A meeting to select one of three nominees has been rescheduled.
A planned vote to fill a vacant seat on the Lopatcong Township Council was delayed due to a short-handed board Wednesday.
However, the council still has some some time to choose from three nominees to replace Donna Schneider, who resigned June 1.
Because Schneider was a Republican, the responsibility for nominations went to the township's party committee, which named Yvonne Reitemeyer, Jim Pallitto and Wade Cacesse.
Council has 30 days to pick one of the nominees, according to state statute. Otherwise, the township committee has another 15 days to appoint one of the nominees. If the seat still is not filled after that, it will remain vacant for the remainder of Schneider's term, which expires at the end of the year.
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A vote was on the agenda for a special meeting Wednesday, but the meeting was postponed after two of the remaining four council members could not attend, leaving the governing body short enough members to vote.
Mayor Tom McKay said he had a family emergency, and Clerk/Administrator Beth Dilts said Councilman Lou Belcaro notified her that he was out of town on vacation.
The meeting, which also includes a vote on the township budget, was rescheduled to June 27, the clerk said.
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