Champagne glasses were clicking in the Harvey Cedars Borough Commission meeting room at the final meeting of the year as past and current borough employees and many friends saluted Mayor Jonathan Oldham as he stepped down as the town’s longtime mayor.

Last month, Oldham lost a reelection bid as a write-in candidate, initially filing for re-election, then withdrawing. Then, at the urging of many friends, he accepted to run as a write-in.