Klemp, Stahl to lead E.B. council in 2003
By vincent todaro
Staff Writer
EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has elected two Democrats, including one longtime member and one newcomer, as its president and vice president for 2003.
At the council’s New Year’s Day reorganization meeting, newcomer David Stahl was unanimously elected to serve as council vice president. He was nominated by fellow Democratic newcomer Catherine Diem.
"I’ve gotten to know David quite well over the past couple of months," Diem said. "I’ve gotten to know David as a man of high principles and integrity."
The nomination was seconded by Democratic Councilman Edwin Brautman.
Donald Klemp was unanimously re-elected to serve another one-year term as council president. He was nominated by Brautman, and the motion was seconded by Stahl.
"I know we’ll have a very successful year this year," Klemp said.
Klemp will serve his second term as president, having replaced Jeffrey Simon a year ago.
Also at the meeting, the council made a number of appointments, including deciding which of its members would serve on various subcommittees.
Stahl was elected to serve on the Planning Board; Republican newcomer Christi Calvano will serve on the Water Policy Advisory Committee and the Alliance for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; Diem will serve on the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board and the East Brunswick Museum Corp.; Brautman will serve on the Cable Television Advisory Committee; and Klemp will serve on the Municipal Emergency Management and Middlesex County Housing and Community Development committees.
All the terms run from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31.
The council also made several citizen appointments and reappointments to various boards.
Robert Mahler and Paul Larrousse were appointed to serve two-year terms on the Traffic Advisory Board; David Weiner, Cindy O’Connor and James Wright will serve one-year terms on the Cable Television Advisory Committee; and Rose Korten will serve a one-year term on the Youth Services Commission.
The council reappointed Richard Walling and Joel Henkin to serve on the Zoning Board of Adjustment, also appointing Richard Klein to that board. Also reappointed was Jeff Goldwasser, who will serve as an alternate member. Walling and Henkin will serve four-year terms, while Goldwasser has a two-year term.
Mayor William Neary also made several appointments with the advice and consent of the council.
Neary chose Dolly Vasta and Stan Fischer to serve one-year terms on the Cable Television Advisory Committee; Stephanie Fitzsimmons-Sexton to serve a three-year term on the Commission on Aging; and Joseph Fiorello, Irwin Jay Feifer and Patrick Reardon to serve on the Construction Board of Appeals. Fiorello will serve a four-year term, while Feifer and Reardon will serve two-year terms.
In addition, Neary selected Stuart Schwartz, Stanley Willsky and Michael Spadafino for three-year terms on the Advisory Health Council; Seymour Sternin, Peter Zee, Estelle Goldsmith, Ethel Mahler and Edward Luster for three-year terms to the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board; Norman Philipp, Larry Roth and Willard Stockton for three-year terms to the Water Policy Committee; and Lucretia Lipper, Rabbi Eric Milgrim, Linda Kafafian and Ethel Mahler for three-year terms to the Youth Services Commission.
Former Councilman Saul Fink was chosen to serve the remainder of a term on the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board, and Donna Webber will fill the remainder of a term on the Youth Services Commission.