A directly-elected mayor, staggered terms and run-off elections are among the recommendations the city’s charter study commission [above] will submit to Asbury Park voters in a referendum this November. Also in the package of changes is moving the municipal election from May to November. If voters approve the recommendations, new elections will take place next […]

The city’s charter study commission — which has the power to place a referendum on the November ballot changing how Asbury Park organizes its government and municipal elections — has two more meetings scheduled as it grapples with its final recommendations. The commission [above at its last meeting] has until August 5 to issue its […]

Although its chairwoman last week said that the Charter Study Commission was ready to recommend a new form of government for Asbury Park voters to approve, the commission failed to do so at its Monday night meeting. The commission, established by voters last year, is tasked with studying the city’s current form of government. It […]

The charter study commission is holding a public forum on Saturday and encouraging members of the public to attend. The charter study commission is an elected five-member board that is currently scrutinizing the city’s form of government. Following their nine-month study period, they can suggest a variety of changes, ranging from staggering elections to a […]

Local developer Pat Fasano has stepped in as president of the Asbury Park Homeowners Association now that Randy Thompson has left the role. Thompson was president for just over a year and decided it was “time to move on,” the former president said. “I did my time and helped out as much as I could,” […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: I have read the discussion concerning the potential conflict of Duanne Small and Randy Thompson being on the Charter Study Commission while running for a council seat in Asbury Park. The issue surprised me since, from my prospective, the conflict is not just real but had to be clear before […]

City council candidates Randy Thompson and Duanne Small are staying on the charter study commission — for now, at least — despite City Attorney Fred Raffetto’s legal opinion stating that their council runs create an actual or perceived conflict of interest. “There is no law that states that I cannot sit here as a commissioner […]

The incumbent-led Forward Asbury Park ticket won the top-five ballot positions in today’s ballot drawing at City Hall. City Clerk Stephen Kay pulled cards from a box to determine the ballot positions [pictured above and shaking the box at right]. Prior to the drawing, candidates could choose to be grouped on the ballot with their […]

The city’s charter study commission met on Monday, Jan. 29, at the Springwood Center. The group interviewed city manager Terence Reidy as part of their mission to study the city’s form of government. This was the third time Reidy met with the commission. The commission, which consists of five elected members, is tasked with studying […]

The charter study commission [CSC] met last night to appoint a secretary, further discuss bylaws, and talk to city manager Terence Reidy about the city’s administrative code. The CSC is an elected board tasked with studying the city’s charter, or form of government, over a nine-month period, from December to August. They can suggest changes […]