UPPER FREEHOLD – The members of the Township Committee who served as Upper Freehold Township’s mayor and deputy mayor in 2017 will change roles during 2018.
At the governing body’s annual reorganization meeting, Committeeman Stephen Alexander, who served as deputy mayor in 2017, was elected by his fellow committee members to serve as mayor for 2018.
Alexander joined the committee in 2004 and is the longest-serving member of Upper Freehold’s governing body.
In Upper Freehold’s form of government, the mayor is not directly elected by the public. The mayor is selected by the members of the governing body each January to serve a one-year term.
Elected to serve as deputy mayor for 2018 was Dr. Robert Frascella, who served as mayor in 2017. Frascella joined the governing body in 2009.
The elections for mayor and deputy mayor were held after Frascella, the winning candidate in the Nov. 7 municipal election, was sworn in to begin serving a new three-year term on the committee.
Republicans hold all five seats on the committee. Serving with Alexander and Frascella are LoriSue Mount, Stanley Moslowski and Robert Faber.
