PLUMSTED — The Township Committee held its 2010 reorganization meeting on Jan. 5 at the municipal building on Evergreen Road.
Township Clerk Dorothy Hendrickson called the meeting to order, and the first official act of the new year was to conduct the swearing-in of re-elected Committeemen Mike McCue and Eric Sorchik.
McCue was joined on the dais by his wife, Maryanne, and their daughter, Megan, as he took the oath of office to begin serving a three-year term.
Sorchik was joined on the dais by his wife, Penny, and his son, Austin, as he took the oath of office to begin serving a threeyear term.
The next order of business was the nomination and election of a mayor. Under the Township Committee form of government, the members of the governing body select a member of the committee to serve a oneyear term as mayor.
Committeeman Ronald S. Dancer was chosen to serve as Plumsted’s mayor for 2010. Hendrickson read the oath of office to swear in Dancer as mayor.
Following that was the nomination and election for the office of deputy mayor, who in the Township Committee form of government serves as mayor in the absence of the mayor. A nomination was made for Committeeman Dave Leutwyler to be deputy mayor all present voted in affirmative.
Leutwyler was joined on the dais by his wife, Linda, as Dancer administered the oath of office to the new deputy mayor.
In other business, the committee honored Mr. and Mrs. Michael Benhan, who have portrayed Santa and Mrs. Claus for the past 15 years for the children of Plumsted.
William Lewis was appointed to a seat on the Plumsted Environmental Commission.
Wendy Galloway was appointed to a seat on Plumsted Joint Land Use Board. Galloway, a retired major with the New Jersey State Police, was also appointed to serve on the Plumsted Business-Public Safety Committee.