Post by fuzzyscorpio on Aug 2, 2006 17:19:23 GMT -5
From the Press of AC yesterday... I figure there are at least half a dozen people on this board who will know much better than I do whether this is good news, bad news, or no news. 
I thought the part about Wildwood Crest's threat was interesting (italicized).
Note the bit at the end about the status of the condos that got spanked a few months ago.
Administrator begins job at Wildwoods code office
By TRUDI GILFILLIAN Staff Writer, (609) 463-6716
Published: Tuesday, August 1, 2006
WILDWOOD — Former Wildwood Crest Commissioner Matthew R. Tomlin starts work today as business administrator for the Joint Construction Office of the Wildwoods, or JCOW.
The new position was developed as part of the construction office's restructuring.
The agency's management committee conducted a review of its management and personnel practices and consultant Fred Coldren recommended the agency hire a business administrator and chief financial officer.
Tomlin will fill both roles, although the bulk of his duties will involve work as the business administrator.
Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr, chairman of the JCOW board, said Tomlin was by far the most qualified of the 14 applicants.
He pointed to Tomlin's years as a business administrator in the public sector and his work as a JCOW board member.
Tomlin, who served as a Borough Commissioner and JCOW board member from 1997 to 2005, was a business administrator with the Ocean City and Cape May County Vocational school districts before retiring.
“He knows the organization and he's been on the other side of the table,” Troiano said Monday.
Troiano said the demands placed on the construction office have grown as the island's building boom continues and an administrator was needed to keep pace.
“We never caught up to the growth,” Troiano said.
Tomlin will work 20 hours per week at a salary of $45,000 per year.
Wildwood Crest Borough Clerk Kevin Yecco, who is one of the borough's JCOW representatives, said Tomlin's appointment was “one of the big steps in the right direction” to resolve the borough's concerns about JCOW's operations.
In June, Wildwood Crest notified the JCOW board that it would leave the agency if certain changes weren't made.
The borough requested that the construction office reorganize under the direction of a business administrator and that each town within JCOW have a designated inspector to serve as a contact person for construction projects.
The borough also wanted the state's Department of Community Affairs, or a third-party firm, to conduct plan review and inspections for any high-rise buildings built on the island.
Yecco credited Coldren, who has been asked to stay on another 60 days, with guiding the agency's reorganization.
North Wildwood City Administrator Ray Townsend said his community had also reserved its right to leave the agency if another town decided to withdraw from the interlocal services agreement that created JCOW in 1993.
Townsend said all of those involved had the same concerns as Wildwood Crest and Tomlin's hiring brought the agency closer to resolving those issues.
Meanwhile, JCOW attorney, Glenn P. Callahan, continues to work with builders, developers, architects and property owners to resolve the code-compliance violations of about 500 condominium units on the island.
Owners of those buildings were notified in February that their properties were either improperly constructed or inspected.
Callahan said agreements to solve those code issues have been reached with about 50 percent of the buildings involved.
Superior Court Judge Steven Perskie will track the progress of those settlements at a status/management conference scheduled for Aug. 24.
I thought the part about Wildwood Crest's threat was interesting (italicized).
Note the bit at the end about the status of the condos that got spanked a few months ago.
Administrator begins job at Wildwoods code office
By TRUDI GILFILLIAN Staff Writer, (609) 463-6716
Published: Tuesday, August 1, 2006
WILDWOOD — Former Wildwood Crest Commissioner Matthew R. Tomlin starts work today as business administrator for the Joint Construction Office of the Wildwoods, or JCOW.
The new position was developed as part of the construction office's restructuring.
The agency's management committee conducted a review of its management and personnel practices and consultant Fred Coldren recommended the agency hire a business administrator and chief financial officer.
Tomlin will fill both roles, although the bulk of his duties will involve work as the business administrator.
Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr, chairman of the JCOW board, said Tomlin was by far the most qualified of the 14 applicants.
He pointed to Tomlin's years as a business administrator in the public sector and his work as a JCOW board member.
Tomlin, who served as a Borough Commissioner and JCOW board member from 1997 to 2005, was a business administrator with the Ocean City and Cape May County Vocational school districts before retiring.
“He knows the organization and he's been on the other side of the table,” Troiano said Monday.
Troiano said the demands placed on the construction office have grown as the island's building boom continues and an administrator was needed to keep pace.
“We never caught up to the growth,” Troiano said.
Tomlin will work 20 hours per week at a salary of $45,000 per year.
Wildwood Crest Borough Clerk Kevin Yecco, who is one of the borough's JCOW representatives, said Tomlin's appointment was “one of the big steps in the right direction” to resolve the borough's concerns about JCOW's operations.
In June, Wildwood Crest notified the JCOW board that it would leave the agency if certain changes weren't made.
The borough requested that the construction office reorganize under the direction of a business administrator and that each town within JCOW have a designated inspector to serve as a contact person for construction projects.
The borough also wanted the state's Department of Community Affairs, or a third-party firm, to conduct plan review and inspections for any high-rise buildings built on the island.
Yecco credited Coldren, who has been asked to stay on another 60 days, with guiding the agency's reorganization.
North Wildwood City Administrator Ray Townsend said his community had also reserved its right to leave the agency if another town decided to withdraw from the interlocal services agreement that created JCOW in 1993.
Townsend said all of those involved had the same concerns as Wildwood Crest and Tomlin's hiring brought the agency closer to resolving those issues.
Meanwhile, JCOW attorney, Glenn P. Callahan, continues to work with builders, developers, architects and property owners to resolve the code-compliance violations of about 500 condominium units on the island.
Owners of those buildings were notified in February that their properties were either improperly constructed or inspected.
Callahan said agreements to solve those code issues have been reached with about 50 percent of the buildings involved.
Superior Court Judge Steven Perskie will track the progress of those settlements at a status/management conference scheduled for Aug. 24.
