The Margate Board of Commissioners honored city engineer Ed Walberg who retired and is relocating to Florida. From left, son Eric, 22, wife Cindy, Ed Walberg, Mayor Michael Becker and Commissioners John Amodeo and Maury Blumberg.
Margate City engineer left his mark on numerous South Jersey communities
MARGATE – The city honored city engineer and lifelong resident Ed Walberg of Remington, Vernick and Walberg Engineers Thursday, April 4 with a proclamation wishing him well in his retirement.
Walberg, who has been the engineer in Margate for the last 25 years, has sold his bayfront home and is moving with his wife Cindy and son Eric, 22, to the west coast of Florida.
“It was 25 years, but it seemed like a week, it went by so fast,” Walberg said.
Mayor Michael Becker presented the proclamation, commending Walberg for guiding many significant capital improvement and utility projects, along with repairs and restoration of Historic City Hall and the Margate Municipal Building following Hurricane Sandy.
Through his partnership with Remington & Vernick, Walberg planned, bid and provided oversight of projects in numerous South Jersey communities, including Linwood, Wildwood, Cape May, Egg Harbor City, Pleasantville and many other towns.
“He left his mark on the city. There is not another municipality in the state that has the infrastructure and setup we have, and you are directly responsible,” Commissioner John Amodeo told Walberg.
Amodeo, who worked with Walberg when Amodeo was a city councilman in Linwood, said having a lifelong resident working on the city’s behalf benefits the city.
“It’s so much better because you put extra thought and feelings into it,” Amodeo said.
“He is a great friend of Margate,” Commissioner Maury Blumberg said. “He is a super engineer, an engineers’ engineer. His knowledge is unmatched.”
Blumberg said he has always been impressed with Walberg’s “historical knowledge” of the city’s infrastructure.
“If you wanted to know what happened 15 years ago, he was the first person you would go to,” Blumberg said.
Although Walberg provided his professional expertise through professional services contracts with RVW, he served numerous commissions without regard to politics, Blumberg said.
“He added a tremendous amount of value to Margate and left us on solid footing,” he said.
“Thank you all for working with me and making my job easier,” an emotional Walberg said. “Hopefully, I helped everyone when asked. I will miss this town and I will miss all of you.”
