Politics & Government
How To Go: Chatham's 2022 Swearing-In Ceremonies
Local governments and Boards of Education have new and re-elected members being sworn into office. Here's how to attend their ceremonies.
CHATHAM, NJ — Councils, committees and Boards of Education in towns throughout the Garden State have re-elected officials, as well as voted in new ones, who are expected to take their oaths of office over the coming weeks.
COVID concerns have pivoted a few reorganization meetings to fully remote formats, though the many are still happening in person. The majority of swearing-in events are hybrid meetings, with both in-person and virtual presences.
Chatham Borough Council's, for example, is virtual this year.
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People who would like to attend these ceremonies should check for schedule changes and special instructions before heading to the meetings below:
In Chatham Borough, the reorganization meeting on Monday, Jan. 3, which will include swearing in re-elected Council Members Carolyn Dempsey and Jocelyn Mathiasen, is going to be entirely virtual. The meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m., will be on Zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81921934009. Stay tuned here for instructions to enter the meeting and the agenda and any other updates.
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Chatham Township’s reorganization meeting, as of Dec. 30, is still planned as a hybrid meeting, with an in-person swearing-in and a remote option, for Thursday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building. Among happenings at this meeting, Mark Lois will take his oath for the Township Committee. Stay tuned for updates to the meeting schedule here.
The School District of the Chathams’ next regular Board of Education meeting, which has been in a hybrid format, is on Monday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Stay tuned to the district’s website for the upcoming information here. At this meeting, re-elected Board of Education members Ann Ciccarelli, Michelle Clark, Chris Delsandro and Lata Kenney, who will take their oaths of office. Susan Ross is also expected to be taking township member Sal Arnuk’s unexpired term, who resigned on Nov. 1 by letter, because of his personal schedule and responsibilities.
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