Saying his professional and personal lives are conflicting too often Mark E. Pancoast has resigned from the Township Committee, announcing his decision during Monday’s meeting and seeming to take many in the room by surprise.Pancoast won his first full term on the committee in 2022, running unopposed alongside Victor Nappen. A lieutenant with the Ocean City Police Department, Pancoast was elected in 2021 to fill the remaining year of a vacated committee seat, running as a slate with Jay Newman and Kim Hayes.