{"id":7861,"date":"2025-01-07T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/?p=7861"},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:03:49","slug":"organizing-in-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/organizing-in-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizing in the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With family, friends, colleagues, staff, elected officials from the state and local levels in attendance, the Ocean County Board of Commissioners held its annual Organization Meeting for 2025 on Jan. 6 in the Ocean County Administration Building, Toms River. The Board welcomed new Commissioners Robert S. Arace and Jennifier Bacchione who were sworn into their first three-year terms on the Board. Also during the meeting, Ocean County Commissioner John P. Kelly, who is serving his 33<sup>rd<\/sup> year on the Board was appointed Board Director for 2025 and Ocean County Commissioner Frank Sadeghi, serving his second year of his first term, was named Board Deputy Director.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7861 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/co.ocean.nj.us\/GalleryWP\/organizing-in-the-new-year\/049a2485\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" 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