City Council approved the mayor’s appointment to fill a seat on the Redevelopment Agency that had been vacant since April.

Tony Dalmau of Columbus Place was appointed to an unexpired term that runs through 2020, filling a seat that was vacated by the resignation of Joseph Gibilisco. The governing body unanimously approved a resolution (AR-190-18) confirming the mayor’s appointment during its regular meeting on Sept. 10.

Born and raised in Rahway, Dalmau went through the public school system. He holds a bachelor’s  degree in communication from Kean University and is employed as a senior recruiter at RennerBrown, an IT recruiter with New Jersey headquarters in Edison, according to this LinkedIn profile. He’s been involved with the Rahway wrestling program for the past 20 years as a volunteer and paid coach. He is married, with three children, two of who currently attend Rahway High School.

Dalmau fills a seat that had been vacant since April when Gibilisco stepped down. Gibilisco originally was appointed in 2016 to fill a vacant commissioner’s seat. In January, he was appointed to the 6th Ward seat on nine-member City Council. The 6th Ward seat was vacated when Ray Giacobbe, Jr. was appointed as interim mayor after Samson Steinman resigned in December.

Gibilisco is the second commissioner to step down from the Redevelopment Agency within the past year. Angela Pryor resigned at the end of 2017, with two years remaining on her term. City Council in February appointed Mary Gustofson to fill the remaining two years of Pryor’s term that expires in 2020.

Giacobbe will serve the remaining year of Steinman’s original term, which ends this year, and is running for a full, four-year term in November’s election along with three City Council at-large members. Gibilisco also is running unopposed in November for the remaining two years of Giacobbe’s original term for the 6th Ward seat.

The seven-member Redevelopment Agency was established in 2001 to oversee redevelopment efforts in the city. Commissioners are unpaid and appointed to four-year terms by the mayor and confirmed by City Council. The agency, which meets on the first Wednesday of each month, is led by a paid, part-time executive director, who will be leaving at the end of this year, and a paid deputy executive director, who in this case also serves as city administrator.