Gerald J. Tarantolo - Mayoral Biography
Email Mayor Tarantolo at Mayor@EatontownNJ.com.
Mayor Tarantolo is currently serving his 12th year as Mayor of Eatontown and was last re-elected in November 2006.
He was actively involved in the Save Fort Monmouth Committee, served as co-chairman of the Fort Monmouth Reuse Committee and currently serves as a member of the Governor's Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization and Planning Authority.
He served on the Eatontown Borough Council for 14 years in charge of Parks and Recreation. He led the planning and development of 80 Acres Park, the acquisition and development of property that became Wampum Memorial Park. While serving in this capacity, he instituted many new innovations to our recreation programs and increased our open space inventory significantly.
During his tenure as Mayor and Councilman, he served in varying capacities on the Eatontown Planning Board for 20 years that resulted in the expansion of Eatontown's ratable base that helped to offset residential taxes.
He has also served as liaison to the Environmental Commission, Shade Tree Commission, Community Center Advisory Committee and the Recreation Advisory Committee where he conceived the annual Eatontown 5K Run/Walk event to support unfunded recreation programs.
He currently serves on the NJ League of Municipalities and the NJ Conference of Mayors Board of Directors, NJ League of Municipalities, Property Tax Steering Committee, COAH Committee and is the Chairman of the Two River Council of Mayors.
He is the 2007 recipient of the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce Spinnaker Award for Public Service.
Prior to serving in local government, he served on the Eatontown Board of Education for ten years, three of which were as Board President.
He is a retired electrical engineer having worked for Bell Laboratories, Bellcore and Telcordia Technologies for a combined total of 37 years.
He was honorably discharged from the US Air Force.
He currently serves on the Spring House Executive Board and has been a board member of this homeless facility for single mothers with children for 20 years.
He has been a resident of Eatontown for over 45 years. He and his wife, Patricia, have two grown children, Tricia and Gerry Jr., and three grandchildren, Courtney, Kendall and Luke.
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