At its next meeting, on Wednesday, April 20 at 4 p.m., the Ocean County Board of Commissioners plans to introduce an ordinance appropriating $2.25 million for restoration of the historic Cox House in Barnegat Township.

The county has owned the iconic structure since 2019, when it was acquired from the township. An ordinance adopted by the township committee read, in part, that “the township finds it prudent and in the best interests of the taxpayers and the residents of the township to re-convey…