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Monmouth County officials sworn in as commissioners elect director and deputy director
Summary
At the Board of County Commissioners' annual reorganization, county officials were certified and sworn into office; commissioners selected Thomas A. Arnon as director for 2026 and named Dominic DiRocco deputy director after recorded votes, and County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon and Sheriff Sean Golden delivered brief remarks about services and public safety.
Monmouth County held its annual reorganization and swearing-in ceremony, where county officials were certified and sworn and the Board elected its 2026 leadership.
Speaker 2 read the Board of County Canvassers’ determinations certifying Christine Giordano Hanlon as Monmouth County Clerk (156,121 votes) and Sean (Shawn) Golden as sheriff (156,286 votes). County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon then took the oath of office and highlighted office initiatives, saying the clerk’s office had worked “from protecting residents with our property fraud alert service to bringing our mobile county connection initiative to Monmouth communities to make our services more accessible, to providing the state's only enhanced ballot tracking system.”
At the reorganization, the board moved to elect Commissioner Thomas A. Arnon as director for 2026; a motion was made and seconded and commissioners voted to approve the selection. The board also moved to elect Commissioner Dominic DiRocco as deputy director under NJSA 40:71; the motion passed after recorded votes and DiRocco was sworn in as deputy director.
The meeting recorded commissioners’ roll-call responses during the director and deputy director votes: Commissioners LaCitra and Kiley registered affirmative votes; Commissioner Duraco recorded an abstention during the deputy director vote before the motion carried; other commissioners voted in favor. (Votes were cast aloud during the meeting; the transcript records the individual named responses shown in the meeting audio.)
The ceremony combined formal, procedural business — certifications, oaths and leadership elections — with short remarks by newly sworn officials. The board also announced a State of the County event for Feb. 5 to present departmental updates. The reorganization concluded with the new director and deputy director sworn and seated.
