Present were: President Joe Marcianti, 1st V.P. Lach Cameron, Treasurer Alice Bass, Recording Secretary Celeste Brockwell, Corresponding Secretary Pamela Boright, and Director Ann Gorga. Absent was Director Pat Hoffman.

The minutes and Treasurer's Report were accepted as read. An adjustment to the original amount of the cost of the Memorial Day Wreath was from $100 to $125.

Correspondence was read from former LVT Corresponding Secretary and an internet correspondence from an LVT member requesting a garage sale flyer.

Membership: There were 362 paid members for 2007. Letters will be sent to members who paid in 2006, but not in 2007. Follow-up phone calls will be made.
A list of new homeowners will be contacted via letter for new memberships.

Municipal:

• The boardwalk is completed to Philadelphia Ave.
• The T-dock on Reese Ave. damaged in a storm is scheduled for repair.
• A discussion took place by borough officials about the possibility of requiring beach badges on all municipal playgrounds and the ballfield.
• Discussion by borough officials about allowing bike riders on the boardwalk after 10 a.m.
• Dredging under the West Point Island Bridge is scheduled to begin.
• The temporary municipal budget was amended with adoption of a final budget anticipated at the June Borough council meeting. There may be some further adjustments to the budget. Next year the State will impose a cap of 4% on municipal budgets.
• Ratables may be up as much as $13 million.
• The Borough Administrator anticipates that the electric rate will double.
• June 5th is the primary election. Polls are open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. In addition to our local municipal candidates, we have a local council person who is running for a NJ Senate seat in the 10th district.
• Ralph Gorga's dedication and accomplishment of stopping the dumping of toxic chemical waste into the ocean will be honored by a plaque at the oceanfront pavilion on New Brunswick Ave. A plaque will also be placed at the bell in front of Borough Hall for which Ralph donated and constructed the housing of it.

Seven students applied for the three scholarships. The scholarship committee of Alice Bass, Pamela Boright, and June Cameron will evaluate all applications and present the three scholarships at our June meeting.

Beach update:

• The beach will officially open on June 23rd. Not opening on Memorial Day as many other neighboring beach communities do is felt to be a huge loss of revenue for Lavallette.
• Badge checkers will be at every beach entrance on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in an attempt to sell more beach badges. Monday-Thursday, checkers will be roving the beach.
• Rather than one overall manager, three managers were hired for the beach: one for the beach, the lifeguards and the badge checkers.
• Since the loss of the special engineering company for beach and boardwalk projects, the borough engineering company is serving as an interim.