Dykoff Shut Out Of Major Committees On Governing Body

Lacey Township Committee Mark Dykoff, who served as deputy mayor in 2014, will not hold that position in 2015.

Instead, Township Committee members tapped Steven Kennis at the recent reorganization meeting. Gary Quinn will serve a second straight year as mayor.

Township Administrator Veronica Laureigh also announced the committee assignments for the year. Dykoff was omitted from serving on the major committees and chairs none of them.

The assignments include:

Financial, Administration: Quinn, Kennis

Law and Public Safety: - Quinn, Curatola

Department of Public Works: Juliano, Dykoff

Recreation - Kennis, Curatola

Board of Education - Quinn, Kennis

Economic Development Commission - Kennis, Juliano

Environmental Commission - Kennis, Juliano

Library Commission - Quinn, Dykoff

Municipal Utilities Authority - Juliano, Kennis

Municipal Alliance - Juliano, Curatola

Social Services - Curatola, Juliano

Shade Tree Commission - Kennis, Quinn

Municipal Alliance - Juliano, Curatola

Solid Waste - Curatola, Dykoff

ADA - Curatola, Juliano

Beautification - Curatola, Juliano

Pinelands Commission - Quinn

Veterans - Curatola, Dykoff

All of the Township Committee members are liaisons to at least five or more committees, Dykoff has four.

Both Quinn and Dykoff are up for re-election this year. But Dykoff may be hampered by an incident in Gille Park last September, when he punched then-Township Committeeman David Most in the face at a Republican Club picnic. Lacey police issued a simple assault complaint against Dykoff.