As a courtesy to our SHPOA Members, we’re bringing you a summary of each Stone Harbor Work Session and Council Meeting. Intended as summaries, these intentionally don’t have a lot of details and are not a substitute for the official Borough minutes.

Reorganization Meeting
Council Membership
Victor Foschini (replacing Charles Krafczek) and Jennifer Gensemer (incumbent) were sworn in to serve new terms on the Council.

Council Leadership
President of the Council: Frank Dallahan was the sole nominee and was duly elected by the members (Reese Moore served as president of Council in 2022).

Council representative to Planning Board: Reese Moore. Council expressed a goal to rotate this position each year, based on seniority.

The Council unanimously appointed the members for standing committees, chairs and members; the non-board appointments for 2023; and appointments for the Go Green Committee, Recreation Advisory Committee, Shade Tree Committee, and Bird Sanctuary Committee. The members’ names and terms are all listed in the agenda here. The SHPOA Liaison will remain Reese Moore.

Council Meeting

Council passed resolutions unanimously. They include the 2023 meeting schedule, trash collection schedule, dates for parking fees (May 1-October 1), setting the penalty for delinquent taxes, appointing some officers and other individuals for the Borough, and approving various professional services agreements (including lawyers and environment analysis).

Comment Period
Multiple Council members expressed gratitude for Borough staff, including a number of new staff members in 2022.

For a recording of this meeting, please click: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56BWsxrv0R4

For the agenda and documents referenced in this meeting, please click: http://stoneharbornj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/January-3-2023-Re-Org-Agenda-Web-1.pdf

To read past Stone Harbor Council Meeting summaries, please click here: https://www.stoneharborpoa.org/category/borough-meeting-summaries/

To watch recordings of past meetings, please click here: https://stoneharbornj.org/agendameetings/watch-mayor-and-council-meetings-online/