Buyer May Be Close on West Bay Avenue Property
Township Committee reduces penalties on property to pave the way for bid closure.
It appears as if the 110-acre parcel of land that has been up for auction on West Bay Avenue may soon have a new owner, if actions taken Monday at the Barnegat Township Committee are any indicator.
Although township officials declined to identify a bidder, the Committee adopted a resolution that adjusted past due interests and penalties on the property. The resolution was necessary, according to Township Administrator David Breeden, so that the bid process could be finalized.
Under the terms of the resolution, the committee cut interest charges that had been waged on the property under the old owners from $61,000 to around $30,000, and other penalties were also cut in half. Under the terms of the resolution, the taxes will remain the same - $229,853, Breeden said.
The land was most recently owned by the now-bankrupt Shoreline Sand and Gravel and was being auctioned off by Sheldon Good and Company through a court sale in Trenton earlier this year. The bids were expected to open at $600,000.
Patch will update this story as a bidder is identified.
The site had been used by Shoreline for extracting and distributing construction materials. Barnegat Township Administrator David Breeden has told Patch that there are outstanding violations from the state Department of Environmental Protection and Pinelands Commission on the site, so cleanup will be needed once a bidder is found.
Larry Cataldo
4:13 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
gee , I wonder who the bidder is? here it comes again Barnegat taxpayer, get ready!
Howard Effron
5:04 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
In other township meeting news from last night, there was a first reading resolution last night that had to do with extending the contract of Quality Medical ambulance service until 2017 (a five year extension). It seems that departing mayor Al Cirulli was taking this very personally, as soon to be mayor Len Morano called him on trying to push through a contract that should be voted on by the new Democratic majority commitee. During the back and forth between the two, committeeman Lisella asked the pertinent question "when does the contract expire?". The answer given by Mayor Cirulli was June of 2013.
So the question that was on many people minds including Mr. Morano and a few of the public questioners was "why are we renewing a contract 7 months before it expires?". As always, politics was the answer as Mr. Cirulli stated that he thinks that there are people that want to see Quality go away. Mayor Cirulli was instrumental in bringing Quality to this town some years ago and it has been a very good fit for the community meshing well with our own volunteer squad. But the bottom line is that Mr. Morano is right in his argument that this should be negotiated by the new committee. The one playing politics here is Al Cirulli, plain and simple. I'm pretty sure that Mr. Lisella agrees, or he would never have asked that question, but I guess you got to go along with your clubmates, be they right or wrong.
John B Taxpayer
9:05 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Follow the $$$$$$$!
Barnegater Always
9:05 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Maybe someone is Benifiting from the contract before the end of the year.Play to play is going through these towns like wild fire.Need to see what relationship the one pushing the contract has with the company,Maybe he suppies the widgets for the ambulances.
Ray
9:05 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Al, your done, finished, its time to move to N. Carolina.
tired
4:49 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The town should have bought the land and made it like Stafford or lacey facility for recycling or made it a new town facility god knows our town hall looks so run down even that police station
Bobgsb
7:09 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Can someone explain why Barnegat gave back interest and other penalties on this property?