{"id":2829,"date":"2015-01-06T05:29:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T10:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2015-01-06T11:36:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T16:36:40","slug":"ducey-set-to-reappoint-municipal-attorney-others-at-reorganization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/01\/ducey-set-to-reappoint-municipal-attorney-others-at-reorganization\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducey Set to Reappoint Municipal Attorney, Others at Reorganization"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Brick Township municipal complex. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

When the Brick Township council reorganizes Tuesday night, few surprises are expected.<\/p>\n

With no shakeups of Brick\u2019s elected officials having occurred on election day in November, Democrats will maintain a 7-0 majority on the council this year, with John Ducey, also a Democrat, continuing his term as mayor. That translates into no major changes this year when it comes to mayoral appointments, such as the township attorney, prosecutor and public defender, among others.<\/p>\n

In addition to the mayoral appointments, council members will select one of their own to serve as council president, and another to serve as council vice president.<\/p>\n

Kevin Starkey, and the law firm of Starkey, Kelly, Kenneally, Cuningham & Turnbach, is on the agenda to be reappointed as the township\u2019s legal counsel. The Starkey firm is generally known to be aligned with township Democrats. The firm replaced Gilmore and Monahan, a Republican-aligned firm, when Ducey took over as mayor from Stephen C. Acropolis, a Republican, last year. The township will pay $165 per hour for legal services, the same rate the township paid in 2014 and the same rate the Gilmore firm charged for several years prior.<\/p>\n

Ducey is also set to reappoint attorney Michael R. Burns, of the firm Rothstein, Mandell, Strohm, Must, & Halm, of Lakewood, as municipal prosecutor, and Lani M. Lombardi, of the firm Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri & Jacobs, of Oakland, as conflict prosecutor. Burns will earn $600 per court session, and Lombardi will earn $250 per session. A pool of alternate prosecutors will be appointed as well.<\/p>\n

Matthew Sage, a Toms River attorney, will serve as public defender at a rate of $500 per court session. Numerous attorneys will be appointed as alternate and conflict public defenders.<\/p>\n

Other appointments include the firm Fallon and Larsen, of Hazlet, as township auditor, and Bowman and Company, of Vorhees, which will provide accounting services.<\/p>\n

The reorganization meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in council chambers at the municipal complex on Chambers Bridge Road.<\/p>\n

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