Politics & Government
Warren Reorganization Meeting To Be Held Jan. 5
A new committee member will be sworn in and a mayor will be appointed at the reorganization in January in Warren, officials said.
WARREN, NJ - The Warren Township Committee's reorganization meeting will be officially held on Thursday, Jan. 5, according to an announcement from the township.
At the meeting, Lisa Lontai, a Republican, will be sworn into the Warren Township Committee. Lontai, a school nurse at Warren Middle School, won the November 2022 race against Democrat Ashok Rakhit with over 3,400 votes. Read more: Updated 2022 Election Results: Warren Committee, School Board
You can read more about Lontai here: Warren Committee General Election 2022
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The new committee is also poised to select a new mayor, set to be now-Deputy Mayor Gary DiNardo. In Warren Township’s form of government, a new mayor is selected annually by the township committee. Committeeman George Lazo has also been selected to serve as the Deputy Mayor in 2023.
Given former committee member Mick Marion's resignation from the governing body this week, the committee will be tasked with finding a second new member in 2023. However, it remains to be seen whether this will happen at the January reorganization meeting, committee member Jolanta Maziarz told Patch.
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The meeting will begin in-person or virtually via Zoom at 6 p.m. at the Warren Municipal Court Building (44 Mountain Blvd).
Citizens are invited to attend.
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