James F. Lacey
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James F. Lacey serves on the Ocean County
Ocean County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 510,916 people, 200,402 households, and 137,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 803 people per square mile . There were 248,711 housing units at an average density of 151/km²...

, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 Board of Chosen Freeholders
Board of Chosen Freeholders
In New Jersey, the Boards of Chosen Freeholders are the county legislatures in each of that state's 21 counties.- Origin :New Jersey's system of naming county legislators "freeholders" is unique in the United States...

. Lacey was first elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1993.

Freeholder Lacey serves as chairman of the Freeholder Board's Human Services Committee and is the liaison to the Department of Solid Waste Management.

Throughout his tenure as Freeholder, Lacey has supported educational programs for workers and residents on areas such as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is a law that was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990. It was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush, and later amended with changes effective January 1, 2009....

, teen-age suicides and persons with handicaps and he has worked to improve the environment with such programs as backyard composting, battery recycling and household hazardous waste collection. Lacey joined the Board of Trustees of the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority in 2003.

Freeholder Lacey is a graduate of Ocean County College
Ocean County College
Ocean County College is an accredited, coeducational, two-year, public, community college located in Ocean County, New Jersey. Its main campus is in Toms River...

 and Monmouth University
Monmouth University
Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....

. He lives in Brick Township
Brick Township, New Jersey
-Transportation:The major county routes that pass through are CR 528, and CR 549 . Two state routes pass through: Route 70 and Route 88...

, and has been a resident of Ocean County for more than 40 years. Lacey served on the Point Pleasant Beach
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Point Pleasant Beach is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 4,665....

Borough Council. Lacey has been president of Point Beach Fire Company #2 and is the recipient of the Ocean County College Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award.

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