Committeeman and current Deputy Mayor Menashe Miller will serve as Lakewood�s Mayor for 2016, TLS is reporting. Current Mayor Albert Akerman will serve as Deputy Mayor.

�I�m humbled and honored by the support and for�being chosen by my colleagues Mike D�Elia, Meir Lichtenstein and Ray Coles,� Deputy Mayor Menashe Miller, a Republican,�told TLS.

Miller, now entering his 13th year on the Committee served in 2015 as the Deputy Mayor to Albert Akerman. This year, Akerman, also a Republican, and entering his sixth year,�will serve as the Deputy Mayor to Miller.

�Working this past year as deputy to Mayor Akerman worked out very well,� Miller says.��I�m looking forward to him serving as Deputy Mayor, and working together on many projects, including the ones he started.�

Mayor Akerman echoed those sentiments.

�I fully support Menashe as Mayor, and I�m looking forward to working with him,� Akerman told TLS. �I look forward to a great 2016.�

He added, �I would like to thank Mike D�Elia and the rest of the committee for choosing me as the Deputy Mayor.�

This is Miller�s third time serving as Mayor. He served as Mayor for two years in a row, in 2012 and 2013. Akerman served twice as Mayor.

The position of Mayor is�chosen by the Committee, and�generally remains within the political party � currently the Republican party.

Miller and Akerman will be sworn in during the Reorganization meeting.

�There�s�lot of great stuff coming this year,� Miller said.

(Source: TLS)