If all goes as expected, Plainsboro Mayor Peter Cantu will be named to a one-year term as president of the New Jersey League of Municipalities this week at its annual conference in Atlantic City on November 19.##M:[more]##
“I’ve been serving as the vice president this year and normally the vice president is named the president the following year,” says Cantu. “I don’t want to be presumptuous but there is support out there.”
The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is a voluntary association made up of all 566 municipalities in the state created to help communities do a better job of self-government through pooling information resources. Authorized by state statute and since 1915,
League services include a magazine with the newest information on municipal administration and procedures. Other services include a bureau of municipal information; ordinances and codes; research; legislative analysis; legislative bulletins; new laws; contracts, In-Service Training; personal consultation; instructional seminars and research publications.
The highlight of the year’s activities is the Annual Conference, held each November in Atlantic City. Delegates have the opportunity to learn and ask questions at more than 100 panels, clinics, workshops, and other sessions conducted by the league and the 18 associations of technical and professional employees allied with it.
Commercial, government and association exhibits display the latest products and services for municipal government. At the 2002 Conference, more than 19,”000 delegates, participants and guests attended, representing the largest municipal gathering in the country.
— Jack Florek
