Middletown Reorganization Meeting Will Be This Sunday

MIDDLETOWN, NJ ? The Middletown Township Committee will hold its annual reorganization meeting at 10:00 a.m. this Sunday, January 5, in the courtroom at Town Hall, located at 1 Kings Highway.

On the agenda will be the swearing-in of Mayor Tony Perry, who will accept his oath of office to serve his third three-year term on the Middletown Township Committee.

There will also be the election of the 2025 mayor and deputy mayor: Perry and Rick Hibell are expected to be selected by the Township Committee to serve as mayor and deputy mayor again for 2025. This will be Perry's seventh consecutive year as mayor ? the longest serving mayor in over 75 years ? and Hibell's fifth consecutive year as deputy mayor. No other mayor and deputy mayor have served together this long in Middletown's history.

Under Middletown's form of government, the Township Committee designates two members to serve as mayor and deputy mayor for a one-year term.

Middletown Fire Department and EMS officers will be sworn in at Sunday's meeting.

Additionally, volunteers appointed to various Township boards, committees and commissions will be announced. Each group focuses on different aspects of the community and works to enhance Middletown?s quality of life. Residents are appointed to these positions by the Township Committee.

The meeting will be held in person, but community members can also watch it virtually by clicking this event link. Once you visit the link, please scroll to the information for the meeting. Once the meeting begins, the event will say "LIVE" and a camera icon will appear. Click on the camera icon to stream the meeting. After the meeting ends, a recording of it will be available. Prior to the meeting, the event link will be published on the Middletown Township Facebook page. The recording of the meeting will be aired on the Township?s TV channel (Verizon FiOS Channel 26/Comcast Cable Channel 20) and the Middletown Township YouTube channel.