Final Council Long Branch Council Meeting of 2011 Set For Tonight

The end of a busy year comes tonight for the , as it hold its final meeting of 2011.

The agenda is packed and features several items for the caucus, which begins at 6 p.m., and the regular meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m.

Among the agenda items is the expected adoption of the which will allocate funds for the final engineering and planning stages of the project.

The council introduced the ordinance earlier this month, but the public will now be able to share their thoughts on the project.

The council is also expected to adopt an ordinance that will and another that will fund .

Other agenda items include resolutions that will allow the city to continue to lease a parking lot in West End, another that will support the city's membership in the Whale Pond Brook Watershed Association and the adoption of the 2012 meeting schedule.