The first Haddonfield Commission meeting for the year saw the Haddonfield School Board honored and new additions to the police force and library board appointed.
A proclamation was given to members of the school board while auxiliary police officers, a new police officer hire and new Library Board of Trustees were sworn in on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
Commissioners honored members of the board of education with a proclamation commending the school board and proclaiming January as School Board Recognition Month. Superintendent Dr. Richard Perry and board president Glenn Moramarco were there to accept the proclamation.
“What you’re doing is very, very important to the community and I would like to thank you both,” Commissioner Neal Rochford said.
“I’d like to thank all of the members of the school board. You do a tremendous job. We thank you,” Commissioner John Moscatelli said.
Moramarco thanked the commissioners and said it was great working with the borough. He also announced that there is an opening on the school board, as Andrew Berlin is leaving, and they will be accepting letters of interest. More information will be provided soon.
“I applaud anyone who wants to serve on the board,” Mayor Jeff Kasko said.
Twelve new auxiliary police officers were sworn in, as well as Briana Catts, the newest police officer to the borough. After a rigorous selection process, Catts was chosen over about 50 candidates.
“We were very happy to welcome Briana to our police department,” Chief Ted Stuessy said.
The final appointment of the night was with members of the Library Board of Trustees. Deborah Marchand and Mary Eklund were reappointed to the board while Cheryl Moskovitz was welcomed as a new member to fulfill the unexpired term of John Burmaster.
In other news:
• The borough is doing a complete redesign of its website. It has decided on Revize Software Systems to do the project and will be looking for public input to see what they are looking for in the website so it could be more user-friendly. The process should take about three to four months, according to Rochford.
• The next commissioners meeting will be on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
