By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
Wanted: A few good volunteers to serve on township advisory boards and committees.
Township Council is expected to make appointments to fill 71 openings on 20 boards and committees in January, but it needs interested citizens to apply.
On the Affordable Housing Board, there are two vacancies for unexpired terms that end in 2014.
At the Cable Telecommunications Advisory Committee, there are four openings two for unexpired terms, including one that ends this year and the other one that ends in 2014, and two others because the four-year terms of Ronald Comer and James Williams are expiring.
The Construction Board of Appeals has three vacancies one for an engineer, one for a plumber and one for an alternate member. The term is for four years. The Environmental Resources Committee has five vacancies two for unexpired terms that end in 2013 and three for unexpired terms that end in 2015. The term is for four years.
At the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority, the term of Pat Colavita Jr. is expiring in January 2013. The term is for five years.
There are four openings on the Green Team Advisory Committee, which include two vacancies for unexpired terms one each that ends in 2013 and 2014 and two openings because the terms of Christine Altomari and Christopher Bobbitt are ending.
The Greenway Committee has three openings one for an unexpired term that ends in 2014, and two because the three-year terms of Anthony Colavita and David Mizenko are expiring.
At the Growth and Redevelopment Committee, there are five vacancies four unexpired terms that end in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and a fifth vacancy because the three-year term of Lovette Love-Stevens is expiring.
The Health Advisory Committee has two openings because the three-year terms of Leo S. Brummel and Liang Schweizer are ending.
There are seven vacancies on the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee five openings because the four-year terms of Ruth Barringer, Douglas Sargent, Michael Lavanga, Arthur Schonheiter and John Maiorana are ending, and two for unexpired terms that end in 2014.
The Human Relations Committee has five openings two for unexpired terms that end in 2013, and three because the three-year terms of Eleanor Horne, Teresita Bastides-Heron and Elissa Schragger are ending.
Three volunteers are needed to fill openings on the Municipal Alliance on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, for two unexpired terms that end in 2012 and 2013, and because the two-year term of Rich Monacchio is expiring.
The Open Space and Stewardship Advisory Committee needs four volunteers to step forward two for vacant seats that expire in 2014, and two more because the three-year terms of Joyce Copleman and Paul Larson are ending.
The Planning Board has two openings because the four-year term of Ian Dember is expiring, and the two-year term of Glenn Collins is ending.
At the Public Safety Committee, there are five vacancies two for unexpired terms that end in 2013, and three because the two-year terms of Rosanne Manghisi, Kyle Collins and John Gladwell are expiring.
There are three openings on the Recreation Advisory Committee because the three-year terms of Marie Tagliaferri, Geoffrey Kimmel and Albert Pitman are ending.
The Rent Stabilization Board has four vacancies including one unexpired term that ends in 2013. The two-year terms of Kim Taylor, Ian Kops and James Lalli have expired.
At the Senior Executive Committee, there are three openings because the four-year terms of Athene Kan, Cheng How Mao and Kay Palazey are ending.
The Shade Tree Advisory Committee has four seats open, including two vacancies for one term that ends this year and another that ends in 2014. The three-year terms of Carmine DiSanzo and Doris Weisberg also are ending.
And at the Zoning Board of Adjustment, there are two openings because the four-year terms of Stephen Brame and Peter Kremer are expiring.
For more information, contact the Lawrence Township Municipal Clerk’s Office at 609-844-7000, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays, or online at www.lawrencetwp.com.

