The Ship Bottom Borough Council unanimously adopted an ordinance establishing an internal promotional process and procedure for the police chief position ahead of the pending retirement of its current chief. Police Chief Paul Sharkey has put in his retirement papers and is expected to retire from his post sometime in the next year, according to Kathleen Flanagan, borough coordinator.

“We need a policy in place,” she said Nov. 26 when the ordinance came up for second reading and a public hearing.