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CITY DEPARTMENTS

Meeting Dates & Times

  • City Council- 7:00 PM 2nd & 4th Thursdays
  • Planning Board - 7:15 PM 3rd Tuesday
  • Zoning Board - 7:30 PM 4th Tuesday
  • Industrial Commission - 5:30 PM 2nd Tuesday
  • Municipal Court - 1:00 PM 1st & 3rd Wednesday

City Clerk
Phone (609) 965-0081
Lillian Debow, the City Clerk is the keeper of official records in EHC. She has been keeping vital statistics such as marriage licenses, birth certificates, and unfortunately death certificates in EHC for 25 years. She is a longtime municipal clerk with certifications from Association of Registrars & Clerks. The clerk has recently linked the community news public access television channel with the local schools. Lillian is also on the cemetery board and is taking orders that reserve entombment space for the new mausoleum that is under construction.

Marlene Dempsey assists the City Clerk and is the Industrial Commission secretary.

Chief Financial Officer
Phone (609) 965-4683
Jodi Kahn is the Chief Financial Officer. Jodi is a fully certified Municipal Financial Officerl and has tenure in EHC with over twelve years of service. She is a valuable employee that holds state certification licenses as a Tax Collector and a Purchasing Agent. The city is fortunate to have someone in charge of finance that has the experience, stability and knowledge of the community.

Tax Assessor’s Office
609-965-4747
Greg Busa, Tax Assessor
Real estate assessments; assessments for commercial and residential new construction and improvements; tax deductions for veterans, their widows, senior citizens and disabled; residential and commercial tax abatement program.

Tax & Utility Collections
Phone (609) 965-0123
Beverly Totten and Donna Meineke collect taxes, water, and sewer. They also take care of recreation revenue. Both are certified as collectors. The tax office is open Monday through Friday, 9am to 4pm.

Egg Harbor City Police Department                             
609-965-2901
Mark Emmer, Director Public Safety
Emergencies call 911; police communications call 609-965-1200; all non-emergency police inquiries, including records, fingerprinting, investigations, crime prevention, DARE; bicycle registration and traffic control, call 609-965-2901.

Highway Department
609-965-4719
Ramon Meijas, Superintendent
City maintenance; highway and road work.

Planning, Zoning and Building Departments
609-965-1616
Tim Michel, City Planner
Alex Nardone, Code Enforcement Officer
Frank DeClementi, Code Enforcement Officer
Bob Lemon, Building Inspector
Meg Steeb, Secretary
Zoning enforcement and land use planning; rental inspections; development review and building inspections.
CLICK HERE for the Planning Board Meeting Schedule
CLICK HERE for the Zoning Board Meeting Schedule

Volunteer Fire Department
(609) 965-0094
Chief Russ Fenton
Asst. Chief Walter “Butch” Kienzle III

The Egg Harbor City Fire Department was established in 1880, as two separate companies. In 1919 a new firehouse was built in the 100 block of Philadelphia Ave. and the two companies merged to form the Egg Harbor City Fire Department.

Today the EHC Fire Department is housed at 631 Philadelphia Ave. consisting of a Chief, Asst. Chief, 4 Squad Captains, 1 Safety Officer and 4 Fire Wardens. The Department has a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary Treasurer.

Egg Harbor City has a 75’ Ladder Truck, 3 Pumpers, a Utility Truck and a Chief’s car.

Fire Safety Department
609-965-0020
Alex Nardone, Fire Official     
Fire prevention education; building fire code inspections.

Volunteer Ambulance Service
(609) 965-1200
Chief Barbara Adams
The City is serviced by the Egg Harbor City Volunteer Police Ambulance Squad. The Squad consists of a Chief, Captain, and 2 Lieutenants. The Egg Harbor City Volunteer Police Ambulance Squad is housed at

Municipal Court
Phone (609) 965-0700
Judge William Cappuccio
Barbara Dickinson, Court Clerk

Court sessions are every other Wednesday between 12:30pm & 6:00pm

Public Works
(609) 965-4719
Trash Schedule The City picks up normal household waste. The trash schedule is as follows; Wednesday Hamburg Ave to 4th Terrace Philadelphia Ave-Past Moss Mill Rd. Gold Coast-EHC Lake Thursday 8TH Terrace to Bremen Avenue- Atlantic Avenue to Moss Mill Rd. Friday 5Th Terrace,6TH Terrace, & 7TH Terrace. Philadelphia Avenue Sidewalks.

Recycling products- glass, plastic, or papers wood are removed bi-weekly by the county ACUA.

Water & Sewer Utility
(609) 965-0140
Jerry Gleason – Utility Superintendent
The City has consistently provided water service for over a hundred years. Citizens pumped to Sewer Treatment plant in town until 1990’s. The city agreed to join the Atlantic County Utility Authority in 1985 and hooked up in 1991.