Even with the extra day this Leap Year brings to the beginning of a new decade, there might not be enough time in 2020 for the Joint Council of Taxpayers Associations of Long Beach Island to find solutions for every item on a goal list that includes nuisance flooding, public education, beach access and parking.

Ranked from one to nine, with one being the most important, the full list is currently: nuisance flooding, school funding, consolidating all three Island elementary schools, using the…