Title of county commissioner will replace freeholder as panel reorganizes for 2021
Title of county commissioner will replace freeholder as panel reorganizes for 2021
The five officials who comprise Monmouth County’s governing body will reorganize for 2021 in a meeting to be held at 4 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Collins Arena on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
The 2021 reorganization meeting will mark a milestone in Monmouth County government as the panel changes its centuries-old name from the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders to the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners.
The name change complies with legislation Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law in 2020 that became effective on Jan. 1. The legislation requires the title of “chosen freeholder” to be changed to “county commissioner” and all “boards of chosen freeholders” to be known as “boards of county commissioners.”
25th anniversary Archives and History Day event will be live-streamed Dec. 22
Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon has announced that the 25th annual Monmouth County Archives and History Day will take place as a live virtual event on Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m., and will be live-streamed on the Monmouth County Clerk’s Facebook and
YouTube pages.
The event will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the event which is hosted by the
Monmouth County Clerk’s Office annually to celebrate local and state history, according to a press release.
“Since we were unable to host our in-person event in October due to the COVID-19 health crisis, the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office is pleased to launch and live-stream the 2020 Archives and History Day in a video format,” said Hanlon. “This video will also commemorate and highlight the 25-year history of the Monmouth County Archives and History Day.”
HOWELL – A recount of election results has confirmed that Repbublican Evelyn O’Donnell has been re-elected to her second four-year term on the Howell Township Council.
O’Donnell held off a challenge from Democrat Andre de Garmeaux, who was seeking his first term, in the Nov. 3 election.
According to results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, O’Donnell received 15,415 votes and De Garmeaux received 15,095 votes.
The final vote totals following the recount were not immediately available.
On Dec. 15, O’Donnell told the Tri-Town News the recount increased her winning margin by an additional 10 votes.
“The Democratic Party certainly had every right to ask for a recount and I had no objection to their request and stated that to the judge on the morning of the hearing. Certainly I am ready to put that portion of the election process behind me and I am anxious to continue working for the residents of Howell,” O’Donnell said.