Regarding the consolidation spouts: The previous studies were co

North Wildwood - Regarding the consolidation spouts: The previous studies were conducted internally by the towns, or hired by the towns, which were biased results. Most of the elected city officials want to keep the locals on the payroll and not lay anyone off. This is why the study of consolidation can only be conducted by an independent, outside party. The combined DPW employees for all four towns is close to 400 employees. By comparison, the city of Newark has less than 150 DPW employees for over 250,000 residents.