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01.08.12

Five newly-elected members of Avalon Council -- including two who won their seats through write-in votes -- were sworn in at Monday’s reorganization of the borough’s government.

Incumbents Ralph Cortese, Vicki Donnelly and Patrick Narcisi were administered the oath of office by Mayor David Haslett. Joining them were the winners of write-in votes in November, Joshua Klicker and John Vetterly.

Ed Repp and Narcisi were returned to their positions as council president and vice president, respectively.

10.22.10

Parking tie

Avalon mayor David Haslett cast the deciding vote to authorize another handicapped parking space on Florence Avenue.

Opponents said that the resident requesting the additional space has a garage located on his property, and there are reserved parking spaces for the disabled a couple houses away on Florence, as well as two nearby on Elizabeth Avenue.

05.21.10

New Avalon chief sworn in

Avalon Police Chief Robert Howie, left, welcomes his successor, new chief Tom Kokoski, after Kokoski was sworn in by Mayor David Haslett at Wednesday’s Avalon Council meeting. Howie will retire May 25 after 17 years as chief, and a total of 23 years with the Avalon Police Department. Kokoski, who has been a police officer for 12 years and employed with Avalon for the past eight, was hired last month by Avalon Council. Council voted Wednesday to approve a 3.5 year contract with Kokoski, though Dec. 31, 2013.

01.08.10

Avalon Council gets new members, president

Three new members were sworn in to seats on Avalon Council last Monday evening, including one who was just recently named the winner of a council seat by what was probably the lowest number of votes ever.

While Jonathan Bernstein and Thomas Lloyd Jr. were on the November ballot along with incumbents Ed Repp and Ralph Cortese, David Dixon was declared the winner of a council seat for which there were no candidates on the ballot. Dixon received four write-in votes, which was enough to beat out incumbent Albert Wurst, who received only three.

11.06.09

Other election results

Avalon

All candidates running for election to office in Avalon were unopposed, and it still remains to be seen if a third ward council seat has been filled.

Mayor David Haslett was re-elected with 633 votes.

Current council president Ed Klicker will move into the elected tax collector's office in January. Klicker, who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican tickets, received 689 votes.