Braden to Serve as Mayor Another Year
Don Kostka appointed deputy mayor during township's reorganization meeting Thursday.
Tim Braden will serve another year as Montville's mayor after the township committee unanimously voted in favor of his selection at Thursday night's reorganization meeting. Don Kostka, who was sworn in at the meeting by state Sen. Joe Pennacchio, was appointed by unanimous vote to serve as deputy mayor. Kostka won re-election to a second term in November. In his State of the Township address, Braden said Montville is unique in its form of government in which committee members select one of their own to serve as mayor. Montville government has operated this way since a charter was signed in 1867, he said, and the township is one of only 12 municipalities in the state that governs in such a fashion. "None of the five of us has any additional…
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Dan Grant
11:40 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
I assume you are talking about me with the bitterness comment. Why would you inject that into a discussion of the value of an elected Mayor vs an appointed Mayor? I have engaged in the political process for over 40 years and had successes and disappointments but my interest in politics remains, particularly in regard to my Township. I hold no bitterness and commenting on the things I feel are not… more ›