Mayors of the Borough of Monmouth Beach, NJ (1906 to Present) — 16 people have held the town’s highest elected office since the municipality was formed. Since 1929, borough voters have never elected a mayor; not directly. In fact, the mayor’s position is decided by a majority vote of a three-member board of commissioners after each nonpartisan election. Those deliberations done in executive session are confidential.

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Mayor Somers

Mayor Timothy Somers (May 2025—Present)

Borough native Timothy Somers is the new Mayor of Monmouth Beach. It became official after this year’s uncontested municipal election when the three-member board of commissioners voted to make him the new town leader in May 2025.

A devoted borough public servant and enthusiast for 40+ years, Tim was elected to the borough’s governing body in November 2020. He served as Commissioner of Public Works until 2025; and directed several major improvement projects around town.

Born in Monmouth Beach in February 1962, Tim is a 45-year volunteer member of the MB Fire Company; serving as Chief in 1988 and Captain in 2018. Tim was a career firefighter for 29 years serving first at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck from 1989-1995, then moving to the city of Long Branch Uniform Fire Division. Tim was promoted to Lieutenant in 2010 and then Captain in command of the Uniform Division until his February 2018 retirement.

Tim is a former lieutenant and life member of the borough’s EMS team and served as a Monmouth Beach School PTO president and Education Foundation VP. He founded Waterway, Inc. fire hose testing in 1989. It later became Fail Safe Testing offering services on fire hoses, fire pumps and ladders. The company also provided industrial testing for major firms like: Nestles, Merck, Johnson & Johnson. The company grew regionally in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic employing dozens. Tim successfully exited the company in 2014.

In 2019, Tim founded Dune Donuts & Bagels in Spring Lake and with the help of his wife and children created a popular business in that beautiful community. Tim has since stepped aside and provides support to new owners who continue to grow the business.

Tim is a Monmouth Beach School and Shore Regional High School graduate. He holds an associate’s degree in Communications from Brookdale Community College and also attended Glassboro State University. He and his wife, Maureen raised three children in Monmouth Beach. Tim’s parents, Ruth and Robert Somers, also raised their six children in Monmouth Beach — Robert, Jr., Mary, Dorothy, Clifford, Tim and Terrance.

“Monmouth Beach is delightfully situated and it must be well governed to prosper.”
—Long Branch Daily Record, September 1929

David F. Stickle (August 2020—May 2025). Born in Malpewood, NJ in February 1959 (Jack Flaherty Photo).

Susan Howard (May 2005—August 2020).

James P. McConville, III (May 1997—May 2005). Born in Long Branch in 1952.

Louis P. Sodano (May 1981—May 1997). Born in Madison, NJ.

F. Brent Neale (June 1978—May 1981). Born in New York in 1919, he died in February 1992.

Sidney B. Johnson (May 1949—June 1978). Born in Monmouth Beach in 1915, he died there in March 2001.

G. Henry Mihm (May 1945—May 1949). Born in Monmouth Beach in 1898, he died there in November 1979.

Abram O. Johnson (May 1937—May 1945).

William F. Carhart (May 1933—May 1937). Born in New York City in 1899, he died in March 1964 in Monmouth Beach.

John J. Campbell (October 1929—May 1933). Born in NYC, he died there in March 1934. He was the borough’s first mayor under the commission form of government.

Maxwell B. Smith (January 1929—October. 1929). Born in 1883 in New York, he died in January 1935.

George Y. Van Brunt (January 1927—December 1928). Born in Long Branch in 1898, he died in January 1981 in Ocean Grove.

Abram O. Johnson (January 1917—December 1926). Born in North Long Branch in October 1878, he died in August 1950 at his Riverdale Avenue home.

Jesse P. Manahan (January 1911—December 1916). Born in Long Branch in May 1861, he died in April 1922 in Red Bank (where was a councilman).

Garrett H. White (January 1909—December 1910). Born in Long Branch in February 1838; he died in January 1919 at Monmouth Beach.

William H. Heitzman (January 1906—December 1908) Born in Kingston, NY in 1874, he died in November 1948.

Start of Monmouth Beach Municipal Government …

First Municipal Government in Monmouth Beach, NJ — Long Branch Daily Record, January 1907.