Two file for seat on boro school board
Fredric Naimoli and
Mark Kramer both want
to fill vacant position
EATONTOWN — Two people have filed their résumés with the Board of Education, seeking to fill a vacancy on the panel created when former member William M. Kinney moved to the Borough Council.
Susan Berry, board secretary, said she received two applications for Kinney’s seat, one from Fredric Naimoli of 36 Sherwood Drive, a past member and president of the board, and the other from Mark Kramer of 406 Grant Ave.
Naimoli served on the Board of Education for nine years but was defeated when he sought re-election in April 2001.
Berry said Naimoli works for the Internal Revenue Service on Route 35 in Ocean Township. She said Kramer works for Elementis Specialties in Hightstown.
Both candidates were invited to speak before the Board of Education at its meeting Monday. But after reviewing their applications in executive session following the public meeting, the board deferred a decision until later. Its next meeting will be Feb. 25.
Kramer, in his presentation, said he and his wife have lived in the borough since 1992, and have two children, one 9, and the other, almost 2.
He said he previously lived in Tinton Falls and grew up in Neptune.
"I feel my qualifications are not unlike yours," he told the board.
"I have a great desire to work with the town," he said. "I have no predetermined opinions on any subject, and I have no political ambitions."
Naimoli sent a letter to the board explaining he could not be present in person because he was in San Francisco on a business trip arranged last November, but said his past experience with the finance committee as a board member would serve him well in dealing with the budget when he returns.
"I am a team player and a team contributor," he wrote.
Kinney resigned from the Board of Education last month after his appointment by the Borough Council to fill a vacancy on the council created when former Councilman John M. Kleinfelder resigned Dec. 21.
The person appointed to fill Kinney’s seat will serve only through the school board election, which usually is held in April, but may be postponed a while because state aid figures are not ready.
The vacancy will go on the ballot as an unexpired one-year term.
If the person appointed to replace Kinney wishes to retain the seat, he or she will have to stand for election.
Three other board seats also will be up for election for full three-year terms.