Elected Officials
Joseph Stemberger – Mayor
Phone: 856-358-2509 or 856-358-4010 Ext. 112
Email: mayor@elmerboroughnj.com Term expires: 2027
Lewis Schneider – Council President
A Borough resident for 47 years. Lew has served on Council since 2002. In addition to being Council President, he is the Chair of Public Safety Committee. Lew is also Vice Chairman of the Salem County Improvement Authority, also serving as Elmer’s representative to the Mid-Salem County Court. Lew serves as Assistant Secretary/Treasurer of the Salem County Pollution Control Authority along with being a member of the Salem County Planning Board. He is the owner of Wyzac LLC. Lew is an avid golfer and his travels include all 50 states and a few foreign countries. He is dad to Zac and Wyatt, grandpop to Anna, Zoe and Vivienne. Lew had been married to Patti for 49 years before her passing in 2023.
Phone: 856-371-2401
Email: lms@elmerboroughnj.com
Term expires: 2027
Samuel F. Wheaton IV – Council Member
Samuel was appointed to fill the unexpired term ending 12/31/2025 previously held by James Zee.
Phone: 609-774-7803
Email: swheaton@elmerboroughnj.com
Term expires: 2027
Lynda Davis – Council Member
Lynda is a lifetime resident of the Borough and has served on Council since 1996. She works as a substitute teacher at Schalick High School, and is active in the Elmer United Methodist Church in youth work. She resides with her husband Barry at 300 Salem Street and has 3 daughters – Kristin Dilks, Karin Abbey and Kellie Davis and 4 grandchildren.
Phone: 609-420-4653
Email: lyndaldavis@yahoo.com
Term expires: 2025
Steven A. Schalick – Council Member
Steven graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems. He works for his family business, Schalick Mills Inc., which has been in Elmer since 1949. He is married to the former Rebecca Collins and they have 3 children Jackson, Caileigh and Jacob. Steven is the chairperson of Finance and Public Events and Elmer Harvest Day. He is also the council representative for the Land Use Board. He is serving his second term.
Phone: 856-498-6850
Email: schalick@elmerboroughnj.com
Term expires: 2025
Bruce Foster – Council Member
Bruce was born and raised in Elmer and has resided in Elmer for most of his life.
Phone:
Email: bfoster@elmerboroughnj.com
Term expires: 2026
Cynthia L. Nolan – Council Member
Cynthia received her bachelor’s degree from GSC and her master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Delaware. She is retired from Washington Twp H.S. where she taught Chemistry for 32 years. She and her husband Ben have lived in Elmer for 40 years. Cyndi is chairperson of the Trash|Parks and Playground Committee. She is also Elmer’s Recycling Coordinator
Phone: 856-305-0345
Email: cnmole47@gmail.com
Term expires: 2026
Rules Adopted for Council 2025
Rule 1. The Council shall meet for organization on the 1st day of January or during the first seven (7) days in January in any year at the call of the incoming Mayor. The Council shall meet to organize and appoint three members to serve on each of the following committees: Finance/ Celebration of Public Events, Streets/Sidewalks, Public Safety, Borough Hall Property, Water/Street Lights/Information Technology, and Trash/Parks and Playgrounds. Thereafter, regular meetings of the Council shall be held on the second Wednesday evening of each month at seven-thirty o’clock. Special meetings may be called at the discretion of the Mayor, and shall be called at the written request of four or more members, written notice to be given to each member by the Borough Clerk of all special meetings. In the absence of the Mayor, the President shall take the chair; if both shall be absent (provided four members are present) a member shall be chosen chairman and the meeting opened promptly at the set time. A quorum shall consist of any four members of Council, or three members and the Mayor.
Rule 2. All motions and votes shall be decided by yes and no vote, the Clerk calling the roll alphabetically starting with the Council President, except in electing persons to office, when a vote by ballot shall be taken upon demand of any member of Council. The maker of all motions and the one who seconds the same shall appear on the minutes.
Rule 3. At a meeting of Council, the following order of business shall be observed unless dispensed with by two-thirds vote.
First – Call to order by Mayor or Chair;
Second – Meetings open with invocation and pledge of allegiance;
Third – Roll call of members;
Fourth – Reading the minutes of the last regular meeting and all subsequent meetings;
Fifth – Unfinished business;
Sixth – New business;
Seventh – Reports of committees, standing, and special;
Eighth – Adjournment.
On the first day of January at 12:00 noon of each year, except when it falls on a Sunday, at which time it will be the second day, the Council shall meet to organize and appoint three members to serve on each of the following committees: Finance|Celebration of Public Events, Streets, Public Safety, Borough Hall Property, Water|Street Lights, and Trash|Parks and Playgrounds.
Regular Borough Council Meetings shall be held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m., prevailing time at the Elmer Borough Hall, Elmer, NJ, at which time Borough Council shall discuss and formally act upon all business matter.
The official newspaper is designated as the Elmer Times. The newspapers for publication of notices are designated as the Elmer Times and|or South Jersey Times. The Borough Clerk shall mail copies of all notices, including 48-hour notices, to any person or persons requesting the same upon a prepayment of the sume of 25.00 per year.
Committees of Council
Finance|Celebration of Public Events: *Schalick, Schneider, Foster
Streets|Sidewalks: *Wheaton, Schalick, Schneider
Public Safety: *Schneider, Wheaton, Foster
Borough Hall|Public Property: *Davis, Schalick, Nolan
Water|Street Lights|Information Technology: *Foster, Davis, Nolan
Trash|Parks and Playgrounds: *Nolan, Davis, Wheaton
*Chairperson
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