Hazlet governing body members elect Clark to serve as mayor for 2021 Hazlet governing body members elect Clark to serve as mayor for 2021 HAZLET – Tara Clark has been elected by her fellow members of the Township Committee to serve as the mayor of Hazlet for 2021. This marks the first time Clark will serve as mayor. Clark was elected mayor for a one-year term by her colleagues during the Jan. 5 reorganization meeting of the governing body. The meeting was held in a remote manner due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Under Hazlet’s form of government, the mayor is not directly elected by residents. Each January, the five members of the Township Committee select one member to serve as mayor and one member to serve as deputy mayor for the upcoming year.