Serra defeated Carl P. Padula 1,355 votes to 798 in Tuesday's election to succeed Kathleen Cole, whose term expires at year's end.
Serra was the council liaison's to the recreation commission, library, youth advisory and municipal alliance.
In West Milford, incumbent Mayor Bettina Bieri (2,912 votes) bested Republican challenger Luciano "Lou" Signorino (2,320).
Ringwood Mayor Walter Davison topped the ticket with more than 20% of the vote in a six-candidate race for four seats (see below).
Bloomingdale Council
REP - MATTHEW E. ZACCONE: 617 votes, 22.86 percent
REP - DANIEL J. HAWKINS: 602 votes, 22.3 percent
DEM - MICHAEL S. SONDERMEYER: 768 votes, 28.45 percent
DEM - RICHARD C. DELLARIPA JR.: 712 votes, 26.38 percent
Bloomingdale Board of Education
ROBERT BLOODGOOD: 783 votes, 32.09 percent
LAUREN GRECCO: 872 votes, 35.74 percent
JAMES SCHALAG: 785 votes, 32.17 percent
Pompton Lakes Mayor
REP - MICHAEL A. SERRA: 1,355 votes, 62.94 percent
DEM - CARL P. PADULA: 798 votes, 37.06 percent
Pompton Lakes Council
REP - TERRI R. REICHER: 1,337 votes, 31.9 percent
REP - ERIK I. DeLINE: 1,254 votes, 29.92 percent
DEM - BERNADETTE ARENCIBIA: 788 votes, 18.8 percent
DEM - EDWARD J. MEAKEM: 812 votes, 19.37 percent
Pompton Lakes Board of Education
THOMAS M. SALUS: 1,179 votes, 28.08 percent
TRACI CIOPPA: 1,151 votes, 27.41 percent
BRUCE E. WEINER: 770 votes, 18.3 percent
ROBERT CRUZ: 1,099 votes, 26.17 percent
Ringwood Council
REP - WALTER J. DAVISON: 1,412 votes, 20.41 percent
REP - JOHN SPEER: 1,280 votes, 18.51 percent
REP - JAMES MARTOCCI: 1,305 votes, 18.87 percent
REP - SEAN T. NOONAN: 1,301 votes, 18.81 percent
DEM - WILLIAM FREEDMAN: 740 votes, 10.7 percent
DEM - AMY JOLIN: 879 votes, 12.71 percent
Ringwood Board of Education
JENNY A. BROWN: 1,141 votes, 49.8 percent
RAYMOND M. DWYER: 1,150 votes, 50.2 percent
Ringwood Regional BOE
JOSEPH J. WALKER: 1,240 votes, 100 percent
Wanaque Council
REP - ERIC WILLSE: 1,069 votes, 28.96 percent
REP - THOMAS BALUNIS: 1,154 votes, 31.27 percent
DEM - PATRICIA KEBRDLE: 738 votes, 19.99 percent
DEM - SARA ADELE HIGGINS: 730 votes, 19.78 percent
Wanaque Board of Education
ROBERT BARNHARDT: 1,117 votes. 33.04 percent
DANA M. IMBASCIANI: 1,107 votes, 32.74 percent
ANGELA DEMETRIOU: 1,157 votes, 34.22 percent
Wanaque BOE Unexpired Terms
JASON VELANTE: 784 votes, 61.7 percent
ROBERT “DALE” SPEAR: 486 votes, 38.27 percent
Wanaque Regional BOE
SUZANNE RAOUL: 1,189 votes, 51.1 percent
DANIEL SINCLAIR: 1,138 votes, 48.9 percent
West Milford Council
REP - TIM WAGNER: 2,944 votes, 30.49 percent
REP - MIKE HENSLEY: 2,507 votes, 25.96 percent
DEM - CARlLA HORTON: 2,199 votes, 22.77 percent
DEM - MELISSA BROWN BLAEUER: 2,007 votes, 20.78 percent
West Milford Board of Education
INGA KOEPPE: 1,444 votes, 14.97 percent
WILLIAM CYTOWICZ : 1,408 votes, 14.59 percent
GREGORY BAILEY: 1,691 votes, 17.53 percent
TERESA DWYER: 2,152 votes, 22.3 percent
GLENN A. HUBER: 1,547 votes, 16.03 percent
KEVIN BABBITT: 1,407 votes, 14.58 percent
West Milford BOE Unexpired Term
STEVE DREW: 1,944 votes, 100 percent
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