve basis.  For those wishing to expedite the process, they can pick up bike registration forms at the Police Department prior to the event and bring them completed to the event.

Walters Bicycles in Ship Bottom has graciously agreed to be a co-sponsor — for the second time –and will provide free bicycle inspections and hand out some goodies.

Here is a link to the Surf City Police Department Facebook page and here is a link to Walters Bicycles Facebook page.

The Surf City volunteer company and EMS are throwing their 3rd annual on August 2nd from 4:00-10:00P.M. The party will have food, drinks, live music, and fun for the whole family! The firehouse is located on 8th St.  Long Beach Blvd.

The Foul Shooting Contest was  held on Friday July 11, 2014. We had forty-seven children participate in the event plus parents, siblings and fans.There were three winners in each group.. Top winners were;

Age 13-18  1. Megan Mercurio    2.Jack Hogart  3.Ryan Mathews

Age 10-12   1. Nick  Flissar  2.Drew McNellis    3.Bennet Jacobs

Age 7-9   1. Julian M  2. Katelyn Joesten   3.Sophia and Zachary

Under 6   1. Brett H    2 Luke L   3 Danny  Yapur and Sean Yapur

Thank you to all our volunteers.

Anita Barnes, Lydia Cottone,  Deanna Bergondo, Jim Elsenbeck Matt Nichols

Ray Saunderson Jack Shields and  Pete Williams. Pictures taken by Rich Miller

And a big thank you to Island Miniature Golf and the Big Dipper Ice Cream Store for their generous prize contribution to the foul shooting contest. Their help always makes this a successful event.

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