Politics & Government
New President, VP to Lead Parsippany Council
Paul Carifi Jr. was selected council president and Robert Peluso was appointed vice president.
With the new year comes change. For the Parsippany-Troy Hills council, Paul Carifi, Jr. was selected as council president and Robert Peluso was picked as council vice president, both for two-year terms.
Republicans Peluso and Louis A. Valori beat out three other candidates for the two seats with three-year terms in November.
All nominations and appointments were passed unanimously except for the vote for Jonathan Nelson as a regular member on the Zoning Board of adjustment. Councilmember Michael diPierro voted against it.
Nelson would be replacing Member Saurin Pathak. Right before the vote was taken, diPierro asked, "Has he (Pathak) even been asked if he wants to continue?"
"I did not personally speak to him,” answered Carifi.
Here are the appointments to township boards and committees:Board of Education
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- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Brian Stanton
Craftsman Farms Foundation
- Council Representative – 1 year term: Michael dePierro
Economic Development Advisory Committee
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- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Robert Peluso
- Member – 3 year term: Tom Williams
- Member – 3 year term: John Buhler
- Member – 3 year term: Frank Cahill
- Member – 2 year term: Anthony Mancuso
- Member – 2 year term: Ganesh Persaud
Emergency Services Council
- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Carifi
Environmental Advisory Committee
- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Peluso
- Member – 3 year term: Susan Persson
- Member – 3 year term: Nirav Patel
- Member – 3 year term: Melissa Lewis
Fire Prevention Bureau
- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Carifi
Historic Preservation Advisory Committee
- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Peluso
- Member – 3 year term: Mary Purzycki
Knoll Country Club Golf Advisory Committee
- Council Liaison – 3 year term: dePierro
Library Board of Trustees
- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Valori
Morris County League of Municipalities
- Representative – 1 year term: Valori
Municipal Alliance Committee
- Council Liaison – 2 year term: Valori
Municipal Government Transparency Committee
- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Valori
- Member – 1 year term: Pat Pettacci
- Member – 1 year term: Dave Kaplan
- Member – 1 year term: Adriana Alfonso
- Member – 1 year term: No nomination, tabled
- Member – 1 year term: No nomination, tabled
Open Space Committee
- Member – unexpired term ends Dec. 31, 2015: Nancy Snyder
Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce
- Representative – 1 year term: Peluso
Parsippany Child Day Care Center
- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Stanton
Planning Board
- Class III Member – 1 year term: Valori
Police Athletic League
- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Stanton
Recreation advisory Committee
- Member – unexpired term ends Dec. 31, 2014: Peter Lanigan
- Member – 3 year term: Robert Brucken
Traffic Advisory Committee
- Council Liaison – 1 year term: Carifi
- Member – 3 year term: No nominations, Tabled
Zoning Board of Adjustment
- Regular Member – 4 year term: Jonathan Nelson
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