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Cammarano resigns as Metuchen mayor

METUCHEN — Mayor Peter Cammarano received a standing ovation from the Borough Council as he presided over his last council meeting on Dec. 4.

“Today I submitted my letter of resignation effective midnight tonight,” Cammarano said during his remarks at the meeting.

He said his nomination for Governor-elect Phil Murphy’s chief of staff was the “worst, best kept secret” circulating around the borough.

“The job requires and has already required a tremendous amount of my time and energy and I don’t feel as though I can continue to give the job as mayor the time required,” Cammarano said. “A decision to resign is a difficult one for me. As a matter of fact stepping down as mayor is the hardest part of [taking on the chief of staff role] and [it] took the longest in the process of deciding if I wanted to take the job or not.”

Cammarano said ultimately the decision to serve the residents in a higher level capacity in New Jersey proved hard to pass up.

Not new to the role, Cammarano served as chief of staff under former Governor Richard Codey (D-Essex) from 2004 to 2006. Prior to that Cammarano worked in the same role in Codey’s legislative office for 10 years.

Cammarano thanked everyone on the council and his administration.

“So many people in town don’t know how hard you [the council and borough employees] work and the amount of time [that you put in],” he said

Cammarano said during his time as a council member and his role as mayor he has had nothing but wonderful experiences.

“Metuchen is really on the rebound and I’m happy that [I had the opportunity to] play a role in helping create that,” he said. “I look forward to seeing people around town as I won’t be leaving. I’ll still be in town, I just won’t be [on the dais]. I will be around and I look forward to ringing in the New Year on the plaza with all my friends and neighbors.”

Members of the council and the public at the meeting gave him a standing ovation.

Council President Ronald Grayzel said he joins other council members in wishing Cammarano great success as he returns to state government.

“In your many years [serving the borough], we have grown accustomed to your advice and guidance and all of us here are reliant on your advice and judgement,” he said adding that Cammarano’s departure was not a goodbye and said the council will seek him out if needed.

On Nov. 14, Murphy rolled out the names of his transition team and announced his nomination of Cammarano as chief of staff and Matt Platkin, who served as Murphy’s policy director during the campaign, as his chief counsel.

Cammarano, a lobbyist with Cammarano, Layton and Bombardieri Partners LLC, Trenton, was elected mayor in 2016. Prior to the mayoral role, he served on the council for seven years.

The Metuchen Democratic Organization released a statement on social media.

“It goes without saying that we will miss Pete as our mayor; however, we are incredibly proud that he agreed to serve in such an important position during such a significant time for the State of New Jersey,” the organization said.

As required by state law, Cammarano’s resignation means that Council President Ronald Grayzel will temporarily become interim mayor/council president and the local political party of the incumbent official must forward the names of possible mayoral candidates to the Borough Council for its consideration.

On Dec. 11 at 7 p.m., the 26 Democratic Committee members will meet to nominate names at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse.

Then the council is expected to appoint a new mayor as early as its next meeting on Dec. 18.

The appointed person will serve out Cammarano’s term, which expires in 2019.

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