Freehold Township committee adopts slate of 2026 appointments, reappointments and professional services contracts

At its Jan. 2, 2026 reorganization meeting, the Freehold Township Committee adopted a series of resolutions reappointing municipal prosecutors and defenders, reauthorizing purchasing agents and approving a broad roster of professional-services contracts that the Township said will support operations in 2026.

Deputy Mayor Alan C. Walker read Resolution R-26-1 reappointing Anthony J. Vecchio as municipal court prosecutor and moved it for adoption; subsequent resolutions (R-26-2 and R-26-3) appointed Amanda Dalton and Christopher Kane, named Theresa McGuire as an alternate prosecutor, and reappointed Sophia Shalaby as municipal public defender. The Committee approved those measures unanimously.

The Committee then read and adopted Resolution R-26-6, which authorizes 2026 professional services contracts. The resolution lists the firms and their designated roles, including but not limited to Acacia Financial Group, Inc. (financial advisor); Archer & Greiner, P.C. and Gibbons, P.C. (bond counsel); CME Associates and T&M Associates (engineering/planning); Brown & Brown Metro, LLC (insurance broker); Phillips Preiss Grygiel Leheny Hughes (consulting planner); Netta Architects and Settembrino Architects (architectural services); Suplee, Clooney & Company (auditor); and Millennium Strategies (grant writing). Deputy Mayor Walker moved R-26-6 and it passed by unanimous vote.

The meeting also approved a consent agenda (R-26-7 through R-26-18) containing administrative measures: reappointments of municipal officers, temporary budget adoption, a 2026 cash-management plan, cancellation of certain tax-sale certificates, tax assessor/collector authorizations, setting interest rates on delinquent taxes, a risk-management consultant agreement with Brown & Brown Metro, and authorization to use certain state contract vendors. Thomas L. Cook read the consent agenda and Deputy Mayor Walker seconded; the motion passed unanimously.

The Committee recorded all votes on these resolutions as aye from Mr. Cook, Mrs. Fasano, Mr. Walker and Mayor Preston, with Anthony J. Ammiano marked absent. No separate discussion was requested for consent-agenda items.