City Hall, 233 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Sea Isle City, NJ 08243
8:30am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday
Mayor Leonard C. Desiderio
mayorlen@seaislecitynj.us
Phone 609-263-4461, Ext. 1245
Fax 609-263-2142
Assistant to the Mayor
Pattiann Ponichtera
pattiann@seaislecitynj.us
Phone 609-263-4461, Ext. 1245
Fax 609-263-2142
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MAYOR'S MESSAGE TO CITY COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
Council has a light agenda today, but there are two resolutions on for approval that I want to mention that are of particular importance. Resolutions 128 and 129 are necessary in order to prepare for an upcoming bond sale. They will provide for the combination of previously authorized funding ordinances and will determine the form and details for a 22 million-dollar bond sale that will take place in October. This bond sale will provide for permanent financing of several of the city’s capital improvements made over the past few years. It is part of our ongoing financial management planning, and will help to ensure the level of debt service consistent with our budget projections. As I mentioned in last week’s newsletter, Sea Isle is in excellent financial shape; and while we won’t know our final figures until the end of the year, current tracking of revenues and expenditures points to a solid position for establishing next year’s budget.
I want to mention an outstanding accomplishment by our city clerk’s daughter, Julianna Romano. Jules is one of only fifteen high school students nationwide selected to participate in the Sea Otter Sound Coastal Academy, where she is studying and living for a semester in Naukati Bay, Alaska. She flew out to Alaska in the last week of August, and will explore the coastal ecosystems of Southeast Alaska during her time there, which goes through the first week of November. We are all proud of you, Jules, and look forward to hearing about your adventures when you come home.
Finally, I want to remind everyone that this Friday, September 11, we will hold our annual Patriot Day ceremony at Veterans Park. As everyone knows, this is the 25th anniversary of 9/11. It’s a somber day, but also a day to reflect on how we are united as citizens of this country, and how we will always remember and honor those who lost their lives that day.
As always, please remember, we are one Sea Isle City and together we’ll be stronger than ever.
Smile, you're in Sea Isle!
Mayor Leonard C. Desiderio
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. --Abraham Lincoln
