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Mount Laurel's new mayor, Stephen Steglik, with Silvia Catalan-Culnan, the new deputy mayor. Each is a member of Township Council. 

For the third time, Stephen Steglik on Monday evening was elected by his fellow Township Board members as mayor of Mount Laurel. He formerly served as mayor in 2021 and 2023.

His elected deputy, Silvia Catalan-Culnan, who immigrated from Colombia to the United States, was the first Latina Council member and now is the first Latina deputy mayor in Mount Laurel.

The courtroom in the municipal building was packed for the Council reorganization meeting with visiting politicians, friends and family members, local business leaders and vendors.

Being named deputy mayor is an "American dream for me," Catalan-Culnan said after she was elected by the Council. She works as legislative director for Assemblyman William Spearman, who attended her election and swearing in.

The Council rotates the mayor and deputy position annually. The 2025 mayor was Council member Nikitas "Nick" Moustakas.

Steglik, who works full time as the Voorhees township administrator, was the youngest mayor in Mount Laurel history when he was first elected by Council in 2021. Several public officials from Voorhees attended the Mount Laurel meeting, including Mayor Michael R. Mignogna.

Steglik thanked Council members for their "faith and trust" in him, noting that it "humbles me greatly."

The reorganization meeting named the vendors and consultants the Township will use in the coming year, including the appointments of:

  • Township attorney Parker McCay.
  • Township bound counsel Malamut Law.
  • Municipal prosecutor Chance & McCann.
  • Public defender Rosenberg Perry & Associates LLC.
  • Planning consultant Alaimo Group.
  • Affordable housing planner Harbor Consultants Inc.
  • Township labor counsel Capehart Scatchard, Malamut Law and the law offices of Damon G. Tyner LLC.
  • Township environmental attorney Marmero Law LLC.
  • Township tax appeal attorney Marmero Law LLC.
  • Township redevelopment attorney Parker McCay
  • Redevelopment planners Harbor Consultants Inc. and Turek Consulting LLC.
  • Environmental engineer Environmental Resolutions Inc.
  • Traffic engineer Turek Consulting LLC.
  • Open space engineer and consultant Pennoni.
  • Risk management consultant Conner Strong & Buckelew (to the Burlington County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund).
  • Insurance broker Conner Strong & Buckelew.
  • Appraisers Sockler Realty Services Group and BRB Valuation and Consulting Services.
  • Financial adviser Phoenix Advisors LLC.
  • Auditor Mercadien P.C.
  • Account services Bowman & Company LLP.
  • Township conflict attorney, the law offices of Damon G. Tyner LLC.

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