When then-deputy mayor Albert Bille bid adieu in December after serving 15 years on the Barnegat Township Committee, some of his colleagues joked that even though he would not longer have his committee seat, he still would have a presence in town.

They turned out to be right as Bille, who did not seek re-election last year, was recently named as assistant recreation director along with Stacey Fahringer. Jean Broadbent, who had been recreation director, remains in that position in Waretown.