Burlington County Reorganization - December 2007

Towns reorganize in early January Thursday, December 27, 2007 

   With only a few days left in 2007, towns in northern Burlington County have scheduled reorganization meetings to start off 2008.

   In Bordentown Township, the reorganization meeting will take place Jan. 5 at noon.

   The ceremony will take place in the courtroom at the Municipal Building on Municipal Drive.

   Since there are no changes to the committee, the mayor and the deputy mayor will be sworn into office.

   Chesterfield Township will have its last meeting of the year at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Municipal Building on Bordentown-Chesterfield Road. Details on a reorganization meeting were not immediately available.     Fieldsboro will hold its reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Municipal Building, 204 Washington St.

   Democrats Johnette Hardesky and Elizabeth Marsh, will be sworn in to three-year seats on the Borough Council.

   Florence's new mayor and two new Township Council members will be sworn in at a reorganization meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 2.

   Republican William Berry won the four-year mayoral seat previously occupied by Democratic Mayor Michael Muchowski, who did not seek re-election this year.

   Democrats Sean Patrick Ryan and Dennis O'Hara will be sworn in to four-year council seats.

   Coffee and light refreshments will be set up in the front room of the municipal building, located on 711 Broad St.

   Mansfield's reorganization meeting will take place at noon Friday, Jan. 4.

   Republican incumbent Terri Tallon-Hammill, who won re-election to a three-year Township Committee seat, will be sworn in.

   The meeting will take place at the municipal office on 24548 E. Main St.

   Although reorganization meeting details from New Hanover were not available this week, there will be a special election on Jan. 22 to decide the outcome of the November tie between Republican incumbent Dennis Roohr and Democrat Sharon Atkinson, who both sought a three-year spot on the Township Committee.

   North Hanover's meeting will take place Jan. 1 in the main meeting room of its Municipal Building on 41 Schoolhouse Road.

   Republican incumbent James Durr and Republican Deborah Butler will be sworn in to three-year terms on the Township Committee.

   There will be refreshments served at the Community Center across the street at 43 Schoolhouse Road.

   Springfield Township will have its meeting 8 p.m. Jan. 2 in the Municipal Building on 2159 Jacksonville-Jobstown Road. There was no municipal election in Springfield this year.