OCEAN COUNTY – County Clerk Scott M. Colabella recently received a statewide honor as the recipient of the 2022 Gill Job Award for his public service efforts to the people of Ocean County and the State of New Jersey.
The award is given each year by the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey (COANJ) to a member who demonstrates the years of dedicated service and hard work repeatedly shown by the award’s namesake, Former Bergen County Surrogate Gill Job.
COANJ is a bi-partisan organization comprised of the Sheriffs, Surrogates, County Clerks and Registers representing the S21 Counties in New Jersey.
Colabella is the only Constitutional Officer in New Jersey to receive both the Gill Job award and the Rita Rosenberg Award for a deputy Constitutional Officer. Colabella won the Rosenberg Award for outstanding service as Ocean County Deputy County Clerk in 2006.
“I am honored to receive both the Rosenberg Award and the Gill Job Award during my years in the County Clerk’s Office. It has truly been a privilege to serve the people of Ocean County,” Colabella said.
He was presented with the Gill Job Award by COANJ outgoing President Christine Hanlon, who also serves as Monmouth County Clerk, during the association’s recent conference in Atlantic City. Ocean County Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy is the new association President for 2023.
“A heartfelt thank you to President Hanlon and all of my colleagues throughout our great state for honoring me with this prestigious award,” Colabella added. He started working in the clerk’s office in 1993 as an executive assistant to former Ocean County Clerk M. Dean Haines.
He was later appointed Deputy County Clerk on January 1, 2004 by former County Clerk Carl W. Block and during his tenure, Colabella supervised the office during the trials of Superstorm Sandy, which struck the region just days before the 2012 presidential elections.
Colabella has also been credited with upgrading the County Clerk’s website and adding the newest technology to the Clerk’s office.
He recently helped coordinate major changes to the state’s election laws, including the expansion of vote-by-mail and the introduction of early voting.
“Scott has served during a most challenging time,” County Commissioner Gary Quinn, who serves as liaison to the County Clerk’s Office said. “He has done an outstanding job implementing these important changes and ensuring that voters’ rights are fully protected in our county. I am pleased to congratulate County Clerk Scott Colabella on winning this prestigious award.”
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