Thursday, December 13, 2012
Wednesday's Township Committee meeting was the last as Mayor for Foster
Mayor Jeffrey Foster presided over his last meeting at the helm of the governing body Wednesday as members of the Township Committee thanked him for his leadership in the past year. Wednesday’s meeting of the Township Committee was the final public business meeting of the year. The committee form of government under which Wall Township is organized chooses a member of the committee to serve as mayor for a period of one year. In a short speech at the end of Wednesday’s meeting, Foster said he was proudest of the committee’s effort to save a 32-acre plot of farmland from future development, keeping it in the township’s cache of for open space. He also thanked the numerous township employees and the Department of Public Works for their …
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Foster takes oath of office Wednesday
Committeeman Jeffrey Foster was sworn in as Wall Township's newest mayor Wednesday during the Township Committee's annual organization meeting. Foster, who succeeds outgoing Mayor Ann Marie Conte, was nominated to take the helm of local government by fellow Committeeman Clinton Hoffman. It was seconded by Conte. There were no other nominations. The vote to install Foster was unanimous. Foster, whose wife, Joyce, held a bible while Freeholder Joseph Arnone administered the oath of office pledged to be equal to the task of in a short speech after settling into the center chair behind the dais. "We have a list of stuff that has to be dealt with this year and there are some tough choices that have to be made,'' Foster said. "This can be a …
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Ann Marie Conte turns over the helm of local government
Get used to calling him Mayor Foster. Second-in-command Deputy Mayor Jeffrey Foster on Wednesday is expected to be nominated to take command of local government as Wall Township's next mayor at the organization meeting of the Township Committee, officials said. Committeeman Todd Luttman is expected to be nominated to move into the Deputy Mayor spot when the committee meets for the first time in 2012, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at town hall, 2700 Allaire Rd. No other nominations are expected, officials said. A short swearing-in ceremony will be held following votes of the committee. Wall Township's mayoral role is a temorary position, filled annually by a member of the Township Committee and elected from within its roster, according to the …
anthony giunta
12:14 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
jeff foster has been one of the hardest working officials in the history of Wall township,Aside from running his own auto repair business , being on the first aid squad,working on the historical society and now being mayor,Noone has worked harder than jeff Fosterfor the people of Wall township more ›