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Phone:  (732) 842-3300

80 East River Road
Rumson, New Jersey 07760



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MAYOR AND COUNCIL

The borough form of government was created in 1878 and modified by the Borough Act of 1987. There are approximately 218 municipalities using the borough form of government, which is supervised by a mayor and six council members, all of whom are elected at large. There are 37 boroughs in Monmouth County.

The Annual Re-organization meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Friday, January 1, 2010 in Bingham Hall at 40 Bingham Avenue at 12 noon. Preceding the Re-organization meeting, there will be a continued meeting of the Borough Council at Bingham Hall at 11:30 a.m.

The normal schedule will be followed for 2010:

Second and Fourth Tuesday of each month
Charles S. Callman Hall Courtroom of the Memorial Borough Hall
80 East River Road, Rumson, N.J.
7:30 p.m.

In addition, work sessions of the Borough Council will be held immediately following each regular meeting. Work sessions will also be held on the First, Third and Fifth Tuesdays of each month when needed at 4:30 p.m. in Borough Hall. (In January there will be work sessions on the 13th, 20th and 27th only.)

Mayor Expiration of Term
   John E. Ekdahl    December 31, 2011
Borough Council President Expiration of Term
   Shaun Broderick    December 31, 2010
Borough Council Members Expiration of Term
   Mark E. Rubin    December 31, 2012
   Frank Shanley    December 31, 2012
   Shaun Broderick    December 31, 2011
   Benjamin W. Day, Jr.    December 31, 2011
   Joan P. DeVoe    December 31, 2010
   Joseph K. Hemphill    December 31, 2010
Council Committees  
   Finance/Administration   Broderick, Shanley, Hemphill
   Police/Fire/EMS   Ekdahl, Broderick, Rubin
   Public Works/Utilities   Shanley, DeVoe
   Public Buildings/Construction/
   Zoning/Engineering
  Hemphill, Day
   Public Parks/Recreation/Information   DeVoe, Shanley
   Office of Emergency Managment   Rubin
   Information   Day

In each case the first name indicates the Committee Chairman and the second name the Vice-Chairman