While officials in most Long Beach Island communities have taken precautionary action to limit exposure of COVID-19 in the resort area, Surf City’s governing body has been relatively quiet about implementing any restrictions. Until now.

“You have to consider everything,” Mayor Francis Hodgson said prior to the borough council’s April 8 meeting, held remotely. “There are so many repercussions from this.”

It was the first time the council met since COVID-19 protocols were put into place by Gov.