Atlantic City Clerk Barb Barrick, today (Friday), sent an e-mail to the company tasked with conducting the July 4th City-paid for fireworks show. The e-mail delivered to J-and-M Displays said the Mayor and City Council asked Barrick to reach out to J&M. Their request came during Wednesday’s meeting of the Atlantic City Council, during which some members expressed displeasure with the brevity of the fireworks display.

The e-mail says “We have received many complaints that the show was extremely short (reports of 11-15 minutes).  In addition, the Fire Chief noted that it didn’t look like the City received as much product as it had in the past.  I am requesting that you look into the matter to ensure that there was not discrepancy between what the City paid ($6,000) and what it was supposed to receive ($6,000 plus 8% for early payment).  If the City did receive all of its product, would you please explain why the show took such a short time?”

As of late Friday morning, a response had not been received from J&M. We’ll update this report if additional information comes in.