Conference of Mayors, a four-day event designed for mayors to review best practices, collaborate on initiatives and advocate for their community's needs.

Recently Joshi attended the biannual U.S.

The public relations firm will be helping to refresh the township's branding assets and respond to media inquiries as the administration works to communicate with residents about town events and alerts, township officials said. READ: Edison's youngest, first South Asian mayor takes office with two main goalsĮdison also awarded a professional services contract to Vision Media Marketing to provide public relations and communications consulting services for a one year at a cost of $60,000. He previously served as Bloomfield's township administrator and South Brunswick's township manager. He also has experience with complicated redevelopment issues, his page says. He has served as administrator to local government in suburban and urban communities, served as president of NJ Municipal Management Association, NJ PERC Commissioner and New Jersey Director of Local Government Services, according to his LinkedIn page. Watkins, principal consultant with NJ Community Solutions, has 40 years of experience in municipal and state administration. He replaces Maureen Ruane, who had served as Edison's business administrator since August 2011, according to her LinkedIn profile. Matthew Watkins has been hired as interim business administrator for three months until March 31 for $75,000. Watch Video: Today in History for January 22ndĮDISON – The township has a new interim business administrator and marketing and public relations firm, two of the changes brought by Mayor Sam Joshi's new administration.

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