Moor expected to be named Asbury Mayor
Incoming majority will 'respect tradition' of top vote-getter in position
The incoming city council majority plan to select John Moor as the city’s next Mayor, both Moor and a source confirm.
Newcomers Myra Campbell, Moor and Amy Quinn [above, left to right] ran together on the One Asbury ticket, and won council seats in the May 14 election. The three will be sworn in on July 1. Incumbents John Loffredo and Susan Henderson, who ran on the Forward Asbury ticket, were returned to office.
The new majority of Moor, Quinn and Campbell have been meeting to discuss the transition, and they plan to appoint Moor — the high vote-getter in the election — as the Mayor, he said.
The newcomers will “respect the tradition” of the top vote-getter becoming Mayor, said Moor. The last time a high vote-getter was not appointed Mayor was in the 1980s, he said.
Campbell declined comment, but said the person who’s slated to become Mayor should make the announcement. Quinn also declined comment.
In Asbury Park’s form of government, the Mayor is a member of the Council. The Mayor’s main responsibility is to preside at council meetings. The City Manager is the city government’s chief executive officer and runs day-to-day operations.
In the May 14 non-partisan election, 22 candidates competed for the five council seats. Moor received 723 votes, Quinn 716, Loffredo 654, Campbell 622 and Henderson 620. Ousted incumbent Kevin Sanders, who ran with Loffredo and Henderson, came in sixth with 590 votes.
The term of office is four years.
Daniel Harris III, an unsuccessful candidate on the A-Team slate, filed suit Tuesday challenging the election results, and seeking to count voided vote by mail ballots and rejected provisional ballots. The number of uncounted ballots in dispute are enough to change the election outcome.
The legal challenge will not affect the July 1 swearing-in date, according to Fredric Bor, the attorney representing Harris. If Harris’s suit causes new winners to be declared by court order, they will be sworn in at a later date, Bor said.
The incoming majority also plan to replace City Manager Terry Reidy, who said he will work with the newcomers to ensure a smooth transition.
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