Franklin Council approves slate of township professionals during reorganization meeting

Franklin Township's council approved a series of professional appointments at its Jan. 3 reorganization meeting, finalizing legal, auditing, engineering and prosecutorial representation for the township.

Following nominations, the council approved Louis Reno (recorded as Louis Reno/Louis Reno variants in the transcript) as township attorney and Michael Burns as tax-appeal counsel. The township also approved Robert Swisser as auditor, Center State Engineering (Rob Russo) as township engineer, Steven H. Fleer as municipal court judge and appointed Muhammad Jallo and others to prosecutorial roles. Most appointments were adopted by voice vote or acclamation; where recorded, the clerk called for 'all in favor say I' and the motions were carried.

The council also moved and approved resolutions (Res. 2601–2604) related to standing committees, liaison appointments and reappointments to boards and commissions. Those resolutions were adopted after a motion and second, with the mayor offering several mayoral reappointments for library trustees and planning-board class members.

No contested hearings or formal roll-call tallies with named dissent were recorded in the transcript for the appointments; when a roll call was recorded later in the meeting, it showed unanimous 'yes' votes for approval of the warrants and the consent agenda. The meeting proceeded to routine business and adjourned after the appointments and consent votes.