Current Barnegat Township Deputy Mayor Alfonso Cirulli will be elevated to the mayor’s post when the all-Republican township committee reorganizes on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. Committeeman Pasquale “Pat” Pipi will be the deputy mayor.

Cirulli served on the committee from 2004 to 2012, and returned in late 2015 when he was appointed to replace Martin Lisella, who left his committee seat to become township administrator. He successfully ran for three-year terms in 2016 and 2019.