New Mayor, Township Committee Member To Take Office in 2010

With Mayor Carolyn Kelly stepping down after nine years of service on the Township Committee, Deputy Mayor Scott Spitzer will fill the position of Bernards Township Mayor, according to multiple town officials.

Spitzer will officially be elected by the members of the Township Committee at the annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 4.

Township Committee member John Malay will be elected as Deputy Mayor, according to a town official. Planning Board member Carolyn Gaziano, who won the seat vacated by Kelly in a general election in November of this year, will serve as the newest member of the committee.

Spitzer has served on the Township Committee since 2008 and has been Deputy Mayor since January 2009. He first started serving as a township official in 2000 as a member of the Open Space Advisory Committee, and later served as a member of the Planning Board for seven years – five as board chairman.

Malay, elected in 2004, is the most senior member of the Township Committee, and was mayor in 2006. Malay began his service in the town in 1996 as a member of the Environmental Commission.

The newest member, Gaziano, also started her township service on the Environmental Commission (in 1999) and has since served as a member of the Zoning Board (2004 - 2005), Planning Board (2006 - present) and Sewerage Authority (2009 - present).

The Township Committee's 2010 schedule is listed below. All meeting times are 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Type Meeting                                               Date
Reorganization (*Special 7 PM Start)           01/04/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            01/12/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            01/26/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            02/09/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            02/23/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            03/09/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            03/23/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            04/13/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            04/27/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            05/11/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            05/25/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            06/15/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            06/29/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            07/13/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            07/27/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            08/10/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            08/24/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            09/14/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            09/28/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            10/12/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            10/26/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            11/09/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            11/23/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            12/14/10
Combined Agenda/Regular                            12/28/10
Reorganization                                                  01/03/11