NOTICE OF PENDING ORDINANCE
Notice is hereby given that the following ordinance was introduced at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of Wildwood Crest on August 5, 2026 and passed on first reading, and the same was then ordered to be published according to law; and that such ordinance will be further considered for final passage at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners to be held at the Borough Hall in said Borough on August 19, 2026 at 5:00 P.M. prevailing time, or as soon thereafter as possible, at which time and place all persons interested will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning such ordinance.
BOROUGH OF WILDWOOD CREST
COUNTY OF CAPE MAY
NEW JERSEY
ORDINANCE NO. 1496
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 – POLICE DEPARTMENT – SECTION 53-4 – COMPOSITION – OF THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF WILDWOOD CREST
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of Wildwood Crest deem it necessary and proper to amend Chapter 53, Section 53-4 of the Code of the Borough of Wildwood Crest to increase the maximum number of patrolmen positions within the Police Department of the Borough of Wildwood Crest.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of Wildwood Crest in the County of Cape May and State of New Jersey, as follows:
Section 1. Section 53-4, entitled Composition, is
hereby amended as follows (added language is underlined, deleted
language is stricken):
The police department of the Borough of Wildwood Crest shall consist of
one (1) full-time chief of police and which may consist of up to one (1)
captain, up to two (2) lieutenants, up to seven (7) sergeants, up to nineteen
(19) twenty-one (21) police officers, and such number of civilian
employees as the Borough of Wildwood Crest may designate.
Section 2. The remainder of all other sections and subsections of the aforementioned ordinance not specifically amended by this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. All other ordinances in conflict with or inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
Section 4. If any portion of this ordinance is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance, but shall be confined in its effect to the provision directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective twenty (20) days after final passage and advertisement thereof as required by law.
Dated: August 5, 2026