Politics & Government

Two Vying For One Seat On Barnegat Township Committee


By Patricia A. Miller


An incumbent Township Committeeman is being challenged by a Birdsall Street man for the one three-year term on the governing body.

Republican Committeeman Albert Bille, 16 Sturgeon Street, is running against Democrat Michael P. Howard for the one available seat on the five person Township Committee, according to the Ocean County Clerk's Office.

The Barnegat, Stafford and Southern Regional school board elections are also slated for Tuesday.

A law enacted in 2012 allowed communities to move their annual school elections from the third Tuesday in April to the November general election.

When school boards choose to hold elections in November, it eliminates the requirement that boards submit their proposed budgets to voters, as long as the spending plan is at or below the state’s 2 percent tax levy cap.




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