Mayor & Council

Belmar is governed by a five-person Mayor & Council, which typically meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in the Council meeting room at the Municipal Building at 601 Main Street.

To view the Mayor & Council‘s Annual Schedule of Meetings, the Mayor & Council‘s Meeting Agenda,or to view Minutes of past meetings of the Mayor & Council,

About Meetings of the Mayor & Council

The Mayor & Council encourage the public to attend their meetings, and to learn about Belmar‘s municipal government and operations.

Each meeting usually begins with an Agenda Session, which starts at 6:30 p.m.

Agenda meetings are open to the public in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act (the “OPMA”). If the Mayor & Council have items before them that are protected from disclosure by the OPMA, such as personnel, litigation or other matters as enumerated by the OPMA, the Mayor & Council will move to go into Executive Session to discuss such matters privately. Minutes of these meetings will become available when the reason for their confidentiality no longer apply.

The regular meeting of the Mayor & Council begins no earlier than 8:00 p.m.

The agenda for each meeting is posted to the Borough‘s website as soon as it is available, which is usually no later than the end of the business day (Tuesday) prior to the Council meeting, click here.

The agendas of each Regular meeting of the Mayor & Council provide members of the public with two general opportunities to be heard. The first opportunity for public comment is prior to the Mayor & Council‘s consideration of Resolutions on the calendar, and is limited to comments on the pending Resolutions. Paper copies of the Resolutions are usually made available to the public for review at the meeting.

There is also a general public comment session at the end of each meeting at which members of the public are free to make comments to, or ask questions of, the Mayor & Council. In addition to these public comment sessions, the public has the right to speak during the public hearing that must precede the adoption of any ordinance.